Warlords: Rise of the System

Lu Tianhao was not in a hurry to exchange for large-caliber howitzers, but instead asked the soldiers to clear out the space for them.

After the enemy's artillery and plane bombing, Lu Tianhao will exchange these large-caliber howitzers.

Time passed quietly, and the sound of buzzing airplanes came from the distant sky.

The bandits' attack officially began.

The first thing that flew in was a sky full of artillery shells, which landed densely on the position defended by Lu Tianhao's army.

Lu Tianhao asked the soldiers on the first two lines of defense to enter the air-raid shelters.

This time, the enemy gathered so many armored forces to retaliate against us.

There will definitely be an all-round, full-coverage bombing.

The soldiers on the third line of defense also entered the air-raid shelter, including the soldiers in the grove. Lu Tianhao led them all into the air-raid shelter.

The sound of artillery shells exploding outside was deafening. Although the air-raid shelter was built very solidly, it was still shaken to the point of causing dust to fall everywhere.

Immediately afterwards, even louder explosions were heard and the vibrations became stronger and stronger. This should be the bandits' planes bombing.

The soldiers spent their days hiding in the air-raid shelters like years, enduring tremendous torment every minute and every second.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound of the explosion subsided and there was no more sound of artillery shells exploding on the third line of defense.

Ding Xuguang immediately sent out several scouts to observe the situation outside.

It didn't take long. A scout came in and reported, "The enemy's planes have flown away, leaving only their artillery, which is still bombing the first and second lines of defense."

After receiving the news, Lu Tianhao walked out of the air-raid shelter and headed straight for the grove behind with two companies of soldiers.

A 150mm howitzer usually requires ten people to operate.

However, the soldiers under Lu Tianhao have now been trained into elite soldiers, and they are super strong in all aspects of physical fitness.

Lu Tianhao directly halved it and let five soldiers operate one 150mm howitzer.

Lu Tianhao directly exchanged for 40 150mm howitzers.

A howitzer requires 50 points, and each shell requires one point.

40 150mm howitzers, plus 800 rounds of shells, cost another 2800 points.

The points gained from the surprise attack on the bandits last night were basically used up to equip the soldiers with heavy weapons and these heavy artillery.

Lu Tianhao couldn't help but sigh with emotion. This war is fought for wealth.

The system has given me many discounts. The price of weapons and equipment given to me should be calculated at 1/10 of the price.

The 40 150mm howitzers were quickly stabilized by the soldiers, and the shooting parameters were adjusted to the designated targets.

Just as preparations were completed, the bandits' ground attack forces, under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, had arrived in front of the frontline positions.

The position defended by Lu Tianhao was a line of defense about five to six hundred meters long.

Because Lu Tianhao and Ding Youkui joined forces.

In addition, Lu Tianhao's troops were well-equipped, so adjustments were made on the defense line.

Lu Tianhao's troops were placed in the middle of the defense line, with Ding Youkui's troops stationed on both sides.

What Lu Tianhao and Ding Youkui were considering at the time was that Lu Tianhao's troops were powerful, and what if any part of Ding Youkui's troops could not hold on?

Part of Lu Tianhao's troops can be sent out for reinforcement.

Similarly, once Lu Tianhao's troops can no longer hold on, Ding Youkui's troops on both sides can provide reinforcements.

This time, the bandits' attack seemed to be specifically aimed at Lu Tianhao.

The enemy's artillery and air raids only affected the three or four hundred meter positions defended on both sides of Ding Youkui.

Not all of Ding Youkui's positions were bombed.

The bandits' ground attack forces launched an attack on all of Ding Youkui's positions.

However, they only sent out a small part of the armored forces to cooperate with the ground forces to launch a repressive attack on Ding Youkui's position.

The purpose is already very clear, which is to prevent the troops on both sides of Lu Tianhao from being able to spare any manpower to reinforce Lu Tianhao's army.

Lu Tianhao was very depressed. Could it be that the bandits' spies had infiltrated so deeply?

The bandits seemed to know exactly which position they were defending and how far away they were.

On the five or six hundred meter defense line, the bandits' tanks and armored vehicles were driving over in dense numbers.

As they drove along, the enemy's tank guns continued to bombard them.

As the bandit tanks and armored vehicles advanced, they got closer and closer to the position defended by Zhang Cheng's 1st Battalion.

Zhang Cheng and the soldiers had already made preparations. The anti-tank rocket launchers were already ready, and they were just waiting for the bandits' tanks and armored vehicles to come within range.

Finally, the bandits' tanks and armored vehicles came within the 100-meter range.

Zhang Cheng shouted, "Wait until their tanks and armored vehicles get closer before you attack. We'll try to kill one with one shot."

The soldiers holding anti-tank rocket launchers stared closely at the target of their attack, watching them approach little by little.

As the enemy tanks and armored vehicles got closer, the soldiers' hearts began to rise to their throats.

When the bandits' tanks and armored vehicles crossed a distance of 60 meters.

Zhang Cheng launched the attack first, pulled the trigger in his hand, and the rocket rushed straight towards the target.

There was a loud bang, and a rocket blew a big hole in a thin tank of the bandits, and the driver and passengers inside were killed on the spot.

"Swish, swish, swish" a large number of anti-tank rockets were fired, and almost all of them hit the target.

All the tanks and armored vehicles that the bandits had rushed to the front row were destroyed.

Many tank turrets were blown away, and armored vehicles were blown to pieces, with none of the drivers and passengers inside spared.

The soldiers threw away the launchers in their hands, took over the machine guns placed aside, aimed at the bandits following the tanks and armored vehicles, and fired wildly.

Lu Tianhao equipped the soldiers on the first line of defense with machine guns, almost one for each soldier.

The light machine gun is fine, one person can operate it.

A heavy machine gun requires two people to operate, and the first weapons used by the soldiers were all heavy machine guns.

More than 100 heavy machine guns spewed out angry flames and dense bullets, almost blocking the entire front area tightly.

Some bandits hid behind tanks and armored vehicles, thinking they were safe there.

These bandits didn't know that their thin-skinned tanks and armored vehicles could not withstand the fire from large-caliber heavy machine guns.

The 12.7mm large-caliber heavy machine gun bullets easily penetrated the armor of these tanks and armored vehicles.

The bullet penetrated through and the bandit hiding behind was hit directly, leaving a bloody hole and died on the spot.

The tanks and armored vehicles behind the bandits immediately launched a counterattack, and the offensive and defensive battle officially began.