Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 317 Partial Big Counterattack
As time went by, the street fighting in Yueyang City became more and more brutal. Soldiers from both sides died fighting in this ruined city almost every moment.

Early in the morning on April 2538th, [-] in the divine calendar, Sun Guodong, the deputy commander of the city defense of Yueyang City, reported to Su Yi: "Commander, the cultural park in Nancheng District was also lost last night. Now the Ice Lion Army in the south is far away from the center." There are only three streets in the city.”

Up to now, the second wave of large-scale attack by the Ice Lion Army on Yueyang City has lasted for more than 20 days. At this time, more than half of the blocks in DC District, XC District and Beicheng District of Yueyang City are still under control. In the hands of the army under Su Yi's command, only the Nancheng District is in the most critical situation. Almost the entire Nancheng District will be captured by the Ice Lion Kingdom.

However, Su Yi didn't care about the situation in the southern urban area. Instead, he smiled and said, "I still think the ice lion army in the south is too slow! It hasn't hit the edge of the central urban area for so many days. The counterattack troops are not It's already ready!"

It turned out that during the fierce battle in Nancheng District, Su Yi deliberately let the troops stationed in Nancheng District release a little water, so that the Ice Lion Army attacking Nancheng District made much faster progress than the other three districts. Su Yi did so, It was to launch a partial large-scale counterattack against the Ice Lion Country's army attacking Yueyang City, and even Su Yi hoped to open a gap in the encirclement circle of the Ice Lion Country through this partial counterattack.

Of course, Su Yi wanted to open a gap in the encirclement circle of the Ice Lion Army, not to lead the soldiers and civilians in Yueyang City to evacuate, but to defeat the Ice Lion Army in the south of Yueyang City, and wait for an opportunity to retake some areas in the south of Yueyang City.

In the previous 20 days of fierce fighting, although the Ice Lion Army far exceeded Su Yi's troops in terms of casualties, the more than 20 days of bloody day and night battles caused Su Yi's officers and soldiers to lose more than 12. Even with the addition of some young men among the civilian population, plus some wounded returning from injury, the strength of Su Yi's troops has dropped to less than 45.

In fact, if necessary, Su Yi can also recruit more than 100 people from the more than 100 million civilians in Yueyang City to join his army, but these more than 100 people are already among the more than [-] million civilians left in Yueyang City. Finally, there are some men who are suitable to join the army. The other more than [-] million civilians are almost all old, young, women and children. Before the conscription, Su Yi has incorporated most of the young men in Yueyang City into his army.

In contrast, the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom that attacked Yueyang City can continuously receive reinforcements and supplementary soldiers from the Ice Lion Kingdom. If the battle to defend Yueyang City continues, Su Yi's army will run out of strength sooner or later, so Su Yi Yi had to consider the issue of increasing the source of troops.

According to information from the Ministry of National Defense of the Great Qin State, currently in the south of Yueyang City, apart from the Ice Lion Army attacking the southern part of Yueyang City, there are only about 10,000+ Ice Lion Army troops, controlling several areas in the south of Yueyang City. counties, and these counties are all counties with large populations. Yuhong County, which is close to Yueyang City, has a population of almost 300 million.

The administrative division of the Great Qin State is divided into two levels: provinces and counties. Each province has more than a dozen counties under its jurisdiction. Yuhong County in the south of Yueyang City is administratively divided into counties directly under Yueyang City. It is the jurisdiction of Yuhong County.

Su Yi planned this partial large-scale counterattack. The lowest combat goal was to bring down Yuhong County and expand the source of his army.

Sun Guodong, deputy commander of the city defense, nodded and said: "Commander, the tank factory has assembled more than [-] heavy tanks. Even if some were lost before, the total number is still more than [-], and the crews of these tanks are already in place. , With these more than [-] heavy tanks and the four temporary divisions preparing to launch a counterattack, I feel that the commander's combat objectives should be achieved."

Su Yi looked down at the time on his wrist watch, and then said decisively: "Order the temporary formation of the second division, the temporary fourth division, the temporary fifth division, the temporary [-]th division and the tank regiment directly under the headquarters, Enter the location where the attack was launched before [-]:[-] noon today, and launch a counterattack against the Ice Lion Army in Nancheng District on time at [-]:[-] noon today, and strive to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation in Nancheng District!"

At the front headquarters of the Ice Lion Army outside Yueyang City, General Gelu, the deputy commander of the Ice Lion Army, held a few pieces of paper in his hand and reported to the commander-in-chief, Marshal Kayano: "Marshal, until April In the early morning of the 31th, during the second wave of attacks on Yueyang City, our Ice Lion Army suffered 10,000 casualties, and another [-]+ people were injured, and the casualties of several divisions even exceeded [-]%."

Marshal Kayano asked in a dignified voice: "With the loss of the first wave, has our Ice Lion Army already killed 80 people in Yueyang City?"

Army General Grew nodded slightly and said: "The death toll has indeed reached 80, and this does not include the 30 human soldiers who rebelled. In addition, the wounded soldiers in various frontline field hospitals add up to almost 10. Moreover, many of the [-] wounded are seriously wounded who cannot continue to go to the battlefield in a short period of time, and even many seriously wounded will not be able to stay in the army because of their disabilities even after they recover.”

Marshal Kayano sighed, "In order to capture Yueyang City, the price we paid for the Ice Lion Country was too high, which has far exceeded our previous expectations, but now Yueyang City has almost become a place where the Qin army and people resist our ice lions. It is the spiritual symbol of the country, so no matter how much the price is paid, our ice lion country must also capture Yueyang City and disintegrate the resistance of the Qin army and people in other regions."

Army General Gelu immediately said: "The cabinet has approved the proposal to add another 40 reserve officers and soldiers to Yueyang City, and now we have made a breakthrough in attacking the troops in the southern part of Yueyang City. The park has been taken down by the No.20 First Guard Mechanized Infantry Division and the No.20 Second Guard Mechanized Infantry Division. In this way, the troops attacking Nancheng District are only three streets away from the central city of Yueyang City. Already, maybe today our army from the Ice Lion Kingdom will be able to step into the central city of Yueyang City."

Marshal Kayano's expression improved slightly, "The weapons, ammunition supplies and other supplies of the Daqin army in Yueyang City should be stored in some places in the central city. Once the divisions attacking the southern city enter the central city, let the divisions fight Find out where the Daqin army's weapons, ammunition supplies and other materials are stored, and destroy them as much as possible, if the Daqin army in Yueyang City has no ammunition and food, it will no longer be able to resist our army of the Ice Lion Kingdom."

Marshal Kayano's slightly better mood did not last long. At 2538 o'clock at noon on April 69, [-] in the divine calendar, the Daqin army in Yueyang City suddenly concentrated thousands of artillery pieces and launched an attack on the southern part of Yueyang City. After a fierce shelling, Su Yi's four temporary divisions and the tank regiment directly under the headquarters with more than [-] Type [-] main battle tanks launched a large-scale counterattack against the Ice Lion Army in Nancheng District.

"Da da da——" Ma Sibao, following a Type 69 main battle tank, shot the soldiers of the Ice Lion Kingdom in front with the Type 95 automatic rifle in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Pay attention to your surroundings, Don't let those beasts from the Ice Lion Country get close to our tanks!"

After Ma Sibao escaped from danger in the North Street Market, because he only suffered a little injury, he immediately began to rebuild the No.12 Infantry Battalion of the No.18 Division. At the time of the central city, there were only a hundred people left in the entire battalion.

During these days of rest in the central city, the No.12 Infantry Battalion of the Temporary No.18 Division has been replenished. Although it has not returned to full strength, it has reached more than 900 people.

In this counterattack against the Ice Lion Army in Nancheng District, the provisional No.12 Division also joined the attacking force, and Ma Sibao's No.18 Infantry Battalion was incorporated into the No.12 Provisional Division. An attack echelon.

As soon as Ma Sibao's words fell, the Type 69 main battle tank in front of him fired a shell at dozens of Ice Lion soldiers who suddenly appeared on the ruins in front of him, blowing down more than half of the ice. The soldiers of the Lion Country, followed by the machine guns on the Type 69 main battle tank, shot and killed the remaining soldiers of the Ice Lion Country.

Ma Sibao saw the 69-type main battle tank in front of him showing great power, and couldn't help shouting excitedly to the officers and soldiers around him: "Everyone follow the tank closely, try to hide behind the tank!"

At this time, Feng Hao, the deputy battalion commander who was following another Type 69 main battle tank, shouted loudly: "Brother Ma, be careful, there are enemy tanks ahead!"

A Silver Lion medium tank of the Ice Lion Army suddenly came out from behind a pile of ruins, and quickly fired a shot at the Type 69 main battle tank in front of Ma Sibao.

The distance between the two tanks was only about 47 meters. The 69mm armor-piercing shell fired by the Silver Lion medium tank directly hit the frontal armor of the Type 47 main battle tank, and the 69mm armor-piercing shell did not penetrate the Type [-] at all. The armor on the front of the main battle tank left only a shallow pit.

Soon, the Type 69 main battle tank in front of Ma Sibao also responded to the sudden appearance of the Silver Lion medium tank, and directly fired a 100mm armor-piercing shell at it, and the result was that it killed it all at once. The Silver Lion medium tank was blown up and turned into a pile of scrap iron.

Seeing the tanks of the Ice Lion Kingdom, Ma Sibao had no power to fight back against his own heavy tanks, turned his head and shouted to Feng Hao, the deputy battalion commander in the distance: "Xiao Feng, let the brothers of our battalion not stand up, Just follow the tanks, we don’t need to deal with the tanks and armored vehicles of the Ice Lion Kingdom!”

Relying on the powerful performance of more than 69 Type 20 main battle tanks, the Daqin army launched a counterattack from the central city area, DC area and XC area. The efforts of more than [-] days in Nancheng District have been in vain. Facing the Daqin army's counterattack in Nancheng District, the divisions of the Ice Lion Army, which had already suffered a lot, can almost be described as defeated like a mountain. They cannot be organized at all. effective resistance.

Marshal Kayano, the commander-in-chief of the Ice Lion Army, learned that the Daqin Army had launched a large-scale counterattack in Nancheng District. Although he immediately mobilized the Ice Lion Army from the east and west of Yueyang City to support Nancheng District, even Even the Ice Lion National Air Force, which had not been used for many days, dispatched nearly [-] fighters at the request of Marshal Kayano to fly over the southern urban area of ​​Yueyang City, trying to launch aerial firepower against the Ice Lion National Army stationed in the southern urban area. support.

However, everything Marshal Kayano did did not restore the Ice Lion Army's continuous defeat in Nancheng District. By [-] o'clock in the evening on April [-]th, the entire Nancheng District of Yueyang City was taken back by Daqin's army.

What made Marshal Kayano terrified was that after the Daqin army regained the entire southern city, they did not stop attacking. They still launched a fierce attack on the Ice Lion Army who had retreated outside the city and was originally stationed outside the city.

At this time, Marshal Kayano had ordered the Ice Lion Army in the other three districts to defend on the spot, in case the Daqin Army waited for an opportunity to launch a counterattack against the Ice Lion Army in the other three districts.

In order to continue to encircle Yueyang City, Marshal Kayano immediately prepared to mobilize a large number of troops from the other three directions of Yueyang City to assist the Ice Lion Army in the south of Yueyang City. Marshal Yanuo suggested: "Marshal, in fact, our goal is to capture Yueyang City. There is no need to wipe out all the Daqin troops in Yueyang City. It is better to open a passage. If the Daqin army in Yueyang City voluntarily withdraws, it will be a threat to our Ice Lion Country." Speaking of it, it is equivalent to completing the goal of capturing Yueyang City."

Marshal Kayano looked at the military map on the table, sighed and said: "Then let the divisions in the south of Yueyang City abandon their positions immediately and move to the east and west of Yueyang City. The army has hidden so many heavy tanks, I wonder if I have to transfer one of the three domestic guard tanks and armored divisions to join the battlefield in Yueyang City?"

The Imperial Guard of the Ice Lion Country has three tank and armor divisions, each of which has more than [-] tanks, more than half of which are heavy tanks equipped by the Ice Lion Country Army.

Then Marshal Kayano smiled bitterly, "Actually, even if some troops from the other three directions of Yueyang City are transferred to the south of Yueyang City, I don't have the confidence to stop the armored force composed of heavy tanks of the Daqin Army. During the street fighting, we have already suffered a lot from the heavy tanks of the Daqin Army. I hope that the Daqin Army in Yueyang City can abandon Yueyang City as we wish. I can even order the troops in the counties south of Yueyang City to withdraw from Yueyang This Great Qin army in the city, make way for a passage."

(End of this chapter)