"Reporting to the commander, the outer perimeter of Luo Town has been completely recaptured. The various divisions are currently tabulating the results of the battle and counting the number of casualties.”
"There's no need to count. Order all troops to immediately withdraw from the outer perimeter to prevent the Rising Sun people from retaliating and retaliating with artillery fire!”
After the loss of the artillery battalion of the Independent Brigade, the Shengyang Army had an overwhelming advantage in artillery power. There was no need to put the troops on the front line to withstand the artillery fire of the Shengyang Army.
The main objective of this night raid was to eliminate the living forces of the Rising Sun army and deal a blow to the morale of the Rising Sun army that had just taken over the outer perimeter. Since the established goal had been achieved, Zhong Yu immediately gave the order to retreat.
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"Receiving orders from the commander, all troops immediately abandon the outer perimeter and retreat into the town!”
"What is it? Was there a mistake?”
Jiang Yu looked at the herald in astonishment and asked in confusion.
"The order is correct. All troops retreat from the outer perimeter immediately!”
The herald confirmed the order again.
"Retreat!"
Without waiting for Jiang Yu to ask another question, Battalion Commander Lin Yun gave the order to retreat. Lin Yun knew that the Kronian herald wouldn't pass down false orders, so he didn't ask any questions and only resolutely carried out the order.
Seeing that the battalion commander had already given the order to retreat, Jiang Yu opened her mouth but did not make a sound. A soldier's duty was to obey orders. Since the superior had given the order, it was not wrong for her to carry it out firmly.
Under Zhong Yu's orders, the troops that had taken down the outer perimeter of Luo Town began to retreat quickly.
As soon as the troops retreated into the town, the roar of artillery shells could be heard in the air.
"Wuwuwu…"
The outer perimeter of Luo Town, which they had just taken down during the day, was taken back by the Zhongxia army during the night.
This made the 11th Regiment Commander Yamamuro Tadatake furious. He immediately ordered the artillery to cover the outer perimeter of Luo Town.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
From the 70mm infantry cannons to the 105mm howitzers, the Shengyang Army seemed to be holding an artillery exhibition. Ammunitions of all calibers were constantly exploding in the outer perimeter.
Jiang Yu gulped and looked at the position that was constantly exploding in the distance with lingering fear. If the brigade commander had not ordered the retreat, the troops at the position would have been doomed.
The retaliatory bombardment lasted for half an hour, and the entire outer perimeter of the town was completely destroyed. The trenches were almost flattened, and the Rising Sun soldiers who came up again after the bombardment found that there was no one in the camp. The bombardment did not do anything other than blowing up the corpses of the Rising Sun soldiers.
Knowing that the camp was empty, Yamuro Tadatsu became even more resentful of Zhong Yu's independent brigade.
Ever since the Independent Brigade took over Luo Zhen, the number of Empire warriors who had died in the Independent Brigade's hands was close to 8,000.
A bunch of middle and lower ranking officers had died, and even two regiment commanders had died. Nearly a third of the 11th division had fallen at the hands of this unknown Zhong Yu.
Unable to suppress his anger, Yamuro Tadatake ordered the 22nd Brigade to attack Luo Zhen overnight.
After receiving the order, the 22nd Brigade launched a fierce attack on Luo Zhen under the command of the regiment commander, Heiyan Yisheng.
The Independent Brigade relied on the fortifications in the town to resist tenaciously. A large amount of automatic firepower made the Rising Sun soldiers pay a huge price for every meter they advanced. The only advantage the Rising Sun soldiers had at this time was artillery firepower.
The artillery bombardment only lasted for twenty minutes before it stopped. The continuous battle had exhausted all the ammunition in the arsenal of the Rising Sun Artillery Regiment, and the new ammunition supply would not arrive until tomorrow.
The 22nd Infantry Regiment, which had lost the support of artillery, was in a difficult situation. The area that they had previously relied on the advantage of artillery to push forward was taken back by the independent brigade after a few charges. The remaining area was also in danger.
The two sides fought fiercely for the last small area in the town. The Independent Brigade relied on their superior firepower to launch a fierce attack. 60mm and 82mm mortars continuously fired shells, and the flames of the explosions lit up the entire night sky. The intense gunfire rang out for the entire night, and finally stopped in the early morning. After fighting for several hours, the Rising Sun people finally could not hold on and retreated from the town.
The first ray of sunlight shone on the devastated land.
The flames burned the broken beams and made crackling sounds. The air was filled with the choking smell of smoke.
Most of the buildings in the town had been destroyed by artillery fire. The soldiers who had fought fiercely for a night were resting against the ruins.
"Report!"
"Come in. How many casualties were there in yesterday's battle?”
Zhong Yu dragged his tired body and asked Xu Jianying who had just entered.
Zhong Yu didn't ask Xu Jianying about the casualties of the Shengyang soldiers. Defensive operations were only a retreat, so it was difficult to calculate the casualties of the Shengyang soldiers. In addition, as long as the situation was not urgent, the Shengyang soldiers would take away the bodies of their own soldiers, making it even more difficult to calculate the results.
Fortunately, the system had a kill record. As long as the enemy was killed by Zhong Yu's troops, the system would prompt the corresponding military points obtained. When killing a large number of enemies, the system would also give the total number of enemies killed and the total military points obtained.
Yesterday, he had killed a total of 3617 people and obtained more than 500,000 military points. It was a pity that there were no rewards for injuries. Otherwise, his military points would definitely increase by another wave.
"In yesterday's battle, the 521st Regiment suffered 762 casualties. 400 of them were killed, 241 were lightly injured, and 121 were heavily injured.
Regiment 522 and Regiment 523 had a total of 668 casualties, of which 376 were killed, 242 were lightly injured, and 50 were heavily injured.
As the main attack direction of the Rising Sun Army was the 521st Regiment, the casualties of the 521st Regiment were relatively high. In addition, the casualties caused by the bombardment of the Rising Sun Army accounted for more than half of the total casualties.”
More than 1,000 people were killed. Although the casualties of the Rising Sun soldiers were much higher than that of the independent brigade, Zhong Yu was still distressed.
After all, in his opinion, even ten Rising Sun people were not worth one of his soldiers.
"Brigadier General, if we give up all the outer perimeter positions and withdraw all the troops into the town, will the 18th Division blame us?”
Xu Jianying said worriedly.
" The outer perimeter is unobstructed. The artillery and tanks of the Rising Sun soldiers can kill our soldiers without any restraint. If we continue to hold on, the losses will be too great. As for the houses and fortifications in the town, it will be difficult for the artillery of the Rising Sun soldiers to display their full effectiveness.
As for the Rising Sun tanks, the terrain outside the town is flat. We lack weapons that can defeat the Rising Sun tanks from a few hundred meters away. However, once the Rising Sun tanks dare to enter the town, it will be much easier to deal with them than outside the town.
Our mission is to defend Luo Town, which is still in our hands. Moreover, judging from the attack of the Rising Sun soldiers yesterday, the situation of the other defense lines is probably much more critical than ours.”
The truth was indeed as Zhong Yu had said.
Starting from 10 AM on the 9th day of the 9th month, the Rising Sun Army launched a large-scale attack on the frontline defense of the Longjiang River in Central Xia. Under the constant bombardment of the Rising Sun Army's aircraft and cannons, the defenders at various positions suffered heavy casualties. Coupled with the delayed arrival of reinforcements, the entire Longjiang defense line was in danger.
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