In the 71st advance base of the Northern Wharton Empire, the soldiers gathered here according to the combat mission were gathered here, and there were groups sitting together.

There are not only soldiers of the 8th Division, but also the 3rd, 9th, and 10th Infantry Divisions of the 23rd Army Corps, as well as its two armored divisions, a mecha division, and a Marine Aviation Brigade!

The total number of officers and soldiers deployed here has reached 100,000, which basically accounts for half of the strength of the 23rd Army Corps!

At this time, inside the tactical helmets of all the soldiers, tactical maps and pictures were flashing.

The two staff officers of the General Staff Headquarters of the 23rd Army Corps are explaining the pre-battle combat mission through the command system and in conjunction with the tactical map or logo on the screen.

"With the equatorial gorge as the axis and the No. 71 forward base as the center, within a radius of 500 kilometers, it has always been the scope of our 71st Group Army's defense. The 71st forward base is the most important, once lost, the enemy will open a gap in our equatorial canyon defense line and enter the depth of our country! ”

"In the next 30 days, my 23rd Army Corps will take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the 71st forward base! During this period, on the premise of ensuring the absolute security of the base, all units will strike at or occupy all enemy strongholds south of the forward base in a skirmish mode and in combat groups! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, south of our forward base, the terrain environment is special, and it is a low-lying and gentle hill area. The equatorial canyon has formed a very complex basin environment here, with ravines in the basin stretching for more than 80 kilometers, and the depth of the hills reaching 8 kilometers, which is very suitable for straggler warfare. ”

"We have established dozens of bases in this area, large and small. Each of these strongholds has an energy shield generator, a variety of artillery emplacements and anti-aircraft weapons, and a personnel conveyor station inside. Every time you capture an enemy stronghold, your forces will be able to reinforce it, and then gradually encroach on the area occupied by the enemy. Of course, the enemy is no different. ”

"At the beginning of the war, the units can act cheaply! The combat mode is mainly guerrilla and surprise attacks, and the combat goal is to kill the enemy's living forces. ”

"Each infantry division is responsible for reconnaissance, raiding, clearing the battlefield and cooperating with other arms of the armed forces, each armored division is responsible for fire support and cover, and the task of the land aviation unit is to at least ensure air supremacy over our strongholds, and if the time is right, they can enter the enemy's airspace to cooperate with the ground forces!"

"The mech troops don't need to say much here, you know what to do! Note that for all the equipment, weapons and ammunition of mechanized troops, the military department only provides a quota of 2 bases for free every day, and after using it up, it can be purchased by itself with military merits, and the unused quota can be accumulated, and the maximum cumulative quota is 10 bases! ”

"Note: At that time, the command will assign troops to make corresponding arrangements and transfers according to the real-time situation, and all departments that have received the transfer order must carry out the relevant orders, otherwise military law will be engaged!"

"That's all for the combat explanation, if you still don't understand, please ask the commander in charge of the company!"

"Half an hour later, the divisions launched combat operations on their own! Now, disband! ”

Before the words fell, the entire forward base boiled.

Veterans have long been familiar with this mode of operation, in their experienced view, such a stronghold battle is actually a good way to brush up military merits, although the risk is much greater than the position garrison war, but as long as there is a strong ability, not only can the end be safe, but also earn a lot of military merits.

For the recruits, this is a very novel mode of warfare, which does not conduct any organized and strategic collective combat operations at the beginning, but is just a straggler.

As a recruit, Li Yi also felt very puzzled, this kind of combat method was unheard of.

I secretly thought that if I wanted to do it, I could simply push 100,000 people over together, and concentrate superior forces to uproot the enemy's strongholds one by one, wouldn't it be easy?

But after questioning Wood, he was very despised by the other party, and suggested that it was better for him to absorb the memory chip of "Northern Wharton's Military History" or "Command Science", so as not to ask such idiotic questions again.

Wood only asked one sentence, which made Li Yi speechless: "Think about it from your own side, if you are the defender and the opponent's 100,000 people push over, what will you do?" ”

Li Yi stopped talking.

Obviously, if the other party dares to push 100,000 people over, then of course he will transfer all the troops of the 23rd Army to the forward base to fight the other party here!

No! Pull all the 1 million people of the 71st Group Army over and directly wrap up the other party!

And then what's next?

Take these 1 million people and push them over?

This has entered an infinite loop, if you empathize and the other party pushes 1 million people over, what will you do?

This is not simple, directly pull tens of millions of people from the entire Z09 District Military Region over to fight!

So, it is easy for the forces of a military district to destroy an army group, but what next?

Is the Southern Wharton Empire going to have to mobilize the whole country to deal with it?

And what about the Northern Wharton Empire? Is it also necessary to mobilize the whole country?

Anyway, all citizens have been baptized by the coming-of-age ceremony, and if they pick up a gun, they are a veteran, they don't need training at all, and they can fight on the battlefield!

But if this battle continues like this, it will end up in a full-scale war!

If one of the sides in the north and south has an absolute advantage, then it is better to say that it can be directly crushed in the past.

But the problem is that if there really was absolute superiority, the Civil War would have ended long ago, and Wharton would have been unified long ago!

Now the North and South Wharton Empires are obviously half a catty and eight taels, and no one can help anyone!

No one wants to spend a lot of war resources and manpower on an all-out war if they are not fully prepared!

In short, at present, didn't the General Staff of the 23rd Army Corps just say that the main purpose of the operation is to annihilate the enemy's living forces, and the occupation of strongholds is only an incidental task, and it is obvious that there is no intention of starting an all-out war.

To put it bluntly, in the current war situation, the North and the South are still mainly engaged in training troops and accumulating strength.

Whether it is the previous position garrison battle or the current battle for the stronghold, the purpose is to sweep the sand in the big waves, train elite soldiers at the same time, destroy the enemy's living forces as much as possible, and at the same time wait for an opportunity to change the current war situation.

As for all-out war, it will definitely be fought!

Every 2 or 3 years, both sides have to do a big job!

But when to fight, I don't know, that's something that the high-ranking officials of the empire have to think about, and as an ordinary soldier, just act honestly and obey orders.

After the regimental combat mission was issued, the soldiers were not idle, and the commanders of the grassroots companies were also using the last half hour before the battle to give more detailed explanations and deployments to the soldiers below.

After all, the corps staff only made a general strategic plan, and basically did not say anything about the specific tactical details, and it also needed the commanders of the grass-roots companies to supplement them on their own and give full play to their subjective initiative.

Wood gathered more than 100 members of his company together for a small pre-war meeting.

“…… Although guerrilla warfare was mainly carried out in battle groups, everyone should not be too far apart, but try to act together and keep in touch at all times. ”

"Everyone should always check the tactical map, pay attention to the battlefield situation, pay attention to the distribution of forces on both sides of the enemy, and don't be dumplings made by the enemy and don't know yet. Once an enemy target appears in the line of sight of our personnel, the enemy's coordinates will be marked as a red dot on the tactical map for 10 seconds. Be warned, however, that once you're exposed to the enemy's sight, you'll also be marked on the enemy's tactical map, and you'll be hit by multiple enemies. ”

"After leaving the area controlled by our stronghold, all combat groups are allowed to act cheaply, but fighting is not the business of one or two soldiers, and all combat groups should pay attention to coordination and defense, and try to concentrate superior forces to destroy the enemy's living forces!"

"I will use my collective military merit to buy a small base vehicle and drive it to the vicinity of the forward stronghold, and each combat group will try not to leave within three kilometers of the base vehicle. In the course of the operation, casualties, ammunition replenishment, equipment recovery, and weapon replacement can be handled nearby, and if necessary, they can be withdrawn to the forward base through base vehicles. ”

"As you can see, our company is in the middle of the forward base. Therefore, during the battle, we should try to move laterally and avoid overly rushing forward, and we only need to be responsible for the defense of our six strongholds 10th, 11th, 12th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd, as well as the battle for the enemy's strongholds Nos. 13, 14, and 15. ”

"We don't need to rush to attack the strongholds, we are only responsible for the peripheral guerrillas, coordinated clearance, maintenance and recovery and other combat missions. Our armored and mecha troops are the main attacking forces of the battle! ”

"Stronghold siege is not a positional defensive battle, and you may encounter various forms of strikes at any time, including all kinds of guns, artillery, missiles, air strikes, armor, and mecha strikes! Therefore, whether it is attacking or defending, you need to be cautious at all times, and attack the enemy on the premise of trying not to expose yourself! ”

"There is little difference between the enemy and us in terms of overall strength, firepower, and combat effectiveness. Therefore, as infantry soldiers, this battle for the stronghold is still mainly based on actual combat training, and we should not delusionally try to hit the enemy's forward base, which is definitely an act of death! ”

"Well, that's all there is to look out for! Do you have anything to ask? ”

One soldier asked, "What if our forward stronghold is knocked out by the other side?" Do you want to take it back? ”

Wood said with a straight face: "At that time, the Joint Operations Command will issue specific orders, and if your combat team is designated to go for reinforcements, then you must go!" ”

Li Yi was still fond of flat push tactics, and asked curiously: "Why can't you hit the enemy's forward base?" ”

These words immediately provoked laughter from a group of veterans, but Wood didn't laugh, but just said to everyone: "In the past few days of vacation, you have all been to the real system, right?" ”

Seeing that almost everyone nodded, Wood said again: "You've all seen Space City, right?" ”

Seeing that everyone nodded collectively again, Wood showed a playful expression and said: "The Equatorial Canyon is no longer a canyon here, but a gentle basin and hilly area. The forward bases of the enemy and us stretch for more than 80 kilometers, almost replacing the blocking effect of the equatorial cliffs...... In fact, the forward base is a giant space city of a land nature, not to mention its firepower system, just its energy shield barrier, with the energy guns of our infantry, even if the whole division gathers fire, it will not be able to break its defense at all! ”

Speaking of this, Wood added: "Even if an armored division goes up and doesn't attack for half a day in a row, it can't knock off the energy shield." ”

Li Yi couldn't help but say: "Bombard with physical artillery!" ”

Wood smiled: "Do you think the forward base built of titanium alloy is a tofu scum project?" It's no problem for physical artillery to kill some people, it's impossible to destroy the facilities in the base, but our Wharton, there are not many others, just a lot of people. Moreover, once our armored artillery is the first to fire, the enemy armored forces can calculate and lock on to our armored artillery positions according to the ballistic instant, and carry out counter-artillery strikes! So, my lord, please use your brains more and learn more military knowledge before you speak in the future. ”

Well, the dignified Lord of Rayman Galaxy's scavengers is actually despised by a small army captain!

The last bit of illusion in Li Yi's heart about the flat push tactic was also shattered, it seemed that it was impossible to destroy the other party in one fell swoop, and it was also impossible for the other party to bulldoze himself.

So he understood that this so-called battle for the stronghold was actually a tug-of-war for a meat grinder!

In the end, it is who kills more people!

Or, who dies more!