Alien Empire Total War - Chapter 215

The outcome of this battle exceeded the expectations of Victor, commander of the Fifth Army of the Imperial Army, and Warren, commander of the Third Army.

In fact, their goal was only to wipe out the encircled 6th Division and 1st Brigade of Enkelan, but now, they not only wiped out the two target troops, but also severely damaged the enemy’s 1st Brigade. Hussar Division, 2nd Lancer Division and 10th and 11th Divisions.

Even if the enemy’s two cavalry divisions escaped, they would not be able to pose a threat to them. The large number of casualties made them only able to maintain their combat effectiveness by combining the two divisions. This would create another contradiction within them, the tenth division and the eleventh division. The divisions are not much better, they are only afraid that they will have to withdraw from the battlefield for a long time before they can regroup.

“You guys did a great job! What a great victory!”

In the headquarters of the Fifth Army of the Imperial Army, Victor looked at the five generals standing straight in front of them and praised them loudly, with a smile of joy after victory on his face.

Beside him, the third army commander Warren also smiled. He looked at the five generals and said: Ackerman, Haddad, Hax, Brennan, Hamill, your performance Very good, we will commend your achievements to His Majesty the Emperor, and hope you will continue to work hard.

“General, this victory is just the beginning. After this, we will have more victories, until we reach the capital of the Enclans, Enclans!” Brennan said full of fighting spirit, The energetic general came back to life after a few hours of rest, showing no signs of fatigue as he returned to camp at night.

“General Brennan is right, this victory is just the beginning.” Victor said with a smile, he patted Brennan’s steely arm heavily, and said: “Now, the feint attack launched by other troops has already It stopped, and the enemy also began to mobilize troops to retake the frontline supply depots that fell into our hands.”

As he spoke, he looked at Ackerman and asked, “Ackerman, you proposed this battle plan, and you proposed to capture the supply station. What do you think?”

Ackerman didn’t expect Victor to ask his opinion. He was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and seemed to be thinking about something. When Victor saw him like this, he did not continue to ask, and looked at others, saying: ” If you have any ideas, you can come forward boldly and brainstorm.”

The other generals also began to think about it, and Ackerman was the first to think of a way, his eyes flashed a dangerous light, and said: “General, I have an idea, but it may cost a lot of black. gunpowder.”

“Oh? Tell me about it.” Victor asked curiously, and Warren and the other four generals also looked over, wanting to know what the idea of ​​consuming a lot of black powder was from his mouth.

“Before I say it, I want to know how many troops the enemy is preparing to retake the depot?” Ackerman asked.

“Well… According to the report of our scouts, the Enkelans have currently mobilized the strength of three infantrymen and one infantry brigade, and there will be at least 27,000 people participating in the battle.”

“More than 27,000 people?” Ackerman’s eyes lit up, and he continued: “General, my idea is to bury the black powder stored in the supply station in advance under the ground of the supply station, and then our army pretends to resist. If we fail to withdraw from this area, let the enemy retake the supply station, after which we will detonate the black powder buried in the ground and blow all the Enkelans into the sky!”

“hiss-“

When his voice fell, several people, including Victor, couldn’t help but take a deep breath. This plan is really vicious. If the Enkelans stationed at the supply station unprepared, the black powder would be detonated at this moment. , not only the people standing in the explosion range will be blasted to the sky, but also the surrounding soldiers will be affected – the huge explosion sound and the impact of the explosion are enough to shatter the civil war of the surrounding soldiers, by that time, Even without them attacking, at least half of the enemy’s more than 20,000 soldiers will lose their combat effectiveness!

Tsk tsk, vicious.

Ackerman doesn’t know what other people think of him. After he finished speaking his thoughts, he looked at Victor. Seeing that the latter didn’t respond with his mouth open, he asked, “General, what do you think?”

“This…” Victor hadn’t come out of his plan, he seemed a little hesitant, but he wasn’t worried about the enemy, “Your plan is quite good, but how do we ensure that our soldiers will not be attacked? The impact of the explosion, reduced to the same fate as the enemy?”

“Then we need our people to run as far as possible. Although this plan is risky, the rewards are very rich. General, I think it can be tried.”

“I agree, too,” Brennan agreed.

“I have a question,” Haddad interjected before Victor and Warren could respond. “How are we going to ignite the gunpowder and send people to hide in advance? If so, those people also will be buried together in the explosion.”

“So far, only this method is the most reliable.” Ackerman said, “In order to win, the necessary losses are unavoidable. We can voluntarily collect registrations in the military. Anyone who signs up can get it. to a more generous pension to compensate his family.”

“I agree,” Warren said. “Ackerman is right. The losses necessary to win are inevitable, and the soldiers of the Empire are not afraid of death.”

After speaking, he looked at Victor and said, “General Cross, I think this method can be tried.”

Seeing that his colleagues agreed, Victor also nodded, he had no idea of ​​​​contradicting this plan, and said: “General Ackerman’s method can be tried, but in order to minimize the impact of the explosion on our army The impact of the soldiers, before the outbreak of the battle, I will distribute earplugs made of cotton to each soldier, hoping that these earplugs can block part of the impact of the explosion, so that the soldiers’ hearing will not be damaged.”

The coping method mentioned by Victor was widely circulated among artillerymen. In order to offset the bad effect of the deafening sound of artillery bombardment on the ears, the artillerymen would stuff a ball of cotton in their ears. This small regiment Cotton can also effectively reduce the roar of artillery and protect their eardrums.

After adopting the method proposed by Ackerman, Victor and Warren made more supplements around this plan. In order not to make the troops stationed at the supply station collapse unnatural, they only The depot deployed the strength of an infantry division and asked the division to feign defeat and withdraw in an orderly manner after a period of engagement.

In order to prevent the enemy from chasing, they also prepared the coins captured during the battle in advance, and when they retreated, they threw the coins on the ground to let the enemy loot and interrupt their pursuit.