"How's the situation!" Baron O'Brien hurried to the command post after receiving the news of the enemy's attack, because he had barely slept last night, so when the alarm sounded, he immediately ran over, and did not even need to change his clothes.

And when he entered the command post, he was surprised to see that Swain was already sitting here.

"The enemy seems to be tempting. The adjutant replied, "Only one regiment of troops is attacking, as if to test our defenses by taking advantage of this fog." ”

"Tempting?" O'Brien frowned and pondered the purpose of the other party's move, because the news that Swain told him yesterday that the baron was now paying special attention to every move of the enemy, after all, the opponent may be the first general in the history of Siliul, Duke Dungar O'Brien.

"Just beat them back, since they are here to tempt, you don't need to care, eat them all. Swain was still sitting in a chair next to him, looking out of place in the command post.

Baron O'Brien was a little uncomfortable with Swain's words, after all, he was the commander-in-chief, and Swain's tone was a little overstepping. However, considering Swain's identity and his knowledge of the enemy, the Baron accepted Swain's offer. "Knock them out, but don't move the left and right flanks, don't let the other side use such a few people to figure out our firepower deployment. ”

"Yes!" the lieutenant saluted Baron O'Brien, and then ran down to order the herald.

Because it was still relatively early at this time, several staff officers had their own duties, so they did not come to the command post.

"The enemy didn't choose to take advantage of this fog to sneak attack. Baron O'Brien looked at the heavy weapons outside, and his brow did not furnish at all, "It seems that the other party is very cautious in using troops." ”

"Maybe not cautiously. Swain leaned on the handrail and looked at the deployment of troops on both sides on the map, "After all, the enemy is a coalition of the Southern Army and the Ministry of the Interior's army, even the Duke of Dungar may not be able to fully control such an army, so he has to take a cautious approach." ”

After a while, Baron O'Brien's lieutenant returned to the command post, only his expression was not very good-looking.

"General, the enemy has retreated, but because the fog is too heavy, we have not been able to inflict too many casualties on the other side. ”

"yes, forget it, it's also something that can't be helped. Baron O'Brien didn't really care about that.

"Don't you have any intention of taking advantage of this fog to carry out a sneak attack?" asked Sven, "such an environment has always been the best opportunity for the weaker side on the battlefield, and if we can use the fog to quietly move a force behind the enemy's flank, then we have a good chance of winning." ”

"It's a tempting proposition, and I'm not unexpected. Baron O'Brien smiled bitterly, "But forget it, this opponent may not be deceived by such a strategy." ”

As he spoke, a shell slammed into the position of Munster's army, and even the command post with Baron O'Brien shook. And this no shell was like a signal, and then the enemy began a fierce artillery attack, and the thunderous cannon sound was incessant.

"It looks like the enemy is planning to attack head-on. Baron O'Brien pursed his lips and said, which made him disappointed in the decision of the enemy commander, and even he began to wonder if what Swain said was right, if the commander of the other party was really the Duke of Dungal, then such a battle would seem too ordinary.

Baron O'Brien threw all these cluttered thoughts out of his mind, and now he should be thinking about how to deal with the enemy's attack.

"Order the artillery units to prepare, let all units hold the line, with this fog, the enemy's vision is also not clear to see our position, as long as you dare to enter the range of our army, all of them will be sent back to me!"

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Artillery fire roared from the front, shells came and went, and a symphony was played on the battlefield. Because of the fog, the soldiers of the Southern Army could safely get closer to the Munster position, which certainly made the shells inaccurate, but also provided more safety for the soldiers.

With a round of charge, the soldiers of the Southern Army first rushed to the front line of the Munster army, because the fog obscured the view, the distance that the Munster army could see was very limited, and the depth enough for them to block the enemy army was too short, so the Munster army had to fight the enemy in the trench.

Of course, this does not mean that the Munster army fell into a disadvantage, even if the enemy attacked the position, the Munster army still had the advantage of terrain, and the machine gun fortress set up a fire network within the visual range, giving the southern army a lot of casualties, and the southern army soldiers without effective artillery support were inevitably a little weak in the enemy's position, and soon showed a declining trend.

The 1st and 3rd Divisions of the Ministry of the Interior, which were on the right side of the Southern Army, also did not go very smoothly, because of the fog, their judgment of the direction of attack was wrong, and the entire attack sequence was shifted to the right, so that the Southern Army on the left flank attacked the Munster Army position in front, while the 3rd and 1st Divisions were all crowded into the opponent's left flank position.

In this case, the Southern Army was naturally under the greatest pressure, and it had to withstand both the Munster Army and the spare Connaught Army, while the Yanwan Army, which was on the left flank of the position, would also bear the pressure of the 1st and 3rd Divisions of the Ministry of the Interior. However, attacking the enemy's flank positions with superior forces, the 1st and 3rd Divisions did not make the progress they deserved, but were blocked by the Yanwan Army in front of the front, and even less advanced than the Southern Corps.

And all this, Wei Ting, who was on the battlefield, did not know, he was anxious to pace back and forth in the command post, because of this thick fog, he could not see the situation on the front line clearly, so he could only do it in a hurry.

"I knew that I should have taken my troops to the front line, but now I can't see anything here, and I'm going to kill people in a hurry!" he slapped the table irritably, and after the tentative attack failed, Wei Ting asked the chief of staff to take the 72nd Division and join the 1st and 3rd Divisions of the Ministry of the Interior to attack the enemy position, but he could not see the battle situation on the front line with his own eyes, and he was never able to settle down.

Henry watched Vitting walk around, his head spinning as Vitin moved, and it didn't take long for him to feel a little dizzy.

"Move the command post forward!" Wei Ting decided, "I can't see anything here, I'm going to a place where I can see the battle situation!"

This decision surprised the staff officers, who hurriedly dissuaded: "Please wait a minute, General, if our command post moves too close to the enemy position, then we are within the range of the enemy's artillery, and their shells are likely to hit us!"

"What are you afraid of!" Wei Ting shouted, causing the staff officers to take a step back in fright, "With this fog, the enemy can't see our position, how can it be so easy to hit us? If you are so afraid of death, what kind of battle will you come out to fight!"

The staff officers all bowed their heads, they knew Wei Ting's temper very well, among the officers of the original 63rd Cavalry Division, only the chief of staff could persuade Wei Ting, they could not persuade Wei Ting.

"Division commander!" At this time, a herald hurriedly ran into the command post and reported loudly to Wei Ting, "The headquarters asked us to conduct a second offensive, and asked us to correct the route of the march, the route of the first round of offensive has been deviated, and the headquarters asked us to move the direction of march to the left by 500 meters. ”

Although Wei Ting felt very impatient with the orders of the headquarters, he did not think rationally because of this, and Wei Ting was very keen to find the problem.

The troops who launched the first offensive had not yet retreated, how did Osmond know the situation at the front, his command post was further back than me, there was no reason to know that the offensive line was deviating before me.

Wei Ting thought to himself as he walked out of the command post. "Let the troops immediately assemble on the front, this time I will personally go out, I can't stay here like this anymore!"

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"The second offensive of the enemy is coming again. Baron O'Brien looked at the map, and his whole body was almost on the table, "The two rounds of attack are so tightly connected, is the enemy trying to take down our first line of defense in one go?

Baron O'Brien pondered for a moment, and now he had to think about every move of the other party for a long time to determine whether there was any other plan behind them.

"Our line is wide and behind us are Astrad I College and Karin Castle, and we must cover both of them, otherwise the enemy is likely to take advantage of the opportunity to sneak up on us, whether it is to take the students of the school hostage or to capture the princess, the tide of the battle will turn against us. ”

Swain walked over to the map table and pointed to the Astrad I School and Karin Castle on the map.

"The terrain here in the western suburbs is not covered, as far as the defenders are concerned, we are actually very disadvantaged, the only thing that can make up for this is that the army of the Ministry of the Interior is indeed not strong in combat effectiveness, they attacked the Yanwan Army position with the strength of two divisions, but instead fell into disadvantage. But the opponent's will to fight is not bad, and he has not retreated until now, and has always wanted to occupy a foothold. ”

Baron O'Brien sighed, what Swain said, he had thought of it before deploying the position, but there was no way to set up a formation here, they had to protect Astrad I College and Karin Castle, unless they wanted to rely on the school's buildings for defense, otherwise the terrain of a flat river, everywhere the formation was the same.

Astrad I College leans against a few hills, which are the remnants of the hills that connect Yanwan Province, but if the school is set up, Baron O'Brien can fully imagine what will happen to those students. The artillery fire is always merciless, whether it is young or old, the lives taken by it are just as cold.

"Now that the Connaught army is facing little pressure, let them transfer some troops to support the Yanwan army. Although the attack intensity of the army of the Ministry of the Interior was not high, the Yanwan army was facing two divisions after all, and they still had to leave some reserve strength. ”

When the adjutant heard Baron O'Brien's words, he immediately wrote down his order, and then handed it to the herald to send him to the left flank position.

"If we just fight like this, we can really hold on, but ......" Baron O'Brien looked at the position on the front line, and in the looming fog, he could see the shells exploding from time to time, "will it be to this extent?"

"You know, of course not. Swain said, "I think there's something wrong with your idea, though. ”

"Huh?" Baron O'Brien paused for a moment, then looked back at Swain, "What do you mean?"

"You seem to be waiting for the other person to make a move, thinking about what the other person will do, and not thinking about taking the initiative yourself. Sven took a sip of water, there was no tea for him to enjoy at this time, "Maybe what I told you yesterday caused you a lot of nervousness, but it wasn't my intention, I told you that, I just hope you can think about tactics in a targeted manner, but now it seems that it makes you overly concerned about what kind of conspiracy the enemy will have, and has been deliberately cautious." ”

Baron O'Brien sighed, Swain was right, he was indeed a little too nervous now. But there was no way around it, after all, he had heard from Swain the name of Duke Dungar.

"So—" Swain dragged his finger across the map, "I think we should take the initiative." ”