Macho Wars

At the time Philavius ​​occupied the imperial capital, he did kill a lot of nobles, but the butcher he held high was only aimed at those royalists who did not support him and those elders who thought they had to follow the "old rules" when they became emperors. House member.Philaway cleaned up the group, it was really not soft at all, and killed everyone.

In addition, the imperial capitals of almost everywhere nobles, and many neutral factions and wall-riding factions who have succeeded in avoiding the disaster.Firavi originally planned to wait for the situation to stabilize, and then slowly take care of these guys, because among them there are some talents who are capable and can try to win, it is a pity to kill them all.

But Dragon’s blitz battle disrupted the original pace of Firavi. As the center of the Sidney Empire’s politics and economy, the imperial capital is of incomparable importance. Therefore, any city can be lost, except here. !

"I won't go anywhere, I will live and die with the imperial capital here!"

Facing Filavi’s decision, the generals and staffs were hard to say anything. Many young officers admired the courage that Filavi showed. For a time, morale was high and they were about to advance and retreat with their lord. .

Therefore, under the order of Firavi, the entire imperial capital began to mobilize urgently. The army mobilized civilians to take to the streets to build fortifications. The streets that were just repaired not long ago were dug into thousands of trenches and many ancient buildings were ruthlessly destroyed. .

However, compared with the previous central government, Firawi has done a good job, that is, while recruiting hundreds of thousands of young and middle-aged civilians, it also urgently evacuated the general public in the city to avoid the war against these innocents. The spread of the person.

Chapter 552

Regarding the evacuation of millions of civilians in the imperial capital, Firavi's staff also had heated disputes.Some people think that these people should not be evacuated, but try to "make the best use of everything" so that they can fulfill their obligations to defend the capital and the emperor.

Then the person who said this was slapped in the face by Firavi!

Although Firawi never skimped on killing people, there was at least the most basic bottom line in doing things. He would never do things like using women, children, old and young as "human shields".

Therefore, under the order of Firavi, the residents of the imperial capital began to move in large numbers. Although the people were reluctant, they would soon become a battlefield when they thought that this place would soon become a battlefield. Therefore, most of them chose to flee, except for some of the old people who were already bearish.

Standing at the head of the city, Filavi looked at the crowded fleeing army on the street not far away, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.

A year ago in the imperial capital, the eighteenth princes were in armed mourning. The melee once devastated the world's most prosperous metropolis. One third of the permanent residents fled with the central government.After Felavi became the emperor, the people who stayed finally had a few months to live in peace. As a result, the fled central government has returned with a major counterattack. They can only watch their homeland being destroyed again.

A few days later, the forward of the Second Army Group of Dragun arrived in a town 80 kilometers south of the imperial capital, then stopped advancing and began camping on the spot.

In the past five and a half days, the Second Army Group was like a sharp knife that pierced into the tofu. In 130 hours, the battle advanced for nearly a thousand kilometers, hitting from the coastline to the outskirts of the imperial capital in one breath. .

During this period, Dragoon sat in tanks and commanded the main armored group to advance at full speed. They successfully created a "swiftest legend" in military history, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to break for a long time in the future.

The main merits of the attack are due to the powerful air force.Several attack aircraft groups take turns to escort the ground forces. Once encountering an enemy, the air force will first rush to lick the ground, and then the armored group will be pushed forward.Regardless of whether the opponent is organizing a counterattack or building a defense on the spot, it will inevitably be bombed, causing the Air Force pilots to smash their heads.

And another big credit is to be awarded to the paratroopers who fought hard. If they hadn't airborne the enemy and seized the main traffic arteries in advance, Dragoon's main force would not be able to rush to the end so unimpeded.

The paratroopers also paid a very heavy price for this, and the 6,500 people who participated in the war only survived less than 4,000.One of the positions where the fighting was the worst. The paratroopers who landed here held on for three days and three nights, and the entire battalion fought until only half of the company was left. At the last moment when the bridge was almost lost, the main force finally arrived. reinforce.

When Dragoon was sitting on the tank and passing the bridge that had been riddled with holes, he saw the dozens of surviving paratroopers. Instead of asking the driver to stop, he stuck out most of his body directly from the turret and pointed towards them. A military salute was solemnly paid, and the other chariots that passed afterwards followed suit and paid tribute to these warriors.

So far, everything in the battle was in line with Dragon's initial expectations. They successfully returned to the imperial capital again and pressed the tip of the knife in their hands against Firavi's throat.

But Dragon was not in a hurry to launch the final general attack on the imperial capital, because he knew very well that his side looked like a rainbow now, but in fact it was already at the end of the force. The personnel and equipment were almost reaching their limits, and they were supported by perseverance.

Thanks to their main tank tusks, which is a mature equipment that the Empire has used for nearly 20 years. After five days of battle, less than half of them were left behind due to mechanical failures. The reliability is evident.

After the vanguard arrived at the outskirts of the imperial capital, the defenders did not take the initiative to attack, but stood in battle in the city. The two sides fell into a strange state of confrontation.

While waiting for the follow-up troops to arrive, Dragon allowed the leading troops to take turns to rest in batches.The so-called "Half-Ninety Travellers", what they fought in the front is indeed smooth. The four lines of defense deployed by Firavi's southern troops were easily penetrated by them, but this does not mean that the capital will be equally good. hit.

Even Howard admits that Firavi’s military talent is enough to make him one of the most famous.Therefore, the garrison of the imperial capital under his command must be a very hard bone to chew.

Before the attack officially began, Dragon routinely issued a letter of persuasion to surrender. As he expected, Firavi also persuaded him to surrender directly and without giving in.There are dozens of kilometers between the two sides, and I have a good telegraph.

During this period, Dragoon’s follow-up troops arrived at the forefront one after another, and the reconnaissance planes also went deep into the city and approached for reconnaissance. It was discovered that the defenders had voluntarily abandoned the outermost city and deployed positions relying on several rivers flowing through the city. The posture of coming in.

Obviously, Filavi knew that the strength of the two sides was very different, so from the very beginning, he was determined to fight the street fight with Dragon, using his strengths and avoiding weaknesses to delay as much as possible.

Dragon and his troops can fight, and the air force is indeed powerful, but after all, they are hundreds of thousands of people, relying on Howard in the north and the five princes in the west to contain most of the elite of Firavi. Only successfully created this opportunity.

Once the two sides fall into a tug-of-war of exhaustion under the imperial capital city, the shortcomings of Dragon's limited strength will be quickly exposed, and the five princes to the west will not be strong enough to hold on for long.

When the battle in his direction is over, Firavi will immediately have five or six hundred thousand large arms to return to the imperial capital, and the Southern Army that was previously defeated by Dragon can also take advantage of this time to regroup.When the time comes, the hundreds of thousands of Dragoon will inevitably be surrounded by the Firavi Million Army.

How much can they escape even if they have a weapon such as an airplane?

Therefore, Firavi’s purpose was clear, and Dragoon also knew this, so as the follow-up troops arrived, they took a break and started to attack the city.

The day after the vanguard arrived in the suburbs of the imperial capital, the general offensive officially started.Starting with a carpet bombing, the artillery blasted at a point on the defending line. The ground troops randomly followed Xu Jin's barrage to advance, and soon began a fierce exchange of fire with the defenders in the city.

Dragoon was in the headquarters, and the feedback from the front line showed that the defenders were very tenacious and fought fierce battles with them on every street. The complex urban area did curb the air force’s support effect to a certain extent. Moreover, the air defense firepower of the defending army is more than one level stronger than that of the southern corps encountered before, and many dive bombers have been shot down in the battle.

But the rapid increase in casualties did not shake Dragon's confidence. They have been preparing for this battle for too long. Whether they can end this civil war, success or failure depends on this one!

Chapter 553 The Emperor's Attack and Defense (1)

On the Northern Front, when Howard learned that the Second Army Group led by Dragon had successfully advanced to the Imperial City and was engaged in fierce offensive and defensive battles with the defenders, a long-lost smile on the old man's face bloomed.

The first army group led by him is currently fighting fiercely on the northern front line with more than 800,000 troops under the command of "Little Army God" Harov. The fronts of the two sides are intertwined, and the fight is inextricable.

With the current momentum, Howard is confident that he will drag the opposite Harov to the north side so that they have no time to look after him.However, although they are progressing smoothly on the north and south sides, the five princes on the west side are already looking almost unable to hold on.

Among the various forces participating in the civil war, the Five Princes are undoubtedly the weakest. His territory is located in the southwestern inland, which belongs to the backward areas of the empire. The population, economy and industry are far less developed than the coastal areas.Therefore, the five princes were unable to expand the army as quickly as Firavi and Howard did. They only managed to pull 300,000 people together, and there were no outstanding generals under them, and the troops seriously lacked heavy equipment.

However, Philawi took great care of the fifth brother again, and took out a fierce posture like a lion attacking a rabbit.The Western Empire’s army of more than two million people, 800,000 fought Howard on the northern front, and 500,000 fought Dragoon in the south, leaving less than 100,000 to defend the imperial capital. The remaining nearly 700,000 people were all in one mind. Rushed towards the fifth prince.

So when Dragon led his troops to the southeast, the five princes in the southwest were beaten back by a powerful enemy twice his own, and they were almost unable to hold it.And once his troops are defeated, the 700,000 troops in this direction can turn around and aid in other directions and directly reverse the situation.

In order to avoid this, Howard repeatedly sent telegrams to the fifth prince, asking him to find a way to grit his teeth and persevere. At the same time, he dispatched a wing of transport aircraft to continuously airlift supplies to him, hoping that he could persevere to the Imperial Capital until.

Under the imperial capital at this time, the offensive and defensive battle is in full swing.

The strength of the two sides is equal. Dragoon has the blessing of the air force, and the quality of the soldiers is obviously higher than that of the defender, but the morale of the defender is not weak.

In terms of fame, Dragon is just like the sky, but before his rise, Firavi was the first young general in the empire. Coupled with the prince status bonus, most of the young soldiers on the local side should be more recognized. Some of him.

This makes the battle of the imperial capital more like a confrontation between the mainland and the colony.

After the Marines entered the city, the two sides started a battle from street to lane, even house by house.Firawi, who knew his own disadvantages, allowed his troops to engage in close combat with the enemy as much as possible, and properly used the street terrain to ambush.

In order to deal with the air force, Filavi borrowed from the strategy of the Federal Army during the Far Eastern War, using artillery positions as bait, and setting up a large number of anti-aircraft machine gun positions in the surrounding area to ambush those dive bombers.

Dragoon constantly adjusted the deployment through feedback from the frontline.Facing the copper and iron walls built by Firavi relying on the city, he also sacrificed the "demolition method" here.However, the advancing speed of the troops is still not very satisfactory. It took a day and a night to advance less than 500 meters, and the ammunition reserves that the artillery fired with the army almost bottomed out.

In order to ensure that the offensive remains unabated, Dragun had the engineering troops build a field airport for transport aircraft in the suburbs of the Imperial Capital early in the morning.Before, the main force would build a new front-line airport every two hundred kilometers, and the engineers had already practiced all the way.

However, just relying on the transport fleet twice a day, once a transport volume of two to three hundred tons, is far from enough to meet the daily consumption of nearly three thousand black and hard pieces of various calibers under Dragoon. Therefore, the ground traffic must also be guaranteed. , They also sent a raid team to rob the ammunition depots of the local army.

During this period, the reconnaissance troops reported that they found that most of the defeated troops defeated by the main force were evacuating westward, trying to regroup there.However, there was also a small force estimated to be about 1,000 people, but did not withdraw, but reorganized on the spot behind them, seeming to want to threaten their ground supply line.

After learning of this situation, Dragon transferred a part of the armored troops and asked them to go back and give these sneaky assembled defeated troops one more time.If possible, find a way to find their commander and bring it back to him no matter whether he lives or die.

Under normal circumstances, a troop is defeated head-on, and it is not a simple matter to gather the broken soldiers and regain their combat capabilities.Especially those conscripts who were urgently called up by the state during the war. These people were forced into the army by a levy order. Many of them were reluctant.

Therefore, once the troops where these conscripts belonged were defeated, the gang would run away naturally.Even if there is a very strict "Departure Law", it cannot prevent them from doing everything possible to stay away from the war.

This is why Dragun made a seemingly excessive request to the Imperial Recruitment Office when he formed the Marine Corps. He only needs volunteers who voluntarily enlist!