I don't remember which general on Earth said that war, the fight is the number of mistakes on both sides, and the side with fewer mistakes will win the final victory.

Before today's fight, Gastens knew this, but he didn't know it personally. And it wasn't until he led his guards to tear through the enemy's defensive line from the perimeter, about to cut through the first encirclement arranged by the enemy, that he suddenly realized the meaning of this sentence.

Today's battle is like this, and as the commander-in-chief, he has an unshirkable responsibility. Without Eliot's reinforcements, it was the first mistake he made to throw all of Elena's best combat power into the battlefield against an enemy who didn't know the details. However, he obviously has a weapon that is ahead of the times, but instead of making good use of the flexibility of this weapon, he has to fight the enemy head-on, and he must send his own soldiers who could have slaughtered the enemy outside the enemy's range to a distance where they can be shot by the enemy's rifle and slashed with a broadsword, which is his second mistake. Knowing that his biggest shortcoming was ammunition, he did not make enough preparations and reserves, which led to the dangerous situation of Elena's two brigades, which was also his responsibility. If the opposing commanders are smart enough, if the opposing commanders do not make mistakes, then Elena could suffer the greatest defeat and losses since semi-openly becoming independent.

Fortunately, though, the enemy is also making mistakes. They made the soldiers who formed the second encirclement abandon the formation and run forward, and although they overcame the shortcomings of the slow movement of the battle formation, they also reduced the combat effectiveness of these soldiers. Soldiers who were not protected by formation and could not use the tactics of lining up to shoot were powerless to stop the Gastens Guard, who were in the prime of battle and had plenty of ammunition. After just a few rounds of fire, the second line of defense that the enemy had built in a hurry was torn open by Gastens. And the first line of encirclement, which was engaged in a fierce battle with the encircled Elena troops, was obviously not ready to be attacked on the back of the enemy. Gastens's guards poured ammunition with maximum efficiency, and finally cracked a gap in the enemy's back, and returned to the division with the troops of Ivan and Berranch.

"Head, I'm sorry for your trouble! We didn't play well this time! ”

In the middle of the fierce battle, Gastens found Ivan and Bellanch, and the two were about to kneel down to apologize when they saw Gastens, but they were stopped by Gastens.

"It's not you who are at fault, it's mine. Now that time is tight, without further ado, immediately organize the soldiers to concentrate ammunition and supply all of it to the rear to block the enemy's pursuit. My guards will break through at the front. You've done a good job, we're retreating now! ”

"Good!"

Although both of them have a lot to say, it is obviously not the place to talk now. With Gastens of the guards first, and Ivan and Bellanchir behind, the group, which was less than seven thousand, turned around and began to break through.

The Negru Republic clearly responded to the breakout of Elena's forces. Hardly there's any hesitation, and the Negru Republic soldiers, who had been surrounding them and attacking them, began to run after the ass of the Elena soldiers. The physical exertion of the soldiers on both sides was very great, especially these soldiers of Elena, who fought for more than an hour with a full set of equipment of nearly twenty kilograms of steam rifles on their backs, and their mental and physical strength were close to the limit. Now seeing that the retreat is about to succeed, many soldiers are relieved and lose their strength. And the soldiers of the Negro Republic behind them, relying on the advantage of being outnumbered, have already made rotations. They pursued Elena's forces closely, and skirmishes broke out from time to time. The 2nd and 3rd Regiments of the Production Brigade behind the palace had to stop and shoot every distance they ran to stop and shoot to stop the pursuit behind them. But even so, the distance between the two armies did not widen significantly.

"Head, where are we going?"

It wasn't until the entire team had entered a relatively stable state of escape that Ivan and Berlanchir had time to ask Gastens for further instructions. Gastens was already familiar with the terrain around Rufeng Mountain, and he thought for less than a second before giving the order.

"Go to the back of the West Mountain! There is a forest there, which is more suitable for us to fight and retreat! ”

Elena's troops resolutely complied with Gastens's orders, and the soldiers fought and retreated, gradually approaching the woods. As long as they can enter the woods, they can rely on the terrain to give the enemy a counterattack. And those enemies who pursued over were basically out of formation at this time, and they fought a counterattack and then disengaged, which was the routine of Berlanch's guerrilla warfare during this time, and he was not worried about his chances of victory.

Once again, however, things went beyond the expectations of Gastens and Elena's army, and just as Elena's troops were about to enter the forest, a neat, and even somewhat desperate sound of gunfire rang out in the forest. Rows and rows of buckshot shot out of gaps in the trees and grass, knocking out the front row of the unsuspecting Elena troops.

It was a Negru army that had been lying in ambush in the forest at some point. Although they used Welsh II rifles, which Elena did not like, their first shot was good thanks to the ambush, the pre-formation and the fact that Elena was on the run. And only after that, they got up from their hiding spots, got up and began to reload. And behind them, the second-line soldiers, who had been prepared in advance, had already begun the first round of shooting. More buckshot flew out of the chamber and into Elena's team, somewhat panicked.

"There's a fucking ambush!"

Ivan was really a little anxious when he said this, there was an ambush in front and a pursuer in the back, and they themselves were all infantry, and there was a shortage of ammunition, how to get rid of the enemy's pursuers? What if you can't get rid of it, Gastens, Elena?

"Calm down!" , Gastens still showed his psychological quality at this time. He only had to look at it to understand that the enemy in the woods was not really that much of a threat. Although their first round of fire caused some casualties to their own soldiers, it was now Gastens Guards who rushed ahead, these soldiers did not experience high-intensity, prolonged fighting, and had plenty of ammunition. Their subconscious counterattack in the face of the enemy's attack just now has already caused a large number of casualties to the enemy in the woods. This is evident from the sound density of the third round of guns fired from the woods. Moreover, before they made a decision, the pride of the soldiers in the front row as Elena soldiers had already made them consciously enter the combat state. The soldiers quickly threw themselves to the ground, crouching or lying on their stomachs, and quickly suppressed the enemy's fire.

However, this kind of suppression will not determine the victory, and will only give Gastens more time to think about the next direction. Ivan and Bellanchir looked at him at the same time, waiting for his command. Over the past year or so, Gastens has led them from scratch, from a condemned prisoner to a spokesperson and practitioner of an advanced production relationship, and has never let them down. They naturally believe that the current Gastens will not disappoint them either.

Whether to continue the attack towards the woods or turn around in his direction, Gastens must decide. It took him a little longer to think about it this time, and finally came up with an answer.

"There aren't many people in the forest, keep going for me! Break through the enemy blockade and retreat from the forest! ”

Ivan and Bellanchir looked at each other. According to their original thoughts, since there was someone intercepting them on the road ahead, they should naturally turn around and flee in other directions. After all, Rufeng Mountain is not high, and there are many retreat directions to choose from. However, Gastens prestige played a role at this time, and the two men suppressed the doubts in their hearts, nodded in response, and began to give the order to attack.

And once the order to attack was given, the Gastens guards in the front row put in more ferocious firepower, and Ivan and Bellanchir both watched the movement in the forest anxiously, hoping that as Gastens said, the enemy had a limited number of enemies in the forest. If that happens, they can destroy this line of defense, continue to retreat, and eventually get out of contact.

A few minutes later, information from the front supported Gastens' assertion that the enemy in the forest did not hold them back for long and was repulsed. Elena's soldiers were able to enter the forest. And the enemies who followed them did not hesitate when facing the forest. Although the broken Elena forces were still killing their pursuers through point shooting, this did not completely destroy the will of the pursuers, and they hesitated outside the forest before rushing in.

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"Commander, the enemy has broken through our defense line in the forest on the west side of Rufeng Mountain and fled into the West No. 3 Forest, what should we do?" , Stefan Schgwa, chief of staff of the Eastern Front Command, stood beside the Tai family, with some excitement and some regret that he had fallen short.

"Oh, where?" , Taijia Bush began to look on the sand table. In order to? In this ambush, the Tayyi's operational staff numbered and marked all the important terrain along the way.

"Here", Stefan Schgwa gestured. On the sand table, the forest where many lives have been buried, is just a few green sticks.

"Elena's troops still have two brushes," said Taiga Bush, standing beside the sand table, frowning, "and their commander is good to see through the emptiness of our forces in the forest, and to launch a decisive attack to break through our defenses." Now that their flight has deviated from the route I have arranged for them, they have no choice but to do so. ”

At this point, Tai Bush began to give formal orders for combat. The troops who followed into the woods on the west side of Rufeng Mountain were to be resupplied and more men, while the troops who were ambushed in several other locations began to try to surround the forest. As long as he can use this forest as the main force to gather and unify Elena's troops together, he can continue to destroy this team with explosive combat effectiveness, and lay the most solid foundation for the technological and battlefield superiority of the Neglo Republic.

"Commander, to be honest, I think we played well enough this time. Being able to almost leave the enemy behind when the weapon generation difference is so large, I think we have won. This time the enemy's casualties were quite large, and it should be regarded as a heavy loss for Elena, who was short of manpower. ”

Chief of Staff Stefan Schgvar patted the horses half-sincerely, half-flatteringly, and Taijia Bush smiled and responded.

"It's almost not done yet, if we can annihilate them in one fell swoop as planned, we will win more than half of this battle."

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"Boss, the enemy's commander this time is very powerful, he can put the ambush here in advance. How did he know we were going to run from here? ”

In the forest, Elena's troops, who had temporarily escaped their pursuers, were reorganizing a little, and Ivan and Bellanchir did not even bother to take a sip of water, and grabbed Gastens to discuss the gains and losses of this battle.

"I don't think he'll be able to guess that accurately. His biggest advantage over us is that he has more people, so I think he may have ambushed several major places around Rufeng Mountain where we could retreat after we attacked. The reason why I asked everyone to directly attack the ambush instead of going the other way was also because this forest was safe when we surveyed the terrain before, and the ambush soldiers obviously hastily deployed this point, so we finally decided to enter the forest. At the same time, from his behavior of trying to get the soldiers to abandon the formation and run to establish a perimeter encirclement to surround you, you can roughly guess that this man is a risk-taking man. And those who dare to take risks will obviously not have the patience to wait for a large number of ambushes to be in place. ”

"The leader is wise", Ivan's horses also came as soon as he opened his mouth. But whether it was himself, or Berranchel or Gastens, he knew that what he said was not a hypocrisy or moisture.

"Next, how do we go from here?" , Berranchl interjected, "The enemy's forces are just outside the forest, and they are likely to mobilize more troops to attack us." This forest is not big, and we are not out of danger yet. ”

"You're right," Gastens nodded, "we'll rest for fifteen minutes, clear up the numbers, collect bullets, and prioritize the rationing of the broken rear soldiers and the front row charges." The rest of the soldiers, all of whom are only allowed to shoot single shots, should take advantage of the higher accuracy of our weapons to ensure the power while saving bullets. ”

"So where are we going?" , Ivan asked, "If you go back, they will definitely stop on the road." ”

"We go west, continue west, and then look for an opportunity to pull out the enemy's formation, fight back, and get out of pursuit. Once we are free from tracking, we can go to the pre-set reserve point to replenish our ammo. ”

According to Gastens theory and Berranch's rules of guerrilla warfare during this period, Gastens brought two brigades out this time, and at the same time, he also set up several safe supply points along the way for post-war replenishment. It's just that when setting up the supply point, I didn't realize that there would be this kind of situation of being ambushed by the enemy and running out of ammunition halfway, so the supply point was a little far away from Rufeng Mountain, and it was difficult to arrive and supply safely when there were pursuers behind.

However, Gastens already had an idea about how to get rid of the pursuers, "It is impossible for the enemy to use a battle formation when pursuing us, and the range and power advantage of our weapons can be fully utilized." I believe that in a battle like today, with such a huge casualty rate, even the soldiers of the Neglo Republic will not be able to stand it. Once they develop a fear of battle, it's time for us to get rid of them completely. ”

Ivan and Bellanchier both agreed. Although they are still not out of danger, the two of them invariably put their hearts back in their stomachs. As long as Gastens is here, they can't afford to lose.