Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 908 909 An acquaintance arrives

However, although the goblins are very fierce and the orcs are also good at fighting, the situation on the battlefield forced Luo Xiao, the head of the advisory group, to think of other methods.

 During these 10 days, he sent 1,000 goblins and 3,200 orcs to the Shanping front line, and distributed weapons to them. This is probably the limit of transportation in the Tang Dynasty: you need to know the railway between Fengjiang and Shanping, and you also have to bear the supplies of Fengjiang troops. The additional troops almost all rely on temporary overtime work by helicopters.

 But among these more than 3,200 "mercenaries", almost 2,000 were killed in 10 days! This casualty ratio and the number of casualties gave Luo Xiao a headache.

You must know that these troops are not foreigners in the real sense. The real "mercenaries" composed of death row criminals bought from foreign countries are still on the road.

Most of these people are "laborers" drawn from the Tang Empire. They are all experienced in building bridges and paving roads. They feel sad to lose them. They are not pure cannon fodder that can be taken out and discarded casually.

 Although it was not as distressing as the real loss of the Tang Army, these troops could not be wasted casually. After all, the loss ratio was too high, and it also had an impact on the slave labor groups in Datang.

There are many reasons for the heavy losses of these goblin and orc mercenaries, the two most important of which are: high frequency of use and insufficient training.

In order to ensure the efficiency of the offensive, these "outsiders" who were temporarily strengthened to the front line were often used as the main force and added to the offensive front line, so the casualty ratio was naturally high.

 The reason why these troops exist and are sent to the front line is to have the effect of "spearhead" for the main force.

 To put it bluntly, they are the human tanks of the Toyojiang Army, and they are used to make breakthroughs. What is needed is their fierce style that is not afraid of death.

  However, the losses will naturally be huge, and this is something that cannot be avoided.

 Another reason for the huge losses of these troops is that their training is seriously insufficient: from selection and assembly to arrival at the front line to participate in the battle, it takes less than 15 days in total. It is really too much to expect these troops to be trained.

To put it nicely, these soldiers were all prisoners who had killed people and seen blood, and they had basic combat qualities. To put it harshly, the oldest group of these goblins have not touched a gun in almost ten years.

Even the army of the Dahua Empire is not that good. The crow falls on the coal pile, and everyone is black... That's why these "slave workers" can create their own style and create a sky.

It can be said that the huge losses of the troops are a real problem. They fought all the way from between Fengjiang and Shanping to the gates of Shanping City - the losses of these mercenaries were indeed very huge.

  It is no longer possible to think of a solution. The situation of the war must be reversed as soon as possible. This is what Luo Xiao is thinking about now.

In order to make the advisory group more "local", the General Staff deliberately sent a general who was familiar with the Great China Empire to "inspect" - yes, this person was Qian Jinhang, a famous General from the Great China Empire who served in the General Staff.

The reason why Feng Kezhi was not allowed to come was because Feng Kezhi was now the commander of a certain army group in the Tang Empire. He was a serious general who had attended the Imperial Military Academy.

  Comparatively, Qian Jinhang’s career as a consultant is not as smooth as that of Feng Kezhi—the two have completely different styles, which also reflects the impact of different choices on career.

 Another reason why Feng Kezhi was not allowed to come and Qian Jinhang was allowed to come was because of the corresponding position: The advisory group itself was sent by the staff department, so why are you looking for the powerful general of the army?

The third reason is even more embarrassing: Tang Mo felt that Qian Jinhang was enough to deal with the crooked melons and jujubes of the Dahua Empire, and letting Feng Kezhi go was a bit overkill.

Look, the monarch of the Tang Empire thought that the former subordinates of the surrendered generals of the Dahua Empire were enough to deal with the Dahua Empire... This is really treating Zhao Kai as a human being.

Luo Xiao reported the current battle situation to Qian Jinhang, who was standing in front of the map and observing the battle situation between the two armies, and then gave his opinion: "General! It is estimated that a normal attack will not be able to push back the Dahua defenders. The time window has passed, and the opponent has strengthened its position and is backed by a mountain screen, making it difficult to fight. "

“What does Colonel Na Luo mean?” Qian Jinhang did not look back. He had been familiar with the strength and efficiency of the Tang Empire’s military in the past two years, and he also had a new understanding of the inferiority of the Great China Empire’s army. Now, standing in front of this map, all Qian Jinhang could think about was that if the flags of the Fengjiang Army were taken down and replaced by the 1st and 2nd Army of the Tang Empire, they would probably be back together now. The two cities of Xiajuan and Xiajuan have already been captured.

Luo Xiao immediately revealed the plan he had conceived in the past few days: "I need to apply for the use of special forces to attack the Dahua Army headquarters deployed in Shanping. Only by succeeding in the raid and cooperating with the frontline attack can we have a chance of winning."

"Tell me what you think." Qian Jinhang was not qualified to mobilize the special forces of the Tang Empire. Those troops had become more and more mysterious in recent years, and many of them were no longer even included in the military's order.

Luo Xiao thought for a while, organized his words, and said to Qian Jinhang: "Our informants in Shanping have determined the exact location of the opponent's headquarters, and dispatched special forces to go there...to raid the opponent's headquarters. , knock it off and you can create chaos.”

"At the same time, if our army suddenly launches an attack, the opponent will immediately fall into a rout in the chaos. Only a rout can restore our army's attack speed and turn positional warfare into a mobile warfare again." Then, he walked to Qian. Next to Jinhang, the southward offensive of the front-line troops was drawn on the map.

Qian Jinhang looked at the map and expressed his opinion: "Are you too brave? If there are casualties, it will not be easy to handle."

Hearing Qian Jinhang's question, Luo Xiao said directly: "If we operate at night, the casualties will not be too large. We have a local people base, and with a frontal attack, the other party is unlikely to react."

 It is no secret among the General Staff that the special forces of the Tang Empire can operate at night - you always have to tell your commander what skills you have so that the commander will remember to use you at critical moments, right?

After being equipped with the Nightmare (early night vision device) system, the special forces of the Tang Empire have initially acquired the ability to fight in low-visibility environments.

 You have to say how professional you are, that’s a joke. Compared with mature night vision devices that can truly travel like daylight, there is definitely still a big gap. But compared to their opponents, they are more advanced...that's enough, isn't it?

"Okay, then submit the application. Don't tell Shanlu and Mirage Xiong the actual situation. Let them continue fighting on the front line and don't alert Dahua." Qian Jinhang nodded, thinking that he should let them Your immediate superior takes a look at this plan.

Luo Xiao was very excited and felt that he was likely to be the first commander to use special forces to defeat his opponent in a sneak attack: "Okay, I understand."

 Qian Jinhang stood in front of the map, but his mind was not on the special forces. He was not even considering the southern front.

As a person who knows the Dahua Empire's army, he is more worried about the defense line on the west side of Fengjiang: because according to his experience, the Dahua troops from Hezhe must be the main attack direction, and they can get more support and more support. Lots of supplies.

This means stronger combat effectiveness and more pressure on the Dahua Empire army: Zhao Kai will chatter from behind, forcing the frontline commanders to storm Fengjiang.

The troops guarding Fengjiang are also Dahua troops, and they also have the inherent weaknesses of the Dahua army: in fierce battles, these Fengjiang defenders will retreat and abandon their positions.

If the Fengjiang army in the direction of Hezhe is beaten back to the outskirts of Fengjiang first, what will happen then?

A mid-level officer from the Fengjiang garrison walked into the headquarters at this time to deliver some battlefield reports to the Tang advisory group. He looked at the Tang general standing in front of the map in surprise, feeling a sense of déjà vu.

 But he didn't dare to admit it, because this was the room of the Tang Empire's advisory group, and it was very taboo to talk nonsense here.

However, he still frowned when he walked out, because he always felt that he had seen the general before.

 “Hmm…why do you look so familiar?” He muttered to himself as he walked around, not even paying attention to his colleagues’ greetings.

Suddenly, he suddenly remembered that about five years ago, he once returned to Beijing to report on his duties, and he was fortunate enough to meet Qian Jinhang, a general under General Feng Kezhi at that time!

"It's him!" The Toyojiang officer's eyes widened, and then he couldn't help but look back at the command room of the advisory group: "It's really... a slap in the face."

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 There is one more update, which will be delivered tomorrow morning.

 (End of this chapter)