Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 1659 The Counterattack of the 1660th Regiment

When Eric's 7th Army launched an offensive on the flank, the dwarf's 11th Army suddenly felt tremendous pressure.

They were originally just an expanded second-line army, and their equipment was not that good. Naturally, they had no way to compete head-on with the 7th Army.

The troops of the Tang Army quickly cut through the defense line of the 11th Group Army, and the opponent had to start to retreat, giving up the flank of the 12th Group Army.

In order not to be broken horizontally by the Tang Army, the 12th Army had to retreat, which directly exposed the Susas troops on its flank to the Tang 7th Army.

The commander of Susas could not sit still and wait for death. They had to start to retreat. However, their withdrawal meant that all the coalition forces threatening the protrusion of Tang State's 1st Army Group had begun to retreat. Suddenly the coalition forces attempted to encircle Datang's Second Army. The 1st Army's Battle of St. Lo could no longer be sustained.

The entire battle situation began to collapse. The 11th and 12th armies of the Dwarves retreated about 50 kilometers before barely stopping. Susas's troops retreated about 60 kilometers before they stabilized their position.

Since there really was not much heavy weapons and equipment to lose, the retreating coalition did not lose too many tanks and armored vehicles this time, and even very few artillery pieces were lost.

 This is undoubtedly good news for the coalition forces that already have little supplementary capabilities. It's just that this good news, underneath the bad news of the complete failure of the Battle of Saint Lo, is really a bit of a joy in the bitterness.

Marshal Flix had no hope of attacking the Saint Lo protrusion. He also had to let his three armies retreat slightly and maintain a relatively safe distance from other friendly forces, so as to ensure that his flanks would not be attacked by the Tang Army. attack.

 In fact, the main reason why he did this was that he was worried that he would stand out. If he persisted in not retreating, he would become the next main target of the Tang army.

Once the Tang Army mobilized more than two armies to attack the Elf troops, the three Elf armies in Flix's hands would be in big trouble.

Three armies of the elves, two armies of the dwarves, and two armies of the Susas, a total of seven armies retreated frequently in front of the two armies of the Tang army. Even the top leaders of the coalition themselves were embarrassed.

 Binghan I sent a telegram to sternly question his frontline commanders as to why the 11th and 12th armies could not even defend their positions.

The commanders of these two armies also looked aggrieved. Not to mention them, the 8th and 7th armies were almost split open by the Tang army from the middle. General Truman could not stop that attack. A fiasco?

Besides, Truman was broken through by the 11th Army of the Tang Dynasty, and was commanded by the 8th Army of the Dwarves, which has a strong fighting capacity! They were commanding the 11th and 12th Army Groups of the second-line troops, and they were fighting the Tang Army's 7th Army Group with the highest number... Can this be said to be their responsibility?

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be said directly. They just repeatedly emphasized that they were insufficient in heavy equipment and the fortifications were built in a hurry, so they were forced to retreat by the Tang army.

Moreover, they were only repelled, and the losses were not too great. The essence of the two armies was saved. With a little supplementary repairs, they can continue to fight.

  Judging from the results, what they said actually makes some sense. These two armies are indeed not injured, and they do still have the capital to continue fighting. But the problem is, from the perspective of Binghan I, the failure of this battle is not something that can explain everything: they retreated 50 kilometers, and this is the most critical thing!

The protruding part of the Tang Army has become thicker. From the side, it is already so thick that it is unlikely to be cut off. This means that the strategic goal of the Battle of Saint Lo no longer exists, and the winner of the Battle of Saint Lo has already been decided.

Now, the "L"-shaped front laid out by the Tang Army is very thick, and there is no weak spot no matter how you look at it. With the subsequent addition of the Tang Army, the war situation has begun to develop rapidly in a direction beyond the control of the coalition forces.

In addition to selecting a new attack target, the coalition forces also have to find ways to transport and distribute their own supplies and expand their own troops...the workload is actually increasing hundreds or thousands of times.

 But the big question remains: where to attack?

The crisis in Saint-Lo seems to have ceased to exist. The Tang Army's two armies here can cope with the siege of seven coalition armies. This is almost a foregone conclusion.

Then the only thing we can hope for is the northern front: here are all dwarf troops, and the troops are considered strong, but the problem is that they are also constantly being beaten.

 Both sides are being passively beaten. If you still can't see any disadvantages in this situation, there must be something wrong with your brain. But even if everyone sees the disadvantage, no one is willing to admit it.

 Seven armies, a million-strong army cannot defeat 300,000 people. Many people are unwilling to admit this kind of thing. So whether it was Felix, Binghan I, or even Yangmu I, they all still wanted to give it a try.

 The latest plan is this: they will re-establish a relatively stable logistics supply and strive to continuously transport the materials behind them to the front line for use.

Then, the elves and Susus troops will launch a counterattack in the direction of Saint Lo: This time it is really a counterattack at all costs, taking back the land inch by inch without retreating even a step!

Tactically speaking, based on the previous battle situation, Flix put forward some new requirements: he hoped to increase his own anti-tank and anti-aircraft firepower configuration, especially the configuration of individual anti-tank firepower.

He hopes to produce more rocket launchers and use this weapon to replace useless anti-tank guns and anti-tank guns. Because in actual combat, the effect of anti-tank guns is almost zero, and they cannot penetrate the armor of Tang Army tanks at all.

In terms of heavy weapons, Flix hopes to obtain more heavy tanks, because he will rely on these equipment with more or less adequate defense to tear apart the Tang army's defense line. He will play an offensive game next, so he must have the ability to break through.

 In order to meet the requirements of the frontline troops, the dwarves began to transform and produce more anti-tank rocket launchers. The elves, because they were safer in the rear, were responsible for the production of more expensive tanks.

 After several months of chaos, the coalition finally began to study coordination in this regard. They hope to unify weapons such as rocket launchers to facilitate training and production.

Of course, this is only the first step. Next, they will unify the caliber of artillery and rifle bullets, so that all participating troops can obtain sufficient supplies.