The Tang Army's helicopter passed over the dwarfs' marching column, fired the machine guns and smoked them, and then returned angrily. Every time a rocket poured out, it meant that a company or even a battalion of dwarf troops had completely lost their combat effectiveness.
The panicked dwarf troops could only fire flares, but this action only allowed them to see what it looked like to slaughter their enemies...
The dwarf troops, whose path was blocked by Tang Army planes, realized at this moment that they could no longer muster an effective offensive force to deal with the Tang Army paratroopers in Benn City. Now they could only think about how they were going to get back alive.
At 11 o'clock, the dwarf troops who had been tortured by the Tang Air Force for more than an hour found themselves crying too early. The Tang Army's artillery, which had already measured the target position, began to roar, and the whistling shells hit the heads of the dwarf troops as if they were free.
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These shells were fired from their flanks, and their addition meant that the Tang army on the flanks had begun action.
Don't forget that this is an encirclement operation. The Tang Army on both wings will naturally close their pockets to make dumplings. At about 11 o'clock in the night, after judging that almost all the counterattack troops of the Dwarf 2nd Army were paralyzed in the pocket formation, the Tang Army immediately started
Counterattack action.
The Tang Army troops starting from position 4 crossed into the battlefield, cutting off the retreat of the already paralyzed dwarf troops.
The Tang troops carrying a large amount of night vision equipment looked like ghosts in the dark night, completely defeating the reserves of the 2nd Dwarf Army.
When the time came around midnight the next day, the dwarf troops who were expected to attack sent back a message that made General Harf dumbfounded: They were holding on to their positions, and there were Tang Army troops on all sides...
However, such a result does not mean that the Tang Army has an absolute advantage, because at around 11 o'clock, the reconnaissance team of the Tang Army's east side repair troops dispersed and discovered the dwarf 1st Armored Division, which was approaching with great momentum!
The two sides fought at close range. An armored reconnaissance vehicle of the Tang Army was destroyed. Seven or eight tanks on the dwarf side were destroyed, and dozens of people were killed.
The 1st Regiment of the 1st Armored Division of the Tang Army, who immediately became vigilant, discovered that they and the nearby paratroopers had made a small mistake...
They forgot to establish a reliable communication channel and did not receive intelligence messages from the landing force headquarters: more than an hour ago, they should have received a warning that dwarf troops were gathering on the east side.
After Hogg issued the order, he did not realize that the 1st Parachute Division had not received the news in the chaos. He always thought that the other side was already prepared.
However, this mistake was just a small episode. The paratroopers and the armored troops assigned to them discovered the enemy on their own, and they only had more than an hour of rest and less than an hour of preparation.
When Xiang Ziyu yawned and walked out of the bunker where he slept, his troops were carrying weapons and ammunition from a supporting ammunition truck.
There were flares flying into the sky in the distance, which were obviously fired by the dwarf troops. The other party was having a fierce exchange of fire with the reconnaissance troops of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Armored Division of the Tang Army. The armored reconnaissance vehicle troops of the Tang Army were fighting and retreating, and they were fighting for the paratroopers who had overslept.
Give us more time to prepare.
"When will the air support arrive?" Xiang Ziyu checked the night vision device above his head. This device was relatively expensive and was one of the pieces of equipment he was least willing to break.
"It seems like we won't be able to come..." The deputy battalion commander spread his hands and replied indifferently: "They said they need time to prepare. It is estimated that they will not be able to arrive in at least an hour and a half."
"I'm used to it, but those guys never make it on time." Xiang Ziyu mocked, saying that their paratroopers have always been picked-up children. Their mother-in-law's air force is not strong enough, so they just run away if they are left behind. The same goes for naval support.
Something is wrong.
The Navy is not actually to blame for what happened: according to the previously drawn up combat plan, the remaining aircraft carrier aircraft were deployed to support the encirclement operation on the west side of Benn. Their performance was remarkable.
But unfortunately, carrier-based aircraft take time to return. After returning, they have to land on the deck of the aircraft carrier at night, which itself consumes a lot of time.
After completing the landing of so many carrier-based aircraft, the aircraft carrier has to refuel and load these aircraft, check the mechanical status of the aircraft, and then release the carrier-based aircraft to continue combat-after so many steps, it takes an hour and two hours to complete.
exaggerate.
It is not that there are no temporarily deployed aircraft, but these aircraft are small in number after all, and their bombs have been dropped on the marching route of the 1st Dwarf Army more than an hour ago.
The takeoff and landing of aircraft carrier-based aircraft is a precise overall management science, and any slight change requires a lot of calculations. Therefore, the Tang Army can only split the air strike into two parts, and then postpone the subsequent new support tasks.
.This may be the most reasonable distribution method. It is nothing more than...the paratroopers can just hold on.
Of course, the paratroopers were not treated as human beings. Whether it was Hogg or Tiger, they also tried their best to mobilize air power to provide as much support as possible to the 1st Parachute Division to the east.
"In 40 minutes, our air force planes taking off from the North Island base will arrive. The ones that can provide us with support before are about 20 Black Hawks equipped with rockets and machine guns." the deputy battalion commander added.
Along the trenches, soldiers carrying ammunition boxes and rocket launchers passed in front of Xiang Ziyu. They did not speak because those few hours of sleep could not keep them alive.
However, compared to their previous state, they are much better now. The extra hour of sleep is not in vain. At least they have the capital to persevere.
Xiang Ziyu nodded, saw the flares flying into the air from a closer place, and said: "Something is better than nothing! Haven't we always said we have to rely on ourselves? It doesn't matter. Who made us the paratroopers of the Tang Dynasty!
Ready to fight!"
"Get ready to fight!" In the distance, Liu Guozhu, who had drilled the turret, loudly ordered his crew members: "Start the tank! Check the communication equipment! Check the computer and night vision equipment!"
The engine of the Type 96 main battle tank roared, and another tank next to it started its engine almost at the same time. Another flare flew in the distance, and it was probably less than 500 meters away from the Tang Army's defensive position.
A Black Hawk helicopter flew quickly near the flare, and the light from the tail flames of the rockets connected into a line and fell into the darkness in the distance. The sound of explosions was heard continuously.
