Chapter 32: Let the 202 brigade go up!
Air strikes and missiles can be targeted at precise buildings that are often obvious or strategically important.
Even the awesome Air Force never denies that the 6th Army is often the one who ends the battle.
The four-hour air raid and bombing completely blew up Yalinata into ruins, but did not make the subsequent stubborn stone legions lose their combat effectiveness.
After all, the top leaders of the Wandering Stone Legion were prepared to lose air supremacy when entering the Great Six Bridge. In order to deal with bombing and air strikes, the armored troops and artillery were in particular camouflage.
Therefore, the Wandering Stone Legion protected most of the heavy firepower and chariot armored vehicles during the night bombing.
So just dawned, the Wanshi Legion dispatched two divisions of offensive troops to attack the positions stationed by the 1st Brigade.
The battle here in Yalinata is all about time.
This is the same for both sides participating in the war. The Imperial Army had to delay time until the large army came out of the Tianyun Mountains, and the Stubborn Stone Legion had to occupy the defense line before the main force of the Imperial Army broke out of the Tianyun Mountains. Time was a matter of success or failure for both sides, so the battle was fierce from the beginning.
The Imperial Army had the advantage of the air force - but only the advantage. The situation in the Alinata side was destined to be unable to build an airport on a large scale, so it could only build three field airports. Even if it was running at full capacity, it could only accommodate less than 200 air force fighters. Most of these pilots experienced yesterday's air combat and last night's air raids, and could not provide endless support at all.
The Air Force arrived from the Imperial Army-controlled area and needed to travel at least 500 kilometers. Although 500 kilometers were close to the air force fighter jets, they could not endlessly support the Alinata area. After the battle broke out, the long exchange of fire needed the support of the Air Force everywhere!
Therefore, the fighter jets that can hover over the war zone every hour are destined to be unable to exceed one hundred.
These fighter jets not only need to bomb ground attacks, but also need to be guarded against sneak attacks from the Crusader Air Force, and can truly invest in support of ground combat, which is pitiful.
The support of the Air Force is not as great as imagined. The soldiers fighting on the front line can only accept the cruel battles that are several times more than expected!
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“Plans can never keep up with changes…”
In the third group headquarters, Imperial Army General Long Xu looked at the new information and frowned and sighed.
The plan formulated by the theater staff is not a big problem, and the flaws do not cover up the merits. However, the miscalculated stubborn stone legion casts the plan with layers of thick haze. Can the Black Flag Army and airborne troops deployed on the front line to resist the stubborn stone legion be able to survive until the main force emerges from the Tianyun Mountains?
"Commander, this is the conclusion of the deduction from the General Staff of the War Zone." The staff presented a document. After General Long Xu gave the result document, he frowned and squeezed his brows hard.
The conclusions drawn by the theater staff were very unoptimistic. Two Black Flag Army brigades and one airborne regiment were difficult to persevere until the main force came out of the Tianyun Mountains in the fierce attack of the Wandering Stone Legion. The most pessimistic thing for those high-level leaders was probably that two brigades and one airborne regiment in four days may all die.
Even the most optimistic estimate is that when the main force comes out of the Tianyun Mountains, the two brigades may only have less than 10% of the manpower left.
Reinforcements!
The forces on the Yalinata guarding line must be strengthened!
This is the view of the General Staff.
"Reinforcements... Where can I mobilize reinforcements?" the general was worried.
The third cluster is the main force of this battle, with more than 17 armies under its command, which is a smaller version of the Central War Zone.
The scale of the troops is huge, but after the horn of battle sounds, where can the general easily draw troops?
"Can the theater find a way to mobilize troops to support the Yalinata defenders?" the chief of staff suggested on the side.
The general shook his head and sighed: "The war zone is also difficult now... For the battle across the sea, all the elite soldiers in the war zone have been transferred away. The battle on the side of Alinata is destined to be a battle of will. It is not necessarily a blessing to take the troops that have not been tested in the war."
The Imperial Army is indeed of high quality, but it must be pointed out that the troops that have been tested by war and have not been tested by war are completely different!
The battle of Alinata is destined to be a bloody purgatory with mountains of corpses. It is definitely a disaster, not a blessing, when troops that have not been sent by war.
Why is the most pessimistic speculation of the Battlefield General Staff Department four days? This is the premise that more than 30 hours have passed!
Because the two brigades and one regiment participated in the war, except for the 3o3 airborne regiment, the two brigades of the Black Flag Army were both newcomers. Not to mention the time of the army, they had not experienced the war!
The senior leaders all pessimistically believed that these two brigades might collapse in a mess under the enemy's desperate attack!
If possible, the theater staff will definitely replace these two brigades regardless of everything.
But this time, in order to solve the crusaders on the Big 6 Bridge, the war zone almost threw all its wealth into Operation Blizzard and the Battle of Crossing the Sea.
The snowstorm was a frontal attack, while the Battle of Crossing the Sea was to cut off the rear. For the Battle of Crossing the Sea, the Military Affairs Council attacked the theater staff, and the two major fleets served it. The huge Crossing the Sea Corps would board the 6th Olifik and then block the connection point between the Big 6 Bridge and the West Big 6th.
Even if the cruising army cannot block the connection point, as long as the cruising army reaches 6, the entire Western 6 will tremble and the entire Crusader will panic!
Once the connection point is cut off, the Crusader is a rootless duckweed. Even if it is extremely large, there will be only one fate - falling apart!
The larger it is, the faster it collapses, the more miserable it becomes after losing the support behind it.
After all, if modern warfare fails to provide logistics, even if His Majesty the God of War is alive, he will not have the power to turn the world back!
The Battle of Crossing the Sea must not be disturbed, this is the bottom line - if something happens, the General Staff of the War Zone can only endure the pain and make a problem in the Tianyun Mountains.
But the blocking battle of the Tianyun Mountains is related to the victory or defeat of the Blizzard Operation!
When formulating the strategy, the theater staff misjudged the resilience of the Crusaders. The snowstorm operation did not meet expectations from the beginning. All participating troops and reserve troops were thrown into a battlefield like a swamp, but there was no major breakthrough.
The two sides actually maintained a balance on the long line of exchange.
As the main attack cluster, the third cluster must break the balance to expand the results of the battle, squeeze the living space of the Crusaders and cooperate with the Battle of Crossing the Sea. At this time, the Black Flag Army, which was still moving hard in the Tianyun Mountains, became the most favorable weight to break the balance.
Things in the world are messing with people!
The surprise soldier in the original plan has become the most critical weight. This was something I didn't expect at the beginning of the formulation. If he had known this, General Long Xu would definitely strengthen the troops of the Yalinata guardian troops before the war started. One brigade or even one division could definitely be drawn.
But now, how can he mobilize his troops? After the huge chess game is unfolded, one carrot and one pit will disrupt all plans!
Although the alien federation has many troops, to be honest, the group of troops fighting against the Five Slags were given to General Long Xu for free. He also felt that the military pay wasted - the defense of the alien federation was almost contracted by the Imperial Army. From this, we can imagine the combat effectiveness of the alien federation army.
The Chief of Staff was also worried that the Imperial Army's ability to mobilize troops was the best in the world, and it was not impossible to mobilize troops from the local area. In just three days, a brigade or even a division could be devoted to Yalinata. The Chief of Staff was absolutely confident in this regard.
But can you last until three days?
Don't let reinforcements get into the arms of the Wandering Stone Legion by then, and the fun will be great.
"Commander, I know there is a force that can be sent up!" The staff officer on the side suddenly interrupted: "There is still a brigade of the Black Flag Army that is repairing. This brigade can definitely be raised!"
"A brigade?" General Long Xu and the Chief of Staff looked at the speaking staff. Not to mention a brigade, even a regiment is very precious - a regiment that is not planned is extremely precious at this time!
Of course, the premise is that it must be a trustworthy army.
But how could there be a brigade not planned?
Faced with the puzzled and puzzled expressions of the two bosses, the staff quickly explained and reminded: "The commander, chief of staff, and the 2nd Brigade of the Second Army of the Black Flag Army participated in the blocking war during the attack. However, because of the heavy losses, the blizzard operation and the battle of crossing the sea were excluded."
Black Flag Army 2 Brigade?
General Long Xu suddenly realized.
To be honest, the biggest reason why the Black Flag Army was allowed to join the Blizzard Operation this time and became a surprise soldier was the performance of the 2o2 Brigade, not because the commander of the Black Flag Army was his former Yuan.
The 2o2 Brigade made the name of the Black Flag Army in the cross-border battle, which also made the theater recognize the combat effectiveness of the Black Flag Army - the same sentence, the military achievements are the bottom line!
"The 2o2 Brigade suffered heavy losses in the blocking battle, with a loss of almost 40%. The worst battalion was almost wiped out. Although it was full of staff,... can it work?" The Chief of Staff was not optimistic about the 2o2 Brigade. It was not that he looked down on the combat effectiveness of the 2o2 Brigade, but that the 2o2 Brigade had only been fully staffed for a few days. Is the brigade capable of fighting?
"It's okay if you don't work!" General Long Xu slapped the table violently: "They are the Black Flag Army! Only do it! You must do it!"
"The only way to get the 2o2 Brigade is to be raised," the Chief of Staff knew that the only 2o2 Brigade could be used now, and there was no other way except hard-pressing, but he suggested: "Commander, no matter what, we must be prepared for another move and dispatch troops to other war zones. At the same time, we should try to draw troops from the cluster, and we can also parachute and support at critical moments."
"Okay, you can arrange it and let the 2o2 Brigade go up! Let the Ninth Flying Brigade escort the transport troops, and the 2o2 Brigade must be put into the Yalinata line as soon as possible!" The General ordered.
Chapter completed!