A series of rockets covered the ticulously camouflaged artillery positions, which were located on small mounds offering excellent firing arcs and capable of covering a substantial area.
Just monts ago, the Dwarf artillery learned that the Tang Army was advancing on their front-line defenses, and they planned to use their artillery fire to cover their positions in hopes of halting the Tang Army’s attack.
However, as the artilleryn were just moving their ammunition out of the bunkers, they spotted the intimidating Doe helicopters.
Before they could panic, the rockets ca flying towards them, descending from the sky and slamming directly into the faces of these Dwarf artilleryn.
Explosions erupted in succession, with detonating ammunition and incoming rockets together turning the Dwarf artillery positions into a sea of fire.
The nearby anti-aircraft gun fire was sparse and incapable of intercepting the helicopter massacre, and in the desperate eyes of the Dwarfs, a second batch of Tang Army helicopters began gently descending in altitude, opening the side doors.
Tang Army soldiers inside the cabin leaped out, swiftly capturing the entire Dwarf artillery position under the cover of helicopter fire. Their actions were incredibly swift; after capturing these small high grounds, they imdiately established a circular defensive line.
At this mont, the Dwarf troops were already in chaos, with reports of Tang Army sightings everywhere, yet no one responded to these reports because their command center was still dealing with its own problems.
The Tang Army’s anti-radiation missiles once again demonstrated their prowess, greeting the various levels of Dwarf command centers that had gradually relaxed due to the recent lack of attacks.
So command centers had their communication equipnt destroyed, while others were reduced to craters along with their commanders, resulting in the near-paralysis of command communications at all levels, with the remaining ones being overwheld by a flood of ssages.
Electronic interference rendered radio useless, and telephone communication beca aningless due to the rapid changes in the situation. In less than an hour, the Tang Army had breached the Dwarfs’ defenses, ticulously constructed over twenty days.
Then these Tang Country troops coordinated with airborne harassnt units in a rcury-like advance: they maneuvered quickly and effortlessly, encircling and dividing the Dwarf troops.
Without command, unsure of what was happening, and short on ammunition, whole units of Dwarf soldiers surrendered to the Tang Army, still unaware of the scale of the Tang Country troops’ attack.
It was only when they saw the seemingly endless convoy of armored vehicles and tanks rolling forward did they realize the Tang Army was serious this ti.
But what use was it now? Their weapons had already been confiscated. Now, all they could do was stand by the roadside, eyes wide with shock, staring at the passing Tang Country vehicles.
For the Tang Army, this was a victorious military parade: most of the Tang Country soldiers didn’t even have the chance to fire a shot; the battle had already turned into a race.
Everyone rushed forward, hoping to gain so useful military rits before nightfall. Battlefield discipline had even beco less important, with so soldiers engaging in strictly prohibited activities.
To achieve maximum speed, lightweight vehicles surged ahead of heavy vehicles. Veterans from Qin Territory no longer cared about the danger; for once, they felt the lightning pace of Tang-style operations.
Previously, they were being relentlessly pursued and defeated by the Tang Army; now, the roles had reversed, and they beca the hunters chasing others.
The mont of slaughter began! To advance faster, so Qin Country soldiers were even willing to lie on the rooftops of vehicles—a risky behavior that clearly violated Tang Army battlefield discipline.
The tactic of airborne deploynt behind enemy lines was conceived by Ying An under the inspiration of the Tang Country’s Chief of Staff. In his view, a good tactic ought to be used... as for possible losses, he simply didn’t care.
Jokingly, soldiers from the Great Tang... or rather, Qin Territory weren’t afraid of a few casualties. As long as they could win, Ying An believed losing a few thousand n was nothing significant.
The People of Qin were thrown into disarray by the Tang Army because they couldn’t see any hope of victory, but now it was a favorable situation, so no one would give up the opportunity to earn military rit because they feared death.
Why were the People of Qin excited by war in the past? Wasn’t it because they won often? If they lost frequently, who among them would be crazy enough to want to fight...
A battle initially expected to last several days imdiately resulted in victory; Tang Army’s ammunition delivery alone exceeded the opponent’s by several tis. The Allied Forces assud they had a nurical advantage, but they were crushed by Tang Army firepower.
In just half an hour, the Tang Army fired thousands of artillery shells and rockets, launching hundreds of missiles, leaving the recently replenished and slightly recovered Dwarf 8th Corps dumbfounded.
Hundreds of tanks were reduced to scrap tal in the blink of an eye, hundreds of anti-aircraft guns and howitzers beca Tang Army trophies, thousands of soldiers were killed, and those remaining could only surrender or wait to die on the spot.
While these events unfolded, Durman, the commander of the Dwarf 8th Corps, couldn’t even deploy his guard units. He knew the Tang Army had started their assault, but he had no idea about anything else.
He didn’t know how many Tang Army troops were deployed, didn’t know which of his positions were being attacked, didn’t know where the enemy had advanced, and didn’t even know if his own command post was being targeted!
Yes, he didn’t even know if his command post was safe! Because there were reports his command post had been attacked, Durman, while inspecting outside, didn’t dare return and chose to set up a temporary command post to deploy forces.
Unfortunately, due to communication breakdowns, he couldn’t locate his troops, so he could only have accessible units fend for themselves, barely managing the chaos.
Thus began a high-speed operation, and on the first day of the Star Plan, the Great Tang Empire’s 11th Corps split the Allies’ defenses in half. The Dwarf 8th Corps was left in utter disarray, almost directly cleaved into two by the Tang Army’s assault.
Durman expended all his efforts to stabilize the situation at the last mont—or perhaps it was the 7th Corps behind him that helped stabilize the situation.
Due to concerns about threats to both wings and the need to halt for resupply, after aggressively advancing over 70 kiloters, the Tang Army switched to defense in the afternoon.
Then the 11th Corps sent out its "recon units" to the left and right; during this reconnaissance, they directly scouted down two Dwarf infantry divisions... Dwarf infantry unable to retreat surrendered in droves, about twenty thousand becoming prisoners of the Tang Army’s recon units.
Including the morning advance’s battle gains, the 11th Corps captured nearly forty thousand Dwarf troops in a single day, essentially crippling the Dwarf 8th Corps.
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