Frax, the death town of Bastogne... At this moment, the Chaos faction was holding a battle meeting here. The rebellious Bishop Savan, although no longer human-like, still maintained a sharp mind.
"These enemies intend to go to the landing site in the east. Why would they cross the Frax River to the west again?... It's a feint! It's a last-ditch struggle! They even called in the Space Marine of the Dark Angels to cover them!"
At this time, several Chaos Daemons were more laid-back. Khorne only cared about killing, Nurgle focused on environmental destruction, and Slaanesh only cared about his own pleasure. It was the Tzeentch Daemon who was more interested in Li Feng's actions.
While they were discussing... on the west bank of the Frax River,
Li Feng and his officer corps were marching north, because the Dark Angels at High Ground 30 had already engaged the Chaos forces that had previously surrounded them, and at the same time, the Death Korps of Krieg on the front line were tying down a large number of enemy troops.
At this moment, the entire enemy rear was empty, and Li Feng's objective was to attack the valley road located north of High Ground 30 and the Frax River, as well as the troop transport routes and supply points near the road.
Li Feng decided to implement tactical penetration! To fight a war of maneuver against the enemy!
He arranged for experienced Cadian Soldiers, Elysian Drop Troopers, Valhallan Soldiers, and Kharon Soldiers from his 30,000 men to serve as squad leaders in each team, ensuring tactical execution efficiency.
Subsequently, the troops broke down into smaller units; 30,000 men split into ten routes, with ten spearheads responsible for cutting off roads, destroying enemy strongholds, destroying enemy supplies, and disrupting Chaos altars... Most importantly, they were to capture the Frax River bridge on the mountain road!
Orders were quickly dispatched, and the troops immediately broke down into smaller units, forming ten combat groups. Before departure, Li Feng generated high-power encrypted radio stations and encrypted handheld radios, and had the Adeptus Mechanicus quickly manufacture ten and one hundred of each, distributing them.
This ensured one long-range radio for each combat group and one handheld radio for each hundred-man combat team, ensuring smooth communication and immediate transmission of combat information.
Beside the Frax River bank, the artillery units picked up along the way had already set up their artillery positions, ready to provide long-range fire support according to the instructions from the front-line combat groups.
As all units took their positions, the artillery was invited to speak first. The eight earthshaker cannons at the artillery position had a caliber of 132 millimeters and a range of about 15 kilometers, capable of firing high-explosive, incendiary, and armor-piercing shells... (Official setting)
(First of all, GW really doesn't understand military matters; many of their conventional artillery pieces are truly not as powerful as our current artillery... Of course, except for the general cannon, of which there are few in the entire galaxy, and the Volcano Cannon of the Titan.)
When Li Feng was with the artillery regiment, he discovered that the Soviet post-World War II M-46 130mm towed cannon was more advanced than the earthshaker cannon. The Soviet cannon was lighter than the Imperium of Man's, and its range was 32 kilometers; with extended-range shells, it could hit 38 kilometers. Moreover, recently, the 'Russians' even developed guided ammunition for this antique. This means that if the Imperium of Man and the Soviet Union were to have an artillery duel with the M-46 and the earthshaker cannon, the Imperial shells wouldn't even reach the Soviet artillery positions, not even half the distance. Not to mention Li Feng's hometown's truck-mounted artillery and the Americans' M777, which can hit 72 kilometers with extended-range shells... Of course, friends from the Adeptus Mechanicus might ask, 40K artillery is powerful, not something 2K can compare to... It is powerful, indeed, but the range is insufficient. After one round of firing, 2K's artillery detection radar would begin counter-battery fire the moment the Imperium's artillery fired. 2K's artillery range is twice that of the Imperium's, and it uses guided ammunition. How can the Imperium fight? 2K's current guided shells and missiles can accurately hit a window (if you don't believe it, look at the Middle East, how those local leaders died—a single shot directly through the car's windshield). 40K cannot counter-battery fire at all, and their artillery units would become disposable.
Suddenly, a bold idea appeared in Li Feng's mind: after the Battle of Phalanx ended, he would go find Belisarius Cawl. Li Feng wanted to use 2K's advanced concepts to improve 40K's Imperial armaments!
In fact, without Li Feng realizing it... he had already begun to think of the Imperium as a whole as his own country... Li Feng handed over the command and dispatch work to Winters, while he personally led men to the front line, personally supervising and participating in the mission to capture the Frax River bridge, as this mission was the most crucial part of the entire operation.
Li Feng, with the Punishment Battalion and Penal Legion he initially picked up, along with D Company of the paratroopers, and the crews of two leman russ battle tanks he found, set out to capture the Frax bridge.
As Li Feng gave the attack coordinates via radio, several 120mm mortar teams began shelling the bridge. Several mortar shells accurately landed on the bridgeheads on both sides of the bridge.
With the sound of cannon fire at the bridge, the distant earthshaker cannon teams also began a fierce bombardment of the transport road and railway according to their predetermined targets.
The artillerymen's shells seemed to be guided by the Emperor himself; every shell landed where the enemies were most concentrated... After a round of ranging shots, the 10 spearheads, into which the 30,000 men were divided, quickly cut off the rebel rear's troop transport routes and supplies into more than a dozen sections.
A large number of battle reports poured into Bishop Savan's command post like snowflakes. The sudden reports of attacks greatly startled him. This Imperial Army had actually cut off the entire rear into more than a dozen sections. How many people did the enemy have? 100,000? 200,000? 300,000?
The rebel generals on the front line even reported to Savan that they had been attacked by an entire army group of the Imperial Army that had infiltrated behind enemy lines, and that the failed airborne operation a few days ago was merely a cunning, insidious deception by the devious Imperials.
Massive 'camp explosions' even occurred at key points in the rear, and even the defeatist strategists around Savan began to shout loudly: "Our army is defeated! Our army is defeated!"
Savan, forced into a corner, finally issued an order: the front-line troops were tied down by the Death Korps of Krieg and the Dark Angels. He could only press down on the Psyker's head, pry open his skull, and make a call:
"General Reserve! Move out!"
Savan had ultimately fallen step by step into Li Feng's chessboard. He ordered his personal Guard and Daemon army, the only fresh forces he could currently mobilize near the battlefield, to immediately head north to support the front's rear.
Meanwhile, Li Feng stood by the bridge, stunned. Those four Penal Legion members, under heavy defense, actually charged into the bridge, fighting like peerless warriors, muttering continuously as they fought.
The Veteran's bullets seemed endless, the Berserker wielded a dagger, moving back and forth among the enemies. The Psyker was even more incredible; without using his psychic powers, he instead used a dueling sword to cut down enemies in all directions!
And that 'unarmored Astartes' Ogryn was surprisingly intelligent; after charging into the bridge control room, he even used a radio to communicate with Li Feng:
"Officer, Sturdy is in the bridge. There are many bad things on the bridge! More bad things are coming from the other side of the bridge."
Li Feng roughly understood what Sturdy meant. Enemy forces on the other side of the bridge were coming to reinforce it. Those four Penal Legion members wouldn't last long, and Li Feng needed to get his troops to the other side of the bridge to establish defensive positions.
Li Feng immediately turned and shouted, "Spears!"
At this moment, Spears, the captain of D Company, ran over calmly through a hail of bullets, holding his lasgun.
"Colonel."
"Spears! Find a way to cross the firing line, notify the leman russ battle tank and the Punishment Battalion across the street to quickly cross the bridge and establish defensive positions. We'll handle this end of the bridge."
Spears nodded, clutching his rifle, and ran straight across the street. He was sprinting directly into enemy fire, and even the shooting rebels couldn't believe their eyes, watching him run past them and then vault over a wall... Whose subordinate was this! So brave? Suddenly, Li Feng saw Spears vault over the wall on the other side of the street again, running back towards him. This time, the rebels finally reacted.
"Quick! Quickly cover him!" Li Feng even raised his rifle and began suppressing the enemy. His own Soldiers, startled by Spears' actions, also began to provide cover for him.
Spears slid into Li Feng's cover, his face unchanged and heart unwavering, saying:
"Sir, mission accomplished. I'm going back to command my company."
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