Chapter 237: Kauna

Walter's situation was much worse than before. His 1st Army was responsible for advancing along the westward railway and capturing Kaunia, the northwestern border town of the Holy Demon Empire.

The key defensive direction of the Saint Demon Empire was also here. After all, after the Holy Demon Empire had decided to turn their faces with Ailan Hill, their offensive focus was placed on the north-western railway line.

The mission of the Puppet Empire to the Holy Demon Empire is also very clear. It doesn't matter if it is lost elsewhere, the important thing is to stop the Ailan Hill forces trying to reinforce the Gricken and the Eternal Empire on the westward railway.

Strategically, this is the main combat direction of the Puppet Empire Alliance. Therefore, the Saint Demon Empire invested the most elite troops and the most prepared.

Compared with the ignorance of the Puppet Empire, Ailan Hill's penetration of the Holy Demon Empire is deeper. Under this circumstance, it is not easy for the chief consul of the Holy Demon Empire to hide from Ailan Hill's spies.

Therefore, on the side of the Holy Demon Empire, their preparations are not sufficient. If you prepare to mobilize the troops in advance, then it will definitely arouse the vigilance of Ailan Hill. Therefore, the Holy Demon Empire only mobilized a part of the army and drove to the west for defense. This mobilization paralyzed the intelligence department of Ailan Hill.

As a result, who could have imagined that the original goal of these troops was to advance westward to the railway, and they drove westward to occupy and control Kauna, an important transit station of the westward railway.

It can be said that the holy demons empire that has the heart to provoke a war was successful in its initial strategic cover-ups and military mobilization.

But in terms of macro strength, the huge gap between Ailan Hill and the Holy Demon Empire can no longer be made up by some small tricks.

The 1st Army’s initial offensive went very smoothly. With the cooperation of the 11th Armored Division, the 1st Armored Division went west along the railway, rampant and unstoppable. The troops of the Holy Demon Empire fought hard and still failed to stop the attack of the First Army.

However, in the final stage, the First Army was exhausted due to continuous combat, and had to wait for fuel and ammunition sent from the rear, and the construction of a field airport by the frontline attack aircraft, which slowed the pace of the offensive.

As a result, the reinforcements of the Puppet Empire rushed to the frontal battlefield, and Kaunia became the core battle area that the two sides focused on.

The magicians of the puppets and the Holy Demon Empire invested a lot of troops here, and when the 1st Army attacked again, it became difficult to advance.

On one side is the main force of Ailan Hill's main force, the elite 1st Army; on the other side, the main force of the Puppet Empire and the last elite of the Holy Demon Empire are fighting each other desperately here.

Ailan Hill hopes to capture Kauna, open the Westward Railway, and stabilize the 9th Army, which is already in short supply.

The puppet empire hopes to stop Airan Hill in Kaunia and buy time for them to sweep the eternal empire.

If Ailan Hill breaks through the line of defense in advance, it will not be so easy for the First Army to enter the Eternal Empire, and the Puppet Empire wants to take the westward railroad.

And if the puppet empire takes the eternal empire first, then the westward railway will be almost completely cut off, the 9th Army will suffer heavy losses, and the subsequent strategic situation will undergo fundamental changes.

"Let the 121st Infantry Division go up! Clean out the troops outside Kaunia!" Staring at the map, General Walter gave the order to throw in new combat troops again. The previous two infantry divisions had lost the ability to continue the offensive due to three consecutive days of fighting.

It is what Walter must do to replace these tired troops with new forces and maintain the offensive strength of the troops. However, his command in front of him is also very helpless.

His chief of staff stood by his side and reminded: "The 121st Infantry Division just withdrew three days ago to rest... At this time, go up again... I'm afraid..."

"Let them fight for one day! Destroy a part of the fortifications outside of Kaunia! Seeing that the weather is about to change, and then drag it down, how can the puppets not fight back without air force cover in rainy weather?" Walter said worriedly.

Because the battlefield is along the westward railway, Ailan Hill is unwilling to use nuclear bombs to clean up the battlefield. Once a nuclear bomb is used, this area cannot be used for a long time. For Ailan Hill, which put the Westward Railway into operation, it was unwilling to accept the result.

Therefore, the death order given to Walter above is to use all available power to capture Kauna as soon as possible and open up the westward railway.

Of course, because it was the main attack direction, the 1st Army also strengthened many infantry divisions in order to be able to achieve the battle goal faster without considering the loss during the positional warfare.

In the last two days, the periphery of Kaunia has repeatedly changed hands. Walter has invested 7 infantry divisions here, with more than 100,000 people, and still has not been able to seize this transportation center from the hands of the puppet empire.

"We can't delay this indefinitely! The 9th Army is still waiting for us!" Staring at the map, the Chief of Staff also said with a look of worry.

Depending on the weather, there may be rain in the next few days, so the strong air force support of Ailan Hill will be passive. This is tantamount to enhancing the defense of the puppet empire in disguise, making Walter and other commanders very upset.

To solve this trouble, the best way is to seize the outer positions as soon as possible in the last few days and advance the fortified battle to the urban area of ​​Kaunia.

Anyway, into the city, bombing is not so important, street fighting will not rely too much on air support, Ailan Hill's powerful offensive will not be weakened too much.

On the other hand, as long as the railway station on the edge of the city is taken, the railway will almost be broken through. Walter can clean up the rest of the city without too much rush.

"Let the air force bomb here! Destroy the possible artillery positions of the puppet troops! Let the 121st Division advance to Height 4 as soon as possible! Destroy the puppet firepower points nearby!" Walter emphasized his order once again.

The chief of staff also nodded. They didn't have much choice. Time was a sword hanging over their heads. In this case, it is their best choice for the infantry to seize the outer line of defense as soon as possible.

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The already soft soil cracked a gap, and then a wood-carved and spliced ​​finger broke free from the soft soil.

Immediately afterwards, a puppet's palm protruded out of the mud, revealing the smooth and slender arm behind to see the style. This puppet's arm was just like the stool leg cut by Ailan Hill woodworking machinery.

With the help of Ailan Hill's production technology, the speed of the puppet empire's production of puppets has increased to an incredible level. Many parts that could only be produced by hand can now be produced directly by machinery, which is a terrible improvement.

The puppet struggled to crawl out of the floating soil on the position that had just been shelled by Ailan Hill, and then drew out most of his buried Mauser 98k rifle from the mud nearby.

He picked up the rifle and pulled the bolt, not caring about his legs that had been smashed by the cannonball. The legs have lost the ability to walk, so the puppet soldier can only crawl on the ground with his arms.

The puppet soldier wearing the mask shook his head and saw an Ailan Hill m4 tank next to him was slowly driving forward. The heavy track ran over him not far away, and the rumble of the engine was rhythmic.

The armored steel plate in front of this huge tank is carved with exquisite magical defensive barrier runes, and in the middle is a hollow and beautiful eagle emblem. On the side of the tank's turret, the three white numbers are next to each other to form a number representing the unit where the tank is located.

The puppet saw that there were soldiers from Ailan Hill following behind the tank, so he subconsciously held up his weapon and wanted to fire at those soldiers.

But when he was aiming, he also saw a grenadier from Ailan Hill holding a weapon and aiming at him with a black hole.

He had no fear or hesitation, but mechanically pulled the bolt with his hand, hoping to pull the trigger before the Ailan Hill soldiers fired.

Regrettably, he was still half a beat. The grenadier of Ailan Hill had already loaded the bullet and pulled the trigger at the puppet.

"!" With a crisp gunshot, the ordinary puppet soldier of the puppet empire was shot in the head. The bullet shattered the mask hung on the puppet's face, and the puppet revealed a combination of magic spar and various runes. The ugly head comes.

The bullet left a hole in the magic spar, and the scattered cracks cut off the working magic runes. The puppet was paralyzed there as if it had lost its soul, still holding the Mauser 98k rifle that looked good in quality.

"!" Next to the Ailan Hill grenadier who fired, another human soldier held a weapon and fired a shot into the distance. Not far away, a puppet struggling to get up fell on his back in the sound of gunfire.

The tank ran over the piled puppet corpses. Under these puppets’ corpses, the corpses of the soldiers of the Holy Demon Empire could be vaguely seen. Under the corpses of the soldiers of the Holy Demon Empire, there might also be the corpse of an Ailan Hill grenadier. And under the corpse, there may be many corpses.

Every inch of land here has gone through repeated competitions. Every trench here has countless people sacrificed. However, today, Ailan Hill once again occupied this place, and countless leather boots stepped on the wreckage of the puppet and controlled it. This area is no different from the surface of the moon.

At the far end of this place, a black golden eagle battle flag was erected by the soldiers, and a huge flag was hunting and fluttering in the wind.