Gastens observed the progress of the battle and gently clenched his fist. So far, the battle was going well. The enemy had no power to fight back in the face of the sudden burst of dense firepower on his side. The army guarding the steam cannon was quickly defeated, and the soldiers on his side were destroying the enemy's steam cannons one by one. According to this trend, as long as the troops of Belancher and Ivan completed the task of destroying the enemy's steam cannons and used their mobility advantages to withdraw from the battle, today's action would be a complete victory.

How will the enemy deal with it?

Gastens looked at the enemy who had realized what he was doing and was detouring from the outside, trying to double-team them, estimating the time they arrived and blocked their own side to open the gap, and measuring the situation on the battlefield for their team members.

This is the first time that Elena's guerrillas have entered the middle of the enemy's army so deeply. In the past, guerrilla tactics were to fight and leave. When they hit it, they rarely penetrated the enemy's body like a long sword. If the enemy was allowed to achieve the intention of surrounding, the soldiers on their side might be in trouble. However, judging from the current situation, the problem should not be big.

Gastens visually measured the speed of the enemy's movement and determined that his soldiers should have time to evacuate. Afterwards, he began to observe the enemy's team more seriously. These soldiers from the Republic of Neglu were wearing blue uniforms, most of them were equipped with armor, and the weapons they used were still Welsh Type 2 rifles, which were not essentially different from the enemies he fought with a year ago. Because of the use of a bore gun, when they encountered a sudden attack, they did not quickly enter the state of combat and were inserted into the central army by their own troops.

However, as the battle time extended, Gastens could see that the soldiers who were not affected by their charges were starting to line up, armored and attempt to attack their soldiers. Although their soldiers gave fierce counterattacks and almost instantly destroyed several organized resistances of the enemy, casualties were inevitable. After all, in such a deep inside the enemy's army, their range advantage had been greatly compressed. Although the enemy's rifle was behind, they could also hit Elena's soldiers.

From the perspective of Gastens, it is not easy to see the progress of destroying the enemy's steam cannons. However, the cylinders and cylinders of those steam cannons are still very conspicuous within his visual range. As long as you continue to observe with a telescope, you can still see the results of your own soldiers.

“Twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two…”

Because there is no gunpowder, it can only use activated metallurgical pyroxene to destroy these steam cannons. It takes a certain amount of time for metallurgical pyroxene to be activated to release enough heat to destroy the cylinder of the steam cannon. During this period, Elena's soldiers had to make appropriate defenses on the steam cannons that were put into metallurgical pyroxene to prevent the enemy from sending people to clean up the metallurgical pyroxene. The enemy seemed to know what it means to lose the steam cannon. They attacked Elena's soldiers who were guarding the steam cannons in a crazy way. Even if their own side suffered heavy casualties, they would take out the metallurgical pyroxene thrown into the cylinder. Although their efforts were futile most of the time, many Elena's soldiers were still injured and died due to the enemy's crazy attack.

"Boss, should I withdraw?" Kurt Warren whispered as he counted. He was a veteran of Gastens from the Sixth Corps. He followed Ivan to protect Gastens's safety. Later, Ivan served as the commander of the armed forces and handed over Gastens's guard to Kurt. This young man was an avid Gastens believer. He believed more in Gastens than communism. Both Ivan and Gastens felt that he should be able to do a good job as the captain of the guard.

"How many?" Gastens looked at the enemy's team that began to gather from both sides, a little worried.

"Thirty-two gates are now, more than half." Kurt has been calculating the number of steam cannons he destroyed. According to information, the enemy cannons can now use about sixty. If half of them are destroyed, Elena's defensive pressure will be much lighter.

Just as Kurt and Gastens were discussing the retreat time, the enemy who was gathering from both sides of the marching team suddenly accelerated. While gathering, they surrounded them diagonally, and wanted to cut off the retreat of Belancher and Ivan, which was very obvious.

"I always feel a little risky when I play the trumpet. Although our weapons are advanced, it is still difficult to deal with the enemy if we surround them."

Gastens measured it and felt that today's attack had achieved certain results. Even if the remaining twenty steam cannons remain, they would have limited deterrence to their side. After all, the birth of the trench tactic was to deal with the battlefield where artillery fire was roaring on the earth. There was no theoretical problem with the steam cannons that did not even have flowering bullets here.

The sound of the retreat sounded, and the special bass horn could spread the sound far away. Ivan and Belanchel, who were fighting in the enemy formation and destroying the steam cannon, heard the sound of the horn at the same time. The two hesitated for a moment, observed the situation, and made a decision at the same time.

Continue to fight, destroy all the steam cannons, and then evacuate.

They made this decision with basis. The enemy's troops guarding the steam cannons had been destroyed by them. The remaining twenty steam cannons were no longer protected. They stood there like stripped girls waiting for them to come. They just had to destroy the enemy's sporadic resistance, throw metallurgical pyroxene in, and then leave.

"Quick, throw the pyroxene in, and then we withdraw!!!"

Belancheer ordered the team's machine gun team to turn the gun and prepare for breaking through. The team responsible for destroying the steam cannon was still desperately repeating the process of opening the cylinder, throwing it into the metallurgical pyroxene, closing the cylinder, and looking for the next steam cannon. Behind them, the gap that had been torn when they rushed in was gradually closing.

"Why haven't they withdrawn?"

Gastens was a little anxious. The speed of the enemy's siege exceeded his expectations. Moreover, in the face of such a strong and unstoppable attack, the enemy did not even show too much panic. Apart from the slight panic at the beginning of the attack, the enemy showed a more calm response than he expected.

"They must have wanted to completely destroy the enemy's steam cannon."

Kurt guessed the idea of ​​Ivan and Belanchel, and Gastens's judgment was consistent with him. However, judging from the enemy's response speed, there was not much time left for Ivan and Belanchel.

"Report to the brigade commander, the enemy's encirclement is about to close!"

"Report to the brigade commander, we are about to be surrounded by the enemy!"

The messengers of Ivan and Belancher reported the same information almost at the same time. The two brigade commanders again asked about the soldiers' progress in destroying the steam cannons, and found that there were less than ten steam cannons left for the Republic of Negru, so they decisively issued an order to retreat. Their orders were issued layer by layer through flags and drums, and quickly reached the ears of each soldier.

From Gastens's perspective, the two teams that had already joined forces in the enemy's central army began to break through after destroying the last few enemy steam cannons and staying for a while. Perhaps it was tacit understanding, or perhaps it was a conscience. Belancheer and Ivan did not leave from both directions as they did when they entered, but chose the south side of the team, which was the side where Gastens was located, and began to break through. Belancheer's army was in front, and behind Ivan's army, the soldiers took the rifles flat, and advanced while shooting, and began to roar towards the enemy that had basically formed an encirclement.

On the enemy's side, the Negrus soldiers who surrounded the production brigade and the combat brigade were basically wearing simple armor. They maintained a rush to form a volleyball formation and began to shoot at Elena's troops. Elena's troops strictly abide by Gastens's guidance, adopted the battle method of scattered soldiers, either kneeling or lying down, and holding a gun to counterattack.

Because the Welsh rifle is a smoothbore gun, the hit rate is limited, and the shooting of a single rifle has limited impact on Eilena's soldiers. However, the bullets fired by the soldiers in the form of a gun formation are also causing casualties to Eilena's troops. Although the thunder and Luoshan in the hands of the soldiers continued to roar, causing a lot of damage to the enemy, more enemies were like sand, constantly squeezing the living space of Eilena's team from both wings. From Gastens's perspective, the soldiers on their side were like a bubble surrounded by water, moving towards the edge while getting smaller.

"Boss, how about it? Can you come out?"

Kurt also felt a vague uneasiness. The enemy was too calm. Whether facing his own raid, the reality of steam cannons being destroyed, or the bombardment of advanced firepower, they were not too panic. Although the casualties were far beyond his own, the enemy soldiers were still lined up, shooting, and being destroyed according to the instructions of the sound of the empty flute.

"Our activity space is too small, it's not good," Gastens frowned. "The strait tactics require a certain amount of space, and it is not suitable for such dense breakthroughs. Blow the trumpet again and tell them to come out as soon as possible."

When they heard the trumpet, Ivan and Belancher were also cursing. After their teams met, they put the command organs together. They also discovered the enemy's unusual calmness. You know, in the face of such huge casualties, the ordinary army had long collapsed.

"The head said let us evacuate as fast as possible."

Ivan listened for a while and heard what Gastens meant. He looked at Belanchel and waited for his decision.

"Retreat if you retreat, the enemy's encirclement is temporarily formed and should not be too thick. Let's rush!"

As the charge order was issued, Elena's team began to attack. At the same time, the Negrus soldiers who surrounded them also launched an attack. Many of them even threw away the steam backpacks on their backs and held up their long swords to charge. Because the distance between the two troops had been deliberately compressed before, these soldiers who launched hand-to-hand charges could cut the long swords in their hands on the soldiers of Elena as long as they crossed less than 200 meters. At this point, Elena's soldiers had to retreat after pouring all the bullets in their hands on the enemy, so that the machine guns behind them could take over the mission of sniping the enemy.

"No, this is a planned ambush!"

Until he saw the soldiers on the flanks and rear of the enemy encirclement began to charge, Gastens finally found the reason why he had been vaguely uneasy. Today's ambush seemed to have entered the enemy's script every step. The smooth progress of the early attack, the enemy's retreat when destroying the steam cannon, and the establishment of this encirclement now meant that the enemy had anticipated this attack on his side.

"What should I do then?"

Kurt was a little nervous when he heard Gastens say that this was an ambush from the enemy. Elena put the most powerful force in her hand in this battle. If there were any mistakes, it could even be a catastrophe for this base with not deep foundation.

"Forcibly break through, that's all!"

What Gastens could think of, Belangel and Ivan could think of, but the enemy also responded accordingly on the weakest outside of the encirclement. At some point, a large number of carriages equipped with steel plates were parked outside the encirclement, blocking directly in front of Elena's troops' breakthrough.

"How come they even know this?!"

The armored car was a tactic invented by Elliot to deal with Belancheir's guerrilla harassment. Although it still cannot completely stop Belancheir's guerrilla tactics, it can also add trouble to Belancheir. Gastens heard Belancheir talk about Elliot's tactics, but he did not expect to see it here.

"Is this Elliot's tactic?" Kurt had also heard of this tactic, and he was also surprised by the well-informed information of the Republic of Neglu. The young guard captain looked at his leader with a slight helpless look in his eyes.

"Head, what should I do?"

"Wait a little longer and inform the guards to prepare for the response."

There are still 1,000 soldiers available to Gastens. This was given to him by Ivanse before departure, saying that he wanted to ensure his safety. Gastens thought about it and did not refuse. Now, if the soldiers on his side are blocked from breaking through, then these thousand people will become the last mobile force in Elena's hands.

"Our weapons are so powerful that even if the enemy wants to die, they can't stop us, right?"

Kurt was still muttering to himself, but Gastens's heart was already nervous. If he hadn't made a mistake, after so long of his battles, the fatal shortcomings of his weapons were revealed.
Chapter completed!