October 11, 830, 11:30 a.m. Accompanied www.biquge.info shelling of federal positions, the front-line positions launched an attack. The Sixth Army and the Ninth Army attacked the Imperial positions on the left and right flanks respectively, with the Seventh Army attacking from the center, and Cheng Yi commanding the Third Army to follow behind to break through. The Union forces formed a cone-shaped attack formation and pierced the Imperial positions.

Immediately after the Federal shelling stopped, the Imperial Army counterattacked. The intertwined network of machine guns and energy cannons covered the charging route of the Federation soldiers, and countless Federation soldiers fell on the way of the charge. The Federation mecha rushed towards the enemy position at high speed, and the energy level was fully activated, and from time to time, the mech would be hit by several energy cannons and blown up.

One by one, the Union soldiers fell in pools of blood, but the others continued to charge without fear. The infantry followed closely behind the armored fighting vehicle, the energy cannon exploded in the crowd, and several soldiers were lifted into the air. A soldier whose entire arm had been blown off still held up the Union flag with his only hand, fearlessly following the troops to charge, and the Union Star flag fluttered in the wind on the road of attack.

At the cost of great sacrifices, the Federation Army successfully captured the forward positions of the Rovisa Empire. After striking while the iron was hot and leaving a small number of defensive troops behind, the Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Armies attacked again. However, the guards in the rear of the Empire were ready, and the Federation suffered heavy losses as the enemy defended them with all their might. After an hour of attack, it advanced less than 5 kilometers.

The Federal Army is now less than 10 kilometers away from the small town of Seluda. Cheng Yi was already in a hurry, although it was only a short ten kilometers, but now there was no time to wait. Cheng Yi immediately ordered Aldrich's Seventh Army to be replaced by the Third Army.

As soon as the Third Army took up the main offensive in the center, the pace of its advance was immediately faster. The Third Army, with its ace mecha troops, quickly captured one imperial defense position after another. At this time, the air support in the rear of the Federation also arrived, and the positions of the Imperial Army were completely shattered by the mechs of the Third Army after a burst of indiscriminate bombardment. Under the air strikes of the Federation and the onslaught on the ground, in just 30 minutes, the Third Army had advanced to the vicinity of the town of Seluda.

The Federal Army immediately switched from offensive to defensive, and the tearing hole in the Imperial position was temporarily stabilized, but the real counterattack of the Imperial Army was about to begin. Calvin had already led the 2nd Mecha Infantry Division in the lead of the assault on the town of Seluda, an abandoned town with less than two regiments of defenders. It was only a matter of time before Seluda was captured.

Just as all the plans were going in the direction originally planned, something suddenly happened, and the Federation Army immediately fell into a very passive situation.

"What, the Sixth Army was routed?" Cheng Yi didn't expect that after holding on for such a short time, the Sixth Army would retreat. "Contact General Aldrich and ask him to take over the position of the Sixth Army, and buy as much time as possible!"

The Seventh Army had already risen up, and even the army commander Aldrich did not expect that Cheng Su would be defeated and retreat so quickly. When the Seventh Army went up, Aldrich had broken Cheng Su's heart, he didn't expect that the Sixth Army hadn't even done any fortifications for such a long time! The Seventh Army, without any well-established fortifications, withstood only twenty minutes of onslaught from two Imperial armies and was immediately defeated.

"Commander, the Seventh Army has also been routed by the Imperial Army." A chief of staff reported to Cheng Yi, "Commander, let's retreat, our left flank troops are about to be directly exposed to the firepower of the two imperial armies." ”

"No, the town of Seluda has not yet been captured, and the 1st Panzer Division has not yet entered Seluda." Just when Cheng Yi was anxious, bad news came over. A communications corpsman hurried into the temporary headquarters, "Report to the general, Lieutenant General Quinton, commander of the Ninth Army, who was in charge of the defense of the right flank, sent a communication. After receiving the communication, Quinton informed Cheng Yi that the Ninth Army was no longer able to defend, and informed Cheng Yi in advance that the Ninth Army would withdraw from its position in ten minutes.

Only ten minutes later, another person ran into the headquarters, "Report to the general, the 56th Mechanized Infantry Division on our left flank has been routed by the enemy, and the 56th Division has suffered heavy losses. Our defense deployments are shrinking dramatically"

The artillery fire of the two warring sides drew closer, and the counterattack of the Imperial army became more and more fierce.

"General, let's withdraw quickly, if we don't withdraw, our entire group army will be surrounded here." The chief of staff said urgently.

"Yes, General! We can go back and find a way to rescue the brothers of the second division, and if we don't leave now, we really don't have a chance! The people in the temporary command headquarters were all persuading Cheng Yi.

After some entanglement, Cheng Yi slapped the table hard, "Withdraw!" Leave the 2nd Division in charge of the reception, and the 1st Division retreats with the troops! Cheng Yi issued an order, and even his voice changed tone at the end.

Immediately, someone sent Cheng Yi's task to various combat units, and the whole army did not expect that this would be the result in the end, should they abandon the brothers of the Second Division?

"I don't retreat, why did the commander let me retreat, the second division is still in Seluda, and I still have to fight side by side with the second division!" Edmund couldn't believe it when he received Cheng Yi's order, he didn't believe that his boss would let the Second Division go unpunished.

"I'm going to call Calvin back, the 2nd Division must retreat with us!" Edmund was about to connect to wartime communications, and several lieutenants and staff officers immediately stopped Edmund. Edmund kicked an adjutant away, "Don't stop me!" ”

"Don't you know how much sacrifice the entire Federation has paid for this operation? The target has not yet appeared, and withdrawing without permission is a crime! The deputy commander yelled as he grabbed Edmund by the collar.

"No, staying here for the second division can only be a dead end." Edmund's tone softened, "I beg you, I can't watch the brothers of the Second Division die here!" ”

The deputy division commander gritted his teeth fiercely, held back the tears in his eyes and shouted at the guards beside him, "Quickly carry the division commander down and retreat!" ”

"Let me go!" Edmund was finally carried away by several officers, "You let me down, or Lao Tzu will go back and kill you!" ”

The Third Army withdrew from the battlefield, and at this point, all the federal troops involved in the operation were withdrawn. Only the 2nd Division remained in Seluda, in the hinterland of enemy forces 40 km from the federal positions.

Division Commander Calvin had already received a communication from Cheng Yi, and he understood that the situation was urgent, and there was no way for the Third Army to retreat in advance. No, Cheng Yi told Calvin that he would do everything he could to get the Second Division out.

The 2nd Division had completely captured the town of Seluda, which, although small, was sufficient as the headquarters of the 2nd Division. Calvin immediately ordered the construction of a medical post and a maintenance battalion within Seluda, as well as the construction of fortifications on the outskirts of Seluda. Calvin was confident that he would be able to successfully complete the task, and waited until Cheng Yi rescued him.