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

The small town of Fulda is now in disaster. Following the repeated confirmation from Atlas to the National Self-Defense Forces, after learning that all the residents here have fled, and all the people crowded inside are officers and soldiers of the Royal Army, a large group of fighter jets and gunboats first used cluster bombs. Blow up the exposed targets in the city, and then drop a large number of napalm bombs and even white phosphorus bombs to set fire to the whole town and the Wang Tingjun who got into the building to hide, and detonated the unexploded bullets of the cluster bomb with high temperature pill.

——Don't look at Atlas's bombing from Army Aviation to fixed-wing, its strike operations must go through strict review and repeated reconnaissance, and try to avoid collateral losses and post-war hidden dangers.

It is already the time when night is approaching.Unfortunately, as a party with sufficiently advanced technology, Atlas has a large number of night vision and sighting equipment, and Wang Tingjun is the party that is not good at night combat.In the evening, it was another battle of chickens and dogs jumping in Wuli Mahei's confusion...

PS: There are two updates today, so asking for a ticket is not too much.

Chapter 49 Final Battle 2

Relatively speaking, the positions of Mephisto and Faust are not too dangerous. They are on the tip position below the inverted triangle of the Fulda circular defensive position-the circular position also has a main defensive direction.

This is an easy-to-understand statement.To be precise, they are in the position of the second echelon battalion of the regiment's circular defensive position.This Tower of Babel unit full of medical operatives was strengthened to the ambulance station of the temporarily mixed "Fulda Regimental Combat Group".

As the night darkened, the steady stream of wounded finally slowed down.After a day of immersion in the field emergency response operations, the medical tent, which was tightly sealed without revealing a trace of light, was lifted from the curtain.The Babel Tower operatives, who smelled of blood all over their bodies, came out tiredly, found a place to lie down and fell asleep.Not even the sound of gunfire and rumbling explosions in the distance could wake them up.

Gray Throat also came out tiredly, but instead of lying down on the spot, the little girl shook her head and looked around until Faust lightly poked the back of her neck with her feather, and the little girl relaxed. The ground collapsed, as if all the bones in his body had been taken away.

Faust calmly sat down with his arm on Gray Throat's shoulder: "The smell of blood is very strong."

"It took me a lot of effort to get used to it, but when you say that, I..." The girl retched tiredly, "Forget it...tomorrow, what will happen tomorrow?"

"There will only be more wounded. Today is just a skirmish." Faust calmly watched the roaring guns and tracer bullets splitting the sky in the distance.The night battle commando formed by the infantrymen of the People's Federation is tossing the Wang Ting army into a state of panic, "On the opposite side... there are at least two divisions that will attack us, and there may be reinforcements. Let's rest as soon as possible."

When she finished speaking just now, the girl's breathing became even.

Faust shook his head, put his light and delicate body on the blanket spread out beside him, pulled the other half over to cover Gray Throat, and finally stuffed a bag under her head as a pillow.

Then he stood up and faced Mephisto who appeared from the darkness in the distance: "How is it?"

"It's still fine. Now we are the only ones who harass the other side, and the other side is so devastated that they don't have time to harass us." Although Mephisto said lightly, his expression was quite dignified, "But when Frost Star flew over I took a random picture on the gunboat, you can take a look."

The personal terminal on Faust’s left arm displayed a photo: continuous light spots in the darkness, like fireflies in the night sky——

Mephistopheles added: "The Royal Army troops, they are lighting with candles and torches, are moving into attack position."

"...Bastard." Faust muttered a final curse.

"The good news is that this round of bombardment is the long-range artillery from the north that is bombing them; also, the group of gunboats that came just now unloaded the snow monsters and the shield guard company."

"Hey, good news. Where's Yelena's sister?"

"Isn't this already here?" Mephisto said, turning around and lowering his voice, but still saying hello cheerfully and high, "Long time no see, White Rabbit!"

"It's not big or small, call me sister!" Shuang Xing, who strode over, gave Mephistopheles a headache, and then became serious, "How's it going?"

"It's fine today, but it's hard to say tomorrow. The gap is [-] kilometers wide, and our position is only stuck for more than two kilometers, which means that the road is blocked. They are just testing today, and they will definitely try to outflank tomorrow." Faus De recalled it carefully, and continued, "This temporary camp is too complicated. There are those from our Atlas, those from the National Guard, and those from the Tower of Babel.

"The main force is us and the National Guard. We have a combat engineer company on the side of the National Guard here; the one that followed our tanks all the way to Hamburg is the 37th Regiment of the National Guard. The commander is... Hedley, came here personally with the regiment reconnaissance company; then there were miscellaneous volunteers, mainly two platoons from the Tower of Babel, and then made up a company. The powered armored infantry company was taken as a regiment The reserve team. After all, this is the second defensive zone, and there are relatively few configurations. We are the weak link of this position, and inside are artillery, command posts, ambulance stations, and stored supplies."

Frost star snorted angrily: "As soon as the shield guards landed, they were dragged to the core position and also served as the regiment's reserve team, but the snow monsters were thrown here to watch the situation."

"Relax, you will have to fight." Faust replied.

"That's best... how's the fortification going?"

Mephistopheles curled his lips and said, "Don't worry about that. Within the large circular position are small circular positions set up by each battalion and each company to support point defense. There are professionals here, an entire combat engineer company. All the engineers and equipment have been hoisted over. We don’t need anything except people... Really, why don’t the political commissar hurry up and bring people over?”

"Too many people will scare the enemy away..." Shuangxing said meaningfully.

Mephisto complained: "Then tell us to use our bodies to block the flood?"

"Think about the good, at least you don't have to be in a sea of ​​fire like the one on the other side." Shuang Xing spread his hands, "Before I set off, another 155-plus howitzer company entered the position to support this direction, and there will be two 155-caliber artillery companies in the field. Enter the position in an hour, there will be long-range rockets at dawn, and the air force in the whole Kazdale area will give priority to supporting us."

"It counts as he misses us." Mephisto snorted angrily, "Okay, this battalion is for you to take over according to the rules."

"Okay." Shuangxing did his part and stared at Mephistopheles, "First, take me around the positions of each company."

Then she saw multiple barbed wire fences and machine gun bunkers in each row that appeared in a few hours, the trenches dug out by trench diggers were densely curved, and finally a batch of remote-controlled directional mines were newly deployed outside.

The good news is that without paying enough lives, King Kazdel's army will not be able to fill this position;

The bad news is that Wang Tingjun lacks everything now, except human life...

**

"Up to now, the situation of the entire war has been completely clear!"

Command pointed to the huge vertical map in the battle hall of the General Staff Headquarters, and introduced the situation: "The direction chosen by the Wang Ting army to break out of the siege is the southwest direction, returning to West Kasdale through the Fulda Valley!"

The powerful generals kept their eyes on their noses, their noses, their mouths and their hearts, and kept silent together.However, although they have many problems and they will be resolved sooner or later, there is really nothing wrong with this issue.The really important issue is to immediately organize the deployment of blocking and encircling and annihilating.Thanks to Commandel's previous insistence, Wang Tingjun's feint did not effectively mislead the deployment of East Kazdale.However, it still takes time for the main corps to rush to key positions on the battlefield.This time can only be won by a mixed regiment-level battle group in the Fulda Gap.

"And there are eight regiments of Wang Tingjun's army, which is only two days away from the Fulda Gap!"

Comand's face was grim: "This is just reorganized and rebuilt on the spot by a disabled National Self-Defense Regiment, mixed with some troops and weapons that were airlifted in an emergency. Therefore, all our troops must go to the Fulda Gap as soon as possible, Completely encircle the entire Royal Court Army on the border between Hesse and Thuringia!"

After a brief silence, Theresia asked: "But...but is this temporary battle group capable of blocking the swarming breakout army?"

"I have sent Company Commander Dumb Dog to take over the position there to organize the defense. The air and ground long-range firepower in the entire Kazdale area will give priority to supporting the Fulda Gap; the air force is doing its best to transport reinforcements and supplies there; He Fan's The heavy synthetic brigade has already set off, they will start from Hamburg and go south along the west side of the Hesse Mountains, blocking the Fulda Gap from the west—next!”

Comand suddenly raised his voice: "The next thing is to see how long it takes for the main force on the Eastern Front to rush to Fulda and seize the main force of the Wang Ting army!"

The officers of the National Guard held their heads high, and the high-ranking generals showed embarrassment.

"Comrades and gentlemen, if we do our best, the next battle will be the last battle of this war! The Wang Ting army will be wiped out around Fulda!"

"And in order not to die in another land, we must break through this position."

Manfred turned around from behind the scissor artillery mirror, staring solemnly at the dejected, dirty and even scarred Royal Army officers in front of him.

As soon as General Wang Tingjun, who had marched all the way here, finished speaking, the leader of the regiment replied in a trembling voice: "Who doesn't know this, General? But, but - they have airplanes, tanks, armored vehicles, Cannons, power armor! What do we have?

"I was about to break through the front line yesterday, but those damn planes came again and blew up our follow-up attack echelon; those guys used armored vehicles equipped with small-caliber rapid-fire guns to take the lead in counterattacks, and wore power armor to hold laser guns The infantry followed, so that the two regiments are now down to two battalions. What can we do, General?"

Manfred tried hard to harden his heart: "Of course I know all this, Colonel. Everyone paid a huge price and showed unprecedented courage and sacrifice. You fought well!"

"But, gentlemen! Since June 22, we have been attacked by an unbelievably advanced military system. Until now, the whole army is on the way here at full speed, and we are also being attacked by air one after another. The Eastern Front The blocking forces are still being heavily attacked by superior forces, artillery, aircraft and tanks. It's not easy for anyone.

"And the Fulda Gap is crucial. If we can't break through here, no one in the entire army will be able to escape!

Manfred's voice was firm at this moment, and he said firmly: "We must break through Fulda at any cost and by any means!"

**

The morning of July 7th began with the sound of gunfire and explosions.

Facing the night-time harassment of the People's Federation combat infantry, Wang Tingjun's front-line troops seemed to be in a hurry. They couldn't even take care of their own side, let alone take the initiative to launch a night attack.The defenders on the Fulda circular position took advantage of this opportunity and spent the night desperately strengthening the position and digging fortifications, and spent the night in the disturbing noise of fighting.

The big soldiers can rest, but the commanders can't.The platoon commanders and company commanders were busy inspecting the positions to check for gaps, and the more senior officers were busy making arrangements based on various intelligence——

The daring People's Union Electronic Countermeasure Force of Yigao uses various means to provide support for the defenders of Fulda.In addition to the aviation electronic countermeasure aircraft staying in the air above the theater for a long time, they even directly dispatched multiple interception teams to the battlefield, and secretly established a close-range electronic interception network.The listening network had just begun to operate, and it caught a radio signal at 1984:7 on the evening of July 3, 23.

Judging by the frequency band and power, this is the communication signal of Wang Ting's military division and regiment level.This is different from the long-range high-power communication at the military level. As the Wang Tingjun communication department also began to try to use electronic countermeasures to cover its own communication, this signal was almost missed.

The reactance department quickly deciphered its content: this is the command post of Wang Tingjun's advance in the direction of Fulda, ordering the various ministries involved in the battle to quickly report their preparations.

Immediately afterwards, at 4:0030 am on the [-]th, various units of the Wang Ting Army successively made reports with short radio messages.The People's Union electronic countermeasure unit immediately carried out tracking and monitoring and electronic scanning of the area, basically determined the concentration area of ​​the enemy troops participating in the battle, and further calculated the size of the enemy army.

In the mountains in the north, Atlas's four 155MM self-propelled howitzer batteries have been transported into new positions overnight by transporting gunboats. They can provide fire support for the direction of Fulda. This is only to support this direction. A small part of the numerous artillery; the aviation force took the time to adjust deployment, maintain equipment, and formulate plans this night; Command was considering other ways to support the Fulda gap, and even let the 113th Division Space Fleet airdrop Titan and send more The Doastartes considered both, but after discussions with the Division Executive Committee, Command gave up on both ideas.

The Titan battle group is basically the highest-level combat unit of the People's Federation Army in the atmosphere. It is only prudent to invest in this thing. The firefight here in Comand is just a small area on a planet. According to the standard scale of the People's Federation "Battle" is not counted, and being able to join a company of Space Marines is the luck of Comand's ancestral grave burning smoke bombs.

Space Marines' advantage lies in the firepower and protection of armored vehicles in infantry size.Strong is indeed strong, and it is not impossible for the entire company to try to kill the entire army of Wang Ting's army and capture Tracy alive.But the problem is that the width of the battlefield that a company can control is still too small, at most it can only be beheaded; and now the goal is to completely wipe out the 10,000+ army of Teresis as much as possible, and we must fight an annihilation battle!

The main force is still the tenacious and large number of mortal infantry and even local natives, as well as dear artillery and armored soldiers.

Facing the swarming powerful enemies, the entire Fulda Gap was desperately preparing for battle, and could only find time to rest.Within a few hours, the Air Force deployed tens of thousands of large and small mines to the front of the defensive positions using air-drop mines, forming a forward minefield.

Around the clock, transport aviation delivered large numbers of shells to the Fulda ring and supporting artillery positions.According to relevant regulations, for safety reasons, the ammunition reserves on artillery positions are generally around 0.75 bases, and the maximum amount shall not exceed 1.5 bases.But now the ammunition reserves on the Fulda blocking position and the support artillery position have reached more than 3 bases.The positioning radar of the small artillery reconnaissance school has also been stationed in the Fulda gap.

Hangou made a judgment based on the terrain and the enemy's situation: If the Wang Ting Army wanted to organize division-scale operations in the Fulda Gap, its personnel and supplies had to pass through the northeast pass of the gap before deploying troops along the terrain within the gap.Other than that, there is no other way.

Then how to fight the battle is very simple - first use various means to lure and drive the Royal Court Army into the Fulda Gap.Then use powerful artillery firepower to disrupt the enemy's battle formation and plunge it into chaos. Then use various air and ground firepower to seal the northeastern entrance of the gap so that the follow-up troops of the Wang Ting Army cannot come in for reinforcements. Finally, the attacking enemy is basically annihilated in this area. superior.

At 2:30 in the morning, the regiments of Wang Tingjun's Fulda front began to send signals again by radio.The long-endurance high-altitude surveillance drone hovering above the Fulda Gap also captured a large number of Wang Tingjun troops moving forward.

The command post of the Fulda Defense Battle Group immediately issued an order:

——Order the four long-range artillery companies that can now provide fire support to the Fulda Gap, and use 155 self-propelled howitzers to send to the supply base, artillery positions, follow-up echelons, service units, etc. of the Royal Army Fulda Group that may be assembled or garrisoned Carry out a 10-minute firepower attack in the deep area, and immediately increase the firepower density after the battle results are obtained;

——Order the 105 towed light howitzers on the circular defensive position to conduct a 10-minute firepower attack in the direction of the northeast pass, and immediately increase the firepower density after the results of the battle are obtained;

——Order the mortar group on the circular defense position to conduct a 10-minute fire reconnaissance of the area three kilometers ahead of the defensive position. After obtaining the results, immediately launch large-caliber artillery fire.

The bloody battle in Fulda's Gap has officially come to an end, and the main course is about to be served!

Chapter 50 Final Battle 3

More than 20 155MM self-propelled howitzers roared like Xia Lei, shrapnel incendiary bombs, high-explosive bombs, thermobaric bombs fell like hail, and threw the brigade Wang Tingjun who was advancing to the battlefield into the erupting volcano; more than 20 medium-sized vehicles The self-propelled rocket launcher has been replaced by two 122-unit 203MM rocket modules with a longer range from the standard two [-]-unit [-]MM rocket modules. rain.

The dense shells and rockets streaked across the darkness before dawn like a meteor shower, turning the night sky into a dark white, like a furnace of molten steel flowing.

The sound of barrel artillery shells was shrill, rocket shells carried long tail flames, and groups of artillery shells roared against the gloomy sky.The first round of air burst shrapnel fired exploded in the air, and countless steel balls and steel arrows poured down, forming a literal rain of steel, directly cutting off the entire crown of the trees in the Black Forest, leaving only the bare tree trunks like toothpicks; The troops of the Wang Ting Army who advanced down the front were beaten into mutilated, fuzzy flesh and blood on the ground.The subsequent falling high-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs enveloped the entire regiment's marching formation in a rolling sea of ​​fire, and the flames wrapped in steel swept across everything...

Manfred worked hard all night, reorganizing the previously injured troops, deploying the newly arrived troops, and then the losses caused by this round of shelling to the attacking regiments could be combined into one regiment.What's more troublesome is that the shelling disrupted the organization of the troops, and the starting position of the attack was a mess. Some troops even reported in clear codes in wireless telegrams, "Our deployment has been disrupted, please coordinate." scold:

"Our unit was blocked by enemy artillery fire in a certain area. If we can't suppress the enemy artillery, we won't be able to reach the starting line of attack on time!"

But what about Manfred?He does not have a land ship, and the artillery only has three 75MM cannon batteries that managed to escape the air strikes. There are only more than 400 shells, and they can be fired in a few minutes.This artillery fire, which is more precious than pure gold, must wait until the critical moment before it can be launched.So he has only one answer——

At 0400 hours, the forward command center of the Wang Ting Army in the direction of Fulda broadcast a telegram to postpone the attack time by one hour. All ministries must overcome all difficulties, occupy the starting position of the attack, and act according to the original plan.

The coalition forces also received this information. Hangou immediately ordered all the artillery units under his command to act according to the plan and carry out carpet bombing from the northeastern entrance of Fulda Passage to the front of the circular defense position.

The artillery fire that Wang Tingjun faced became more and more intense.

Although the artillery strikes from the East Kasdale side were accurate and continuous, and although some of the Royal Court Army troops were defeated before occupying the starting position of the attack, the Royal Court Army still began to operate according to the original coordinated plan.At 6:10 in the morning, the three 75MM light cannon companies of the Wang Ting Army began to carry out a rapid fire attack on the front of the Fulda circular position according to the coordinated plan.At the same time, the infantry units of the Wang Ting Army, which had arrived at the security positions at the forefront of the defense, began to clear mines and barriers and open up passages.

At 1093 hours on July 7, 4, Wang Ting's army officially started the infantry assault.

**

There used to be small woods and bushes in the clearing in the distance, but under the continuous destruction of the artillery fire, there were only a few tree stumps left there.The potholed muddy ground is like a rural pigsty, which has been trampled over and over again and is smashed to pieces.As the Wang Ting army's attack rolled in, countless figures swayed on the potholes and muddy wasteland, and the thunderous Sarkaz shouts almost faintly overwhelmed the noisy guns.

The waves of Wang Tingjun no longer shouted any previous battle cries—for example, "Long live the Regent!" They now only shout one thing:

"go home!"

The officers and soldiers of the National Self-Defense Forces on the opposite side were slightly moved, but they would not be merciful because of this: let them pass, and we will have no home!

The People's Union Combat Infantry Squads, who acted as the artillery observation team at the front, were unmoved, and even opened their doors first.They guided the artillery in the rear position to fire, and the 105MM light howitzers and 120MM heavy mortars immediately used shells to weave a wall of fire in the advancing and attacking formation of the Wang Ting Army, and groups of Wang Ting Army soldiers immediately rushed into the fire wall. Fell to the ground or even smashed to pieces; as they rushed closer, there will be battalion and company 82MM and 60MM mortars firing.

The ragged, half-starved and even barefoot soldiers of the Royal Court Army suffered heavy casualties and were in disorganized formation...but they still rushed up unrelentingly, and were dumbfounded when they saw the trenched positions of the East Casdales :

Fuck, wasn't there a knee-deep pit in this place yesterday?How the hell is it now the same as digging for a few weeks?