Chapter 208: The Last Bastion
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Before the war, the overall structure of the Elsden Fortress area was laid out based on the topography, and some of the buildings of the old Elsden Town were used, such as the air defense headquarters in the north of the fortress area, which was rebuilt from the Elsden Hospital Building. This fortress-like building, with four floors above ground and two floors below the ground, can be said to be the largest building within a radius of tens of kilometers.
Dawn is approaching, and the vigorous attack and defense of Elsden is coming to an end, and the east, south, west, and center of the fortified area have all fallen into the hands of the coalition forces. After the "Daredevil Commando" entered the battlefield strongly, the 51st Infantry Assault Division of the New United Kingdom Army not only cleared the remnants of the defenders in the surface part of these four areas, but also penetrated the underground fortifications of the defenders through various access routes, and with the help of flamethrowers and demolition weapons, swept away the hideouts of the Scottish troops one by one, and the remaining defenders had to retreat to the northern part of the fortress to rely on this air defense command post for the last resistance.
With the support of more than a dozen "Irish Leopards" and various armored personnel carriers, the coalition forces soon formed a three-sided encirclement of the defenders' air defense command post, and on the periphery of the fortified area, the center troops with the 2nd Armored Brigade as the attack arrows had already been outflanked in a roundabout way.
The Scottish defenders of the Ellsden Fortress are already the turtles in the urn!
During the daytime shelling and bombardment, the fortified air defense command was blown up a corner by heavy mortars, and was blown aside by super-heavy guided bombs dropped by the new United Kingdom Air Force, which is now an irregular polygon. The defenders built firing positions on the broken walls, and dismantled and installed the remaining anti-aircraft guns in the corridors or rooms on each floor, making them support fire to block the enemy's ground offensive. Under the attack of these anti-aircraft guns, many "Irish Leopards" were soon destroyed on the side of the coalition forces. Even so, the soldiers who entered the attack still took the lead bravely, they were not afraid of the oncoming bullets and calmly moved forward, skillfully used every weapon in their hands, gritted their teeth to clear the remnants of the enemy on the periphery of the air defense headquarters, and twice broke into the main building from the southeast side, but were driven out twice under the desperate resistance of the defenders......
The air defense headquarters was originally surrounded by barbed wire horses, and layers of infantry trenches and machine-gun fire points, most of which had been destroyed by shelling and bombardment, but despite this, the attacking and defending sides fought over the position, and there were corpses strewn about it, including those of the English army, the New Kingdom army, and many of the Scots......
In the flickering light of the fire, a group of black shadows followed the rubble-strewn to the outside of the attacker's makeshift position, and the leader grabbed a machine gunner who was buried in changing the bullet chain and asked, "Hey, man, where is your commander?" ”
The Heavy turned his head, and when his gaze fell on the opponent's collar badge, his eyes suddenly changed: "He's on the side of the main entrance...... Captain Barry, Captain, there's someone looking for it here! ”
"Who?" An annoyed voice came from the other side of the iron door.
The soldier, who was all dark from helmet to military uniform, did not answer immediately, but motioned for his soldiers to wait on the spot, and ran to the iron gate himself, where he found the captain officer who was holding infrared equipment to observe the situation on the other side of the building.
"I'm Second Lieutenant Roberts of the 'Daredevil Commando', and I've been ordered to lead my squad to support you!"
Hearing that the other party reported to his home, the captain did not put down the infrared observer, but said without looking back: "Hello, second lieutenant, welcome!" However, the situation here is a bit troublesome, and I hope you are ready for a tough battle. ”
"Troops like ours are built to fight tough battles." The visitor replied confidently.
The captain turned his head and looked at his friendly colleagues: "This building must have been reinforced, the effect of direct fire from the tank cannons is not as good as expected, the enemy is very cunning and difficult to entangle, and my company has lost a third of its strength." ”
"That's a bit of a hassle!" The Night Soldier Second Lieutenant said as he turned on the infrared device mounted on the assault rifle. The difference is that the equipment of the night combat unit is more professional, and the infrared observer equipped with the infantry can only play the most basic role of active/passive observation at night.
In terms of the fighting qualities of the combatants, the "Daredevil Commando" and the 51st Infantry Assault Division deployed at Ellsden Fortress can be called the most elite combat units of the new United Kingdom Army, not only can they be able to compete with the formidable Irish Foreign Regiment in joint exercises close to the actual combat environment, most of the key personnel have participated in foreign battles as volunteers, and in the Italian battlefield, both units have shown convincing performance.
"Most of the enemies are on the second and third floors, and there are definitely some in the basement, but the number is uncertain." The captain said.
The second lieutenant glanced from left to right: "The defenders still have two or three hundred men, maybe more, the defensive fire is very tight, the key is to brave their bullets into the building." ”
"Yes!" The captain replied, "Our regiment had previously opened a passage from the southeast corner, and on two occasions the troops had penetrated it, but they were pushed out by the Scots with flamethrowers and explosive packs. Now that passage has been blown down, we are looking for a new way into the building......"
"Those are your people over there?" The second lieutenant abruptly interrupted the captain's words, and in his infrared sight, there were several humanoid light spots outside the southwest corner of the building.
"Oh, they're finally here." The captain hurriedly used his night vision goggles and observed the target before explaining: "Those are the soldiers I sent to make a detour from the side, the enemy is very cunning, blocking doors and windows with heavy objects, blowing up stairs, blocking our offensive route with machine guns and grenades, we have to find another way to find a dead spot in the defenders' fire......"
The light shone in the infrared scope, and the roar of an explosion followed.
Observing a hole in the corner of the wall, the captain beckoned: "Fire suppression!" ”
Not only the company in front of them, but also the coalition troops approaching the last stronghold of the defenders opened fire. For a while, the crazy hiss of machine guns filled the ears, the mortars thumped, and a number of "Irish Leopards" also let out deafening roars from their hidden positions.
The captain observed the situation on the other side for a moment, and then shouted, "Soldiers, attack!" ”
The soldiers did not hesitate to move forward, and after the blasting of the outer wall at the southwest corner of the building, the defenders' attention was briefly distracted, and their defensive fire was not timely, but when the attacking soldiers rushed halfway through, the grenades they threw provided light for the defensive fire, and the infantry of the new United Kingdom continued to move forward bravely in the light of the fire.
The windows on the second and third floors and the ventilation windows on the top floor poked out tongues of fire, and the dense bullets swept down and suddenly grass clippings flew, and in an instant, many soldiers fell, and the machine gun crew supporting the attack was not ambiguous, and a series of bullets rained down quickly swept to the windows of the second floor of the building and the sloping roof, but the defenders were not fixed in which windows to shoot, the defenders on the top three floors were suppressed, and the windows on the first floor that seemed to be completely blocked actually shot bullets, although the fire of submachine guns and rifles was not as fierce as that of machine guns, The attacking troops suffered considerable losses when they were fired flat.
The second lieutenant, with a high nose and thick lips and thick eyebrows and big eyes, clenched his teeth, and at this time led the team to increase the casualties to no avail, he could only watch his fellow infantry fight against fate.
It took only five to seven seconds for the light infantry to rush through a distance of forty or fifty meters, and the Brown light machine gun fired a round every 0.6 seconds, which is a few seconds in the flick of a finger from a relativistic point of view. The number of soldiers lying outside the building increased so much that the spectators feared that they did not want to see their brave companions die in battle. Fortunately, there were still some brave and fortunate soldiers who rushed past the defenders' fire with the scythe of death, and they leaned down to avoid the defenders' bullets and rushed towards the hole in the wall that had been blown open by their comrades, at which point the Scots threw grenades out the window to no avail.
As the Irish soldiers stormed the building, heavy gunfire turned from inside the house, and waves of blasts kicked up all sorts of debris from the windows. Seeing the rapid weakening of the defenders' defensive fire, the second lieutenant's indifferent eyes flashed brightly, he knelt down, held the assault rifle in a muzzle downward posture, and ordered in a low but firm voice: "It's time for us to attack!" ”
Shadows from a short distance were grouped together, and they were mixed in the middle of the infantry engaged in the follow-up attack, and passed through the open space between the horses and the buildings. Witnessing the scene of the attack just now, they all walked past the remains of their fallen comrades with reverence. Stubborn enemies are still fighting in the sturdy building, and fighting in the dark chambers will make it much more difficult for the attackers, while the Night Soldiers will be able to make the attack less difficult with their special equipment and targeted training on weekdays.
After entering the building through the breach in the southwest corner, it was indeed dark and messy, and the air was filled with heavy dust and smoke. The second lieutenant immediately made a decision, beckoned his commandos to put on gas masks, and then flat-ended assault rifles, staring at the infrared sight with one eye and observing the situation around him with the other.
As more and more Irish infantry entered the building, and fierce fighting spread from the first floor to the second and third floors, the second lieutenant led the team to search around the first floor, found the walkway leading to the basement, and made a tactical gesture of "follow me".
The elites of the "Daredevil Commando" made their way down a narrow passage into the basement, where the air was muddy and damp, but not as thick as the smoke above. As the second lieutenant expected, there were not only defenders in the basement, but also shooting bunkers, and if it weren't for the infrared night vision equipment, there was a good chance that the Scottish soldiers hiding in the shadows would have been able to sneak up on them. Now, the situation has been completely reversed, with the help of night vision equipment, the commandos can always strike first, fight their way through the narrow and complex underground passages, and finally reach the enemy headquarters that was previously unsearchable, and attack with a blasting assault without waiting for the defenders to react......