Chapter 497: Action blockage

In order to stop the offensive momentum of the Chinese army, Krement once had high hopes for the Air Force, but ultimately failed. Faced with the Chinese army's surface-to-air missile attack, none of the aircraft sent by the Australian army to perform reconnaissance missions could fly back.

Since many of the planes sent out were old-fashioned old propeller aircraft, there was no radio on them, and for this reason, even the simplest words were not sent back, it can be said that Crement's air reconnaissance this time was a complete failure.

There is no source of information in the air, but this does not mean that Clement has become completely blind. The army on the ground still learned some of the news from some traditional people running horses and fixed line telephones.

Through these words and incomplete and even false, boasting, and bewildered, Crement still roughly grasped the current situation.

The Chinese * army has surrounded itself from both wings. Although there must be loopholes in the middle of the encirclement, Clement cannot accurately grasp these loopholes in the middle of the other side's encirclement and attack.

At the same time, because the opponent took quite severe strikes and pursuits against his reconnaissance troops, so far, he has not even been able to give more accurate numbers on the forces and weapons and equipment used on both wings of the other direction.

Some troops who were hit said there were hundreds of tanks, while others said that at least more than four hundred tanks appeared in front of them. These chaotic and contradictory words could not provide more effective information.

Faced with the newly launched offensive by the Chinese, Clement was not sure of the opponent's true intentions, and could not figure out whether the opponent wanted to eat his overall attack or another massive act of luring the enemy.

For this reason, Clemant had to order the troops to keep their troops to pay close attention to the dynamics of the Chinese team. Whether it was the opponent's attack or maneuver, as long as the position was still in his own hands and did not attack randomly, then the opponent's strategy of seducing the enemy might not be realized.

Clemute also carefully sent a large number of communication troops to his rear and established multiple wired telephones and communication lines to ensure smooth communication with the rear positions. Clemute now has a certainty as long as he strictly guards his rear route and is not cut off by the Chinese, then the other party will have to face the remaining troops in his hands.

If you don’t destroy yourself on the road to the south, I believe that no one will ignore the threat brought by a big pile of people behind you. Therefore, Clement is very confident that the Chinese will not jump away from it before they eliminate themselves and continue to move south.

Clement's judgment is well-founded and correct. Wang Junfeng would not bypass the south before he resolved so many tens of thousands of people. Because letting such a huge force be in his back is as dangerous as putting a huge bomb behind him. No one with a brain will take this risk and try it easily.

Wang Junfeng currently has two ways to encircle the two wings of the Australian and American coalition forces. One is to try to lure the other party out and continue to make mistakes. The pressure a person faces for a long time gradually increases, so the greater the possibility of his mistakes. He just wants to continue to put pressure on Clemant little by little, forcing him to make mistakes and make stupid moves.

If Clemute is stubborn or stubborn, then Wang Junfeng has no more ways to do it. Then he can only let the troops smash the shell of Clemute, the dead turtle, open!

In both plans, three-sided encirclement of the Australian and American coalition forces is required. As for the last side, it is not yet time to make the other party jump up and fight to the death. This is the reason for boiling frogs in warm water.

On April 4, the Chinese army completed the encirclement of the two wings, especially on the right wing of the Australian-US coalition forces, which was completely cut off by the Chinese.

All the railways connected to the east and road traffic were interrupted, and the Australian and American coalition forces lost the opportunity to continue to obtain more supplies and reinforcements from the east. The only southern railway and highway that remained unobstructed highlighted its importance at this time.

Just when Clemant was worried that his retreat would be cut off, the Chinese people on the opposite side seemed to have no more interest in cutting off the lifeline of traffic supply, or they had lost interest, and they began to devote more attention and combat power to the attack on their positions.

"Damn it, without the cover strikes carried out by the Air Force from the sky, it was really difficult to fight a position. The opponent's artillery fire was always a big threat."

A platoon of the Marine Corps had just completed the assault on the first position of the Australian Army. Their mission was to clear the remaining Australian troops on the defense line as soon as possible.

From a technical and tactical perspective, such a battle is not too difficult for these well-trained Marines. Under the cover of the impact of tanks and armored vehicles, it is easy to rush into the opponent's defense line and clear out the remaining enemies' occupied positions. The biggest threat in the past is to be careful of those wounded Australian soldiers who are dying or awakening, and they are attacking with one blow.

But today's battle has another one, that is, the shells fired by the artillery scattered to various places by the opponent. These shells do not have much accuracy, and lack the effective unified fire to cause suppressive and cover-based lethality.

But the cannons have the power to run around. Inadvertently, you may have just gloated and gloating to see the other party's shell hit the other party's own soldiers, but the next second, there may be shells shot from some unknown place falling beside you.

It's okay for those artillery that are slightly far away. Veterans can probably predict the landing point of the shell from the sound of howling and flying in the sky. However, the problem is that many Australian cannons are hidden and scattered in every corner of the position. The range is short and the parabola is low. Some artillery even aims directly and fires directly. This kind of unpredictable shooting is no different from a cold gun.

To this end, the soldiers must pay careful attention to any abnormal point to avoid disaster for themselves or their comrades.

In the past, there was no such combat experience, but at that time, most of them called the Air Force to help. Destroy and suppress ground targets from the sky, making it impossible to open fire and threaten Chinese soldiers. However, on Australian islands, the Chinese Air Force still needs time to carry out infrastructure construction to improve the attendance rate of more aircraft.

"I'm counting on the Air Force. The base camp has only sent more than twenty planes to support from 300 kilometers away. This is not enough for troops from three directions to divide the troops. The order is also very clear. If it is not a serious threat or a target with sufficient value, don't call the Air Force to reinforce it!" The squad leader of the third squad leader of the second squad who had just spoken, leaning in the same bunker, surrounded by deserts and Gobi.

They just arrived here without the Air Force and more firepower reinforcements, and in the middle of this bunker, there was a hidden and good infantry cannon.

This cannon, which had just been used to suppress the infantry for a long time, is now blown from the inside and twisted around like a twist, and the gunners around it are also shot dead in this well-built defensive bunker.

"I hope this will not be many targets to defend against artillery attacks, otherwise this battle will be really hard." The second squad leader rubbed the tiny beads of sweat on his forehead, and said, looking at the traces that were just shot by the rocket launcher and tank shells outside the fortification.

The fortification was extremely strong, which shows that the Australian army had prepared here for a long time. No wonder the tanks and bazooka could not be directly destroyed. The Australian soldiers used the rocks on the ground to carry out fortification components. Tank guns and bazooka were defeated in front of this hard granite, and they did not take down the fortification until traditional infantry took down the fortification.

"I hope so." The third squad leader nodded in agreement and looked into the air. Although the fortifications had a very strong hardness in preventing direct fire from the ground.

But in the air, there is only a thin layer of camouflage web. If it is a curved howitzer, it can use its large arc parabola to conduct effective attacks, but the premise is to accurately hit.

In terms of hit rate, the Air Force can highlight intuitive and effective attack strength. Its own troops also spent a lot of effort to rush to the range of the six-barrel grenades and the six-zero mortars and then suppress the firepower of the opponent, and then rushed in to kill the opponent's firepower at close range while the opponent's firepower was suppressed.

During this process, four of the two squads fell on the road to attack. The war was always cruel. Behind the victory were tears and regrets hidden under joy.

While the two were taking their soldiers for a short rest, the familiar howling sound of these veterans suddenly appeared in the sky, and there was no need for them to shout. In addition to them, the two soldiers in the squad knew that this was the sound of the tail wings slashing through the air when the mortar shells flew.

And the target is not elsewhere, it is flying in this direction, and you will no longer look for cover to lie in a hidden place and wait for the bombing!

"Damn it, how could I shoot the cannon!" After dodging the shells of the squad leader, the second squad leader was a little angry and shaking the floating soil from the soil lifted by the shells. The broken soil was mixed with some stones, and it hurts even if it hits the body.

"In front, the mortar with a caliber of more than 100 mm should be a little far away!" The third squad leader's temper was not as fierce as the second squad leader. He just pointed to the place where the fire was still in exchange. The continuous fire and the explosion of gunpowder proved that there was a very fierce battle there.

"Go up!"

"Um!"

"Everyone should pay attention to all suspicious objects around you. If you find any, report it immediately. If you don't have time, you can open fire directly! I don't want to see everyone killed by cold guns and cannons, do you understand?!"

"clear!"

After the day's battle, the Chinese troops did not continue to launch an offense and expanded their results in depth. They strangely stopped attacking and defended their existing defense zones on the spot. For some target defense zones with little value, the Chinese soldiers even chose to take the initiative to withdraw from here to concentrate their forces to defend the existing occupied areas, which made a rare balance on the battlefield.

Although the Australian Army was puzzled why the opponent chose to stop the attack at this time, they were more grateful that they had more time to breathe.

Although the Chinese attack did not take long for a day, the pressure on the Australian army was not to be put into the east, north and west. In the direction, the Chinese team launched a huge offensive at the same time.

Under the cover of heavy artillery, tanks and armored vehicles, the Chinese and ** team broke through the first line of defense set up by the Australian army in these three directions. Among them, the most miserable is the west, after all, there are only two infantry divisions there.

The form on the north side should be said to be just right. After all, I had placed the focus of my defense on the north side. Although the first line of defense was lost, the loss was not large.

Only the defense line in the east made Krement feel the most satisfied and delighted, because the firepower of the east was much stronger than that of the other two directions because of an armored division.

Because the terrain here is relatively complex, there are many natural boulders, natural bunkers and hidden areas to be used, the Chinese are most struggling and slow in fighting in three directions.

In delight, Clemant immediately sent a commendation telephone to the Eastern Front troops and encouraged them to continue to maintain this momentum and give a heavier blow to the invading Chinese. He also promoted the success of the Eastern Front defenders and some defense experience to the other two directions, in order to better defend the remaining defense lines and give greater casualties to the Chinese.

On the other hand, the Chinese army stopped not because the Chinese army did not have enough momentum. Although the stop attack could indeed give the other party a rare chance to breathe, the pressure was not only applied bit by bit, but also without the support of the air force, the battle was indeed not easy to fight.

Strictly speaking, there are indeed many problems in the battle, resulting in excessive casualties in some battles. In order to reduce such situations, it is necessary for the troops to stop attacking and summarize the problems that occurred in the previous day's battle. This blindly fails to fight in and wastes ammunition and oil transported from all over the country, and the casualties cost is also a bit too high.

It is not difficult to find in the summary that the troops have become accustomed to the Air Force reinforcements, and now they are suddenly going back to the situation without Air Force reinforcements to fight.

In this regard, the Chinese ** team also conducted its own review. During the review and self-finding criticism, everyone found that although the 358th Division, the 1st Expeditionary Force responsible for attacking the Western Front, was the weakest area among the three defense lines, the army called for reinforcements to the Air Force in a day's battle, and all the battles were completed by the advancement of the Army's ground forces.

Not only that, the low casualty rate is also something other troops cannot compare with.

For this reason, the 358th Division also gave a very simple solution. That is, in so many years of battles, they often fought under the lack of cover of the air force. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the division did not expect the Air Force to provide them with much reinforcements from the beginning.

During the years of war, the Expeditionary Army where the 358th Division is located uses traditional ground weapons to fight. It can be said that in the hearts of the army, having Air Force reinforcements is only an extra help. It is easier to fight with support, but if not, then you can still fight this battle!

These words suddenly awakened a lot of people. So far, many troops have relied too much on the convenience brought to themselves by the support of the Air Force. Now there is no reinforcement from the Air Force at once, and it seems that many troops will not be able to fight.

With the example of the 358th Division of the Expeditionary Army, other troops sent people to the 358th Division for observation and study. The study time was not much, but they could understand the general tactical ideas and tactical characteristics.

After all, each unit has its own soul, and this soul has been injected into the beginning of this unit. Although the 358th Division is not as good as the other four main forces in terms of equipment, it is less dependent on weapons than the other four main forces.

More often, the people of the 358th Division use whatever weapons they have. They improve tactics from existing weapons, strengthen local work, and make full use of firepower support weapons at the starter company-level, namely mortars, grenades and other individual soldiers to support firepower equipment on the front line.

In front of many people, without the air force and no more heavy firepower support, the soldiers of the 358th Division relied on each other to cover and earthwork, faced with the opponent's firepower fortification points, with the support of the 358th Division, with the support of the artillery and tanks, dug out trenches with engineer shovels in full view of the public and pushed them out little by little under the eyes of the other party.

The other party stared at the trench getting closer and closer to his trench. He couldn't even see how the rifle machine guns could be aimed at them. When the cannons hit, they all hid in the trench and did not have much effect. They could only watch the other party burst into their range, and they fired in a dense continuous manner.

Although these little guys are indeed not as powerful as those cannons, the small powerful bombs that have been smashed over can still wash the opponent's positions. The enemy who did not enter the closed bunker will be dead due to such a dense rain of bullets.

There is not much new in tactics, but after watching it, the troops understood why the 358th Division was able to join the five main ace troops. It does not mean that they can become the main force by just having more advanced weapons. The greatest effect of not being able to play or not exert equipment is to waste such a good weapon.

The 358th Division is strong because it can fully understand any equipment and be good at using it. Don’t underestimate the fact that a small engineer shovel, which is good at using these four words, can play a huge role in their hands.

However, learning is learned, but whether you can truly understand it is another matter. But after studying and observing, several troops held a discussion meeting at the Western Front Command of the 358th Division. The discussion was that if existing resources were allocated to strengthen the attack strength, especially the battle on the Eastern Front.

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