The coalition troops whose oil depot was bombed looked confused. They really didn't know what to do next: most of the oil they had finally hoarded on the front line was lost, and tanks and cars lost supplies. Subsequent combat operations would definitely require
affected.
The ammunition depot has also been destroyed. The large number of artillery shells stored in it have turned into black clouds in mid-air that cannot be dissipated. How can such a battle be fought?
Suddenly, the commanders of the Susas Empire felt that the entire world was full of malice towards them, and the Tang army seemed to be the real attacking party.
The third cluster bomb covered the battlefield, and another piece of Sousas' infantry was wiped out in the explosion. The troops who followed up the attack were simply dumbfounded. It was better to just kill them than to let them enjoy the intensive submunition attack in the open space.
Some.
Seeing that all the heavy tanks that were supposed to destroy the city were paralyzed on the road, burned into black scrap metal by the fire, and parked in the middle of the battlefield like tombstones, the remaining tank crews were not willing to let their tanks go.
The tank moved on.
The losses were so great and so fast that the coalition forces could not find a way to count their losses: there were explosions everywhere and attacks everywhere, as if the Tang Army was everywhere.
In fact, the Tang Army was indeed everywhere: a row of armed helicopters also joined the battle at this time, using their continuous firepower to suppress the attacking Susas troops.
After the ground anti-aircraft firepower had been completely destroyed, these armed helicopters showed strong combat effectiveness. They poured out their own rockets and used machine guns to eliminate any fish that escaped the net on the ground, except for some places where the smoke was too thick.
, the entire battlefield is about to be wiped out by them.
The commanders of the Susus Empire, who had just launched the attack with great momentum, no longer had the courage to continue organizing the attack. They reported these situations and strictly requested that the attack plan for this day be cancelled.
In a hidden headquarters, the commanders of the Susus Empire who rushed over all looked embarrassed. They had lost so much in the past few hours that they no longer even had confidence.
One of the army commanders expressed his thoughts to the commander of the group army: "The enemy's 1st Group Army is not in vain. If we bump into it like this, it is no different from committing suicide."
"I think it is better to let the troops of the Lions Empire in the north achieve results first and attract the attention of the Tang army. It will be better for us to take action later." The chief of staff sitting next to him nodded and said.
Another general on the side asked the silent commander-in-chief, hoping to get an answer: "Wait a minute, do you want to tell the elves what happened on our side today? They seem to be launching an attack tomorrow morning."
"If you ask me, it's better not to tell them. On the one hand, if they don't hit a nail, they will inevitably think that we are shirking our responsibilities and that we are not serious about launching an attack. It is also good for us to let them experience it for themselves.
." Before the commander of the group army could speak, another general revealed his plan.
The people next to him were a little embarrassed. He still had some conscience, and felt that betraying the alliance was a very shameful thing: "What you said makes sense, but seeing the allies suffer, it's a bit..."
Others immediately started talking, and the scene was noisy and out of control: "We have suffered such huge losses, how can we still have the energy to contact them now? Do you know how much we have lost today?"
"Two important ammunition depots on the front line were attacked by missiles. They were both very concealed and hidden deep underground. Tang Jun... didn't know how they discovered it." After a period of confusion, the conference room finally became quiet, and there was a silence.
A logistics general then reported today's losses.
The general on the side added unwillingly: "Even if they discovered it, the underground bunker, which was nearly ten meters deep and reinforced with some materials, was so easily penetrated and the ammunition inside was directly detonated?"
In order to ensure that the ammunition was foolproof, they did spend a lot of thought on the ammunition depot, but obviously all these efforts were in vain. The Tang army only used two missiles to cause their large amount of ammunition to explode prematurely.
"Let's not talk about the ammunition. At least we distributed some ammunition in advance for the purpose of attacking. At least we can barely sustain it for a while. Regarding fuel, we really have nothing to do." The officer in charge of fuel on the other side sighed.
After taking a breath, he continued to speak.
It can be said that while Susas's troops had to obtain oil supplies from the elves' land, they also had to find ways to secretly send these oil supplies to the front line for hoarding. This in itself was a very difficult matter.
They need to coordinate with the elves to try their best to ensure that their supplies, especially ammunition, oil and food, are not misappropriated by the elves, and they also need to hide it from the Tang army to ensure that these supplies are not discovered and destroyed.
God knows how it took them so long to get here, but today, in just over an hour, all their efforts in the past few months were in vain.
Therefore, now the voice of the officer who manages oil is full of pathos: "Originally, we had fewer oil tankers and barrels, and the oil allocated to the troops in advance was even less... Now it's better, the oil depot
If it is bombed, it will take at least two or three days for new oil to be transported. This is still an optimistic estimate. If the possible bombing interference by the Tang Army is included, it may take five days."
Originally there were very few special vehicles such as oil tankers, but now there is a problem with the fuel, and there is really not much time left for the Sussus Armored Forces.
In the past, the Susas troops participated in the war with light infantry, so their commanders had always had an obsession, believing that as long as their heavy weapons and equipment were in place, the Tang army was not invincible.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But today they assembled a large number of troops and also used tanks. Only then did they realize that with these, the Tang army's attack seemed to be even stronger.
A division commander who was in charge of the main attack this morning felt sad and complained sadly: "My troops lost 3 battalions and more than 1,500 soldiers! Within an hour! Two regiments lost their combat capabilities, and their organizations were completely destroyed.
Already."
Another division commander also stamped his feet and beat his chest, as if he were mourning for his heir: "My army has also lost two battalions, and the field hospitals are full. It is simply not an option to continue like this."
He was not really sad for losing so many soldiers, but he was sad because these soldiers were lost and could not be replaced in a short period of time. The strength in his hands was greatly damaged, which he could not accept.
The commander of the armored force sitting on the side was even more sad and said aggrievedly: "The two armored battalions assembled for the attack, nearly 80 heavy tanks, 30 of them were destroyed in one attack. The subsequent tanks were not lost, but
It was because I was afraid of losses that I didn't dare to join the battle... I just hid and hid, and in the end, less than half of the enemy's positions were destroyed by the bombing. The enemy's position was not even touched, and more than 50 tanks were just lost."
As a fairly good commander of armored forces, he has never experienced such serious combat losses. He lost more than 50 tanks in one day, which is a loss that no country can afford.
You must know that today, a country that claims to be bankrupt and one of the two permanent members of the Second World War, the total number of tanks in the country is only about 200.
Moreover, this was not a whole day's loss. The Tang Army did not actively counterattack, so these tanks were killed by Tang Army's aircraft within more than an hour after the battle broke out.
Another general slapped the table and emphasized that his troops had suffered more losses. In fact, his losses were indeed not small: "Do you know how much the artillery lost? More than 100 heavy artillery pieces that were assembled with great difficulty! More than 100 pieces of artillery.
Heavy artillery! There are only 20 usable guns left! Thousands of artillery casualties... If we continue to attack, don't expect the artillery to play any role."
The artillerymen finally gathered together and put together a numerical lineup that sounded like it should be an advantage. However, they were suppressed by the opponent in just a few rounds of shelling.
The sad thing is that until the end, they didn't know where the Tang army's artillery position was, let alone how many artillery pieces the opponent had, and why the opponent's artillery could shoot so far.
Of course they couldn't have known that the Tang Army's artillery used a new thing called Zengcheng ammunition, which allowed the artillery's range to approach or even exceed 20 kilometers.
The towed artillery used by the coalition forces uses old-fashioned ammunition, which generally has a range of about 15 kilometers, and its performance can really be said to be seriously lagging behind.
When the artillery on both sides competed, the Tang Empire's self-propelled artillery units with ballistic detection radars, ballistic computers, and extended-range ammunition would naturally have the advantage.
This is completely an unfair duel where you can't hit me, but I can hit you, and you can't find me, but I can find you. The final outcome is also obvious, it is a one-sided killing of Susas artillery.
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The Army Group Commander of the Susas Empire, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke. His eyes scanned everyone present, and his tone was helpless and heavy: "Listening to you talking about these losses, I always feel that we have been fighting for several months.
But in fact we only fought for a whole morning, and the actual exchange of fire lasted less than an hour..."
"Actually, if we only lose these weapons and troops, forget it. In fact, our real losses are the top commanders..." The chief of staff turned his head and said to the group army commander who was sitting on the main seat.
"..." When this was mentioned, many people stopped talking. They were really frightened during the day. Many headquarters were greeted by name, non-commissioned officers, officers, and even senior generals at the level of division commander and corps commander.
, all lost a lot.
Many troops lost their ability to mobilize, and the army headquarters had to temporarily promote seventy or eighty officers to temporarily stabilize the situation.
However, this kind of supplementary promotion has also reduced the command level of the troops a lot, and the reaction speed is even worse. If they continue to fight like this, they may not even be able to maintain the basic troop structure.
The loss of so many officers is enough to shake the entire army, and the next battle will only become more difficult.
"Seriously summarize our losses and send them to our allies, including the elves, and the Lions Empire...the same goes for Dorne." The commander was mature and solemn, and the wrinkles on his face bloomed like patterns when he spoke.
: "We don't need to prove anything, just stating the facts is enough."
He didn't need to take risks to hide anything. The elves had fought against the Tang army so many times. It would be weird if they didn't know the depth of the enemy.
This is a war, and since it is a war, there will naturally be sacrifices. As long as the sacrifices are within a reasonable range and can be used to support the path to victory, then all sacrifices will be worthwhile.
What he worried about was that those sacrifices would not lead them to victory. Thousands of his disciples died in foreign lands, only to get greater defeat.
Unfortunately, from what he has seen so far, it seems that he is sending the precious Susus children in his hands to hell, and he can't see any hope of victory at all.
On that night, the Tang Army organized a special operation. About a few hundred soldiers of the Tang Army's special forces crossed the front lines on both sides, penetrated into the rear of the Susas Empire's positions, and launched a series of sabotage activities.
They blew up some facilities, captured about 100 Susas officers at all levels, and killed about 200 more people. These people returned to their positions safely before dawn, allowing Susas' troops to
I stayed up all night and didn't dare to sleep.
It was also on this night that the news of the failure of the Susus Empire's counterattack on the first day was sent to the elves. After weighing it, Felix decided to continue to launch the attack according to the plan.
Although all signs indicated that Tang Jun was aware of the coalition's counterattack plan, he decided to put his chips on the gambling table.
There was no other way, everything was an arrow on the string for him and he had no choice but to shoot. He had no other better choice.
Early the next morning, the Elf troops launched a counterattack according to the original plan, and then the same thing happened to the Elf: they suffered heavy losses, they were covered by fire, and they retreated in embarrassment back to the place of departure, and then found that they were equally outnumbered.
The Tang Empire did not hide its strength, nor did it give up any ground. The elves did not perform much better than the Susas Empire. They also failed to touch the Tang Empire's positions and returned miserably.
In order to win, Flix increased his bargaining chip. He ordered the Lines Empire troops farther north to continue to counterattack and mobilize more troops: he hoped to gain something in the north, where the Tang army was weaker.
As for why he judged that the Tang Army here was weaker, the only reason was that the Tang Army here was the 10th Army, and it seemed that it had no dazzling results before...
