Chapter 177: Chapter 142, New Troop Type_2
This part of the work, he had almost completely handed over to Tadeusz.
The commander of the 2nd Infantry Division had hardly had any direct involvement in military command since the beginning of the battle, nor was he likely to in the upcoming conflicts.
But his responsibilities were clearly much more important than those of a mere military commander.
And Gu Hang believed he would do well.
After all, he was the only SR-level talent under his command.
Once Gu Hang had ensured that there would be no major issues with the city’s order, he immediately shifted his attention to military matters.
The threat of the Green Skin Orcs was far from over.
The two regiments of the 2nd Infantry Division had only rested in the town for one night before they had to set off again.
To be honest, they were exhausted.
From Revival City to Rubbish Town, what was normally a six to seven-day march, Gu Hang led his troops to arrive in less than four days. Marching a hundred li a day, most of the troops had come by foot, and by the time they reached the outskirts of Rubbish Town, many had already reached their physical limits, only to have to fight another battle before they could enter.
It was lucky that this battle was easy to fight, as the adventurers’ will to fight was very weak; they shattered upon contact. Otherwise, it would’ve been a bit troublesome.
Although they had rested for only one night and were about to head to the front lines, there was no alternative.
Just during that very night, Perbov at the front line had already sent multiple pieces of bad news.
Once the Green Skin Orcs knew that the defenses built by the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade were tough, they quickly changed their direction of attack and began assaulting other positions.
At the moment, the adventurers still fighting on the front lines numbered just over fifty thousand. Many teams that had been routed and retreated were still reorganizing and had yet to return to the front.
The defense line they had formed was full of gaps, forcing Perbov to deploy two mechanized infantry companies to put out fires along the entire front that stretched over sixty kilometers.
In the ruins of the high tower, the terrain was much more complicated than in the wilderness. Even though the engineering corps had tried to clear a convenient route for support, there were often times when help couldn’t arrive in time.
There had even been instances where the enemy had breached the defenses and a significant number of Green Skin Orcs had infiltrated, ambushing the teams as they moved to support.
If it hadn’t been for the Strider Type-V Walking Tanks in the companies, which were truly powerful, a major disaster could have occurred.
In essence, Perbov simply didn’t have enough men at his disposal, and he couldn’t directly command all of the adventurer squads, which made his manpower seem clumsy and inadequate along the tens of kilometers long battle line.
The 1st Regiment and division headquarters of the 2nd Division stayed in Rubbish Town to suppress civil disorder, while the 2nd and 3rd Regiments, these two infantry regiments totaling nearly four thousand men, took over the front line.
A unified command center was established in Rubbish Town, where all the Alliance Army forces, including those adventurers, would receive orders from here and carry out their military tasks.
With these four thousand regular troops, the problem at the front line could be somewhat alleviated.
Moreover, what was more important was the three artillery battalions along with the direct fire support from the division headquarters. Counting Perbov’s own artillery, there were altogether over a hundred cannons.
The artillery was dispersed across many positions, with a range of about twenty kilometers, to cover the sixty-kilometer-long position as much as possible, hoping that whenever the front line needed support, the artillery could immediately strike.
And this time, the logistics were reliable.
Thirty supply trucks that came with the 2nd Division were specially brought to transport artillery shells, a total of 4,500 rounds of heavy artillery ammunition.
This involved almost the entire stock of artillery shells from Revival City, in addition to all the production capacity from Weixing City over the past half-month, which had been almost completely transported here.
But in reality, they still needed to be conservative with their use.
It was only enough for a hundred cannons to fire a few dozen rounds each, after all. If they fired these heavy artillery pieces as if they were free, providing full fire coverage, they would be expended in two hours.
However, the logistics vehicles had already started their return journey, and the military industrial complex in Weixing City had been ordered to work at full capacity. The production of all kinds of ammunition and bullets would be of paramount importance in the time to come.
Moreover, new military production lines were already being built. When there were enough people and raw materials, increasing production capacity wasn’t a big issue.
Even so, this could only be said to ease the situation at the front line.
Four thousand men were still not enough to fill a sixty-kilometer-long front line.
The two regiments, assisted by some of the armed adventurers who were still at the front line, could actually only be responsible for about ten kilometers of the line each.
There were still a lot of gaps.
Not to mention, this was only for defense.
What about offense?
Artillery could indeed cause terrible casualties to any Green Skin Orcs daring to attack. But when it came to advancing with the enemy having defensive fortifications, relying solely on bombardment wouldn’t suffice, especially in a city ruins environment. Once the Green Skin Orcs hid in the ruins, with cover and fortifications everywhere, the killing power of the artillery would be greatly reduced.
Even tanks and armored vehicles might not fare well in the terrain of the ruins.
One shouldn’t be misled by Perbov’s reports from previous battles, where two armored vehicles, a tank, and two infantry squads managed to eliminate thirty to fifty Green Skin Orcs with the casualty of only five to ten men, but that was in defensive combat.
Try attacking?
The whole battle situation was more akin to urban street fighting.
In the end, even after the artillery barrage, it all came down to soldiers going in.