Chapter 1689: Whetstone
Another civil war battlefield opened up, and another bloody hell entrance opened.
Six infantry divisions who had just completed their recruitment, had not yet completed recruit training, and were not even equipped with weapons and equipment, only rifles and a few mortars were sent to the front line of Sivata. On the first day, the ignorant soldiers were bombarded by Sagrasa's artillery and killed more than 10,000 people.
On the edge of the forward position full of bomb craters, General Sagrasa walked in the trench wearing a dirty military uniform. He has no air force and navy, and can only rely on fortifications to stop his opponents. For this reason, he deployed his troops on the land side of Sivata Port in multiple levels, focusing on using artillery fire to prevent the enemy from approaching.
To the west of Mexico City is a piece of hilly terrain with complex terrain, poor traffic conditions, and few and narrow roads. After mastering more than 50,000 reinforcements, General Sagrasa gave up his plan to rush to Mexico City to die. He hoped to build a base with his back on Sivata Port.
"Back to the sea, I don't have to worry about being ripped off, and I can also get support through the sea. It is not a dead end for me to occupy this place." General Sagrasa still has a bit of military quality. Keep fighting for Mexico.
"Go and tell the commander of the government army that if you don't want to be bombarded to death by my cannons, don't come to my defensive position. With their current training level of soldiers and commanding ability of officers, they will die if they rush up, don't work for the tyrant anymore gone."
There are only a few roads that can attack Sivata. As long as they are blocked with heavy artillery, it will be difficult to break through without air support. General Sagrasa also felt distressed when he saw the government soldiers who were bombarded to death by artillery. They were all of the same race, and the civil war was the most tragic.
With more than 50,000 troops under his command, Your Excellency the General feels that he is not weak anymore. But just when he felt that his opponent had suffered heavy losses and should be more honest, new troops moved to his position again.
The forward sentry post sent by the 'rebel army' was driven back, and it was reported that the troops directly under the legion that had been dormant had been sent up.
"The troops directly under the legion? What's the number?" General Sagrasa couldn't help feeling a little nervous. He knew exactly what the government army was, but he also knew that the troops under the legion must not be messed with. Even if they are also Mexicans, the combat effectiveness of the legion's troops is much higher.
"I don't know, it shouldn't be the elite that starts with 'Guards'." The sentry post that was driven back could not provide much information. So the general could only send more troops to investigate, and the information came back quickly.
The enemy is the 1st Infantry Division of the Legion, which is a mixed force, Cubans, Mexicans, Chinese and even South Americans. Spanish is commonly used in the army, and it is said that he has just completed three months of recruit training. Now this feels like a small test of skills.
The 1st Infantry Division of the Legion built a starting camp in the valley 50 kilometers away from Sivata, and built forward attack positions and logistical accommodation and medical facilities step by step along the road. This caution alone is much stronger than the government army who came here without thinking.
After the position is established, this infantry division does not take the road, but advances step by step over the mountains in the form of light infantry, occupying commanding heights one after another. Even helicopters were used to transport the artillery to the top of the hill to build artillery positions.
After all preparations were completed, the division began to play simple infantry coordination tactics. After two days of tentative fighting, General Sagrasa yelled furiously in his headquarters: "These bastards are using me to train soldiers, right?"
The 1st Infantry Division played very conservatively, and each attack was a regiment attacking under the cover of artillery fire. Every battle is played like a textbook, and if something goes wrong, they will retreat, reorganize and organize the attack again.
From battlefield organization, position construction, field maneuver, artillery support, a series of subjects are drilled one by one. This is real combat, and if you don't pay attention, you will die. So the officers and soldiers of the First Infantry Division are very serious, very very serious.
"Bastard!" Facing this style of play, General Sagrasa, who was trapped in the port of Sivata, felt that he had been greatly humiliated.
The artillery battles have been fierce these two days,
Several forward positions of the 'Rebel Army' were almost plowed. Every time the 1st Infantry Division on the opposite side is an artillery raid plus an infantry assault, take advantage of it if you can, and withdraw if you can't. If you really can't withdraw, the other party will play tricks...
The long-range M7 tactical missile can take away the artillery positions of the "Rebel Army" from a distance, and then dispatch helicopters to evacuate the trapped troops. By the way, the 1st Infantry Division also used helicopters to transport the wounded. The mortality rate of the wounded was very low, and they could become veterans after easy recovery.
After fighting for a few days, General Sagrasa felt that the opponent was getting more and more comfortable with the infantry coordination. The opponent only organized an attack from one regiment at the beginning to attack with three regiments in coordination, and the style of play also began to change.
The bitter General Sagrasa also tried to fight back, and desperately wanted to bite off a piece of the opponent's flesh. For this reason, he even put a rare armored unit into battle and used tanks to split into the battle.
The result was that the opponent happily rehearsed a successive resistance, blocking the enemy with artillery fire, and finally came a wave of air-ground coordinated counterattack. This battle was fought happily, and it became more and more handy.
After fighting like this for a week, General Sagrasa has gone crazy. Seeing the loss of the forward troops, he gritted his teeth and prepared to launch a big counterattack to the opponent. But the 1st Infantry Division on the opposite side was replaced to repair and sum up experience and lessons, and another 2nd Infantry Division directly under the Legion came.
Continue to fight... and start practicing again from infantry coordination and air-ground coordination.
This is such a hot dog….
The casualties of the 'Rebel Army' were not large, and the opponent lost at most a thousand people. But the troops of the legion can be withdrawn for repairs, but the 'rebel army' can't. One of General Sagrasa's troops managed to get some experience, but had to be replaced by other troops due to fatigue.
After doing this over and over again, the Legion suddenly pulled all the five newly formed infantry divisions out to fight. After the last five divisions have been tempered, the Legion even launched multiple divisions from multiple fronts at the same time to carry out coordinated operations at the army level.
The low-intensity fighting has greatly improved the newly formed troops of the Legion. Both the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level and the senior commanders have been tempered, and everyone is gaining experience points on the whetstone of the "Rebel Army".
General Sagrasa was full of confidence in the beginning and wanted to develop the base area, but he was exhausted by this kind of uninterrupted fighting. After the legion completed an army-level battle, all five divisions were withdrawn for repairs, and the 'Rebel Army' was given a chance to breathe.
After fighting for more than a month, the legion troops surrounding Siva Tower finally left. The "Rebel Army" trapped around the port has almost run out of ammunition and food, and its personnel have been consumed from more than 50,000 to less than 20,000. The combat troops are almost exhausted, leaving only some logistics and auxiliary personnel.
But at this moment, the Legion sent a taunt, "General Sagrasa, you can seek support from your allies. The sea blockade has been lifted, and we will give you a week to get supplies. If it is not possible, we can provide some food and Weapons and ammunition.
The next battle is forecasted, and the three most elite guard brigades of our army will join the battle sequence, among which the newly formed third guard brigade will appear for the first time. This is an experimental unit we have formed to adapt to future large-scale armored warfare. I hope you can cooperate and help it hone a little. "
The words are very humble, but the tone is very loud.
When General Sagrasa received the telegram, he was so angry that he pounded the table and cursed: "This is a battle of life and death. Are these bastards just teasing people like this?"