In order to secretly infiltrate the territory of Qingtian Castle this time, Jingtao Castle did not deploy any chariots. The vehicles used were all modified cars for forging identities. Once they faced the regular army of the fortress, they would suffer a great loss.
So the commander of this team immediately gave up the idea of risking a war, but he issued an order for the soldiers to prepare for a surprise attack. The commander's idea was to continue to approach the Storm Army as a caravan and launch a surprise attack at the right time.
If they get closer, the enemy tanks will naturally not open fire to avoid accidentally hurting friendly forces, which will give them a chance of winning.
However, when they were still a few hundred meters away from the Storm Troops, a broadcast was heard: "The convoy ahead, please stop. The convoy ahead, please stop."
"Please show us your valid ID. If you are a caravan, please show us the registration number of the fortress for us to check."
The broadcast kept repeating itself, and in order to avoid any 'misunderstanding', the commander of Jingtao Fort had no choice but to give the order to stop the car. As a hostile army, they had no valid documents, and naturally no registration code.
The commander took a deep breath and gave a decisive order: "The people in vehicles 1 to 3 will stay with me to cover our retreat. The rest of the vehicles will retreat immediately and join up with the 4th detachment."
In this situation, everyone in the car knew very well what it meant to be the last one to leave. When the soldier who was called to be the last one to leave, his expression changed drastically.
Jingtao Castle has not fought a war for many years. Although they participated in the last war between Qingtian Castle and Black Star Castle, they were not the main force, so not many soldiers were sent to the battlefield.
Many soldiers had never participated in a real war, and now when they heard that they had to stay behind to cover the retreat, many of them felt afraid.
The commander said in a deep voice: "I know you are afraid, but this is for the fortress and for your family in the fortress. Moreover, I will stay with you to cover your retreat. If we have to die, we will die in front."
"Now, pick up your weapons and don't bring shame to our Castle of Storms."
With the commander's encouragement, the soldiers gradually picked up the weapons hidden in the cargo, but their faces were still pale and their hands holding the rifles were shaking slightly.
the other side.
The Storm Army's broadcast was still sounding, but the convoy parked in front did not produce any valid proof. After receiving this report, Colonel Lan Long, who was in charge of this force, gave orders calmly.
"The tanks are deployed to form a circle and they are ordered to respond within one minute, otherwise we will launch artillery fire."
Before the Storm Army could execute the colonel's order, the rear of the convoy in front suddenly broke away from the team, turned around, and ran away. Seeing this situation, there was no need for Blue Dragon to give orders. The Storm tanks immediately adjusted the muzzles of their main guns and fired shells at the convoy behind.
One after another, star element shells broke through the air and fell to the ground, exploding into blue fireballs, shaking the earth and scattering particles everywhere.
At the same time, the three vehicles left behind in front of the convoy lined up in a row. At the commander's order, the soldiers inside smashed the windows, stretched out their rifles, and fired at the Storm Army.
For a moment, the coastal road was filled with the sound of gunfire and artillery fire, with flames rising and smoke billowing everywhere.
Skyfort.
Chu Yan, who had a rare trip home yesterday, had just had lunch at home when he received news of a battle on the Coastline Highway and hurried back to the military command hall.
The old commander, wearing a black night walker coat, strode into the command center and saw the big
The figure of a blue dragon is appearing on the screen.
Chu Yan immediately asked, "What's going on?"
Colonel Lan Long saluted the acting city lord and said, "We just intercepted a Jingtao Fort troop on the Coastline Highway. According to the prisoners' account, they were ordered to infiltrate our territory and head to the assembly point."
"Unfortunately, their commanders and officers were killed in the battle, and the prisoners were all soldiers, so the intelligence they knew was very limited."
Chu Yan snorted and said, "Jingtao Fort is determined to start a war. Yesterday, I asked the heads of various outposts on the border to report to me that several outposts had lost contact. Our people rushed to investigate, and the results were the same. All the people in those outposts had been wiped out."
"It seems that the troops of Jingtao Fort have infiltrated our territory. Blue Dragon, you and the other Storm Army formations will immediately start a search and find all the troops from Jingtao Fort that have infiltrated our territory!"
After this order was given, the Storm Troops began a large-scale operation. By the afternoon, many moving arrows had appeared on a map of the Gulf region on the large screen of the command center.
Among them, the red arrows represent invaders, and the blue arrows symbolize the Storm Army.
Judging from the markings on this map, there are a lot of red arrows, the patterns of their movement are unpredictable, and their distribution points are very wide, making people feel like they have no idea where to start.
From a distance, those red moving arrows looked like undercurrents in the sea. Chu Yan bit a cigarette but didn't light it. The old commander raised his eyebrows and said, "This is the most commonly used tactic of Jingtao Fort. They always split the army into multiple formations. When fighting, they surge irregularly like undercurrents in the sea, making it difficult for the enemy to guess their tactical purpose, so they are always led by the nose."
"Once they have taken the initiative and mastered the rhythm of the battle, at a certain moment, many undercurrents will converge together to form a tsunami that is powerful enough to destroy everything!"
Cao Gang, the iron-walled commander who had already rushed to the command center, glanced at the old commander and asked, "Then how should we respond?"
Chu Yan then lit up his cigarette, exhaled the smoke and said, "If we want to intercept those undercurrents, we must learn from them and split up our forces, otherwise we won't be able to do it. But if we do that, we'll be in a passive situation, so this approach is not advisable."
"Although Jingtao Fort's undercurrent tactics are flexible, they are not without their shortcomings. In order to allow these undercurrents to appear quickly and covertly in the enemy's battle zone, they will have to abandon some things."
"For example, supplies, for example, tanks. Also, in order to maintain flexibility, they need to constantly carry out tactical movements, so their soldiers will quickly fatigue and have difficulty in sustaining."
"So, if I were the enemy commander, after confusing the opponent, I would have to occupy some places as support points in the war zone. Only in this way can I build supply lines, open up transportation networks, and create conditions for continuous combat."
Cao Gang narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "In this way, we can formulate a counter-attack plan based on the opponent's strategy."
Chu Yan nodded: "That's right. First of all, we can maintain the current pursuit and give the enemy the illusion of being pressed hard and relentless, and continue to put pressure on them. But at the same time, we can secretly withdraw some of the soldiers from each team to use as the troops needed for the next battle."
"When we pursue, we will remove the settlements in the war zone and ask people to take the food away. If they can't take it away, we will burn it and leave no supplies for Jingtao Fort.
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"At the same time, we sent troops to bypass the war zone and set up a defense line in the border area to cut off the enemy's supply and make those troops that infiltrated our area isolated."
"Under this situation, their commander has only one choice, which is to occupy a location in our territory as soon as possible that can quickly replenish supplies."
Chu Yan pointed at the map on the big screen and said, "In that war zone, there is only one place that meets the requirements. That is the material transfer base we set up there to supply the daily needs of the border outposts."
"Then, we can gather the soldiers we secretly transferred back to that base, and when the enemy comes, we can give them a surprise."
Cao Gang nodded and said, "Then I will go to the material transfer base and wait for orders."
"No, no, no."
Chu Yan shook his head and said, "I have more important things to ask you to handle."
Cao Gang glanced at the old commander in confusion. Is there anything more urgent than this
Three days passed quietly.
Ever since the battle on the Coastline Highway three days ago, the war began to spread throughout the territory of Skyfort. In three days, an area of more than 200 square kilometers has become a war zone. The war has affected more than 20 settlements, leaving thousands of people displaced and homeless.
The fighting is still going on and is getting more intense.
Almost every day, gunshots and artillery fire could be heard in this vast war zone, flames and thick smoke could be seen everywhere, and the fighting never stopped even at night.
Outside a settlement that had become a battlefield, a Jingtao Fort troop quietly arrived, ready to support the friendly forces here. The commander led the soldiers, using various cover to sneak around the side and rear of the settlement, where a fierce battle had just ended, and the ground was blasted with large and small pits by shells.
Two light tanks were on fire. Not far from the tanks, a dozen soldiers were sitting on the ground with numb expressions. They were disheveled and resting.
Some of them were eating high-energy food bars, some were bandaging their comrades. Some of the wounded had their hands and feet blown off, some had bloody heads, some were deaf, and some had their eyes blinded by shrapnel.
The commander led his team to them, reunited with them, and asked his soldiers to take out field first aid medicines to rescue several seriously injured soldiers.
"I don't want to fight anymore..."
Suddenly, a soldier stood up and said, "I want to go home! I don't want to stay here anymore."
The commander changed color and said, "Get down quickly!"
Before he finished speaking, the soldier who stood up suddenly had his head exploded, and then the sound of a sniper rifle came from the distance.
"Damn it, there are still snipers!" the commander shouted, "Everyone sit down and don't stand up."
He turned around and pointed at several officers: "You, and you, take people to find the sniper."
Then, the commander said to the other soldiers: "We are now on the battlefield. On the battlefield, you are soldiers. If you want to go home, fight hard and try your best to survive. After this battle, you will be heroes when you return home."
"But now, if you go back, you'll be deserters!"
"Be a hero or a deserter, it's your choice!"