Tomorrow's Ark, the journey of hardcore and ruthless people

Then Commander swung his hand and slapped Tallulah across the face, knocking her awake.

She saw Comant's hand tremble as it dropped, saw the look of worry and anger on Comant's face.Comand panted heavily, his voice trembling: "If you are not clear-headed, you can go to Frost Star. She will definitely not mind sending you a face of ice to help you wake up."

Frost Star, who had to argue with Comand anytime after accepting the order, nodded for the first time and stared at Tallulah with a cold face.The latter smiled mischievously: "Well, anyway, I also played a role in the battle..."

Commander gritted his teeth and made a vicious slash at the corner of his mouth: "It has played a big role! But you are much scarcer than a few napalm bombs!"

He poked his head around and looked outside the trench: "Enough, there will be no problem here for the time being. Let's go back to the headquarters and see what the enemy general will do next."

Chapter 40 Turning

"In all offensive combat, the psychological element [to create panic among the enemy] is to be utilized."

——Erwin Rommel

"The quick and hard transition to offense is the best part of a defense."

——Carl von Clausewitz

With the incomparably precious breakthrough finally blasted out, Wrangel put down the binoculars.

"What do you think?" Kopelev asked Wrangel loudly.

"I can't see my soldiers, but there's hope!" the earl's voice rose sharply. "This gang of rebels is tougher than any enemy I've seen in decades - a hard nut. But they're not without The limit. If we push harder, they'll be smashed!"

"If you want me to say," Kopelev finally showed an optimistic look, "now that the guards are sent up, we can go straight to the enemy's capital—if the bunch of dilapidated villages they run on the northern plains have this If it's a joke."

When the Ursus officers and soldiers who broke into the position were pushed back, the follow-up attack force faced automatic rifles, general-purpose machine guns, large-caliber machine guns, rocket launchers, recoilless rifles and even flamethrowers and fired wildly. They were still following up in the roar of death. , while bravely attacking the 50-meter-wide gap, Commander, Tallulah and Froststar finally returned to the command post.

As soon as you enter the command post, you can feel the dead silence in the air inside.Commande paced and listened to the report of the staff group, feeling a noose around his neck:

"All combat companies of the Third Infantry Regiment have suffered a quarter of their casualties!"

"Seven of the [-] company commanders of the [-]th Infantry Regiment have lost their ability to command due to casualties!"

Tallulah and Frost Star have been staring at Comand.They suddenly discovered an abnormality: Comand suddenly stopped and stood in place like a nail, and then hurriedly walked to the artillery mirror again under the gaze of all the eyes in the shelter.

"What's wrong?" Tallulah asked in a low voice.As soon as she asked, she heard Comand's voice that irritated her.

That's the march.

Tallulah ran to the mirror of another artillery team next to Comand, and looked towards the direction of the music from the bloody and dead snowy defense line.

One after another dense horizontal teams are appearing from the top of the opposite slope, marching towards the line of fire with a neat pace as if they were reviewing.

The bright forest of bayonets swayed regularly with the pace, and the even more exaggerated hat badges on the exaggerated high hats reflected the light of exploding shells from time to time, creating a sea of ​​light spots.

These lines passed through the ups and downs and mud on the battlefield, but they did not break up and become chaotic like the Ursus soldiers before.The newly arrived enemy troops adjusted as they marched and continued to advance without any delay. The formation was still neat and orderly, and they were obviously well-trained.

If the previous enemy was a wave, the current enemy is a high wall.

The scissor lens is an optical device that can achieve a very high magnification and wait-and-see stability. With Tallulah's adjustment, the situation of the new enemy becomes clearer.

The soldiers in the queue all wore Ursus' traditional black fur tall hats. The golden double-headed eagle badge on the hat was as big as a plate, and there was a big beard that was almost molded on the face below.The barrels and bayonets of the rifles on their shoulders were adorned with a beautiful layer of crafted blue enamel, constantly reflecting light.And under their military coats, without exception, they wore gorgeous breastplates.

Other Ursus soldiers' expressions were distorted by nervousness or excitement as they attacked.But what these people hide under their beards is only indifference and arrogance.No one glanced at the retreating troops or the piles of corpses on the ground.They all looked ahead firmly, chins held high, and chests puffed out as they marched in unison, with steps that were neat enough to match the drumbeat of the military band.

Ursus officers on horseback or on foot were mixed in the queue, each of them was wearing a black cloak, with an Originium defense pendant on his chest, and an expensive gem-inlaid precision pistol and a shiny gold-plated saber on his waist.The hilt with the carving of a double-headed eagle vibrates up and down with the movement of the horse.The dull light reflected from the handle of the knife stung the eyes of the leaders of the integration movement.

Tallulah carefully watched the flag in the middle of the rolling crowd, which was the regiment flag of the Guards Infantry Regiment.On the large regiment flag as tall as a person, there is a large piece of text embroidered with gold thread, which is the number of the regiment and the victories the regiment has fought.The place names of the victories are densely packed.In the midst of this golden triumph, Ursus's double-headed eagle stared at her piercingly.

Almost all the remnants of Ursus who saw them cheered.In contrast, the 42nd Line Rifle Regiment behind the Preobrazhensky Regiment was less conspicuous.

That military music is different from the previous "Usas Armed Forces Marching Drums" which only repeats one syllable. It is full of changes, the rhythm is majestic and brisk.

"That... what?" Frost Star asked hesitantly.

"Lavictoirestanous".

Tallulah put down the telescope, her face was as cold as the frost star's Origin Stone skills: ""Victory Belongs to Us" - the march of Gaul."

"The Ursus army playing Gallic military music?"

Talula replied in a low voice: "Four emperors will fight."

Defeating the talented and bold Gaul emperor and the powerful and elite Gaul army is an honor that countries such as Ursus and Victoria will always be proud of.For example, the Victorians took off the bearskin top hat from the corpse of the Gaul "Old Guard" and listed it as standard clothing.Other units of the Sixth Army played the "Preobrazhensky March" during the attack. The genuine Preobrazhensky Guards Infantry Regiment did not care about them. The entire Ursus army is using it?But this piece of music, snatched from the enemy, can only belong to the Preobrazhensky group.

Talula said: "The Ursus army who participated in the Battle of the Four Emperors has the right to use Gaul military music."

"Are they the troops that participated in the war?" Shuangxing's eyes widened.

Comand replied in an emotionless voice: "It's the guards of the Ursus Empire."

At this moment of stalemate on the battlefield, the commander of the Sixth Army of the Fourth Army of the Ursus Empire decided to invest in a key force capable of breaking the situation——

The "Preobrazhensky" Guards Infantry Regiment, an honorary and meritorious unit with the glorious title of "Usas Imperial Guards", entered the battlefield with firm steps in the march song stolen from the defeated generals. .

**

In another round of charge, the gate of the livestock farm finally failed.

The poor gate was just two pieces of wood, and the back porch was blocked off with sandbags.It barely holds up against a barrage of attacks ranging from black powder grenades to spells.However, as the Nth attack still failed, the [-]th Infantry Division of the Ursas Sixth Army couldn't bear it any longer. Under the cover of the artillery fire, it pushed the cannon to a distance from the livestock. Shoot directly at a distance of one kilometer from the field.When the whole artillery battery was dead, they finally blasted the door and the sandbag wall.

The [-]th Infantry Division was overjoyed at the opportunity. Facing heavy casualties from the heavy mortar bombardment and powerful firepower of the shield guards, the [-]th Infantry Division decided to squeeze out the last of its troops and rush to the livestock farm.

The livestock farm's defenses are also weakening.Faced with an overwhelming number of enemy troops attacking in turns, although the casualties were not large due to the power armor, the shield guards also accumulated a lot of fatigue. The machine gun ammunition was almost exhausted, leaving only those with high power and slow rate of fire. of guns.

Determined to put all his eggs in one basket, the major general and division commander of the Seventh Infantry Division recruited volunteers from his almost disabled troops, and organized more than [-] people, including command staff and lightly wounded, into a "come forward team."Try desperately to take down this enemy defense point that controls the entire western part of the battlefield, and fight a bloody path for the troops behind.

The major general ordered the troops to "do not drop a bomb, do not say a word, and advance with all strength." All personnel deployed in skirmish lines and small groups. When encountering fire resistance during the march, they no longer sought cover, but only sought to approach the livestock farm as soon as possible. .

The move paid off.In any case, the size of the livestock farm is limited, and the shooting positions are also limited.Even with the support of mortar fire from the rear, the shield guards' machine guns had run out of bullets, leaving only the slow-firing armored rifles.Although the firepower of 14.5MM and 23MM armored rifles can tear apart a shield guard equipped with a full set of Ursus-style armor, it is difficult to completely block a large number of enemy waves.

The waves that were constantly being cut down in pieces finally hit the livestock farm, and the Ursus soldiers howled and set up ladders to the top of the wall, climbing towards the top of the wall that was suddenly empty.

A considerable number of Ursus soldiers rushed in from the gate, and then all stopped in their tracks, with goosebumps all over their bodies and cold sweats breaking out.

It turned out to be two big guys wearing a lot of armor, with a body size of nearly three meters, a head camera with a red light, and a terrifying axe. It was known that they were the best among Space Marines and Shield Guards.At this time, in the eyes of the Ursus soldiers, the two enemies in front of them were more terrifying than a hundred thousand machine guns, even more terrifying! ! !

His company was ordered to stand still, but the stupid dog who had obtained Comand's consent to "observe" on the front line didn't say anything, but raised the newly replaced power ax with his right hand, and the azure blue electric light that disintegrated the position lit up on the ax surface, and let out a dull moan. Buzzing; the directional mine on the left-hand jump shield exploded loudly, spewing a rain of steel wind and iron to the Ursas who rushed in;

The patriot didn't say anything, he just leveled his brand new halberd with one hand, or aimed at the Ursus people with a [-]mm semi-automatic gun equipped with a melee knife.

Before the Patriot's first shrapnel shot was fired, the Ursas commando who rushed in turned around and ran for their lives before they were smashed by the silly dog's directional thunder.

At the same time, the shield guards also appeared on the wall wielding long swords, chainsaws, sledgehammers and axes that were similar in length to the height of normal adult males. Within a few breaths, all the Ursus soldiers who had climbed up before turned into A fragmented corpse.Then they pulled out their 12.7MM assault pistols in one order and fired at the startled Ursus at the foot of the wall.

When the first magazine ran out, the Ursus soldiers could not stop their flight.The major general shouted desperately, trying to stop the fleeing subordinates, and was hit in the chest by a bullet.

The patriot and the stupid dog, who are not even warm, one wears a mask and the other wears a helmet.They can't see each other's faces, but they can feel each other's emotions when they look at each other:

"Speechless".

However, neither of them had the habit of complaining on the spot. Regardless of the battle not yet over, they rushed to the wall on the east side of the livestock farm, looking solemnly at the advancing Preobrazhensky regiment in the distance.

"It's actually the Guards..." The patriot's voice was filled with unprecedented solemnity.

"The formation is good, and the momentum is good." Hangou said in a low tone, "The defense line has been greatly weakened now, and the battle is not over yet. If such a group of new troops are added...huh?"

As the battlefield information system of the power armor began to display new content, Hangou's voice suddenly paused, and then relaxed: "It's all right now."

"What's the meaning--"

The patriot stopped in the middle of his words.

The blizzard roared like a tundra!

There is no gap at all!

The only thing that filled the eardrums was the roar that seemed to tear the earth apart!

The only thing that fills the eyeballs is the large piece of steel storm rising from the ground!

——That's a 122 self-propelled rocket battalion roaring!

Rows of cannonballs streaked across the sky like bolides, and the sound of the cannons was continuous, bombarding and blooming everywhere.The position of the Preobrazhensky regiment boiled instantly, like a volcanic eruption.The gleaming bayonet forest, the gorgeous and beautiful rifles, the horizontal and vertical queues, and the hunting flags all disappeared in the smoke and dust, and the crazy flashing explosions could only be seen through the haze!

At the same time, another artillery sound rang out again, a whole Battalion self-propelled howitzer battalion was roaring.A large group of artillery shells came through the air with another terrifying roar, and exploded one after another around the Ursus land-ship on the southern ridge of the Kursk Valley!

"It's starting to blow up the king. I didn't make a move until now, and it's thanks to the group leader that you can hold the cards..." Hangou muttered in a low voice.

At the same time, Commander stood up in the command post.

Fourth master, as always, always liked to play "Holy War" frequently when defending against the bombardment of battles.In this majestic and powerful singing, Comand yelled in an unprecedentedly passionate voice:

"Order the [-]st and [-]nd infantry regiments to go into battle and start a frontal attack on the enemy, forcing the enemy in front of the defense line to retreat!

"Order the cavalry regiment and the fifth infantry regiment to launch an attack and defeat the remaining enemy forces in the Kursk Valley, and then turn to the North Ridge to outflank the rear of the enemy attacking troops on the hillside!"

People in the command post couldn't help turning their eyes to the dynamic situation map on the wall.On the two east-west facing fronts, one south and one north, there are two dotted arrows protruding from both ends of the northern front, piercing the two ribs of the southern front like sharp knives...

In his own personal cyber system, Comand's brainwaves have edited the information and sent it to the automated command system of the People's Federation Army:

"He Fan! It's your turn!"

In the woods three kilometers north of the Kursk Valley, He Fan ripped open the coat covering his body, got up from the blanket on the ground, and revealed his tank overalls.He jumped onto the Ferus battle tank next to him and put on all the operating devices when he got into the crew hatch above the front of the vehicle.

The two infantry regiments of the People's Liberation Army that had just received the order and were regrouping looked in astonishment as a tank company and a mechanized infantry company drove out of the woods not far away.This small task force will become the spearhead of the campaign's counterattack, leading the frontal counterattack of the two infantry regiments.Those battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles that had been weapons in No. 40 for two thousand years formed a wedge formation, and with a spine-chilling bass, they began to punch the enemy.

However, the first counterattack shot in the entire battle was fired by the soldiers of the Civilian Army Cavalry Regiment.

PS:

Worry: long-distance raid, panting, exhaustion, ambushes, continuous casualties, numerical disadvantage, artillery bombardment, cavalry threat, enemy front and back, low morale, continuous casualties, friendly army rout, general injury, morale collapse, no desire to fight again.

The Preobrazhensky group is white.

Chapter 41 Brothers Fighting the Wall

"Attack, attack, attack again."

——Erwin Rommel

The cavalry is a very embarrassing unit on the land of Terra today.

With the extensive use of mobile cities and land-ships, and the steady promotion of mobile vehicles, the combat effectiveness of cavalry composed of "ordinary people" is gradually falling behind the times.Even Casimir, the "Nation of Knights", is in an embarrassing predicament.

However, the situation is not that simple.There are countless places that land ships and mobile cities cannot open. The army will always need units with boots in the ground. In this kind of land combat force, the mobility of cavalry is inherently superior to that of infantry.And motor vehicles also have various problems, and they cannot be promoted for a while.

What's more, there are those strong men with extraordinary physiques. Whether to ride a pack beast is just a formality for them.

So in the end, the cavalry were falling behind, but not completely behind.In today's Ursus army, the cavalry is only responsible for non-frontal combat tasks such as reconnaissance, harassment, and communications.The Sixth Army was a whole corps, but it was equipped with ten squadrons of cavalry: a lot in total, but not organized into a large cluster.In the early stage of the march to fight against the snow monsters, they suffered considerable losses and were basically absent during the entire battle.

The integrated movement's cavalry regiments were also absent from the prolonged battle, but for very different reasons.