Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 255 The Tragic Street Fight

"Da da da——" After Ge Dabao knocked down two enemies who suddenly appeared from the corner with a submachine gun, Ge Dabao immediately hid his body behind a concrete pillar. Rifles and light machine guns hit the concrete pillar where Ge Dabao was hiding, sending dust flying.

Ge Dabao yelled loudly behind him: "The machine gun squad suppresses the firepower, shoot down the enemy's machine gun!"

Immediately, the soldiers of the Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty behind Ge Dabao set up six general-purpose machine guns, and fired violently at the soldiers of the Jisk Army who appeared.

Ge Dabao is a native of Changyang County, Pingfu County, Hebei Province, the Great Tang Empire. There are three brothers in his family. Except for the youngest third brother Ge Sanbao, Ge Dabao and his second brother Ge Erbao are both in the Great Tang Empire and the Seven Kingdoms Alliance. Before the war, he participated in the Royal Army of the Tang Dynasty, and both brothers made military exploits on the battlefield. Ge Dabao became the platoon leader of a field division by virtue of his military exploits, and Ge Erbao became a platoon leader of a garrison division by virtue of his military exploits. The captain, the military rank is the second lieutenant of the army.

Ge Dabao's 3016th Field Division is currently participating in the attack on the city of Koshek in the Ratuko Dezhou of the Jisk Empire. The time has now reached the morning of August [-], [-] in the Tang calendar.

After the Datang Royal Army that attacked Koshek City, with the cooperation of the Datang Royal Air Force, captured the periphery of Koshek City, the No.40 Division of the Jisk Royal Army unexpectedly chose to surrender to the Datang Royal Army, making A huge gap suddenly appeared in the defense line of Koshek City, and a dozen divisions of the Royal Army of the Tang Dynasty immediately entered the urban area of ​​Koshek City through the gap.

Although the surrender of the No.40 Division of the Royal Jisk Army put the defenders in Koshek in a very unfavorable situation, the other eight infantry divisions of the Royal Jisk Army stationed in Koshek and more than 100 million civilians Armed forces, under the leadership of the city defense commander Karp, fought with the Royal Army of the Tang Dynasty one by one street and one house after another. After four days of brutal street fighting, the defenders of the Jisk Empire still occupied Koshek. Almost half of the city's urban area.

In such a tragic street battle, the large-caliber artillery and fighter planes are somewhat useless, which also made the Royal Army of the Tang Dynasty pay a considerable price in four days, but unfortunately they still did not take all of Koshek City. Take it down.

Ge Dabao's infantry company was attacking an unfinished six-story building. In the past few days, this six-story concrete building had changed hands several times. The shelling of large-caliber artillery made the six-storey building already dilapidated.

The infantry platoon led by Ge Dabao consisted of three infantry squads and a machine gun squad. The machine gun squad was equipped with six MG-42 general-purpose machine guns. The total number was originally 70 people. Before, Ge Dabao's infantry platoon had less than 50 people left after the previous two battles.

Now Ge Dabao has rushed to the fourth floor with his people, but there are only more than 30 officers and soldiers following Ge Dabao. However, the six MG-42 general-purpose machine guns in the machine gun squad did not suffer any losses. Armed with an MG-42 general-purpose machine gun, Ge Dabao's infantry platoon wiped out almost half of the twenty or so Jisk Army soldiers who suddenly appeared from a corner on the fourth floor.

According to the original organization of the infantry platoons of the Royal Army of the Tang Dynasty, the machine gun squad was only equipped with three general-purpose machine guns. However, in order to strengthen the firepower of the infantry platoons, the infantry platoons of each infantry division of the Royal Army of the Tang Dynasty were equipped with six general-purpose machine guns.

Behind the corner is the stairs leading to the fifth floor. Twenty or so Jisk Army soldiers rushed down from the fifth floor, preparing to retake the fourth floor. Seeing the fierce firepower from Ge Dabao, the dozen or so Jisk soldiers who survived The sk army soldiers retreated from the stairs to the fifth floor.

Ge Dabao was just about to take the remaining officers and soldiers under his command to continue rushing up to the fifth floor, when he suddenly received an order from the company commander to ask Ge Dabao, the platoon, to clean up the remaining enemies on the fourth floor, and then to attack the fifth floor. Another infantry platoon.

At a little after 10:30 am on August [-], Ge Dabao's infantry company finally wiped out the stubborn enemies in the entire six-story building, and took back the unfinished six-story building.

The company commander Zhang Hongqing called together three platoon leaders of the infantry platoon and a platoon leader of the mortar platoon. Among them, the original platoon leader of the first infantry platoon had died. The platoon leader, and Ge Dabao is the platoon leader of the second infantry platoon.

The company commander Zhang Hongqing said in a deep voice: "Although our company knocked down the unfinished six-story building, our company was basically disabled. I have already reported the situation of our company to the superior. There will be other companies to take over from our company to guard this tall building, but before that, even if our company is wiped out, we have to defend this tall building."

Ge Dabao immediately said loudly: "Company commander, you can just tell the mission! None of the brothers is a coward!"

Chen Hongbin, who had just taken over as the platoon leader of the [-]st Infantry Platoon, also said passionately: "Company commander, as long as there is one person alive in our platoon, no enemy will be allowed to enter this building."

Although the platoon leader of the third infantry platoon and the platoon leader of the mortar platoon didn't speak, the look in their eyes was extremely firm.

The company commander Zhang Hongqing immediately ordered: "The first platoon guards the first floor, the second platoon guards the second and third floors, the third platoon guards the fourth and fifth floors, and the mortar platoon and company headquarters guard the sixth floor. We will fight back, everyone hurry up and set up the defense line!"

The Jisk army counterattacked very quickly, but this time the Jisk army participating in the counterattack was all composed of civilian armed forces, and even many women with guns also participated in this counterattack.

"Hit—" Ge Dabao, who was leaning behind a broken gap on the second floor, let out a loud roar, and then used the submachine gun in his hand to shoot at the hundreds of Gisk civilians who charged over.

Almost at the same time Ge Dabao pulled the trigger of the submachine gun, countless bullets, mixed with six 60mm mortar shells, poured over hundreds of Gisk civilians, and rows of Gisk civilians were shot dead On the way to charge, but the Jisk civilians behind seemed to be unable to see the dead in front, still shouting and rushing towards the dilapidated six-story building.

Ge Dabao's company repelled more than a dozen charges of Jisk civilians in a row, but the reinforcements still did not arrive, and what's worse was that the ammunition was almost exhausted.

After repelling another charge of the Jisk civilian armed forces, Ge Dabao shook his sore shoulders, and then asked the company commander Zhang Hongqing beside him: "Company commander, when will the other companies that will replace our company come over? We have repelled the enemy's charge more than a dozen times, and wiped out at least a thousand armed Gisk civilians. Now we are running out of not only personnel, but also ammunition. Many brothers have no choice but to start holding The weapons of the Jisk army went into battle."

Company Commander Zhang Hongqing said solemnly: "The Jisk defenders in Koshek City suddenly launched a full-line counterattack. The company that was originally going to replace our company was blocked halfway. The commander ordered our company to be like a nail." , nailed here, waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops."

The original infantry company was full of 280 people, but now there are only more than [-] people who can continue to fight. Among them, the first infantry platoon has lost its combat effectiveness. Chen Hongbin, the leader of the infantry platoon, also died heroically in hand-to-hand combat.

The company commander Zhang Hongqing felt that the pressure was very great now. He was not afraid of dying, but rather afraid that the six-story building that had been taken back with great difficulty would be taken back by the Jisk defenders.

Ge Dabao sighed and said: "I think something went wrong, otherwise the reinforcements would have arrived long ago, so there is nothing to say, let's fight with the Jisk people!"

The company commander Zhang Hongqing immediately said: "Dabao, I will hand over the ten remaining members of the mortar platoon to you. No matter what, we must defend the first floor. As long as the enemy is not allowed to enter the building, we will still have a chance to wait until the next day." With the arrival of reinforcements, if the enemy invades, with so many stairs in the building, we may not be able to defend the remaining few people for half an hour."

The mortar platoon of this infantry company has no mortar shells, and the officers and soldiers have already picked up their guns and joined the battle.

Ge Dabao hesitated for a while and said: "Company commander, there are still sixteen people in my second platoon, plus ten people in the mortar platoon. If we guard the first floor, the number is enough, but the ammunition is really running out."

The company commander Zhang Hongqing immediately said: "I'll give you two thousand rounds of 7.92mm bullets and eighty grenades. As long as you have one person left, you must keep the enemy out of the first floor."

Ge Dabao said without hesitation: "Company commander, don't worry, as long as I, Ge Dabao, are still alive, Jisk people will never even think about stepping into this building again!"

As soon as Ge Dabao finished speaking, a soldier ran over and excitedly shouted to the company commander Zhang Hongqing and Ge Dabao: "Reinforcements have arrived! Company commander, platoon leader, reinforcements are here, and it seems that at least two soldiers have come. Infantry Company!"

When the company commanders Zhang Hongqing and Ge Dabao heard this, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seems that they don't have to be martyrs today.

On the evening of August 3016, 40 in the Tang Dynasty, in the basement of a building in Koshek, Vikta, the commander of the No.8 Eighth Division of the Royal Gisk Army, smiled wryly at Karl, the city defense commander of Koshek. Pu said: "Commander, the large-scale counterattack we organized today did not achieve the effect we imagined before, but instead increased casualties by [-] to [-] people."

The commander of the city defense, Karp, who looked a little haggard, said calmly: "I don't want to achieve any results in today's counterattack, but the morale of our defenders has been too low these days. Today's counterattack, I want to tell All defenders, our Jisk Royal Army has not reached the end of the mountain in Koshek City, and our Jisk Royal Army still has the power to counterattack!"

Victa, the commander of the No.40 Eighth Division, hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, so far, only about 50 of the eight infantry divisions in Koshek can maintain combat effectiveness, and the 130 million civilian armed forces are about There are only about 90 left, and the Datang Army continues to increase its troops to Koshek City. If we continue to fight like this, we..."

No. 40 Eighth Division Commander Victa didn't finish his sentence, but was interrupted by the city defense commander Karp with a cold snort, "Hmph—why, you want Konate too?"

Konate is the commander of the No.40 Division of the Royal Jisk Army. If Konate had not led the surrender of the No.40 Division of the Royal Jisk Army, the situation on the side of the Jisk Army in Koshek would have been much better than it is now. .

When the No.40 Division of the Jisk Royal Army surrendered, it handed over all the defended urban areas to the Datang Army, including some underground fortifications.

Relying on the ground fortifications and underground fortifications mastered by the No.40 Division of the Royal Gisk Army, the Datang Army continued to erode other positions of the Royal Gisk Army, and captured almost half of Koshek City in just four days.

The commander of the No.40 Eighth Division, Viktor, immediately waved his hand and said, "Commander, please don't get me wrong. I, Viktor, am loyal to the empire and will never commit treason to the enemy. It’s better not to compete repeatedly with the Datang Army in Koshek City, and more troops should be put on the defense, after all, compared with the attack, the loss of defense is much smaller.”

The expression on the face of the commander of the city defense, Karp, softened, "Alas—why don't I know this truth, but the Datang army controls the air supremacy, and completely suppressed the artillery units of our eight infantry divisions in terms of artillery. Once we Somewhere in the urban area, if too many troops are concentrated, it is very likely that they will encounter covering attacks from the Datang Air Force and the Datang Artillery, so I am forced to deploy troops little by little, and it eventually becomes a refueling tactic.”

Victa, the commander of the No.40 Eighth Division, sighed helplessly, "Commander, is there any news from the Ministry of the Army?"

City Defense Commander Karp said sadly: "We don't need to count on reinforcements. Now the coast of our Jisk Empire has been blocked by the Datang Navy. The other four armies belonging to the southern theater of the Nine Nations Military Alliance , it is impossible to enter the territory of our Jisk Empire, and the Ministry of War can no longer mobilize enough troops to rescue the city of Koshek."

Victa, the commander of the No.40 Eighth Division, frowned and asked: "When will the navies of the other four countries in the southern theater come to the waters of our Gisk Empire? Now the main force of our Gisk Royal Navy and the main force of the Orenza Navy, They are all trapped in the port of Groning. Only when the navies of the other four countries in the southern theater come over and gather the main forces of the six navies, will it be possible to defeat the Datang navy, regain the sea dominance of the coast of our Jisk Empire, and release the armies of the other four countries. Come in."

City Defense Commander Karp shook his head and said: "Those issues are not something we should consider. Our task is to defend the city of Koshek!"

(End of this chapter)