264 U-turn west
Shelley Amell, commander and driver of the Blood Tiger Chariot crew, sat on top of a weedy mound, looking out at the skyline in the distance. Roswell was sunny in the spring, and he could see the snow-capped tops of the Famasi Mountains in the distance, like a white dazzling hat in the sun.
"Captain, how long will it take to leave?"
The gunner, Dean Warren, came up with a large vat of noodle porridge, and Shelley took it and looked at it, which contained half a canned meat and sprinkled with some beans, which was fragrant. He took a sip from the jar, let out a soft breath, and replied loudly.
"What do you say?"
"I sayβ" Dean Warren raised his voice, "how long do we have to go?" β
Shelley turned his ear to hear Dean's question. The Behemoth Chariot is good for everything, but it's too noisy. The steam turbine, known as the core, has a peculiar screeching sound that is uncomfortable to listen to for a while. If you drive the chariot for a long time, it will take a while for your ears to recover when you leave the chariot to replenish and rest. Gastens had mentioned this phenomenon in his report to the warriors of the Behemoth Warband, which was said to be called hearing loss. At that time, all the Behemoth warriors said on the spot that even if they were deaf, they would not give up the opportunity to enter the Behemoth Legion.
"Let's see if they're all right, I guess it'll take another half an hour," Shelley turned his head to the west of the knoll. There, the Behemoth's support vehicle is making distilled water, the only water source that can be used by the core steam turbine, and the process is not cumbersome, but it is time-consuming, even if there is a support vehicle made specifically for this purpose, it will take an hour or more.
"Half an hour, then I'll squint for a whileβ"
Dean Warren was still speaking in a shouting voice, but Shelley was getting to hear clearly. He felt that after about half an hour out of the inside of the giant beast, his hearing could gradually recover. It's just that I don't know if it's a fact or an illusion, after driving the giant beast for so long, the time for his hearing to recover seems to be getting slower and slower.
A gentle breeze blows through the hillock, and the farmland in the distance stretches as far as the eye can see. The land on the northern side of the province of Enspan is very flat and suitable for farming. Most of the farms of the First Army Reclamation Corps are here. It's just that, because of the war, these farms are now handed over to the newly recruited militia, and the care is somewhat unstable. If you look closely, you can see the fine weeds among the seedlings.
Shelley Amer plucked a weed beside him, put it in his mouth and chewed it. The bitter grass juice sobered him up. Recently, the direction of attack has been reversed, and their sixteen car crews have been running wild day and night, with less than ten hours of rest every day. If it weren't for the fear that the troops behind him wouldn't be able to keep up, Shelley felt that the Behemoth Warband might run for twenty hours a day in a row.
Time is of the essence.
This is what the head of the Behemoth Warband, Strong Capcom, said at the tactical arrangement meeting. In Elena's army, the Communist Party organization went directly down to the grassroots level, and Shelley was one of at least three members of each of the five members of the group. At the same time, in order to make the fighters more aware of their tactics, all tactical instructions will be issued layer by layer to explain and analyze each soldier, so Shelley knows what they are in such a hurry.
Behemoths are powerful, but Behemoths are not invincible, and losing infantry or being trapped in special terrain and losing mobility is dangerous for Behemoths. Therefore, the above hopes to give full play to the combat power of the giant beast, move up, and not accumulate experience for the enemy to deal with the giant beast. The purpose of their westward raid was to eliminate the enemy's Sixth Army Corps, which was trying to separate the provinces of Siloa and Enspan, before the enemy could react, and to open up the connection between the two provinces. While this may be temporary, if it is done, it can disrupt the enemy's deployment.
Shelley's gaze followed the soldiers of the support vehicle, pushing a bucket full of distilled water, and stopped at the behemoth. This steel monster that is extremely hideous on the battlefield, when it quiets down, for some reason, it is actually a little cute. Shelley's gaze swept over the front of his blood tiger, and he could clearly see the bloody mouth that they had sprayed with their own hands. Blood Tiger Blood Tiger, Bloodthirsty Tiger. This is their hope for the Behemoth, and it is also the image of the Behemoth in the eyes of the enemy.
I hope that we can win this war as soon as possible, and liberate Ankenrein and the workers and peasants all over the world as soon as possible.
With a soft sigh, Shelley stood up and pushed Dean awake, "It's time, let's go." β
"Huh? What did you say? β
Dean asked, sleepy-eyed.
"Let's goβit's time to go!!"
Shelley raised his voice, and Dean smiled sheepishly and jumped to his feet, running towards the quiet beast. Shelley followed him, smiling, and walked towards his Blood Tiger.
They will never lose.
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"What, you said they were coming towards us?"
The commander of the Sixth Legion, Sinis White, opened his eyes wide and looked at the soldiers in front of him. The soldiers from the scout force were tired and dusty, apparently fresh from the battlefield.
"Yes, Legionnaire Commander, we found their tank unit more than seventy kilometers away and were heading towards the station of the 6th Division. The Sixth Division had only been camped for less than two days, and there was certainly no way to deal with them. If it goes on like this, something will happen. β
In addition to nervousness and horror in the herald's voice, Sinis White looked at him with the same horror in his eyes. Although you are the commander of the legion, although he has an army of 60,000 under his command, he still has nothing to do in the face of the enemy's chariot troops.
"In this way, notify the Fifth and Fourth Divisions as quickly as possible, set up trench defensive positions on the spot, dig deep, dig wide, and dig as much as they can. Although time is tight, there is only one way to do this, and in addition, send someone to report to the general headquarters that the enemy has turned westward, ask them if the pursuing regiment can keep up, and tell the general headquarters that even if we fight to the last soldier, we will not give up resistance, let alone disgrace the glory of Your Majesty. β
Chief of Staff McKel Tay, seeing that Sinis White was a little distracted, took the initiative to step forward and give the order. Sinis White glanced at McKel with some gratitude. He and McCale are old partners, he is better at military offense, and McKale is better at strategic planning. This time to participate in the battle against Elena, the two also applied to lead the same legion together. There is no other reason, purely because of tacit cooperation.
"Understood!"
The correspondent who was waiting on the side responded loudly and ran out of the door. Sinis was relieved at this time, and he asked the scout soldiers to sit down, and found someone to pour water for him, before asking about the specific situation.
ββ¦β¦ As is customary, we conducted a long line of reconnaissance from the position of the Sixth Division to the east, with one man and two horses. Today the weather was good, our visibility was good, and when we reached the south side of Langpu City, we saw more than a dozen sloping white smoke columns further south. The commander from the headquarters had warned him that the enemy's monster chariot would have a white column of water vapor when it was moving. We thought about it at the time, so we approached to reconnoitre, and sure enough, it was Elena's monster chariots, a total of sixteen, one and a lot. The chariot was followed by Elena's large army. Fearing that they would find out, the small team of five people divided into five lines and withdrew separately. Two brothers and I came to report from the corps headquarters, and the other two brothers went to the 6th Division. β
"You sent someone to the Sixth Division?!"
McKel Tay let out a small exclamation, and both Sinis and the herald looked at him in surprise, wondering why he was so excited. McKel Tay looked at the two of them, and couldn't say that he planned to abandon the Sixth Division, so he could only cough twice and motioned for Sinis to continue.
"That's probably the situation, everyone is very afraid of the enemy's chariot legion now, we can't fight it at all, my lord, what are we going to do?"
The scout soldier was visibly exhausted, gasping for breath when he spoke, but even so, he was still worried about how to fight. Sinis and McKel looked at each other and spoke in unison.
"Hold on and wait for help!"
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"Trench! Trench! Stop it!!!! β
No sooner had Observer Baller Warren's voice sounded than Shelley Amer released the power lever and slammed on the brakes. He could also see through his viewing window that a wide, deep trench had been dug into the ground in front of him, and that the size of the trench was larger than the size that the behemoth could pass.
"Stop in place, cover the fire, notify the support vehicle !!"
After just two glances, Shelley responded. He pulled a handle next to his hand, and waited for the warrior outside to respond through the communication channel and give his own advice. They also found a way to deal with the enemy's attempts to use trenches against them. Support vehicles that follow the vehicle's movements carry a certain amount of timber to facilitate passage through such trenches. At the same time, the infantry who accompanied the vehicle carried an sapper shovel with them, and in the event of particularly difficult obstacles, they could also manually adjust the terrain. However, in that case, the timeliness of the armored assault will be affected.
"Blood Tiger Group, Blood Tiger Group!!"
A voice came through the microphone, and Shelley answered, hearing better news.
"To the right, to the right! The enemy's trenches are not connected, there is a passage on the right side! β
"Howler! Turn right! β
Shelley adjusted the power handle, and the huge chariot turned on the spot, and walked a little to the right along the newly dug trench, and sure enough, he saw more soldiers waving. At the same time, the steam machine gun on the turret also provided fire suppression from time to time, ensuring that the enemy behind the opposite trench would not interfere with their fighters. Shelley and observer Bale Warren worked together to get through the unfinished trench with a little time.
"Go on the offensive !!"
Shelley shouted as he drove, and in his field of vision, the enemy's troops hiding behind the trenches had begun to rout, and many of them knelt with their hands raised, apparently surrendering. Shelley could feel that since turning westward, the resistance he had encountered had been significantly weaker. Basically, as soon as your chariot approaches the enemy's line, the enemy will be defeated without a fight, and victory will become significantly easier.
"They ran, they all ran!!"
The excited voice of Observer Bale Warren could be heard throughout the carriage, even drowning out the screeching of the steam turbine for a moment, "Let's keep attacking, let's keep attacking!" β
"Keep attacking!"
Shelley repeated Bale's words, equally excited. The attack was a long charge, and the final target of the attack was the enemy's Sixth Army Corps headquarters. Until then, there was no reason for them to stop.
The advancing Blood Tiger roared and picked up speed, and the infantry advancing with the tanks trotted to follow. Behind them, the troops responsible for remaining to collect the surrendered soldiers had followed. Enemy soldiers who surrender will have their weapons collected, bundled in long strings, and returned to the POW camp for follow-up processing. In their eyes, the irresistible monster roared away, taking away his will to fight, and for a moment their fear.
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"The sixth, fourth, and fifth divisions, the camps of the three full-fledged divisions did not last all day? Where is the enemy now? β
The commander of the Sixth Legion, Sisle White, frowned and looked at the sand table. His chief of staff, McKel Tay, planted a small flag on the sand table and told him that this was where the enemy was.
"I heard that the trenches of the Fourth Division are blocking them, can they continue to use them?" McKel Tay has been paying attention to collecting intelligence about the enemy, so naturally he will not let go of this little good news.
"Well, let the third, second, and first divisions continue to dig trenches and dig a little deeper, how did they finally pass through the trenches of the fourth division?"
"Bypass," McKale Tay replied quickly.
"Very good, very good, just dig a ditch like this, except for the necessary reserves, everyone is sent to dig a ditch, and they must not be allowed to cross the ditch!"
Sinis White hurriedly gave an order, and at the same time, he also drew a large semicircular arc on the sand table with a long pole, enclosing the entire headquarters, "The south and north sides should also be fenced, don't leak gaps!" β
"This ......"
McKel Tay was a little embarrassed, this project is not small, "This is estimated to be impossible to complete today." β
"If you can't do it, you have to do it!" Sinis was a little anxious, "This is the best way for us to deal with the enemy's monster chariots, block them and block them here." As long as we block them, as soon as the pursuers behind arrive, we can completely destroy their main force! β
It's not going to be that simple.
McKel said in his heart, but he didn't say anything, and he asked the herald to pass on Sinis White's order before mentioning the desertion.
"Today I heard that the enemy is coming this way, many soldiers fled, only some of them were captured, and according to military law, they will be beheaded, what should I do?"
"Cut! Cut them all! β
Sinis didn't even want to think about it, "Escaping from the battle is a taboo for soldiers, and you must kill it to make an example!" Now, we've found a way to deal with the enemy monster chariots, so let them dig a ditch! β