But now, all of a sudden, the other side has strengthened its offensive, and its attack power has suddenly increased, as if they have received a huge reinforcement of combat force, whether it is morale, but the attack ability, and even the determination to fight, are extraordinary. In this way, naturally, it will further increase the difficulty of defense.

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Under these circumstances, it should be said that the feeling of the general Leemande was a little confused. He didn't know what kind of medicine was being sold in the other party's gourd. Moreover, such a change came so suddenly that he was not mentally prepared at all. And before that, it would have been a good shore-based combat force. However, in the face of such a powerful attack by the other party, he had to regretfully decide to temporarily cancel the counterattack operation. This is because if you order your own mobile combat forces to counterattack at this time, you will definitely have a head-on conflict with the enemy's attacking combat forces. According to General Luo Tang's intentions, it is necessary to rely on their defensive positions and give full play to the attack capabilities of the machine gun pillboxes and ground guns on the defensive positions, so as to preserve their mobile combat forces to the greatest extent.

Under such circumstances, this General Li Mande naturally did not dare to disobey General Luo Tang's orders. Now, General Leemande knew very well in his heart that as long as he faithfully carried out General Rodtang's battle orders, then, even if the battle was lost in the end, then for him, he would not bear much responsibility.

However, then again, if it were not for the orders of General Rodtang and did not act in accordance with the battle plan drawn up by General Rodtang, then, even if he was victorious, General Rodtang would not be happy.

It should be said that this General Leemande has always been relatively cunning. It is precisely because of this that when General Bidamon proposed this General Leemande as a senior general, General Rodtang did not have any dissenting intentions. For General Luo Tang, these high-ranking generals under him must first obey orders, obey commands, and in layman's terms, must be obedient. Only in this way can some of the operational plans promulgated by Tatsu, the operational orders he issued, and his second combat intentions be carried out 100 percent.

And this General Leemande undoubtedly knows this well. Thus, in the face of a larger charge launched by General Barras at one time, he finally became timid. In other words, on a certain course, he made a certain mistake on his side. For this reason, General Leemande temporarily canceled the plan of counterattack operations, but ordered the combat troops to continue to strengthen the defense, first of all, to order the engineering detachment to pay close attention to repairing the destroyed ground artillery, and at the same time, to rebuild some ground artillery, because only these ground artillery can really and effectively resist the opponent's heavy combat vehicles.

On the other hand, he ordered his subordinate squatting combat troops to catch the bunkers that had been built long ago, and be ready to attack at any time. In short, for him, following General Luo Tang's desperate pinching, insisting on defense, and consuming the enemy's combat strength to the greatest extent in defensive operations is really his current operational guiding ideology.

However, just after the general Limand had made a full defensive deployment, suddenly, the imposing attacking force of the opposing side suddenly stopped advancing, and then, turning his head, the city retreated as fast as it could. Moreover, the opposing side's infantry combat force, I don't know exactly when, has disappeared, it seems that not long ago, when the opponent's dozen or so heavy tanks charged into battle, the opponent's back-named infantry combat force has quietly retreated. Now, only a dozen or so heavy tanks remained, quickly withdrawing towards their positions.

After seeing this, the general Leemande finally came to his senses and woke up like a dream. Wow, it seems that the real intention of the other party's fierce attack just now is to cover the retreat of their infantry combat troops. Obviously, this is a smokescreen from the other side. However, the sad thing is that this feint attack by the other side clearly achieved the desired effect.

Facing the dozen or so heavy tanks that were trapped in the enemy's retreat, this General Leemande stood there in a daze, and did not speak for a long time. Yes, he admitted, and now he is being tricked by the other party. The other party successfully played a demon gut and carried out this golden cicada shell, and as a result, he was deceived by the other party in this way. The other side was able to get through the trick and successfully retreated. In this way, the battle plan for a counterattack that he had prepared long ago was all in vain.

At this moment, this General Leemande felt very frustrated. Yes, although not long ago, in a defensive battle, the other side suffered heavy losses, but now, he did not feel the slightest sense of victory. Moreover, vaguely, he seems to have a premonition that he is an out-and-out loser in some kind of Cheng dù.

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Now, Liu Qingshan finally received the report of General Barras, and flew to the contents of General Barras's report, and the combat unit under his command had successfully completed the retreat. Now, a break is underway. Moreover, according to General Baras's report, in the course of the last attack, although the combat unit under his command suffered great losses, it did not hurt its vitality.

After hearing this, Liu Qingshan felt very relieved. He knew that he was not afraid of running out of firewood to stay in the green mountains. It should be said that the battle has gone on to this point beyond their original expectations. In terms of a large number of battles, it can be said that when they first formulated that battle plan, they did not expect that the enemy army, in the main city of Rigo, would be so strong. Yes, that's basically for sure. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for the attack launched by General Barras in the direction of the eastern gate not to have any effect.

It should be said that it is no accident that General Ballas led the main combat force, and when he attacked with two blades in the direction of the east gate, the reason why the opponent was able to deal with it without panic and defend it tightly, was able to easily repel General Ballas's attack. According to his original plan, when the opponent's east gate was attacked so fiercely, the combat troops of the opponent's western defense line would definitely go to reinforce it.

However, the reality is that, although on the eastern line of defense, General Baras's offensive was impressive, it did not alarm the forces of the western line at all. It can be seen from this that the enemy's side should deploy a certain number of main combat forces in other positions, except for the eastern and western defense lines, which each has a considerable number of fighting forces. It is precisely because of this that the opponent's combat forces are not overstretched, and in the face of General Barras's attack in the direction of the east gate, the opponent's can handle it calmly, do as he pleases, and be calm and calm.

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At this time, under this situation, Liu Qingshan already vaguely felt that things did not seem to be very easy to handle. In other words, the battle plan that was once put in place should now be put to rest. Fortunately, although the attack formed by General Ballas did not have the effect of diverting the tiger from the mountain, even if he suffered a certain amount of losses, fortunately, he was not seriously injured, and he was still able to ignore the most basic combat effectiveness. It is believed that after a period of rest, we will be able to gradually recover our vitality.

For Liu Qingshan, this should be the most important. After thinking of this, Liu Qingshan smiled rarely, in his mind, being a combat force is always fundamental, and it is always a prerequisite for victory. Now, General Barras stood in front of that military map, his brow furrowed, and he even kept talking to himself. Under such circumstances, reformulating a completely new combat plan has undoubtedly become a very important task in front of him.

Yes, it is. You must know that under the current situation, no matter what, the situation has changed, and then, under the situation that the original combat plan can no longer be in line with the current specific situation, it must formulate a completely new combat plan. Otherwise, if you carve a boat for a sword, you will always be a loser. However, it is not an easy matter how to formulate a completely new combat plan, or in other words, in the face of the current situation, what kind of practical and effective combat plan should be formulated.

However, one thing is certain, that is, the strategy and tactics of General Barras, who tried in vain to get through Guò, to divert the tiger from the mountain and secretly cross the Chen Cang, and to repair the plank road in the open, can no longer play a role. On the one hand, the other party's in the main city of Rigo Furnace is indeed stationed with quite strong combat troops, so it is difficult to contain the other party in this way of diverting the tiger from the mountain.

On the other hand, it should be said that the commander of the other side, General Rodtang, has already seen through this strategy and tactics of his own. Therefore, in this case, if your own side repeats the old trick, then it will definitely not suffer any effect, and it may even be used by the other party. And this is exactly what Liu Qingshan is most worried about.

Then, in this case, General Barras, for his part, should continue to recuperate for the time being, as an important combat force deployed near the opponent's eastern defense line, even if it does not launch an attack, it can still contain the opponent. Then, in this case, it seems that the combat unit stationed in the small town of Kamai led by himself can act independently. However, the opponent's strength in the western defense line is also very strong, and its combat effectiveness is also quite strong. Moreover, the fixed military facilities of the western defense line are also very powerful. In such a situation, if an attack were to be forced, it would certainly be the same as the frontal attack launched by General Barras, which would only result in casualties. Therefore, in this case, it should be like a better way.

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For this reason, Liu Qingshan decided that he could only fight steadily, step by step, step by step, and gradually advance in this way, gradually approaching the opponent's defense line, and finally, breaking through the defense line and attacking the main city of Rigo Furnace.

To this end, Liu Qingshan formulated a combat plan that should be said to be relatively practical and effective. First, it is necessary to give full play to the long-range attack capability of mortar attack squads to carry out long-range attacks on those infantry combat units and long-legged combat vehicle combat units stationed in the enemy's defensive positions. It should be said that under the current situation, the only thing that Liu Qingshan's part can outperform the other side in terms of combat strength is the medium and long-range mortar attack combat squad that he has mastered.

Therefore, under such circumstances, it is necessary to give full play to the long-range attack capability of this long-range mortar attack detachment and launch long-range bombardment against those mobile combat forces stationed in the enemy's defensive positions. Although Liu Qingshan also knew that this kind of long-range bombing would never completely destroy the other side, it would be able to strike at the opponent's ten attacks on a certain distance, and, indeed, be able to wipe out some of the enemy's troops as a living combat force. And this, it should be said that on a large distance, it is still very good.

However, it is not so simple to give full play to the role of its own long-range mortar attack squad. The reason why the other side is deploying a certain number of mobile combat units on the periphery of the defensive position seems to be to guard against any small moves under their noses.

Therefore, in this situation, Liu Qingshan must provide a solid position for his mortar attack squad. Otherwise, when they carry out long-range attacks, they will be besieged by the enemy's mobile combat forces at any time. We know that although this kind of long-range mortar attack squad has a very good long-range attack capability, when the opponent's melee combat unit, whether it is a large rifleman squad or a control vehicle squad, it can basically be said that they are their natural enemies.

Therefore, in this case, it is naturally very necessary for them to provide an absolutely effective and safe position. For this reason, Liu Qingshan decided to send three rifle squads, plus two heavy tank squads, as his advance combat units, to escort the mortar squads into the designated long-range attack positions.

In this way, even if the enemy army discovered one of Liu Qingshan's places, even if the mobile combat forces they deployed on the periphery of the defensive position attacked, they would not be in a hurry and helpless. Then, under the cover of their own first dispatched combat corps, the engineering detachment will build a sufficient number of fixed military facilities near the long-range attack position, and in particular, they should first make some ground artillery, because relatively speaking, the kind of attack can be dragged far away, and in the face of the attack of enemy combat vehicles, it can provide effective long-range fire support. Of course, the necessary machine-gun bunkers still had to be built large. In this way, under the cover of the advance combat corps, as long as an unwarranted number of machine-gun pillboxes and ground guns can be built around the long-range attack positions, then it is certain that the mortar squads will be able to safely attack the positions at long ranges, and they will be able to effectively guarantee them.

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So, at this time, under such circumstances, Liu Qingshan immediately started to act in accordance with the combat plan he had already formulated. Soon after, a dozen or so heavy tanks, along with three infantry squads, set out from the small town of Kamai, and attacked the western defense line of the main city of Rigau, where the enemy was entrenched.

Of course, for Liu Qingshan, this dispatch as a combat force is not for the real siege battle. Because now, it's clear that the time is not yet ripe. However, at this time, Liu Qingshan's military operation made General Nabidamon, who was stationed in the western defense line of the main city of Rigo, very nervous. In his opinion, the opponent had launched a fierce attack on the eastern defense line not long ago, and although no substantial progress had been made, the battle was very fierce. Could it be that when stepping on the eastern defense line of the attack has no result, the other side has only considered transferring the target of the attack to the western defense line. This possibility is very high and normal.

So, for a while, General Bidamon was very nervous, and while further strengthening the defensive combat force, he immediately reported the news to his immediate superior, General Rodtang.

After hearing the news, General Rodtang was taken aback. Yes, although he also knew that since the other party had already occupied the town of Kamai and the town of Gran, and had strategically formed a situation of attacking the main city of Ligo Furnace on the left and right for his own move. The overall shape shì is still more favorable for them. Therefore, in this situation, the opponent will definitely not give up their attack lightly.

And in this situation, General Rodtang couldn't help but fall into deep thought. In that case, what will happen to the other party? What kind of measures will the other side take next? Will the attack still be launched from the Eastern Front, or will it be transferred to the Western Front for operations? For a time, it was also difficult for General Rodtang to draw conclusions.