Chapter 539: There are gains and losses
The enemy's commander was captured, but Yang Yi did not miss this opportunity, and on the way back, he gave an order to Yuyang to let the ten legions guarding the defensive line launch a counterattack. Even if the number of troops is limited and it is not possible to annihilate all the landed Silicon Charm Legions in one go, it can still take out the enemies outside the barracks. For the sake of insurance, and the Silicon Charm fleet is outside the atmosphere and will send reinforcements at any time, Yang Yi left ten legions to continue to guard the defensive line.
When Yang Yi returned to the headquarters, the counterattack had already begun.
The battle went well, and Yuyang only sent ten legions according to Yang Yi's orders, but concentrated all the heavy tanks. In front of four hundred heavy tanks, the Silicon Phantom Legion's defenses were fragile. It's just that ten legions are indeed a little less. The point is that the officers and men of the 10 regiments did not have much actual combat experience and had not fought a counterattack before. If it weren't for the fact that the enemy had lost their fighting spirit, the ten human legions would not only not be able to easily break through the defense line of the Silicon Phantom Legion, but would even be counterattacked by the enemy after the attack failed, thus suffering heavy losses. In fact, even if the Silicon Phantom Warrior had lost the confidence to continue fighting, he did not raise his hand to surrender. The few surviving generals will organize the Silicon Phantom warriors around them to fight to the death against the human legions. More of the Silicon Phantom warriors were scattered, but instead of surrendering, they fought to the very end. Although the losses suffered by the human legions were negligible, it would certainly take enough time to annihilate the twenty legions of Silicon Phantom warriors. Fierce battles are going on and will continue for some time.
Yuyang had already made arrangements to prepare the ten legions remaining behind in the defensive line for battle. In addition, after returning to the headquarters, Jackson also selected ten of the most combat-effective regiments from the reserves, ready to go to the battlefield at any time to assist the front-line regiments in annihilating the enemy. Besides, if necessary, Shen Chengwen can lead the special investigation team into battle at any time. There is also Otis's female warrior guard.
There is no suspense in annihilating the twenty Silicon Phantom Legions, all it takes is time.
For those human legions who participated in large-scale regular warfare for the first time, it was also a rare opportunity to exercise, allowing officers and soldiers to face to face with the Silicon Phantom Warriors, not only gaining valuable combat experience, but also gaining confidence. When you meet the Silicon Warrior again. You won't be overwhelmed.
With these in mind, Yang Yi did not intervene in the battle outside the barracks.
At this time, the other three military camps had already sent battle reports.
Like Yang Yi's side, the three military camps on the other three continents were attacked.
The situation on the northern continent was the most ideal, and Fang Zhicheng adopted a similar tactic, and achieved exciting results by taking the initiative to annihilate the vanguard of the Silicon Charm army. It's just that the main force of the Silicon Charm army arrived immediately, and Fang Zhicheng could only lead the legion to retreat to the barracks. When Yang Yi ordered a counterattack. Reinforcements from the Third Theater under the command of Fang Zhicheng had already repelled the enemy's second attack. Although tens of thousands of Silicon Charm soldiers were annihilated, the reinforcements in the Third War Zone also suffered extremely heavy losses, with tens of thousands of officers and soldiers killed and wounded. Fortunately, the enemy did not immediately launch a third attack, nor did it continue to shell and bombard the barracks.
In fact, it was precisely because the enemy suddenly stopped attacking that Fang Zhicheng was not sure, so he sent a battle report. By the way, I asked Yang Yi about the situation here,
Relatively. The other two barracks were not so ideal.
The western continent guarded by the reinforcements of the first theater has been occupied by the Silicon Charm army, to be precise, the military camp is surrounded by the enemy, and the reinforcements of the first theater are fighting hard with the enemy. In fact, it was not that the enemy attacking the Western Continent was stronger, but that the reinforcements in the First Theater missed the opportunity to counterattack. By the time Lieutenant General Howard discovered that it was the enemy's vanguard that had arrived first, with a total of only twenty legions. The main force of the Silicon Charm army has arrived. As a result, by the time Howard decided to launch a counterattack, the enemy had already gained a foothold. Fortunately, Huo Huade regained his senses at the critical moment and did not send the officers and soldiers of the First War Zone to death in order to save face for himself. In the circumstances of the time. As long as Huo Huade allows his troops to launch a counterattack, he will run into the main force of the Silicon Charm army. Not only will they not be able to defeat the enemy, but they will also suffer heavy losses. If this results in a large number of casualties among officers and men, the reinforcements from the First Theater will definitely not be able to hold the barracks.
According to the news sent by Huo Huade, the reinforcements in the first theater have suffered nearly 30,000 casualties, five regiments have lost their combat effectiveness due to serious attrition, and the combat effectiveness of the other five regiments has also been seriously reduced. Although the outer defense line of the barracks was still in the hands of reinforcements from the 1st Theater of Operations, more than half of the vital heavy artillery had been lost. Even if you still have the ability to continue fighting the enemy, you won't be able to last long.
Without heavy weapons, it is simply impossible to cope with a massive enemy attack.
Huo Huade clearly mentioned in the battle report that he hoped that Yang Yi would be able to support some heavy weapons, preferably heavy artillery, and at least provide some heavy tanks. They might still be able to hold off two or three enemy attacks, but if Yang Yi didn't provide support in time, the barracks would have been lost.
The point is that without heavy weapons, the morale of the officers and men guarding the barracks will soon collapse.
To put it bluntly, with only light weapons, the officers and men on the defensive line simply could not cope with the enemy's attack and even carry out an effective counterattack against the enemy.
Unable to fight back against the enemy, they can only be beaten passively, and no matter how brave the soldier is, he will not be able to hold out for long.
It's just that Howard asked for only some heavy weapons. Although the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties, Huo Huade still had enough troops in his hands. What's more, the reinforcements from the First War Zone still controlled the outer defense line of the barracks, and did not let the Silicon Phantom Legion advance half a step.
The situation on the Eastern Continent, guarded by reinforcements from the Second Theater of Operations, was not so ideal.
When Yang Yi received the news, the reinforcements in the second theater not only lost the landing ground outside the barracks, but also lost ten corps in a failed counterattack, and almost wiped out 100,000 officers and soldiers, and when the Silicon Charm army launched an attack, they almost lost the outer defense line of the barracks. Although the reserves sent in time recaptured part of the position, they were unable to repel all the enemy. In other words, the reinforcements in the second theater of operations are no longer able to use the outer defense line to resist the attacking enemy, and are fighting with the enemy for the defense line. This situation will definitely not last long, and after the main forces of the Silicon Charm army are successively put into battle, the entire outer defense line will inevitably be lost.
Without a perimeter line, reinforcements from the second theater had to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy and fight the enemy in the barracks.
Obviously, in such a battle in which the outcome is determined by the strength of troops, the reinforcements of the second theater of operations will not be able to take advantage at all, let alone achieve victory.
What's even worse is that when the fighting on the other three continents temporarily stopped, the fighting on the Eastern Continent did not end. The Silicon Charm army is like a chicken blood, desperate to attack. Although the reinforcements in the second theater fought desperately, they only temporarily stabilized their positions. According to James's battle report, all the legions sent by the Second Theater were engaged in battle, and reserves were used. If the enemy continues to increase his troops, and Yang Yi does not send reinforcements over, then when the new force of the Silicon Charm army is put into battle, the military camp will inevitably fall. James was speaking impassionedly, he was ready to die with the barracks, and the officers and men of the Second War Zone would all hold out until the last moment. However, if the Eastern Continent falls, then the two adjacent continents will also be attacked.
Clearly, what James needed was reinforcements.
Besides, if Yang Yi hadn't sent reinforcements over and the barracks guarded by the reinforcements in the Second War Zone had fallen, at least a high-ranking general like James would not have fled, because it was a capital crime for the commander to flee from the battle, and it would have been stinking for 10,000 years. If James dies in battle, he will naturally not be held responsible. To put it bluntly, no one will go to a general who died heroically to hold them accountable, but the consequences of this have to be borne by them.
It was with this judgment that James proposed in this way to let Yang Yi send troops to support.
Perhaps, in James's opinion, Yang Yi had no other choice at all, because the Eastern Continent was next to the Southern Continent where Yang Yi was located. After the fall of the Eastern Continent, Yang Yi still divided his troops to deal with the enemy killed from the Eastern Continent, and he would not save his troops because he did not go to the rescue of reinforcements from the Second War Zone. On the contrary, if we can assist the reinforcements of the second theater to hold the barracks, we can save a lot of troops.
When Yang Yi was considering whether to send troops to support James, Jackson rushed over.
He had already interrogated the war king captured by Yang Yi, but he didn't get valuable information, it only proved that Shen Chengwen had interrogated another war king before. That is, Kutum is not here, and the commander of the battle is a war king who is related to Kutum. In addition, only a small part of the Silicon Charm army has landed on Beacon Mars now, and there are at least thousands of legions in the Silicon Charm fleet.
That is, the battle on Mars has only just begun.
On the issue of supporting reinforcements from the Second Theater, Jackson was conservative, that is, it was not yet the best time to send troops to the Eastern Continent.
Actually, Yang Yi also thinks so, otherwise he would not discuss it with Jackson.
Subsequently, Yang Yi solicited the opinions of Shen Chengwen and Yuyang, and the two of them also thought that it was not the time yet, and there was no reason to use the strategic reserve team because of a battle report from James.
After making a decision, Yang Yi asked Yuyang to send a message to James.
Of course, Yang Yi did not directly refuse James's request, but only mentioned that it would take some time to organize the reserves, and the battle on the Southern Continent was not over yet, at least after defeating the enemy, the reserves could be organized, and there would be a chance for the reserves to reach the Eastern Continent smoothly. To put it simply, no matter how big the problem is, James must hold on until the reserves sent by Yang Yi arrive.
It was at this time that the battle outside the barracks came to an end.
After hours of hard fighting, ten human legions finally swept through the enemy's position, annihilating twenty Silicon Phantom legions. Because there was no commander of the war king, and the generals had no right to order a retreat, not a single silicon warrior escaped among the twenty silicon phantom legions.
It's just a battle. (To be continued.) )