Chapter 1250 Dancing on the Tip of a Knife
This was an operation on the edge of a knife. The combined force brigade went deep into the enemy's midst, seemingly giving up its long-range strike advantage.
But it was precisely this style of dancing on the edge of a knife that no one could have imagined. If Zeng Wangcai, the initiator of the action, didn't think of it, how could others have thought of it?
In fact, the advantage of long-range strikes was not abandoned, but was replaced by approaching warships.
The arsenals of troops in three cities including Wiegand were bombed, which directly led to casualties among these troops before the battle even started.
After noticing the enemy attack, the various units discovered that several of their superiors were missing.
Less than half an hour after the operation, Zeng Wangcai discovered that even without using ultra-long-range firepower, the combat effectiveness of the combined brigade was top-notch.
First the artillery bombarded Wiegand, then the artillery tore away and the tanks rushed forward, destroying the defense that the Wiegand defenders had organized with great difficulty. The robot dogs and drone troops immediately followed and launched a killing attack on the ground forces.
Three tricks: long-range artillery fire, tanks to clear the way, and then release the dogs.
Half an hour later, the Gallic army of 10,000 put up a symbolic resistance and then retreated towards Slowchester.
Without anything blocking the way, we can move faster.
Before reaching Liverpool, a combined brigade that had been detached had already defeated Porter's defenders and returned to reunite.
Mechanized troops can go directly by road, a distance of more than 50 kilometers, and it won’t take long to fight while moving.
So, at midnight, Zeng Wangcai was already outside Liverpool.
The troops sent out to attack Venice returned, and four combined brigades arrived. The front two attacked Liverpool, and the back two intercepted the pursuers. This is when long-range firepower was used.
Zeng Wangcai’s routine is the same as before. He shouted to Liverpool, giving them time to surrender and giving the civilians time to leave.
However, this shouting routine was actually just a sleight of hand to attract the enemy's attention. When all attention was focused on Zeng Wangcai, the fleet led by Lin Fusheng opened fire.
He turned the ground of Anglesey over three times until there was not a inch of land left.
what?
Don't care about civilians at this time?
Don't be funny, we are at war. Haven't you heard that a kind army cannot be commanded?
The battle here was successful, and the two combined brigades began to form a defense line and push it outward to ensure that there was enough space behind.
After eight hours, the dance on the tip of the knife was successful.
"Fortunately, there was no danger!" Zeng Wangcai sat in the armored vehicle and entered the city.
Outside the window, buildings in Liverpool were either collapsing or on fire.
There were also pairs of soldiers who surrendered and became prisoners and were taken to the dock. Zeng Wangcai's target was also the dock.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Zeng Wangcai took root at Liverpool Dock. One brigade around him served as a reserve, and the other brigade was sent out to join the troops outside.
Beat him, beat him to death, so what if he loses 800,000?
At six o'clock in the evening, Zeng Wangcai released the last brigade to replace one of the front-line troops and refresh.
At twelve o'clock in the evening, the refreshed troops are released again to rotate.
The troops are replaced every six hours to ensure that there is always ammunition and fresh blood.
Sister Mei and the coalition forces also became ruthless and fought hard without stopping.
Slowchester, temporary headquarters.
In addition to Sister Mei, the Minister of Defense and the British army commander Brute, representatives from the other eleven villages were present.
"Although we don't know how they suddenly appeared in Wiegand, our plan was successful."
"Liverpool's failure is not shameful. I think it was Liverpool's failure that allowed us to successfully trap them in Liverpool."
"The problem now is that our losses are severe and the long-range weapons deployed on Anglesey have been destroyed."
"They have warships, and we can't do anything about it!"
"No, the warship cannot land. We are already mobilizing heavy artillery to provide support."
"In 24 hours, our losses were huge. It's impossible for them to not suffer any losses. I'm not talking about the robot dogs, I'm talking about the people..."
"..."
The conference room was buzzing with various discussions.
Sister Mei paced back and forth. She hadn't slept for twenty-four hours.
"Sir, I suggest suspending the attack!" The Minister of Defense came over with a dark face. "The casualties are too great. If we continue like this, the troops will collapse. Let alone breaking through their defenses, we don't even have a chance to get close. Their weapons have a longer range than ours. We have to wait."
Zeng Wangcai's surprise attack was so effective that almost all of the coalition forces' large-scale mobile heavy weapons were deployed behind their imagined line of defense, which was a fan-shaped line radiating from Liverpool.
Zeng Wangcai boldly led his troops deep into the enemy's territory alone and has now occupied Liverpool. Their heavy weapons are very limited and must be mobilized.
Seeing that Mei was still hesitating, the Minister of Defense lowered his voice and said, "Sir, we can't increase the intensity of our attack. The coalition forces, except for the Japanese, are simply terrible, and our soldiers are not used to this intensity of combat."
When we talk about strength, we are actually talking about firepower.
Firepower is king. The rockets of the three combined brigades could have hit Slowchester far away. The reason they didn't fire was to take care of the densely-attacked attacking forces.
"We can't stop firing!" Sister Mei thought for a few seconds and said, "Reduce the intensity of the attack and speed up the operation of the weapons."
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Liverpool Docks.
It is now noon on the second day after the war, and Zeng Wangcai is already starting to feel bored.
There was no way, it was too smart and he couldn't help at all.
“Don’t talk!” Zeng Wangcai saw that Xiaobao was about to speak but hesitated, so he interrupted him and said, “Don’t even think about it. This level of battle doesn’t rely on physical skills. Just stay at the back.”
"Oh..." The little leopard lowered his head and obediently threw the fishing hook into the water.
At this time, an officer from the combined brigade came over and handed Zeng Wangcai a tablet with a map on it with several coordinates marked on it.
At the same time, Zeng Wangcai's cell phone rang and a text message from You Benhua came.
Zeng Wangcai directly forwarded the text message to Lin Fusheng, and then called Lin Fusheng: "Fusheng, mark the location, as well as the one on your mobile phone text message, and bring them together. Don't worry about the ammunition, just bomb it and smash it to pieces."
"Roger that!"
A few minutes later, the 055s, which were less than a hundred nautical miles away from the coastline, opened fire together, and various bombs began to pour down.
Those coordinates, where the coalition forces transported weapons, were blown to pieces.
You Benhua can get intelligence, and the combined forces brigade is not only good at fighting tough battles, their small-scale raids and reconnaissance are also equally powerful.
Anyway, it doesn't need to be 100% accurate. As long as there is a suspicious target, mark it and blow it up.
This was a life-threatening situation. In the area around Chester, civilians in the war zone designated by the coalition forces ran away like crazy.
For three days and seventy-two hours, the coalition forces were unable to advance a single step. Their 800,000-strong army was a joke; the more people there were, the more tragic the deaths.
At noon on the fourth day, the atmosphere in the meeting room of the Slowchester temporary command center was completely different.
"We have to admit that this war is too difficult..."