Chapter 1502 Main attack direction, Huangsu City
As a major general of the army at the professor level, Gu Tian quickly realized that the kingdom commander he faced who sent a code to the death to fight was extraordinary. Not only was his determination to fight to the death, but more importantly, he used unconventional tactics.
This battlefield is different from previous field battles and city offensive and defensive battles. This is also a brand new battlefield for the Sixth Division. If you attempt to annihilate the Kingdom army with your troop strength and firepower advantages, the Sixth Division may pay an unimaginable price. The previous strategy of the division headquarters' hopes to win quickly within one day must be changed.
It has to be said that Gu Tian is worthy of being a major general from the Army University who is a professor and can quickly learn from his failures. You must know that since the cold weapon era entered the hot weapon era, the battle between the city and streets has been the most tragic and helpless war between the offensive and defensive sides since his birth.
Not to mention that the powerful Zhouhui Kingdom suffered more than 850,000 casualties, the polar bears suffered more than 1.1 million casualties. It is said that the Stalingrad defense battle, which was long as 199 days, will be said to be the Battle of Hengyang, which was called the "Defense of Moscow in the East" on the battlefield of the Kingdom. Although the troops invested by both sides cannot be compared with the two giants in the north, the Black Hawk Army, as the attacking side, has invested nearly 100,000 troops in four divisions. As the defending side, the Kingdom has 17,600 infantry troops, and both sides have also invested nearly 120,000 troops.
The terrifying urban street fighting ultimately resulted in the deaths and injuries of the four Black Hawk Army units of more than 39,000 people, and only a few thousand remained in the kingdom. Although the Black Hawk Empire, which had heavy casualties, the final result was that the four divisions were beaten to half-disrupt, and the Jiangchengzi cabinet was disbanded because of the heavy casualties in this battle.
It can be said that in any urban street battle, as long as the will of the defenders is tenacious enough, even if the attacking side has an absolute advantage, it will pay an unimaginable price. In the face of the defeat in the first battle, Gu Tian, who requested the division headquarters to suspend the attack and wait for the heavy artillery brigade to arrive for reinforcements, can definitely be regarded as a relatively sober army commander in the Black Hawk Army.
However, the commander of the Sixth Division was not him, he was just a small major general brigade commander. The Sixth Division was the leader of Lieutenant General Ding Beiwei, who was proud and manic, and could fight and never fear strong enemies.
"Please don't forget your duty, and try to implement the military orders that the division headquarters has set, and hope you will return with great victory." Ding Beiwei, who is located in the command center of the Sixth Division, received a telegram from Gu Tian. Although the content in the article was not so angry, his dissatisfaction was beyond words. The implication was clearly that Brother was the boss of the Sixth Division. You are the younger brother, just fight according to Brother's wishes. What more words are there!
Of course, although Ding Beiwei was arrogant, he was not just short and brainless. He finally gave his capable subordinate some face. After learning that Gu Tian's troops had suffered two consecutive setbacks in Huangsu City, he suffered hundreds of people and studied the city defense west of Huangsu City obtained through reconnaissance, and waved his pen and assigned the 23rd Infantry Regiment, a half-dead old opponent who was beaten by the 48th Regiment on the banks of the Jiafu River River to Gu Tian's command, and strengthened his infantry force to more than 4,000 people. With the strength of four infantry brigades, he transferred two Type 89 tanks, which was much better than the strength of the previous infantry regiment.
Ding Beiwei has realized that compared with the weaker defense, the west city of Huangsucheng may become the main attack direction of the entire Huangsucheng battle.
The reason why Ding Beiwei chose the strongest and most difficult direction to defend as the main attack direction is determined by his personality. In his opinion, defeating the defensive position with the most troops invested in the enemy is more conducive to attacking the enemy's confidence and morale. This is like a fight between two people. If you defeat the opponent's most proud place, you can quickly disintegrate the enemy's fighting spirit and finally win the final victory.
For this Black Hawk Imperial Army Lieutenant General, the morale and confidence of the soldiers are the most important factors that determine the direction of victory on the battlefield.
Using strong against strong is the main reason why Ding Beiwei sent the 23rd Infantry Regiment, which was originally the reserve team, to Huangsucheng City. The main attack direction of the battle of Huangsucheng has gradually shifted from the east to the west, and the Black Hawks cannon group pointed at the muzzle of the sky, and is also aiming at the west of Huangsucheng.
That was the result of Gu Tian asking for support from the cannon group after receiving the message from Ding Beiwei.
The loss of 44 subordinates' lives, Lieutenant Ma Shu was not punished. Even though he was the only surviving lieutenant officer of the four infantry squads, he did not die in battle to protect the glory of the Imperial Army like the other three lieutenants. But he eventually brought back seven soldiers. Even if the terrified faces of the seven soldiers made people feel the urge to shave them when they saw them.
From Ma Shu's mouth, Gu Tian knew how the 94 tank was ruined. The kingdom actually used a terrible thing like a mobilizer. Gu Tian, who is skilled in studying various battles, certainly knew the power of the mobilizer that had been shown. The steel monsters that were made to consume huge resources of the empire were vulnerable to them. It was not bad luck. At close range, that simple gadget was even more terrifying than explosives.
Of course, what makes the Black Hawk Major General the most headache is not the mobilizer, but the people hiding in the houses and using the mobilizer. Through Ma Shu's description, he learned that the kingdoms hidden in it are extremely familiar with the dense terrain and complex houses. They are unparalleled in chasing and fleeing. What's more terrifying is that they will hide in any corner you can imagine and shoot, while their soldiers can only stand in the streets or alleys as living targets, because they cannot enter every house, and even if they enter, they cannot guarantee their own safety, or they cannot guarantee that after the search, there will be no kingdoms in that house.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The houses built by damn kingdoms are so dense that they can easily enter another house from one house without being discovered.
If we send all the troops we can at hand to search and advance this area by house and house, it might be the best way, but looking at the densely packed houses outside the city wall with a width of 2,000 meters in the telescope, Gu Tian couldn't help feeling powerless. If that were the case, if hours passed, I would not mention it, and I don't know how many kingdoms were hiding in it, how many deaths and injuries of the Imperial Army would cause. This is the key point that he was unable to decide.
What's even more terrifying is that he thought of the dark night that he could have thousands of troops stationed in the seemingly safe but murderous houses of the kingdom? Even if there was no attack from the kingdom people, what if the kingdom people in the city fired?
Unless this residential area is completely destroyed.
The "Sulphur Bomb" thought about this and suddenly lit up in front of Gu Tian's eyes.
Yes, if you want to deal with the kingdom army hidden in this kingdom house, the "sulphur bomb" is the best choice for them. Although it is a bit cruel, Gu Tian, who has always had a military temperament in his bones, decided to use it after hesitating for nearly a minute.
In order to win and for the empire, we must give up some personal persistence, and Gu Tian gave him a reason to comfort himself.
In the house of the Kingdom 2,000 meters away from the Black Hawk Army's main formation, a group of security soldiers cried with joy as they looked at "Zhen Laoshi" who was burnt all over but slowly opened their eyes.
As soon as the Black Hawk Army fled wildly, Qingpi rushed out of the shop and rushed towards "Zhen Laoshi", who was almost surrounded by flames. He held the wounded soldier who had lost all his ability to move and rolled several times in a row from the fire. Qingpi was not to avoid the shooting of the Black Hawk Army, but to extinguish the flames burning on himself and the wounded soldiers. Ten seconds later, "Zhen Laoshi" would probably become "really burnt".
After all, some "selfish" Qingpi was still unwilling to help "Zhen Hushi" take so much burden, and it would be better to leave these responsibilities to him. He would rather have an endless battle with the Black Hawk Empire here.
Chapter completed!