139. Chapter 139, The limit of persistence

Author: red heart cloth

Chapter 139, The limit of persistence

Seeing the appearance of the 'Challenger' tank and another war machine that he did not recognize, Li Kexi was shocked at first.

He really didn't expect to see such a thing here.

He once thought about buying a Challenger tank, especially after joining the Beast Slaughter Corps. If there was such a tank, as the core of the battle, it would be accompanied by a large number of walking troops and an artillery gun.

Support can be provided at any time, making the battle much easier.

Unfortunately, whether you can afford it or not is one thing. The key is that there are no channels to buy it.

Not to mention, the tank next to it. Although there is no cannon on it, the double-barreled machine gun is not something to be underestimated.

When the two fire together, the effect is astonishing.

A tank gun exploded among the green-skinned orcs, causing at least three casualties. What was even more terrifying was the machine gun on the infantry fighting vehicle, and the parallel machine gun that didn't look like a machine gun.

blow.

A 40 mm caliber machine gun can also cause fatal damage when hitting a green skin; the strange parallel machine gun that explodes when fired can still explode from the enemy's body after one hit, ensuring that it can kill an enemy.

Green skin.

Under the crazy shooting, six or seven greenskins were killed on the road in one round.

After this round of firepower projection, plus those killed by the infantry squad in front, a total of fifteen green-skinned orcs were killed.

Facts have proved that orcs are not really brainless, and they know how to rush forward when encountering a battle. On the contrary, their intelligence in combat - or instinct, is extremely outstanding.

They knew that if they continued to charge upward with this level of firepower, even if they all died on the road, they would never be able to get past the last twenty or thirty meters.

They dispersed to the surroundings and quickly found a bunker. One guy popped up and fired a shot at the infantry squad. He really hit the target and broke a soldier's left arm.

Someone helped to perform a simple bandage with medical gauze - mainly to press and block the wound to minimize blood loss, and then the other two people worked hard to evacuate with the wounded.

The remaining seven people were not in a hurry to attack - just wait for the tanks and armored vehicles behind them to come up.

After clearing this wave of enemies, they will continue to move forward, encounter the enemy again, stop again, and fight, trying to eliminate the enemy. If they cannot eliminate the enemy, they will save their strength, and tanks and armored vehicles will come up again soon.

Infantry-tank coordination is by no means a simple armored team in front, with the infantry following behind and using tanks or armored vehicles as cover. That is a very low-level approach.

In fact, when conducting an assault in an area with wide terrain and few obstacles, the armored troops can be in the front and the infantry can follow up the attack within a few dozen meters behind.

But at this moment, here, in the battle in the ruins of the city, it is usually necessary for the infantry to take the front line, and the armored troops to cover the advance of the infantry with firepower, and to take advantage of the infantry's close combat advantage to eliminate the enemies one by one.

If the armored troops are in front, the terrain and enemy situation are complicated. Who knows what kind of enemies will appear from somewhere and what weapons they will use to pose a threat to the armored vehicles?

For example, if there is an ambush or hidden enemy infantry, they can use explosive bags, anti-tank rocket launchers and other weapons to deal serious damage to tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.

Of course, Li Kexi didn't quite understand these so-called infantry-tank coordination tactics. He only knew that the seemingly large group of green-skinned orcs had no chance of making a comeback, and would definitely end up being wiped out.

Already.

Compared with this tactical system of coordinated operations of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and infantry, Li Kexi actually envied the tanks and armored vehicles themselves more.

I have an entire beast-slaying regiment with 6,000 or 7,000 people, but I can't even get a single tank together; the offensive tactics of an infantry squad require the coordination of tanks and armored vehicles...

We are all human beings, how come the gap is so huge?!

You can practice tactics and other things; if you say you don’t have equipment, then you really don’t have it and there’s nothing you can do about it.

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Perbov was not in a good mood.

He has received several battle damage reports.

According to the previous plan, there were almost twenty assault groups coordinated by infantry and tanks. They attacked in waves and only controlled a battlefield area of ​​about three or four kilometers wide.

He asked the front-line combat troops to advance two kilometers to the front of the battle, which would be a head-on blow to the green-skinned orcs who were still rushing in.

The troops under Purbov did successfully achieve their intended goal. Moreover, during the two-kilometer advance, at least 300 green-skinned orcs were eliminated under the firepower of infantry and armored troops.

However, his troops were not unscathed in the process.

Two tanks were blown up, three armored vehicles were destroyed, and more than 50 soldiers were killed or injured... This was enough to make him heartbroken.

Moreover, this level of casualties will indeed affect the combat effectiveness of the entire battalion.

One of the biggest losses was when an assault group was almost wiped out.

Perbov saw the verbal summary of the wounded soldiers after they retreated. It was said that they were ambushed by green-skinned orcs while marching.

Those greenskins hid in the ruins of buildings very cunningly, and avoided the range of the infantry to search for enemies. Then, they launched an attack at the same time, and by the time they were discovered, they were already sixty or seventy meters away.

These orcs were tactically divided into four formations and attacked the infantry in front and the armor in the rear from both sides at the same time.

Suddenly coming into close range, the infantry squad suffered a big loss in the exchange of fire. They shot four or five people at close range. But they were also shot at close range by the greenskin soldiers. They were shot at close range.

The crude firearm in hand can render a soldier incompetent with one shot. Even if it hits a bulletproof vest, he may not die, but it is not a problem to break his ribs and cause damage to his internal organs, resulting in a sharp reduction in his combat effectiveness.

What's even more frightening is that those greenskins like to use shotguns, and the flying bullets will sometimes break their limbs.

In close combat, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

Later, the greenskins approached the category of cold weapon combat. Although the G9 rifle with a bayonet can be regarded as a useful long-handled weapon, it is still no match for those greenskins.

More importantly, they did not receive fire support from the armored forces for a while.

The armored forces cannot protect themselves.

More than two dozen green-skinned orcs, protected by obstacles and bunkers, approached the vehicle from the side, and kept moving when the muzzle and the shooting angle of the machine gun rotated, forcing the vehicle to be unable to fully exert its firepower.

Advantages.

Although a considerable number of greenskins died on the way to the charge, and two were killed by the protective infantry accompanying the armored troops, there were still seven or eight greenskins approaching.

The shotguns in their hands eliminated the accompanying infantry, and they also installed explosive bags on the track sides and side and rear armor of the tanks. They also treated armored vehicles in the same way.

These explosive charges destroyed a tank and an armored vehicle.

If the squad leader hadn't immediately sent out a distress signal after being ambushed, and there happened to be a team a few hundred meters away from the nearest position, and they immediately came to support them, they might have really been wiped out by the team.

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But despite this, they still suffered heavy losses.

Only six of the more than twenty infantrymen survived, the tanks were destroyed, and only one of the two infantry fighting vehicles remained.

A warning bell rang in Purbeuf's head.

The enemies we faced this time were by no means easy to deal with like looters.

Although these green-skinned orcs only have light weapons or even cold weapons in their hands, the only way to destroy armored troops is to use human flesh to install explosive packs, which is a very backward and primitive method, and it seems that these green-skinned orcs also seriously lack long-range fire.

But with their animal-like physical fitness, their surprisingly strong fighting ability at close range, and their fearlessness of death...

Even though his troops had far superior firepower than their opponents, they still inevitably suffered losses in the battle.

To sum up, since the defense of Xingcheng was dispatched, by now, Purbov's first battalion had lost a total of two tanks (one lying on the road has not been repaired), two armored vehicles, and nearly a hundred casualties.

This means that his troops have lost more than 10%.

The battle against the greenskins must be arduous, but it has just begun and there are already so many casualties... What happens next?

I dare not even think about it!

But soon, he suppressed these anxious thoughts.

The battle must continue to be fought.

The troops that set off from the front had already pushed the front line two kilometers away as planned and eliminated a large number of greenskins. At the same time, due to their decisive forward pressure, a large number of greenskins who were in an offensive posture had to move forward.

Retraction.

It must be said again that these greenskins are wild, warlike, bloodthirsty, and easy to get into trouble, but they are not without wisdom. On the contrary, they are quite cunning and pragmatic in terms of combat.

After realizing that in the face of armored attacks, fighting on the ground would be very disadvantageous and the losses would be huge, those greenskins did not continue to recklessly fight against flesh and blood.

This also makes Purbov a bit regretful, otherwise the number of greenskin heads captured might not be just over three hundred.

The greenskins that shrank back began to build simple fortifications, or simply rely on the ruins of the terrain to defend themselves layer by layer.

It will be very difficult for the armored combined force to continue advancing. It is foreseeable that if you push forward further, not only will the results of the battle drop sharply, but your own losses will also be huge. It may not be possible to beat them one to two.

One-to-one battle losses are possible.

Purbov doesn't have that many manpower to fight these greenskins.

Once you have accomplished your intended goal, there is no need to keep pushing forward.

The frontline combat troops began to defend on the spot, also relying on the ruined terrain, building firepower points and fortifications at key locations. The advantage over those greenskins was that the defensive positions established by his troops were equipped with armored vehicles and

The tanks provide mobile support at a distance from the rear. If those greenskins dare to come out and attack the position, tank guns, machine guns, and bolt machine guns will teach them how to behave.

The two sides entered a confrontation stage.

If this situation remains, Purbov can accept it.

He had already discussed the goals of this battle with the political commissar of the battalion and several staff officers and adjutants.
To be continued...