Chapter 683: Consolidating the Rear
For Liu Qingshan, the most important thing at present is to gain a firm foothold.
You know, before that, the Unholy Alliance had already suffered a big loss. Therefore, according to Liu Qingshan's judgment of the enemy army, it will not be long before they launch an offensive against themselves. Although such an offensive may not be very violent, because its own brigade has just arrived at the designated position, it is not fully prepared in all aspects. Therefore, the ability to resist the enemy's attack is not very strong.
In such a situation, it is best to stand firm, be prepared, actively defend, seize opportunities, and launch a counterattack at the right time.
On that small square, at this time, it seems, a ruin, still exuding the smoke of gunpowder, still raging by flames, I don't know where to continue to burn. The great war, which took place not so long ago, still leaves traces there.
Although the small square seems to be very suitable for the construction of military installations, when you think about it, it is not like that. That place, there was no danger to defend, and although it was suitable for the construction of buildings, it was not conducive to defense. Enemy forces can attack from all directions at any time. Therefore, across that small square, from the camp of the enemy army, far away, is now such a situation.
At present, Liu Qingshan mainly defends from the east and west, as well as the north side. The left and right sides, that is, the east and west sides, are connected by a highway. The enemy, on the other hand, could attack his position at any time along that highway. On the north side, adjacent to the small square, although the possibility of an enemy attack from the north side is not very high, you must be prepared accordingly. Comparatively, the defense line on the north side is relatively longer, so it is naturally more difficult to defend it.
Fortunately, Liu Qingshan saw that on the left and right sides of his defensive position, there were two buildings each, which were very suitable for stationing infantry. So, Liu Qingshan did not hesitate, and in those two buildings, a group of machine gunners were stationed. In this way, he will be able to take advantage of the situation and occupy the favorable terrain, and if the enemy side makes some moves, then, at the very least, the two buildings of Tongguò, as cover, should be able to protect their positions from attack for a certain extent.
On the north side, there are no buildings that can be used as a barrier or cover, in this case, Cheng Hao can only deploy heavy troops on the north side in case of accidents. After all, on the north side of his position, the defense is longer, and the problem seems to be more complicated.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before the enemy attacked first from the north flank. The attack was carried out by five light tanks of the enemy army. In this situation, the tank is flexible and very fast, which is very suitable for assault operations. Because before this, Cheng Hao completely focused his attention on the left and right directions, so although he was preparing to carry out an intensive defense on the north side, the preparation was only preparation after all, and he did not put it into action.
The five light tanks of the enemy army advanced by leaps and bounds, and they were invincible, and because they were on the north side, directly facing that small square, there was no danger at all. In addition, the defensive front is very long, so this must have brought great difficulties to Liu Qingshan's defense of the northern front. On the enemy side, it seems that they have seized the weakness of this one, and with lightning speed, they sent the five light tanks to advance lightly, and after passing through the small square that had also been transformed into a ruin, they directly attacked Cheng Hao's defensive position.
Tom tom, tom tom, tom tom...... Dense cannonballs shot out, and the target of the attack was the ore resource depot that Liu Qingshan had just built. The biggest role of this ore resource bank is that it can hold a large number of ore resources, so that it can improve the efficiency of ore collection on a large distance.
It seems that on the side of the Unholy Alliance, as soon as its commander-in-chief realized this, he knew the importance of this ore resource depot to Liu Qingshan, so as soon as the five light tanks rushed in, they took the lead in attacking that ore resource depot. However, fortunately, the firepower of this kind of enemy light tank is not very fierce, so although it looks very dense, it took half a minute to destroy Liu Qingshan's ore resource depot without any resistance.
Just when the five enemy light tanks were shifting the target of the attack again and expanding the results of the battle, at this time, Cheng Hao had already dispatched the most powerful tank combat unit among his armored combat vehicles, the Marauder tank. Moreover, there are five at once.
Marauder tanks, no small feat. This Marauder tank, with its own extremely thick armor, is quite capable of defense. At the same time, its biggest feature is long-range attacks. Yes, judging by the range of attacks, there are hardly any tanks or two that can compare with him in beauty. The firepower is fierce and the marching speed is relatively fast, so it can be said that it is the most proud main battle tank under Liu Qingshan. Under the current situation, in the face of the five light tanks of the enemy army that had already played their role in their own position, Liu Qingshan did not have time to consider other combat plans at all, and gave an order, five tanks with more than six people attacked one after another, and soon after, on the edge of his position, the five light tanks on the side of the evil alliance had been surrounded.
Tom tom tom ...... While marching and shelling, one by one heavy shells shot out frantically, turning into a stream, like a meteor, hitting the target accurately. The attack power, destructiveness, of which five such Marauder heavy tanks, firing at the same time, is self-evident. Although, after being attacked, the enemy's five light tanks were also dyed to fight back, but they were not at the same level at all, the extremely ferocious momentum of the Marauder tank, the invincible spirit, and the ultra-long attack distance, directly suppressed the enemy's five light tanks there, so that they had no chance to return fire at all.
The enemy's five light tanks, just like this, were quietly drowned in the sea of shells of the five Marauder tanks, and then, Liu Qingshan directly ordered the five remaining tanks to be stationed on the spot, as the most important defensive combat force on the northern front, always paying attention to the entire northern defense line.
In this way, as time went by, Liu Qingshan finally gained a firm foothold here, and all aspects of defensive preparations were ready. Immediately, Liu Qingshan had already begun to prepare, and in the next step, he would formulate an attack plan and attack the forces of the Unholy Alliance that maintained his headquarters base as much as possible. After all, this time it has been encircled, and it has been a long time. If this continues, the lives of the members of the headquarters who are besieged inside will be in danger. There is not a lot of time left for Liu Qingshan.
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There are three directions for the counteroffensive. There are two directions to the left and right, and there is also one direction to the north. On the northern front, since the battle line was stretched far, and at the same time, in order to counterattack from there, it was necessary to pass through the small square of Guò. However, that small square, which could not be defended, was surrounded on all sides by a flat river, and if his brigade of men and horses passed from there, he would definitely become the target of the enemy's attack. Therefore, the northern line, for the most part, has been largely excluded.
In this way, it means that Liu Qingshan can only choose one from the east and west directions. Comparatively speaking, the enemy's deployment on the eastern flank seems to be more powerful. Although the enemy's attack from the eastern front was not very strong, Liu Qingshan knew that it was very likely that it was precisely because the defense on the eastern side was impregnable that the enemy army deliberately did not attack from the eastern side.
For some time now, enemy attacks have been launched basically from the western flank. From the point of view of common sense, the west side is the place where the enemy army launched an attack. Therefore, it is naturally not suitable as a direction of attack on its own side. Because in this way, it is certain that you will meet the enemy side face to face, head to head, and it is very easy to encounter. However, for Liu Qingshan, what he actually values is the Western Front. Because, although on the one hand, the guò invisible towers have been passed, hiding most of their military installations and combat units, in their entirety. However, Liu Qingshan still relied on intuition and felt that the enemy's defense on the Western Front was the weakest. It is precisely because of this that the evil alliance has taken the Western Front as their breakthrough point, mainly attacking themselves from the Western Front, that is, to make themselves clear that this is not suitable for counterattack operations, otherwise, they will directly face the enemy's offensive force.
However, for Liu Qingshan, he is very good at studying and using the art of war. He knows that the essence of the art of war is true and false, false and real. The soldier is treacherous. Soldiers don't get tired of deceit. For this point, Emperor Liu Qingshan has always regarded it as a guideline. Therefore, the more dangerous the place, the more he feels safe. The more impossible it seemed, he knew that there were tigers in the mountains and preferred to go to the tiger mountains.
Under such circumstances, Liu Qingshan decided to adopt a step-by-step combat plan, first leading the enemy's defensive positions to destroy those strongholds, so that the enemy's defensive positions would be directly exposed under his nose.
According to military reconnaissance, Liu Qingshan found that most of the enemy's military strongholds were infantry combat units, stationed in some residential houses. Those unholy alliance infantry, in fact, their own combat ability is not very strong, but, then again, once stationed in the building, on the one hand, the building can provide them with a barrier and enhance their defense ability. On the other hand, buildings also give bonuses to their attacks, increasing their overall combat performance.
Even, in the face of those military strongholds where infantry are stationed, even their own marauder tanks may not be able to destroy them smoothly. However, Liu Qingshan has a combat force that specializes in dealing with this kind of infantry stationed in the building, that is, the grenadier squad. This grenadier squad is capable of firing high-intensity shells through guò shoulder-mounted grenadiers, which are particularly damaging to buildings. In general, even one or two members of a grenadier squad can achieve the desired effect if they attack a large building.
Therefore, in the face of that enemy military stronghold, Liu Qingshan's first military plan finally began. Under the cover of night, the seven members of the grenadier squad set out from their military base and groped their way along a winding path towards the enemy's military stronghold. In the sky, there was no moon and no stars in sight, and the whole heaven and earth were pitch black, and you couldn't see your fingers. All around, there was silence. I only heard the sound of the seven members of the grenadier squad walking at night. Occasionally, in the night sky, the chirping of night birds can be heard, and it sounds very bleak.
Finally, after more than half an hour of rapid marching, the seven members of the grenadier squad finally arrived at the first military stronghold of the Unholy Alliance's defensive position in this area. In that dark night, Liu Qingshan clearly saw that inside the military stronghold, the lights were shining, and from time to time, some voices were heard. However, the problem is that these grenadier squads, although specially trained, do not attack very far. In order to launch an attack on the enemy's military stronghold, it is necessary to continue to advance some distance. However, if that is the case, there is a good chance that it will be discovered by the enemy forces inside that stronghold.
After thinking about it again and again, Liu Qingshan decided that now, time is urgent, and he can't take care of it so much. So, at the sound of an order, seven grenadiers swarmed forward, and when they were within the range of the attack, they also triggered a fire counterattack from an enemy military stronghold. Thus, between the two sides, the exchange of fire officially began.
Fortunately, the members of this grenadier squad have very good defensive capabilities, are agile, and are wearing body armor, so their health is relatively high. The point is that the heavy shells thrown by the members of this grenadier squad are specifically aimed at buildings. In this case, as long as they can successfully launch the heavy shells in their hands through the guò shoulder-mounted grenadiers, then their task is basically completed.
On the enemy side, at this time, with the help of the cover of that building, they were frantically strafing the members of Liu Qingshan's grenadier squad on the ground. Dense bullets, firing in torrents, pierced the night sky, looking like meteors. In this case, naturally, several of Liu Qingshan's infantry combat forces were slightly injured, but it did not affect them to continue fighting. Soon after, the tom, the sound of a series of missile launches suddenly sounded, and then, one after another, heavy shells, burst out, arc after arc, and finally, fell on the building.
Closely, the sound of explosions continued to sound, and the building was immediately filled with a solemn dark red explosion fire. Boom, boom, boom, the explosion continued, and the enemy infantry inside was blown out in that burst of explosions one after another, and the ruins and ruins were everywhere, so that the first military stronghold of the Evil Alliance was destroyed very easily by several members of Liu Qingshan's grenadier team.
However, a battle here quickly attracted the enemy's idea. Soon after, dozens of enemy infantry, seemingly black and oppressive, formed a battle formation, like a tide, along that highway, from the left side, towards Liu Qingshan's military forbidden land.
Under such circumstances, Liu Qingshan first thought of ordering his members of the grenadier squad to intercept these infantry combat forces of the enemy. Originally, the members of the grenadier squad had just completed a mission and should have been repaired. However, now that the situation is urgent, it is too late to send combat units from their base camps. Therefore, the only way to do this was to use the seven grenadier squad members to be intercepted by these dozens of enemy infantry, to get through their blockade, to further set up a defensive line for themselves, and to buy time.
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However, at this time, what made Liu Qingshan feel very helpless was that although the members of his grenadier squad were more than enough to deal with buildings, they would not have any advantage in using them to talk face-to-face with the enemy infantry. More importantly, on the enemy side, there were dozens of infantrymen, including both machine gunners and rocketeers.
Under such circumstances, Liu Qingshan knew that sending his few members of the grenadier squad to take on this blocking mission was almost to let them die in vain. However, I can't help it. The battle soon began, although the members of their own grenadier squad, fighting valiantly, even risking their lives, once again used their explosive superiority, throwing one heavy shell after another into the ranks of the enemy army.
Coaxing, coaxing, the sound of explosions continued one after another, and a dark red explosion with the help of a stream of fire rose into the sky, several enemy infantry were directly blown into the sky, and some of their heads were directly blown away, and for a while, where the shells exploded, flesh and blood flew sideways, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled.