District 9

To be fair, Westbrook was quite confident that the Feng Corps could not defeat the Sichuan Army head-on.

If the combat effectiveness of the Feng Clan Corps could be comparable to that of the Army of the First District, or the free-spirited troops, it would not have suffered so much at the hands of Tengba officers and soldiers in the Fourth District. Therefore, Westbrook never thought about it at all. The Corps can defeat the Xiaobai and He Dachuan tribes head-on.

Because after Qi Lin supported Yemen, the three major district troops on the side of Hongdan Airport no longer had any disadvantage in terms of military strength, and even had several thousand more troops than Feng Ji's side. In this case , Westbrook only asked Feng Jineng to hold on to the defense area dominated by Hongdan Airport and protect the flanks of the large corps.

But Westbrook never expected that the Feng Corps would collapse after three days of fighting.

After the main force of the Xiaobai Army counterattacked, they used the plain terrain to launch three waves of positional battles with the Feng Clan that day.

The main tactical idea of ​​​​the Feng Department is that they cannot engage in plain battles with the Sichuan Army because they are afraid of being beaten. They know that the Sichuan Army's plain charge is too sharp and the Feng Department will definitely suffer heavy losses if they fight head-on. Therefore, they The idea is to retreat to the mountains and rely on the geographical location for defense.

As soon as the two sides met, Feng Xi felt guilty, which directly caused the covering troops in the rear to be attacked by a group one after another, and then quickly eaten.

Without cover from the rear, and the troops in front did not dare to stop hastily, they would only be stabbed in the butt and eaten away step by step. Therefore, almost as soon as the Feng Clan retreated to the front of the mountain group, the entire corps collapsed. He Dachuan's artillery regiment followed closely and bombarded the mountain ranges indiscriminately, giving them no chance to occupy the defense zone. After the two sides fought bloody battles here for six hours, Xiaobai ordered the charge to the mountain before Feng Xi could gain a firm foothold... Feng Xi could only retreat and run again...

Within three days, two main positions were lost, and the Feng Clan lost nearly 10,000 troops in the battle, returning directly to the starting point of the attack, where Yan Hu originally attacked the mountain group.

Some people may be surprised, saying why everyone is riding a horse and holding a gun, but only the Feng family is so good at it? This is completely different from the bravery he showed when he beat the blind man.

In fact, this reason is very simple. First of all, when the Feng Clan attacked the Pu blind man, they were backed by the military power of the entire 789th District. From the commander's point of view, they had no worries; from the point of view of the soldiers, this was In the battle to protect their homeland, they knew who to fight for and where to fight, and they had many allies. The current state of the Feng system is completely different from that time. Soldiers are fighting overseas and serving in the European Union. As a result, they will become very confused when they enter adversity. They don't know who they are fighting for every time...

There is a more important point, which is the psychological fear of war. From the top commander Feng Ji to the lower-level soldiers, they all feel that it is difficult to defeat the Sichuan army, because after several battles, they have never won a single victory.

From the 50-50 opening in the Battle of Songjiang at the beginning, to the 30-7 opening in Lu District and the 28-8 opening in Jiangzhou, they have been completely defeated by the Sichuan Army. They are afraid of being beaten. When they face the veteran generals of the Sichuan Department, they feel trembling in their hearts. , knowing that once he shoots, he will be skinned even if he doesn't die.

This is like feeling guilty when the Chinese football team meets the Korean football team. There is a technical gap, but if there is no war, it feels like losing psychologically.

There is another factor, that is, since Feng Clan joined the Zhou Clan, his combat ideas have been to ensure that his main force will not suffer a large number of attrition, because he only has this little wealth, and if it is all gone, there will be no more. ...and this mentality also paved the way for many failures.

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Westbrook expected that Feng's troops might not be able to defend the red core, but he did not expect that Old Feng could be defeated so quickly. In less than three days, the large army retreated from the mountain group.

Xiaobai, after He Dachuan occupied the mountain range, he did not immediately organize an attack. Instead, he adjusted his internal position, recuperated, and waited for Gu Yan Corps and Qilin Corps to advance in coordination with the large forces after their frontal attack improved.

In fact, Xiaobai was also very depressed. When he attacked the Feng Clan Corps, he secretly organized four regiments, trying to steal the Feng Clan headquarters and kill Feng Ji... But Lao Feng had already suffered such a loss, so the headquarters They retreated very quickly, without giving Xiaobai much chance.

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Frontal battlefield.

The combined forces of Gu Yan Corps, Qi Lin Corps and Westbrook were still in a state of balance.

The soldiers of the three major districts fought an offensive battle, and the positional battle was fierce. But objectively speaking, the armored corps of the European District 1 and the counterattack of 30,000 soldiers were indeed very aggressive. Gu Yan and Qi Lin were also here. It suffered a lot of big losses.

For example, if Qi Lin Corps and Gu Yan Corps launch an attack on the enemy's main positions during the day, they may be able to temporarily force the enemy troops to retreat within a dozen hours. But as soon as night comes, the artillery group in Europe 1 will immediately open fire. The powerful armored troops fought back as a group, relying entirely on their superiority in armaments to seize the lost positions. Their armored corps only charges on the plains. If you hold on, you will suffer a lot of casualties. If you don't, they will overwhelm you and consume a wave of your troops, waiting for you to counterattack tomorrow.

With such consumption, Ou District 1 lost tanks and artillery shells, but Gu Yan's side lost soldiers.

Why is this so?

Because Gu Yan and the others landed in Yemen temporarily, the deployment of armaments took a lot of time to transport, which was different with Westbrook. Their elites were all on Xia Island before, and when they arrived they were fully loaded with tanks, armored vehicles, rockets, and artillery. In terms of modern armaments, their army did have certain advantages.

Based on the above reasons, on the frontal battlefield, the two sides are currently in a stalemate; on the sea battlefield, Fu Zhenguo is completely at a disadvantage. His No. 1 Southern Patrol Fleet was surrounded and suppressed by two enemy fleets... and suffered heavy losses.

This is why Westbrook called the chief executive and asked him to give it a try, because it is indeed difficult to draw a conclusion about the situation in the battle of Yemen.

Again, the five gamma bombs really put the Republic on the fire and made them suffer from the internal heat. But whether the war can be won depends on military strength!

If Yemen wins, it will be a great victory; if Yemen loses, all the efforts of the three regions will be in vain.

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at dusk.

Westbrook sat in the command room, frowned and asked, "What does he want to do?"

"The main force of the Feng Clan currently has many wounded soldiers. The Feng Clan headquarters implores these people to return to Xia Island to rest and recuperate." The chief of staff frowned and said, "But Feng Ji will order the remaining corps to continue to guard the flanks of the large corps. And it is said that he himself also Suffered some minor injuries.”

Could Westbrook not understand the beloved son he had raised? He knew very well that Feng Xi wanted to run away because he felt that the situation on the flank battlefield had been decided and his side had no fighters.

Westbrook thought for a long time: "Order them to go back and rest, deal with the wounded as soon as possible, replenish armaments, and prepare for the second landing."

"Yes!" The other party nodded.

That night, Feng Ji received the order to retreat and prepared to return to Xia Island for training. But to put it bluntly, he just wanted to avoid frontal combat, because he himself had to be in the defense zone, and he might be tasked with attacking or covering at any time.

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North wind outlet.

After Ma Laoer hesitated for a long time, he handed over the latest CSS information to Qin Yu, and the most eye-catching information on it was that Coco announced his appointment as CSS diplomat...

Qin Yu looked at the information and his heart skipped a beat. The guess he least wanted to face came.