When Dilong finally stood on the high ground on the south side of Songlin Valley, it was already an hour later.
After smoking a whole cigarette, he still didn't understand how the New Alliance could survive for a full hour with less than 200 people under siege by two teams of 1,000 people.
What made him even more unbelievable was that not a single prisoner was captured.
The resistance of the New Alliance soldiers was extremely tenacious. Many times their men had already rushed into the trenches, only to be driven back by the opponent's returning firepower.
Those soldiers seemed to have endless strength and courage. When they ran out of bullets, they fought with bayonets, rifle butts, engineer shovels and even stones picked up at random.
To kill a New Alliance soldier, they often have to pay the price of five or more casualties.
And this is when the opponent is almost out of ammunition and food...
As for taking prisoners, it is even more impossible.
Those unyielding warriors will always keep the last grenade for themselves, burning the last second of their lives with charge even though they can obviously throw it out.
Even from the enemy's standpoint, Dillon had to admit that those people were a group of respectable opponents.
"A total of five hundred... I mean two hundred and seventy corpses were found." Looking at the silent commander, the burly Xiong Ya bowed and said nervously.
It was not that he had never thought of exaggerating this number. In fact, this was an old tradition in the tribe. However, Dillon asked him to drag out every corpse and place it in the open space, which made him very passive.
Dillon said nothing, but took out the matchbox and lit a second cigarette in silence.
Tumen, who was standing aside, did not dare to say anything and consciously counted his own casualties. When he crossed the trench, he found a centurion and asked the man to take a few brothers to search the trench to see if there was anything left behind.
Dropped explosives or mines.
They had suffered a loss before, and they were really frightened by the tricks of the blue gophers.
If artillery fire hits you later, and you hide in the shell-proof cave only to find out that there are explosives stuffed inside, then you will be done calling...
It took some time to count the casualties.
Returning to Dillon's side, Tumen subconsciously performed a regimental military salute and reported with a heavy expression.
"...There are 7 anti-aircraft trucks left."
Dillon continued without looking at him.
"Where are the casualties?"
"There were 2,410 casualties... 3,122 people were still able to move."
Dillon's heart sank when he heard this number.
There are only more than 3,000 people left...
The casualties are almost half!
The losses in this battle far exceeded his expectations.
If it had been an hour ago, Dillon would have not hesitated to let the troops rest for a while, and then immediately set off for Qingshi County, taking down the New Alliance's artillery positions at lightning speed, seizing the railway, and attacking directly in one go
Northern suburb of Qingquan City.
But now...
Facing the messy battlefield in front of him, he could not be as optimistic as before.
The opponent only suffered less than 300 casualties and blocked the attack of one of their armored formations and five thousand-man squadrons...
How much more will they have to pay in Qingshi County?
A trace of solemnity appeared on Dillon's face.
If you fight, you only have a 30% chance of winning.
If you don't fight, you can preserve your strength, but you will definitely be dead.
Before the plan started, he promised Jinya that he could take down Dawn City at the cost of ten tanks at most.
But now...
Let alone Dawn City.
They didn't even see the shadow of Qingshi County.
"We can't explain to the leader..." Standing next to Dillon, Xiongya whispered, "He will be furious and send us to feed the hyenas."
Dillon glanced at him.
"As long as you know."
Xiong Ya said tremblingly.
"Then, what should we do?"
Dillon said decisively.
"Continue going south."
Xiong Ya looked at him in surprise and exclaimed.
"Are you crazy?! Keep going south?! In this highland alone, we left more than 800 corpses. What are we going to do to attack Qingshi County!"
"Take your life."
Dillon stared at him and continued speaking word by word.
"If you want to survive, this is the only way. Or you can go back alone and tell Jinya everything about the situation here."
Hearing these words, Xiong Ya immediately closed his mouth, but he was complaining endlessly in his heart.
If I had known, I wouldn't have praised Haikou in the first place.
Capture Qingshi County in ten days?
Now he just wants to stay away from those evil ghosts.
Looking at Xiong Ya who looked like he was constipated, Dillon paused and continued.
"Actually, if we think optimistically, we still have a chance of winning."
"Those fifty planes should be their last possessions... Our losses are huge, and so are theirs. Use your brain to think about it, if they have enough manpower, why would they only put three hundred people on this high ground?
?”
"This..." Xiong Ya was stunned.
He hadn't thought about this problem.
"Recover the ammunition, we'll set off in half an hour."
Dillon glanced at this guy with strong limbs and simple mind for the last time, shook his head, and walked towards the logistics team who was counting the loot without saying anything.
Although New Alliance soldiers attempted to destroy the remaining supplies before the defense line collapsed, they were still able to capture some.
These include twelve mortars and a dozen artillery shells, as well as a dozen 20mm large-caliber anti-armor rifles and "Iron Fist"-like rocket launchers.
All the reserve troops on the northern highlands have been moved to the southern highlands, and he plans to set off immediately after counting the loot.
However, at this moment, a loud explosion suddenly came from the position.
He was startled by the sound. Even though it was dozens of meters away, he still jumped into the nearby trench reflexively due to his nervousness.
"what happened?!"
The explosion seemed to be just a preview of the crisis.
However, before he could react, flashes of fire and explosions followed one after another along with the sound of piercing the sky falling from the sky.
The looters who were counting the loot were caught off guard by the explosion. The flying fragments killed a group of people on the spot. The remaining people escaped by rolling into the trench desperately.
The truck parked next to the trench was not so lucky. The artillery shells falling from the sky rushed straight over. Two rounds hit the quadruple 12mm machine gun in the carriage, and one hit the cockpit. The crew and gunner were taken away instantly.
artillery?!
No
This power and artillery are still somewhat
Dillon was startled and looked up suddenly, only to see a vaguely hovering cross beneath the low, dense dark clouds.
That's where the shells came from!
"Damn...why does the New Alliance still have planes?!"
"Haven't they already killed all their sparrows?"
"And what's going on with that plane? Why can it fly sideways and fire at the same time?!"
The looters who jumped into the same trench as him obviously also noticed the situation above them and crowded towards the edge of the trench in horror.
The plane hovering overhead made them feel quite insecure.
Especially the tracers falling from the sky.
Except for the fully enclosed anti-gun holes, there are almost no blind spots in the entire position!
With cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, Dillon made a quick decision, grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted.
"Evacuate the vehicles!"
"Air defense formation fires from the air!"
The supply trucks scattered to take cover, and the anti-aircraft truck that was caught off guard finally recovered, turned its guns and started to fight back.
However, since there was no early warning radar, the previous round of sneak attacks took away three anti-aircraft vehicles, leaving the Ya clan with only four anti-aircraft vehicles left.
And at least half of them are 7mm diameter four-piece small water pipes.
When shooting 7mm bullets in the air, it is enough to intercept a small aircraft that dives into the sky by relying on the rate of fire and firepower density. However, once the shooting distance exceeds one kilometer, the bullets will drift as if they are performing Brownian motion.
Don't say you can't hit it, even if you hit it it won't be a deterrent.
Unless an outburst of character breaks the propeller.
Facing the aircraft hovering at an altitude of 1,000 meters, a 12mm medium-caliber machine gun can barely play any role.
However, their number was too small and they didn't have time to be effective. They were called out one by one by the gunboat hovering at high altitude, and the weapons and cockpit were smashed with several rounds of armor-piercing incendiary bombs.
Dillon raised the telescope and looked toward the sky hurriedly.
I saw a medium-sized "door" opened on the side of the aircraft, and two black gun barrels extended from the side of the cabin.
Seeing this scene, he was dumbfounded on the spot.
Mount the cannon on the side of the plane?
How can you still play like this?!
…
“Bang bang bang!”
The hot shells were thrown out of the cabin, and with the sound of several short cannons, the four-unit anti-aircraft vehicle that was reversing and escaping was penetrated by armor-piercing incendiary bombs falling from the sky, and flames broke out in a short time.
Probably the ammunition box was hit.
There was a burst of crackling fire around the anti-aircraft truck, like firecrackers. The nearby looters scurried into the trench and fled toward the anti-aircraft hole.
"pretty!"
Looking down at the scurrying predators through the optical sight, [Brother Ice and Fire] sitting on the gun emplacement pumped his fist excitedly.
The power of the two-mounted 37mm ground-attack aircraft cannon is not exaggerated!
Although the firepower density is not as good as the quadruple 20mm cannon, the killing and armor-piercing capabilities are more than a little stronger.
Let alone a few anti-aircraft trucks.
Even Sherman has the confidence to fight it!
With the last anti-aircraft vehicle scrapped, the Ya clan's frontline troops completely lost all their air defense capabilities.
Without the protection of armored units and anti-aircraft weapons, the remaining nearly 3,000 infantrymen were nothing more than meat on the chopping board.
There are no trenches on the high ground on the south side that can accommodate 3,000 people. There are only 300 people in the Death Corps, and the dug fortifications can hold 1,000 people inside.
The only thirty bombproof holes were quickly filled.
The remaining raiders either fled to the pine forest under the northern slope, or they could only lie down in the trenches or under armor and pray.
Looking at the densely packed heads, Brother Bing and Huozi smiled cruelly, pulled the trigger without hesitation, and swept out the last half of the armor-piercing incendiary bombs in the magazine.
With several continuous bangs and bangs, the shells dragged orange flames down from the sky, hitting the ground and causing billows of dust.
The running looters quickly fell like wheat.
Brother Wusuo who was standing aside felt itchy in his heart when he heard the sound of the cannons, and couldn't help but say something.
"Let's drive, let me play for a while."
Brother Huozi, who was having a great time shooting, was of course not willing to give up his position. Half of his face was almost glued to the optical sight, and he didn't even look back.
"You're a power player. Can you hit it accurately at such a high level? Stop beeping and change your bombs quickly! Let's have some high explosives!"
"MMP, you really think you're ordering food!"
Although he cursed a lot, Brother Wusuo still did as he was told.
After all, he hired himself as a weapons tester.
After all, the battlefield performance of new equipment determines the benefits of test missions and orders for new equipment.
In the case of unstable high-altitude airflow and no fire control system, it was able to destroy seven anti-aircraft vehicles on the opposite side with 120 rounds of armor-piercing incendiary bombs. This record is already quite good.
After quickly changing the ammunition for the second-mounted 37mm ground-attack cannon, Brother Wusuo walked to the front of the plane, patted the cockpit door, and shouted.
"Brother Mantou, the anti-aircraft firepower is done, move a little lower."
The pig-headed man sitting in the cabin said dissatisfied.
"My ID is "anti-mantou", which is unprofessional. You can call me anti-mantou, or you can call me unprofessional. What the hell is calling me "mantou"?!"
"Okay, Mr. Mantou."
"%￥#@!"
The aircraft began to descend from one kilometer above the ground to a position of five or six hundred meters. The left gun emplacement faced the ground and continued to circle counterclockwise.
There is almost no difficulty in firing from this distance.
Brother Huozi, who was sitting on the gun position, was already familiar with the ballistics and directly turned on the burst mode, firing wherever there were many people.
The firepower pours from top to bottom, with almost no blind spots to avoid.
Fan Man unprofessionally adjusted the angle of the joystick, then bent down with a groan, picked up a steel bar picked up from near the airport, fixed the joystick firmly, and then leaned on the seat to start watching the movie.
model.
In the settings, the new alliance's small drones can provide players with a zoomable, non-dragable fixed perspective on specific battlefields.
It is said that an old player has seen the drone, which is a small metal ball, but he has never seen it before and just thought it was the setting on the background board.
A string of orange-yellow bullets fell from the sky, and a series of dense dust and fire exploded on the ground, and a piece of flesh and blood flew everywhere near the impact point.
Watching the show with VM in his arms, Brother Mantou felt envious in his heart.
"Oh my god...the impact of these high-explosive bombs is really good."
All the AA players on the opposite side rushed to the street. If they didn't have a 200/0 KD in this game, they would be just trying to pick their own game.
The KD of 300 is barely enough to pass. After all, there is only so much ammunition. When the broken soldiers rush into the pine forest down the slope, it will not be so easy to collect the heads.
After emptying more than a dozen magazines in a row, Brother Huozi said with unfinished content.
"The 37mm is still too small. It would be great if you could get a 105mm cannon and mount it. I'll knock down the whole forest for them!"
Hearing this picky statement, Brother Wusuo couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"You're thinking shit."
It's not that easy!
The large-caliber artillery currently used by the New Alliance is mainly captured and imitated 100mm artillery.
Whether it is to install a 100mm gun with reduced recoil and chamber pressure on an aircraft, or to design a special large-caliber cannon for the aircraft, it will take time.
Moreover, weapons are determined by battlefield needs and actual conditions.
Without a reliable fire control system and aircraft that can ensure that the artillery shells hit where they are pointed, large-caliber aerial cannons with excessive charges are far less effective than small-caliber aerial cannons with sufficient power.
The latter can not only carry more ammunition, but the most important thing is that if a round is not hit, it can be shot over with a shuttle, and while firing, it uses tracer bullets to correct the trajectory and clear the soft targets behind the bunker at a fixed point.
As for the destruction of fixed fortifications, it is enough to leave it to those dive-bombing mosquitoes produced by the factory next door, which are both economical and affordable.
When the new alliance gets rich, the H-1 general-purpose aircraft they produce will only need to be slightly modified and directly converted into horizontal bombers and carpet bombers.
Isn’t that more fragrant than some large-caliber aircraft cannon?
"How many rounds do we have left?"
"I have brought 1,200 rounds of ammunition, so you can just shoot." Brother Tousuo, who was loading next to him, replied casually.
Upon hearing this, Brother Huozi was immediately shocked.
"What the hell?! So many?!"
With a chuckle, Brother Tousuo glanced at the rows of aluminum alloy ammunition racks next to him, and raised his eyebrows proudly.
"if not?"
"Do you think our maximum load capacity of over ten tons was just a boast?"
…
Just as the H-1 aerial gunship was firing wildly, harvesting the looters who had fled from the southern highlands, Chu Guang, wearing power armor, had already arrived at the edge of the battlefield with nearly a thousand players.
The entire combat plan is divided into three stages.
The first stage is for the goblin regiment's aviation formation to take advantage of the cessation of artificial rainfall to attack the tanks and anti-aircraft trucks located behind the Ya clan's front line.
It would be best if all the tanks could be completely destroyed. It didn't matter if they couldn't be destroyed. As long as the remaining tanks were forced into the woods and the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower could be weakened by more than half, it would be complete.
In the second stage, the intelligence players of the Death Corps control a group of drones carrying IEDs to launch a surprise attack on the tank troops at ultra-close range.
Since the armor of the hexacopter drone is extremely fragile, even a rifle can be easily shot down. Therefore, this stage requires the enemy armored units to be close enough, the surrounding infantry to bear heavy casualties, and to be separated from the protection of a high-density fire network...
As for the third stage, which is the counter-offensive stage, the opponent who is trying to kill them has already taken the high ground. At this time, they will face two choices, either continue to go south and attack Qingshi County, or they can expand the fortifications while resting and attack steadily.
forward.
No matter which one they choose, the aerial gunships produced by Factory No. 81 will fly over their heads as scheduled. Facing the cannonballs falling from the sky, the predators on the highlands will be instantly divided into two groups, and some will hide in a limited number of defenses.
Some of them fled down the hillside.
Or lie down and wait to die.
At this point, the battle no longer has any suspense.
In fact, according to the combat plan formulated by the headquarters, after the second phase of the operation, the defenders on the highlands can release their positions.
Unless there are still tanks that haven't exploded, they need to rush in and cut off the tanks.
If it were a regiment composed of ordinary people, Chu Guang would not hesitate to issue a death order and have all the soldiers on the high ground retreat.
But since he is a player, Chu Guang finally gave the Death Corps two options considering the gameplay.
Go back to the rear and rest, or stay and challenge yourself.
What if?
What if Brother Bian, with more than a hundred remaining soldiers, wiped out thousands of people on the opposite side?
Although the possibility of this happening is very small, it is not completely impossible. Otherwise, where would the epic victory recorded in the history books come from?
Even if you fail, there is no loss.
Every death will make those unkillable players stronger.
Through the Hummingbird drone deployed above the battlefield, Chu Guang overlooked the entire battlefield.
Only a corner of the high ground on the south side was visible.
Mutilated corpses lay scattered on the ground.
Even if the predators peeled off their helmets, gas masks, VMs, and even clothes, Chu Guang could still identify them.
"The Alliance will remember your sacrifice."
‘After that, I will ask Xiaoqi to upload the edited battle video to the official website.’
After a second of silence for the young players who couldn't log in to the game for three days and could only fill the forum with comments, Chu Guang slowly raised the warhammer in his hand and swung it forward.
The sound amplified by the loudspeaker echoed at the edge of the woods.
"whole army"
"go ahead!"
Twelve 100mm artillery shells all landed on the high ground, towering smoke columns rose from the ground, and hot air waves boiled on the position.
At the same time, the charge horn sounded.
A dozen large and small corps launched together, and the impatient players, with deafening shouts of killing, launched a thousand-man charge towards the high ground ahead.
The first one to rush to the high ground was still the Skeleton Regiment that followed the "Mobile Combat Doctrine". The original armored truck in the entire regiment had only one, but now there are six.
In addition to the two armored trucks carrying quadruple 20mm cannons, there are also two carrying the latest product of Factory 81, the 88mm low-pressure smoothbore cannon.
Although the production line of this barrel is modified from the production line of 88mm mortar barrel, the former and the latter are two completely different things.
As for the remaining two trucks, they are armored personnel carriers with a 10mm heavy machine gun welded to the roof. Each truck is rated to carry 12 people.
But in fact, it is no problem to squeeze in 20 people.
"Don't worry about the infantrymen in the trenches! Our target is the heads of those who fled north!"
"Brothers of the Skeleton Regiment, please sit tight. The pilots should step on the switch to the end. Don't stop the armored units and keep charging forward!"
"Let's drive directly to the high ground to the north and collect the kills!"
Sitting in the co-pilot seat of the armored personnel carrier, Mole, wearing a headset, turned on the overall voiceover and shouted excitedly.
After the Skeleton Corps rushed to the high ground, they immediately started racing mode, not caring about the marauders lying in the trenches.
The heavy machine guns on the troop transport trucks kept firing. Under the cover of suppressive fire, six armored trucks broke through the high ground in less than two minutes.
In the pine forest below the high ground, there is a path cleared by artillery fire, and this is also the main route for the advance of the Ya clan tank troops.
A number of scrapped tanks and anti-aircraft vehicles broke down on the roadside, or leaned against the pine forest on the roadside. Mole, who was sitting in the passenger seat, felt a sense of pain when looking at the pile of scrap metal outside the window.
"...It's such a pity that they all exploded."
It would be great if I could get one!
Just as the Skeleton Corps rushed over the high ground, players such as the Jungle Corps and the Storm Troops also rushed onto the high ground one after another.
In less than an hour after capturing the southern highlands, these marauders had no time to dig trenches facing the south, and they never thought that the blue gophers would dare to leave the defenses of Qingshi County and actively attack them.
Especially due to the continuous suppression by aerial gunships and 100mm artillery, the blinded predators did not even realize that the New Alliance troops had rushed up.
And when they finally realized it, the faster players had almost rushed to the edge of the trench.
The bloody trench fighting began.
There were no more than a thousand raiders left in the trenches.
Facing an equal number of players with superior physical strength and equipment, these villains who had just experienced a bloody battle were almost pressed into the trenches and rubbed against each other repeatedly.
Faced with the powerful firepower advantage of the LD-47 assault rifle, the Marauders, only half of whom were equipped with submachine guns and automatic rifles, were quickly forced into the few artillery-proof holes.
At this time, the flamethrower previously prepared to resist the wave came in handy again...
"Don't even go into the hole! Let me go!"
Carrying a fuel tank weighing 100 kilograms and wearing a green-painted KV-1 exoskeleton, the [Pi City Paratroopers] ran over.
Smiling at the good brothers from the jungle corps next to him, this man swaggered to the entrance of the artillery cave, picked up the pipe and was about to start working.
"People inside, do you want to surrender?" Holding a large-caliber shotgun in his hand, the manager shouted towards the hole under the trench.
no respond.
The real estate agent stopped talking nonsense and just waved his hand.
Although prisoners have points, time is also precious. It is best if you are willing to surrender. If you are unwilling to surrender, there is no need to waste everyone's time.
The teammate who was carrying the flamethrower pulled the trigger without saying a word, and a long and thick fire snake spurted out from the mouth of the tube and quickly rushed into the hole.
"Ahhh!"
Screams came and went in the shell-proof cave.
There was no sound in just a few seconds.
Looking at the stick figures running out of the cave, the [Floor Model] standing aside suddenly remembered something and spoke.
"Wait a minute, you just shouted in Mandarin."
Midnight Killer was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that those NPCs didn't understand.
"Yes...why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"What the heck, you deserve it if you don't understand. You'll be stuck in the next hole." The Pi City paratrooper who just wanted to have fun laughed, carrying the flaming nozzle, and walked towards the shell-proof hole next to him.
The entire position was filled with the stench of barbecue, and there were corpses everywhere.
When Chu Guang, who was wearing power armor, stepped onto the high ground, the battle in Songlin Valley was basically over. Only the Skeleton Corps that was interspersed on the northern high ground could still hear sporadic gunfire.
Faced with the situation of being attacked from both sides and the continuous casualties, the looters who fled into the pine forest dropped their weapons and surrendered.
In fact, even if they don't surrender, the few people they have left won't be able to withstand a few rounds of machine gun fire.
The armored trucks of the Skeleton Corps had already cut off their retreat, and their four-gun anti-aircraft guns were waiting for them in front.
Anyone coming out of the woods, as long as they had weapons in their hands, would be fired at with a barrage of high-explosive bombs until they gave up resistance completely.
The H-1 aerial gunship that had fired its ammunition began to return.
Each regiment that completed the occupation mission also began to count their own casualties and prisoners.
In just ten minutes, the new alliance retook the high ground on the south side of Songlin Valley and almost wiped out all the looters who occupied this area.
After this battle, the Ya clan has completely lost all its trump cards to continue to fight against the new alliance.