Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1112 The Beast in the Mud
The dense firepower of machine guns is clearly incomparable to that of rockets. With only one set of fire, the dense jungle before was shaved into a large open space like the skill of a poor barber.It's a pity that there is nothing in the open space in front of me as before. The enemy seems to have already regarded this attack as a game, and ran away after the fight, not caring about the result of the battle.

"Report the loss!" Seeing this scene, the brigade commander was so angry that he could only ask the radio in a low voice with a gloomy face.

"Report, there is no loss except for an M3 in the third team whose smoke tube was destroyed by fragments." After simple statistics, the staff immediately reported back.

"Advance immediately and reach Peoria earlier. We are already two hours late." Although the loss was so small that it was almost negligible, the brigade commander did not seem happy at all. Along the way, the enemy's sneak attacks never stopped. Things like this have happened more than ten times in a few hours. Although the loss is extremely small, the brigade commander is already full of pessimism about his march.

The convoy started quickly under the order, and the roar resounded through the jungle. Led by the leading vehicle, the convoy moved forward in file. However, soon, a string of red and white flares flashed across the sky again.

"Ready to fight!"

"The 5th Infantry Brigade belonging to the enemy's 6rd Mechanized Division is still continuing to advance, but it has been delayed by the 30nd Regiment. It is expected that it will not be able to join other troops for at least three hours. The [-]th Machine Gun Battalion belonging to the [-]th Infantry Brigade encountered the [-]rd Regiment. The battle is still going on, and the three regiment leaders estimate that the battle can be ended within two hours. However, the enemy's [-]th Infantry Regiment has already gone to the conflict site to carry out rescue.

The Second Division is still restraining the advance speed of the 101st Division. The first regiment it belongs to has just formed an organization to wipe out the enemy's 2nd Battalion. However, the enemy seems to have the intention of shrinking. Reconnaissance shows that the enemy has assembled a large number of helicopters, and seems to have the intention of forcibly landing," the staff officer beside Zhang Xueliang quickly reported the battle situation just summarized.

"What is our loss?" Zhang Xueliang did not give instructions on the questions in the report, but suddenly asked.

"The loss was not small. Due to the unknown situation of the enemy, some companies encountered large-scale enemy troops and still rigidly blocked them, causing huge casualties. At the same time, in places where the trees were sparse, the enemy's air strikes responded quickly and caused a lot of casualties. So far, our casualty ratio to the enemy is close to 1:1, but because we are in an offensive role, the casualties are higher."

The staff officer opened another report, bowed his head and said.

"Telegram to all combat units and company-level basic units that the main method of attacking the enemy is to harass the enemy, and order the combat units above the assembled regiment to eat up the enemy's small-scale formed units. Do not confront the enemy head-on, and focus on mobile warfare. The surrounding companies have to undertake the support and intelligence collection work. At the same time, order the general reserve team, it's time for them to play." Zhang Xueliang nodded and said again.

A regiment was still running in the jungle, and the whole team seemed a bit messy. The battle was not terrible. What was terrible was that it seemed to be an endless, desperate forced march.Although everyone complained in their hearts, when they saw the leader running in front of the group, the complaints in their hearts suddenly disappeared.

It has been a whole day since entering the battlefield. Constant blocking, movement, blocking, and re-movement have become the mainstream of the battlefield. For a group, they seem to have never stopped running since entering the battlefield.As far as I can remember, fighting was a long time ago, and all they did from start to finish was to keep running.

"Stop advancing, prepare to fight!" Just as everyone was wondering if they were going to run out of the jungle, the command of the regiment leader was quickly delivered from the front.Hearing the order, everyone was overjoyed, and quickly stopped, picked up their weapons, and hid in the grass beside them.

"The other party is a company. Under our harassment along the way, they are still stranded five kilometers away." A company commander beside the regiment leader reported in a low voice.

"No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat, eat it." The regiment leader ordered decisively.

The dense jungle greatly limits the use of weapons. Under the superb concealment methods and the unique environment of the jungle, the two sides often confront each other suddenly within a distance of tens of meters, which makes powerful artillery shells and aerial bombs in the jungle In front of him, he lost his arrogance.The airburst produced by touching the treetops has the same danger for both the enemy and the enemy in close combat.On the ground, the soft soil and dense bushes made the heavy mechanized troops can only look at the forest and sigh.

Special battlefields and special combat methods have made mechanized propulsion, which has become a classic, a luxury.In the case that weapons can almost determine the outcome of a war, no one seems to care how good the quality of an individual soldier needs to be. Or, from another perspective, the US military has been deliberately built into an occupier. After fixed-point strikes, saturation bombing, A character who accepts territory after mass annihilating the living forces.

Under this arrangement, the protection of soldiers became the best option to show off the results of battle.To reduce casualties, confuse, fear, and even worship the enemy under the powerful force, so as to achieve military deterrence against potential enemies, has become the goal of the military.

At this point, no one wants to go back to the nightmare they have experienced before, to feel the situation of individual soldiers fighting for their lives.It is a pity that war, the final form of military affairs, is destined not to be determined by one side. When there is no decisive difference in weapons between soldiers and armies, only the quality of soldiers and strong will can be fought .

The role of soldiers is infinitely magnified at this time, or in fact, the role of soldiers has always been like this, but it is deliberately ignored and blurred under the excessive pan-weapon theory.It may be a bit unfair that the battle is unfolding under such circumstances, but it is completely understandable.

The Fifth Army is still advancing in an orderly manner. Although one after another reports are coming from all directions, it shows that the activity of small groups of enemy troops around is intensifying. As the establishment continued to increase and expand, there seemed to be an invisible big mouth around the troops, mercilessly eating up the small groups of reconnaissance and security troops scattered outside.

Clark's headache at this moment made him unable to help but want to shout out. He urgently needs two things at the moment, aspirin and the support of fighter jets. Unfortunately, in this damn tropical jungle, these two things are just impossible to get. The dense vegetation on the ground Coverage, the enemy's undetected traces, the instant assembly of superior forces, and the instant violent ammunition throwing volume make convenient air support a tasteless one.After receiving support requests, the limited fighter jets of the Naval Aviation and Army Aviation can only have a bird's-eye view of the battlefield, watch the mess, and listen to a few limited calls for help.

The Fifth Army was hindered by such a mobile battle, and was advancing helplessly step by step. At this moment, the entire army was like a huge beast, but it was stuck in a muddy place, slowly moving forward bit by bit while sinking.

what to do?what to do?Clark kept asking himself at this moment, the combat experience accumulated in the military academy and actual combat in the past seemed so inapplicable at the moment, lost the support of reconnaissance means, lost the surveillance of the peripheral security forces, and lost the ability to recruit. What can the Fifth Army do with the support of air power that is coming and going?
"Continue to send reconnaissance troops to Peoria. One battalion is not enough, just one regiment. I need to know the situation in Peoria and tell the 101st Airborne Division that they are still preparing to land as planned. Before the enemy's situation is clear , our goal of occupying Peoria cannot be changed." Clark insisted after pondering for a long time.

"Your Excellency, I think the Chinese must have a conspiracy?" A staff officer beside him hesitated for a long time and said in a low voice.

"We all know there is a conspiracy, but what is the conspiracy?" Clark asked in a deep voice after seeing the shy look on the other side.

The lead battalion of the 101st Division was annihilated, which completely delayed their plan to land directly in Peoria. As a rapid response force, the 101st Division had high hopes, but at this moment they were forced to stay in the camp, watching the surroundings stop The helicopter was in a daze.Leapfrog tactics rely too much on cooperation and reconnaissance with neighboring troops, and without all these supports, blind leapfrog can only be a meaningless adventure.

However, at this moment, the Fifth Army urgently needs the 101st Division, which is the ace unit, to help the Fifth Army get out of the immediate predicament, and the 101nd Regiment, which belongs to the 502st Division, was sent out under such circumstances.High hopes were placed on Peoria. The capture there would open up a bridgehead. With the support of the railway between Kansas and Peoria, mechanized troops may not be unable to deploy in the jungle.

Clark is full of hope for his decision, because he can only do so. If the 502nd regiment can reach Peoria smoothly and build a position, then the Fifth Army can rely on Kansas and Peoria, and will hide here All troops were wiped out.It is no exaggeration to say that the 502nd regiment at this moment is pinning the hopes of the entire Fifth Army.

"Your Excellency, I, I think it is necessary to upgrade the current battle scale to the campaign level." Just as Clark was planning whether to deploy forces to support the 502 regiment's operations, the former staff officer suddenly said.

"What do you want to tell me, sir?" The staff officer was not very conspicuous, and Clark couldn't even remember his name. When he saw the other party shyly appearing behind him, Clark kept the little politeness left, and asked road.

"I, I checked the number of troops lost during this period, and the number of times we encountered the enemy. I, I found that the enemy invested at least as much troops as us. If this assumption is true, I think it is necessary to The scale of the battle has been raised to the campaign level." The other party took a deep breath and said again.

(End of this chapter)