The fourteenth day of the first month.

The barracks base from here in the city has begun to be lit up.

After all, it was a festival, and it was the first Lantern Festival after the end of the world, Liao Yucheng also planned to celebrate it well, so he asked someone to start arranging it in advance.

But by noon, things had changed.

One armored battalion and two field battalions of the Chaguang Army, as well as a part of the artillery unit, approached the north gate of the barracks base.

According to the military system of the Chaguang Army, a field battalion of 2,500 people, plus an armored battalion and some artillery, at best has more than 5,500 people.

However, these more than 5,000 people dared to swagger to the outside of the military camp base and were ready to attack the city at any time.

You must know that there are 80,000 defenders in the military camp base, and more than 40,000 mercenaries, and the arrogant behavior of the Chasing Light Army simply makes Liao Yu angry to death.

He was angry and afraid.

Angry that the army was too arrogant, more than 5,000 people came to attack the city guarded by more than 100,000 people, but he was afraid.

Because his independent division lacked heavy weapons, he did not dare to go out of the city to meet the armored battalion of the Chasing Light Army.

Ordinary infantry, at best, have some armored vehicles, this kind of firepower in the face of tank groups, that is, to die, Liao Yucheng can only hold his breath in the city and fire.

Seeing that Liao Yucheng's people didn't dare to come out, the Chaguang Army was even more arrogant, constantly provoking outside the city, and even began to bombard the city wall from afar with tanks.

Liao Yucheng guarded the north gate with a brigade, which was considered to be the strongest combat effectiveness in the troops under his command, but the firepower was not enough, and in the face of the bombardment of the Chaguang army, he could only retreat in the city.

The Chasing Light Army fired continuous artillery and did not encounter any return fire, and their arrogance became even more arrogant, and they even organized people to start attacking the city.

This time, Liao Yucheng had to come out and fight back.

What seemed to be a show of force suddenly turned into a siege war.

The north gate soon became a battlefield, and the light-chasing army began to charge towards the city walls under the cover of tanks.

Of course, this wall is difficult to climb, and the main goal of the Light Chasers is to attack the city gates, wanting to break the city gates and enter the city.

There is a moat outside the barracks base, and you need to cross a bridge to get into the city.

Therefore, this bridge has become the focus of attack and defense on both sides.

In the midst of the roaring artillery fire, both sides entered the battle.

At the beginning, Liao Yucheng thought that the umbrella mercenary group could fight back and forth with them, and it was estimated that their strength was all boasted.

However, as soon as the battle began, the huge gap in the combat effectiveness of the two sides was reflected.

The soldiers of the Light Chaser Army had part-time marksmanship to the point of being superb, and those people followed behind the tank to rush forward, and used the tank as a cover very reasonably, not giving the defending troops a good angle of fire.

And whenever the defending troops showed their heads and were ready to shoot, they were often sniped by the opponent.

There is a headshot rate of nearly 30% on the battlefield, who can afford this.

And whenever the defenders of the city gathered, the opposing artillery or tanks would open fire.

If you shoot down, you will fall and suffer heavy casualties.

And their strength to fight back against the Light Chaser Army is minimal, the opponent's soldiers' tactical literacy is too high, it is difficult to hit, not to mention, even if it hits, it is difficult to kill.

However, if the defending troops did not come out to meet the battle, they could not watch the light-chasing army attack the city gate.

In this way, the defending troops braved the rain of bullets and fought against the Chaser Army, and the battle lasted for two hours, and the brigade commander couldn't help but ask Liao Yucheng for help.

"Division commander, no, our brigade has lost nearly 2,000 casualties, and there are more than 3,000 wounded soldiers.

Liao Yucheng was also very headache, the asymmetry of weapons between the two sides was one aspect, and the combat effectiveness of the defending troops was even more worrisome, in desperation, he had to let this brigade withdraw and change to a brigade.

However, this time the results were not much better, and the casualty rate remained high.

Of course, under this kind of siege warfare, there are also a lot of wounded in the Chaser Army, but if it continues like this, Liao Yucheng can't bear it anymore.

Inside his official residence, an emergency meeting was taking place.

The brigade commanders of several brigades, as well as some people from key departments, were all there.

The meeting room was full of smoke, and everyone was smoking, all looking bitter and hateful.

"Let's talk about it, what now?"

Liao Yucheng saw that everyone didn't speak, so he took the initiative to name him.

One of the brigade commanders said: "Division commander, why do you say that this light-chasing army is so bold and reckless, knowing that we have biological and chemical bombs, and still dares to attack the city, is he not afraid that we will die with them?" ”

Another brigade commander said: "Biological and chemical bombs are terrifying, but the Light Chaser Army is now dispatching thousands of people, can we really die with them?" Then we are too much to lose. ”

Another person from the intelligence department spoke: "Division commander, in fact, I don't think there is too much to worry about, there are more than 5,000 people in the Guangguang Army, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness is, it is impossible to take down our city, at most we will have a little more casualties, and we will exchange injuries for injuries." ”

As soon as his words came out, they were immediately refuted by several brigade commanders.

"You're saying it's simple, let your intelligence department go up and see if you can hold out for an hour? If we can hold out for an hour, our brigade will be completely annihilated and will fight to the end with the light-chasing army. ”

"That's it, standing and talking doesn't hurt your back, you can sit here and smoke and have a meeting now, that is what my brothers paid for with their blood, do you not take the lives of our ordinary soldiers?"

In the face of the angry rebuke of several brigade commanders, the chief officer of the intelligence department did not speak.

In fact, he knew in his heart that although the battle was passive, it was definitely not as exaggerated as these brigade commanders said, to the extent that he could not hold on.

These people just don't want to bear the losses, they all want other troops to be cannon fodder, to put it bluntly, they are supporting the army and respecting themselves.

But this can't be said on the table, because Liao Yucheng himself is a leader who supports the army and respects himself.

Even he could see that Liao Yucheng didn't want to suffer too much loss, and there was another factor here, that is, there were too many mercenaries in the city.

Once the loss of the headquarters is too great, the mercenaries may become an unstable factor, which Liao Yucheng does not want to see.

The chief officer of the intelligence department groaned for a moment and said a train of thought.

"Division commander, you can try to let the mercenaries defend the city, it's a big deal to give them more money, it's better than our own brothers losing a lot."

Sure enough, as soon as this proposal came out, it immediately received a response from several brigade commanders.

"That's right, that's right, I think so too, what are we doing when we bring those mercenaries here, is it nothing more than to use them at this time, raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while, otherwise what are you going to do with so much money for them? Let them on. ”

"I think it's okay, some mercenaries' combat effectiveness is not under our headquarters, it's a big deal to give a little more money, let them go and lose both the light chasing army, we can sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman."

"Yes, too many mercenaries are originally our destabilizing factor, so it is good for everyone to consume some of them."

Liao Yu was not too comfortable with the mercenaries guarding the city, after all, the city gate was too important.

But many brigade commanders said a word to me, and he was also a little shaken.

"But. . . The credit of mercenaries is not so high. ”

The chief officer of the intelligence department immediately said: "That's okay, some mercenaries can't be trusted, some can still be trusted, the enemy's enemy is the most credible, such as the umbrella mercenaries, and the light chasing army has fought several times, when the Northern Regions Alliance was there, they also attacked the light chasing city, and there was another fight a few days ago, they absolutely can't join forces with the light chasing army." ”

Hearing this, Liao Yucheng finally agreed.

Ordinary mercenaries can't be trusted, but the notorious mercenaries like Umbrella are no problem, and they are also worried that after the city is broken, they will be annihilated by the Light Chaser Army.

After a temporary meeting of the study, it was unanimously decided to let the umbrella mercenaries go into battle.

Liao Yucheng immediately sent someone to contact the leader of the umbrella mercenaries, Michael, a foreigner.

Soon the news came back that Michael asked for five hundred million Singapore dollars, as well as a ton of gold as payment.

Hearing the news, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

I'm not afraid that you will die and ask for money, but I'm afraid that you don't want money, and if you don't want money, you can't work hard, and if you take money, you have to sell your life.

Although the price is not low, it is still within the range of Liao Yucheng's affordability.

Liao Yucheng didn't even pay back the counteroffer, and directly made a decision and agreed to the request of the umbrella mercenary.

Both parties close the deal and cash out immediately.

Then, under the expectation of everyone, more than 2,000 people of the umbrella mercenaries went into battle.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Chaser Army was at the north gate, and once again engaged the umbrella mercenaries.

The umbrella mercenary regiment of the garrison troops who replaced them fought extremely bravely, and their weapons were even more advanced than Liao Yucheng's troops, except for the lack of tanks, all other weapons were available.

And the tactical literacy of these people is indeed high enough, relying on the city wall to fight, not impatient or impatient, and repelling the attacks of the Chaser Army again and again.

Moreover, their casualties are also very small, accurate marksmanship, and reasonable use of the terrain have reduced their own casualties to a minimum.

In particular, their ability to dodge the landing point of the shells made Liao Yucheng even more breathtaking, and they were always able to use their rich experience to predict the landing point of the opponent's next round of shelling in advance.

After three consecutive attacks and defenses, the sun set, and the Chaguang army did not take advantage of it at all, and finally had no choice but to withdraw the troops and stationed 30 kilometers outside the city.

The success of defending the city wall made the barracks base cheer.

Liao Yucheng was even more overjoyed, and the whole person was in good spirits.

Originally, he planned to cancel the drinking party on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month tomorrow, but now it seems that there is no need to cancel it and continue.

He wants to take the opportunity of this drinking party to celebrate and give everyone a reassurance.

As for the key defense of the North Gate, he no longer trusted his troops, so he simply handed them over to the Umbrella Mercenary Group.

(End of chapter)