This final blow of the Americans, that is, the tactics of attacking from three sides and sneaking on the other, did deal a heavy blow to the soldiers of the expeditionary force, but the biggest blow was the blow to the morale of the Chinese.

Li Yongji actually made a lot of arrangements before, but he made a big tactical mistake, that is, he was too superstitious about his firepower superiority, and the other is that he treats war as a game and is used to playing fixed defense tactics like tower defense.

It can't be said that such a tactic is correct, this kind of method of repairing fortifications and playing tower defense, when mastering absolute firepower, can indeed inflict heavy damage on the side that is not superior in firepower, and then when the enemy exceeds the critical value because of excessive losses, he will naturally retreat.

However, after thousands of calculations, Li Yongji did not calculate that the Americans were so fierce and actually took 300,000 people to rush hard, and he also did not calculate the blow to the morale of his own soldiers with this tactic that could not be defended.

When playing games, the officers and soldiers on the defense are actually some numbers, and they rarely have changes in their feelings, but in reality, soldiers are flesh and blood people, and their feelings are affected in many ways.

Li Yongji's tactic of abandoning the periphery and sticking to one place, although his defense has been greatly improved, and he can better use his firepower, but it also provides convenience for the other side to surround him, once the encirclement is formed, in fact, it will instinctively have a certain impact on his own morale.

In addition, in continuous battles, although Li Yongji also let the defending Chinese take turns to rest, this situation of being in a tense battle every day is not small for the Chinese, and after several days of accumulation, it is also quite exhausting, especially mental exhaustion.

Now, when you see countless Americans all over the mountains, no matter how strong the firepower of the defenders is. There will also be a feeling of inexhaustible killing, which will further weaken the defenders' will to resist, and at this time, if there is a successful sneak attack on the rear of the camp, the panic will definitely spread.

If it were not for the fact that the Chinese were still sharp in firepower, the troops were very well organized, the officers and men had rich experience, and the radio communication system specific to the group, the entire unit would not be in a panic and change to other units. I'm afraid I'm going to be crushed just like this.

Of course, in addition to having a great deal of a blow to the psychology of the Chinese, the biggest advantage of the US military's sneak attack tactics is that they have delayed the artillery support of the Chinese.

You must know that the reason why the expeditionary force has not fallen behind until now, and even hangs the Americans, is that the key is their fierce, sharp and continuous artillery fire, as for those sniper units, machine guns. 56 Chong, although the role is not small, but in terms of lethality and deterrence, it is far from artillery.

The artillery of the expeditionary forces is now divided mainly into two parts. One is land artillery, that is, those mortars and rocket artillery, and the other is the naval artillery of the task force.

Land artillery, in fact, is an artillery unit belonging to a regiment. At the beginning of the establishment of the Dream Division, the reason why there was no special artillery directly under the division level, only directly under the regiment was set up. This is because it is possible to beat the Americans only by relying on regimental artillery, and each regiment can also give full play to the advantages of motorized units in terms of flexibility and mobility.

However, in the current situation where most of the motor vehicles are ineffective, the flexible and mobile situation cannot be brought into play, so Li Yongji concentrated the artillery of the three regiments and put all of them in the stable rear, that is, near the port.

The advantage of this is that the artillery can be used to the maximum, and it can be dispersed to take care of the troops to which they belong, or it can be concentrated to attack a target, which is more flexible than scattering in different places.

Of course, because the Americans showed a three-sided encirclement posture, in order to take care of different defensive directions, the concentrated land artillery had its own firepower coverage area, and also had its own exclusive artillery reconnaissance unit, in order to be convenient and flexible.

Although this is flexible, the power of gathering fire is slightly insufficient, but it doesn't matter, Li Yongji still has a fleet moored in the harbor, and these battleships can't move because of the freezing, and they can be used as fixed batteries.

In other words, although the land artillery fire is concentrated together, they usually fight separately, and as for those naval guns, they are Li Yongji's concentrated heavy artillery.

It was because of these land artillery and naval guns, coupled with Li Yongji's continuous use and finger replenishment of ammunition, that he was so enthusiastic and confident in the previous days, and he was surrounded by three sides, and he didn't dare to fight like this at all.

In fact, the reason why Burnside's Plan B took seven days and launched a general attack only on the last day was not only for the purpose of exhausting the enemy, but also for the purpose of consuming the Chinese's firepower, because he scattered people to feint every time, and each time he could attract a large number of Chinese artillery attacks.

Unfortunately, although the Chinese artillery fire was hit every time, and every time the Americans sent a feint force, they could attract a large amount of artillery fire from the Chinese, but the intensity of this artillery attack showed no signs of weakening at all, which was the fundamental reason why Burnside made up his mind to launch a general offensive on the last day.

However, no matter how the Chinese responded, the small number was a hard injury, and the defense lasted for six days, many people were also exhausted, and finally Burnside took advantage of the night to launch a large-scale night attack, and also sent ski troops to attack from behind through the Guò Ohio River, which suddenly made the two sides close to each other, so that the Chinese artillery fire was ineffective.

To put it simply, land artillery is concentrated in the port, and the naval artillery is also in the port, so the port here is the artillery position of the Chinese.

Originally, the harbor was very safe, but a sneak attack by the 40,000 ski troops of the Americans, although it did not cause substantial damage to the artillery, interrupted the attack of these artillery fire, and made it impossible for them to provide effective support to the front.

In this way, the American infantry, who was pressed by artillery fire in front and could not raise their heads, got a respite, coupled with the urging of the rear, and seeing the fire behind the Chinese camp, thinking that the sneak attack was successful, and as a result, they accelerated to rush towards the Chinese positions.

This gave a lot of pressure to the Chinese who were defending in front of them, and coupled with the chaos in the rear, the Americans' sneak attack troops rushed into the camp. Heel disrupted the rear of the camp.

The rear was in chaos, the artillery support was interrupted, and the Americans on the three fronts in front of the guide increased the pressure, and finally, after paying great sacrifices, they rushed to the Chinese positions and began to engage the Chinese in short arms, and then, with their numerical superiority, they charged and did not stop, but left some of the Chinese who cleaned the first line of trenches. The rest continued to charge in depth into the Chinese positions.

The purpose of the Americans is obvious, that is, to completely break the Chinese positions through an uninterrupted charge, to cut the Chinese into small pieces that cannot be connected, and to play chaotic battles together, so that the Chinese's firepower superiority cannot be fully utilized.

Fortunately, the Chinese positions are set up quite scientifically, not to mention one link after another, and there are many pillboxes that can fire at 360 degrees. It can be used as a temporary shelter for front-line positions, also called support points.

In addition to these support point bunkers, the firepower of the Chinese is still quite strong, and the suzhì of the grassroots officers is also high. Therefore, after finding that their positions had been breached, they did not fight hard, nor did they break back because of this, but retreated to those pillboxes. Then relying on the machine guns of the pillboxes and their own automatic weapons, they continued to fire around to kill and injure Americans in large numbers.

That is, at the surface. The front-line positions have been occupied by the Americans, and they are still charging in depth, but in fact, the Chinese defending on the front line, except for some unlucky ones who suffered casualties at the beginning, most of the others retreated to those permanent pillboxes, and then continued to harvest the lives of Americans around.

These bunkers, which can fire at 360 degrees, are made of cement and frozen soil, and the outside is drenched into ice, which is not only sturdy and durable, but also has a large space, and is not slippery, and the Americans will not want to occupy these fixed support points in the short term.

Therefore, it seems that the Americans are very strong and the positions of the Chinese are precarious, but in fact, because of the bunkers of the support points, the losses of the Chinese are minimal and do not hurt the bones, on the contrary, the Americans who rushed in are bleeding under the powerful fire of these support points, and the losses are much greater than before, but they are not visible for the time being.

"陛xià." Su Ho looked at Li Yongji, who had just finished putting on the full set of heavy alloy armor with the help of 12 people, and asked with a worried face, "Since the front line can still hold on, why do you need to go out in person?" Wouldn't it be better to stay here and be in command? ”

"You don't understand." Li Yongji looked left and right at the big mirror at the set of full-body alloy armor on his body, shook his hand again, moved his joints, and felt the comfort of this set of alloy armor, "The battle has reached this point, and the key depends on who is more stable." At this time, if I, the main general, personally go out, it will definitely play a role in boosting morale, so that we can launch a counterattack, defeat their attack, and even launch a counterattack to defeat them completely. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yongji turned around, looked at Soho with a worried face, and gently touched her hair with a gloved hand: "Don't worry, I have this set of invulnerable alloy armor, and I am driving an armored car, and I am also taking the Qianlong Special Combat Team, it will be fine." ”

"But you are the emperor and your status is noble, how can you go to the front line in person at every turn and go into battle like a small soldier? You should be in the rear. ”

"Who said that the emperor is not allowed to fight?" Li Yongji shook his head, "Besides, for now, only my personal guard troops can successfully counterattack with the fastest speed, so as to stabilize the whole situation, otherwise...... Okay, I've made up my mind, don't persuade me, anyway, when I'm going to fight, you just stay here, don't go anywhere, it's serious to protect yourself. ”

After speaking, Li Yongji no longer paid attention to Soho, picked up the fully enclosed helmet and put it on, and turned into a tall and burly steel warrior, and then left here with a click.

That's right, the set of armor that Li Yongji is wearing now is the set of alloy armor with a total weight of 126 kilograms that Zhang Xinda specially tailored for him.

This set of alloy armor is a kind of full-body armor, and the materials are all modern materials, such as titanium alloy composite plates, bulletproof ceramic plates, bulletproof fibers, etc., not to mention the price, and the weight is also large, but it is not a power armor, even if ordinary people can wear it, they can't act normally at all.

Only a person like Li Yongji, who has evolved into a humanoid monster, can move freely in this set of armor, but unfortunately, Li Yongji has a noble status, and it is difficult to have any chance to charge at all, so this set of armor is not so much a murder weapon for battle, but a toy that Li Yongji usually uses to play.

But this time, it was found that the Americans were so brave that they rushed over at the risk of heavy casualties, so Li Yongji planned to go out in person, at least to repel the sneak attack force with the greatest threat behind.

Because of the radio and the support point bunker, although the current battle situation seems dangerous, Li Yongji still has not lost control of the whole army, and all kinds of intelligence have also converged on the headquarters, which makes Li Yongji understand that the situation is not as bad as it seems.

Although the three front-line positions have been occupied by the Americans, the first-line resistance personnel either retreated to the second-line positions in advance, or retreated to the support point fortress, in short, the casualties were not large, on the contrary, the Americans who occupied the first-line position were beaten in front of the second-line position, and the charging Americans were killed by the second-line position and strong firepower.

In other words, the frontal front is not hindered for the time being, but the direction of the port, that is, the place where the sneak attack was taken, the situation is relatively serious.

This is because in the direction of the port is the artillery position of the whole army, and there are a lot of military supplies, which were set up in the port for convenience before, but I didn't expect to be attacked by someone this time, but nothing else, those artillery pieces have fallen a lot.

If it weren't for the fact that the Americans who attacked by sneak attack did not know how to use those modern artillery, especially if they did not know how to fuse the shells, I am afraid that they would have used the captured artillery to bombard the positions of the expeditionary force by this time.

On the contrary, those warships, although they were also attacked by the American sneak attack troops, but under the desperate defense of the sailors, especially with the assistance of those small-caliber rapid-fire secondary guns, they did not let the other side succeed, and they were still under their own control, but it was obvious that they were unable to provide artillery support to the front in the short term until they solved the surrounding threats.

In other words, the biggest problem of the current expeditionary force is not the front, but the rear, that is, the direction of the port, and only by regaining the artillery positions and resuming their own fierce artillery bombardment will it be possible to completely turn the tide without continuing to suffer this passive situation.

As far as the current situation is concerned, although there are quite a few counterattack troops that can be mobilized, when it comes to being quick and effective, only Li Yongji's direct personal guard troops are the ones that can be quickly and effectively.

This is because so far, only Li Yongji's personal guard armored unit is not affected by the severe cold, because his armored unit itself is equipped with military armored vehicles, which are all produced according to military standards, and are fundamentally different from those simplified paratrooper assault vehicles.

In other words, this temperature of minus 20 degrees may be very powerful for those paratrooper assault vehicles and military trucks, but it has basically no effect on those military armored vehicles, and all of these armored vehicles can resist low temperatures above minus 40 degrees.

Of course, in addition to these factors, Li Yongji himself also wanted to personally experience the feeling of being on the front line, especially his set of alloy armor, which had never really fought so far and had opened meat, so he just took this opportunity to cool off.

Li Yongji had a hunch that after this battle, he was afraid that he would not be able to wear armor like this for a long time in the future, so he cherished this opportunity very much, otherwise, it would be too much of a waste of his inhuman divine power, and he would also fail this expensive set of alloy armor.

"All of them! Attention! Seeing the heavily armed Li Yongji walking out of the door, Wu Shouyun stood up and saluted, "Report to the commander, all the Qianlong special combat team is ready!" ”

"Good!" Li Yongji, who was covered by the alloy armor of his whole body and couldn't even see his appearance clearly, nodded, and continued to say through the megaphone, "Don't talk nonsense, get in the car, follow me to fight, and use the blood of the enemy to forge our glory!" (To be continued......)