After receiving additional troops and firepower, the Orumi federal army outside the town of Sagunwe soon began a new round of offensive towards the northern suburbs. This time their artillery fire was particularly fierce. Mixed in various types of artillery were a small number of anti-tank rockets used to destroy general defenses.
After the shelling stopped and before the infantry charged, the Orumi federal army still sent infantry fighting vehicles forward. The rapid advance of multiple BMP-1 tanks immediately opened up the situation. After many rebel soldiers lost their bunkers, their combat effectiveness dropped sharply. Many of them had no time to resist and fell under the heavy rain of bullets.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Orumi Federation launched an attack. At Position 2, the reconnaissance force discovered that a group of Orumi federal troops had occupied several houses in the suburbs and attempted to establish an observation post. Scarface immediately led a dozen mercenary soldiers into the house and wiped out all the enemy troops with grenades and assault rifles.
At Position 1, which was mainly attacked by the Orumi Federal Army, after the continuous charge was blocked, they once again shelled the position. Taking advantage of the massive artillery fire suppression, the Orumi federal forces organized some assault teams armed with light machine guns to seize the roofs of several large buildings in the suburbs.
After discovering this situation, the rebel army immediately organized small teams carrying rocket launchers and assault rifles to flank these Orumi federal troops whose foothold was not stable. After a fierce and brutal close-quarters battle, the Orumi Federation's assault team was driven off these rooftops by insurgent grenades.
Although the Orumi federal army attacked again and again, they were unable to break into the town before nightfall. During the final general attack, there was even a platoon leader of the Orumi Federal Army who completely lost the courage and confidence to charge again. He did not dare to advance and was shot on the spot by his superiors. This is very rare in the Orumi federal forces, which are known for their bellicosity.
By 7 pm that day, the federal troops outside the town of Sagonwe had completely stopped their offensive and began preparing for night defense. This day was almost a disaster for the federal troops participating in the war. They never thought that the resistance, which had always been regarded as weak, would be so tenacious this time.
Although there were several times when federal assault troops rushed into the streets of the town, they never returned to their starting position without suffering heavy casualties. As of that night, the total number of Orumi federal troops that had entered the battle reached more than 2,200 people. Not to mention the reserve team, they even sent in logistics troops.
But these rebels always relied on the fortifications and occupied the town. It was obviously on the verge of collapse, but they refused to fall. However, the price of the Orumi federal troops' blind increase in troops was nearly half of the casualties. Facing the horrific killing field before the town, there were corpses everywhere. The Orumi federal army, exhausted for the day, had no choice but to light a fire and start spending the night while waiting for a new round of offensive that would begin tomorrow morning.
But Lin Rui did not give these Orumi federal troops a chance to fight again in the future. After midnight, they had quietly detoured to Highland A and started a raid. When their breakout operation was about to succeed, they were suddenly discovered by the enemy, who immediately fired tracer bullets and blocked the road with machine guns.
But the experienced mercenaries used grenades and rocket launchers to clear the way, broke through the patrol posts of the Orumi Federal Army in one fell swoop, and raided the enemy headquarters. At this time, most of the Japanese troops were asleep due to fatigue, and the headquarters' defense was lax, with only one direct company.
They quickly ended the battle and broke out of the encirclement safely. The Orumi federal army, who woke up from their sleep, never expected that the command post deployed several kilometers away in their rear would be attacked.
When they received the news, they still surrounded the town of Sagonwe tightly, but after receiving the news, they could only rush back to help. The rebels in Sagunwe Town had already received the information, and they all stayed up all night. Just wait for the enemy troops to return for reinforcements, and launch a counterattack behind them.
The actuary planned very carefully. He guessed in advance that once the headquarters was attacked, these Orumi federal troops would definitely come back for reinforcements. In view of this, a night attack plan has been formulated long ago. During the enemy's retreat, a small number of troops will be used to block the enemy's evacuation channel and surround it on both sides. Create the illusion that the enemy has been surrounded on a large scale.
The enemy in the chaos mistakenly thought that other members of the rebel army had arrived in advance, and launched an encirclement and suppression campaign against them. In addition, the headquarters was also attacked inexplicably. In fear, he became more and more confused. There were even incidents of killing each other due to tension. In the end, although some soldiers still escaped, the losses were huge.
Almost within a day, the rebels fought bloody battles for more than ten hours relying on the fortifications in the town, dealing a heavy blow to the Orumi federal forces. In the Orumi federal garrison alone, a regimental commander was killed, more than 600 officers and soldiers were killed, and more than 300 were injured.
The Orumi police force, which cooperated with the federal garrison, suffered about 200 casualties.?The total enemy casualties exceeded 1,200. The rebels' losses were much higher than theirs. The Anmol prisoner-of-war force alone suffered more than 800 casualties.
When the battlefield was cleaned at dawn, Lin Rui and others returned safely. Seeing the mess in Sagunwe Town and the corpses being carried aside and gathered together, everyone was moved. Lin Rui sat on the ground beside him a little tiredly, watching his brothers clean up the battlefield. He lit a cigarette in silence.
"It was a terrible fight. Most of the rebels had little combat experience. If they hadn't relied on the Anmore prisoners of war to cover them on the flanks, the result would have been even worse." Quickly walked to him, "However, we Still holding on."
"Where are our people?" Lin Rui turned his head.
"Our people are all veterans, they know how to fight. So the losses are much better than theirs. But many brothers died, and a few were seriously injured. I have probably seen it, and even if they can survive, they are basically It's all useless." Yelena walked to Lin Rui and sat down.
Lin Rui closed his eyes and sighed. "We should have done better. Damn it, if everything went according to plan, at least we wouldn't have lost so much. This battle could have been wrong from the beginning."
"I understand what you mean, but this also reminds us. Most of these rebels are members of the Hammer resistance group and passionate civilians. They don't have much fighting ability, even some of their officers are not Qualified commander. We must make some adjustments to this point. Otherwise, this will happen again." The actuary came over.
He didn¡¯t sleep all night, his face was pale, but his eyes were red. And there was a bloody bandage on his waist. It was obvious that he was also injured during the battle.
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