"Now, what do we do next?" With a cold look in his eyes, mixed with a hint of grief, Callas glanced at the remaining twenty generals in the command who were wounded, a few were even absent, and to be precise, they were no longer able to attend.

The losses were so tragic that after dinner, the number of men was counted, and nearly 7,000 officers and men were lost under and in the middle of that small hill, and nearly 100 tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed or lost the ability to continue fighting.

How hard is it to be able to hit like this?

Callas couldn't speak, and at the same time he could only learn from the retreating officer:

Large-caliber mortar shells, small-caliber anti-tank armor-piercing shells were tilted at their infantry as if they didn't want money, and every second several or even a dozen people fell at the same time on the way to the reunion.

And the other side seems to have a lot of heavy automatic fire, and more infantry died under the rain of bullets from the other side.

For the enemy's defensive line, the infantry mortars were able to make a certain threat to them, but without waiting for the soldiers who were using the mortars to aim at each other, a few or even a dozen shells fell around them, or exploded directly in front of them.

Dozens of mortars have been destroyed, and hundreds of soldiers have died in the fire......

Based on these words, Kalas came to the conclusion that the enemy's tanks were not a great threat to the infantry, but the enemy had the ability to not rely on tanks as the core of the infantry's attack, and the opponent could use the tanks and fighting vehicles on the hillside to concentrate on countering their armored forces.

Infantry without tanks will easily be crushed by opposing tank units in many terrains, but similarly, armored units without infantry cover will also die miserably.

Naturally, Kalas knew about this, but he definitely didn't expect that the other party would dare to use tanks in such terrain to assist infantry defense.

What's even more terrifying is that the opponent's firepower is so fierce......

Kalas couldn't think of anything better for a while. He has more than 70 long-barreled howitzers with a caliber of more than 105mm, but he is simply unable to effectively attack the opponent without risking a little.

He also thought that the opponent's defensive position was chosen after careful consideration.

The aim was to make it impossible for them to provide effective artillery support.

He naturally knew the power of artillery, and if he was lucky, after a few volleys, the defensive strength of the opponent's defense line would drop by at least one level.

Then, then their strong offensive will be more effective, and at the same time, the attrition of troops will not be so much.

But now the problem is that his artillery unit has found the only position that can barely spread out, and it cannot pose an effective threat to the other side...... No, it should be said that the slightest threat can't be done.

"Alas......" Kalas glanced at the middle and senior officers in front of him, and said helplessly: "When the attack comes, the artillery will support the forward position." ”

The brigade commander of the artillery brigade nodded bitterly, he could predict that his artillery unit, after this battle, if not all the troops were wiped out, I am afraid that it would at least end up in a serious crippled state.

……

In a tent temporarily erected on the hillside, Zhang Shixin listened to the reports of his subordinates.

Although he didn't have to, the tactical map in his mind already pointed him to the details.

After two battles, his infantry unit lost more than 100 men, almost all of them on the left flank. Zhang Shixin transferred 30 men from each of the two central first-level right flank defense lines to supplement the left flank.

The ammunition consumption is very high, but even a few more fierce battles like this will still be able to maintain a high level of firepower for them.

After all, the ammunition base is there.

All the troops re-replenished the consumed ammunition when they were resting, but fortunately the other party didn't find out about this, otherwise if they carried out a strong attack, it would still make Zhang Shixin scramble for a while.

This time, he asked these people to come over for the purpose of one sentence......

"No one can retreat until dawn, not even me!" Zhang Shixin said in a firm tone.

"Yes, Commander!"

After Zhang Shixin looked at the map and almost everyone walked out, a voice asked Zhang Shixin on the side: "Boss, what is it that supports you to do this." I don't mind dying here like a soldier. But boss, you don't have to do that. ”

"What is it that supports me to do this?" Zhang Shixin raised his head and smiled slightly: "Trust, because a girl who needs my help trusts me." ”

Zhang Shixin paused and continued: "In Huros, it is her, or their trust in me, that is, I created a miracle, so I hope that this time I can also repay the other party's trust in me...... Even if there's a real good chance I'll die here. You can actually leave it, and now you can say it. You also know that with this little force, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to completely block dozens of times the number of troops. ”

Strall looked at Zhang Shixin, who was looking at him with a sincere eye, and had a plan in his heart, so he also showed an indifferent smile: "Boss, since you, the mercenary leader, are not afraid of death, then what am I afraid of?" ”

Zhang Shixin looked at Strar, who pulled on his rain hat and walked out of the tent after speaking, and didn't know what the other party's words meant.

Sinia said angrily: "You can look at this person's information." A sucker. ”

Zhang Shixin opened Straar's surname panel as he said, and almost nothing changed, but his loyalty went directly to the full value of one hundred......

Zhang Shixin was a little dumbfounded, but at this time, several yellow flares appeared in the rainy night sky, and after Zhang Shixin pulled up the rain hat, he hurriedly ran out of the tent......

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The roads below the slopes of the hills, the slopes of the hills, and even the tops of the hills were illuminated by a succession of flares as bright as when the weather was clear.

On the other side of the road, two dozen tanks took the lead, followed by a large number of armored vehicles, thousands of infantry, and two dozen long-barreled howitzers towed by armored vehicles.

Listening to the communicator relay the report of the VK-2802 "Shadow Leopard", which had been silently observing, the tactical map in Zhang Shixin's mind also showed these calibers of differences, but none of the long-barreled howitzers with a caliber of less than 105mm were not available.

"Let the three self-propelled guns turn me back as much as possible. If we make them an effective threat, then we will have to wait to die. Zhang Shixin gave instructions to the communicator.

Accompanied by the communicator relaying Zhang Shixin's order to the three self-propelled artillery crews that had not moved their positions, the gunners of the three self-propelled guns adjusted the firing elements with the Eagle Eye function.

They didn't fire right away, but waited for the best chance for the other side to stay.

After a while, several armored vehicles with artillery towing appeared on the side of the corner, stopping to untie the leash. The three self-propelled guns slanted into the night sky and the barrels of the dense rain curtain, and they all let out angry howls......

After a few seconds of short flight, the shell quickly fell into the vicinity of the opposing armored vehicles and artillery.

Among them, the 150mm shell of the wild bee pierced the top armor plate of an armored car, and the violent explosion detonated the ammunition placed in the armored car at the same time, and the superimposed explosion kinetic energy effect appeared, after a loud bang, a huge blue fireball tore the armored car into large or small parts, and only the cab in front of the armored car can still find relatively complete parts.

As for the few soldiers who had already jumped out of the armored car and were about to untie the leash, some were swept by the blue flames caused by the explosion, and the scorching blue flames quickly spread throughout their bodies; Some were directly shocked by the shock wave into the river behind the road, and after rolling in the raging river a few times, they were completely swallowed by the tyrannical river current......

As for the gun, although it was not visibly damaged, no one had done anything about it......

The results of the attack on the other two guns were not so obvious, but those two guns were estimated to be no longer usable without extensive repairs.

Zhang Shixin watched the opponent's artillery disappear one after another on the tactical map, and he was also glad: "Fortunately, they hit the other party, otherwise it would be a big trouble." ”

What Zhang Shixin is most afraid of now is that the opponent is setting up an artillery formation at a long distance and bombarding the defensive line he has arranged.

Because of that distance, not to mention the mortar position that was almost 300 meters apart, even the mortars he arranged on the defensive line could not hit so far.

Despite the protection of the trenches, which minimizes the chance of soldiers and tanks being killed or destroyed directly, the damage caused by the blast wave at close range is considerable.

All he had to do now was to delay the enemy as long as possible until the end of the mission - half past five tomorrow morning.

The flares in the sky continued to fly one after another, illuminating the earth and rivers as if it were day......

The advancing tanks of the enemy continued to bombard the defensive line on the hillside with their own tank guns, but with little effect.

As for the weapons on the enemy's armored vehicles, hitting the walls of the trenches, completely lost their lethality......

Occasionally, there was a scream indicating that an unfortunate soldier had been hit, but the fight could continue, and if someone had been hit without making a sound, there were only two possibilities, one was already dead, and the other was not far from death......

However, they did not fight back, and waited until the opponent was within range of effective damage before attacking.

The opposing convoy covered the infantry and continued to advance slowly on the muddy road, although they felt unbelievable that Zhang Shixin did not give the order to attack them, but they had to continue to move forward.

……

The rain continued to fall, and Zhang Shixin, who had already put the MG-34 back on the roof of the body, gently pulled the bolt, gently leaned his head against the butt, and waited for the opportunity to shoot.

The earth was still shrouded in rain, and from time to time a few pale yellow flares flew in the sky, and the rain hit the top of the Panther A, making a dripping bell.

"Full Fire!! With Zhang Shixin shouting loudly.

With Zhang Shixin's words, the hillside front once again unleashed an attack like raindrops against the enemy in front of him.

Under the joint attack of Zhang Shixin's tank troops, several tanks lost their combat effectiveness, and following in the footsteps of the wingmen who were destroyed in the previous two battles, they became a "scenery" on the hillside.

The uninjured armourers climbed out of the car, but with the exception of a few lucky ones, most of the armourers were quickly grounded by bullets fired from the hillside after their bodies were exposed......

But the subsequent part of the tank armored vehicles quickly bypassed the destroyed wingman and continued to move forward.

And as there were more and more bunker obstacles under the hillside, Zhang Shixin found that the effective attack of his troops against the enemy began to slow down.

But he didn't have any choice, because even if the most heavily armored anti-virus vehicle rushed down, I am afraid that it would not last long to be destroyed by the opponent's concentrated fire.

The only thing he can do now is to let his troops kill the enemy as far as possible, so as to reduce the pressure of the opponent's attack.

……

"General, the troops on the front line sent a telegram saying that they had suffered heavy casualties and asked for support." A lieutenant colonel took a piece of waterproof paper and handed it to Callas and saluted.

"What are our artillery doing?" Kalas slapped the waterproof paper on the table and asked the lieutenant colonel in front of him.

"The members of the artillery brigade do not dare to rush out to fight now, because more than a dozen artillery pieces have been countered by the opponent's large-caliber howitzers and have lost their combat capability." The lieutenant colonel whispered.

"I don't care what their losses are, let them get close to the front and bombard the opponent's defensive line, that's the order!!" Kalas roared, "One more thing, if they kill all of them, I'll lead the charge myself!" ”

"Yes! Checkmate! The lieutenant colonel gave a military salute to Callas, then turned and left the headquarters.

Kalas looked at the background of the lieutenant colonel's departure, and felt very helpless, he knew that if he continued to fight like this, the troops would collapse sooner or later.

But he couldn't help it, because he was a military man.

……

......A loud bang sounded on the left side of Zhang Shixin, and Zhang Shixin looked at the sound in astonishment, and found that the turret of the No. 4 F2 was blown into the sky, and then fell down.

"Ask me, what is the artillery doing?!" Zhang Shixin said loudly to the correspondent.

After a while, the communicator replied: "There are too many opponents, they have tried their best to counter the opponent's artillery, and it is estimated that they will not be able to ......"

Zhang Shixin was about to say something, when a 105mm high-explosive grenade smashed out of a crater more than 12 meters in front of the left side of the Panther A, and a burst of small stones mixed with scorching dust hit Zhang Shixin's body.

"Your sister !!" Zhang Shixin saw that the 700-meter direction of the tactical map had been divided into several columns, and more than 40 long-barreled howitzers were lined up.

The vicinity of these guns was littered with the wreckage of artillery and armored vehicles, and from time to time, one or two guns were countered and turned into a pile of scrap metal......

It's just that Zhang Shixin's side is also very upset, because the other party is also desperately aiming at the ramp and pouring cannonballs......

About fifteen minutes later, when the last long-barreled howitzer was blown up by three shells, Zhang Shixin was wrapping his left arm, which had been grazed by a piece of shrapnel, and he looked in the direction of the bombing, and wanted to cry without tears.

Three of the tank units alone (F2 IV, assault gun III, anti-tank destroyer IV) were completely incapacitated, and almost all of the members were killed.

Not to mention the trench infantry that was bombarded as the main target.

The losses on the left flank were the heaviest, with more than 200 people originally placed here, and fifty mostly lightly wounded, he had to grit his teeth, and then said to the communicator: "Let the mortar sub-gunner in the back go to the left flank with submachine guns to support." ”

When these people appeared on the left flank, the left flank was under the onslaught of the opposing infantry, and there were only more than 20 people left who could still use weapons.

This period was only about five minutes, and the fierceness of the battle was evident......

……

Another wave of enemy attacks was repulsed. Moreover, it is very likely that all the armored units will be destroyed on the ramp, or they will be blocked in the layers of barricades, and in short, there will be no large-scale armored forces to escort the infantry for reunion.

Zhang Shixin went back to the turret, picked up his own kettle and took a sip of water, and then said to the signal soldier: "Ask me Firay, how many troops does the other side have?" ”

After a while, the other party replied: "Except for a few armored vehicles, all tanks have been sent to the battlefield." ”

This sentence made Zhang Shixin feel relieved.

Although he was very tired, his right shoulder was sore and painful, and he felt as if he could no longer lift his energy.

However, he knew that the other side was also reorganizing its troops and preparing to attack again.

"Half past two?" Zhang Shixin silently glanced at his watch, and said self-deprecatingly: "Hehe, it seems that these few hours are the key to separating the winner from defeat." ”

Zhang Shixin's side felt that he couldn't hold on, and it was the same on Callas's side, and the situation was even more serious.

……

"General, we have suffered too many casualties, without the support of tanks and armored vehicles, and our artillery is also lost, do we really want to pave a road with the lives of our soldiers?" A division commander with a bandage on his forehead was about to cry: "General, my entire division almost fell on that ramp and could not be beaten any more." ”

"I know we've suffered heavy casualties, but how is the other side different? You've noticed that the opponent's firepower output has dropped to a point. As long as we hold on a little longer, we can win. After half an hour's rest, you join forces with the death-fearing ghosts on the ramp to attack, and if they remain still, you give them a ride. There was a hint of murderous intent in Callas's eyes.

"Yes, General!!" In the temporary headquarters of the Hairrington Army, only a few people were left in a feeble tone, responding to Callas's orders.

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At half past two in the morning, a company commander of the Helrington Army, with less than a third of his remaining troops, was finally about to rush to a place more than twenty meters in front of the first trench.

However, several black objects were thrown out of the trenches, and he hurriedly ordered everyone to lie down in the crater, but these were not grenades, but S-shaped grenades.

The company commander lay in the muddy water and did not hear the explosion, and he couldn't help but look up......

All he heard was a sound like a grenade exploding above his head, and then his whole body felt like he had been hit by dozens of bullets......

He saw a small silver-white steel ball embedded in a relatively large broken stone in front of him, and knew that he had been struck by such a thing......

Immediately, his eyes gradually lost their luster of life......

Under the powerful damage of these S-type grenades, the Hairington Army retreated again, and the number of dead was once again increased on the ramp strewn strewn with corpses......

And the bodies of these people are more or less deeply embedded by small steel balls......

The continuous rain washed away the corpses of the war dead, and the pale red blood flow accumulated in the craters, forming a faint puddle......

……

"It's five o'clock...... But it's almost over......" Zhang Shixin licked the corners of his mouth that looked pale because of blood loss, and looked at another group of enemies rushing up, Zhang Shixin seemed very quiet.

"Commander! The left wing could not support it, and they urgently needed support!! "The signal corps sent a message.

Zhang Shixin was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head: "Finally can't stand it?" Where can I find reinforcements......"

Not only the remaining mortarmen, but also all the personnel of armored vehicles and trucks were filled on the left flank by him as reinforcements in these few hours......

Now, there was no one left in the center and on the right flank, and the line was barely maintained by the crews of a few tanks and fighting vehicles.

It can be said that Zhang Shixin now has few troops that can be mobilized.

Then, he glanced at MG-34 in front of him and laughed, "Am I not just reinforcements?" ”

Zhang Shixin got into the car, picked up his MP-38, and stuffed a few magazines in the pocket of the military raincoat, and said to the communicator: "Let all the drivers, communicators, and commanders who are still able to fight rush to the left flank for me, and the loader will act as the machine gunner on the roof." Also, let three self-propelled guns rush to the city of Capani...... When that's all that, the radio is silent. ”

"Yes, Commander!"

……

After hearing the communicator's report, Filei, who was still observing the situation, was stunned for a moment, and then he hurriedly asked the communicator to inform Zhang Shixin and ask him to retreat.

"Commander! No, the commander's tank went to radio silence. We were unable to contact !! The communicator tried several times, but received no reply, and said loudly.

"Abominable !!" Through the periscope, Firay looked at the temporary garrison of the Hellington Army, which was no longer empty, and the tent with the military flag. Enraged, he made a crazy decision.

The VK-2802 "Shadow Leopard" quickly turned in place, and then came to a ramp where the tent could be taken out from above, facing the tent three hundred meters away.

"Bang!" Firay quickly pulled out an MG-34, punched the turret canopy open, and placed the MG-34 on the roof of the car along with a large chain box......

"Shooting !!" Firay shouted loudly, and then, the MG-34 in front of the hull and the MG-34 in Firay's hand roared into the tent at about the same time......

……

Callas looked at his watch and saw that it was past five o'clock, so he prepared to stand up......

But what he didn't expect was that a series of gunshots, mixed with the ticking sound of the rain, came to his ears, and he was wondering where the gunshots came from, but before he could react, a row of 7.92mm bullets easily pierced the tent, and several of them hit him from his left shoulder to his right abdomen in turn.

Kalas slowly fell to the ground, letting his life force pass quickly......

He suddenly felt that he was relieved......

Yes, relief from this battle where there will be no victory......

Kalas closed his eyes, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth......

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"Da ......" The last support army led by Zhang Shixin failed to catch up with the time, and the left flank was lost.

And now, they were fighting the Hellington Army in the central trenches.

"Snort......" Zhang Shixin glanced at Strahr, who had finished strafing the corner of the trench, nodded, and pulled down the fuse of the M24 grenade.

"Three, two, one." Zhang Shixin silently counted down in his heart, and then threw the grenade sideways to the other side of the tunnel......

As soon as the "Boom ......" grenade flew into the wooden plank where it landed, it exploded, and the two Hellington soldiers staggered to the plank, crushing a lot of muddy water......

"You don't have to come with me, Strar." Zhang Shixin threw away the MP-38, which had run out of bullets, pulled out his M1911, and said after pulling out the gun.

"Because you're my boss, who's going to pay me when you die?" Strall reluctantly threw the MP-38 aside, pulled out his pistol, and said.

"Really? They're here again......" Zhang Shixin shrugged his shoulders and quickly pulled the trigger sideways against the pit......

A few minutes later, Zhang Shixin, who had to defend with Bremer and others, hit a second lieutenant in Helrington in the forehead with a pistol, then felt out the last pistol magazine, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that we are like this......

There was a dense sound of footsteps on the board......

But before he could finish his sentence, a dozen pale blue flares flew out of the mountain waves behind them......

"Are reinforcements finally coming? It shouldn't be half past five......" Zhang Shixin's body trembled slightly, and he fell on Straar's body.

"Boss......" Strall naturally knew that Zhang Shixin was just unconscious, but they were not out of danger yet, so he picked up Zhang Shixin and quickly retreated.

……

When Firay quickly rushed back, he found that this small hill was really like hell, but he ignored it and rushed directly to the tent where Zhang Shixin was.

He glanced at the men who were cleaning the battlefield, praying to some of the Herrington soldiers from time to time, and weapons in their hands.

Although they did not wear military uniforms, in temperament, these people were definitely regular soldiers.

They did not prevent Firay from entering the tent, but let him enter freely.

In the tent, he not only confirmed that Zhang Shixin was a little weak and needed to rest, but he was actually fine.

Moreover, he spotted a silver-haired young woman sitting across from Strarle......

The atmosphere was a little weird towards the two people in sight......

But for Filley, the battle was finally over......

Even though he didn't think he had done much.

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