Warlords: Rise of the System

Lu Tianhao asked all the soldiers to hide in the air-raid shelter, leaving only a few observation post.

Lu Tianhao knew very well that the bandits' all-out attack would first start with planes and artillery.

If we fail to dodge the first round of bombing from aircraft and artillery, there will be heavy casualties.

Commander Ding followed suit and had most of the troops hide in the air-raid shelters, leaving only a small number of soldiers as observation posts.

The first line of defense in the outer position south of Kyoto Prefecture was first met with a full-coverage bombardment by the bandits' artillery.

Dense artillery shells fell on the battlefield, smoke and dust rose up, and the entire battlefield was filled with dust.

For the first line of defense, Lu Tianhao knew that the bandits would carry out a full-coverage bombing, so he did not leave any observation sentries and all of them hid in the air-raid shelters.

The observation post left by Lu Tianhao was on the second line of defense, and it was equipped with telescopes to observe the enemy's every move.

The enemy's artillery shells continued to extend the bombing, and before the artillery bombardment was over, the sound of buzzing airplanes was heard in the sky.

The bandit bombers flew over again.

The target of the bandit plane's bombing this time was all the defensive positions on the periphery.

The main targets were some strong fortifications.

Because of the full coverage bombing by the enemy artillery, the air defense forces did not dare to stay outside.

Without the air defense of the air defense forces, the bandits' planes became arrogant again.

Accurate bombing was carried out at the sturdy fortifications below.

After a round of heavy bombing, all the positions on the outer defense line south of Kyoto Prefecture were riddled with holes and deep craters everywhere.

After the bombing, the bandits' tanks and armored vehicles followed closely, followed by a large group of bandit soldiers, who launched a full-scale attack on the position.

As soon as the bombing from artillery and aircraft ended, the soldiers in the air-raid shelter ran out one after another without being reminded by the observation sentries left outside.

They quickly entered their respective trenches, waiting for the bandits' ground attack.

In the area defended by Lu Tianhao's army, Zhang Cheng's First Battalion was defending the first line of defense.

Due to sufficient preparations before the war, enough air-raid shelters were dug and built solidly enough.

Neither the bandits' artillery nor the bombing from airplanes caused much damage to Zhang Cheng's First Battalion.

Only two air-raid shelters were partially collapsed, causing minor injuries to more than a dozen soldiers.

Even with minor injuries, these soldiers still picked up their weapons and resolutely joined the battle.

Lu Tianhao knew that the bandits would use tanks and armored vehicles to open the way and launch a ground attack.

Therefore, Lu Tianhao equipped the soldiers with anti-tank weapons and large-caliber heavy machine guns.

These heavy weapons are quite expensive.

Each 12.7mm large-caliber heavy machine gun requires 20 points, and one point is equal to 100 bullets.

The price of the Panzerfaust anti-tank rocket launcher is 50 points. This disposable anti-tank weapon is not cheap.

Lu Tianhao equipped the first line of defense with ten large-caliber heavy machine guns and ten thousand rounds of bullets.

Panzerfaust anti-tank rocket launcher, equipped with 50 pieces, costing a total of nearly 2800 points.

This is just the beginning of the war, and points are being lost like water. Lu Tianhao is heartbroken.

But it is worth spending these points to win the war.

The bandits' tanks and armored vehicles rushed recklessly towards the defensive positions of the warlord troops.

Looking at the tanks and armored vehicles getting closer and closer, Zhang Cheng directly picked up an anti-tank rocket launcher and aimed at a tank that was rushing towards him.

When the tank was still fifty or sixty meters away from the position, Zhang Cheng pulled the trigger and the rocket directly hit the enemy tank.

These tanks of the bandits are all thin-skinned tanks, and even large-caliber heavy machine guns can penetrate their armor.

Not to mention these anti-tank weapons. There was a loud bang and the tank turret was blown away. The tank driver of the bandits was directly killed.

As Zhang Cheng fired the first shot, the soldiers of the first battalion launched an all-out attack.

All of a sudden, dense gunfire sounded, and the bandit soldiers who rushed towards the first battalion's defensive position fell down like wheat being cut.

The tanks and armored vehicles in the front were destroyed one by one by anti-tank weapons.

Under the intensive fire suppression of the First Battalion, the bandits' attacking forces were suppressed and could not move forward.

Especially after losing a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, the bandits' infantry could hardly move forward.

However, the bandits did not give up easily. They quickly adjusted their tactics and sent out more infantrymen to try to bypass the tank wreckage and launch an attack on the flank of the First Battalion.

Zhang Cheng noticed the bandits' intention and immediately ordered some soldiers to move to the flank to strengthen the defense.

At the same time, he asked some soldiers to move the mortars out of the air-raid shelter.

After the 20 81mm mortars were moved out, they were quickly placed in place by the soldiers, and the firing range was adjusted and aimed at the charging bandits in front.

Zhang Cheng directly ordered the artillerymen to fire 20 rounds in a row, and 400 shells fell among the charging bandits.

Intensive explosions were heard, and many bandits were blown into the air, and lost their lives after falling down.

Many bandits had half of their bodies blown off and died on the spot.

The shrapnel from the exploding shells killed and injured even more bandit soldiers.

After suffering heavy casualties, the bandits who attacked Zhang Cheng's First Battalion finally stopped their charge and began to look for cover to confront the First Battalion.

Ding Youkui's troops, with a large number of machine guns, were unable to suppress the advance of the bandits' tanks and armored vehicles.

However, the bandits following behind the tanks and armored vehicles were severely suppressed by these machine guns.

Without the support of infantry, many tanks and armored vehicles were blown up by the soldiers carrying explosive packs and bundles of grenades in a life-threatening manner.

Although Commander Ding's troops suffered a lot of casualties, they managed to firmly block the bandits' attack.

The other defensive positions do not have the combat effectiveness of Lu Tianhao and Commander Ding.

The troops of these warlords had no choice but to use human wave tactics to fight for positions with the bandits.

Every inch of land is stained with blood, which is vividly reflected on these battlefields.

A group of soldiers fell, and another group of soldiers replaced them, and they fought a tug-of-war on the first line of defense.

Because there was no suppressive firepower to stop the bandits' infantry from following, every time a bandit tank or armored vehicle was destroyed, a dozen or even more soldiers had to sacrifice their lives.

The entire position was like a meat grinder, with mutilated corpses scattered all over the place.

The blood dyed the earth red.

The setting sun is as red as blood, and the soldiers are composing an immortal war song with their lives.