Black Iron’s Glory

The forty-fourth chapter of the chapter

The defeat of the two main field teams that went to the Qing Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty gave the Hicks a big shock. More than 10,000 troops, only fleeing more than a thousand people, coupled with the description of the deserters, and even the Hicks chief commander determined that it is likely that the Thunder Army, known for its offensive territory, sent a The division’s strength returned to its rear, posing a great threat to its logistics supply channel.

Since the direct control of the war zone has been made, then the Hicks will certainly respond. They first contracted the troops, gave up the irrelevant mountainous areas, and no longer sent reconnaissance squads to patrol and die. Then it is to strengthen the protection of the logistics supply channel, using the defensive positions that were abandoned after the defeat of the Nikkan people camp, which constitutes an important node of the logistics supply channel, and also increases the guarding force of the logistics material transportation fleet.

So Claude found that he had to face a copper wall-like supply line. If his team is really a division's strength, then you might be able to use the strength of the force to directly attack the logistics and transportation fleet, and temporarily hurry to Hicks. This logistics supply channel for people. Of course, you can also attack those important defensive positions, but this is only a destructive effect, and the Hicks will soon be able to recover the defensive positions.

The problem is that he is now commanding only one Thunder 3-1 battalion. As for Diavid's Thunder 303, he remains in the second defensive line of General Beechling, in the replacement of the new rifle in the Rock Corps. Before the group returned, they needed to use the super-long range of the new rifle on the defensive position to suppress the Hicks' iron pumpkin throwing attack...

In addition, even if Diavid's Thunder 303 team arrived, Claude would not take the initiative to attack those defensive positions. In his opinion, it is not worth the effort. Even if the losses are heavy, they will occupy these defensive positions, and they will not be able to defend them. They can only give up. So the Hicks can once again occupy these defensive positions. Did they attack these defensive positions at that time? I am not sick, why do you want to die with these defensive positions!

A night raid and an ambush battle have already consumed nearly 100 rifle bullets carried by the Lei Yi 231 squad soldiers. Most of the soldiers are left with three bullets filled with bullets. They need to go back. supply. At the same time calculating the time, General Albert General led the follow-up large forces should also be on the front line. Claude decided to go back and discuss with the two generals the changes in the strategic plan, how to deal with the colonial war initiated by the Hicks...

"...the Hicks used the defensive positions of the Nissan Protests to form the defensive positions of the hundreds of miles of mountain logistics supply channels, the hills and commanding heights along the way, and they also The guard post and the defensive facilities. In addition, their logistics and transportation fleet has a regiment of troops. When they are attacked, they will soon be able to gather in the back of the vehicle and wait for rescue...

If it is in the plains, with the Thunder's light riding assault capability, we will soon be able to beat them and destroy the transport fleet. But here is the mountainous area, the terrain is rugged, we can't invest so many troops at once to destroy them. If you want to attack and remove the defensive positions on this logistics supply channel, you will also face the problem of not being able to invest in large forces. It is a small path to go up the mountain. It is already the limit to launch a battalion force to attack.

And even if we captured these defensive positions, we could not send people to stand because the Hicks reinforcements arrived, and there was no need to attack at the bottom of the mountain. The troops left in the defensive positions on the mountain could only wait for death. The situation today is completely different from the original arrangement of the Nikkan battalion in Bick. At that time, the entire frontier mountainous region was our site. The Hicks must win by one mountain defensive position to continue to advance.

But now the entire frontier mountainous area is under the control of the Hicks, and we still have to give up the evacuation even if we seize the defensive positions of these hills. So the Hicks can send troops to station again. As a result, the next time we want to attack this logistics supply channel, we must first solve this defensive position. This will become the entanglement between us and the Hicks in these hillside defensive positions, and the Hicks will be very happy with our consumption of troops...

I suspect that the Hicks should have invested in a standing army to guard against this logistical supply channel, otherwise they would not be able to guard so well and perfect, so that we can't find a chance. Bick, did the Hicks' attack on our defensive fronts strengthen or weaken during this time? Claude put down the slender little wooden stick in his hand and asked General Beechling.

General Beechklin touched the beard on the chin, thoughtfully: "When you say this, I really feel that the current Hicks attack and impact on the defensive line has greatly weakened a lot, more and more like It's a very common heuristic attack, not the first wave of attacks that started out.

I always thought that it was the arrival of your follow-up reinforcements that suppressed the attack of the Hicks and did not think about the enemy. It turns out that the Hicks are now riding a tiger, and there is no way to stick to the fierce offensive of the past. It’s no wonder that the Nikkan people on the defensive front can also resist the Hicks’ offense and easily repel them...”

"I think it's a bit tight for the Hicks." Claude's words made General Beechling and General Eblon unbelievable.

"Impossible, they have three standing corps, and together they have 180,000 horses. There are two standing regiments resting on the borders of the northern coastal mountains and the Rhodes Bay colony. How could they be lacking? Force?" General Beechklin retorted.

Crowder laughed: "The two standing corps that stayed in the northern mountainous borders, let us not care about him, first talk about the standing army of the three Hicks kingdoms who attacked in the eastern mountains. They captured our first The defensive front has attacked our second defensive front, how much do you think they have suffered roughly?"

General Beechklin was a little excited: "When our first defensive front fell, our regiment lost a regiment's strength, and the Nikancha people also suffered more than 20,000 casualties. I estimated the Hicks casualties. Less, they should have lost the strength of the three regiments.

Then the Hicks attacked our second defensive front, we had long been guarding their throwers and the kind of iron pumpkin, and then they ate a big loss. We have always had the advantage of our defensive side. Just the shoulders of the Hicks veterans who were killed by us before we cleaned up the position, we got more than 6,000, and there are many bodies because they are closer to their own troops. We are all Didn't get it.

I think that the Hicks have more than one division since the start of the war. The strength of the five regiments of more than 30,000 should be a more accurate estimate. In the next ten days, the attacks they launched were small and small. I always thought that the Hicks were testing the weaknesses of our defensive fronts to prepare for a major offense..."

"No, they are tight." Claude shook his head and immediately picked up the wooden stick and clicked on the eastern frontier mountain area occupied by the Hicks on the sand table: "They have only three standing army groups to maintain this The rear supply channel uses a standing army force, and you estimate that they lost five regiments in the attack on the defensive front. I also killed two of their two groups in the mountains in the front and night ambushes. people.

The main force of the standing army in the Hicks Kingdom is about 50,000 in nine regiments. The remaining two or three thousand are logistical and civilian officials. Together, the three standing corps have lost more than 40,000 people. They can be said that they A standing army has been disabled and lost its combat capability. In addition to the standing army that maintains the logistics supply channel, I think that the Hicks who are in front of the defensive front and we want to confront each other are also the strength of a standing army..."

"Wait, I still can't figure it out..." General Eblon said: "If you are correct, then the Hicks will be in front of our second defensive front. Standing army more than the strength of the army, this point is obviously unable to overcome our defensive front, and even prevent us from turning to attack. But why the Hicks also launched a futile attack on our defensive front every day, although Small casualties are also small, but it is also a big loss for their soldiers and morale?"

Crowder laughed. "This is the old-fashioned plan of the Hicks general commander. He wants to maintain the stability of the current situation. To be honest, I don’t think he wants to capture our defensive front now. I also don't want to give up the frontier mountain areas that have been occupied by them. He just wants to drag us here and wait for their follow-up reinforcements.

Now he launches a tentative attack on our defensive front every day. When the casualties are dozens of people, they will retreat. The main reason is that we misunderstand that they are looking for the weaknesses of our defensive front, so as to maintain a high degree of alert and will not draw a large number from the front line. The force went to disturb his rear. In fact, it seems to me that the standing army of these three Hicks people in the eastern mountainous areas has become a dead snake, and the battles that are trapped in front of them cannot move.

A standing army defensively defended the first defensive front in the eastern mountainous area, guarding against the counterattack we initiated. A standing army regiment maintained the logistics supply channel safety in the rear mountainous area. There was also a standing army group that had been disabled by us and had lost its combat effectiveness. Therefore, they have to launch a small-scale exploratory attack on our second defensive front every day. The main reason is to confuse us, and to grasp the initiative of the battlefield, so that we dare not easily counterattack.

For the Hicks, the biggest key to getting rid of this dilemma is the arrival of the follow-up reinforcements. Don't forget that the Hicks and the five standing regiments were not transported to the colony of the Rhodes Bay. As long as they spend more than a month, the third batch of Hicks standing army will be transported by their fleet. At that time, the Hicks only need to let the newly arrived troops replace the two standing corps that are stationed on the northern mountainous border. Their eastern fronts will once again have more than 100,000 fully-remained forces, and they will be able to re-enter us. Implemented the attack. ”

General Beechklin suddenly realized: "What are we waiting for? I immediately organized the troops to prepare counterattacks for the Hicks. How do we get them back?"

"Oh, no!" said this to General Eblon.

"No, you can't carry out counterattack..." Claude is almost at the same time.

General Beechklin was a bit worried: "Why, why can't you counterattack?"

Claude looked at General Albert, "You say it first."

General Eblon immediately pointed to the sand table and said: "Now the Hicks have tied their hands and feet, as Claude said, they have become a dead snake, entrenched in the mountains along the front to us. The second defensive front could not move.

If you command the troops to carry out counterattacks, it is equivalent to helping the enemy, and the farther we drive them, the more they can recover their combat and mobility. On the contrary, the farther we chase, the longer the line will be, the more we will end up. In the end we will be entangled with them in the forefront of the mountains and consume each other.

For the Hicks, this is their unfortunate battle. Don't forget that there are only two legions in our theater and the main combat troops of 130,000. But the enemy and five standing regiments did not reach the colony of Rodex Bay. Even if they are the same as the three standing army and one of our legions, it is a big victory for them..."

"But if we don't carry out counterattacks, isn't that the same for the Hicks to succeed? Just wait another month, and when their subsequent standing army arrives in the colony of Rhodes Bay, they can again Attacking. If you say no counterattack, what should we do?" General Beechklin asked.

General Albert was caught and scratched his head: "I haven't thought of this yet, but there is an instinct in my heart. We should not counterattack. The enemy can now let us find a good opportunity to defeat them..."

Claude can only shake his head, which is perhaps the biggest difference between offensive generals and defensive generals. The defensive General Beechklin listened to his analysis. The first reaction was to launch a counterattack in the middle of the law, to drive the enemy back to their starting point, to recover all the mountains in the eastern frontier that were trapped in the hands of the Hicks. The situation returned to the pre-war situation.

The offensive-conscious General Albert can intuitively feel that keeping the current situation in front of the situation is good for the party. The enemy can't move, and he can easily find the opportunity to break the enemy. As long as the enemy has found an opportunity, it may be able to directly defeat the enemy, which is more beneficial to the enemy than to carry out the counterattack to drive the enemy back.

Claude gently coughed down, attracting the attention of General Beechling and General Albert: "We don't carry out counterattacks, but we can switch to it."

General Beechklin: "The standing army of the two Hicks kingdoms on the northern mountain border?"

General Albert was bright: "Yeah! I didn't think of it. The two standing regiments of the Hicks Kingdom are taking a break. They think that our troops are being dragged by the three standing legions of the Eastern Front. I don't think we will attack them..."

"Unexpectedly, attacking it is not prepared." Claude nodded and said: "The Hicks want to boil this pot of water in the eastern mountain front, so strictly guard against it, let us touch this pot and water. Since we can't move this pot And water, then we can open the firewood under the pot to see how he still burns water. In our opinion, the two Hicks standing army on the northern mountain border is the enemy's prepared firewood, ready to be used to add Big their firepower.

In fact, the three standing army regimens of the Hicks in the eastern mountainous terrain want to keep the current battlefield incapable of moving. The two standing legions of the northern mountainous border are already in a state of isolation. According to the secret agents who sneaked into the colony of the Rocks Bay, the two standing army forces in the northern mountains were not complete, because they also had a division’s troops stationed in the base camp near the city of Rodex, which is The general logistics base of the people.

I want the Hicks to accept such a lesson. It is not to use a standing army force to defend the logistics supply channel, which means that we will not encounter our raids, and logistics supply and transportation can be safe. We did not attack his logistical transport fleet but could directly attack his general logistics base. When we burned out their reserves of grain and military supplies, I wondered if they could use the transport fleet to deliver anything..."

"Do you mean that we directly attacked the two Hicks standing corps on the northern mountain border and took the opportunity to smash the enemy's total logistics base?" General Albert finally understood why former Michelle Marshal praised Crow. De's offensive consciousness is unparalleled. When he relies on his own intuition to find the enemy's fighters, Claude has clearly pointed out where the enemy's weaknesses are...

"We will not attack the two standing corps on the northern mountain border." Claude pointed out on the sand table with a small wooden stick: "Bick led the troops of the Rock Corps to continue to involve the Hicks on the eastern front in the second line of defense. Three standing army regiments. I let the Thunder 3-1 camp continue to sneak into the eastern frontier mountainous area under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel McJean, using mines to ambush enemy logistics routes, so that the enemy believes that we have no other way, only this way The little fights to harass them.

I took a division of the Thunder Army, from the Thunder 301 to the 1304 group, lurking over the defense line of the two Hicks standing corps on the northern mountainous border, and attacked Hick near the Lodx Bay City. The general logistics base of the Sis is large. There is only one enemy of the enemy stationed there, and we can't stop our attack. Of course, they don't think we will attack it. After we began to set fire to those hoes and military supplies, the two standing corps deployed on the northern mountainous border will surely split up to rescue.

At that time, I will ambush these reinforcements on the way to their rescue. After defeating them, they will take troops to attack the two battalions of the standing army on the northern mountainous border. I attacked from the back, and Allen took another division with the Thunder Legion from the front, and the two sides should quickly capture the enemy's battalion. At that time, we will join forces again, returning to the eastern mountainous border, and keeping the three Hicks standing army regiments in the eastern frontier mountainous areas. Without logistical supplies, I believe they will soon collapse and surrender. ...."