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

The 20th Army of the Royal Court Army is responsible for rounding Kazdale City from the south. Its strength is not as strong as the 20st and [-]nd Army that attacked from the front. It has only two divisions under its jurisdiction: No.[-] [-]th Infantry Division and No.[-] Fifth Infantry Division.

Of the two divisions, the No. 20 Fourth Infantry Division, which has the stronger combat effectiveness, has been undertaking the main offensive mission since June, and has been fighting since the capture of Hamburg.As the front stagnated again, the Fourth Army decided to change positions between the No.20 Fifth Division, which had been in the second echelon of the army for a long time, and the No.20 Fourth Division, which rushed ahead.

So on the 21st, the two divisions exchanged defense zones. The No. 20 Fourth Division was ordered to retreat to the second line to rest, and the No. 20 Fifth Division went to the front line.

Then in the early morning of the 22nd, the artillery fire from Atlas was so loud that the dead woke up.

Hans von Reinhardt, the commander of the No. 20 Fourth Division who was confused, hurriedly contacted the surrounding troops.However, neither the Fourth Army Headquarters above nor the Wang Ting Army General Headquarters, nor other armies and divisions in the neighborhood could be contacted.Even the No.20 fifth division just ahead couldn't be contacted.

——The cute "Kirov" heavy airship, which is slowly heading to the top of Kazdale City, scaring people with shark mouth paint, exists as one of the early warning and battlefield information processing centers.And it actually has another function, which is to implement electronic countermeasures.Although it is not a professional reactance unit, it is more than enough for the current Terra armed forces that do not even have the concept of "electronic countermeasures".

And one step ahead of them, the three high-power electronic jamming stations deployed at the Oder River base have also raised their originally concealed transmitting antennas.The land-ship electronic countermeasure system on the front line and the army's electronic countermeasure unit also started working according to the predetermined plan.As various reactance units from air to ground, from large to small, start to work, response, deception, noise, and blocking interference come together.All wireless communications of the entire Kazdel Royal Army were cut off in an instant.

Radio communication was completely blocked by Atlas's electronic countermeasures that surpassed the times. The communication equipment only had 24-hour uninterrupted circulation of background noise;Cables are even more straightforward: The communications soldiers who investigated the investigation reported that the unprecedentedly violent artillery fire blew up all the communication cables into countless pieces of earthworm-long waste.

Although the orderlies on foot bit the bullet and rushed into the overwhelming artillery fire, half an hour was certainly not enough time for them to come back.

After thinking about it, Reinhardt ordered the troops to enter the position and prepare for battle.The whole division began to fortify the defense on the spot while cursing their mothers. Although they were resting on the second line, they had just withdrawn, but the officers and soldiers of the Wang Ting Army still built basic fortifications around their garrison and made a defense plan; waiting.

Immediately afterwards, the position of the 25th Division in front was hit by a bunch of large thermobaric bombs.The No.20 Fourth Division, who was almost scared to pee, immediately realized that this place would be the enemy's key attack direction-otherwise, how could they come up with such a terrifying thing to open the way.They immediately accelerated the construction of defensive positions, continued to strengthen the fortifications, and at the same time actively sent out a large number of reconnaissance teams to find out the situation.

The largest number of scouts went to the No. 20 Fourth Division defense area after the bombing stopped.Almost all of them fell into the anoxic zone created by the thermobaric bombs. The warlocks of the No. 20 Fourth Division hastily inspected the dragged corpses and told the division commander that the bombs of the enemy seemed to have drained the oxygen in a certain area!

Reinhardt was deeply shocked, and was horrified by the viciousness of the "East Kazdale Coalition Army".When the fire was finally rekindled in the anoxic zone, he immediately ordered the regiments to send troops to seize the defensive positions ahead and reinforce the No.20 Fifth Division!

Then the three battalions sent by the No. 20 Fourth Division caught up with Xu Jin, who was covering the southern front assault battle group, and fired barrages.

No. The battalion sent by the 20rd Infantry Regiment of the No. 73 Fourth Infantry Division was caught by Xu Jin's barrage as soon as it set off. In a few minutes, one-third of the casualties were killed. The frightened battalion commander dropped his troops and fled with injuries. . A battalion sent by No.70 75th and 20th regiments shrunk into a company after rushing through Xu Jin's barrage, and finally rushed to the position of No.20 Fifth Division, and then fought with No.[-] Fifth Infantry Division on the position The survivors were crushed under the tracks of the tank together, and they didn't even send half a word to the rear.

The No.20 [-]th Infantry Division, which was busy strengthening its defensive positions and at the same time focusing on the defense of the road, waited for the Atlas tanks before receiving any further news.

At 6:22 on June 0720, Reinhardt, commander of the No. 20th Infantry Division of the Wang Ting Army, who climbed to the east and looked east, found troops moving due east. The liner should be called Tank or Panzer, but he recognized the Atlas logo on those tanks.

"Fire, fire immediately!" Reinhardt immediately issued an order, and the artillery of Wang Tingjun's division and regiment immediately fired the first shell.

Groups of 75MM and 105MM shells roared and exploded in the middle of the tank group, but those steel monsters didn't seem to care at all. No matter how fierce the artillery fire was, they were still rolling forward.

Reinhard was stunned and couldn't believe it: even "Miss 75" and "Daddy 105" didn't work!

The tanks and armored vehicles rushed closer in the blink of an eye, and the Wang Ting troops on both sides of the road began to shoot violently.

105MM howitzer covering fire, does not work!

75MM cannon direct fire, does not work!

The magician's attack spell is close to shooting, it doesn't work!

The leading vehicle of the enemy column was attacked by magic 22 times before and after. When it was the closest, a combat tactician of the Wang Ting Army attacked it at a distance of 14 meters. The "Ferrus" battle tank was unscathed!

The Atlas tanks and armored vehicles galloped along the road at high speed, not fighting against the "weak blockade" at all, but galloping fiercely while fighting back.The tank at the head of the formation drove straight down the road without even turning the steering wheel.Even so, within a few minutes, forty Wang Tingjun soldiers turned into dead bodies, and the wounded were twice as many.

This is due to the performance of the advanced fire control system of the People's Federation-style armored combat vehicles, as well as the hard training of the commanders and fighters of the First Battalion and the First Company of the 113 Brigade of the 1102th Division of the People's Federation of Extraterrestrial Corps, and Karl, the company commander recognized as the best by the whole brigade. The valor of Captain Eberhart Joseph Biddenfeldt.

The main terrain of the centerline battlefield in the Kazdel Civil War is low hills, which are second only to plains in terms of friendliness to mechanized troops, and at the same time, to a considerable extent, land ships that are highly sensitive to terrain are restricted.The main reason why the heavy mechanized units equipped with battle tanks and heavy infantry fighting vehicles will charge ahead, rather than the medium and light armored units known for their speed, is that the all-electric "Ferus" tank and the improved " The "Chimera" armored vehicle is also considered strong in terms of maneuverability, and in case of an emergency that requires a strong attack, the heavy mechanized troops do not have to retreat in a hurry - call for support - wait for friendly troops and fire reinforcements, but can rely on their own strength Firepower and protection launch a storm, saving the most precious time in an armored assault.

At this time, the importance of the avant-garde unit came to the fore. It was precisely because of this key that Captain Biddenfeldt, whose company codenamed "Black Lancers" and personal codenamed "Black Lancers-1," led the assault on the entire southern front. At any time, a vanguard who rushes and fights is a hundred times more effective than a hundred "moderates" who are cautious.

You must know that in the European battlefield of World War II, the Western Front multinational coalition forces realized the motorization of the entire army by virtue of the extremely strong comprehensive national strength of the Yankees. The US infantry division had almost as many tanks as the German armored division.

However, the German army, known as the "Holy Mule and Horse Empire", and the Soviet army, ridiculed as "the largest nomadic wave in history", fought at a higher level of mobile warfare. On the other hand, every infantryman in the army has a truck to ride on, and every infantry division has one. In the U.S. Army, which is equivalent to the tank brigade-level armored forces of the Soviet Army, there is only one Patton who can play mechanized assault.

Captain Biddenfeldt comes from the cold and dark universe of No.40 two thousand years ago. He is an excellent mechanized commander trained by the People's Federation Armed Forces. His catchphrase is "First fire the enemy and then hit!", "36 strategies, assault is the best!"

Now he is yelling loudly into the microphone connected to the communication device, and the voice is quite powerful: "Keep speed, don't be obsessed with fighting! Listen up, every team and every step! The goddess of victory is lifting her skirt, don't let other bastards Take the lead!"

There was a burst of louder laughter in the communication channel of the whole company, and the commanders and fighters of the People's Federation Army responded with high shouts: "Understood!"

The captain nodded and then shook his head, switched the working mode of the augmented reality display device on the tank helmet, and stared at both sides of the road through the all-round field of vision provided by the photoelectric terminal outside the vehicle body.

Wang Tingjun is constantly spraying blocking fire on the position there.

He connected the communication to He Fan: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, our company encountered resistance, the coordinates are..."

Contrary to the vulgar appearance on the surface, Captain Biddenfeldt was born in a famous family. His ancestors were in the old human empire. In the world he was born in, he was born into a famous military family with a reputation throughout the planet. That family also once owned territories and titles.Now, with the establishment of the People's Federation, that planet is in one of the most thoroughly transformed star regions of the Red Scythe, and the title and territory have become a thing of the past, but the tutor is still there.This guy's dirty words and vulgar conversation are just to get closer to his subordinates. For grassroots commanders and fighters, this kind of quack style is easier for rough guys to accept.

Now that layer of appearance has been stripped away, Captain Biddenfeldt began to carefully take stock of the cards in his hand and the situation he was facing:

As the arrow of the assault on the entire southern front, Biedenfeld must exert his initiative as much as possible, bypass the enemy's resistance hub and continue to advance, and advance the front as much as possible to disrupt the enemy's order.But he must judge whether the current enemy may threaten the follow-up troops, and whether he needs to remind the rear to prepare for combat.

In the face of Wang Tingjun, who does not have any anti-tank weapons, and does not even have professional anti-tank ammunition for the 75MM cannon, it has a variety of active protection systems. Of course, the heavily armored Ferrus and Chimera can pass at high speed and ignore them.

However, after further preparations (such as arranging roadblocks and laying mines), this kind of enemy with established resistance can completely threaten follow-up troops and service units with only light armor or even trucks.The battle group would definitely rather spend time to completely defeat this enemy army and ensure the smooth flow of the assault channel.

He Fan just replied succinctly: "You continue to move forward, but slow down. Pay attention to destroying the enemy's infrastructure."

So Bidenfeld's advance team broke through all the defenses all the way, and disappeared at the far end of the road under the dumbfounded eyes of the Wang Tingjun soldiers.Then slow down a bit and detonate the enemy's stored ammunition along the way, crushing the enemy's communication cables.

At the same time, Commander Reinhardt, who had just come back to his senses, watched helplessly as the "miniature land craft" that crushed his defense line disappeared towards the rear, only to realize that something was wrong; the shocked soldiers of the Royal Court Army were even more shocked. transfixed.

Before he could fully recover, even greater disasters followed.

There was a terrifying roar in the sky. It was continuous and low-pitched, and it was the roar of artillery salvos; sparse and neat black spots appeared on the far horizon, which was the frontline aviation group of Atlas. .....

The main force of the Southern Assault Battle Group is on its way.Until then, air and ground long-range indirect strike forces will entertain this unprepared Wang Ting army.

PS: Today's two updates have been achieved every day, and my mission is complete!

Chapter 41 Panzer Vor!

The air power of Kazdaele Column comes entirely from the 113th Division of the People's Federation Extraterrestrial Corps, which consists of aerospace aircraft and intra-atmospheric aircraft.Among them, the aircraft in the atmosphere is mainly unmanned aerial vehicles.

Those 20-meter-long aerospace fighters are now taking on the task of bomb trucks, responsible for dropping massive amounts of ammunition, from iron bombs to hell strike missiles, on the enemy's head.VTOL mortals and Space Marine troop gunships are also responsible for close-in attacks with cannons and rockets.

But these missions are too dangerous and inefficient for valuable manned aircraft and pilots.Therefore, the current people's coalition forces mainly rely on heavy-duty armed drones to implement the task of providing close air support to army units at low and ultra-low altitudes.

"Now--"

The leader of the forward air control team, who was directly following He Fan's brigade, said loudly to He Fan beside him: "In the airspace in this area from an altitude of 10 meters to 10000 meters, there are our planes supporting your attack. Comrade school!"

From the high altitude, there is a light spot that can barely be seen with eyes wide open, and then the distant Wang Ting army position becomes an erupting volcano; the "Thunderhawk" gunship of the space warriors and the modification of the Valkyrie driven by mortals The "Vendetta" and "Vulture" gunships did not approach the ground after dropping bombs at medium and high altitudes, but dived at a small angle several kilometers away, using airborne combat cannons or heavy laser cannons to launch precise artillery fire from the sky;

Doing the licking is the Marauder Armed Drone.These eight-meter-long electric-powered drones are jointly propelled by quadrotors and jet engines, and drop promethium incendiary bombs along the crucial road at a height of less than a hundred meters or even a dozen meters, creating fire on both sides of the road. Then use the Gatling cannon under the nose and the rockets under the short wings to shoot fiercely at all the targets of the Wang Ting army on the ground. The height is as low as trying to kill the enemy with the Gatling cannon under the nose .

The roar of various aero-engines and weapons merged into a noisy sound wave over the battlefield. Although the forward air control team leader had sound-pickup and noise-canceling earphones and a throat microphone, he had no choice but to run up to He Fan and yell: "However, although we don't need to fight for air supremacy, we still have to be responsible for reconnaissance and air interdiction missions. The air resources in the Kazdale area are limited. Although supporting your attack is currently the highest priority task, it is impossible to be there all the time. There are so many planes over our heads!"

"I understand, as long as there are half a brigade of six planes overhead at every moment for emergency!" He Fan replied.

When the Atlas Air Force's rampage finally came to an end and most of the aircraft began to return, there were no intact fortifications on the position of the No. 20 Fourth Infantry Division of the Wang Ting Army.

But the attacks didn't stop.Behind the battle group formation, the brigade artillery group received target coordinates and firing elements.Those self-propelled howitzers and self-propelled rocket launchers didn't even stop the car, firing while advancing.Groups of shells and rockets roared in, and Wang Tingjun's position was immediately covered by steel and fire, and dust was flying.The density of this round of artillery fire is really not in line with Atlas' usual style of burying people with steel, but thanks to the abundant number of precision-guided artillery shells, they are extremely accurate and deadly. on the fortifications.Valuable machine guns and artillery were blown to pieces one after another.

The survivors hid in the artillery holes dug out on the side walls of the trenches and endured the ravages of artillery fire. Some people continued to disappear in the clouds of explosion smoke and dust, and some people were torn to pieces by shrapnel and steel balls. Lying bloody and mutilated in the purgatory of blood and fire, screaming, the screams were drowned out by the noise of the artillery fire, and it was impossible for the medical soldiers to rush to treat them under such fierce artillery fire...

"It's very lively! Everyone, it's very lively."

Hedley, the head of the 37th Infantry Regiment of the Kazdale National Guard, said loudly to his battalion commanders: "Have you all cleared up your mission?"

The commanders of the National Guard responded in unison: "Yes!"

Hedley glanced at his subordinates: "Gentlemen, our regiment was specially selected for the penetration of the southern line, and followed the attack of the Atlas troops. It has five battalions under its command! And the regiment's Everyone has retreated from the occupied area! Think about your relatives who were left in the occupied area, we are going to rescue them now!"

The battalion and company commanders raised their heads in unison, and their originally determined expressions became more determined.

"Before the launch of the battle, His Royal Highness Teresia and Mr. Commande specially summoned me. His Highness told me that Sarkaz has been bleeding for 200 years, and we have nothing, so we can only work as mercenaries. The blood of Sarkaz is not valuable."

The expressions of the commanders became solemn: This is an extremely cruel reality.

"And His Highness told me: Today's battle is not for her, not for the kingdom, not for anyone else! Our battle is for ourselves, for our relatives, and for a happy and healthy life in the future. For a better tomorrow!

"Our sacrifices are for these, and now is the time to decide whether they can be realized-the blood we shed these days is to promote the realization of this future. Sarkaz's blood has never been like this It made sense!"

There is power in silence.

Hedley glanced at them, ready to release this force: "And Mr. Commander, he talked to me about the army. He translated it for me. What does the evaluation of 'mercenary habits' mean:

"It means: this army is like a mercenary, unable to attack, unable to block, marching on time, and messy in discipline; when it needs to desperately fall behind, it runs faster than anyone else ..."

The atmosphere changed again, and more than two-thirds of the National Guard commanders, who were former mercenaries, remained silent in embarrassment.

"Atlas...theoretically they are mercenaries. But everyone has also seen that they have money, advanced technology, and powerful things that we have never seen-even, in terms of discipline and They are stronger than us in style.

"However, gentlemen, Mr. Command told me that the cannons cannot be equipped with bayonets. To solve the battle, it depends on the infantry and us. Can we have a good evaluation? It depends on our performance this time. .Okay, take your place."

The commanders stood at attention with a click, and then dispersed to run to their respective battle positions.

The moment the artillery fire subsided, the small plateau that was stuck on the road let out a thunderous shout: "Long live reunification! Long live New Kazdale!"

A battalion of National Guardsmen swarmed up in scattered formation, with nothing to commend them but courage and speed.But the officers and soldiers of the Wang Ting Army had just crawled out of a position full of bomb craters, and the surviving officers and non-commissioned officers were counting the number of people and equipment, and calculating the losses.

The soldiers of the National Self-Defense Forces rushed to the high ground with lightning speed. Some officers of the Royal Army wanted to stabilize the front line, but they found that all the machine guns of their troops had been destroyed. Numerous and determined to kill the National Guard.

The only thing that can stop the enemy is the hastily laid minefield——

"Minefield?" Someone in the command post of the battle group holding a telescope to observe the battle at the foot of the mountain exclaimed, "When did Wang Tingjun lay the mine? It seems that the National Guard is going to suffer."

Then they saw lying down in front of the minefield, and someone had already thrown a row of grenades into the skirmish line that had been struck by mines one after another.

The flames of the explosion flickered in the minefield.

A second platoon of grenades exploded farther away, going on to detonate a field of mines.And then another row of grenades...

"Grenade demining is better than nothing... Hey, they charged!"

The minefield passage cleared by the grenade was not safe at all, but the soldiers of the Self-Defense Forces stepped on it directly. Although people fell down in the smoke from the explosions under their feet, the National Self-Defense Forces did not hesitate or stop. With a bayonet on, he rushed into the Wang Tingjun position on the top of the mountain.

After a brief gunshot, a red flag was raised on the top of the mountain.

He Fan put down the binoculars and smiled for the first time on his indifferent face: "These brave demons..."

There was even some appreciation in his tone.

The No. 20 Fourth Infantry Division of the Wang Ting Army had been repeatedly ravaged by various indirect firepower, and the dilapidated defense system was torn open by the National Self-Defense Forces.Immediately afterwards, the infantry and tanks of the battle group swarmed in from here, wantonly crushing the enemy's defense line.

The artillerymen of the battle group effectively coordinated the offensive of infantry and tanks. The armored infantry of Atlas could follow the barrage of air-burst artillery shells to advance 50 meters behind. The soldiers found that it would never take more than 20 minutes from the time when the shells stopped falling from the top of the head to the bayonet on the opposite side piercing their chests.

The positions were falling one after another at an alarming rate.

After the soldiers died in battle, the officers of the Wang Ting Army fought with the Atlas "miniature land ship" with cannons.But it didn't help. The No.20 Fourth Division's first line of defense disappeared like a snowdrift thrown into a basin of boiling water.

The head of the No.24 Third Regiment of the 70th Division only heard the last battalion commander who could still be contacted shout on the phone: "The enemy's miniature land cruiser is coming" and lost all news of the three battalions.When Mr. Regiment Leader was still at a loss, a team of Rhino-B and Bullfrogs rushed to his regiment headquarters like a whirlwind, and a tank rushed directly into the yard of this Kazdale country manor, with machine guns and roof machine guns side by side The firepower was fully fired, and a total of fifty Wang Tingjun soldiers were knocked down.

The head of the group and a group of entourage just rushed out from the back door, and a 125MM anti-explosive grenade flew over like a front heel...

When the No.70 three regiments were gradually dying, it was time for the No.70 four and 75 regiments to be wiped out.

When the No.70 70th Regiment retreated to the second defensive zone while fighting, the tanks and armored vehicles chasing them hit the nail on the head. Headquarters, several rounds of salvos buried all the personnel of the regiment headquarters from the regimental commander to the orderly into the ruins.The follow-up armored infantry and light infantry of the National Guard divided and surrounded the three battalions in chaos, and the command post of each battalion was swept away.This regiment was completely defeated. When the number was counted after the war, there were only 2000 prisoners left in the infantry regiment, which still had more than 280 people on the books.