Chapter 159 The Battle for the Dragon City Begins

Sankong Bridge (Three-Arch Bridge), located on the east side of Dragon City, is the only way for the winding Long River to reach the Galla Sea.

The bridge is less than two kilometers long and fifty meters wide, a small-scale structure overall, but it is the most important strategic location in this Dragon City counterattack.

Occupying this bridge can ensure that the First District's occupied area in Dragon City, as well as the First Army Corps' forward base, cannot complete strict defenses in a short time.

At the same time, this can also win a crucial counterattack opportunity for the 300,000-strong Allied Forces led by Su Tianyu. Once they arrive here, they can attack the First Army Corps' forward base upwards along this opening and recover the Dragon City occupied area downwards.

Therefore, the Dragon City garrison led by Tan Mingchao and the First Army of the Renmin Army led by Xin Xiaodong forcibly occupied this place at the very beginning of the counterattack.

They deployed defenses in the urban areas near the Long River on both sides, in the mountains not far away, and in the surrounding complex areas.

At this time, the troops of the First District in Dragon City had been completely cut off after Xin Xiaodong launched the attack, and the channels connecting the occupied areas were severed.

In addition, the assassination of Commander Wang triggered a series of chaos, forcing the First District's troops to shrink back and hold on to the occupied areas that had not yet been lost.

However, the upper echelons of the First District's military and political conference reacted quickly. They also knew the strategic value of Sankong Bridge, which was a must-contend place for military strategists. Therefore, they dispatched a force of fifty to sixty thousand from the First Army Corps' forward base to launch an attack on the defenders of Sankong Bridge!

In contrast, the total number of Xin Xiaodong and Tan Mingchao's troops combined did not exceed 30,000. Moreover, it was conceivable how difficult it was to hold this position without support in a short period of time.

The two sides quickly engaged, and the First District launched three general offensives within six hours! The flames of war stretched for more than ten kilometers along the Sankong Bridge.

The battle here was extremely fierce. The buildings on the edge of the city and the nearby mountains were full of shell craters! The blood shed by the sacrificed soldiers of both sides almost dyed the Long River behind them red.

On both sides of the river, there were corpses of the enemy and ourselves everywhere. In these six hours, the combined casualties of both sides exceeded 15,000.

This was the highest number of direct casualties suffered by the First District in its operations around its homeland since the Era of the Chronicle!

Similarly, Xin Xiaodong and Tan Mingchao's troops, who were fighting hard here, also faced the danger of annihilation at any time! Because they not only had to face the impact of the army, but also had to withstand the continuous bombing from the First District's air force base between Dragon City and the Old Mo border.

The beacon fire was like a tiger for thousands of miles, and the war continued.

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At around 9:30 in the evening, Su Tianyu's headquarters had arrived in the Dragon City area and made adjustments to the offensive.

Su Tianyu ordered the Old Mo government army and the Renmin Army to launch a general offensive with a force of 150,000 people, plus 30,000 Blackwater Legion troops, to attack the air force base built by the First Army Corps at all costs.

As soon as the war started, its intensity had been infinitely upgraded!

In this battle, the Old Mo government army had taken out all the assets they had accumulated over the years. Just the long-range tactical missiles mounted on vehicles alone numbered more than twenty, carrying hundreds of shells.

At the same time, the Shenzhou series missiles recently supported by the Hua District to the Renmin Army were all put into the battlefield, forming two unprecedentedly large long-range fire groups.

In just two rounds of fire coverage, the defense points inside and outside the airport, as well as the main military structures inside the airport, were destroyed!

Subsequently, nearly 200,000 troops pressed on from all directions, holding a do-or-die attitude, preparing to occupy this place!

On the other side, Su Tianyu ordered Wang Dingyuan's troops and part of the Renmin Army led by Fei Pingsheng to rush to Sankong Bridge at full speed, with an estimated arrival time of five hours!

While he was arranging tactics here, the First District was also deploying troops, also dividing their forces into two. While they sent the First Army Corps to attack Sankong Bridge, the main force of 80,000 troops stationed around the air force base also quickly approached the base and engaged in battle with the Allied Forces.

The two battlefields, in the short term, were to fight out the results of the final battle!

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Dragon City, front-line battlefield headquarters.

Su Tianyu stood in the center of the command room, sweating on his forehead as he looked at the deployment on the entire sand table.

After thinking for a moment, he picked up the satellite communicator and personally called the commander of the Old Mo government army who was fighting on the front line. He went straight to the point and said, "Lieutenant General Yodewa, don't worry about the intensity of their resistance, and don't think that their 80,000 troops are here to fight you to the death! We are fighting this battle for ourselves! And their troops will always be responsible to the Greater District Council and many factions! Looking at their history, they cannot tolerate large-scale casualties in any land operation! Therefore, I don't need to give you too long a fire suppression time now. After you approach the airport, I will give you enough long-range fire support! You must take it down in a short time! Once the air force base is occupied, the communication line between Old Mo and Dragon City will no longer be subject to comprehensive air strikes!"

The other party thought for a moment and immediately replied, "Okay, after my troops press up, I hope to see our long-range fire group blast their airport into a sieve! You know, Commander Su, this is a war of revenge!"

Su Tianyu immediately said, "Of course I know, it's the same for us!"

After the two finished speaking, they hung up the communication.

Su Tianyu paused for a moment and was about to contact the Blackwater Legion when a shout suddenly rang out outside the door.

"Salute!"

Immediately afterwards, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded, and Tan Hengqiang, An Zecheng, Li Mingsheng and others stepped into the room.

Hearing the sound, Su Tianyu turned his head and glanced at the other party, and asked softly, "Leaders, why are you here?"

Li Mingsheng and An Zecheng both looked a little embarrassed and did not speak. Tan

Hengqiang looked at Su Tianyu and asked in a slightly accusatory tone, "The decisive battle has already begun, why divide the troops?"

Hearing this, Su Tianyu immediately said, "Commander Tan, let's talk inside."

Tan Hengqiang swept the crowd with an unsightly expression, and stepped into a rest room next to Su Tianyu, Zhao Weihu and others.

After Lao Li and Lao An also came in, Gu Baishun stood in the room and closed the door.

Su Tianyu reached out and invited, "Leaders, please sit down."

Tan Hengqiang waved his hand directly: "I won't sit down, I just want to ask you, why divide the troops?"

Su Tianyu paused for a moment, frowned and explained, "Commander Tan, our Dragon City border and the Old Mo border are right next to this air force base, and there are 80,000 main troops protecting it nearby. If we pull it out, first, we can force these 80,000 troops to have a decisive battle with us around the air force base, thereby reducing the pressure on the Dragon City battlefield and the obstacles to Wang Dingyuan's advance. Secondly, this air force base has a very long radiation radius. Within 500 kilometers, they can carry out fire strikes at will. If our troops join together, they will inevitably suffer fierce air attacks during the movement! Therefore, we must remove this nail, so that not only can we ensure that the communication line between Dragon City and the Old Mo area is safe, but it will also speed up the victory of this war and produce a result that is beneficial to us as soon as possible."

Tan Hengqiang pointed to the ground and said word by word: "You are once again using the Dragon City troops as cannon fodder, as bait!!"

Su Tianyu immediately shook his head: "I don't mean that, I know that the defense on the Dragon City side is difficult, but as long as it is a war, no troops are comfortable. Although we have a large number of attacking troops, their casualty ratio is no less than that of the Dragon City side."

Tan Hengqiang waved his hand: "I don't care what you think now, you must order the main force of Old Mo to send 80,000 troops to support Sankong Bridge! I just received news that the defending troops on the Sankong Bridge have lost nearly 8,000 people! They may be wiped out at any time!"

Su Tianyu weighed it and refused: "No, I can't withdraw so many people now. Once another 80,000 people are pulled out, the intensity of the attack on the air force base will not be enough! And even if troops are mobilized now, it will not be possible to quickly change the battle situation at Sankong Bridge."

Tan Hengqiang's face was very ugly, and he glared and roared somewhat失态, "You are standing and talking without back pain. The Dragon City troops have paid too much for this war!! Our nearly 70,000 garrison troops have been reduced to less than 30,000! Do you want them all to die? My son is still there!" Da Feng Novel Network

Hearing this, Su Tianyu was stunned in place.

At this moment, Zhao Weihu, who had been silent all the time, immediately took a step forward, looked at Tan Hengqiang, and replied angrily, "Your son is there? Looking at the entire battlefield, go and see those attacking soldiers, which of them is not someone else's son? Are they not important? Is your son the only one who is the most important?!"