Chapter 354, it’s not the time yet

Chapter 354, it’s not the time yet

  The two vanguards of the Angry Bear Legion blocked the two gaps in the position, which had a very significant impact on the battle situation.

  In terms of the war situation, once the two gaps are blocked, the surrounding troops will no longer be attacked from multiple sides. At the same time, when the troops of the first line of defense continue to retreat from the front, there is still a way to go.

  What is more important is the morale of the army.

  From the beginning of the war until now, the human army has been losing ground. The company and battalion level positions were directly destroyed, and the regiment and division level positions were often only able to hold for a few hours. The enemy seemed to be in a deserted land, let alone withstood, if they ran a little slower, that would be The organized ones were besieged and then lost contact. The entire theater at the group army level was shaken horribly as a result.

  Either be destroyed or run away. If we continue to lose battles, can our morale be improved?

  But now, the key to the Angry Bear Legion's march against the current is to actually produce some effects, which is like holding up a torch in the darkness.

  Although on the overall battlefield, this can only be regarded as a partial victory at best, and even the so-called victory is only temporary. But after all, it tells others that the enemy is not invincible.

  The original troops with excessive losses can be withdrawn and reorganized; the same can be said for the troops whose first line of defense collapsed. Subsequently, the reserves of the 56th Army also began to move up, filling the positions recaptured by the Raging Bear Legion's troops.

  At this stage, it was a bit embarrassing to be replaced by those plague demon armies.

  Before that, some of the plague monsters that poured in along the gaps in the defense zone were pushed back under the attack of the armored troops of the Angry Bear Legion, but many more were too late to retreat. Now they are all It was blocked inside, and within a few hours, it was almost completely surrounded.

  At this stage, it is no longer an exaggeration to say that this is a partial victory.

  Of course, the armored troops participating in the battle of the Angry Bear Legion suffered considerable losses. And it sounds a bit beyond expectation. The most important loss was actually not when the troops attacked, but when they held on after retaking the position.

  Most of the enemy forces on the front never stopped their ferocious offensive. In order not to lose the fruits of victory, they had to block the gap. But at this time, one of the disadvantages of the armored combined brigade was revealed: there were fewer front-line combat troops, especially the insufficient number of infantry. When the armored forces are on defense, their role is at most a fire support platform.

  You can't use precious armored vehicles as bunkers.

  There are many trenches and artillery pits on the battlefield, which can be used as bunkers.

  Fortunately, the 92nd Infantry Division that accompanied the subsequent attack stepped up, alleviating the problem of insufficient combat infantry. Subsequently, the local defense forces from the 56th Army also successively had multiple regiment-level units, and more The troops were further expanded.

  This withstood it.

  The situation on the battlefield has now stabilized—at least for now.

  Of course, stability does not mean it is not intense. In fact, the battle situation was still very tragic, and the sacrifices were also very high. The defensive pressure brought by the plague demon army is still very high. Their continuous attacks, regardless of casualties, have turned the frontline battlefields of both sides into an out-and-out meat grinder.

  Countless people died wailing every minute, and at the same time, more monsters were taken away.

  In the ongoing battle, even the Raging Bear Legion, whose members all met the standard training requirements of the Astra Militarum, had sufficient weapons and equipment, and was considered an elite unit on the entire battlefield, could not withstand such a ferocious battle.

  The 92nd Division lost more than 12 soldiers in a few hours. Although the casualty ratio is only a little over [-]%, in fact, the combat effectiveness of the entire division has been greatly affected.

  It is true that the entire division has [-] people, all fully staffed, but in fact, the number of non-front-line soldiers in logistics, communications, artillery, air defense, engineers, division headquarters... also accounts for a large proportion. Almost all of the troops lost in the battle were front-line combat troops.

  In fact, the 92nd Division's combat effectiveness has been lost by more than one-third.

  It wasn't until a full reserve local infantry division came forward that the situation improved a lot.

  But the number of reserve teams is limited after all. Without further support, this cruel meat grinder cannot continue forever.

  Fortunately, the Central Command of the Human Legion finally made the right judgment. A large number of troops in the rear received orders and began to press forward to support.

  ……

  The results achieved by the Angry Bear Legion are the only good news the Central Command has heard since the beginning of the war.

  No matter what, the Raging Bear Legion's attack helped the 56th Army in front to withstand the defense line, and even pushed back a little.

  This is the only solid point in the entire second line of defense.

  The Central Command, which had been stunned since the war began, finally issued an order.

  The troops of the third line of defense began to press forward to fully support the front line; at the same time, following the example of the Angry Bear Legion, Lieutenant General Hans also mobilized the main elite under his command, that is, the armored troops of the Dragon Eagle Legion. .

  To be honest, although the Dragon Eagle Legion is a serious Astral Army, its combat level is really not as good as that of the Raging Bear.

  The difference is even quite big.

  There is a difference in the number of soldiers. Only [-]% of the Dragon Eagle Legion's soldiers have reached the standard level of the Astra Militarum. In terms of equipment, there are also gaps. The infantry divisions may be about the same, but the armored divisions are much different. Obviously, a large-scale armored division has more than [-] people, but the number of heavy equipment may only be two-thirds of a Raging Bear Legion and a combined brigade.

  But there are as many as forty large-scale armored divisions like the Dragon Eagle Corps.

  Also, there are some Lion tanks inside. The name of this thing looks like an upgraded version of the Lion tank, but it is actually two different things. The Lion tank can only be regarded as a conventional tank in the classification of the Astra Militarum, while the Lion tank is a serious heavy tank. It is three times the size of the Lion tank, has extremely thick armor, and even has a small, movable shield generator that can protect one side. Its main gun is a super-heavy cannon, with two secondary guns equivalent to the Lion, and two heavy bolter machine guns. Nearly twenty vehicle personnel are required internally to drive this tank well.

  Comparing it with the Lion tank, one Lion can destroy dozens of Lions - mainly because its internal artillery and multiple sighting servo skulls that assist combat can fight with very high accuracy, and Its main gun can cause devastating damage no matter where it hits the Lion - the secondary gun can actually work, but it needs to be more accurate.

  On the contrary, the Lion tank could hardly cause an effective blow to it. Even if it can bypass the energy shield and surround the Lion, the protection capabilities of even the weakest butt of the Lion tank or the grid armor of the side tracks exceed that of the front of an ordinary Lion tank. Armor.

  Such a heavy monster can even destroy the Knight Titan in a head-on conflict!
  Although, there are only a few of these big guys in the entire Dragon Eagle Legion, and on average an armored division can't even fit one. However, when Lieutenant General Hans made up his mind, he was decisive enough and stopped hiding it. As his last trump card, he used half of the eighteen Lion King heavy tanks to support them on the most dangerous battlefield.

  At the same time, the armored divisions of the Dragon Eagle Legion also dispatched one after another.

  Tactically, it emulates the Armored Combined Brigade of the Raging Bear Legion. The effectiveness of these armored divisions of the Dragon Eagle Legion was actually not as good as that of the Raging Bear Legion, but after all, there were enough in number, and with the assistance of heavy tanks, they also penetrated the enemy's line and stabilized the overall defense line.

  The originally shaky second line of defense has stabilized.

  Even after that, even the situation in the meat grinder slowed down a lot.

  At first, the human side was a little surprised, but soon, the human military staff who regained their wisdom also figured out the reason:
  The enemy's losses were also huge. Those plague monsters will also be unable to be defeated.

  Although, the lowest plague monsters, such as giant plague flies or plague zombies, are brainless, have no morale, and are not afraid of death. However, the commander behind them, the leader of the enemy, obviously still has a brain and will not waste the number of troops under his command in vain.

  If it can maintain a devastating blow to the human army and directly destroy the war zone of the human army, then the sacrifice is certainly valuable.

  However, when the human front stabilized, it was no longer necessary.

  The most critical factor is that in the previous attack, the losses suffered by the plague monsters were actually far greater than those on the human side.

  Prior to this, because the human army had been in retreat, it was difficult to count the enemy's losses. But when the second line of defense stabilizes and the situation becomes a meat grinder, a certain degree of estimation can be made.

  Although it is not accurate, it can at least serve as a reference.

  The exchange ratio between humans and those plague monsters can probably be as high as 1:8.

  This is a very high figure. This is the price that the enemy needs to pay to maintain the highest intensity of attack at every point on the entire hundreds of kilometers wide front regardless of the cost.

  Humans were stunned at first, but now they have recovered.

  Up to now, the battle has lasted for a whole day. Even if you don't count the plague flies, just the ground troops have suffered nearly one million casualties on the human side, while the number of casualties on the enemy's side is estimated to be more than eight million.

  The devil's side can't be beaten either.

  In addition, there is another objective factor, which is that when the battle line reaches the second line of defense on the human side, it is already more than [-] kilometers away from Fino City.

  At this distance, Fino City cannot provide that much support.

  The most powerful evil artillery in Fino City was not dared to be used in ground battles and had to be aimed at the sky. The human fleet also disappeared and appeared in orbit. After a while, it poured a round of artillery fire on Fino City and carried out an orbital strike. In this way, they declare their presence.

  Although it is difficult to destroy the void shield that breaks through Fino City simply by relying on the insufficient firepower of the fleet, the existence of the fleet still brings great significance to this battle.

  If it weren't for the restraint of the fleet, if those rail guns in Fino City were to hit the human army's position flatly, they would be able to penetrate one place with one shot without any negotiation.

  Moreover, the fleet's orbital strike can also support the attack direction of the plague demon army.

  The support is just not enough.

  When the fleet faces the threat of anti-orbital gun attack in Fino City, it cannot be too reckless, otherwise the pain of losing a ship will be unbearable.

  Due to such mutual involvement, after the battlefield moved away from Fino City, the number of conventional evil energy cannons that could hit places as far away as [-] kilometers away was greatly reduced. And those plague demon armies were even more unable to attack after they lacked heavy fire support from the rear.

  If they insist on fighting, on the stabilized human front and under the fierce bombardment of the artillery mobilized behind the human rear, the price they pay may not be [-]:[-], I am afraid it will be more than double again.

  Even the Plague Demon Army cannot withstand such losses.

  Fino City originally had a population of one billion, but before it fell completely, [-] million people eventually evacuated the city; most of the people in the hive city that was swallowed up by Fino City also ran out before it was swallowed up, and were Only a little over [-] million were swallowed.

  It is impossible for those plague demon armies to convert all of the more than [-] million people into armies - at least half of them will be lost during the conversion process.

  Due to comprehensive losses and insufficient comprehensive fire support, the plague demon army also slowed down its attack.

  In this way, the human army can also breathe a sigh of relief.

  The nearly twenty group armies originally in the first and second lines of defense all returned to the rear and rested at the foot of Mingyan City; the fifteen group armies originally in the rear all moved to the front, and there were dozens of group armies behind them. , as a reserve team.

  Except for the Raging Bear Legion. With such capable troops, Hans didn't want to use them as regular line fillers, waiting to be mobilized at any time.

  With this arrangement, the defense line was finally completely stable.

  However, Lieutenant General Hans was still uneasy.

  He dialed Gu Hang's communication.

  "Governor Gu, although you didn't tell me, I know you are preparing something very special." Lieutenant General Hans said in a deep voice. This was a guess he had made based on Gu Hang's various actions before, "Now The balanced situation on the front cannot be maintained forever. In fact, by tomorrow, Fino City will advance [-] kilometers and our front will be included in the scope of firepower again. Our pressure will become extremely huge. By then, I am afraid we will have to start from The second line of defense fell back.”

  "No matter what plan you have, start it as soon as possible!"

  However, to Lieutenant General Hans's words, Gu Hang just responded: "Now is not the time."

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  I will try my best to write another chapter during the weekend, but it will probably be very late. Everyone will read it when you get up tomorrow morning!

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