At this moment, it was already past 3 o'clock in the morning. The paratroopers had already invaded the Saint Lo Fortress from two directions. However, as the number of defenders increased, their attack speed was also forced to slow down.
Come down.
The captured Commander-in-Chief of the Saint-Louis Alliance, Van Cruz, was quite a bachelor. He also knew that he would definitely not be able to return to the Yangmu Empire, so he simply came to a man who knew everything and talked about everything.
After a brief interrogation of him, the Tang Army knew the location of the garrison in Saint-Lo City. Even including the secret that the coalition's strength was greater than previously expected, Van Kruse confessed everything he knew.
This elf general has only one request, and that is not to hand him over to the Yangmu Empire: he knows that if he goes back, Yangmu I will not let him go.
He has even thought about his future: he will remain anonymous and exchange all the information he knows for capital to settle down. After all, Yang Mu I is the nominal father-in-law of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Empire. If this father-in-law is really
If you hold a grudge, if you become the king of a subjugated country in the future, you may take revenge on him, a fool who has done something wrong.
Therefore, instead of pursuing high-ranking officials and high salaries, Van Kruse felt that he would not have a good future even in the Tang Empire - he did not seek a good future, he just wanted to survive.
"This man is quite interesting." An officer smiled and handed the interrogation record to the commander of the 1st Parachute Division of the Tang Dynasty: "I have said everything. I said what I asked and what else I can add..."
"With such a cooperative attitude, we don't have to work so hard." The division commander took a cursory look at the interrogation records, smiled and put them on the table aside: "If there is any valuable news, let's talk about it together."
"There are about 50,000 coalition troops in the entire Saint Lo. Although their combat effectiveness is not strong, they are actually large enough. We underestimated the enemy, so it is becoming more and more difficult to fight now." The officer explained: "The 2nd Division is fighting in the south.
, got a big bargain."
"Because Van Crouse felt that the coastal defense forts were of no use, he transferred the two regiments stationed there, leaving only two companies of security troops. So the 2nd Division broke into the port very smoothly, and the forts were also easily deployed.
Captured." When he said this, he looked envious, because these were all real achievements.
"As previously estimated, the north is where they care most and has the strongest troops. It is estimated that the other side will soon bring reinforcements from the north. We can only wait for the other side to fight over." After a pause, he continued.
: "That guy has marked all the artillery positions. We should send people to go around in advance and try to kill these heavy weapons. This way, when the coalition counterattack arrives, our life will be easier."
"You're right. Let Xiang Ziyu and the other battalion commanders lead a sweep. Don't let a big guy go. Everything that can be blown up will be blown up." The division commander slammed the table and made up his mind: "Let's take advantage of the opportunity first.
Ye Zi takes the initiative and makes the other party suffer more."
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Xiang Ziyu, who had just rested for 10 minutes, received a new mission. They had to walk to an artillery position about 5 kilometers away near the airport and destroy the 15 152mm caliber howitzers deployed there.
These artillery pieces are likely to become a threat to the airport after dawn, and may also cause trouble for the Tang Army's defense when the enemy's counterattack arrives.
He immediately assembled his troops, and more than 300 paratroopers immediately counted their ammunition and set off: a total of three battalions performed similar tasks, and the remaining 15 targets farther away were cleared by navy aircraft.
In fact, the sky was brighter than expected at this time, because there were things burning in the distance that illuminated the blurry horizon.
The 152 mm caliber howitzer targeted in the mission is obviously the equipment of the dwarves, because the elves use 150 caliber: according to the technology export principle of the Tang State, the elves are almost all German-style weapons, and the dwarves are all Russian-style weapons.
equipment.
This difference is in line with the usage requirements of the two countries: they do not want the other party to use their own weapons and ammunition, so there is no concept of universal use of their weapons.
Of course, there is no problem between the two countries in a state of hostility. Now that they are united, they can see how troublesome it is to intentionally create differences: Although they are united, the two armies can only fight separately, and there is no logistical supply at all.
The method is simplified.
In fact, the situation near Holy Lo is relatively good: the elven troops were defeated all the way and almost lost all their heavy weapons, so they can only rely on the dwarves' reserves in Holy Lo for heavy weapons.
Therefore, an interesting phenomenon appeared near Saint Lo: Elf infantry is often paired with a dwarf artillery unit. Only God knows the level of cooperation between the two parties.
But this time, the capture of Van Crouse directly eliminated any secrets from the Tang army about the deployment of Saint-Lo, so the originally cumbersome and improvised troops became even more sluggish.
The airport was attacked and the battle raged for several hours. The surrounding dwarf garrison showed no reaction at all, and the artillery positions a few kilometers away were equally silent.
They were probably afraid that rashly opening fire on their own airport would cause misunderstanding, so they chose silence, as if they wanted to wait until daybreak to figure out the situation.
However, these artillery positions with few guards could not wait until dawn. The paratroopers marched all the way with clear purpose and accurate intelligence, and directly launched a fierce attack on these positions.
The dwarf and elven troops stationed near the position were defeated, and the artillery troops had no choice but to leave their food behind and join the fleeing team.
The Tang army that occupied these artillery positions used explosives to destroy these large-caliber artillery, and then built its own defensive positions at appropriate locations, ready to wait for the enemy's counterattack.
Xiang Ziyu worked hard all night, and finally found a place to close his eyes and take a nap at dawn. He originally wanted to sleep for half an hour to recover, so as to prepare for the enemy's counterattack later. But what he didn't expect was
, he slept for four hours straight.
"Why don't you wake me up?" Xiang Ziyu opened his eyes and glanced at his watch, and was startled. He asked the soldiers beside him, for fear of delaying something.
"There are no new missions, and the enemy has not come... so we didn't wake you up." The paratrooper under his command smiled and lifted the canned fruit in his hand twice: "By the way, our supplies arrived an hour ago."
