When Ankenryin finally launched a counterattack, it was already around four o'clock in the afternoon. The troops from the Alonte Empire were exhausted after the early morning crossing of the river and a day of strong attack. Their chariots, those who were lying on the position, had burned out all the water and lost their motivation. Those who were supplying in the rear still had a certain combat power. However, such troops were obviously not enough to fight against Ankenryin's army, which was eager to revenge and had stronger and more advanced giant beast tanks.

"Occurrence, offense!"

Gleason Warren stood at the high point of the permanent defense line and observed the situation ahead. Although there were only eleven giant beast tanks on his side, it was very easy to destroy the enemy tanks that were staying at the battle between the two sides due to the damage to the operational organization. The crew members of those tanks did not dare to leave the car. Once they left the protection of the armored vehicles, they would be immediately killed by snipers staring at the battlefield. Therefore, Ankenrien's troops captured more than 30 hunter tanks and their crew members without much effort.

Domnar Byrne, the commander of the Fourth Corps of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, stood beside Gleason, smiling as his comrade commanded the battle. He was not familiar with the situation shortly after he arrived at the scene. Ankenry did not have the tradition of not giving up command within the army. In addition, Gleason's command at a disadvantage was not a big problem, and Domnar Byrne also wanted to see the potential of his companion. After all, what Ankenry lacked most now is senior officers with experience and ability to fight.

Ankenrien's army was still advancing, and Gulasco tried to organize a counterattack. However, his troops were too tired. Although his armored troops were large in number, they were not of sufficient quality and could not win in the confrontation. Although they still aimed at the giant beast's track attack, paralyzed six of the eleven tanks, they also destroyed nearly thirty. Moreover, the giant beasts that had damaged the tracks did not lose their combat effectiveness. Ankenrien's infantry, who followed them, completely recovered the permanent defense line with these tanks that had become fixed turrets as their stronghold.

When the war reached this point, Ankenryin's night came. Both sides were not good at night battles. So, with Ankenryin's troops giving up their attack and defending their positions, the two sides entered a temporary truce.

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Soldiers can rest and machinery can be maintained, but the commanders have less rest time during wartime. In the faint nightlight, Domnar and Gleason are sorting out today's battle process.

"Now the matter has been basically found out. The armored forces behind the enemy landed from Kurmaster next to the extreme east sea. It was a semi-aborted harbor belonging to the territory of Pierre Toledano, the Grand Duke of the Glacier Bay. After we took over the province of Onbor, we had not had time to completely clear the hostile forces in that city."

Domnar Byrne pointed to a point on the map and continued, "Their armored forces, codenamed the 117th Armored Corps, divided three hundred tanks into two parts, two hundred of which landed from Kurmaster and lurked on the roadside to ambush our giant beast war group. The giant beast war group was caught off guard because they were marching inland and lacked sentry guards. It was precisely because of their surprise attack that our permanent defense line did not have enough armored troops to defend, and was almost defeated by the enemy's tanks."

"It should be recommended that the rear make steam cannons that can fight tanks, just use armor-piercing bullets used on giant beasts, so that we will not lose too much without the accompanying armoured forces."

Gleason concluded, "Also, I think we should continue to attack tonight. The Behemoth Team has had night vision training. I also received news that the second mechanics stationed in Ronninger have arrived at us, traveling day and night, and will arrive tomorrow morning."

"You mean, we will fight relay battles, consume the enemy's energy tonight, and let the second mechanized combat division harvest tomorrow, right?"

Hearing Gleason's advice, Domnar Byrne admired him even more. One of the important abilities of a good commander is to consider the entire situation when fighting, not just his own troops.

"The more than one hundred tanks they were roaming in our hinterland is also a big problem."

Domnar Byrne had the idea of ​​teaching Gleason and asked a new question.

"Talk our 3rd and 4th divisions to the tanks left in the place by the Behemoth Group. Their hunters were very slow and could not run far. As long as our Behemoth tanks resumed their movements, they would die."

"Very good, very good," Domnar Byrne nodded, "That's it!"

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When Gukohein was woken up in the middle of the night, he could already hear the enemy's machine guns. The firepower advantage of Ankenrein's troops was particularly obvious when attacking. Although the 9th Army and the 10th Army fought desperately and fully utilized their advantages as elite troops of the Alangte Empire. However, when the enemy's giant beasts roared and rushed to the position, the strong will to resist disappeared easily and destroyed in the front. The Alangte Empire's troops began to retreat uncontrollably, and then retreated into defeat.

"Fuck it all to keep it steady!!!!"

Gukohein was a little angry. He didn't expect his soldiers to be so soft. Look at the other man Ankenrien's army, when there were no tanks on the position, he could calmly use trenches and flank attacks to stop his attacks. But even though his soldiers had tanks twice as many as the enemy, they still did not have the courage to fight against the giant beasts.

"A bunch of soft eggs!"

Gukohein scolded him fiercely, and the officers and soldiers who followed him to retreat remained silent. Whether it was a soft or a deserter, they had to rush forward to die when facing an enemy who knew they could not fight. This was not a smart decision in their opinion.

The pursuit lasted nearly two hours, and finally stopped because Ankenry was stopped because the attacking troops stopped. Gukohein gathered his remaining troops near the glacier. At first, the attack was only less than 40,000. There were less than twenty tanks and slaughterers who accompanied him to cross the river. The only thing that made Gukohein glad was that the pontoon bridge was still there.

"General, what should we do? Should we retreat?"

Jet Upe, chief of staff of the 9th Army, stood where he could see the floating bridge on the glacier, and whispered to him. He was curious about how he should deal with the current situation when the undefeated steel front failed in front of Ankenyn again.

"It's an officer, our officers have sacrificed too much!"

Gukohein was still immersed in his own thinking. He always felt that his troops did not perform like the most elite troops of the Alangte Empire in combat. After all, the problem of breaking out in wartime should not be reflected by a well-trained and experienced combat test. However, he was the famous general Iron Front after all, and he quickly found the answer. Although the enemy's sniper troops did not have a strong sense of existence, a large number of grassroots officers killed obviously affected the combat effectiveness and cohesion of the army. However, he had not thought of a better way to deal with the enemy's snipers.

"General, what should we do? Do we want to cross the river?"

Jet Upe didn't know what Gukohein was thinking. He only knew that as time passed, their hope of survival became smaller and smaller. Now, it was unrealistic to expect Colin Ridley, who had penetrated deep into the enemy's hinterland, to help. From the enemy's rapid and decisive attack, it can be seen that General Gukohein's strategy of splitting troops into two groups and attacking the front-line should have failed.

"Oh, retreat", Gukohein finally came out of his idea of ​​how to deal with the enemy sniper. He glanced at the floating bridge in front of him and made up his mind.

"When there will be major problems when the interruption continues, please withdraw your troops immediately and take advantage of the enemy's failure to launch an attack! In addition, be careful to maintain order and do not cause panic!"

Gukohein's concerns were obviously redundant. Although the remaining soldiers of more than 30,000 people had lost many of their grassroots officers, they still maintained the basic military discipline for retreat. Moreover, because the pontoon bridge was built to ensure the passage of tanks, the efficiency was not inferior when passing through the personnel troops. By the morning of the next day, when the enemy's mechanized troops appeared again, Gukohein's troops had retreated most of them.

"Defense, consolidate the front line! Continue to retreat!!!"

Gukohein knew that the most critical time was coming. A good general should not only know how to win a battle, but also know how to preserve his strength at a disadvantage. Now the behavior of crossing the river and retreating has been discovered by the enemy, which is the most dangerous time for his army. If he loses his position at this time, he will completely lose the battle.

Ankenrien didn't think so much about it. They just started attacking according to the initial plan. The soldiers who attacked overnight last night had already started to rest. Although the mechanized combat division that replaced the attack had traveled a long distance, they were full of fighting spirit. Moreover, their firepower was stronger than that of the infantry. With the cooperation of the giant beast team, relying on the last five tanks, they almost destroyed the enemy's armored defense line.

"It's just a little bit!"

Gleason was a little disappointed. He saw the entire attack in the telescope. His tanks were destroyed by the enemy and became mobile turrets. Although they could still suppress the enemy, they lost the backbone of their advancement. If this continues, they could only watch the enemy cross the river.

"Let's start the charge!"

Domnar Byrne reminded, "Although the enemy still has more than a dozen tanks to use, they have lost their fighting spirit and continue to charge, which is not a big problem."

Gleason hesitated for a moment. Without the protection of the armored forces, it was not a good idea to attack the enemy armored forces. He thought about it and refused the proposal of the Legion Commander.

"I don't think this is right, and the sacrifice is too great."

"You can't be afraid of sacrifice as a general. Do you want to tell the boss that we could have caught the enemy's general but let him run away?"

Gleason was silent, and after a while, he made up his mind.

"Contact with the Second Mechanized Operations Division, we cooperate with their advancement with infantry and squeeze the enemy to the river!"

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Gukohein squatted behind a shield at the head of the pontoon bridge and looked anxiously at the distance. Although the blocking battle ahead failed, it bought them about an hour. Now, although there were signs of order and chaos on the pontoon bridge, he had sent more than 30,000 people across the bridge, and the remaining ones were less than 8,000.

"Continue to defend! Persistence is victory!"

Gu Kehein shouted loudly, and the messenger ran out of the bunker and tried to pass the order, but he fell directly into the ground. So Gu Kehein knew that they were targeted by the enemy's sniper. He cursed and sent out the last three messengers beside him.

"Why don't we let the chariot troops pass first?"

Jet Upe was a little curious. These chariots were the emperor's treasures. This time, the emperor gave almost all his family assets to Gukohein. If he knew that Gukohein had lost more than half of the tank, he would not know how to be angry.

"Without tanks, we can't organize crossing the river. At that time, not only the tanks cannot pass, but our soldiers will die here."

Gu Kehein still has a thorough understanding of the matter. The armored forces are the last backbone of his side. Let the backbone run away first. Then, it would be a blessing that the three most elite armies in the empire could survive 10,000 people.

"I understand, let's withdraw."

Jet Yupe made a request again. The situation at the dock is now out of control. Many soldiers were squeezed into the water and shivered in the cold. Some even died in the river before they could even come out. Now, they have tried their best and should think about themselves.

"I get it, let's go."

Gukohein took a last look at the enemy's armored troops in the distance and sighed softly. In its opinion, whether it was the enemy's fearless soldiers, the thick-skinned tanks, or the troops attacking in huge armored trucks, he could think of a way to deal with it. However, when Ankenryin integrated these factors together, he found that he had lost control of the battle situation.

"retreat!!!!"

Jet Yupe was waiting for this sentence. He gave the order in a decisive tone, and then stepped onto the pontoon with Gukohein. Behind them, the troops behind the palace had completely collapsed.

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"How is it, are we going to get there?"

A day later, Ivan Warren, the general head of the Elena military force, who had arrived after hearing the news, stood beside the glacier, looking at the broken wreckage of the pontoon bridge, and softly asked Domnar Byrne beside him.

"I think it's OK," Domnar Byrne's voice was tough, "This time I was so frustrated, I haven't settled the score with them yet."

"That's great," Ivan Warren nodded, "I came with the command of the leader. Domnar Byrne, now order you and the Fifth Legion to launch a river crossing battle at the same time. The Third Behemoth Group and the Fourth Behemoth Group will cooperate with you with you. This is a war of revenge and a war of shame. I hope you don't let us down!"

"Don't worry! Ensure the task is completed!"
Chapter completed!