Alien Empire Total War

The shelling soon ended, and Charlie put down his binoculars and walked out of the headquarters accompanied by Colonel Lanlu.

The shelling just now did not cause many casualties to this line of defense. Although the accuracy of artillery in this era has improved, it has not reached the exaggerated level of later generations. Therefore, the visible casualties within the line of defense were almost equal, and only the bunkers and roadblocks constructed with sandbags were destroyed by solid bullets.

Although the war of this era is dominated by the tactics of platooning, it does not mean that the army will only stupidly stand in the enemy's muzzle and shoot in line. In the case of their own defense, the commander will also order the soldiers to build bunkers and rely on the protection of the bunkers to attack the enemy. Enemy shoots.

After walking out of the headquarters, Charlie was still thinking about the next offensive tactics. Through the observation just now, he found that in addition to deploying troops around the artillery positions on the mountainside, the main defensive center of the enemy was still at the foot of the mountain leading to several lines on the mountain. Road, if Charlie wants to go up the mountain, the only way is to attack from the front.

Some people may want to say that they can find another road without enemy troops to attack in other directions of Nawa Mountain. The matter is far from that simple. The enemy troops are not fools and will not give them the opportunity to detour. They set up their headquarters on the mountain. The purpose is to monitor other directions, and respond as soon as possible when finding enemy troops in other directions.

Undoubtedly, the one that used to deal with the rebels in Ankerton City can no longer be used. The enemy he has to deal with is a regular army with a clear structure, and there are no enemy troops that have been defeated nearby, so people are disguised. It is also unrealistic to defeat troops. At this time, an upright attack and crushing the enemy with strength are the kingly way.

Charlie's Seventh Brigade has more than 7,000 soldiers and 24 12-pounder infantry guns. Judging from the size of the enemy stationed at the foot of the mountain, there should be only one infantry regiment with more than 2,000 people. As long as Charlie can catch the enemy on the mountain. Defeat this regiment before coming to support, then everything will be easy to do next.

The enemy's artillery positions are deployed on the bulge of the mountainside. From that angle, it is impossible to shell directly at the foot of the mountain. That is to say, the threat of the enemy's artillery is only at the distance from the defense line to the foot of the mountain, where there is no cover. On the flat ground, the attacking infantry first had to survive several rounds of enemy shelling, and then they had to engage with the enemy infantry regiment that was waiting in line.

If Charlie's subordinates are all system soldiers, then all this is not a problem, because the system soldiers are almost locked in morale, but the problem is that only the officers in his seventh brigade are brave and fearless system soldiers, ordinary private soldiers are Aboriginal soldiers who have only been trained for three months and have never seen blood.

Looking at the flamboyant rebel flag on the mountainside, Charlie suddenly had an idea.

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"Our mission is to take Mount Nawa within five days, and I already have a preliminary plan for this."

In the 7th Brigade's station, Charlie gathered three infantry regiment commanders and staff officers to hold a military meeting around the map of Nava City and its surroundings.

Holding a small wooden stick in his hand, he pointed to the position of Nawa Mountain and talked eloquently:

"I previously estimated that the distance from the National Army defense line to the foot of Mount Nawa is roughly 600 to 700 meters. If we launch an attack, the enemy's artillery positions on the mountainside will be able to bombard our infantry from a commanding height. , which will be a serious blow to the morale of the army, which is made up mostly of new recruits."

"Because of the angle, the enemy's artillery can't shoot at the foot of the mountain. There is only one way to stop the enemy's artillery shooting when our army passes through the distance of six or seven hundred meters, and that is to make them unable to find the shooting target. In other words, let us launch an attack at night, and the whole army is strictly prohibited from using torches, so that even if the enemy finds us, they will not be able to find an effective shooting target, and they can only shoot randomly and waste gunpowder.”

"However, in the absence of torches, our soldiers are also unable to figure out the direction at night. If they go in the wrong direction, or mistake the friendly army for the enemy army, this may cause irreversible harm to the war situation." Colonel Jefferson Lawrence, who was promoted to commander of the 2nd Infantry, questioned.

"Yes, but we also have a way to eliminate this hazard." Charlie looked at Lawrence approvingly and answered for him: "The enemy stationed at the foot of the mountain has no control of lights, and their fire source will be the best beacon to indicate our attack path. , In addition, we can set a password in the army, and anyone who fails to match the password after an encounter is our enemy."

"In addition, the enemy has stationed an infantry regiment and more than 2,000 troops at the foot of the mountain. In this battle, we will invest the strength of two infantry regiments, and strive to defeat the enemy at the foot of the mountain as soon as possible after the battle. Opportunity for reinforcements."

"Well... In order to prevent the enemy from other directions from hearing the sound of gunfire and rushing to support, the third regiment needs to set up a line of defense in the south leading to Nawa Mountain as soon as the battle starts, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com to intercept the enemy Reinforcement, Colonel Dillon, can you do it?"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" Colonel Cayo Dillon, head of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, said with a straight body and a serious tone.

"Do you have any objections?"

Charlie retracted his gaze towards the head of the third regiment, glanced at the others, and asked.

The officers were silent. Seeing that they did not raise any objections, Charlie put away the stick and said solemnly, "Then I will summarize the combat tasks tonight. The battle will start in the second half of the night tonight. The north and south attacked the enemy at the foot of the mountain, and after the sound of gunfire, the three regiments immediately deployed on the road leading to the South Nava Mountain to intercept all the enemies who came to support."

"If nothing else happens, the enemy's cavalry division is likely to come to support, and the third regiment should be ready to fight against the cavalry."

"As ordered, sir!"

The crowd responded in unison.

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In order to increase the success rate of the battle, Charlie did not let the army mainly composed of recruits serve as the main attack plan. He spent 11,616 gold coins to recruit two battalions of twelve companies of musketeers from the system. The first battalion was converted into more elite system soldiers, and the two regimental commanders were instructed to use the first battalion as the main attack vanguard.

Although the soldiers converted into system soldiers are still recruits who have never seen blood, their morale is much higher than other recruits, and their combat effectiveness and reloading speed have also been improved.

After the meeting, the officers also announced the battle order, and the soldiers returned to the camp to lie down and rest, to recharge their batteries for the battle in the second half of the night, but it is certain that many of them could not sleep, because this was the For the first time on the battlefield, they may even be on the battlefield for the last time.