The operation to clean up the remnants of the enemy continued, but most of the other imperial troops were devoted to chasing down the fleeing enemies.
The cunning Han Xianxiang, when the imperial heavy artillery bombarded the Hedong defense line, clearly realized that the defense position of the Hedong bridgehead was not secure. Therefore, he once again became a general who fled before the battle, leading Dafu and others to evacuate secretly in the middle of the night and ran away.
After Han Xianxiang escaped, the Polar Bear Hedong Defense Line was leaderless, which was the main reason why the entire line collapsed in a short period of time.
After the entire front was defeated, the polar bear remnants of the enemy fled like a tide towards Irkutsk. This was also the direct result of the emperor's heavy tanks and other slower-moving elites staying behind to kill the chicken with a sledgehammer and wipe out the remnants of the enemy.
reason.
Because fleeing enemies pose a relatively small threat and are poorly organized, using mechanized infantry units and cavalry units to pursue them is the best option.
When it gets brighter, the role of the Imperial Air Force is infinitely magnified, and the air strikes become even more powerful.
"Don't expect interception by the Air Force. Facing hundreds of kilometers of fleeing enemies across the mountains and plains, the huge Air Force fleet has been severely diluted. What's more, their bombs are far less effective than machine guns at this time!" Zhang San
The fourth cavalry squad leader of a certain cavalry unit of the group smiled at the eighth cavalry squad leader.
What he said is indeed true. Facing the fleeing enemies all over the mountains and plains, the air force is not only diluted, but also the bombs are basically unable to be used. Because the polar bears do not nest together, if the air force uses aerial bombs to deal with scattered polar bears fleeing the enemy, then
It's a complete waste.
"Paralyzed, the polar bear soldiers are running away. Why is there no discipline? Are all their commanders dead? They are here and there, and their resistance is very weak. It is really boring to chase them." The squad leader of the 8th Cavalry said:
Cursed happily.
"Come on, the polar bear soldiers really need to be organized. Do you think we can advance so fast? If a first-rate bullet kills your horse, you are still chasing after it!" the fourth squad leader retorted without giving any face.
"Hehe... Well, hey, to be honest, how many polar bears have you killed?" the eighth squad leader interrupted with a silly grin.
"Not many. During the pursuit, a total of 11 bear soldiers were killed. One of them seemed to be a captain. How about you? How many did you kill?" the fourth squad leader said with a normal expression.
"What? You killed so many bear soldiers, and also killed a captain?" The eighth squad leader exclaimed: "Show off, completely show off. Damn, I killed 6 bear soldiers. I thought my results were very good. Who?
Come to think of it, your kid is even more ruthless. Ma’s people are so irritating! It seems that after this war, your kid is going to be promoted."
"No, it's just a fluke!" the fourth squad leader replied a little shyly. However, his face was not shy at all, it was full of pride.
"Bang bang..." The fourth squad leader, with a proud look on his face, suddenly raised his hand and fired two shots into the snow to one side, startling the eighth squad leader.
"Ah..." A miserable and dull howl came from the snow. Then a bear soldier with his face covered in blood rolled out of the snow cave. His limbs shrank and died.
"Selling cakes, how do you know that there are enemies hidden in the snow? It's amazing!" the eighth squad leader asked in shock.
The fourth squad leader chuckled and whispered mysteriously: "You don't know this. Dean Stella, the chief scientist of the empire, has recently successfully developed a secret weapon. It is called X-ray, which can illuminate everything.
My eyes are super existences comparable to X-rays, quack quack..."
The eighth squad leader laughed and scolded: "Screw you, you are just bragging. We are going to kill the enemy. If we don't work hard, you will be too far away." He said and walked away.
The X-rays mentioned by the Fourth Squad Leader do exist, and this is not a big secret within the empire. After all, as early as 1895, it was discovered by the German physicist W.K. Roentgen. It is a kind of high-speed electron that strikes matter.
The electromagnetic waves generated by atoms. At this time, this kind of medical equipment has appeared in the Imperial Hospital...
This kind of equipment is indeed a "gadget" that Tesla came up with in its spare time.
Seeing the Eighth Squad Leader leading everyone away, the Fourth Squad Leader shouted to his men: "We are also setting off, we can't let the Eighth Squadron compete! However, you should keep your eyes open and pay close attention to all possible crises.
, fire immediately if there is a situation, I don’t want anyone to be shot to death on the road of pursuit, do you understand?”
"I understand, squad leader." All the soldiers in the squad replied with grins.
"Advance to the southeast..."
In the process of chasing the enemy, the fourth squad leader was not the most ruthless. The other cavalry squad was really powerful. They were so ruthless that each person killed an average of more than 20 polar bears and escaped from the enemy. The whole squad finally captured the polar bear and escaped.
The enemy has the strength of a regiment, such an outrageous achievement to the extreme.
After the war, the proud fourth squad leader thought that his results were very strong, but he was unexpectedly informed of this situation. At that time, his old face collapsed. There is no strongest, only stronger! He was very depressed
I thought humiliatingly.
The pursuit battle lasted for a day and a night. When they encountered the enemy's mechanized reinforcements, the imperial troops chose to retreat. After marching for more than 20 hours, then fighting with the enemy's fresh troops would not be a fool's errand. The enemy couldn't escape anyway, but
It's just a matter of time.
After the day's battle, the imperial fleet did not choose to continue the attack in order to expand the results. Instead, it chose to gather together to form a temporary defensive position to prevent the enemy from organizing a counterattack. This was because they had already pursued the enemy as far away as Irkutsk.
The main defense line in the east of the city is only an area of 30 kilometers.
Although Polar Bear Han Xianxiang's subordinates did not understand why the emperor chose to stop the attack at this time and organize defensive positions on the spot, they had more time to accept deserters, organize defense, and also got more breathing space.
After these two major battles in the east and west of the river, and more than 20 hours of pursuit, the polar bears suffered heavy losses. The two front armies at the bridgehead were defeated and captured. The number of polar bear soldiers who could successfully escape to Irkutsk was less than 50,000.
.In addition to the loss of personnel positions, the polar bears also lost all supplies on the defense line.
This is the biggest disaster for the Polar Bear Department, which is very strapped for supplies.
Moreover, the most unfavorable thing is that the loss of the bridgehead has caused the imperial army to form a pincer attack on Irkutsk from the east and west sides of the river. This has completely cut off the Irkutsk area from other areas of the polar bear and left it isolated and helpless.
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