HBWnovel Chapter 942: Battle for the Beachhead
Chapter 942: Battle for the Beachhead
The general guessed that the New West French Empire Army would attack the beachhead tonight.
Because for them who are at a disadvantage, this is the best opportunity...
If this opportunity is missed tonight, it will be difficult for the New West French Empire Army to retake the beachhead.
After all, the Western French Empire's army is no pushover. Now that they have taken the beachhead, they will inevitably focus on defending the beachhead.
Even if the New West Empire sent a large number of troops to fight for the beachhead, it would have to pay a heavy price...
And tonight is their best chance...
The admiral commander may have guessed that the other side already knew that they would launch a night attack tonight.
Because the admiral personally led the troops to the outskirts of the beachhead.
Holding a telescope, he observed every move on the beachhead.
Although the Western French Empire soldiers defending the beachhead behaved very naturally, the admiral, as a veteran, could naturally see that these soldiers were a little nervous.
It was obvious that they had noticed that there would be a night attack tonight.
So a tight net has been laid, waiting for the admiral to take the lead and plunge in.
Looking at these somewhat nervous Western French Empire sentinels.
The general was at a loss for a moment.
Because it's possible that they were just pretending.
They had been fighting for a whole day and were in no better condition than the soldiers of the New West French Empire.
So this is most likely a trick played by the enemy generals.
It is to scare off their attacking troops.
The general was in a dilemma for a moment.
What is in front of you may be a trap or an empty city plan.
And Bonaparte's orders from behind kept forcing the general to move forward.
If this was a trap, then he would be committing suicide by taking these 50,000 people in.
He didn't want to see his soldiers sacrifice in vain.
But after much consideration, the admiral finally decided to launch an attack.
Then contacted the artillery units and rocket artillery in the rear.
Let them launch a quick strike after five minutes.
At this moment in the air-raid shelter, General Xifa was directing everything in the air-raid shelter.
According to information from scouts, the enemy is likely to have appeared near the beachhead.
The general was playing with a stone.
He brought this stone from his hometown. He was only the commander of this breakthrough battle. After the French and Spanish troops completely captured the defense line along the river, this general would retire again.
The Emperor of the Western French Empire asked this great general to come out of retirement in order to let him come up with a plan to break the impasse.
In fact, the emperor also wanted the general to continue working, but the general declined on the grounds of health inconvenience.
He only agreed to help the emperor this time.
The young generals around were waiting for the general's orders.
As young generals, they were naturally arrogant.
But when they saw the general take the beachhead effortlessly, they were all dumbfounded.
The general was very smart. In fact, the range of their artillery was not much different from that of the New Spanish Empire's army.
Even though the enemy's artillery was superior to theirs, the general was very smart and ordered the artillery unit to set up artillery in a hilly area with an altitude of one or two hundred meters.
Use the height difference to increase the range of the artillery.
Use extreme range to attack the beachhead.
This is why the artillery of the New West French Empire Army could not hit these cannons at all.
The range is already limited, and you use the mountainous terrain to increase the range.
It's like a sniper shooting you at his maximum range.
The army of the New West French Empire had no place to cry.
And in the subsequent river crossing campaign, this general sent out a small force at the very beginning to dive under the water.
They seized several important firepower points on the beachhead.
There was also the tactic of dividing the troops into three groups, which completely impressed these generals.
But the most fundamental thing is the emperor's trust.
Because some people were dissatisfied with the general at the beginning, a young and energetic major general wanted to challenge the general's authority.
This is not uncommon in the military. No matter how high your rank is, only those with real talent can be commanders!
Then the major general was directly dismissed by the emperor.
That’s right, a young representative of the Youth Faction was directly dismissed by the emperor.
From this moment on, everyone understood the emperor's trust in this general.
The general did not disappoint the emperor's trust and took the beachhead as quickly as possible, and had to fight a night battle to decide the ownership of the beachhead...
Five minutes later, a dense whistling sound was heard in the air.
Before he could even look up, the rocket had already streaked across the night sky and landed on the beachhead, dragging its orange tail with it.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The horrific explosion spread across the battlefield.
Although the Western French Empire's troops had been well prepared and hid in air-raid shelters, the fierce bombing made them feel difficult.
After a round of rocket attacks, there was intensive artillery bombardment.
Countless shells fell on the position like rain.
The entire Western French Empire army suffered terribly.
There was dirt everywhere on the helmet, clothes and shoes.
There were even several air-raid shelters that were blown down...
Upon seeing this, the other soldiers immediately began to rescue the air-raid shelters and dig out their comrades inside.
After ten minutes of rapid bombardment, the general immediately ordered the soldiers to launch a charge.
And he personally led the charge.
The soldiers were originally elite, but they were all stunned when they saw the general leading the charge.
Because this general is different from those generals who are always bossy in the army, this general is really aggressive!
Fifty thousand men were divided into six groups to launch the attack.
Simultaneously launch a fierce attack on the six weakest defense points.
As the builders of defense, they naturally know which defensive points are more likely to be breached.
But the general was no pushover. After taking the beachhead, he immediately inspected the front-line positions in person.
No matter how strong a line of defense is, there will always be weak points due to the terrain and environment.
And these weak points are the enemy's breakthrough points.
The general took a round of inspection and strengthened the defenses of these weak points.
The admiral may have guessed that the general had strengthened the defense, so he divided his troops into six groups to launch the attack.
There must be one way out of the six to take down a point, right?
Maybe?
As the shelling stopped, the Western French Empire soldiers in the air-raid shelter filed out and took up their respective combat positions.
Just now, the artillery of the New West French Empire not only bombarded the positions, but also bombarded their tents.
But their tents were empty...
Because most people have already entered the position.
Just waiting for the New West French Empire Army to enter the pocket...
The general was about to lead his troops to the front of the position.
At this time, dozens of flares rose from the beachhead.
It directly illuminated the New West French Empire soldiers who were charging in the dark.
It was the middle of winter and the surroundings were already covered in white. Although the soldiers were wearing light grey uniforms and had some white cloth on them as camouflage.
But at this moment, they are extremely conspicuous...
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