Of course, Flix knew that his ability to last for five days was entirely dependent on the solid defensive positions deployed in advance. The problem was that even with the solid defensive positions, his troops were very passive when facing the Tang Army's attack and could not do anything at all.
Parry.
But the key to the problem is that the Tang Army has only been attacking for five days, and Flix's carefully prepared defense line is almost completely lost: at the deepest point, the Tang Army has already advanced more than ten kilometers, and it is almost to the third
A line of defense is in front of us.
If the third line of defense is also penetrated, then the subsequent battle will only involve a field battle with the Tang Army. This is not what Flix wants to see, because he has no confidence that he can stop the Tang Army in a field battle.
In other words, it was not that he was unsure, but he already knew that as long as he lost the defense line, he would be completely doomed. So he mobilized his troops and sent all Dorne's reinforcements to the battlefield, hoping to stabilize the situation.
In the past, the elves did not trust the human troops very much, because on the dwarf battlefield, Susus' troops defected, which led to the collapse of the Ice Empire. Therefore, the elves did not place human troops in important defense lines.
But now they don't care so much anymore. If the defense line is penetrated, everything will be over. Even humans who are not very reliable will be sent to the front line as cannon fodder.
They are indeed cannon fodder... The firepower of the Tang army is very fierce. If a unit is sent to the front line, it may be disabled in a few hours. The front-line soldiers are almost expendable.
Although the number of casualties of the Tang Army is also rising, the proportion of losses on both sides is hard to see directly. Often when a cluster bomb falls, a company or even a battalion of coalition troops suffer heavy casualties. There is no difference between this kind of battle and massacre.
.
Because of the lag in communications, the response speed of the coalition forces was extremely slow. The Tang Army was like the Lighthouse State in the Gulf War, easily destroying the effective forces of the coalition forces.
It seems that the coalition forces have an absolute advantage in strength. Hundreds of thousands of troops are marching to the battlefield in a steady stream, as if they are endless. But before they reach the battlefield, they are ignited and evaporated as if they were close to a match in a stove.
Soldiers are killed every minute and every second. Normally, if a soldier persists on the battlefield for 7 hours without dying, he may be promoted to a squad leader or platoon leader.
But even squad leaders and platoon leaders could not escape the fate of being killed in battle. As time went by, all the staunchest warriors were lost, and even the follow-up troops of the elves began to surrender.
Everyone knows that once the number of surrenders starts to increase on the battlefield, it means that one party's will to fight is close to collapse. Everyone knows what will happen next. The party that approaches the limit first will collapse on a large scale, and the losses will skyrocket.
General Flix threw the battle report in his hand on the table irritably, and the parchment was crumpled into a ball, just like his mood at the moment. The content of the battle report had nothing new, it was just which line of defense was breached again, which division suffered more casualties.
More than fifty percent.
There were messages asking for support everywhere, but he himself was also waiting for support. The problem was that the entire defense line was being attacked by the Tang army from east to west.
The elf troops in the east were about to be penetrated by Feng Kezhi. A little further to the west, Ying'an's troops were also attacking the city. Strauss's army was also rampaging and unstoppable... The attack power displayed by the Tang army this time was much stronger than that of Feng Kezhi.
They are even more terrifying in the dwarven areas.
This is also a normal phenomenon: after a truce for several months, after receiving a large number of reinforcements and integrating transportation and supply resources behind them, the Tang Army has certainly become stronger.
They no longer have the barrier of the endless sea, but have powerful strategic depth and an invincible air force.
"Damn Tang Jun! Are they all devils?" Felix cursed in a low voice, scratching his messy beard vigorously with his long fingers, as if he wanted to vent all the anger on his head.
He is a typical elf noble general. He looks gentle and trustworthy on weekdays. Unfortunately, several days of torture have made him look like a down-and-out middle-aged uncle.
On the side, his adjutant, who was also a young aristocratic, cautiously suggested: "Marshal, maybe we should ask your Majesty to send more reinforcements. Other places are obviously feint attacks. Our side is the main direction of the Tang army's attack.
.Based on our current military strength alone, I’m afraid..."
"Shut up!" Flix slammed the table, interrupting the adjutant, "Now we can only rely on ourselves! Tell those idiots in the northernmost Lanes that they can't take a step back no matter what! They
If it is penetrated, the entire line of defense will be completely destroyed!"
"Yes!" The adjutant bowed his head and agreed, then hurriedly went to deliver his order.
Flix paced back and forth in the room irritably, his heavy footsteps hitting the wooden floor, as if beating everyone's heart.
Soon, the adjutant did not dare to speak. He just lowered his head and secretly glanced at the map on the table from the corner of his eye. On the map, the coalition's defense line had been torn to pieces by the Tang army's attack, just like a beast being eaten by a beast.
A broken rag doll.
Obvious protrusions can now be seen in several key areas attacked by the Tang Army. The first line of defense of the coalition forces is now beyond recognition, leaving only some relatively remote areas that have not been occupied by the Tang Army.
At the edge of the map, two strange-looking aircraft logos are particularly conspicuous. They are like two falcons from hell, hovering over the battlefield, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the coalition forces with their sharp claws.
"Marshal, the latest news is that the Tang Army's thunder and lightning attack aircraft have been dispatched again..." The officer who had just opened the door and entered to report the situation trembled slightly, with a trace of unconcealed fear.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The name of this thing was something they heard from the Tang Army’s radio. There are also many legends about thunder and lightning within the coalition forces. It is simply a nightmare for the ground troops and a nightmare for the coalition forces.
The monster that the soldiers feared.
This thing is the most frequently deployed attack aircraft by the Tang Army for ground support. Although more precision-guided weapons are dropped by intruder attack aircraft, the intruder attack aircraft are always far away from the target when dropping bombs, and have no way to attack the enemy on the ground.
Force creates a visual impact.
Thunder and lightning can visually intimidate opponents and tear them apart at close range. This is also an important reason why lighthouse countries are unwilling to retire such aircraft. Sometimes, exquisite weapons are not as deterrent as a chainsaw.
This is also the reason why nuclear submarine ballistic missiles are often not as deterrent as strategic bombers: if you don’t let the enemy take a look, they really won’t think you have a knife.
From the perspective of the coalition forces, the Thunder attack aircraft flew extremely fast and had fierce firepower. The coalition forces did not have any air defense weapons to compete with them. Unlike the Tang Empire, they did not have anti-aircraft missiles, nor did they have weapons such as fully automatic self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.
Therefore, every time the Thunder and Lightning attack aircraft appear, it means that the coalition forces will endure a bloody massacre. Of course, General Flix knows how terrible thunder and lightning are. Many troops only encountered two Thunder and Lightning, and they suffered heavy losses and lost their combat effectiveness in less than half an hour.
.
General Flix's face was like the dark clouds before a rainstorm, terrifyingly gloomy. He knew what this meant. Thunder and lightning were dispatched, and it was another one-sided massacre.
The coalition forces have no way to deal with the Tang Army's damn air force. As long as those aircraft of various models appear, countless soldiers will become casualties and appear in the report in front of him.
"Damn Tang people, why do they have so many damn weapons?" General Flix cursed through gritted teeth and punched the table, causing the signs on the map to vibrate.
When he said this, he suddenly remembered what a staff officer had said before about Tang Ren: "Are those guys thinking about how to kill people more efficiently every day when they sleep?"
At that time, he didn't pay attention to this sentence. Now it seems that these cruel Tang people may really be designing murderous weapons during their sleep time...
"Marshal, calm down, what should we do now?" the officer who came to deliver the message asked tremblingly. He knew very well that it was definitely not a wise choice to offend General Flix at this time.
"What should we do? What else can we do?! Order the troops to hide themselves as much as possible and pray that those damn Tang pilots are blind today and can't see them!" General Flix waved his arms irritably, as if to suppress the anger in his heart.
Let it all out.
"Yes!" The officer did not dare to say anything more and quickly turned around to convey the order. When he opened the door, he happened to meet the adjutant of Marshal Flix who had returned. The two of them nodded helplessly to each other as a greeting.
After that, the officer hurriedly left and the adjutant returned to the room.
"Marshal! The order has been passed on. Lines promised that they will hold on to the defense line to the last man." The adjutant brought back a message that sounded good. At least the Lines Empire did not question Flix's order.
Flix actually knew in his heart that the order he had just given to let the troops escape on their own was meaningless. Because the Thunder attack aircraft were equipped with advanced reconnaissance equipment, it was difficult to escape their tracking even in dense forests.
It's just that the scale of the coalition is too large, with tens of thousands of various troops, so it is generally impossible for thunder attack aircraft to attack all of them. They can only select high-value targets that are easiest to attack, and will let go of those that appear to be
Not-so-palatable prey.
So concealment still has some meaning. At least some infantry can escape and will not be chopped up by the terrifying 30mm caliber cannon.
"It seems that they also know that if they retreat again, it will be over." Flix nodded, affirming the attitude of the Lions Empire. As long as the other side is not stupid, they know that once they give up the strong border defense line, this battle will be over.
There is no way to fight.
If they were pushed into the field by the Tang army, they would soon be overtaken, divided, surrounded and annihilated in an instant... There was no chance of luck.
"Marshal! It's not good, Marshal!" Just when Flix breathed a sigh of relief, another officer pushed in the door and reported a scary news: "News from the front line, two Thunder attack aircraft
It has crossed the defense line and is heading towards us."
They do not have air warning radars, and they are subject to electromagnetic interference, so air defense basically relies on warning posts. Such observation posts are inherently lagging in information, and in many cases it is easy to miss information about the invasion of enemy aircraft due to laziness and other issues.
.
Now, it is very difficult to send the message here. If you just calculate the time, it is estimated that the enemy plane is not far from here.
"Damn it!" Felix cursed in a low voice. Although he had done a lot of concealment work, sometimes the headquarters in a certain direction would always leave some clues to expose himself.
There is no way, there are so many vehicles coming and going, so many important units are active every day, no one can guarantee absolute concealment. Especially when the war becomes tense, frequent personnel exchanges cannot be stopped no matter what.
So he had known this would happen for a long time, but when the lightning attack plane that represented doom really rushed towards him, Flix couldn't help but feel a sense of despair.
"Order all air defense units to enter a state of alert immediately! Don't panic, let people from various departments evacuate to the bunker in an orderly manner!" Although we are prepared, it will inevitably cause a commotion when the incident comes.
After the order was passed on, some female elf officers began to leave the building where they worked with various important documents. This was originally a small town, but it was temporarily transformed into a headquarters. When the sirens began to echo, the streets
There were countless more people in military uniforms.
"Hurry up! Hurry up!" The waiting officers waved to the soldiers holding various equipment, and the nervous officers rushed onto the truck in a chaotic manner.
The cars started one after another, and then began to move to the shelter built outside the town. During the transfer process, the Tang Army's thunder and lightning attack aircraft had also arrived.
Amidst the noise, the anti-aircraft guns deployed in the distance began to roar. The two Thunder attack aircraft avoided the firepower, nimbly passed through the barrage, and launched missiles towards the small town.
The Tang Army was not actually sure that this was the headquarters of the coalition forces. They just knew that there was a command center here. The two Thunderbolts were very light and hovered calmly after launching their missiles.
The missile hit the buildings in the town and overturned the waiting military vehicles. The elf officers gathered around the car who had no time to leave fell to the ground. As for how many of them were injured and how many died...
...then no one will know.
In the dim air-raid shelter, Flix felt the shock of the explosion above his head, his face uncertain. At this time, his headquarters was exposed, which was really not a good thing for the entire war situation.
