Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 443

Chapter 442: Don’t let the hero down!

“Captain! Get off the car! Quick!”

The staff officer shouted outside, and Zhang Zhikai seized the last bit of time to edit the last paragraph of text in the electronic system of the command vehicle, clicked send, and then got off the car.

This was the third round of attack they had faced since the start of the battle.

There was no preparation for the first round, and the losses were not small, but at least the enemy was repelled under the fire cover of the high ground;

the second round of attack took place that night, and the greenskins chose to attack the high ground and the foot of the mountain at the same time, and also mobilized several Squig war beasts. But at this time, the human troops had already prepared the position. With the efforts of the artillery support company and the anti-armor company, the Squig war beasts were eliminated, and this round of attack stopped, but the losses of the 7th Regiment were also very heavy, and the casualties of the front-line troops had exceeded half.

Then, the greenskins’ attack finally stopped for a while, giving them a full half-day of rest time.

The third round of attack began at dawn on the third day of their garrison here.

This time, the greenskins were clearly serious.

The Gaomenling position was hit by unprecedented artillery fire from the other side of the river, with countless rockets, as if every inch of land on Gaomenling was taken care of several times. Under such heavy firepower, the troops on the mountain did not dare to show their heads to support the ground.

The ground forces led by Zhang Zhikai himself were attacked by the greenskin orcs. There was not only a Squig war beast, but also more than twenty killing cans.

This brought a huge test to the position of the 7th Regiment.

The position was breached, so that the regiment headquarters where Zhang Zhikai was located was directly attacked by the greenskin orcs.

A killing can and more than twenty greenskins caused a chaos here at the regiment headquarters.

A company has already received an order to rush back.

With so many people coming back, they should be able to eliminate the enemy who broke in. Although it will make the manpower of the front-line positions more tense, the brains in the rear cannot be lost.

If the regiment command post represented by Zhang Zhikai was destroyed, all the frontline troops would immediately become blind and deaf.

But he had to survive.

After sending the last message to the division headquarters reporting the situation in Gaomenling, the major left the command vehicle.

When he got off the car, the staff officer who had called out to him before had been broken into pieces.

Not far away, the killing can that the guard had mentioned was already in sight. It was this orc armor that killed the staff officer.

Its next target was the command vehicle that Zhang Zhikai was riding in.

The vehicle was destroyed after a rocket was fired.

Zhang Zhikai was covered in cold sweat.

He wanted to kill the enemy, but at this moment, he could only take out a laser pistol from his waist.

What could this small flashlight do with a killing can?

He could only run.

And the killing can was also running towards him. The chain saw axe swung left and right as the killing can ran, and the harsh sound of the chain saw made people clearly think that if they were hit by this thing, the end would be extremely tragic.

But how could he run faster than the orc mecha with his two legs?

That is, the other party intended to kill people with chainsaws and enjoy the pleasure of blood flying wildly. Otherwise, if he was directly shot with a large-caliber rotary machine gun, his fate would be exactly the same as that of his staff officer.

At this critical moment, a loud fire exploded on the side of the killing tank.

Zhang Zhikai looked in the direction of the firing and saw a young Alliance soldier who put down the rocket launcher and gave him a thumbs up with a dirty face.

He recognized who it was: a member of his guard company.

He sent two-thirds of the guards to Gaomenling, and there was another guard platoon beside him.

At the critical moment, they did play a role and saved lives.

He was of course happy to be saved, but at this moment he shouted to him with horror: “Be careful!”

Behind the guard, an orc was holding up a simple, rough weapon with an exaggeratedly large muzzle and pointed it at the guard company soldier.

Zhang Zhikai also raised his pistol. The red laser beam fired three times from the muzzle of his gun.

His personal combat quality was not bad. He hit the target with three shots, making three holes in the body of the green-skinned orc.

The power of a laser gun is stronger than that of a normal live ammunition weapon. When a finger-thick laser beam hits an enemy, it will not only cause such a large penetration damage, but also cause high heat to explode in the target’s body in an instant. From the front, it is a hole, and from the back, it is a big pit.

However, after being hit by three lasers, the orc still did not die.

He fired the big gun in his hand.

The upper body of the young soldier who had just saved Zhang Zhikai’s life was instantly blown into pieces.

The orc roared and turned the muzzle of the gun towards Zhang Zhikai, stretched out his hand to pull the bolt, and tried to fire another shot.

“Ah! Ah! Ah!” Zhang Zhikai screamed and continued to pull the trigger. Before the orc fired the next bullet, he hit three more lasers.

After enduring such damage, the orc finally fell down.

Zhang Zhikai panted, looked around, and called several staff officers to join him in advancing instead of retreating.

They entered the front line outside the barracks and personally joined the front line of the battle with the invading greenskins.

When a front-line infantry platoon came to support, the enemies were finally wiped out.

However, the second lieutenant platoon leader who came back also clearly reported the situation on the front line to Zhang Zhikai.

It can’t be held.

Otherwise, the enemy would not have been leaked into the command center.

At this moment, Zhang Zhikai is facing an extremely painful choice.

The situation on the high ground is completely unknown now. The enemy is still continuing to bombard, and there has been no news of the defenders on Gaomenling for a long time. Assuming the worst case scenario, it is not impossible for the whole army to be wiped out.

The troops at the foot of the mountain were originally only about two-thirds of the entire regiment. Now, it is good to have one-third left.

Losing half of the personnel is not as simple as reducing the combat effectiveness by half. Most of the lost soldiers were from the frontline combat companies. The casualties of logistics soldiers, signal soldiers, anti-aircraft soldiers, artillery soldiers and other units were definitely much lower than those of the frontline combat companies.

Such a large casualty ratio means that many companies on the front line may only have three or five squads left.

Although logistics soldiers, artillery soldiers without shells, and anti-aircraft soldiers have been deployed to the front line to supplement a lot of manpower, the combat effectiveness of these soldiers is definitely different from that of the frontline combat infantry – the subjects of their usual training are different, and the tactical coordination is also different.

In this sense, Gaomenling has actually been lost.

His troops no longer have the ability to continue to hold on.

The artillery support company’s shells are almost exhausted!

Without reinforcements and supplies, even if they can withstand this wave of attacks, they will surely not be able to withstand the next wave.

From a rational point of view, they should retreat.

The difference between retreating and not retreating is nothing more than whether the next time the greenskins attack directly takes Gaomenling, or kills the 7th Regiment before taking Gaomenling.

In fact, the greenskins seem to have noticed the weakness of the 7th Regiment.

The previous attack was too fierce and the losses were not small. The greenskins did not continue to fight this time and retreated for a while.

But this is obviously not a retreat, but to accumulate strength.

The orc leader in charge of the opposite side was reorganizing the team. He didn’t want to rush and fight blindly, but planned to gather the team, focus on one point, and attack with all his strength.

What should I do?

Zhang Zhikai was extremely entangled. He wanted to order a retreat several times, but on the one hand, he would think about the brothers on Gaomenling, what if they were still alive?

On the other hand, he would also think about the words of the division commander before:

“I only want Gaomenling!”

When he was most entangled, the signalman came over.

Zhang Zhikai’s eyes lit up!

“Did the division headquarters reply?”

Is it good news?

Zhang Zhikai was full of expectations.

The message he sent just before the command vehicle was blown up was to explain the current tragic situation of the 7th Regiment to the division headquarters and request support.

Transferring a new regiment, a battalion from a brother regiment, or even a company, that would be good.

If it really doesn’t work, the aviation team will come over to bomb me, or the artillery battalion of the division will turn the gun barrel to help me bomb a few times, that would also be fine.

In short, let’s get something!

The signalman looked a little ugly, but at this critical moment, he did not hesitate: “It is indeed a letter from the division headquarters… The division commander and the division political commissar have both died, and now the chief of staff has taken over the overall command. He said that the entire division has no soldiers to reinforce the 7th Regiment, the aviation team has been wiped out, and the artillery battalion has also been destroyed in the fire confrontation with the green skins on the opposite bank. The 7th Regiment can only rely on itself.”

In one sentence, Zhang Zhikai seemed to see the tragic situation of the entire division.

It turned out that it was not only the 11th Regiment and the 7th Regiment that were emptied, but the entire 326th Division.

Zhang Zhikai said with difficulty: “I know.”

“Commander… What should we do now?” Someone asked.

Zhang Zhikai looked around and saw his partner, the regiment political commissar.

“Political Commissar Wang, what do you think?” He asked softly.

Political Commissar Wang’s calf was injured, and a large piece of flesh was taken away by the flying shrapnel. He could only barely walk with a limp in pain.

Hearing the question, he did not hesitate, smiled and said: “You lead the people to retreat, I will stay and cover you.”

“Lao Wang…”

“Don’t look like that, our mission has failed, but I’m not stupid. Don’t you know that it’s not your fault, and it’s not the fault of everyone in our 7th Regiment? Everyone is great, and they are all heroes. It has come to this point, and the whole regiment dying here will not change the outcome. Let’s retreat and leave a seed for the regiment.”

Zhang Zhikai gritted his teeth and made a decision.

Retreat!

In this case, there will be no hesitation.

He was going to let the signalman send orders to each company.

The candidate for the rear guard also needs to be carefully considered.

Just as he was about to give the order, the explosion from Gaomenling finally stopped.

Has the situation changed?

He paused the order.

Then, he received news from the sharp knife company that was responsible for the forward reconnaissance work. Those greenskins who were originally accumulating strength and preparing for another battle retreated!

The battle situation must have changed!

Otherwise it would not be like this!

“Send someone to Gaomenling immediately to see if our brothers are still there! And see if anything happened on the other side of the river!”

Zhang Zhikai immediately gave the order.

The scouts set off, but before they could send back any news, another good thing happened.

On the high ground, the radio from the 1st Battalion called.

“Captain! We won!”

Zhang Zhikai was very excited!

The brothers of the 1st Battalion on the high ground had been bombarded with such high intensity for a whole day, but there were still people alive!

In addition, he was even more excited about the news from his comrades on the high ground.

Twenty minutes later, Zhang Zhikai climbed up Gaomenling himself.

This place was already a rotten land, with artillery pits everywhere, no vegetation, and even few large rocks.

But he had no time to care about these.

Holding a telescope, he looked to the south.

In the wilderness, the greenskins were being torn to pieces by an alliance army!

This alliance army came from the west side of the river, with armored units as the vanguard, and what can be seen among them is not only lions and lion kings, but also something bigger:

Titans!

Zhang Zhikai saw four Titans in Lingao through the telescope!

The Warhound Titans continuously fired rapid-fire grenades and rocket launchers, accurately spreading the terrible firepower to all places that needed firepower support.

Although its position was slightly behind the Lion King and the Lion, it was determined to let the cheaper tanks absorb the firepower of the greenskins, but in fact, when it was needed, it was absolutely unambiguous.

Zhang Zhikai saw with his own eyes that a Squiggle beast was still rampaging on the battlefield after being bombarded by several heavy artillery and rocket launchers, and overturned two Lions. However, a Warhound took the opportunity to approach it, and the gravity fist equipped with it suddenly hit the beast’s head from the side.

The steel armor, tough scales and skin, and solid skull of the outer body were all unable to withstand this heavy punch, and the whole head was somewhat deformed.

Its body bent and fell, and Titan also fired a few grenades into its relatively vulnerable belly at this time, completely ending the life of this war beast.

Won!

It was indeed won!

At this moment, Zhang Zhikai couldn’t help but shed tears!

His mind flashed one comrade after another who had sacrificed.

The 7th Regiment, the 326th Division, and even all the participating troops paid an unimaginable price in this difficult river bank blocking battle.

And these costs finally paid off.

“Comrades who sacrificed, you can’t see this scene, I will see it for you!”

…

Perbov didn’t expect that the river bank blocking battle would be so tragic.

First, the scale of the greenskins gathering was beyond expectations. The enemy on the south bank of the river had exceeded two million, and was attacking on all fronts.

He thought the river bank would be lost and his plan would be a big mistake.

While he was stepping up preparations for the general offensive and preparing to launch Plan B, he discovered that the river bank, which had been bombarded and attacked from all sides, was still holding strong!

The 326th, 376th, and 442nd divisions of the Union Army’s 1st Army Group were almost completely destroyed, with more than 100,000 casualties.

If the losses of the defense army are included, the total number is probably more than 250,000.

But they finally held on, and Perbov vowed that he would never let down the sacrifices of those heroes!

(End of this chapter)