191 On the verge of collapse
How to defend the offensive of at least three divisions of the enemy with the strength of one regiment?
When Gastens was teaching guerrilla tactics to the generals of the Communist Party, he introduced the process of Elena sniping Pal Cross, the prince's attendant of Prince Eliot. With the strength of two companies, they killed two regiments of the opponent and nearly 3,000 men. The terrain and armament were similar to those of today. All sides have steam machine guns and iron shield breastwork defenses, and the enemy also uses front-loading steam rifles. However, there is also a huge difference between the two battles. The enemy is no longer a young man who has never seen advanced steam weapons, but a veteran who has been fighting Berlanchel's guerrillas for a long time. Behind him is no longer the Elena base that makes people sit back and relax, but Elena who is full of flames and may have problems at any time. In such a situation, how should their soldiers deal with it, and if they fight?
Carreber Warren couldn't think of a better way than to fight to the death. However, although the answer to the death can absolve oneself of responsibility, it will not achieve the purpose of the battle. What would the sacrifices of Calaiber and Isel Rhodes do to the revolutionary cause if they do not prevent the enemy from entering Elena?
"Commander Calaiber, the enemy is pressing."
Ethel Rhodes lay on the edge of the trench, observing the situation on the other side as he turned back to report to Calaiber. Calaiber lay down next to a steam machine gun, watching the Heavy load the magazine and confirm the cylinder pressure before looking up and giving Isel a reassuring look.
"It's coming, it's coming, there's nothing to be afraid of," Calaiber seemed, "get the enemy closer before fighting." The soldiers in the front row of them are now dressed like iron shells, too far away to penetrate, and a waste of bullets. Our machine guns and firepower are limited, so we have to use them on the blade. ”
"Understood!"
The Heavy and Isel replied at the same time. They quieted down and began to wait for the enemy to approach the firing range. And on the opposite side of them, the soldiers of the 3rd Division of the Guards Army, dressed in double armor, were advancing in formation to the rhythm of drums. The summer afternoon sun shone on their armor and then reflected it, making them dizzy.
The weather is hot and irritating.
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When he learned that the Los Angeles crossing had been breached, Charlie Harry Warren was resting on the edge of a field that was about to be harvested. As the head of Elena's agriculture, he has recently been combing through the planting and harvesting of Elena's main farmlands one by one, so as to have a rough estimate of Elena's grain production this year. It was at this time that he saw the peasants who had fled from the west side of the bend. Dragged by their families and carrying large bags and small bags, they staggered through the main road beside Charlie Harry Warren, guided by the wounded soldiers. Most of them were silent, and only a few would simply answer a sentence or two when asked.
Although the amount of information is not large, the content of these two sentences is enough to reveal the most critical news. The Luoshan Pass was lost, and the enemy drove straight in, about to enter the bay of the Liuyin River.
"Director, the Luoshan crossing is lost, what should we do?"
Charlie Harry Warren's assistant, Jimmy Warren, an agricultural bureau clerk, stood next to Charlie Harry, looking a little flustered. He had joined the ranks of the Agrarian Revolution in Ensten Province, and had not experienced the time when Gastens had just arrived in Elena, with a palpable panic on his face.
"We've discussed it before, we all have a plan, don't be afraid."
Charlie Harry tied the towel in his hand to his head, packed the package in three or two clicks, "Let's go, follow me back to the bureau!" ”
The Elena Agricultural Bureau is located on the south side of the town of Elena in a small wooden three-story building. It was originally the home of a large landowner, but when Gastens came, the landlord fled and the house was vacant. Charlie Harry Warren chose this place when he and his comrades from the Agricultural Bureau were looking for office space.
By the time Charlie Harry Warren and Jimmy Warren stormed the yard of the Agricultural Bureau, the news had already reached here in advance. There are many staff members of the Agricultural Bureau gathered in the courtyard. Most of these staff members are wounded soldiers who have fought on the front line, and some are college students who have come from all over the country and believe in communism. The disabled soldiers had found some Type 27 rifles and were distributing them. The students gathered together and looked down and discussed, not knowing what they were saying.
"Quiet down!!"
Charlie Harry was a little relieved to see this situation. It seems that the grim situation of Elena during this period has given everyone a preliminary psychological construction. Hearing that the director was back, everyone stopped what they were doing. Everyone looked at Charlie Harry together, waiting for his arrangement.
"I'm sure you've gotten the news that the Los Angeles crossing has been lost," Charlie Harry began to speak, gasping as he spoke. He came running with Jimmy Warren, and he didn't even breathe, "Elena's strategic situation has not been good recently, and the enemy's encirclement of us has not been relaxed. Chairman Gastens also once said that as long as the revolution is not finally victorious, the enemy's attempts to destroy communism will not stop. However, we, the revolutionary comrades, must always be very soberly aware that communism represents an irresistible historical trend, that communism will eventually replace capitalism, and that any setbacks we encounter now will eventually become a commemoration and witness after the victory of our revolution! ”
The comrades in the courtyard were silent, and they had all heard Gastens say what Charlie Harry said, and these words were repeated by Charlie Harry, which did not boost their confidence.
"Director, we have all heard the big truth, and we all know it, just say, what should we do! Do you want to go to the front line! ”
The man who spoke was Ray Warren, a veteran who had followed Gastens from the Sixth Army to Elena. One of his ears and face was cut off by the enemy during a battle, and although he survived, he lost his face forever. The commander of the unit sent him to the Agricultural Bureau and wanted him to recuperate for a while.
"There has been no notification that we need to go to the front," Charlie Harry has not been officially notified. During this time, Daisy took most of the people in the council to the front line, and the news of these people behind them was inevitably a little closed.
"However, the relevant situation has also been discussed in our bureau, just implement it according to the previous plan", although Charlie Harry was born as a serf, his experience made him not lack of urgency, "Ray, you lead the comrades in the bureau who can fight, quickly arm, and then go to the streets to help maintain order." The Luoshan crossing collapsed, Elena may be messed up, and nothing can happen, this is the bottom line, you know. ”
"Understood!"
Ray nodded, continuing to stare at Charlie Harry's next command.
"Jimmy, you and the comrades in the bureau, collect all our documents, pack them up, and be ready to evacuate at any time. Be careful when packing up and don't take everything. Agrarian reform materials and title deeds are a must, and other unimportant things can be dispensed without! ”
"Okay!"
Jimmy Warren said yes loudly, walked over to his comrades, and continued to look at Charlie Harry.
"Jimmy and Ray can ask their comrades for help, and while you do your own work, you should also assist the two comrades in doing the relevant work. Although our Agricultural Bureau cannot directly help in the war, our own work must not be disconnected. If the organization needs it, we must not hold it back, you know? ”
"Okay!"
The comrades in the courtyard replied loudly, and the sound was deafening. Charlie Harry looked at his brothers, nodded in relief, and walked into the office building. As the director, he also has a lot of work to do when chaos is coming.
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Luna is woken up by a sharp knock on the door. Working at Elena Factory 1 was not easy, with the intensity of two shifts and twelve hours of work and the high frequency and repetitive work draining all her energy. When she returned to the dormitory in the morning, she fell asleep, not knowing that by the time she slept, Elena's battle situation had changed dramatically.
"Luna, Luna!!"
The voice of the knocker was familiar, and Luna felt familiar to her half-asleep. She forced herself to sit up and glanced at the mechanical watch in her hand.
3:42 p.m.
With four hours to go, who will knock on the door at this time?
With some wake-up anger and confusion, Luna gets up and opens the door, seeing Mellen Warren outside the door.
"Meimei? What's wrong? ”
Since Luna announced that the two serfs were free, Meren and Luna have gradually become less contacted, and although they both live in the same room, Laviel and Luna have noticeably come closer. Now, seeing Mellen's rare look of eagerness to say something to herself, Luna was a little curious.
"The Luoshan crossing has been breached! The enemy stormed Elena!! ”
Mellen's voice was filled with anxiety, "Now the streets are full of new peasants fleeing from the west and retreating wounded soldiers, and rumors are everywhere. The soldiers of the Neglo Republic broke through the defense line of the Naksan crossing, and we suffered heavy casualties. Everyone was worried that Elena wouldn't be able to keep ......"
"Impossible!"
Luna didn't wait for Meren to finish before she spoke her subconscious thoughts. She'd seen Gastens and the weapons Elena wielded. That kind of weapon that subverts cognition and transcends the times, no matter how you look at it, you won't lose to the Negru gang, right?
"Really, I don't lie to you!" Mellen pushed open the door and rushed into the house, speaking quickly as she packed up her things.
"The factory gave us people to take turns on vacation, so that we could come back and pack our things and prepare for retreat. It was rumored in the streets that if Elena was lost, we would have to go up the mountains to fight guerrillas. ”
"Guerrilla?"
Shuttling in the barren mountains and mountains, not having enough food and clothing, and being chased around like a mouse by the enemy?
Luna's body shook subconsciously, that kind of future was not the life she wanted. She walked around the house twice in a panic, grabbed her copy of "Hunting Dragon Magister", and picked up the can of Mi Fuli skin cream that she had used more than half of in her arms, and then realized that she was still wearing pajamas.
"Yes, guerrillas, so you have to take everything you need!"
Meren packs her things quickly, and Luna is led by her to start packing her things as well. It's just that at this moment, in addition to panic, there is anxiety in her heart.
Really want to go up the mountain and live like a monkey?
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Elena's confusion did not affect the battle at Johor Bahru Pass. Two hours after the attack, Prince Eliot's 3rd Guards 3rd Division still had not broken through the thin defensive line of Isser's regiment.
"Fuck y'all shit!!!"
In the headquarters of the Third Division, Prince Eliot was going berserk. A group of generals, including Anthony Atkinson, commander of the Third Division, bowed their heads and were reprimanded by him, and everyone was silent.
"The enemy only has a total of nine points of fire, nine steam machine guns, and you tens of thousands of people have been fighting for a long time, except for the dead, there is no progress at all? Fucking Negru could attack Elena at any moment, and if you don't move quickly, we won't be able to grab Elena's technology at all! ”
Prince Eliot rarely burst into foul language. Now that every second counts, he can't afford to waste a minute. But how can it be acceptable that these subordinates of their own have wasted so much time because of such a small number of troops from the enemy?
"Your Highness, Your Highness is angry, Your Highness!" Under the wrath of Prince Eliot, only the old chief of staff, Vincent Navre, stepped forward, "We don't have the steam cannons of the Negro Republic, and this matter is urgent." I have already ordered the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments of the 1st Division, which have just been reequipped, to take over the attack. They used a replica of our weapons research institute, a breech steam rifle, called a heavy sword. This weapon can bridge the technological generation gap between the two sides and allow us to win. ”
"Then what are you hesitating about, send it up!"
Elliot saw that it was Vincent who spoke, and his voice softened unconsciously, and he turned his head again and scolded Atkinson a few words before giving the order again.
"No matter what it takes, we must enter Elena within an hour!"
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"So far, we've done a good job!"
Calaiber looked at the corpses left by the enemy in front of the position, and his tone was somewhat relieved and relaxed. Without the cover of steam cannons, the pressure on his own front line from an enemy who only used front-loading steam rifles was much lower than he expected.
"But our warriors have also lost more than 100 dead and wounded", Issel Rhodes was not as easy as Calaiber, "even if we can exchange 100 men for 1,000 men on the opposite side, but there are 30,000 men on the opposite side, we can't stop it." ”
"Generally speaking, the enemy will collapse as long as they are killed more than 30 percent, so I think it's okay. And we have plenty of ammunition here, and there is no danger in the machine-gun position. The enemy just sent it up for us to kill, and there was still hope for it to be defended. ”
"Well, I hope so!"
Issel Rhodes answered, and was about to continue speaking, but heard the enemy's charge again. He shifted in place and leveled the Glory Rifle in his hand.
"They're here again!"
"Then them!"
Calaiber replied, then looked at the enemy. However, unlike his expected tactics of shooting in a neat line, the enemy who rushed up this time, one in the east and one in the west, neither lined up nor standing upright, looked more like some kind of tactic that he was familiar with.
"Skirmish Line Tactical !!!"
Calaiber exclaimed in small exclamation, the hairs on his back stood on end. There is only one possibility for the enemy to come up with such a tactic.
They mastered the technology of rear-loading guns!
This battle is not easy to fight!