"Counterattack! We must counterattack! No matter how many people are sacrificed or how much the price is paid! We must get Benn back! Otherwise... the barrier will be over!" Standing in front of the map, Commander Harf of the Ice Empire's 2nd Army said firmly.
His headquarters is closer to Benn, and the area where his troops are deployed is also more dependent on Benn. If Benn is lost, he will get the news faster than Moss.
The positions that the Ice Empire's 2nd Army was responsible for holding included the 1st to 3rd coastal positions, as well as the depth areas of these positions. Of course, their defense zone did not include Benn, so when Benn was lost, they did not even react.
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But things are different now. They have to worry about their own survival: once they are surrounded, it will be a matter of time before they are annihilated. Even if they hoard a large amount of supplies, they will eventually run out.
It would be absolutely idiotic to wait for the Tang Army to gain a firm foothold before breaking through. There are no successful battles to prove that the Tang Army's defenses can be broken through.
Therefore, Harf could no longer sit still. He decided to take out his remaining reserves and go into battle to recapture the vital city of Benn and stabilize his retreat.
How many troops does he have? The answer is 2 divisions of troops, and an independent armored regiment as support. These troops add up to about 20,000 people, and there are more than 90 tanks.
"Tonight, we will use all our strength to attack Benn from the west! We will catch the Tang army by surprise!" Harf gritted his teeth and hastily drafted a battle plan that seemed reasonable.
According to his plan, a night raid could at least create chaos. The Tang army would definitely pay some price if their foothold was not stable.
As long as he breaks into the city, the chaos will continue. After dawn, relying on the ruins in the city, his troops can persist in resistance. They are surrounded by dwarf troops. As long as they persist long enough, reinforcements will come from other places.
direction to arrive.
It is also very risky for him to do this, because these reserves are used to defend positions 1 to 3. If they are all wasted, then the 2nd Army will not have enough troops to continue to maintain its defense area.
Although this counterattack was contrary to Commander-in-Chief Moss's plan of in-situ defense, losing Ben himself was not part of the plan, so Harv decided that he should take a risk for the fate of the empire.
Moss didn't know about this temporary counterattack plan, and Harf had no way to inform Moss because the communication between the two parties was completely cut off.
The original telephone line went through Benn's node. Now that Benn has changed hands, it is naturally impossible to use the telephone line. In terms of radio, the Tang Army's continuous interference has always existed, and the anti-radiation missiles hung on the Prowler are not decorations. The dwarves
Communication has been intermittent.
After losing the important city of Benn, everything in the dwarves was in chaos. The originally effective communication was completely cut off, and Moss began to lose the most basic control over the entire battle situation. Perhaps this was the reason why the dwarves accidentally lost Benn.
Well, it might be the biggest loss.
In fact, the Tang Army was not idle. The Tang Army's 2nd Parachute Division, supported by the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Armored Division, launched a fierce attack on the Dwarf 4th Armored Division on the flank.
The Dwarf 4th Armored Division, which originally planned to reinforce Benn, had already been fighting fiercely with the Tang Army's paratroopers for two days. After encountering the Tang Army's tanks, it finally couldn't hold on any longer and began to retreat.
With their retreat, the straight-line distance from Benn was immediately much further away: the nearest dwarf tank unit was originally less than 2 kilometers away from Benn, but now they were driven to a position at least 5 kilometers away from Benn.
At this time, the sky had begun to get dark, and neither side had any intention of stopping the fighting during dinner time on the third day. During the meal time, everyone was constantly exchanging fire, and the soldiers could only use the quickest method to deal with themselves.
The problem of hunger.
The soldiers from the Tang Empire tore open the plastic bags and ate the soft bread, sausage beef cubes and self-heating vegetable soup in their hands. The dwarf soldiers in the trenches opposite only had potatoes and hard bread.
The food gap between the two sides was too big, and the technical content was also completely different, so the soldiers of the Tang Army began to harass the dwarves after eating, causing a lot of trouble for the dwarf troops.
As the last ray of sunlight disappeared behind the mountains, the sky also darkened completely. The soldiers from both sides who had been fighting fiercely for a whole day began to recover their strength, and the intensity of the fighting began to decrease.
Everyone needed a rest, and the dwarf troops, which had a certain numerical advantage, began to appear more active: the 2nd Army of the Ice Empire began to take action, and the recharged 2nd Infantry Division and 12th Infantry Division began to attack Benn.
direction forward.
Soon, they came into contact with the Tang Army's reconnaissance troops equipped with infrared night vision devices: the Tang Army immediately reported the situation, and the dwarf troops on the west side were mobilizing frequently, pointing directly at Benn.
"The dwarf troops on the west side of the landing site are organizing a counterattack... They seem to be unable to wait any longer." Tiger grinned as he watched the dwarf troops gradually being marked on the map.
Being able to mobilize the enemy out of the turtle shell and eliminate it in the field is the most ideal situation for the Tang Army. Although the Tang Army has enough means to take out those fortifications, it is obviously more troublesome to let the enemy come out.
"Send out carrier-based aircraft to kill them?" Bernard felt that he seemed to have made a wrong decision: just two hours ago, the Tang Imperial Navy fleet divided its forces under his order.
The three main aircraft carriers of the naval fleet left the war zone to replenish fuel and ammunition. Now there is no possibility of participating in the war immediately.
There are also three aircraft carriers, under the command of General Lu Qianshan, heading south to harass the Ice Empire's Everwinter Port. The task of this squadron is simple: destroy the dwarf speedboat troops deployed near the Ice Empire's Everwinter Port.
And paralyze Everwinter Harbor to prevent the dwarves from continuing to use this port.
The remaining aircraft carriers continue to support operations, but due to ammunition consumption issues, the naval fleet's support capabilities are obviously not as effective as they were two days ago.
When asking this question, Bernard wanted to take out half of the remaining ammunition in his hand and try his best to suppress it again, at least to let Tiger's army gain a foothold in Benn.
However, Tiger did not think this was necessary. Of course he knew that the navy had already divided its forces, because this was an arrangement that he and Bernard had discussed together.
Even Tang Mo already knew about the division of the Tang army. After all, Tiger and Bernard would definitely ask His Majesty the Emperor for such an important decision.
