Warlords: Rise of the System

Just when Zhang Cheng was preparing to fight to the death, dozens of artillery shells fell 500 meters in front of the position, directly creating a vacuum zone.

However, the bandits who were about to rush to the position did not slow down and were about to come into close combat with Zhang Cheng and his men.

At this critical moment, there was a burst of rapid gunfire, and the bandits were shot and fell one after another.

"Battalion Commander, the Second Battalion is here to support us." Zhu Erdan shouted loudly.

Knowing that reinforcements had arrived, Zhang Cheng's body softened and he collapsed.

Zhang Cheng was already injured, but he was holding on here only by willpower. With the arrival of reinforcements, he finally gave up.

At a distance of 500 meters in front of the position, artillery shells were still bombarding and extending towards the enemy.

Wherever the shells passed, no matter whether it was the bandits' soldiers or their tanks and armored vehicles, as long as they were hit directly by the shells, they were blown to pieces.

Except for the bandits charging in the front, four or five hundred meters later, a fault was directly created by the artillery shells, and no subsequent bandit troops followed.

With the participation of the Second Battalion, the charging bandits fell in large numbers like wheat being cut.

Without the follow-up troops, it didn't take long for all the charging bandits to be knocked down.

After about ten minutes, the artillery bombardment 500 meters in front of the position ended, and the front of the position was covered with the corpses of the bandits.

There were still many injured but not dead bandits who let out screams like ghosts howling.

Only a few minutes later, the bandits launched a counterattack.

The small forest where Lu Tianhao set up heavy artillery was counterattacked by the bandits' heavy artillery.

Dense shells fell on the small forest, razing the entire forest to the ground.

Lu Tianhao, who was watching from a distance, couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he had a system that put away all the cannons and let the soldiers hide in the air-raid shelters.

Lu Tianhao also took a rough look at the situation on the first line of defense, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that there were heavy casualties.

A battalion of 300 people led by Zhang Cheng lost at least half of their men under the bombardment of enemy heavy artillery.

Lu Tianhao was heartbroken, but war was cruel. Even if one's weapons and equipment were sophisticated, the sacrifice of soldiers was inevitable.

The bandit armored forces that attacked Lu Tianhao's army this time also suffered heavy casualties. Whether it was tanks and armored vehicles or bandit soldiers, the number of losses was very large.

The bandits' heavy artillery only bombarded the small hill and forest and did not bomb anywhere else.

After the heavy artillery bombardment ended, both sides seemed to have reached a ceasefire by tacit agreement.

The injured soldiers on the first line of defense were immediately carried to the rear. In the temporary hospital, 20 trained doctors were busy working.

According to statistics, the number of casualties in Zhang Cheng's battalion reached hundreds, and the number of injured also reached hundreds.

Of the remaining 100 people, only a few were intact, and almost everyone had some injuries of varying degrees.

The second battalion took over the first line of defense, and the third battalion was transferred to the second line of defense.

Almost all the soldiers in the first battalion were injured and were sent directly to the rear for bandaging and treatment.

The system's voice came slowly.

"Ding! Kill 1583 bandits and get double the reward, a total of points.

Destroy 63 tanks and armored vehicles of the bandits and obtain 6300 points.

The friendly forces killed 78 bandits and earned a total of 800 points.

Friendly forces destroyed three tanks and armored vehicles and received 300 points.

After this battle, Lu Tianhao gained a lot of points. Logically speaking, he should be happy.

However, when he thought about the many soldiers who had sacrificed their lives, Lu Tianhao couldn't be happy at all.

These points were earned by the soldiers with their lives.

Originally, Lu Tianhao gave 100 silver dollars as pension for the sacrificed soldiers.

When seeing the soldiers fighting for their lives, Lu Tianhao felt that the pension of 100 silver dollars was too little.

But considering various other reasons, Lu Tianhao only gave a pension of 200 silver dollars and did not dare to increase it any more.

After all, the pensions received by the soldiers of other warlords for their sacrifices were as much as dozens of silver dollars, and as little as less than ten silver dollars.

The pension that Lu Tianhao gave to the sacrificed soldiers was a real 200 silver dollars.

The families of these fallen soldiers will continue to receive some benefits once the situation stabilizes.

As for the pensions for the sacrificed officers, they will be paid out in proportion.

This time, the bandits' attack was mainly aimed at Lu Tianhao's army.

The defensive positions of other warlords' armies were merely feinted attacks by the bandits, and neither side suffered much casualties.

Lu Tianhao's army withstood the attack of the bandits' armored forces and even drove them back.

When the news reached the commanders of various warlord troops, these officers were all shocked.

They only knew that Lu Tianhao's army was quite powerful, but they didn't expect it to be so powerful.

After the bandits' artillery and air bombing, they had to face dense tanks and armored vehicles.

Under such fierce firepower, Lu Tianhao's army actually managed to repel the enemy.

According to the information obtained, the casualties of the bandits were at least 10 times that of Lu Tianhao's army.

This is a very shocking number. Since the invasion of the bandits, when have they ever suffered such a huge loss?

And the ratio of combat damage is surprisingly different.

When fighting with other warlords of Tianlong Kingdom, the casualty ratio is often that the bandits account for one, and the warlords' troops account for five, six, or even seven or eight.

This time, in the battle with Lu Tianhao's army, they lost one after another, and the casualty ratio reached 10 to 1. The bandits suffered heavy casualties.

In the Southern Theater Command headquarters, Commander Hideta Sagawa was furious.

"Lu Tianhao, with only 1000 men, actually defeated our large armored force.

They had only more than 1000 people in total, while we had so many tanks, armored vehicles, and soldiers.

And with air reinforcements, how could we have been defeated so badly?

Can you all tell me what is going on?

It is said that they suffered only over 100 casualties, less than 1/10 of our casualties.

This is absolutely a shame for us.

Tell me, what should we do next?"

Chief of Staff Kazuo Ohshima said thoughtfully, “We were careless this time, thinking that we had artillery and bombing planes, plus our armored forces.

We should be able to crush Lu Tianhao's army easily.

We may all have this attitude, and that is why we suffered a crushing defeat this time.

I think…”