Chapter 296: Changing Thinking
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Three days passed, and in those three days, Graves had all the bad news except for the good news that Tariq had annihilated a hundred-man Chaos Gang of the enemy - on the twelve large and small defensive positions established on the right side of the Struggle, in these three days, eight positions had been broken through, and a dog-tooth situation had been formed, and then after Graves sent the third company of the Space Marines to desperately retake four positions, the enemy's cunning commander sent their demomen, Explosives were carried out in the chambers that had not yet been recaptured, and several passages into the depths of the Struggle were blasted with high bombs.
Under the tactics of the enemy commander, the defensive positions set up by Graves were of little use, and then Graves abandoned the positions with open cabins and retreated to the next line of defense, where he fought to the death against the enemy in narrow, difficult terrain.
However, after a casualty count, Graves got the worst news of allβthe Night's Watch had lost seventeen companies of tanks, five hundred and sixty-eight killed, three hundred and twenty-one seriously wounded, and temporarily incapacitated.
Faced with such a terrible casualty rate in three days, Graves had realized that it was so difficult to establish a defensive position in an open cabin, and if he entered the narrow cabin, the two sides faced each other, facing each other, and fighting for one cabin after another, I am afraid that the casualties would be even greater.
"That's what we're suffering from in the fighting, and we're going to have to figure out how to deal with it."
In a makeshift conference room, Graves, Heimerdinger, Victor and others were holding an impromptu battle meeting, and Graves was rubbing his brows at this time and said with a sad face.
"And now, about thirty percent of the right compartment of the Battlefront has fallen, and although we have not lost those important compartments, such as the battery and engine room, which are still under our control, the parking bay has been occupied, and we have lost the ability to launch the fleet.
Besides, now we are about to find ourselves in a situation like the Battle of Hong Kong, but the individual weapon of our Night's Watch troops, the laser gun, is not suitable for the Battle of Hong Kong.
Although the accuracy and power of the laser gun are good, the laser beam it shoots does not have the ability to stand still, and the rate of fire of the laser gun is not as fast as the automatic rifles equipped with a large number of blood contracts, which will become a big disadvantage for us if we enter the Hong Kong battle. β
Speaking of which, Heimerdinger suggests.
"In fact, there are a large number of shotguns stored on the Battle, and while it is not enough to fully arm our troops, it should alleviate the Night's Watch's disadvantage in the Battle of Hong Kong.
In addition, if necessary, I can arm the mechanical slaves on the Battle, program them into battle, and turn them into makeshift fighter minions, although they may not be combative, but the tens of thousands of mechanical slaves on the Fight are enough for us to use to consume the enemy. β
"Master Heimerdinger, your proposal is very good, although the transfer of these mechanical slaves will make the operation of the Fight difficult, but now we can't care about so much, do you need my help in arming the mechanical slaves?"
Graves nodded, agreeing with Master Heimerdinger's proposal, and asked in a deep voice.
"If you need to, you're welcome."
"Then I need Victor to be my assistant, and at the same time give me some weapons and equipment, whether it is a single laser gun or a heavy laser cannon, the more of these weapons and equipment, the better."
"Yes, I will ask the logistics officer to transport the materials you need to the logistics warehouse, Master Heimerdinger, you can send someone to retrieve them yourself.
As for Victor......"
Graves turned his inquiring gaze to Victor, who naturally had no opinion, nodded slightly, and agreed to Heimerdinger's secondment application.
"However, our problem has not been completely solved, and although the methods just now can alleviate the disadvantage, it still does not solve the weakness of the night watchman in the battle in Hong Kong."
At this time, Yi, who was standing silently on the side, stood up, and his thin figure suddenly entered everyone's sight, and Graves turned his inquiring gaze to Yi.
Yi said.
"In fact, can we let the Fight carry naval sailors and armed personnel into battle, although their defensive equipment and combat effectiveness are not very good, but in any case, their familiarity with the Fight is a big advantage that the Night's Watch cannot match, and they should all be trained similar to the Battle of Hong Kong, and their performance in the battle for the cramped cabins should alleviate our disadvantage."
However, while everyone was in the heat of discussion, Jace looked thoughtful, he silently recalled the solutions that everyone had just proposed, and then keenly found a problem - these solutions all revolve around treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.
At this point, Jace stood up from his position and offered a different approach.
"Guys, since we don't have an advantage in the Hong Kong war, why don't we think we can find a way to play to our advantages, I don't think we have to fight according to the enemy's rhythm at all, why do we have to enter a situation like the Hong Kong war!?
Obviously, the enemy's commander must have deliberately made the situation of the war like this, so why should we fight a port war with the enemy. β
In the face of Jace's rhetorical question, everyone suddenly fell into deep thought, Graves couldn't help but feel ashamed, he was led by the enemy commander along the way, but he didn't know that if it wasn't for Jace's reminder, maybe he would have gone all the way to the black, and he had been walking according to the enemy's rhythm.
And at this time, Jace's words were not over, he said loudly.
"Now in the battle situation, because of the previous battle between Commander Tariq and Captain Victor outside the Fight, we have annihilated the enemy's Chaos Gang, so we have an advantage in terms of high-end combat power, but in the past three days, because of the disadvantage in defense, our advantage is constantly being offset by the enemy's numbers! I think this is clearly a deliberate act on the part of the enemy commanders, who are clearly already aware of our situation, and are deliberately using their numerical superiority to contain our Space Marines.
Every time our Space Marines appear on the battlefield, don't you think those Blood Pact troops are defeated too quickly? β
Indeed, Graves was thinking back on the three days of battle, and the enemy's situation was indeed in line with what Jace said, and when he thought about it, as elite heretics who believed in sadomasochism, there was indeed something wrong with their performance.
"Since this is the enemy commander deliberately trying to erode our advantage, I think that since the enemy can come and invade our warships, why can't we also capture the enemy's ships! You know, it's our Space Marine's job to jump the gang and seize ships!! β