Liu Guozhu ate the last biscuit in his hand, moistened his throat with a lightly sweet energy drink, and compared the map in his hand again.
The place where he is is a small village, but from all angles, this place can no longer be regarded as a village. So if it is accurately described, it should be said that this place was once a village.
The elf troops passing by here plundered the place, not even a single living person was left. It is probably that the locals were also afraid of the Tang army coming, so they just came and emptied the building.
The easy-to-handle furniture made of wood has been split and burned, which shows how embarrassed the elven troops passing by were. The war did not bring any good things to the people here, leaving only a mess on the ground.
Tang Army tanks and armored vehicles were parked next to the dilapidated houses. The soldiers responsible for covering the tanks gathered together to smoke and rest. The entire assault force consisted of two parts, a tank company and a mechanized infantry battalion, each under the command of their respective commanders.
Although due to combat needs, the voice within the army is getting louder and louder to form a combined battalion and other units that are easier to command and dispatch, reorganizing the army has always been a big move. The Tang Army has not yet started work in this area due to various reasons.
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No way, the combined battalion is not completed just by grouping the troops together. If that were the case, then the German Third Battle Group Combat Team during World War II would be the combined battalion and combined brigade.
But in fact, the gap between the two is basically as huge as the gap between a man and a stone: the combined force that the Tang Army will form this time is a comprehensive upgrade based on firepower deployment, command communications, and firepower density. It is not
It's so easy to tie infantry and tanks together.
If Liu Guozhu hadn't brought supplies with him, the tank battalion where Liu Guozhu belonged might have starved to death along the way: they started from their position and pushed all the way along the coastline, and it only took more than ten days to reach their current position.
"How are you doing? What did you see?" the gunner came over and asked his commander with a curious look on his face.
Liu Guozhu closed the map, pointed to an abandoned building in the distance, and said, "We probably know where we are, but the information provided by the Air Force is that there are no traces of enemy activity near here."
"That's hard to say. Do you know how many lost elf fools we caught along the way?" the gunner shrugged and said with a mocking look on his face.
He was not exaggerating. The 1st Army advanced all the way and encountered elven troops of various sizes. From a few people to dozens, or even hundreds.
Most of these elf troops have lost their supplies. They have no food and no ammunition. Once found by the Tang army, they will have only one option: surrender.
The number of elves captured in this way now exceeds hundreds of thousands, most of them were captured in the encirclement, and about 20,000 more people surrendered to the Tang Army's 1st Army along the way.
Compared with the materials captured by the Tang Army at the Steel Barrier before, the materials found by the Tang Army along the way were relatively small.
On the one hand, it was because the dwarves had no time to continue mobilizing supplies. On the other hand, it also illustrated the success of the Tang Army's aerial strangulation battle.
These problems actually did not have much impact on the Tang Army. Anyway, there were mountains of supplies inside the steel barrier. The Tang Army still had many ways to feed hundreds of thousands of prisoners.
They did not leave these prisoners idle. The two Marine Divisions had no tasks anyway. They were currently guarding these prisoners of war and asked them to clean up road repair facilities and resume production in the occupied areas.
Make the best use of everything. As long as you want to eat, you must work! Hundreds of thousands of laborers are invested in construction, even if the efficiency is very low, it is a force that cannot be ignored.
As these people began to repair road facilities, some news spread like wildfire: The Tang Army had resumed shipping in Yongdong City! This news was very accurate! Because it can be judged from the transportation volume of materials that Yongdong Port is almost
It has returned to pre-war levels, or even higher.
Countless supplies landed at this port and were then distributed to various regions. The Tang Army's speed in building airports and other facilities increased several notches.
With an airport, there will be more planes, and with more planes, there will be faster transportation capabilities. This is obviously what the coalition does not want to see, but they have nothing to do.
"They are just some stragglers anyway, no threat at all! According to the plan, we should spend the night here tonight, but we still have one afternoon, so we have to push forward no matter what." Liu Guozhu stuffed the map into the map bag on his waist.
Here, he said to his gunner: "Follow the road, the next village is not too far away."
"Will there be any problems on the flanks?" The gunner felt that advancing too fast was not a good thing, especially when the friendly forces on both flanks could not keep up.
"Why, are you worried about our tank company being made dumplings?" Liu Guozhu laughed and asked jokingly.
He really didn't know that his opponent had this ability: even if the opponent dispatched a tank regiment, he would still be sure to lead his tank company out of the encirclement. Especially when the battle was still at night, the opponent might not even be able to see where his troops were.
come out.
"Okay! You have a point. Why don't you wait for the 2nd and 3rd companies?" The gunner was about to climb onto his tank. Since he decided to attack, he didn't do anything.
"Well, wait no more. I heard that they need to replace the tracks of several tanks. We have just inspected them. There is no need to wait for them." Liu Guozhu also turned around and climbed onto his own tank. His tank was full of mottled bullet marks.
This tank fought all the way from the landing coast to here, participated in dozens of large and small battles, and faced countless enemies. As the battle progressed, the paint on the tank became much duller, and it seemed that it needed to be properly maintained.
Soon, the tank that had rested for dozens of minutes started up again, spraying out a stream of incompletely burned brown smoke from the side. Then the roar of the diesel engine became steady, and the wheels of the tank turned, bringing the
Roll forward on the track.
They set off again, not far from Saint-Lo. They passed through many places along the way, and did not even encounter any decent resistance. Behind them, a huge red dragon flag was covered by soldiers.
They were hung on the tallest building in the village, and it was blowing in the wind.