The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 182 Vorontsov, we need your armored forces!
"What?! How is this possible?!"

"How could it have missed? Weren't the previous shelling parameters wrong?"

The artillery battalion commander, who had just received a radio communication from the reconnaissance soldier and had used up his entire ammunition load, immediately turned pale.

He didn't know what had happened. He had clearly carried out the shelling according to the parameters reported by the scouts, but the feedback from the scouts was that his shelling had not achieved much effect.

Aside from the initial few volleys of artillery that did destroy the enemy's initial armored units, the subsequent artillery fire went completely astray!

What's even stranger is that the scouts had tried their best to warn the artillerymen that the shots they fired were off course. However, they still couldn't get through to the communications.

The artillery battalion commander threw his hat hard on the ground, not knowing what was going on for a moment.

His artillery fire was clearly based on the parameters constantly reported by the scouts, so how could it have missed?

Although the Cambrian Empire was relatively poor, it wasn't short of ammunition. Their daily training was excellent, so it was impossible for them to fail at a critical moment!

"Damn it, since our artillery failed to effectively destroy the enemy's armored forces, the infantry at the front are in for trouble!"

Upon careful consideration, the artillery officer immediately realized the problem.

After a series of previous losses, they lacked sufficient armored forces to confront the enemy, but the enemy was moving too quickly, and their heavy artillery units had not yet caught up.

Therefore, their plan for this wave was to make the most of their artillery advantage, using artillery to strike the enemy's leading armored forces, and then have the infantry deploy for defense.

In this way, they could not guarantee that the remaining infantry could hold off the enemy forces, but at the very least they could inflict considerable losses on them, making the Black Hawk Army pay a heavy price for every step forward.

However, it seems that this plan is going to fall through!
"Quickly, find Lieutenant Colonel Vorontsov immediately and have him organize his armored units to intercept the enemy and assist our infantry in defense!"

Just then, the artillery officer suddenly thought of something and quickly grabbed a messenger next to him and said something.

"Wait, sir, isn't it a bit too early to deploy Vorontsov's armored forces now? Weren't we originally planning to wear down the enemy's armored forces before letting the remaining armored forces finish them off?"

Before the messenger could leave, an officer standing nearby suddenly asked a question.

Based on their initial estimates, Vorontsov's armored forces were certainly insufficient to engage the enemy's large armored forces in a head-on confrontation.

In their view, although Andrei already had a considerable number of armored units, including dozens of artillery armored vehicles and tanks, as well as about 10 remaining mechs.

But they will have to face a much larger number of enemy armored forces!
If they lose all their armored forces too early, their subsequent battles will be much more difficult.

So according to their idea, they should have used infantry and artillery to wear down the enemy's armored forces as much as possible, and then sent Andrei's armored forces to rush in as a fire brigade after they found a place where the enemy had broken through!
"That was before, but we can't worry about that now!"

"If the enemy's armored forces are not significantly damaged by artillery fire, our infantry defenses will have no chance of stopping them!"

"If the enemy breaks through our defenses in one fell swoop, what good will it do to send the remaining armored units to push forward?"

Preserving strength is one aspect, but the prerequisite for preserving strength is ensuring the overall stability of the defensive line! If the entire defensive line collapses, then preserving strength will be meaningless.

Andrei quickly received the message from the messenger, and upon seeing it, he raised an eyebrow slightly.

He was unaware that the previous artillery barrage had inexplicably gone awry, but he could guess that the previous round of artillery fire hadn't gone very smoothly.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have received this emergency order. Instead, I should have waited for a small number of enemy armored units to break through the defenses before sending out my armored units to block them.

"It's alright, you've come at the perfect time anyway, our players are already itching to get going!"

"It's time to start vehicle warfare and give the Black Hawk Empire a little battlefield armor shock!"

Andrei grinned and immediately gave the players an order to assist the 3rd Infantry Regiment in holding off the enemy's armored forces.

Of course, while he's called a support, based on Andrei's understanding of the players, they should be able to disregard everything else when they're fighting.

In this wave, Andrei's armored forces came out in full force.

The remaining 11 mechs, 12 Saint-Samon tanks, and more than 30 Chrysanthemum vehicles formed a massive convoy and rapidly moved toward the distance.

At their speed, they would probably launch an attack from the enemy's flanks before the enemy's armored forces even reach the front of the infantry formation.

"I'm saying, shouldn't we keep some reserves? What if we get attacked if we send out all the armored units at once?"

As Andrei gave the order and a large number of armored units sprang into action, Lieutenant Colonel Yuri asked in a low voice beside him.

To be honest, he thought Andrei's move was too risky, leaving himself no armored strength at all.

If an enemy armored unit suddenly outflanks them from the front, they're in trouble!
"Don't worry, we have enough anti-armor weapons here. If all else fails, we can retreat to the factory behind. I don't believe they can still fight us in the factory area!"

In response to Lieutenant Colonel Yuri's words, Andrei patted him on the shoulder nonchalantly.

Lieutenant Colonel Yuri was worried, but not at all; he knew all too well how strong the players' anti-armor capabilities were.

It's manageable on such flat terrain, but once they retreat into the factory, in this complex urban warfare terrain, he guarantees that the enemy's armored forces will be beaten to a pulp by the player!
"Okay, it's good that you're confident..."

Lieutenant Colonel Yuri sighed. He felt that Andrei seemed a bit too confident, but he didn't know what to say for a moment.

After all, he had to admit that Andrei's soldiers were indeed very strong. If the battle in Coldwater Town were to be repeated, he didn't think the enemy's armored forces could withstand Andrei's soldiers' fierce attack.

Meanwhile, in front of the infantry defense line located to the east of the factory, in a vast open field, armored vehicles bearing the Black Hawk logo were advancing rapidly.

(End of this chapter)