District 9

The second round of the offensive in the Northeast Theater of Sichuan Province went smoothly, and the battle losses were expected to be much lower than expected. There was indeed a reason why the He clan attacked first and consumed the Shensha defenders for three days, but the real decisive factor was The main factor is that the Sichuan government has strong combat capabilities.

No matter how fiercely He Xi fought, no matter how exhausted the enemy troops were, it was impossible for the soldiers of the Shensha Corps to be unable to carry their guns. As long as you are the offensive side, you have to face the problem of chewing defensive positions, attacking trenches, and uprooting enemy strongholds. Therefore, whether you are strong enough will directly affect the results of the battle and your own battle losses.

Back in the day, Qin Yu led the mixed brigade into the northwest battlefield. As soon as the battle started, a large number of deserters appeared in the army, becoming a shameful army in the entire ninth district of World War II...

And it took them a total of five or six years to go from shame to glory. They fought countless battles and sacrificed many veterans, large and small, before they had today's dominance in army operations.

Nowadays, apart from being better equipped, the Shensha Corps has no advantage over the Sichuan troops.

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The first line of defense on the periphery of the Shen Corps began to fall completely after three hours of strong attack by the two brigades of Sichuan Province. The troops of the Shensha Corps had to retreat.

After seizing the enemy's defensive position, the Sichuan army did not rush to execute the next round of attack, but regrouped and took a short rest.

While the soldiers were hiding and resting in the trenches, the logistics support troops of the Sichuan Northeast Theater began to use helicopters to drop supplementary ammunition, food and other military supplies.

After resting for about half an hour, Sichuan Mansion did not leave the rhythm of the offensive and defensive battle to the Shensha Corps, but immediately launched the next round of attack.

In this attack, because the Sichuan government seized the enemy's defense area and had trenches and strongholds as cover, it changed the rhythm of the attack and began to advance steadily and slowly.

As soon as the enemy's Rocket Force began to focus their fire, the Sichuan Army immediately hid in the trenches. After the opponent's firepower was covered, they quickly pushed out and continued to press forward.

Just like this, grinding forward bit by bit and consuming forward, the defenders of the Shensha Corps were in a state of high mental tension almost all the time.

At around four o'clock in the morning the next day, the 186th Brigade, which had been playing the main offensive role on the front line, was replaced with the 185th Brigade, which had been covering the attack from the side.

At this time point, the outdoor temperature has reached the critical point of daytime exchange, and it is the coldest time of the day.

When the Shen soldiers in the second defense zone were resting in shift, the 185th Brigade suddenly launched an attack.

The Shen soldiers who had been struggling for three days and four nights were forced to fight in the coldest and sleepiest time.

This battle lasted until about eight o'clock in the morning, when the Sichuan troops began to retreat, and the Shen troops were able to barely hold on to the defense zone despite suffering a lot of battle losses.

In this way, the two brigades 186 and 185 kept changing the intensity and rhythm of their attacks, taking turns harassing the defenders in the enemy's second defense zone.

A whole day later, the two brigades regrouped in the early morning and attacked the Shen Department's second defense zone together.

This time, the defenders in the second defense zone, who had been tortured for a day and night, completely collapsed less than two hours after contacting the enemy, while the Sichuan troops continued to press forward.

Some people may wonder why the Shen system did not replace the exhausted soldiers in the second defense zone and let the brother troops behind them come up.

In fact, this is a question of military common sense. The Sichuan Faction is the attacker, and the two brigades also have 14,000 troops, which is not a lot of troops. In addition, after they seized the Shen Faction's first line of defense, they had the initiative to attack.

If there are a large number of defense changes in the Shen Department's second defense area, the defending troops will inevitably be mobilized back and forth. If the Sichuan Army seizes this gap to attack, the Shen Department will not only lose their position, but also easily trap the subsequent defense changes.

There is a more important point, that is, the coalition forces on the south side of Fengbei have a total of 180,000 troops, while the Shensha Corps only has 70,000 troops. Although they are on the defensive side with an advantage, the gap in strength is still very large.

The Feng Clan and the troops from the World War II Zone attacked due south; the Chuanfu and He Clan attacked due east. The two-line battle zone was too long, and the Shensha Corps simply did not have any follow-up troops to replace the defense. Seventy thousand people fight against 180,000 people, and the defensive area covers the entire south side of Fengbei. Such a large fighting area has long diluted the strength of the Shensha Corps.

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After the Sichuan army fought on the front line for two and a half days, the He troops, which had recovered, entered the battlefield again, took over the Sichuan government's combat area, and continued to attack the Shensha Corps.

This time, He Xi also imitated the Sichuan army's offensive method, focusing on harassment and torture, constantly changing the intensity and rhythm of the attack to consume the overall combat power of Bai Hongbo's army.

At this moment, the offensive tactics of the coalition forces are very obvious, which is to rely on the large number of people and soldiers to engage in wheel-to-wheel combat with the Shensha Corps. They will not let your soldiers rest for almost 24 hours, and will not let your mechanized combat preparations stop functioning.

With continuous fighting, even the tank's gun barrel can no longer hold up and needs to be repaired and replaced, let alone the people.

No one is made of iron, and no officer or soldier can afford such a torment. After Bai Hongbo persisted on the front line for about a week, he finally couldn't bear it any longer and called Shen Wanzhou directly: "Commander, we... must give up the forward position. The other side is fighting a wheel war with us, a war of attrition. The soldiers and officers are exhausted to the extreme. There is no point in holding on any longer. Not only will our position be lost... we will also have a large number of deserters and broken troops..."

This week, Shen Wanzhou was under more pressure than anyone else. He naturally knew the situation on the front line, so he was silent for a while and then said: "The headquarters will soon issue an order to withdraw troops and return to defense. You can hold on for a few more hours."

"Yes!" Bai Hongbo responded.

At around 11 o'clock that night, Shen Wanzhou was forced to issue an order to withdraw all troops, asking the main force of the Shensha Corps on the south side of Fengbei to withdraw to an area within 200 kilometers south of Fengbei for centralized garrisoning.

Once this order was issued, it meant that the Shensha Corps was at the end of its tether on the battlefield outside Fengbei. Once the military activity area is squeezed, they will have fewer resources and the military area they can control will be smaller...

In Fengbei, in the Military General Administration Headquarters, Shen Wanzhou, who looked tired and pale, after deliberation for a long time, personally contacted EU Region 1 and Region 6.

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In the battle that lasted for nearly a week, the most enjoyable person was He Dachuan.

The independent regiment led by this veteran was responsible for the task of taking care of the battlefield and providing appropriate support. Therefore, there was almost no major combat attrition or armament consumption in the army. Instead, he captured many prisoners of war.

In Xinxiang Life Town, Commander Zhou dialed Meng Xi's phone number and said to him concisely: "Be prepared. If we continue to fight at this rate, the Shensha Corps will not have long left..."

"I understand what you mean." Meng Xi nodded.