Chapter 132, Battle of Sanchi
After receiving the news via telegraph that Morgan and others had escaped, Perbov realized that the road to Sanchi Town would definitely not be peaceful.
To be honest, he was a little annoyed.
After all, his troops stayed in Sanchi Town for more than two days, but they didn't even realize that it was a den of thieves!
Looking back with hindsight, we can see some clues at that time. But at that time, all his thoughts were on planning the subsequent actions, and thinking about how many camps could be captured through intimidation, where some military means might be needed...
To put it bluntly, it was the lack of attention to the already settled Sanchi Town that led to such a big mess.
Seven clerks from the Ministry of Civil Affairs escaped, which is good news. And the information they sent back also made him very concerned.
In the wasteland, marauders have always been a serious problem.
In his current operation, why did he have to relocate all the agricultural population except the agricultural population that must be retained? In addition to the large manpower gap in Wei Xing City, there is also a big problem, which Gu Hang has told him a long time ago: there is no energy to run those small camps with low value.
It’s not true that there is no value at all, but the input-output ratio is seriously unequal. If you want to run a business, you need to import a large amount of materials and support industries. To put it bluntly, it is to engage in "poverty alleviation" work.
But in addition to poverty alleviation, military power must be invested in protection. Otherwise, camps that become slightly richer will become the fat sheep that are targeted.
Marauders and wild monsters are all major threats in the wasteland.
Now, in addition to gathering many camps in the area covered by Perbeuf's troops, he is also tasked with another task: suppressing bandits.
The three remaining agricultural camps need a stable environment to expand production; this area is also an important trade route from Weixing City to Junk Town. Junk Town is an important source of raw materials for Weixing City’s industrial base. Junk Town The town itself also needs to secure this transportation route to import grain.
According to the Governor, he wants every force in this area to plant the flag of the new alliance, and of course the Marauder force is among them.
Originally, Purbov didn't know that the banditry problem here was so serious. He planned to finish the affairs of the survivor settlements in various places first, and then talk about suppressing the bandits.
Now, it seems that it will be done in advance.
In the same way, Purbov could also tell that those plunderers would never have the guts to confront him head-on, otherwise they would have started a fight when he entered Sanchi Town unprepared.
But since they finally chose to rebel, they must have something to rely on.
The urban ruins environment... guerrilla warfare... Perbov then thought of these and made a judgment based on this: he couldn't let these looters really escape. Thousands of people, broken into pieces, ran into the ruins before the war, and then attacked and harassed the business road at any time, so he really didn't have much to do against them.
The entire anti-bandit operation became a protracted counter-guerrilla campaign.
He made his decision almost immediately.
"The whole army attacks immediately! Go to Sanchi Town!"
In addition to the rapid advance of his headquarters, he also had orders to give to several other companies that were released.
According to his request, the two fastest mechanized infantry companies will penetrate directly behind Sanchi Town. The ‘Rambler V’ infantry fighting vehicle has very excellent off-road performance. It can maintain a relatively good forward speed without relying on roads.
The order he gave to the two company commanders was for them to choke Sanchi Town's retreat. If they have already begun to evacuate, launch a direct attack, delay their evacuation, and wait for the main force to come and encircle them.
The two motorized infantry companies quickly advanced along the roads in both directions. The trucks carried the soldiers and swooped towards Sanchi Town from the direction connected by the road.
Purbov himself led the battalion along the main road towards Sanchi Town. The tank battalion and artillery battalion may run slower, but they are also the strongest troops.
One day later, when the main force led by Perbov was still two days away from Sanchi Town, they received two pieces of news.
There's already a fight ahead.
The mechanized infantry company he sent to penetrate behind arrived at just the right time. Each of them caught the tail of a retreating raider tribe and launched a direct attack.
The enemy obviously lacked awareness of the marching speed of the mechanized troops. These guys, who relied on walking and oxcarts to pull goods, were caught off guard.
‘Rambler V’ plays a great role in the wilderness. The 40mm machine gun fired wildly without any scruples. Even if the looters used oxcarts and various goods as temporary bunkers, it was difficult to stop them; the modification was placed on the weapon station of the infantry fighting vehicle, replacing the parallel machine gun. The bolt machine gun, like a small continuous-fire howitzer, bombarded the enemy crazily.
The dismounted infantrymen accompanied the infantry fighting vehicles in advancing and mopping up, mainly doing the work of replenishing their guns.
There are cannons among the enemy troops. The caliber of the small mountain cannon is not large, but if it is really deployed and fired a few times from the front, it can really destroy a few infantry fighting vehicles if you are unlucky.
Unfortunately, before those mountain cannons had time to set up their bombardment formation, they were hit by machine guns and bolt machine guns and were directly destroyed.
After these mountain cannons failed to play any role, the only means they had left to threaten the infantry fighting vehicle was the direct-fire rocket launcher.
But for this thing, it's difficult to guarantee accuracy beyond two hundred meters, and even if it hits, it's not powerful enough. If you really want to ensure the hit rate and the power to threaten the side armor of the "Rambler", you have to get within a range of tens of meters, and it is best to attack in two or three groups together.
How stringent are these conditions?
There were many warriors who tried to get closer with rocket launchers, but in this wilderness with no cover, there was no chance of getting close at all. The Edifier's vehicle crew is integrated with an excellent battlefield reconnaissance system. Most threats can be detected in advance through the observation port, and then a round of machine guns and explosive bombs will be fired at them, and those warriors who really dare to attack can be immediately killed, including people. Blast the tubes in your hands together.
And even if there are one or two rocket launcher groups emerging from a place where the infantry tank cannot observe it properly, it doesn't matter.
This is what soldiers who get off their vehicles and fight on foot do.
T5-level soldiers are strong enough no matter what their military skill level is.
You have barrels, and so do I, more than you; the gun in my hand is more accurate, farther, and more powerful than yours.
After firing a few rounds at a time, or being able to get ahead with a rocket launcher, those Marauder fire teams that managed to get close were simply eliminated.
When most of the warriors who had the courage to launch a counterattack died, the remaining ones who were not courageous enough finally couldn't hold on anymore and were completely defeated. Then they were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered in the wilderness, and were used by the soldiers in various ways. Such weapons were eliminated on the way to escape.
In fact, even if they are all brave enough to resist death, so what?
Suffering a sudden attack by mechanized troops, with no position, no bunker, lack of heavy weapons, and being in the unobstructed wilderness, it is a free target.
Of course, there were a lot of them, and many of them ran away in a completely disorderly retreat.
However, without baggage or supplies, it was impossible to say how many of the escaping looters would survive and how many would be able to regroup and return.
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If the two mechanized infantry companies responsible for outflanking fought a very beautiful surprise battle and were a great victory, then the two motorized infantry companies that attacked Sanchi Town from two directions along the road suffered a huge loss. A small loss, it’s a tie.
These two companies are somewhat lacking in heavy weapons and heavy vehicles.
For a motorized infantry company, there are only Iron Bull troop transport trucks and Ranger motorcycles.
But the enemies they faced were well prepared.
According to the battle report, the marauders obviously expected that Purbeuf would lead his army. They laid mines and bombs on the road; they built roadblocks and positions on the road; they laid ambushes on both sides of the road, ready to attack from both sides when the team passed by.
All of their arrangements were effective.
However, the only thing they did not expect was that the soldiers who came to fight would be so elite.
When a company was advancing, the Ranger motorcycles took the lead and discovered the enemy soldiers blocking the road early and sent the news back; the company's reconnaissance squad also discovered the ambush on both sides and immediately A troop transport truck dropped the soldiers and faced them on both sides.
Bombs and mines along the road destroyed two trucks, but they failed to cause further casualties. The company's engineers were strengthened to begin clearing mines and building positions based on vehicles.
These responses and responses made the raiders who were the ambush party feel a little confused.
Something is wrong!
It's not like they haven't used similar methods in the past. Those caravans that were ambushed, even if they had relatively powerful mercenaries and guards, would be disoriented after suffering such a blow, and it was very likely that they would collapse directly.
Even if they were not defeated, it would be good if they could barely rely on the baggage organization to resist the line of defense. How could there be any remaining strength to counterattack the ambush?
The key is that the counterattack is particularly fierce!
An infantry squad can fight against hundreds of people. Their tactical movements were standard and effective. They lowered their bodies and relied on the relatively small ups and downs of the terrain to cover their bodies. When shooting at each other, their shooting skills were precise and surprisingly powerful. On the other hand, on their side, a flurry of bullets were fired at them, and they didn't know whether they hit or not. Anyway, no one on the opposite side fell. On the contrary, if someone pulled the trigger and fired three times in a row, someone on their side would die.
It is a bit exaggerated that an infantry squad can block the ambush troops in one direction and prevent them from rushing forward.
But what can be done? You can't have hundreds of people here, you really can't have ten of them being beaten away, right?
After a short rest, they began to launch a powerful attack. Intensify firepower from the front for direct shooting, and send people to penetrate around the sides.
Who doesn't know how to intersperse?
As a result, the team responsible for the insertion met another infantry squad head-on.
Then, a few heavy firepower from the platoon and company came up.
In the convoy, after the mortar positions were set up urgently, they began to show off their power; the team also took out their rocket launchers and replaced them with high-explosive ammunition. When the looters launched an attack, they killed several people with one shot. indivual.
You really can't get in.
Then, more soldiers rushed out of the position built on cars and launched a countercharge in the direction of the two ambush troops.
The ambushes on both sides of the road, each numbering 200 men, were actually overwhelmed by such a rush.
However, these soldiers did not pursue them too hard.
After all, in a gunfight between infantrymen in the wilderness, there will still be some casualties.
It's simply not necessary.
They retreated to their position, allowing the marauders who had retreated to come back up again.
This is exactly what one wants.
The efficiency of using guns to kill people on the battlefield is still too low.
In fact, as soon as the battle started, they had already informed the rear.
After receiving the news, the driver in charge of the artillery support company in the main battalion far behind stepped on the accelerator. In less than half an hour, I ran almost 20 kilometers.
This was a somewhat risky decision, as it would be risky for the artillery battalion to move forward without protection. The only people accompanying him for protection were dozens of soldiers on Ranger motorcycles drawn from the guard platoon, engineers and logistics.
But obviously the looters, who had never seen heavy artillery, did not take this factor into consideration.
The artillery support company, which advanced 20 kilometers, stopped the Tieniu that was acting as a tractor truck, and then set up the tractor artillery behind it.
Using the directions returned by the infantry in front, they set up the shooting units. Then, the ten war gods in front of them began to roar.
The 155 howitzer they put out has a range of nearly 25 kilometers.
And that's where the two motorized infantry companies in front were fighting.
They fought face to face and with ambushes on both sides for almost an hour when they finally received friendly artillery support.
Twelve rounds of heavy artillery landed two to three hundred meters away from their position, covering a half circle.
The looters were stunned.
The shell, which is half a man tall and weighs 50 kilograms, is enough to blast a two-meter deep crater on the ground, with a damage range nearly as large as a football field.
Those who were close to the center of the explosion had no bones left; those who were farther away had their internal organs shattered by the shock wave and killed by shell fragments...
There were no fortifications or bunkers. This round of shelling caused extremely heavy losses to the ambushing and blocking looters.
In addition to the personnel losses, the even heavier blow was to morale.
In the previous hour of fighting, they tried their best, but they couldn't take down this group of soldiers whose number was less than half of theirs. However, they were forced to counterattack several times and some of them died.
I calculated with intention but not with care, waited for work with ease, used the location to ambush, and used more to attack the few... I had all kinds of advantages, and the result was a stalemate.
This was already frustrating for them.
And this round of heavy artillery smashed down, which directly turned this frustration into a courageous situation.
We had just fought hard for an hour, and probably not as many people died as in this round of shelling!
At the time of landing, some of the marauders, whose morale had completely collapsed, began to run back; but the few who followed the orders of the leader and captain and stayed were immediately greeted by the second round of shelling.
After the deafening heavy artillery bombardment ended, no one alive finally dared to continue fighting.
If you can't win, if you stay on the outside and get bombed, who will do it?
However, it is not so easy to escape at this time.
Motorized infantry companies do have motorcycles.
The 'rangers' who had been included in the position before suddenly came out. There were two people in a car, one riding a bicycle and the other manipulating the machine gun set up on the side of the carriage, and began to pursue outwards. A large number of infantry followed closely behind and fought out with the accompaniment of the Charge.
How can the escaping marauders outrun the 'Ranger', which has excellent cross-country performance? A large number of people were mowed down by light machine guns on motorcycles, and once someone tried to stop and fight back, the rangers did not bother much. The infantrymen who follow up will immediately take out their rocket launchers to greet them, followed by intensive gunfire.
The marauders who participated in this blocking and ambush battle suffered extremely heavy casualties, and only one out of ten was able to escape from the battlefield.
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Two battles and two reports, when Perbov got it into his hands, it still made him a little alert.
This is undoubtedly a great victory. On the two battlefields, at least two thousand enemies were defeated, and there were countless casualties among them. There was no time to count them. Anyway, there must have been more than a thousand people.
On our own side, the combined casualties of the two mechanized infantry companies did not exceed double digits; the two motorized infantry companies suffered slightly worse, but their combined casualties were only about thirty people.
This battle loss ratio has reached 1:50, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?
There are still some.
Perbov is summarizing lessons learned.
For example, the motorized infantry company should not be allowed to advance too far forward, causing artillery support from the rear to be in place an hour after the battle begins. If this time can be moved forward by another half hour, the casualties of the motorcycle company may be reduced further.
For example, he is dividing his troops more now, and he also has to consider what the follow-up actions of the Sanchi Town raiders who still have the main force will be. After all, he still doesn't know clearly how many people the opponent has, how many weapons and equipment, especially heavy weapons, and what they are.
What if the enemy also has relatively strong heavy firepower and takes advantage of his current situation of dividing his troops to launch a fierce attack on one of the troops?
But thinking about it on the other hand, this problem is unsolvable.
If he had gathered his troops in one place, they might still be walking halfway on the road. If the enemy took advantage of this moment to engage in a blocking battle on the road, even if it didn't have much effect, and continued to block it step by step for several hours, the rear would be What if the large army of marauders who got the news took advantage of this opportunity to disperse and run away?
On the contrary, the current situation is pretty good.
With the help of artillery, the motorized infantry company overcame the ambush enemy and marched to the front of Sanchi Town. It was already building a position for siege.
The machine infantry company cruised behind, blocking the retreat.
Viewed separately, the four companies locked the four directions of Sanchi Town, and effectively blocked the group of looters who had gathered together and prepared to evacuate in Sanchi Town.
As long as he can win another big victory and fight a battle of annihilation, at least five thousand marauders will be eliminated along with the results of the previous battle.
From Weixing City to Junk Town, all the looters and bandits along the way were wiped out.
Of course, there will definitely be a small number of fish that slip through the net, but that is no longer the case.
Where did the looters come from? It is not ruled out that some people are born bad, but they are a very small minority. Most of the looters were ordinary people who couldn't survive. In order to seek a chance of survival in this wasteland, they began to rob others of their lives.
Killing people and stealing goods may sound abhorrent, but when you think about it, there is also a certain amount of helplessness you can do about it.
And if the 45-level welfare policy that Ms. Oceana is promoting in Fuxing City can be successfully extended to all places in this area; most of the propertyless poor are moved away, then the living environment of the looters in this area will be Toru will be wiped out quickly.
Without the source of poor people and more potential robbers, these gangsters will have to fight one less one. There is no situation where the suppression is incomplete and the more they are suppressed, the more they are suppressed. Perbov, who was sitting in the command vehicle, thought about the whole thing carefully, and finally decided to continue to maintain the current combat method of dividing troops for encirclement and suppression.
Risks are risks. From purely military considerations, it is not appropriate to fight like this.
This is a bit of a political war, but... Purbov remembered what the governor said when he was chatting with them officers one time. Military is an extension of politics, and war is the most cruel and intense special violent political method.
He now understands a little bit what it means.
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"Damn it! This looks down on us!"
"They must be taught a severe lesson!"
"Isn't it great to have armored vehicles and guns?"
In Sanchi Town, the leaders are having a meeting.
From Terrell on down, the crowd was excited and everyone was clamoring.
He said harsh words, but in fact, he was panicking.
How can you not panic?
The original plan was to evacuate as soon as the army left and try to take as many bottles and cans as possible from home. As a result, a mole was found and the few clerks who were caught escaped.
Then, they made a plan and continued to withdraw. They even decided to take the lead and let some people leave with some baggage. By the way, they set up blocking positions on the enemy's way and used landmines and roadside bombs.
As a result, the blocking position was penetrated within an hour, and most of the people sent to participate in the blocking battle were killed or injured. The troops who first evacuated with part of their baggage were bypassed and stolen, and they were raided by mechanized troops on the plains. , all the belongings and belongings of the escort were sent away, and of the two thousand people, less than four hundred came back.
The continuous bad news is really confusing.
What is even more dizzying is the combat effectiveness displayed by this new alliance's army.
About forty armored vehicles and less than 200 infantrymen defeated ten times the number of our own people with almost no casualties. About 200 infantrymen relied on trucks to set up defensive positions and fought with nearly a thousand people for an hour. Then they brought in artillery fire to cover the entire battle...
How to fight this?
Indeed, the main force of their group of marauders has not yet arrived, and there are still more than 3,000 people in Sanchi Town. But according to the combat strength previously displayed by the New Alliance Army, all three thousand people pounced on it, which was probably just a matter of several rounds of artillery coverage and one round of armored force impact.
If you ask them to give in, they won't, and they will just scream fiercely. Terrell has already tried to attack with generals, but no one of them is willing to lead his own troops out to fight.
During the commotion, Terrell finally couldn't bear it anymore.
He slammed the table several times until everyone was quiet before he spoke:
"Are you done with the quarrel?"
Seeing the dark face of Terrell, the big leader, no one dared to speak anymore.
But in fact, there are still many people who have disdain in their hearts, and even some who are generous will show this emotion directly on their faces.
How can a leader maintain his dignity among the looters?
Without him, you have achieved great success in battle.
If you can lead your brothers to win battles and lead them to drink and eat meat, then you are the best. No matter whether it is loyalty or cruelty, it is nothing more than a matter of style.
But if we lose...then those who are loyal will be stabbed in the back; those who rule cruelly will be overthrown.
He hasn't reached this level yet, but there are signs of it.
Two disastrous defeats, plus being trapped in a desperate situation in Sanchi Town, greatly shaken his prestige.
He could even imagine that there must be many people who were already wavering in their hearts and thinking about what Bol had said before.
Is surrender a better option? If we take the previous opportunity to enter the new alliance, will we not have to face the enemy directly? Even if you lose your privileges and become an ordinary civilian, it is better than losing your life.
There are probably not a few people who have this kind of mentality. And all these things will turn into resentment and fall on him, the great leader.
But there is still a way to survive.
He had to find a way out for his brothers, and then his prestige might still have a chance to be maintained.
Seeing that the people below him stopped talking because of his action of slapping the table, he felt a little relieved. Fortunately, the prestige accumulated over the years has not been exhausted yet.
He took a long breath and began to tell his plan:
"Those lackeys of the governor, to be honest, there are only about 800 people. Their weapons and equipment are fierce, but in order to surround us, they divided their forces too much. We concentrated our strength and concentrated all the remaining cannons and all the explosives. If you attack with all your strength, you will definitely be able to get out.”
Someone jumped out and sang the opposite tune: "What the big leader said is so easy! Those who are going to die are all our people!"
Then someone else said: "Speaking of rushing out, I don't know how many people will die on the way! Little Boer is quite right, it's better to just forget it honestly before."
First there were sporadic words, and then the rest of the group looked eager to give it a try, as if the entire meeting was about to turn into a vegetable market again.
But the quarrel was interrupted by the sound of gunshots.
The three who just spoke had bullet holes in their foreheads.
They fell on their backs with disbelief on their faces.
It was Terrell who fired the shot.
The rest of the people were shocked, with expressions of disbelief on their faces, as if they had never thought that Terrell would dare to directly take out a gun and kill someone in such a scene.
They were all robbers, and in an instant, someone subconsciously wanted to pull out a gun.
"Don't move!" Terrell yelled!
But at this time, how useful is shouting alone?
Some people are still pulling out guns.
But at this time, many marauders guarding the surrounding area seemed to have been prepared. They raised their guns and aimed at those who made any unusual movements.
These people are undoubtedly Terrell's confidants.
Since Terrell had anticipated the current scene, he would certainly be prepared.
These guards, who had been prepared for a long time, were all aiming to fire at the leaders who made unusual movements, but the bullets fired out were not very eye-catching. It was common for the bullets to deflect and hit innocent people.
Many people fell down and died; those who did not move at first but were accidentally injured, some were shouting, and some tried to resist, but in the end they were all swept to the ground like the previous ones.
Soon, all the looter leaders on one side of the conference hall were shot dead.
On the other side, there was no movement.
There were die-hard supporters of Terrell over there, and they even expected the scene at this moment.
After the matter calmed down, Terrell stood up and cursed angrily: "A bunch of shameless people."
After scolding him, he assigned his supporters to receive and integrate the tribesmen of the killed people.
At the end of the arrangement, he had two wooden boxes dragged in from outside.
After opening it, there were small green medicine bottles wrapped in hay one after another.
"Hand these out, and when the time comes to break out, arrange for the commandos to drink them."
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The war came more suddenly than expected.
Terrell cleared away the internal opponents, spent almost all the prestige he had accumulated over the years, and barely suppressed the tribes of the slaughtered leaders and took over those people.
Immediately afterwards, he worked hard to mobilize his troops, hoping to mobilize all the more than 3,000 to nearly 4,000 people remaining in Sanchi Town in one go, and carry out an all-out breakout operation in the same direction.
The heavy artillery owned by the New Alliance army was the weapon he feared most.
Once this thing is fired, if the personnel stand a little denser, there will be dozens or hundreds of casualties; but unfortunately, the width of the battlefield to break out of the city will not be too wide. If we want to break through decisively, we must ensure that the strength of the assault force is sufficient. , then it would be impossible to spread the troops too thinly.
However, this will greatly enhance the lethality of the opponent's artillery.
It's really a dilemma.
But no matter the dilemma, you still have to choose.
The method Terrell planned to adopt was to order the troops to make a fierce attack regardless of the cost, and rush to a range of tens of meters with the enemy, or even a range where they could engage in hand-to-hand combat.
As a result, the distance between the enemy and ourselves was reduced to a very close range, and the heavy artillery in the hands of the New Alliance Army was not so easy to use.
Always be wary of accidental injuries. The other side is more vulnerable to death than your own side.
However, he somewhat underestimated the difficulty of unifying the troops after he killed someone. Although a mutiny and direct internal firefight were barely avoided, the speed at which the entire army was able to regroup and assemble its forces was far slower than expected.
Before he could prepare his troops for a breakout, the New Alliance Army attacked them first.
At the beginning of the attack, the looters who were still in chaos in Sanchi Town seemed a little confused.
Even Terrell was a little confused when he ventured onto a high platform to fight outside.
There is no doubt that the heavy artillery fired first. On the edge of Sanchi Town, the buildings in the town, and the looters who dug trenches by the way, did not dare to show their heads when they were bombarded. If it weren't for the pressure from the leaders of various departments, no one would dare to run. I am afraid that this round of shelling will directly smash the outer defense line.
The looters hiding in fortifications, bunkers, and trenches actually suffered only moderate casualties. If they were not hit by a frontal bombardment, or if they got too close and were killed and injured by the shock wave, the ferocious and terrifying fragments would not be injured. Unable to penetrate cover and cause damage.
Anyway, it won't be like those unlucky ones who were engaged in blocking operations outside. If they were bombed in the wilderness, they would really die miserably.
However, the sound of cannons that can really deafen people's ears and the terrifying power that makes the earth tremble are frightening. The key people's artillery array is probably more than 20 kilometers away. Even if they want to fight back, they can't even see a shadow.
It is possible to calculate the approximate location of the enemy's artillery array through the trajectory of the artillery shells, but it is of no use. I do have artillery at home, but the small-caliber, off-brand mountain artillery can no longer maintain accuracy even if it can hit a distance of ten miles. It has no way to deal with the heavy artillery position 20 kilometers away, and can only retreat and be bombed.
But if that was all, it was within Terrell's expectation.
However, after this round of shelling, he could see that the New Alliance army had launched a formal onslaught.
Just after the bombardment, only about two hundred meters away from the explosion point, the infantry of the New Alliance had already appeared. The mortar team also showed off its power and launched a round of shelling forward.
The soldiers were charging forward quickly. Before the heat from the mortar and heavy artillery fire had dissipated, they had already rushed into the position that had just been bombed.
The looters who were stunned by the bombing and the injured were shot. Those who were lucky enough to be fine had no time to construct any effective defense measures, so they were scattered and eliminated clearly.
But the position is of course not only one level. In addition to the bombed position, there are of course other marauders behind. If they emerge to shoot at this moment, they will certainly be able to threaten the attacking soldiers.
But they didn't, because a new round of artillery fire had already covered their position.
The most terrifying thing is that the infantrymen of the New Alliance are only about 200 meters away from the explosion point. The killing range of that terrifying heavy artillery was almost close to a hundred.
Are they really not afraid of a cannon being shot down, a little crooked, and hitting their own people?
The gunners are not afraid, the commanders are not afraid, but the infantrymen who are on the front line are not afraid themselves?
Terrell had never seen this kind of posture before.
Several words that he had only heard of but never seen appeared in his mind: infantry and artillery coordination, Xu Jin barrage.
He knew that the fringe position he had spent a lot of time building up front was finished.
But Terrell immediately realized that he couldn't really let the edge position end.
Otherwise, if the New Alliance troops rush in, without the fortifications and trenches on the edge of the town, the battle will become more difficult.
That was originally his starting position when he broke out from behind.
Terrell gritted his teeth and issued an order to the troops in the rear, in order to have his own artillery fire.
Mountain artillery with a much smaller caliber, even if it cannot hit the artillery positions behind the New Alliance Army, will still pose a threat to the enemy in front of them, and let them have a taste of artillery fire.
In addition, more looters, under his orders, counterattacked in the direction of the Union army's attack.
He didn't want to do this, but the situation changed quickly, and there was no time for him to slowly organize his team and find a way to break out. If we really want to fight a breakout battle, then we really have to defeat the enemy in front of us, so that they can take advantage of the situation and fight their way out.
However, just when he had just ordered a large number of his own troops to fill the first line and engage in close firefights with the soldiers of the new alliance, two new situations occurred.
First of all, they had just fired two rounds of artillery formations before, and they were finished.
He had already ordered his artillerymen to work hard to fire a shot and change the location. However, the place in Sanchi Town is narrow, and it is not easy for the artillery to move around. It is even more difficult to move. What's more, although their cannons are light, they lack towing vehicles. If they rely on people to push them, the speed of transfer cannot be guaranteed at all.
As a result, people are left to hold on to the situation.
Their artillery could not hit the New Alliance Army's artillery array, but their heavy artillery undoubtedly brought their artillery within the range.
After two rounds of shelling, the marauders' artillery positions were gone.
Not only did the artillerymen suffer heavy casualties, but a large number of artillery pieces were also destroyed and damaged.
Of course, after the alliance's artillery directed its fire at the town's artillery array, it was no longer possible to cover the fighting soldiers ahead.
Although the attacking infantry companies still have some mortars that can be used, the power of these things is a bit far behind the 155 howitzers.
This also slowed down the soldiers' ability to break through the outer defense line, and also allowed the marauders who followed the troops to really succeed in bringing the fighting range to within a hundred meters.
At this distance, the effectiveness of firearms is greatly enhanced, and it will be difficult for the Alliance's heavy artillery to take care of them here.
No matter how accurate the Alliance's artillery fire is, and no matter how fearless the Alliance soldiers are, the accidental damage of the artillery is not fake. Naturally, they can no longer hit the heads of both sides in a melee with heavy artillery without restraint.
However, just when the thought of forcing himself to comfort himself just came to him, Terrell saw another scene that made his hands and feet feel cold.
The tank company of the New Alliance is coming up!
A total of twelve tanks set off clouds of smoke and dust on the dirt road. The 76mm smoothbore gun began to show its power.
Knowing that there are no armored targets to deal with, the tanks are equipped with high-explosive fragmentation bombs. Twelve artillery pieces opened fire in unison, and at a distance of only a few hundred meters to less than a kilometer, they began to attack the plunderers' newly formed counterattack.
There seemed to be little the looters could do against these steel creations.
The infantrymen also took advantage of the fire cover of the tanks and began to move forward. Their focus was on Marauder fire teams trying to pose a threat to the tanks. As for the places where the enemy is defending, such as foxholes and temporary positions built using building ruins, there is nothing to talk about. Just call in the tank soldiers to fire two rounds, or even use coaxial machine guns to sweep them away.
The tracks rolled over the trenches, and the tanks drove into a closer distance to fight in coordination with the infantry.
The looters' counterattack momentum was directly destroyed. Those who dared to get close to engage in close firefights all experienced the power of tank guns and coaxial machine guns, resulting in heavy casualties.
Seeing this scene, Terrell finally couldn't maintain his composure.
He angrily picked up the battlefield walkie-talkie and yelled: "Drink all those potions! Drink! Fight with them! If you can't win, there will be no way to survive!"
After he finished speaking, he took a few deep breaths, then trembled all over, as if he understood something, and hurriedly got off the podium.
Immediately afterwards, his closest and most confidant team protected him and headed out of Sanchi Town from another direction.
He's running away.
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This chapter is ten thousand!
(End of chapter)