1651The more you attack, the farther away you are.
"The first day! We attacked for a whole day, retreated 10 kilometers, and lost more than 12,000 people? The second day, we lost 100 tanks, and there was no result? On the third day, more than 1,000 Susas were killed, and even the enemy's positions were bordered by
Didn't you touch it?" After hearing this battle report, Flix suddenly felt dizzy: He is already over seventy this year, he is not young anymore, and he cannot bear such a big stimulation.
If the losses continued at this rate, he wouldn't need to fight, and he would be a polished commander in a few dozen days.
"Marshal...it is not an option to continue fighting like this. We have to find a way to continue the attack. Otherwise, His Majesty's order..." a staff officer lowered his voice and reminded.
His Majesty the Emperor's order to the front line is to recapture Saint Lo, and they must fight back no matter how great the losses are. If they fail to complete this task, there will not be a good ending waiting for them.
"I know! Of course I know. But there is nothing I can do about this situation." Flix said to his men in a somewhat embarrassed tone: "We are constantly attacking, but we can go forward ten meters and retreat five meters."
Ten meters...can you blame me?"
His efforts to gather armored troops ultimately failed. The next day, the Elf troops prepared to use armored troops to attack the Tang Army's paratrooper position. They considered this a weakness.
Since the tanks of the Tang Empire couldn't defeat them, they had to look for trouble with the paratroopers. So the main force of the attack the next day was the 5th Army of the Elves. They assembled about 110 tanks and showed their greatest sincerity.
As a result, these tanks were attacked by the Tang Army in an air attack as soon as they were assembled. Dozens of bombs fell from the sky, and half of the tanks lost their combat capabilities before the attack even started.
The remaining tanks bravely began to attack, but they were completely slaughtered by the Army helicopter gunships that came to assist in the battle. Of the 110 or so tanks that eventually returned to their positions, less than 20 remained.
Three entire battalions of tanks were lost in one day, and the 5th Army's assault force could not slow down for a moment. They had no choice but to give up the attack, and the offensive plan for this day could only be cancelled.
Although the losses on the second day were still less than those on the first day, every time the elf troops lost a man from afar, they needed to be replaced from home, which really cost them a lot of time.
As a last resort, Flix placed his hope on the Susus troops on the flanks: let them consume some of the Tang army's strength, and then let the elves launch a decisive battle.
Susus' troops were all light infantry, so they didn't need to make any preparations. They went into battle on the third day, but the outcome was not much different from that of the elves.
About 3,000 elite Sussian infantrymen smashed their heads against the defense line of the Tang Dynasty paratroopers. After leaving more than 1,000 corpses, they had to retreat to the position where they started.
As time went by, the Tang Army's support firepower became more and more intense: a large number of self-propelled artillery units rushed to the combat zone, and helicopter units also apparently attacked more and more.
Backed by the field airport in Saint-Lo, dozens of armed helicopters were frequently dispatched to provide continuous fire support to the Tang army's ground troops.
The carrier-based aircraft taking off and landing on the aircraft carrier were not idle either. They kept dropping bombs and bombing, destroying a large amount of materials and equipment of the coalition forces in advance, preventing them from appearing on the battlefield.
After three days of fighting, the coalition forces found that they had suffered heavy losses, but not even a Tang army position had been captured. The three days of fighting were like a joke, the kind of joke that made them ashamed.
"How should I explain to His Majesty?" Felix asked with a tearful tone, not knowing whether he really wanted an answer.
"We have to wait for the follow-up heavy artillery troops to come up. If we use infantry to fight hard, we will definitely suffer losses." A staff officer suggested: "Our artillery has lost too much and cannot support infantry operations. This is a problem."
"Moreover, we can't just wait for artillery, but also for anti-aircraft artillery... Without anti-aircraft artillery, enemy helicopters can easily destroy our artillery positions." Another staff officer added.
It's not that they haven't used artillery in the past few days, but several artillery positions have hardly played any role and were all lost.
They were either destroyed by guided bombs or blown up by helicopter rockets. These heavy artillery pieces were turned into spare parts, which completely gave up hope for the coalition offensive forces that relied on the suppressive power of these artillery pieces.
Immediately afterwards, another officer expressed his opinion: "Mobilize more aircraft and find ways to interfere with the Tang army's air power. If we continue to attack with the Tang army's aircraft, our losses will definitely be more."
They have been attacking continuously these days, but they haven't even seen a single plane on their side, and they are already full of anger. The infantrymen are generally complaining that they are working desperately on the front line, but the air force has not even shot a single shot.
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"Yes! We must let the Air Force cover our operations! Marquis Lane can't just be a turtle all the time, right?" When the Air Force was mentioned, many people immediately nodded in agreement.
The officer responsible for liaising with the Air Force had a sad look on his face: He is really mute now and cannot explain the pain of eating Coptis chinensis. The Air Force has actually put in a lot of effort!
Earlier, in order to support Facruz's combat plan, the Air Force dispatched more than 80 pilots and more than 80 aircraft to support the Saint-Lô Airport.
But these pilots and aircraft did not play a role at all, and they all became prisoners of the Tang Army! Now if the Air Force is asked to find dozens more pilots, how can the Air Force agree?
Pilots are not a cabbage, and they can lose a hundred and eighty pieces in three to five days. Who can bear this speed? What's more, in the current situation, how many pilots are willing to fly a plane into the sky and die?
You can't force those pilots to commit suicide, right? So you have to at least draw up a plan that seems reasonable and has certain operability before you can fool the pilots into taking off for combat, right? It takes time to formulate a combat plan, and it also takes time to convince pilots to perform these tasks.
Is not it?
This unlucky Air Force liaison officer wanted to shout loudly: Why don't you bastards let the Navy be dispatched? It's because the Air Force is easy to bully!
Seeing that a group of staff had no decision, Marshal Flix could only issue an order based on these needs: "Let the transport troops seize the time to transport artillery... let the rear send more anti-aircraft artillery weapons to the front line... let the air force think about it."
We will provide all support..."
However, these orders will not have any effect in a short period of time: the Tang army's defenses in the Saint Luo area are still impregnable, and the coalition forces are getting further and further away from Saint Luo.
