Chapter 480: Fierce Battle of Guatire City (II)
When the gunfire in the small town of Guarernas gradually faded away, the commander of the 4th Army of the Venezuelan Defense Forces guessed the bad ending. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The dense sound of artillery at the beginning made people's hearts tremble when they listened; Then there was a dense burst of gunfire, and he estimated how the strength of a division could hold out for a few hours, even 10,000 pigs, and it was impossible for the army of the Xia Empire to be slaughtered in a short time.
He desperately urged his soldiers to go and relieve the siege, but was stubbornly resisted by the Japanese mercenaries.
It's only been half an hour, and the gunfire over there has already been sparse, indicating that the war has ended, and it is likely that the other side is cleaning up the battlefield.
Since this division was finished, there was no need for him to continue to rescue him, and he urgently ordered the troops to move south and join up with the two divisions in the south. In this case, he is more afraid of being broken by each other, but he still huddles together, and he can still have a sense of security.
Now the mercenaries are equipped with a larger number of 65mm mountain guns, and each regiment has a mountain artillery company with 6 mountain guns, which makes the mercenary army's combat effectiveness to a new level. The high rate of fire of the mountain artillery was brought into full play by the artillery, and the shells continued to explode in the enemy's army, each shell could take the lives of several enemies, and the enemy who exploded was desperately lying on the ground and did not dare to move, and there was also the roaring heavy machine gun, which suppressed them and did not even dare to raise their heads.
Now the officers have ordered a retreat, and most of the officers and soldiers who are at the forefront do not even have the courage to stand up, how can they retreat? Only the troops in the rear began to withdraw.
Seeing that the enemy in the distance began to retreat, the mercenaries attacked in time, biting the tail of the enemy team tightly, and could not let them slip away easily; The commander on the airship saw that there was a fierce battle in the plains, and he did not bother to bomb those forts, and prepared to deal with the enemy in the plains first.
Bombing the enemy in the plains is the favorite thing for the airship commanders and fighters to do, which will greatly improve the bombing effect, and they can easily get more combat achievements.
Since the batteries on both sides had already been bombed, and there was no need to worry about the anti-aircraft weapons, the airship lowered its flight altitude in order to have a higher bombing accuracy.
In order to destroy as many enemies as possible, the airship chose a 250-kilogram grenade, which is fast and powerful enough.
"Boom", "boom", "boom.........
The sound of explosions continued to explode in and around the enemy ranks, each explosion would take the lives of dozens of people, and even the bones of the bombed would be gone, even those who were far away would be knocked to the ground by the shock wave, and everyone's ears would be temporarily deaf. Immediately the enemy army lost its formation, many enemy soldiers immediately abandoned their weapons and began to flee for their lives, at this time no one cared about anyone, those comrades who suffered heavy casualties, had already made them lose the courage to continue to resist.
None of the commanders of these armies experienced such heavy bombardment, let alone the newly recruited petty soldiers.
The airship dropped bombs at a very fast speed, which immediately had an immediate effect.
The mercenaries were supported by airships, and their morale was even higher.
When the airship stopped dropping bombs, all the mercenaries immediately pounced on the enemy; At this time, how could the Venezuelan soldiers be stupid enough to continue to resist? Either flee to the east or west, in the direction of the mountains and forests, or continue to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead.
A few stubborn officers still wanted to continue to resist, and these mercenaries did not have the order to treat the prisoners preferentially, and they shot directly, turning them into battle achievements.
The personal qualities of the mercenaries are indeed not covered, there will be light machine guns to deal with in crowded places, and individual soldiers who flee to both sides will be killed one by one, these mercenaries, even in the process of running forward, the marksmanship is also accurate and scary, basically one shot at a time; On the open plain, the speed at which an individual runs away cannot be compared to the speed of a bullet.
At this time, the Venezuelan soldiers discovered a secret, as long as they lay on the ground and did not move, the enemy would not shoot at them, which made many soldiers who wanted to live overjoyed, and they fell to the ground, only to hear the whistling sound of bullets flying overhead, and their hearts were overjoyed.
The IDF caught up from behind, saw the situation, and immediately outflanked it from both sides, surrounding the Venezuelan officers and soldiers who had not yet had time to escape. With the exception of a few guards and military officers who had been at the rear of the ranks, most of them were captured and disarmed.
The few soldiers who fled to the mountains and forests now have no time to clean them up.
The commander of the 4th Venezuelan Army did not return to the city of Guatire, but bypassed the city and fled to the southern positions by small road, where it was necessary to join up with the large forces as soon as possible, otherwise they would die without a place to bury.
In addition to leaving one battalion of officers and men each of the defense divisions and mercenaries to clean up the battlefield and guard the prisoners, the large force continued to move south and take advantage of the situation to occupy the city of Guatiere.
Having lost the baggage and supplies in the warehouses in the city, the two divisions in the southern mountains could not hold out for long.
The role of the 4th Route Army on the Southern Front was to contain the two divisions on the enemy's defensive line, and the intensity of the attack was not large, mainly in artillery battles, and to assist airships in bombarding the exposed enemy fortresses.
The commander of the 4th Army fled to the headquarters of the southern defense line in embarrassment, which shocked the local defenders, and the strength of 2 divisions was defeated in less than 2 hours in a field battle with the Xia Empire.
The chief of staff of the army advised: "Commander, this is not a safe place either, the enemy will attack soon, please take the idea early." ”
"I used to underestimate them too much, they are not only strong in field warfare, but also not weak in attacking fortifications, if they attack us, our fortresses will not be able to stop them." The army commander was in a very frustrated mood, according to the current state, they simply could not insist on the arrival of reinforcements, besides, if the enemy could launch a large-scale attack, he must have already planned a plan to block the reinforcements, and it was difficult to say whether the reinforcements could arrive, so he didn't even ask.
"What does the commander mean? We are afraid that we will not be able to hold out for long, the enemy's bombardment is too strong, as long as the exposed fortress is quickly destroyed by the enemy, even the brothers inside will have a hard time escaping, they are too ruthless. Said the division commander of the defensive line.
"What else can be done? Even if His Excellency the President comes in person, there is no power to return to heaven; We are already surrounded, there is no escape, and the war is not the enemy's opponent, so in order to keep our brothers alive, do not make meaningless sacrifices. The commander said sadly.
"Chief of Staff, is there really no way?" The division commander asked unwillingly.
The military staff officer shook his head helplessly and did not answer his words.
"We are already worthy of the cultivation of His Excellency the President. We did our best! The commander said thoughtlessly.
Since the army commander decided to surrender, there was no need to continue to sacrifice the lives of more officers and soldiers, so the division commander suggested: "Chief of staff, our fortress is to defend against the enemy attacking in the south, if the Xia Empire attacks from the north, we can't defend it, give an order quickly." ”
The deputy army commander, deputy chief of staff, deputy division commander and others at the headquarters all looked anxiously at the army commander and the army chief of staff, where should they go? By the time the enemy from the north arrives, it will be too late.
"The chief of staff should go and discuss with the enemy about surrendering, the army is under the command of the chief of staff, I'm tired, rest for a while, let's all go out." The commander ordered.
"Yes, Commander!" No one realized that this was the commander's last words.
As soon as everyone walked out of the headquarters, a crisp gunshot suddenly came from inside.