Chapter 495: The Commander's Decision!
However, Kerr also sent fighter squads to reinforce the garrisons of the islands and reefs and island chains. Although the number of fighters supporting the islands and reefs is limited, every time the frogman ring fighter roars by, it gives the frogman warriors a great encouragement, and at the same time makes the rat warriors sink down.
"Detachment 6, don't pursue. It's useless for you to chase fuel for up to 8 minutes, come back and replenish it! Then immediately go to the Red Refining Reef to assist in the defense. Kerr ordered.
"I'm Red Lian, I don't have an enemy on my side, the enemy is storming the Immortal Rock next to me, is the commander mistaken?" The defenders of the Red Refining Reef said.
Ke'er said: "At this time, there will be a wave of tide in the Eternal Life Rock, and it will push all the enemy ships on their side to you in less than half an hour!" You and the 6 detachments must be annihilated! ”
Any major battle is composed of countless small battles, and this time, the 6th Fighter Detachment, ordered to abandon the pursuit and return to the army to resupply, and then flew to the Red Refining Reef, just in time to catch up with the covering ship of the nezumi landing force attacking the Eternal Rock to stop the ship and fight the defenders of the Eternal Rock to fight the fire, only to be pushed to the Red Refining Reef by the sudden surge. The 6th Fighter Detachment cooperated with the defenders of Red Refining Reef and opened fire with full firepower, annihilating this nezumi force trying to capture Eternal Rock.
Evening.
Kerr ordered: "Detachment 1, make a detour to the north for 3 minutes and return to resupply." The 9th detachment took over the air defense zone of the 1st detachment. ”
"I'm the 9th team, and the 4th team is close to the 1st team. Let's go for them. The commander of the 9th fighter detachment reported.
"Humph! Calling the 1st detachment to make a detour to the north is to attract the enemy's attention, and if the enemy pursues them, you will stab him in the back. Look at the direction of the sun, you will rush up from their pilot's blind spot to give this knife. Squad 4 is close, but the position is not as advantageous as yours. Adjutant Kerr briefly explained to the dissenting subordinates.
The airspace guarded by the first detachment of frogman ring fighters is the core of the entire battlefield, and although there are not many fighters in the rat people, almost all the main forces of the air force this time are engaged in the battle for air supremacy. When the first squadron of frogmen made a detour to the north, they thought that the frogmen fighters were invincible and were going to flee, so they turned to pursue.
The 9th detachment arrived from the rear, because the radar showed it, so the rat-man pilot instinctively looked in the direction of the enemy for visual observation, and happened to look directly at the setting sun. Some of the pilots suffered a brief period of visual blindness, which caused the 9th detachment to be killed from the side and rear to inflict heavy damage on the nezumi fighter unit.
Kerr, overjoyed, ordered to call out the rat-man troops on Xinzhi Island who were suppressed in the tidal flats.
"The only way you can survive is to disarm and surrender! Shoot or kill! Preferential treatment for captives! ”
The landing force of the rat people was originally the trump card of the rat troops, but the unfamiliar cooperation with the landing boat troops, coupled with the relationship between the ocean currents and tides, caused them to land 20 minutes late, and the heavy weapons landing craft were knocked out by most of the fighters lifted off from Xinzhi Island, so the firepower to break through the shore defense was obviously insufficient, but it was still able to barely gain a foothold in the tidal flat area, and it has been crawling here waiting for reinforcements.
For them, Ke'er is not in a hurry to exterminate them, firstly, the army force on the island is limited, and the temporary positions of the rat people on the tidal flats are afraid of excessive losses, and secondly, it is necessary to let all the fighters rise into the air at the first time, and the air superiority is not afraid that there will be no time to clean them up. And the nezumi air force withdrew from the battle, which basically means that the nezumi are no longer capable of completing the island seizure operation. With the withdrawal of the Nezumi Air Force, the frogman fighter unit is more engaged in attacking ships, including saying that the shore-based firepower cannot be aimed at the wavebreaker, so the fighters will assist shore-based artillery fire in the air.
The follow-up nezumi troops were blocked by many islands and reef shore guns, as well as the attack of frogman fighters, and reinforcements could not arrive for a long time. The nezumi army basically crawled in the mud of the mud for 1 day! There was no food or drink, and even many people could only defecate on the spot, making the surroundings dirty and smelly, and they didn't dare to raise their heads for fear of being attacked by frogmen. The morale of the whole army is low, although no one surrenders after listening to Ke'er's shouting at this moment, but the morale is no longer like in the morning, and he feels that the battle must be resolved before lunch or something.
The nezumi didn't expect the raid to turn out like this, especially the nezumi air force, and they didn't think they could compare themselves to the frogman air force a few times. But war is not only about the performance of weapons, the coordination of techniques and tactics, but also the commander's decision-making!
The Rat-Man gathered the strength of the whole clan to put together the baby air force, and when fighting with the frogman air force for the core airspace, the fierce battle did not fall for a day. It should be said that this rat-man air force, they are quite powerful, whether it is General Twist Beard or King Nihod, they don't hurt them in vain. But after the sunset, he was hit by the tail of the 9th detachment of the frogman fighter, and the loss was great!
Ke'er's remorse and self-blame, which had been suppressed for hundreds of years, evolved into the strict implementation of all the regulations on weekdays, without the slightest laxity. Even in peacetime, Keer visits the surrounding areas, every island, reef, and island chain during his rest time, and is familiar with the terrain and sea conditions, troops and firepower of each place, and even talks to grassroots commanders. Every reef, every sentry, every firing point, what kind of scene he saw at different times was even in Kerr's mind. If it is said that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible, then Keer can be said to have achieved 100 points in terms of knowing oneself!
With strict training on weekdays and strict implementation of various regulations, Ke'er dragged a battle that the rats thought could be solved in half an hour into the night!
However, although the daytime battle was frustrated by the nezumi raid, Ke'er's familiarity with various astronomical, geographical, currents and sea conditions in the defense area, coupled with the precious 20 minutes, caught the nezumi troops off guard. However, the troops began to have some pride in the fact that the daytime operations went well.
And Kerr judged the scale of the nezumi's attack and felt that the nezumi would definitely not stop there, and this time the troops dispatched this time had not seen a large-scale attack in many years. In particular, the baby air force of the rat people was almost entirely engaged in the battle. On his side, there were still a lot of weapons and ammunition reserves on the first day, but if the nezumi continued to maintain their offensive on the second day, they were afraid that all kinds of weapons and ammunition would be overstretched. So when the soldiers began to eat in batches and rest in batches according to wartime standards. Kerr contacted the base camp again and asked for reinforcements.
However, the Frogman Staff Headquarters did not give a clear answer, because in order to ensure the success of this attack, General Twist Whisker not only attacked here, but also had many large-scale military feints on several other continents. Some even notified the frogmen that we ratmen were doing large-scale military changes or troop training, and in order to avoid friction between the two sides, we hereby announced. But although the military activities were clearly informed, the frogmen were also on the edge of the arrow, the knife was unsheathed, and they were ready to fight, fearing that the rat population would change the march into an attack.
(End of chapter)