Macho Wars

"Where will you come from? Dragon..."

On Teddy Island, Dragoon’s Second Army Group has been fully assembled, with a total of 11 divisions and nearly 150,000 people.In terms of heavy equipment, there are 400 aircraft of various types and nearly 1,000 tanks in three armored divisions.This is almost three-quarters of the assets of the Eastern Empire.

With such a large force, Dragon believed that Firavi should have guessed his true intentions at this moment, but he certainly didn't know where he would land.

Because even Dragon himself doesn't actually know!

As early as when the plan was formulated, Dragon clearly pointed out in front of Howard that the key to the success of this combat operation lies mainly in confidentiality.As for the beach landing itself, it is not difficult for them.

In the most ideal state, it is natural to be able to deceive Firavi and let him place the heavy forces in the wrong position. Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, Dragon made a lot of "obstacles" and cheated from intelligence. .

For example, they prepared a large number of climbing ropes in advance, sprayed special camouflage on tanks, and deliberately sent reconnaissance planes to frequently conduct reconnaissance in certain areas.

For the real landing place, Dragon gave the right to choose to one of the oldest "probability toys" of mankind-dice.

On the entire southeast coastline of the empire's mainland, there are a total of 11 large and medium-sized ports and more than 30 beachheads suitable for large-scale landing operations.

With the combination of port + landing field, there are only six choices in the end.

So Dragon numbered the six groups of choices, and deliberately prepared six-sided dice to stand by his side, and waited three days before the action was determined to start before making a decision.

After nearly two months of waiting, the season at this time has entered early summer, and the southern part of the empire, located at the junction of tropical and subtropical, will soon enter the rainy season.In coastal areas with high humidity, heavy fog will appear in the early morning almost every day and will last for several hours, which will undoubtedly provide some cover for the landing troops.

All preparations are in place. In the last few days of the armistice agreement, just like the tranquility before the storm, the entire Teddy Island is shrouded in a tense atmosphere that is about to start.

And Dragon also used this time to make some personal preparations.He secretly wrote more than a dozen suicide notes in advance during the rest of the night. None of his wife, lover, mentor and mentor were left behind, and three of them were prepared for his children when they became adults. He wrote a lot about his children. Our blessings and expectations.

The reason for preparing for this is not that Dragon has already cherished mortal ambitions and is ready to dedicate his precious life to this damned civil war, but that he must be as prepared as possible.Because as a legion commander, in order to better command the troops, he must advance inland with the main force.

It is safe to stay on the ship and command, but if something goes wrong with the communication system, the hundreds of thousands of them will be in vain!

Including these suicide notes by Dragon, a total of more than 300,000 suicide notes from the Second Army Group will be sent to the rear for unified management by specialized agencies of the military.If they can return alive, these suicide notes will be returned to them after the war. In case of unfortunate death or disappearance, the military will deliver them according to the address of the suicide note after the war.

This is a rare place in the army that can reflect the human touch.

A few days later, the sixty days stipulated in the armistice agreement finally ended, and this was almost like a signal that the northern front was rekindled in the early morning.The two sides launched an offensive at the same time. Nearly 100,000 people fought a hedge and directly collided together.

Howard, who was on the front line, exerted his strength as a veteran on the battlefield, commanded an army of six hundred and twenty thousand, and gave the Western Army a powerful attack.Although Firavi used the civil engineering work during the armistice to build almost continuous bunker groups on the front line, these were fixed goals after all.

Howard made full use of the 150 aircraft on hand. First, medium bombers carried out cover bombing of the enemy's forward positions, then infantry and tanks launched an offensive, and continued to guide the dive bombers to "open the scoop" to the solid offensive and enemy armored units.

This set of operations was originally a signature game of the Marine Corps, but now it has been popularized by the entire army of the Eastern Empire, and even the West has been used against the Kingdom Army.

It is worth mentioning that the airship that was once forced into an awkward position by the rise of aircraft has once again made its debut.Relying on the absolute air superiority provided by their fighter jets, they also obtained a very ideal output environment, gave full play to their advantages as a firepower platform, followed the advancing ground forces and provided continuous artillery support.

Under Howard's command, his first army group quickly broke through the first line of defense of the Western Army, and the troops were like a rainbow, as if they were preparing to hit the imperial capital in one breath.

But Howard knew that this was just the beginning. Their offensive could not have been maintained in this state, and Firavi must have left behind. Although his first line of defense was broken, the troops retreated. Very calm.

Chapter 547

The fighting on the northern front is huge, but in essence it is still the traditional way of fighting by large corps. Both sides have invested a lot of troops and technical equipment, allowing countries all over the world to fully see how strong the empire's war base is!

Before the civil war broke out, the empire’s standing army had just increased from 850,000 to 1.05 million, but the population of reserve personnel and men of the right age to join the army exceeded 20 million. Therefore, after the beginning of the civil war, the eastern and western empires were like five The prince's vassal forces all began to explode rapidly, and the total number of troops has increased by more than three times like a snowball.

In the northern front alone, the total strength of the two sides has been put in by one after another to exceed 1.3 million, while in the western inland, the five princes and some anti-Filavian forces are also fully engaged in the battle to counter the Howard First Army Group in the north. .

Putting aside the investment in these two directions, Firavi has about half a million troops left.However, most of these troops are newly formed reserve divisions, and the level of personnel organization and training and weaponry is very low, and they also need to control a large area in the south of the empire. Therefore, the deployment situation is relatively scattered, and only a few elite troops are sent to the southeast. The coastal line is used to guard against Dragoon in this direction.

Filavi believes that as the northern front opens, the Second Army Group led by Dragon will soon take action.With the combat power of these reserve forces in the south, trying to block the wolves and tigers of the Marine Corps is probably a foolish dream.

Therefore, Firawi’s southern defense strategy was based on towing from the beginning, hoping to use space for time, allowing troops to rely on terrain to organize continual resistance, and dispatching engineers to prepare in advance on major bridges and railway junctions along the way. Preparation for blasting.

Once you can't hold it, it will blow up!

As long as the southern part can last for two to three weeks, Firavi will have the confidence to resolve the battle in the west, and put down the five princes, the most delicious one.When the time comes, the 700,000 troops deployed in this direction will be a key force that can play a decisive role, whether they head south or north.

He now has two million troops on hand, of which a quarter are the active forces of the empire with relatively strong combat effectiveness. Firavi believes that he has an advantage in the overall battle.

On the third day of the fighting on the northern front, Dragon, who had been watching the weather changes in the southeast coast, finally heard the news he most expected from the meteorologists who accompanied the army... It is expected that there will be a large-scale event the next morning. Dense fog will cover more than two-thirds of the entire southeast coast.

Dragon immediately took out the dice he had prepared and made a decisive shot!

"Treasure Beach, this is it..."

The second army group gathered on Teddy Island immediately began to act. The treasure beach selected as the target was less than two hundred kilometers away from them in a straight line. Under ideal sea conditions, the troop carrier theoretically only needs five to six. They can arrive within an hour, so even if the number of transport ships they assemble is somewhat insufficient, they can rely on multiple round trips to send people and materials ashore in batches.

After receiving instructions from superiors, the three ground divisions of the Marine Corps are the first echelon of the landing battle. They will board the ship and set sail on the night of the second day, and together with the escorting task force, arrive at the landing site before dawn. Stand by outside the sea.

The paratrooper brigade will also set off at the same time and go directly to the hinterland. With the battalion company as a unit, it will drop by air and occupy multiple traffic arteries.

Before the operation officially started, the paratrooper brigade that arrived with the transport plane on Teddy Island had been very low-key. Dragoon asked all paratroopers to keep their identities secret, and claimed to be a newly formed mountain brigade, and had as little contact with other troops as possible on weekdays. , But don’t be too mysterious, lest it be more noticeable.

The entire paratrooper brigade has a total of 6,500 people, organized into three regiments, nine battalions, and a heavy mortar reinforcement company.Although they are light infantry units and lack heavy weapons in their organization, their individual equipment is stronger than the Marine Corps.

Each paratrooper squad is rated for thirteen soldiers. In addition to being equipped with the same semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns as the Marine Corps, there are also the newly developed general-purpose machine guns, which are sent to the squad together with the rocket launcher.Therefore, a paratrooper squad has a three-person machine gun team and a two-person bazooka team, half and half of the submachine gun and rifle.

Such a luxurious firepower configuration can already be regarded as frenzied in this era, but considering the combat environment of paratroopers, this level of armedness is actually not too much.

After all, they were already trapped from the moment they landed on the ground!

Frank Abanel, the former commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Independent Regiment, is now the deputy commander of the lieutenant colonel of the 501st Regiment of the Paratrooper Brigade.

Frank recalled that the paratrooper brigade had just begun to be formed. Dragon found him to talk and asked him if he was interested in joining a newly formed unit to challenge new tactics that were more exciting than amphibious landing. Frank hardly even thought about it, so he didn't hesitate. Agreed.

So Frank was promoted to a level on the ground, and along with many veterans of the Marine Corps who had been strictly selected, he was sent by plane to a secret base in the hinterland of the New World to receive paratrooper training that they had never seen before.

Recalling the past nearly six months of experience, Frank was full of emotion. Although he missed the battle of the First Marine Division’s second expedition to Tarrance, and the battle to capture Teddy Island was not round, he was fortunate to be in this world. The first paratroopers on board.Just like when he signed up to join the Marine Corps, he became a "crab-eater" again, and he felt as good as last time!

At dusk, all members of the paratrooper brigade assembled at the airport and began to arm themselves on the spot.In addition to the most basic individual equipment, they also have to carry three days' worth of rations, twice as much ammunition as conventional infantry, and a large and heavy umbrella bag.The total weight of the whole set is more than 100 kilograms, which is heavier than their own weight.

Therefore, after the paratroopers were armed, in order not to waste their physical strength, they all sat on the ground, relying on the umbrella bag on their backs as cushions.

Frank, who was also sitting on the ground, looked around and suddenly said with a smile.

"Guys, do you think we look like beavers now?"

"I feel more like a seal lying on its back."

The paratroopers around smiled, and the atmosphere was somewhat relaxed.At this moment, there was a sudden commotion not far away. Frank and his comrades followed their reputations and saw their old officer Dragon approaching here. Many paratroopers along the way wanted to stand up and salute, but they were Gong stopped, and then actively bent over to shake hands with them one by one, encouraging them to fight courageously, and perform well for the first appearance of the new unit of airborne troops in actual combat!

Chapter 548

With six thousand five hundred airborne troops and two hundred and thirty medium-sized transport aircraft, this air assault team will serve as the vanguard of the hegemonic action and first set foot on the counter-offensive battlefield.

Dragon led people to inspect the airport one by one, looking at everyone as much as possible, shaking hands with them one by one.Although it was time-consuming and unnecessary in the eyes of many senior officers, Dragon did it anyway.

Because he knew in his heart how dangerous this battle was!A considerable number of these great young people in front of them will never come back once they get on the plane.