[214] The Price of Stubbornness
The city is quiet, and there is even a little bit of a warm and peaceful atmosphere.
But outside the ruins of Xisu City, there is artillery fire, and life dissipates every minute and every second.
In the past, several large-scale encounters between humans and mutants have had terrain advantages, sufficient depth, and relied on advanced weapons to suppress firepower.
Even on the way to the south, the Flying Locust Army took advantage of the movement advantage of mechanized troops to find fighters in the movement and annihilated many enemies.
But this time, the Flying Locust Army was ordered to stay put. The three divisions were deployed in Kunshui, Baojing, and Jianan Town, guarding the central independent brigade and military headquarters in a zigzag shape.
Outside, there is no natural danger to defend the endless barren farmland.
The 30,000 people are like a large grasshopper surrounded by ants, and countless mutants surround them, leaving behind a corpse in each wave, but it can also take away the lives of some soldiers.
This is not the most disparity between humans and mutants, but it is the most lively and powerful battle.
In Baojing Township, where the 1st Division is stationed, there is a chemical factory industrial park, and during last night's fighting, artillery fire caused a large leak of toxic gases and liquids.
The gas enveloped the town, and many mutants, smelling the pungent scent, instinctively froze, blocking out their companions who were charging from behind.
Groups of mutants were plugged into a lump, and at one point there was a wonderful effect that a bullet could kill 4 mutants.
On the side of the Flying Locust Army, because everyone was wearing gas masks, they were not affected much. The highly corrosive liquid also caused a lot of trouble for the mutants, and the skin was itching and ulcerating.
Many mutants collapsed in the corrosive liquid, and their bones were gone.
The commander of the First Division, Qian Taiduo, was very good at using these "chemical weapons", and in three or four hours of fighting, not a single mutant could break through the defensive line.
The town of Jianan, where the 2nd Division was stationed, was an ancient town focusing on tourism, and the 10-meter-high ancient city wall played a great role, and Stone defended against the enemy's attack with almost every effort.
In order to relieve the defensive pressure of the other two divisions, he also ordered the armored brigade to go out of the city and charge twice, and achieved good results.
Only Kunshui Town was the most heavi.
Gunsmoke covered the land, even the sunlight became hazy, and the corpses of cannon fodder mutants were crisscrossed and layered.
The defensive line they hastily arranged was very ineffective, and they were forced to give up several times, and recaptured it several times.
Almost every inch of the town was stained red with blood, and the boots were slimy when stepped on. With the support artillery fire of the other two divisions once again covering the open space outside the town, the mutants who had stormed half the night temporarily retreated.
The fighters, who had gained a precious respite, took out their battle rations to replenish their physical consumption.
Under a small building in the center of the town, the young soldier was sucking the energy liquid while recording something with a pen, and the veteran next to him was smoking a cigarette and disdainful: "Put away your little notebook, this night, it is estimated that everyone in our division can reach the A+ level." But what's the use? You can live to live
Is the battle over? ”
The young man didn't raise his head: "I'm here to kill mutants, not to earn any military merits!" What I recorded was this war, how many mutants our division had killed, and I didn't want our division to be forgotten by future generations! ”
The veteran sneered and threw the cigarette butt on the ground, counted the ammunition on his body, and said, "Just your little fart who hasn't grown all the hair, and the offspring?" Give me your magazine! ”
"I don't have much, so I can only give you two!"
"Fart, I want it all!"
"It's all for you, what am I going to do to fight mutants?"
"Your little combat experience, your guns tremble when you fight, this bullet is wasted, you give it to me, I will keep you safe!"
The recruit was reluctant and did not let go of the ammunition pack, and the two of them bargained for a while.
The veteran was impatient and slapped off his helmet: "Lao Tzu's name is Han Qingquan, he is an A+ level soldier of our Flying Locust Army, and he has killed more than 5,000 mutants in his life!" If we fight again in a while, you will obediently hide behind me, as long as Lao Tzu has a breath, I will never let you hurt a single hair! ”
Seeing that the recruit was still a little unconvinced, he added: "You hurry up and write Lao Tzu's name in a small book, our flying locust army has encountered hard stubble this time, if it is all gone, it is all up to you to make Lao Tzu's name go down in history!" ”
Lao Ma stood in front of the window on the second floor of the small building, listening to the conversation between the two warriors, and his heart was churning.
This time, they ran into a hard stubble, and the mutants' attacks were orderly, attacking Kunshui Town from a different angle each time.
This forced him to defend everywhere and disperse his forces, and the defensive firepower was no longer enough to kill mutants from a distance, and once he fell into a hand-to-hand encounter, many soldiers would immediately die.
In the past three hours, the 3rd Division has lost at least 2,000 people, and the worst regiment has only 50 people left, and all the cadres above the company commander level have been killed.
Lao Ma's heart was dripping blood, and he wanted to break through several times and get closer to the other two divisions, but he was beaten back by mutants.
In the face of absolute power, any tricks are useless, he tried to use tanks to clear the way, but the road outside the town has been badly damaged in the battle, the tanks can pass, but the trucks cannot.
They still have six or seven thousand people, how many people can be sent away by these tanks?
Nantes's military headquarters, sandwiched in the middle of three divisions, were also attacked, but fortunately, the mutants intended to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and the attack on this side was a situation of heavy thunder and little rain.
As planned, the troops sent by Nanliu to support made a big show all the way, but they turned around halfway through.
As they expected, as soon as the troops of the Shengjing defense line were dispatched, the mutants in the direction of Linhai City followed.
The two sides rushed to Xisu City one after the other, and Nanliu decisively searched for the enemy's loopholes, and blew up a bridge to cross the river at any cost, cutting the trailing army of mutants in two.
The large army turned back and pounced, annihilating all the mutants on the north bank, and handing over the mutants on the south bank to heavy artillery and bombers, which was also very fruitful.
Nantes hoped that this force would immediately move north, flank the Locust Army from inside and outside, and lift the siege.
It's a pity that the red-eyed lord didn't let him get his wish, as if for revenge, the mutants of Linhai City poured out.
The frontal pressure on the Shengjing defense line was extremely great, and the headquarters of Nanliu was forced to retreat, and the troops who were photographed to support them hurriedly crossed the river and returned.
Feeling that his troops were outcasts, Nantes contacted Nanliu directly and asked him what he was going to do with the Locust Army.
Nanliu's answer was: "Isn't Xiao Yang there with you?" If you encounter a problem that can't be solved, look for him! ”
Nantes was very angry: "Throw the pot to Xiao Yang at this time? Is there such a leader? ”
But Uncle Xiao's heart is really big, he is lying comfortably in the lounge at this moment, and he doesn't pay attention to the battle outside at all.
After Xiao Yang learned about the battle situation through the satellite map, he patted Nantes on the shoulder: "You, the authorities are fans!" ”
He quickly analyzed the current battle situation, and now it is no longer the previous encirclement point reinforcements, but now it is a full-scale war in the entire central theater.
At this time, it was no longer meaningful for Nanliu to continue to send troops to relieve the siege, and he needed to stabilize the situation as soon as possible. If the Shengjing defense line completely collapses, then the number of dead people will be hundreds of thousands or millions.
Enanliu's temper, even if it is his own son, is not as important as the fate of mankind.
Moreover, he was not worried about the danger of Nantes, and if necessary, a carrier plane or even a helicopter could save him.
So the mission of the Flying Locust Army now is to save themselves and, if possible, to help Nantes break the siege.
"You said it lightly, how can we save ourselves? Three million mutants out there. ”
Xiao Yang touched the scar on his face and said, "Remember how I singled out more than a hundred mutants?" ”
"Damn, don't make trouble, master, you can't expect everyone in my army to be like you, right?"
"Yo, you look down on your own soldiers like that?"
"It's not difficult to kill the enemy with a gun, but we don't have enough weapons and ammunition now, and we don't have enough strategic space,"
"If there is no space, create space and annihilate the enemy in motion!"
He decisively drew a few strokes on the map, connecting the three towns into a triangle.
The central area of the graph is now the headquarters of the Flying Locust Army and the Independent Brigade.
According to Xiao Yang, it is pointless to put the independent brigade here, and it is necessary to pull it out and create a false impression of breaking through.
The opponent will inevitably mobilize a large number of mutants to encircle, and the independent brigade will withdraw as soon as it engages in battle, and pass through the center of the three towns, and then break through in the other direction.
The opponent's large forces are mobilized, and they will definitely rush into the central area. Three divisions hold on to the town as a battery, and just drop bombs at it to annihilate a large number of mutants.
The independent brigade threaded the needle and pit all the mutants in three directions, which can definitely greatly weaken the opponent's strength.
"How stupid can mutants be?"
Xiao Yang smiled weirdly: "How do you know if you don't try?" ”