Doomsday Commander.

Chapter 221 A Fire in Winter
At two o'clock in the evening, there is no moon and stars, and the snow is still falling.

The howling north wind is howling, and no one wants to go out at this hour.

The sentry posts in Daliao are on duty in a temporary sentry building, and they have to change shifts every hour, otherwise they will easily freeze to death outside.

From the point of view of the sentry post, it is superfluous to be on duty at this time. Are the people who chased the light crazy?Want to engage in a sneak attack at this time?

He kept rubbing his hands and stomping his feet on the sentry tower to resist the wind and cold.

He was looking forward to hurrying to an hour so that he could go back and get into the warm bed.

Boom boom boom~~~!

There seemed to be a faint voice coming from the south, but due to the headwind, he couldn't hear it clearly.

I tried my best to keep my eyes wide open, trying to see through the snowy night as much as possible. Suddenly, there was a violent explosion in the north!

Clusters of flames bloomed in the coniferous forest about one kilometer behind him!
Shelling!

It seems that the landing point is not accurate, and the shot is missed!

The sentry suddenly grabbed the whistle, put it in his mouth, and blew it with all his strength.

Enemy attack!

Beep~~~!Beep beep~~~!

The shrill whistle accompanied by the sound of the guns woke up the sleeping people.

Rogers got up from the kang almost as soon as he turned over.

He slammed the window open, and saw a red fire coming from the north.

"Quick! There is a situation, everyone get up and prepare for battle!"

As the alarm was issued layer by layer, the sleeping Daliao soldiers all got up and got dressed in a hurry.

By the time they got up and went outside, the forest to the north was already on fire.

Seeing this scene, Rogers felt a chill in his heart.

It is mid-winter now, because the snow-covered forest is difficult to burn, and it must be the hands and feet of the Light Chaser to be able to catch fire so quickly.

He was in the air, already smelling gasoline and white phosphorus.

That's white phosphorous, a natural accelerant.

"What a vicious Tang Zheng, what a vicious Chaser of Light."

The north wind swept in, and those coniferous forests were like burning torches, spraying sparks out continuously.

Sparks covered the forest ahead, and the fire quickly advanced towards the forest farm.

"General Rogers, do we want to put out the fire?"

The people who managed to get organized ran to Rutgers in a panic to inquire. Once the fire spreads, it will definitely not be able to live here.

Rutgers wanted to put out the fire, but just as he was about to speak, a puff of smoke entered his lungs.

"Damn! No, this fire can't be controlled."

In just ten minutes, the entire sky lit up, and the pine wood had formed a sweeping momentum under the double support of the white phosphorus bomb and the north wind. This fire was not easy to extinguish.

At least to the north of the fire point, the mountains and forests of more than ten kilometers are no longer worth saving.

A large area of ​​thick smoke has enveloped the entire forest farm, and the fire has spread to the edge of the forest farm.

Rogers gritted his teeth in hatred, he was very clear about Tang Zheng's plan.

This is to force his troops to go south. It is conceivable that the Light Chasing Army must have arrangements in the south.

But at this moment, he has no escape route at all, and if he delays any longer, these people will be burned to death alive.

"Withdraw! Head south and get out of here."

The current situation is extremely critical, and Daliao's troops can't take much care of it. Those who can get on the train get on the train, and those who can't get on the train run south on their legs.

As for the many heavy weapons and supplies, I can't take care of them now.

For example, towed artillery, rocket launchers, and some delivery vehicles and material vehicles are too late to take away now.

The [-] army turned into a mess at this moment, rushing out of the forest farm in a swarm, and went to the south.

The fire demon raged, and with the help of the strong wind, it quickly swallowed up the residential area of ​​the forest farm.

House after house burned, and the sky was reddened by the flames.

The air was full of smoke and sparks, and the crackling sound was endless.

The weeds all over the ground have also become accomplices of burning at this moment. When the north wind blows, they turn into sea of ​​flames one by one.

Rogers didn't expect that the fire would be so ferocious. Some people who walked slowly, even couldn't run out of the fire, were quickly engulfed by the fire!
Sitting in the car, he looked at the soldiers engulfed by flames behind him, his eyes were red.

"Tang Zheng! A dog thief! I and you are at odds!"

He cursed, but didn't dare to stop at all.

This stretch of coniferous forest area is more than ten kilometers long. They can only stay away from the forest and move forward in the originally deserted farmland.

But the farmland is also full of weeds, which is not a good place.

It's just that the wild grass is burning and extinguishing quickly, and while running back and forth, there is always some open space to escape.

At the coldest time, he could not feel cold at all, only heat.

heat!fiery!Hot!

He's doing well here, those infantrymen who didn't have time to board the vehicles in Daliao are the most miserable at this moment, their legs are trekking in the snow, and they will soon lose their strength.

Whenever a car passed by, they didn't care too much, just grabbed it and climbed up.

It doesn't matter if it's a truck, a jeep, or a tank.

On every tank of the armored force, they climbed a layer like locusts.

A mass escape of 5 people, an escape in a race against flame death, unfolded between the forest farm and the wasteland.

About half an hour later, the remnant soldiers of Daliao emerged from the thick smoke area.

The flames behind him were still burning, but the forest area had burned to the end, and the flames stagnated there.

Only the sparks and smoke all over the sky are still blowing to this side under the guidance of the strong wind.

Looking at the fiery red sky behind him and the countless remnants of soldiers who seemed to have run out of coal mines, Rogers felt the pain in his heart beyond words.

This sudden fire not only completely broke his deployment, burned his luggage, and even caused him to lose tens of thousands of troops!
At least ten thousand brothers were completely buried in the flames.

At the price of a mountain forest, Tang Zheng let him taste the bitter fruit of failure.

But he didn't have time to be sad and painful at all, because in the dark night, the attack of the Light Chaser Army had already launched.

The sound of rumbling chariots sounded in the south, that was the arrival of enemy tank troops.

Rutgers was still a little lucky. Fortunately, his armor was still intact, and these tanks rushed out of the sea of ​​flames.

"Armored troops, let's fight immediately. Although the Light Chaser Army has taken the lead, their overall strength is insufficient. As long as we defeat them here, we can still turn defeat into victory."

"The rest of the people gather with the battalion as a combat unit, pay attention not to form too tightly, and prepare to launch a counterattack. Since Tang Zheng set fire here, their headquarters should be nearby. After destroying his headquarters, we Everything lost can be regained.”

Continuous combat orders were issued, and Daliao's troops also demonstrated extraordinary military accomplishments. After suffering huge losses, they were able to quickly gather to counterattack.

The tank troops are rumbled into battle, and they have no choice but to have a head-on confrontation with the Light Chasing Army here.

After the order was issued, Rutgers quickly contacted Volcano City and requested helicopter support.

But at this moment, he was surprised to find that the radio station could no longer contact Volcano City.

He clearly remembered that after the troops camped and settled down, he had talked to Ferdinand, but he didn't expect it to be useless now. There is no doubt that this was also Tang Zheng's fault.

But at this time, Rutgers is still full of hope. He still has [-] troops here, and there are some rocks and scattered trees around that can be used as bunkers, so he can still deploy defenses on the spot.

As long as you hold on until tomorrow morning, the helicopter force will come to support.

No, it may be faster, because once Ferdinand can't contact him, he should soon send a helicopter to support him.

Maybe by six or seven o'clock tomorrow morning, the plane will arrive.

It was already past three o'clock in the morning, and he didn't believe that his troops couldn't last for more than three hours.

The battle started, and the cannons of the Light Chaser Army began to bombard this side.

Rutgers' troops dispersed, and the thick snow in the wilderness also became a natural bunker that could be used for combat.

It's just that they have lost their luggage now, and those cannons are left in the sea of ​​flames. There is no effective means of counterattack, so they can only endure temporarily.

But Rogers also knew that relying on cannons alone would not be able to end a war, and sooner or later the Light Chaser Army would come to them.

Except for helicopters and tanks, almost no vehicles can kill this kind of thick snow-covered wasteland. Even armored vehicles are difficult, and Rutgers is not afraid.

He began to consciously protect the anti-tank infantry and anti-aircraft infantry. All those with rocket launchers and individual anti-aircraft missiles must be protected. If the result of the tank battle is not satisfactory, they must be prepared to fight against enemy tanks.

The rumbling battle ahead has already begun, and the tank battle kicked off about ten kilometers away in the wasteland.

The two armored battalions of the Light Chaser Army spread out from left to right and attacked in a fan shape.

Two hundred tanks versus three hundred tanks, a two-to-three battle, Daliao had a slight advantage.

But they also have a disadvantage, that is, the failure of the radar system.

Their radar has been disabled by the electronic jamming of the Light Chaser.

Fortunately, they are also troops with rich combat experience. After discovering that the radar failed, they fired a batch of flares.

In this way, in this wasteland, their observation mirrors and naked eyes can still see things, which is still very helpful for combat.

After all, the Light Chasing Army has no place to hide here, and they can still fight back.

Both sides have their own advantages and disadvantages, and their strengths are basically equal.

The smoothbore guns of the tanks bombarded back and forth, and the brutal armored battle began.

But when the battle started, Daliao's armored forces discovered that the facts were somewhat different from what they had imagined.

The tank skin of the Light Chaser is too thick!

My side is also a main battle tank, and the caliber has not cut corners. Why is the tank over there only slightly injured after being bombarded, which basically does not affect the continued fighting.

As for the tank on my side, it was seriously injured in one shot, and after two shots, the turret was basically lifted.

After discovering this, Daliao's tanks immediately changed their tactics.

They began to fight in groups, often surrounded by several tanks, and if the tanks of the Light Chaser approached, they would open fire collectively.

This tactic isn't great, but it's good for delaying time.

If the Light Chasing Army wants to take them down, they must pay a considerable price.

But Tang Zheng didn't give them a chance to procrastinate at all. Facing the opponent's tank group, it was time for Apache to go into battle.

(End of this chapter)