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The flames of the explosion rose one after another, black smoke filled the night sky, and scarlet blood flowed everywhere...... Such a fierce battle had already made the Irishman Devon Burke and his commandos eager to try. At about 2 o'clock in the morning, the order to attack was finally delivered, and this elite night combat force of more than 9oo people completed the battle assembly in just 4 minutes.

The neat line was silent, and Colonel Burke quickly reached out and climbed onto a "Irish Leopard" parked at the front of the line, mobilizing the pre-war in succinct and generous language:

"Warriors of the New United Kingdom, you have come to this unit through layers of selection, and you have worked hard day and night to forge a steely body and will, for what? In order to kill the enemy and serve the country! What you have learned in the past will be tested tonight, and your loyalty, your honor, will be tested tonight! Remember, if you overcome your fear and selfishness, you will be invincible! ”

The commandos shouted the slogan: "Defeat yourself, be invincible!" ”

Colonel Burke then raised his right arm and clenched his fists: "Now, each squad will immediately go to the preset assault position according to the No. 1 combat plan. See the two red and two green flares and attack decisively! In this battle, we will live up to our mission and raise the prestige of our army!! ”

The commandos shouted the slogan again: "Live up to the mission, raise the prestige of our army!" ”

Colonel Burke waved his right arm: "Out!" ”

At the same time, at a concealed airfield near the northern border of England, ground crews from the New United Kingdom quickly lifted a tactical camouflage net covering their own warplanes. Under the bright searchlight, the strange-looking aircraft showed a dark blue metallic luster. These aircraft have neither wide wings nor slender fuselages, but their fuselages resemble tactical bombers with only the rear half of the fuselage, with a pair of large four-bladed propellers on top of them, and two parallel rocket launchers hanging under the wings as short as fish's fins, and a large-caliber machine gun hanging on the belly of the aircraft -- these are the "air cavalry" jointly built by the new United Kingdom and Germany, the Vs-3 two-seat helicopter gunship. Although their technology is not perfect and their performance is relatively primitive, this does not prevent them from becoming new sharp weapons with real combat capabilities.

In a bunker near the tarmac, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Matthews, an Irishman wearing the armband of the 6th Army Aviation of the New United Kingdom, laid out the battle plan to the helicopter pilots: "The 1st squad takes off at 2:45, takes the east route, arrives at the fortified area at 3:o5, stays for a maximum of 5 minutes, returns from the west route, returns to the airport at about 3:3o, and replenishes fuel and ammunition in 15 minutes." Squad 2 took off at 3 o'clock sharp, Squad 3 took off at 3:15 a.m., Squad 4 took off at 3:3o, and so on. Everyone remembers, our assault forces use special red flares, and we must not be fooled by the enemy's flares and mistakenly attack our own people. Moreover, most of the defenders' anti-aircraft fire had been cleared, and they could attack at close range if necessary, but beware of the enemy's ordinary bullets. By order of the command, the English troops were to be temporarily withdrawn from the fortified area, and our actions were to be directly supported by the 51st Rifle Assault Division! ”

"Got it!" 48 pilots from 4 squads and 24 crews of the "Black Bat Squadron" responded in unison.

Lieutenant Colonel Matthews raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Okay! Let's get ready! I wish you all a victorious start to the battle! ”

As the pilots left the bunker, the northern sky was lit up with bursts of red light.

"Wow, it's another round of heavy shelling!" Seeing this, one of the pilots sighed.

Judging from the frequency of the red light, it was indeed covered by heavy artillery fire.

Another pilot half-jokingly said: "The artillerymen must have been upset when they were dragged out of their sleeping bags!" ”

Someone answered, "You say...... Is this the English, Austrians, Americans or our artillery firing? ”

Another person responded: "Americans are originally joining in the fun, and they can't do it so hard." The English artillery has been bombarding all day, and even if the gunners still have the strength, it is estimated that the supply of ammunition will not be able to keep up! At this point, it's either the Austrians or us who are firing! ”

Then someone immediately analyzed: "Since we want to change our night combat troops to attack, it must be our artillery clearing the obstacles!" ”

The topic only lasted for a short time, and the pilots went their separate ways to make preparations for take-off with the ground crew.

More than 3o kilometres away, divisional artillery of the 51st Infantry Assault Division of the New United Kingdom was pouring artillery fire into the centre of the fortified area and into the north-east and north-west. In addition to the 1o5 mm and 12o mm howitzers, the poison bee-II self-propelled rocket launchers were also used for shelling, although there were only 12 of them, and their momentum and destructive power were even greater than that of a traditional artillery division.

As soon as the short shelling was over, the three assault groups of the 51st Infantry Assault Division entered the fortified area from the east, south and north. After a day and half a night of fierce fighting, the mighty fortress of Elsden was in ruins like a city hit by a magnitude 8 earthquake, with only a few of the strongest buildings still standing.

Before dusk, the fortress of Elsden has completely fallen into the encirclement of the coalition forces, the reinforcements of the Scottish army cannot enter, the defenders cannot get out, and the Scottish troops in the fortress are fighting less and less, but the remnants of the troops not only did not surrender, but fought back fiercely with the cover of night, several coalition forces were divided and surrounded by the enemy in the fortress area, most of them were able to break through, and there were also two company-sized English troops who were not heard from, and it is estimated that they were annihilated......

Near a T-junction in the southern part of the fort, two "Irish leopards" led the way, and the infantrymen bowed their heads and bent over the ruins, cautiously walking along the ruins. Just an hour ago, it was the defensive area of the 7th Infantry Division of the 6th Army of England, and after receiving a temporary retreat to the periphery to recuperate, the English did not wait for friendly troops to come to change their defenses, and then retreated, and even left behind the corpses of many of their fallen comrades.

On the road, the assault detachment of the 51st Division of the New United Kingdom continued to advance slowly, and two Irish Leopards arrived at the junction one after the other, and the soldiers quickly occupied the available ruins around them to establish tactical support points to continue their advance in depth. At this moment, the roar of a Brown light machine gun suddenly sounded in a pile of ruins in the north, and a barrage of bullets swept over, knocking down three soldiers in an instant. This is not counting, after a while, only a deafening roar was heard, and an orange flame jumped out of the darkness a little away, and a cannonball whistled in, hitting the "Irish Leopard" at the head of the row impartially, but the shell was weak in penetration, and was bounced off by the turret armor of this combat vehicle.

Sososo! Sososo!

On a ruin less than 30 meters from the intersection, two machine gunners wearing M43 field steel helmets operated an hBT-V machine gun and fired at the location of the Brown machine gun with lightning speed. This 5.6 mm hBT-V general-purpose machine gun, based on the German-made MG-43, is currently only equipped with the new United Kingdom army and has not yet been exported. Compared with the original MG-43, their shooting, range, construction, and components are basically the same, although the penetration of the bullet is 35% lower than that of the 7.92mm Mauser rifle bullet, but for the three-dimensional, mechanized combat mode implemented by the new United Kingdom army, the single power of the Ban family machine gun has nothing to do with the overall situation.

Two short shots were fired, and seeing that the enemy did not move, the hBT-V with the bipod deployed temporarily ceased fire. The shooter's face rests lightly on the butt of his rifle, his eyes scanning ahead through the crosshairs, and in front of the ammunition feeder is a square ammunition box, which is also responsible for observing the surrounding situation.

On these two young faces, the nervousness and excitement of the first time on the battlefield are written.

At the intersection, the two "Irish Leopards" quickly shifted their positions to face the enemy head-on with the strongest defense, and handed over the weakly defended flanks and backs to their own infantry. They turned their guns, one fired flares at the spot where the flare had just appeared, and the other prepared high-explosive shells for counterattack. Despite their excellent coordination, the crew of the tank were unable to locate the defenders' artillery after the flares were lit - in this night battle environment, it was indeed difficult to find and destroy the enemy hidden in the darkness without an infrared sight mounted on the vehicle.

Moments later, the clanging sound of steel tracks running over the concrete pavement could be heard from the south, and several Raider-I tracked infantry fighting vehicles rumbled in. Knowing that their vanguard had been attacked by the defenders' machine guns and artillery, they quickly arrived at the ruins thirty or forty meters from the junction to find a temporary position, opened the hatch, and the infantry in the car immediately went into battle with 8o mm mortars.

Covered by infantry fighting vehicles and heavy mortars, the front was able to move forward. Infantry in M43 field helmets and yellow-green camouflage combat uniforms crossed the intersection and through the ruins, carefully searching for the remaining defenders. Most of them were armed with sTg-45 assault rifles, butts against their shoulders and muzzles slightly downward, maintaining a standard shooting forward stance, and a few carrying 5o mm rocket launchers, ready to give a ...... to the stubborn enemy

Over time, the 51st Infantry Assault Division of the 6th Army of the new United Kingdom reoccupied most of the defensive areas on the periphery of the Elsden Fortress area. At first glance, it may seem that the awkward retreat of the English army led to the need for the coalition side to recapture the battlefield, but without the retreat of the English army, how could the defenders be dispersed from several heavily defended strongholds, and the already very cramped forces could be diluted?

With a muffled roar, the first six Vs-3 two-seater helicopter gunships flew low to the Elsden Fortress area, flashing green lights as a signal to identify themselves to their ground forces. The new favorite of the aviation unit of the 6th Army of the new United Kingdom was put into the battlefield, and it did not make a big show or appear in an open manner, but chose such a dark and windy environment and "sneaked" onto the stage of war......