The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 158 Pincer Attack, Air Force Leads the Way

"Based on the current reconnaissance, the enemy appears to have deployed two lines of defense ahead..."

Within the Black Hawk unit, several officers were discussing the enemy situation they had discovered.

"The first line of defense should be the factory that wiped out our entire airborne battalion. According to what we've learned, the factory has a lot of buildings that can be used as fortifications, and there are also railway tracks."

"Although it's not entirely clear whether our air force actually blew up the railway tracks, those fortifications are definitely not fake. I think they will most likely make use of them!"

"Besides that, the other line of defense is very likely this village!"

When the officer mentioned the village, he tapped the map twice and said somewhat uncertainly:
"To be honest, I'm not sure if the enemy has set up a defensive line in this village, but they at least fought an ambush here before."

"Topographically speaking, there is a dense forest near this village, which seems to be a suitable place for an ambush. At the same time, there are also large open areas, which are very suitable for armored troops to deploy."

"If it were me, I might leave a small number of soldiers in the dense forest to ambush them, or lay some landmines or something to delay our army's advance as much as possible, but I would be unlikely to leave a large force here to defend."

Upon hearing what the officer said, the others nodded in agreement.

The terrain here is flat, which is suitable for armored forces to deploy, and therefore suitable for them to fight.

In previous battles, large numbers of Cambrian soldiers have personally experienced the consequences of encountering the Black Hawk Empire's large-scale armored forces on the plains.

Unless they've lost their minds, they shouldn't choose to set up defensive lines on the plains, because defensive lines on the plains simply can't stop their armored forces' attack.

As for this dense forest, there might indeed be some ambushes inside, but they should only pose some obstacles to them.

This forest isn't very large, so the enemy can't possibly station too many troops here.

Moreover, as long as they flank from the side and reach the other side of the dense forest to encircle the enemy, the troops hiding in the forest will be completely trapped.

Just fire a few incendiary bombs or something and set this forest on fire, and the army inside will be wiped out.

"Gentlemen, so what's our next move? Should we head straight for the factory, or take care of the villages ahead first?"

After listening to the officer's analysis, the leading officer asked the others.

After thinking about it, the others gave almost the same answer:
They launched a pincer attack on the factory in front, circling around it from both sides to completely surround it.

Meanwhile, they detached a force to attack from the front, drawing the enemy's attention.

The pincer attack launched by the Black Hawk Empire's armored forces was certainly not solely aimed at Andrei's troops; Andrei's troops were not worth that much.

Their attack was intended to completely annihilate the two infantry divisions and one artillery division located in this area, and at the same time capture this factory fortress area.

If they can capture this place, they can cut off Pskov's retreat and then coordinate with armored forces in other areas to encircle the troops in Pskov city.

From the beginning of the war until now, the Black Hawk Empire has always favored the use of pincer attacks, almost treating this tactic as a panacea.

However, it must be said that this tactic proved extremely effective when given the advantage of mobility. The rigid and inflexible Cambrian army often found itself surrounded by the enemy before it even understood what was happening.

Once surrounded, these Cambrian soldiers, facing attacks from both sides, would soon be unable to hold out and would collapse.

This pincer movement primarily involves a large offensive with smaller offensives nested within it, creating a series of interconnected attacks that ultimately break through the enemy's defenses.

For example, when they attacked the factory district of Andrei, it was just one of the pincers. By taking over the factory district, they could sever the connection between the two infantry divisions and completely separate them.

However, at the same time, in order to take over the factory area of ​​Andrei, they also adopted a strategy of flanking from both sides.

However, before they could encircle the enemy, their air force launched a large-scale bombing raid.

Blue-haired, white-bellied wild boar: [Holy crap! The Black Hawk Empire's air force is here again!]

Rice Noodle Roll Cat: [Don't just stand there, where are the engineers? Hurry up and build anti-aircraft positions!]

As large numbers of small airships swooped down from the sky and began to straf and bombard the ground, the players left behind in the village cried out.

What a disaster! They hadn't anticipated the enemy's air force at all!
As a result, they now have almost no means of retaliating against enemy air forces!

The sapper players, armed with entrenching tools, rushed off to build their positions. Before they arrived, they laughed at the poor newbies behind them who could only obediently play as construction dogs.

Unexpectedly, now it's their turn to be civil engineering dogs.

While the engineers were busy building anti-aircraft positions, the other players did their best to cover them and prevent them from being accidentally blown up by the enemy.

After glancing at the village below, the few Black Hawk Empire airships paid no attention to it.

They had already seen that there seemed to be some enemy soldiers busy in the village, and they were digging rapidly in the ground with shovels.

But what can be done about it?

Could they possibly dig an air-raid shelter in just a few seconds?
Wooden villages like this could be easily burned down with just a few incendiary bombs.

At that time, no matter how many enemy soldiers are hiding in these villages, none of them will survive!
boom!
As the bomb landed, a fireball shot into the air, and the flames that shot out in all directions immediately ignited the fields in front, creating a wildfire.

Meanwhile, in the village, some houses were also set on fire by another incendiary bomb, and there were even unfortunate players covered in flames.

"Damn it! You think you can just blow me up and run away?"

A player was engulfed in flames and rapidly losing health, but before he died, he swiftly raised his sniper rifle and fired a shot at the pilot of the airship in the sky.

You think it's that easy to kill him?
Even if he dies on the spot, he'll take someone down with him!

Just as the player was taking aim, the small airship that had dropped an incendiary bomb did not immediately take off, because the pilot inside the airship wanted to see firsthand the horrific struggle of the Cambrian soldiers on the ground.

(End of this chapter)