Volume 1 The Storm Chapter 26 The Long Time (Part II)
After a few days of actual combat, I was probably familiar with street fighting. I formed a squad with several Knights, Stewards, and Mr. Reinhardt as a firefighting team ready to support us, following the orders of the General Command.
In the beginning, we were able to use the armored trains in the city to get to where we needed support. But with the loss of some positions and the enemy's multiple sabotage of the railway, we had to switch to walking.
The armoured train served as a mobile fortress to assist the coalition soldiers in holding their lines. The firepower on it was enough to suppress the attack of the Cang Dynasty's army. But there is only one such train, which cannot play a decisive role in the outcome of the war.
Thanks to the butler and Mr. Reinhardt, we didn't get lost in the city. Although we have detailed maps and compass tools, the directions become more and more difficult to find as many of the landmarks are destroyed.
The library was in an emergency, and we were ordered to rush to the rescue. By the time we arrived at the library, the outlying positions had fallen. We fought with the Cang Dynasty's troops stationed on the periphery.
We used the speed of our mechs to burst into the trenches, and immediately raised our shields, and the armor-piercing firearms roared to pierce the shields, and the piercing armor-piercing bullets nearly pierced the armor of the Combined Knights. We immediately threw the grenades at the sides of the trenches, and with the sound of explosions, the firecrackers also stopped attacking.
I followed the butler through the labyrinthine trenches to the door of the library, and through the nerve link, I made my way through our position. The supplies he had brought with him had been lost in the hasty trench battle, but the vital supplies had arrived safely. Supporting Red Mercury and ammo supplies will increase the combat effectiveness and morale of the defenders. We arrived at the headquarters located in the basement of the library.
The generals in the command quickly assigned us to the troops that had recaptured our positions. A total of a dozen armored knights of the coalition forces and dozens of assault infantry will act with us, and the infantry will then reoccupy the trenches.
After a short rest, we rushed out of the gate with our knights and began to clear the Cang Dynasty army that had broken into the position. A detachment of enemy heavy cavalry rushed over. Spirit Lord, how they got here through a ruined city!
We quickly assembled a phalanx. Come to the main entrance of the library. The trenches here were covered with steel plates, and the cavalry soon came to us.
It took us five times to annihilate the heavy cavalry, but we were inflicted heavy losses by accident, with few of the assault infantry left and the steam armored knights suffering heavy casualties. Had to be returned to the library. The situation continues to stalemate, the enemy is unable to attack, and we are unable to launch a counteroffensive. The two sides are bounded by a small square in front of the library.
Outside, the command of the Cang Dynasty army organized a surprise attack force, consisting of captured steam armored knights and cavalry armed with armor-piercing firearms, in an attempt to use mobility to cross the Frankfork line and attack the rear of the Middle-earth coalition army to disrupt the front line. However, under the interception of the chariot units of the Middle-earth coalition, their surprise attack was broken.
Reinforcements from the Middle-earth coalition arrived on the sixth day of the war, rotating the units that had been badly damaged in the street fighting. And the enemy has also used these days to form heavy artillery positions again. However, at this time, the heavy artillery positions could only bombard the perimeter of the defensive line and help the troops in the city by harassing the outlying positions. Because of the poor communication of the Cang Dynasty army, it was unable to support the troops who were fighting in the streets. And the newly arrived troops of the Cang Dynasty, like the reinforcements of the Middle-earth Alliance, continued to enter the flesh and blood mill of Frankfork. As the forces that continue to enter the battlefield increase, the two sides once again have the bargaining chips to decide the battle.
At dusk, both sides ceased fighting, and all the soldiers, both friend and foe, understood that it was the dawn before the storm. So, the cooks hurried to make the most delicious meal they could make, as if it were the last supper for many.
The stew of canned beef, potatoes and tomatoes, the soup made with turnips, leaves and bones, and the bread that came with the reinforcements, the best dinner I've had in the days, not to mention the jam that the butler had brought with me, I almost forgot that I was on the battlefield.
Of course, after a short good time, there is a tense time of preparation, everyone is preparing for the coming big battle, the fortifications are constantly being reinforced, and every soldier is checking his equipment and his position.
From the beginning of the night, the enemy began to bombard our artillery, and it sounded all night, and you came and went, and almost no one could sleep peacefully. Each has its own losses.
The lights flickered overnight, and the air was lit up with flashbangs all the time.
At dawn the next day, the enemy launched a huge offensive. Almost all of the lines of defense where the troops were stationed were met by enemy attacks.
Fighting was everywhere, in the grass, in the broken houses, in the winding trenches, in the pipes underground, in the bushes, in the parks, and even in the streets, the two sides set up their guns and began to fire at each other. Everywhere there are enemies and our people.
I led the firefighting troops to support everywhere. The enemy is looking for our weak points, and the task of our fire brigade is to reach the weak points in the defensive line before the enemy, plug them up, and wait for reinforcements or reserves to arrive.
Of course, in the face of the enemy's attack with such disregard for casualties, the fire brigade was losing at any time, and the nearby reserves were ready to fill the vacancy. No matter how fast we are, the number of firefighting teams is not enough to take care of the weak points in the entire line of defense. Soon, positions were taken one after another, and in order to maintain the front, troops could only be constantly sent to fill the gaps. The new infantrymen and the Cang Dynasty reinforcements were not yet familiar with the tragic street fighting.
Hundreds of people are lost every hour, and the red-eyed two sides are fighting on this already chaotic defense line. The Sino-Turkish coalition forces relied on advanced communication facilities, and they were able to make major adjustments, and the various units also maintained communication with each other.
The Cang Dynasty army, relying on the experience of veterans and unique communication methods, kept confronting the Middle-earth coalition army in small groups, and at any time you could see that some troops were ambushed by the Cang Dynasty army and suffered heavy losses, and there were also Cang Dynasty troops who mistakenly encountered a large army and were annihilated instantly.
The intensity of the war reached its peak on this day, and the entire battlefield was filled with Middle-earth and Cangchao, the sound of gunfire, cannons, and the sound of steam engines. Light armored fighting vehicles entered the city to support, and enemy mountain cavalry charged. During the battle, I didn't know how many knives I had changed because of the curling blades, and how many guns I used had been replaced because they were overheated.
The order was conveyed from the hoarse voice of the signal corpsman of the command. I replaced the first jar of red mercury, and the red windows had to be cooled with cold water. After replenishing ammunition and knives, he numbly led his troops to another position that requested support.
Thick smoke billowed and obscured the sky, everywhere you could see burning steel, broken machinery, corpses that fell to the ground, everywhere you could see the wounded screaming for help, everywhere you could see low-lying areas full of blood and water. It's been a long time, for everyone.
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In the previous days of fighting, a third of the city of Frankfork had been reduced to rubble, and the rest was in danger. There are several huge cannon craters in the city, which are the masterpieces of the fortress cannons captured by the Cang Dynasty army.
Due to the rapid loss of troops, our troops merged with the Snow Wolf Knights to continue the task of firefighting units.
It's just that the attack method of the Rothil Kingdom is very rough, smashing with a hammer and slashing with a giant axe, causing all the mechs to be stained red with blood.
Another position was in an emergency, and we immediately rushed to support.
In order to increase speed, I had the somewhat bulky Snow Wolf Knights follow behind, and we made our way to the lost position in advance.
However, the enemy seems to have spotted the threat of our firefighting force and decided to destroy us completely. Gathered a force to send reinforcements through the encirclement point, and we were encircled.
In the enemy's smoke grenades, we were quickly cut into several pieces. I had to strengthen the mental bonds, ordering the troops to keep communication all the time, and eventually we mostly took refuge in a bank.
The ambush just now has caused us heavy losses, and we are currently unable to break through, so we can only wait for the follow-up Snow Wolf Knights to come to our rescue. The butler emerged from the heavily damaged steam armor, put on the light steam armor, and relied on accurate fire to suppress the enemies outside who tried to enter the bank with his machine gun.
Including me, the butler, and Reinhardt, there were only forty-five men left in the fight. The communications soldier held the microphone tightly like a drowning man clinging to the only plank.
The troops surrounding us also knew that they could not be surrounded forever, so they began to attack more violently. Fortunately, the bank building was stable enough, and the windows were mostly on the front, so we could hold out for a while with the ammunition we carried with us.
The Snow Wolf Knights received our call for help and began to storm the enemy's encirclement.
Time is so precious at this moment.
The barrel of the gun was dumb due to overheating, and the enemy took advantage of this gap to rush into the bank, and we immediately threw away the guns that could not be fired, drew our swords and prepared for close combat.
The comrades-in-arms around him kept falling, and the smell of blood and the tragic situation stimulated the nerves of everyone alive.
An armor-piercing bullet hit my shoulder, shattering my shoulder and pushing me with such force that I couldn't keep my balance and fell to the ground, my shoulder no longer feeling sensation.
Another armor-piercing bullet was about to erupt from the fire pipe, but fortunately, the butler was there, and she cut off the soldier's arm, and the armor-piercing bullet hit me in the back.
"Get up!" The butler roared and pulled me by the way, pulling me up from the ground, despite the unpleasant clicking of my arms.
At this time, there were only two dozen people left around.
I took a deep breath, gave the order to charge, and rushed out.