66: Chapter 066 Heavy Casualties

Hearing the constant sound of artillery fire.

Yan Ze felt a bit nervous inside.

Perhaps during the charge after the artillery fire ceased, he would be struck by the Little Devils' bullets and fall to the ground.

The artillery fire lasted for a full seven or eight minutes.

Then, the Little Devils' naval guns also began to exert their power.

However, the target of the Little Devils' naval shelling was not their front line.

It was the Artilleryman position that had just shelled the Little Devils' headquarters building.

At the Artilleryman position.

In the sky, shells from the Little Devils' naval guns came flying towards them.

With an explosion, a massive crater over ten meters in diameter was blasted into the ground.

This massive crater was only a few dozen meters away from their position.

However, the follow-up shelling from the Little Devils' naval guns came one after another.

"Hurry, take cover!" Officers on the position kept shouting.

But the place where their position was located was an open field.

There was simply nowhere to hide.

Facing the shelling from the Little Devils' naval guns, they could only leave their fate to the heavens.

The Little Devils' artillery bombardment lasted for several minutes.

At this moment, the Artilleryman position was in complete disarray.

Many Artillerymen were unfortunately caught in the blast, with severed limbs scattered across the position.

Some were even blown to pieces, leaving nothing behind.

"Continue preparing for artillery fire!" the Artilleryman commander shouted.

The continuous bombardment by the Little Devils' naval guns just now had cost them many men.

Even two of their artillery pieces had been destroyed.

However, orders from their superiors arrived once again.

Requiring them to provide artillery suppression for the Chinese Soldiers on the front line.

Moving the position was certainly not an option; the battle was currently at a critical juncture.

By the time they finished relocating, who knew how heavy the casualties on the front line would be.

Besides, they couldn't easily move the position.

These heavy artillery pieces were very heavy, and they used mules and horses to pull them.

Or even relied on manpower to pull them.

Each relocation required a significant amount of time.

By the time they finished moving, the opportunity would have long since passed.

Therefore, they had no choice but to brave the risk of being shelled by the Little Devils' naval guns and remain at this position.

"Do not hold back ammunition, fire everything to suppress the enemy."

The Artilleryman commander kept shouting.

The Artillerymen began to aim, load, and fire.

At the front line, a company of Chinese Soldiers was sent out.

Charging toward the Little Devils' building.

They wanted to annihilate the Little Devils inside the Little Devils' Naval Headquarters building.

They had to enter the building to achieve this.

Even if the casualties were high, they had to break in.

The Little Devils soon discovered this company of Chinese Soldiers, and machine guns poured bullets downward incessantly.

In just over ten minutes, the entire company of Chinese Soldiers had fallen to the ground.

This open area was littered with corpses.

The fastest among them had only managed to reach the middle.

The sky was somewhat gloomy.

Yan Ze looked at the tragic scene in the distance, his face turning slightly pale.

Too many people were dying in this kind of charge.

It was simply too difficult to charge across during the day; they had to wait until night.

Otherwise, no matter how many men they had, it would be useless.

At this moment, artillery support arrived.

150mm heavy artillery shells poured onto the building, and the Little Devils' machine guns that had just been firing incessantly were instantly silenced.

"Charge!"

At this moment, a shout came from behind Yan Ze.

Then another company of Chinese Soldiers charged toward the Little Devils' building.

With the suppression of the artillery fire, they charged halfway before the Little Devils' machine guns could react.

However, explosions suddenly rang out on the open ground.

Those were landmines.

The Little Devils had buried many landmines in the open ground.

Most of the Chinese Soldiers who charged up stepped on these landmines.

The sounds of landmine explosions rang out continuously.

Seeing this scene, Yan Ze's eyes turned red, and his whites were filled with bloodshot veins.

"Damn it, the Little Devils even buried landmines." Yan Ze slammed his fist hard onto the ground.

The company commander beside him also hadn't expected that the Little Devils would actually bury landmines in this open ground.

If that was the case, their casualties would be even greater, because no one knew how many more landmines were on this open ground.

It was already difficult enough to charge up.

Now, with the addition of landmines.

The difficulty had increased by another level.

Most importantly, this required sacrificing lives one by one.

Those who died were all their comrades.

At the Command Post in the rear.

General Huang Wei received this news.

He frowned deeply.

The Little Devils hadn't buried landmines elsewhere, but had specifically buried many around the building.

They had been prepared to defend the headquarters building to the death from the very beginning.

However, they could do nothing about these landmines.

Because these landmines were buried in positions close to the building.

If they wanted to clear these landmines, they had to charge to a position close to the building.

But the Little Devils' machine guns and artillery were not just for show.

The Little Devils wouldn't just watch them go and dismantle those landmines.

There was no way; it was unsolvable; they could only use lives to pile up the path.

The Chinese Soldiers charging in front would clear the landmines, and then the soldiers behind would be able to pass safely.

Such a method was very cruel, but he had no choice.

If this were a real war, sacrifice would be unavoidable.

In the virtual conference room of the Eastern Military Region.

The performance of General Huang Wei and his troops made them all unable to help but frown.

The expressiveness of this game was indeed good, no different from reality.

However, the level of elite status of the Little Devils in this game somewhat exceeded their expectations.

Coupled with those fortifications, if there were no heavy weapons, relying solely on infantry attacks.

The difficulty greatly exceeded their expectations.

Originally, they thought that no matter how bad General Huang Wei was, he would still be able to win this battle.

But now it seemed a bit uncertain.

The previous fighting had cost over seven thousand lives.

Now, for the final headquarters building, without a doubt, the focus of defense must be here.

Seeing those machine guns and heavy artillery in the Little Devils' building, they broke into a cold sweat for the Chinese Soldiers in their hearts.

Their perspective was a god's-eye view; they could not only see the situation of their own men but also the situation of the enemy.

However, they could not transmit information to the people in the game.

"Tell me, what is the success rate of this exercise?" The Supreme Commander looked at the high-ranking generals below and asked.

"I feel that the success rate of this time is less than half a percent." A general with graying hair and beard answered.

"I think it's less than thirty percent." Another middle-aged general spoke up.

"Oh, why do you think it is only thirty percent?" The Supreme Commander was a bit curious upon hearing this.

"Currently, the casualties of Major General Huang's troops are already approaching one-third, and there are at least 1,000 to 1,500 enemies inside this building."

"The enemy is using fortifications to defend; if Major General Huang's troops want to take this building, there will be at least double the casualties."

"If the casualty rate of the troops exceeds half, this battle can basically be declared a failure."

This middle-aged general was named Lin Cheng, and he and General Huang Wei could be considered rivals.

His assessment was quite sharp, but it was not without reason.

30,000 men fighting 4,000 men.

If casualties exceeded half, it would be a loss that outweighed the gain.

Even if they managed to take it, they wouldn't have the strength to hold it afterward.

In a real war, it would certainly be impossible to attack without regard for casualties and losses.

After all, for a unit, people are the most important thing.

If the people are gone, trying to train them again would require a huge amount of time and money.