Chapter 1072: 1073 Fierce battle with Leping

Chapter 1072: 1073 Fierce battle with Leping

Chapter 1072 Chapter 1073 Fierce Battle in Leping

However, the Marine Corps of the Tang Empire never disappoints. Although they suffered heavy losses and were weakened by the various fortifications deployed by the Mirage Army on the beach, they still maintained a strong fighting spirit and attacked at extremely fast speeds. Push forward.

　　In fact, the Navy did not have no idea of ​​its own: they would rotate the troops to warm themselves over the fire and make their lower bodies as comfortable as possible.

At the same time, they stormed forward with the support of their own 63 amphibious tanks and had driven the mirage army away from the landing site.

The large number of mortars deployed in the defense line by the Mirage Army were no longer able to threaten the beaches controlled by the Tang Army, which reduced most of the shelling that interfered with the Tang Army's landing.

In fact, the Mirage Army did not sit still. They desperately launched two bomber formations in an attempt to defeat the Tang Navy from the air.

It’s just that these two air attacks were defeated by Tang Army fighter jets. The Tulong bomber was not good enough in front of the Pirate fighter jets: the two aircraft were not products of the same era at all, not to mention that the Tang Army Pirate fighter jet itself was an interceptor model.

Tang Army pilots who are confident in their own skills prefer large-caliber cannons to small-caliber aircraft machine guns: This makes the damage effect of Tang Army aircraft outstanding, while maintaining a terrifying attack bonus against large aircraft.

That's right, when the continuous shooting of aviation machine guns on other countries' aircraft left dense bullet holes on the fuselage of the enemy's large bombers, the Tang Army's aircraft only needed a short shot to make medium-sized bombers such as Tulong fly in the air. Disintegrated.

After losing more than thirty Dragon-Slaying bombers, Mirage Wuzhong finally gave up support on the beach. He used his remaining air combat power to attack the Tang paratroopers who were already under great pressure.

In the sky, a Zero fighter jet was circling. The Mirage Airfield on the South Island took advantage of the opportunity before the Tang Empire's naval aviation could take action to deal with them, and took off the planes it could find to seek revenge on the Tang Army's paratroopers.

“What a guy! Even the planes are here to join in the fun!” Xiang Ziyu couldn’t help cursing after he had just been shot down and strafed by a Zero fighter jet.

Tang’s air force has always been able to provide enough protection for the paratroopers. Unfortunately, this time there is really no Tang’s airport near the South Island.

After all, the navy is still not very powerful. Similar problems will always occur in cross-arms coordinated operations: coordination on the battlefield cannot be perfect, and at the same time, no one can predict all emergencies on the battlefield.

For example, this time, Bernard chose the more secure option between supporting the paratroopers and attacking the enemy's northern and southbound fleet, ensuring that the landing site was foolproof.

 It cannot be said that his choice was wrong, it can only be said that his choice was prudent. Therefore, Tang paratroopers like Xiang Ziyu can only face all enemies alone as they are now.

"You really think highly of us." The deputy company commander was in a bad mood. Their paratrooper company had almost only half of them left, and ammunition was not sufficient, especially RPG, which was in very short supply. Under such circumstances, the enemy's aircraft come again, and their defensive battle will really become very difficult.

“You should really look down on us!” Xiang Ziyu looked at the watch on his wrist and said narcissistically: “We have repelled four attacks by their tank troops, why do they look down on us?”

"Company Commander, the more you look down on us at this time, the more unlucky we will be." The deputy company commander complained in a fit of laughter and tears: "We only have two RPGs left! This time... we may not be able to withstand it. "

 The small high ground next door has actually been lost. The troops of the 2nd Company suffered such heavy losses that they had to retreat back and give up the high ground to the Mirage soldiers.

Now the mirage troops were able to attack Xiang Ziyu's defensive position from both sides. The other side, Suran, also suffered heavy losses, but their follow-up troops did have more troops than paratroopers.

"Don't worry!" Xiang Ziyu also knew that if he stayed here, he might be annihilated, so he comforted the deputy company commander beside him: "If not, we will retreat to the village first, and rely on the ruins "Hold on for another hour."

"There are only ruins there... and it's not an arsenal. We don't have an RPG anymore. How can we hold on for an hour?" the deputy company commander continued to ask, dumbfounded. According to his idea, they should retreat to the safe zone on the left now and leave Leping to the mirage army in front of them.

The other party is probably going to support the precarious coastline, and not many troops can be used to attack them. At that time, their pressure will be reduced drastically, and they can even harass the follow-up supply troops of Mirage Kingdom.

"Bridge No. 1 has been lost, and our defense line has been compressed... If we lose it here again, where will the air supplies be thrown?" Of course Xiang Ziyu knew what the deputy company commander was thinking, but they really had no way of turning around. There's room.

Now the paratroopers have been compressed by the Mirage Army's 2nd and 3rd Armored Divisions in the two villages of Dongshan and Leping respectively. There are also paratroopers' own field hospitals, communications headquarters and other facilities in between. If the support point of Leping is lost, it is very likely that They were surrounded and annihilated by the mirage army.

Let the opponent's armored troops gain momentum and ram them head-on. The paratroopers, who have very little remaining ammunition, will most likely be beaten.

"I would say that the 2nd Division should not have been sent to guard Bridge No. 1 in the first place! Those idiots." The deputy company commander complained again, but he no longer considered giving up Leping Village. Sure enough, after several Dragon-Slaying bombers greeted the paratroopers' position, the tanks of the Mirage troops came up again.

Although it was already at the end of its strength, the advantage in military strength was still huge, and the mirage army's attack still brought a huge sense of oppression to the Tang paratroopers.

"Let the 1st platoon with the greatest losses go first! Go to the ruins behind you and wait! Take the RPG with you!" Xiang Ziyu ordered immediately.

 The deputy company commander nodded, and just as he was about to leave, he heard Xiang Ziyu add: "You lead the team!"

He was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xiang Ziyu. In the end, without saying anything, he picked up his assault rifle and ran away along the already damaged trench.

"The second platoon's machine guns move back... don't be discovered! We'll cover the retreat later!" Xiang Ziyu watched the deputy company commander leave, and then ordered his second platoon leader: "Take a few people to cover the machine guns, don't What’s wrong!”

They don't have many weapons in their hands now. Losing a machine gun easily can be considered a heavy loss.

 When the second platoon leader retreated with seven or eight men, a battle broke out between the enemy and the front position. Xiang Ziyu saw the Mirage troops entering the trenches of the Tang Army's paratroopers, and it was obvious that a position there had been lost.

One after another, the paratroopers retreated along the communication trenches. Most of these trenches were built on the basis of the fortifications built by the previous mirage troops, and the structure was not actually complicated.

After the last paratrooper in the front line of defense withdrew, he shouted to his comrades who greeted them: "There is no one behind! They are all goblins!"

The paratrooper who met them at the fork in the road heard the news and immediately grabbed the detonator next to him, held down the T-shaped detonating rod with his palm, twisted it and then pressed it down hard.

An earth-shattering explosion immediately occurred in the trench in the distance. The flying stumps and broken arms and the soil fell down, hitting the helmets of the paratroopers, making a series of noises.

 Obviously, the Mirage Army did not expect that they would fall into the trap again. The soldiers of the Mirage Army who suffered heavy losses once again regained their strength and rushed towards the dilapidated main position of the Tang Army's paratroopers along the collapsed trenches.

"Grenade!" The Tang Army soldier who had been prepared for a long time took out the grenade from his chest, pulled out the ring and released the safety, and threw it in the direction of the enemy.

 A series of explosions were heard again, but along with the smoke raised by these explosions, a mirage heavy tank had already rushed forward.

“Tank!” Avoiding being crushed by the tracks, the paratroopers of the Tang Army loudly reminded their comrades on both sides that the enemy tanks were close at hand.

　　His shout had not even reached the ground when the Mirage soldiers following the tank rushed to him. The opponent held a rifle with a bayonet inserted in his hand and pounced on the Tang Army paratroopers in the trench.

Caught off guard, the Tang Army soldier was thrown to the ground by the mirage goblin. He held the opponent's rifle with one hand, pulled out the Beretta pistol from his waist with the other hand, and pulled the trigger on the goblin's abdomen. .

The bullet penetrated the goblin's stomach. The other person fell to the ground after being shot three times and became motionless. Not far away, another goblin came to kill him. The Tang paratrooper, who had no time to change the magazine, picked up his pistol and opened fire, knocking him to the ground.

But another goblin soldier rushed over. This time, he was holding a submachine gun instead of a rifle. The other party raised the muzzle of the gun, pointed it at the Tang Army soldier, and pulled the trigger. The bullet penetrated the Tang Army soldier's chest, and blood spattered everywhere in the trench.

Soon, Tang Army soldiers counterattacked. They used assault rifles to sweep away the Mirage Army soldiers who were following the tank. Then someone attached a special anti-tank grenade to the side of the Mirage Army tank.

"Hide!" The Tang Army soldiers who completed their mission quickly looked for a hiding place, and then the anti-tank grenade exploded, forming a jet that directly penetrated the side armor of the tank.

 Because it was not very powerful, the tank was still moving forward, and the grenade only left a small hole in its side.

But soon, the goblins in the tank opened the hatch and escaped, and only two people were seen coming out. The rest... had obviously been hit by the jet and died inside the tank.

 (End of this chapter)