"Bang bang bang-"

The Luoshan Type 1, which was arranged on both sides of the road, suddenly roared, and the barrage of lead bullets that poured out at a rapid pace caught the First Division of the Third Army Corps off guard. The soldiers on the march were heavily armed, but without cover, even some of them were equipped with captured Neglo armor, which could not withstand the deadly bullets. Moreover, when the soldiers at this time encountered a surprise attack, their knee-jerk reaction was to form a formation to protect themselves rather than lie down to avoid the bullets, and this wrong reaction further increased their casualties. In just a few minutes, hundreds of people in the firepower area fell to the ground. The entire 1st Division was divided into two sections.

"Collect the net, we're blocking their reinforcements here!"

Gastens proceeded to give the order for the next step. Behind him, the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Regiment, who had long been unable to hold back, relied on a small number of Luoshan 1 to launch an attack, sweeping away the blood of the encircled vanguard. Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Regiment launched a charge with the Thundering Type, and the soldiers of the two regiments, who were first cut off and then beaten by the Luoshan Type 1, entered the situation of being slaughtered before they could resist.

At the same time, the large troops of the 1st Division, which had been suddenly attacked, only had time to line up in place and set up a defensive formation lined up to be shot. Faced with this kind of human wall, which had no breastwork and no sufficient, thick enough armor, Gastens snorted disdainfully.

"These people, if you don't move forward, we won't fight. Let's go forward, let's fight, and don't let them go to reinforcements, you know? ”

"Good!"

Everyone agreed in unison, their eyes full of high fighting spirit. Although there is some surprise, the facts seem to have proved how high the combat efficiency of this tactic of ambush in advance is.

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"Commander, there's an enemy ahead! The unidentified enemy cut off the vanguard of the 1st Division, two regiments were cut off. Their fire was so heavy that the vanguard could not rush through. ”

The Chief of Staff of the Third Legion, Daniel Yuric, quickly figured out what was going on, and he flew back to report the latest news to the Third Legion's Commander, Skye Hamm.

"Oh?" Skye Hamm was a little surprised, "With such a small number of troops, you dare to fight an ambush with me?" Order the front-line troops to advance and not hesitate about casualties! Be sure to leave them behind! There are 10,000 people in the first division, and they are all in battle formation, how can they touch the enemy! ”

"Understood, I'll go over here!"

Daniel Juric nodded in response, turned and ran out. He was to ride to the front of the formation and convey the commander's orders. As for the outcome of this order, whether or not it could lead the battle to victory was not something that he could decide as a herald.

"Gastens is a man who doesn't want to fail, right?" , Manny Casdire, chief of staff of the Third Legion, looked at Daniel's distant back and muttered to himself.

"It is useless for him to accept defeat no matter how much he can't accept defeat," Skye Hamm replied with a smile as he ordered the troops behind him to continue marching as usual, "Two legions of more than 130,000 men fight a regiment, and this is the first time in my life that I have done such a thing of bullying the small." It's a bit unkind, but I like this kind of strong crushing situation. Since these people dare to come, they should not leave, and they can save us some strength in the future battles. ”

"That's nature," Manikasdil nodded as well, "it's good that he will fight us first, and if we can catch some key people, we will have a more comprehensive understanding of Elena's situation." ”

"This is meat delivered to your door, why don't you eat it?"

Skye Hamm leaned back on the cushion, "I'll squint for a moment, and I'll have news for me." ”

"Okay."

In the comfortable rhythm of the carriage swaying, Skye Hamm closed his eyes. Immersed in drowsiness, he didn't know how many casualties his order would bring to the First Division.

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Gastens, who was directing the soldiers to harvest the two regiments that had been divided, was surprised to find that the enemy, who had been blocked by them from the line of fire, had begun to set up a formation and advance slowly.

"They're attacking!" , Ivan was a little incredulous, "Shall we fight or not?" ”

"Why don't you fight", Gastens smiled, "today we will teach them a lesson, there are some things that they should not touch." ”

The order went on quickly. While the enemy was slowly advancing in formation, the machine gunners lying in ambush on both sides of the road were ready for the last moments. With a gentle wave of Gastens' hand, the enemies who had already entered the range fell in one fell with the sudden burst of gunfire. That feeling was as if a demonic wind suddenly blew in the quiet grass wasteland, and everywhere it went, the grass bowed its head and was unsurpassed.

The gunfire continued, and the enemy soldiers continued to fall. However, they were not defeated by this heinous lethality, as Pal Cross's troops, who had seen the power of the steam machine gun before. The soldiers were surprised, silent, and roared, firing lead bullets in the direction of the machine guns in the forest, and then moving on.

"Keep shooting."

Gastens saw that the enemy had no intention of retreating, and naturally he would not take the initiative to stop shooting. Elena's forces are already weak, but he can't be brought to a catastrophe because of his soft-heartedness. Other commanders also knew that this was war. Everyone was silent, watching as the enemy continued to fall like mowing grass.

In less than ten minutes, the corpses on the ground were piled up in a clear line, and those who crossed the line were dead or alive.

The enemy offensive finally stopped. The soldiers pushed and shoved behind the line, but they never had the courage to attack again.

"Sir, that's the end of the day."

Belanchir ran over with his waist bent, "The two regiments that were cut off have been beaten and scattered. ”

"Okay, let's retreat," Gastens looked at the line of corpses not far away, and turned away without looking back. The soldiers of the Sharp Knife Regiment, who had already been trained, quickly evacuated, leaving only the shrubs swaying in the shadows of the trees.

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"What the is this fighting! You have a division, a whole division, or a combat marching formation, and you don't even fucking touch the enemy's fart? Not a single one left? ”

Skye Hamm, who had been woken up again, was furious when he heard the results. He didn't care about the occasion, and directly scolded Channing Soderbergh, the commander of the First Division who knelt in front of him to plead guilty, "You can tell me, even if the other party uses that kind of new weapon, how did you manage to lose nearly 4,000 people in four regiments, but not even a single enemy left, not even a single figure, such a brilliant, unprecedented record, ah?" ”

Channing Soderbergh fell to his knees and said nothing. He didn't know how to explain the results of the battle, and he didn't know how to deal with Commander Skye's fury.

"Alright, Skye", Chief of Staff Manny Casdir reached out to stop Skye Hamm who was angry, "the enemy is not using the Valiant rifle this time, it should be a more powerful weapon they have left for themselves." We found from the corpses larger lead bullets, which were able to penetrate armor, had a long range and a fast rate of fire, and our weapons simply could not touch them. With such a fast rate of fire, it is impossible to get close, and this battle is simply unsolvable. ”

“……”

Skye Hamm took the buckshot and examined it closely. Manny Castil walked up to Channing Soderbergh, commander of the 1st Division, and reached out to help him up, but was refused. Channing looked straight at Skye, waiting for his judgment.

"This bullet is really not a bullet from an existing steam rifle, it has a larger caliber", Skye seemed to calm down a little, "this bullet, if it is really able to shoot at a very fast and continuous speed, as you say, our infantry will not be able to break through the enemy blockade at all, and that's right." ”

"Yes! It is not reasonable that the enemy has such advanced weapons, so he does not accept the will of His Majesty the Emperor. He must have thought that with such a powerful thing in his hands, no one in the world would be afraid. Manny Carsdir mimics the mentality of Gastens.

"Innocent!" Skye Hamm laughed angrily, "If you can dominate the world with one weapon, the Negru Republic would have broken through the defense line of the thorny hills a long time ago." In a war, victory or defeat can never be decided by relying on just one or a few advanced weapons. ”

"That's nature." Manny Casdier continued to praise, "The key is to look at the overall strength. ”

"Not really," Skye nodded, looking at Channing Soderbergh, "Division Commander Soderbergh, I was going to dismiss you from your post and deal with it under military law on the grounds of desertion. But the enemy is so powerful, and it's your first time fighting, it's not your fault. I am now going to order the 1st Division to continue the forward force, what do you think? ”

"Never be dishonored! You have to be a good striker! Soderbergh's voice was loud. He looked up and looked straight and determined at Skye Hamm.

"Please rest assured, Commander Hamm, we will not make such a mistake a second time!"

"That's good, I'm looking forward to your performance!"

Skye Hamm would look at Soderbergh with anticipation in his eyes. Only Casdire, who knew him best, could see the slightest hint of uncertainty hidden deep in his eyes.

The enemy is so cunning, how should they deal with it?

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"Leader", although he was one of the first members of the Communist Party, Ivan called Gastens and still liked to use the earliest way, "How are we going to fight now?" ”

"It's very simple", Gastens thought clearly, "the men in the western theater of operations have been beaten by us once, and they have become frightened birds, and the speed of the march will definitely drop again." I left a company of the Sharp Knife Regiment there, that is, a hundred men, and attacked them once in the afternoon, and then withdrew at once, drawing them in pursuit. We, on the other hand, waited for them to divide their troops. ”

"Will they divide their forces?" Bellanchier interjected, "If I were them, I would just smash all my strength on Elena, and if I broke Elena, we would have nothing." ”

"They will divide their forces," Gastens affirmed, "and in their eyes, the province of Enspen is already under our control. And they come from two different forces. The people of the Western Theater and the Emperor, if they think that they will definitely win, will definitely recover more cities at this time. Whoever recovers more cities will have more chips in his hand and more technology he can get when negotiating later. So, let's wait for them to divide their forces. When they gathered fewer troops, we combined the production brigade and the 1st militia division for a general battle. If they keep huddles, we continue to harass. ”

"Is this guerrilla warfare? Feel...... It's obscene! ”

Garence Warren, the commander of the 2nd Production Regiment, expressed his opinion, "Isn't it a hooligan to fight like this? ”

"If you don't play hooligan, how can you win?" Gastens smiled, "In war, the comparison is victory, and whoever can win is right, and we must always remember this." Oh, by the way, although you have to be cunning and rack your brains with all your strength to pursue victory, there are some bottom-line things that you can't do. For example, pushing the peasant brother as a meat shield or something like that, you know? ”

"That's nature."

The generals present agreed in unison. Gastens had just already shown them how to fight after being equipped with advanced and flexible weapons. What they have to do is to see more and absorb more, and try to turn this knowledge into skills that they can use flexibly. Only in this way can we keep Elena safe.

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After being attacked, the advance of the 1st Division of the Western Theater of Operations was much more cautious. The commander of the 1st Division, Channing Soderbergh, sent three times as many scouts to find out if there was an ambush around the road ahead to avoid another tragedy like this. And this decision of his did not long play a role. In the evening of the day following the first attack, just as the 1st Division was about to arrive at its intended camp, the forward scouts encountered the enemy, and sporadic gunfire was heard in the twilight of the night. Channing Soderbergh, who heard the gunshots, immediately stopped camping, ordered the whole division to be on alert, and called in Jim Gleason, the commander of the 9th Regiment in charge of reconnaissance.

"What's wrong?"

"My lord, I don't know. None of the scouts sent to that line returned, and we only heard gunfire! ”

"I know, send scouts over again, send more", Channing Soderbergh ordered, still feeling unsafe, "inform the whole division, combat readiness, we can't let these people harass the troops behind, this is the accusation of our vanguard team!" ”

"Okay!"

Jim Gleeson, commander of the Ninth Regiment, and Sutton McKenzie, the herald, responded at the same time. Soderbergh thought about it again, felt that nothing else was missing, and let the two go. He had already made up his mind that no matter what the cost, he would not let the enemy succeed again.

As a result, the 1st Division maintained a full combat state for three hours. It wasn't until many of the soldiers' steam packs had dried up and the sky had turned dark that Soderbergh realized something.

I seem to have been tricked again.