442 The Struggle on the West Line (1/2)
Chapter 442: The Struggle on the West Line
Translator: _Min_Editor: Rundi
West line.
The rural area of Jia, six kilometers away from Jia Sports Center, Cheng Weiguo established a temporary command post there.
He was standing in front of the hologram map with a finger pointed fiercely at the major roadways on the map. Then he dragged out an attack red arrow and ordered his teams to push forward.
”Attention Team 8, the mutated humans deployed a large amount of anti-air machine guns in the Sanshui Park. Your mission is to follow this line and penetrate the mutated humans' line of defense, and then take out the machine guns. Do you understand!”
”Yes, Sir!”
”Attention Team 5, attack… Dammit.” Cheng Weiguo looked up at the orange cloud that exploded in the air.
Wide range electromagnetic interference bomb. It could disrupt any wireless signal in the area for up to an hour.
Cheng Weiguo cursed out as he smashed the radio filled with static noises onto the table and sat down on the chair. The electromagnetic interference was useful to both parties, without command, the troops in the front line would have to fight following their previous order.
The boring trick could only waste time since both parties would be unable to strategize its force. But the mutated humans didn't need to strategize, as the defender, they only needed to defend.
The mortar sounds in the distance never stopped. It made Cheng Weiguo feel flustered. The delaying tactic made him feel unsettled.
The mutated humans surprisingly had some great tools, The Dusk Church was not an easy opponent.
Soon after, a communication soldier ran in front of him.
Cheng Weiguo took a deep breath and spoke to him.
”Notify Team 4 to push towards the intersection from Nanxi Road.”
Different from the terrain in Wanghai, Jia's complex river environment made it easy to defend and hard to attack. The command center of the mutated humans located in Jia Sports Center was between multiple rivers.
In order to defend the attack of NAC's First Corps, the mutated humans were smarter this time. They destroyed all the bridges and held within the defense line. And these rivers caused a great deal of trouble to the NAC armor units.
On the first day, the armored force of NAC was blocked at the highway entrance to the west of Jia. The bridge that stretched across the river were exploded into several segments. To allow the armored force to pass through, it took Wang Zhaowu some serious efforts.
At first, they launched a round of artillery attacks at the mutated humans across the river, then the engineering soldiers built a floating bridge. Only after they conquered the bank across the river did the armored force finally pass through.
Once the tanks crossed the river, the situation became a lot more positive. The armored force led the way with the infantries immediately following.
They advanced rapidly for four kilometers as the mutated humans suffered constant defeat.
But the situation quickly became grave again.
After they entered the city center, the number of rivers increased which hindered the armored force's advancement.
The catastrophic defeat in the Seventh Area made the mutated humans realize the power of NAC's armored units. Therefore they set up the defense line along the river and persisted on fighting the battle in the streets. The mutated humans stationed in Jia were a much tougher enemy.
Other than the annoying anti-tank cannons and mortars, the mutated humans acquired a tactical nuke somehow. Two hundred infantries without armor protection instantly dropped down, and even a Tiger II stalled.
Fortunately, most of the people who died were new recruits from the Seventh Area, Cheng Weiguo's eyebrows only twitched as he didn't feel too pained by the loss.
But regardless, the battle turned into a stalemate. To defend against the possibility of another tactical nuke being dropped, Cheng Weiguo had to extend the battle line and gave up on the strategy of a group attack.
These mutated humans were definitely commanded by humans!
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