The third wave of offensive began, covered by another round of artillery fire, and then the MS teams advanced.
This time, Li Boyong's MS combat company was transferred to the dense forest on the left. During the first wave of offensive, a captain's aircraft was ambushed by ZAFT there, and the left wing was almost fired by Wushuang.
Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any ambush this time, but Li Boyong was very cautious and sent two linear gun tanks and infantry to investigate first, and the MS team followed closely.
As a result, the troops who investigated first did not find anything. Li Boyong asked them to stop outside the fire circle of ZAFT's defense line and wait for the MS team to get up before following up.
By the time Li Boyong's side advanced outside the enemy's fire circle and launched another charge, the middle side had already been fighting in full swing for a while.
But even so, the ZAFT army did not ignore Li Boyong's movements. As soon as the 3rd MS Combat Company entered the fire range, it was bombarded by ZAFT.
The four Assault Daggers gradually spread out, charging while holding up their shields, until they reached the two hills on the left side of the cliff on the left before stopping.
The hill is quite high, and the direct firepower on the cliff cannot reach it. Only Zaout and Petli's cannons can hit it, but that is only in theory.
The subsequent vehicles had to find suitable terrain nearby as bunkers. If they couldn't find them, they would hide behind trees. Quan Dang was comforted.
After a little repair, Li Boyong confirmed that the team was in good condition and found a gap on the cliff above to reload ammunition. Four Assault Daggers appeared at the same time and directed fire suppression at the cliff.
The four beam guns fired together, suppressing an assault-type Xigu and a Jean on the cliff on the left.
The joint MS team in the middle saw the opportunity and wanted to rush into the passage between the two cliffs.
"Are you too impatient... Are you so stubborn?"
When Li Boyong saw this, before he could finish complaining, the sound of artillery fire rang out from the passage over there. After a while, out of the four Assault Daggers that entered, only three were left, one of which was still injured.
"Damn it, there's a Zawut ambushed in a place like that. As long as that Zawut is still there, we can't charge forward."
The communication came from the middle MS combat company complaining.
Li Boyong rolled his eyes. If he was so easy to rush, he would have had a chance to rush during the first wave of offensive. But he knew it was not that simple, so he didn't commit suicide like this.
"The whole machine is hidden."
After Li Boyong suppressed the opponent for a while, he issued a concealment order, and the four assault daggers retreated down the hill together.
Not long after they retreated, they were bombarded by Zaut as expected, but luckily none of the mobile suits in the team were hurt.
"Captain, do we want to have a wave?" Bob in the team asked tentatively.
"Just a quick thought, today is just a tentative attack, don't be anxious."
Li Boyong scolded him back. The terrain advantage on the opposite side is so obvious, why should he rush forward and send him away?
Moreover, the main gun of the Petrie class has not fired yet. As long as it does, we will still have to retreat.
The subsequent battle situation was exactly as Li Boyong had speculated. When the subsequent large forces followed up, they were bombarded by the Petrie class. The fifth MS mixed brigade retreated one after another, and the third wave of offensive ended without any problem.
The United side is unable to launch the fourth wave of offensive, and the ZAFT army has no intention of leaving the superior terrain to fight.
At this point, the battle on the 16th came to an end.
Li Boyong also failed to complete today's system task. Of course, he didn't feel any regret. In this case, there was really no need to fight for the task. The success rate was too low.
That night, the MS troops in the rear were full of noise, and the maintenance team was sweating profusely as they repaired the damaged assault dagger.
Throughout the whole day today, the 5th MS Mixed Brigade lost a lot of assault daggers. Fortunately, most of them were injured. They replaced the parts and repaired them. They were still usable the next day. They were injured. If it gets serious, it can be sent to the rear for repair. In the real sense, there are five assault daggers that were shot down.
Speaking of which, today's battle was a bit useless. Our own people suffered heavy losses. In the end, the only result was the head of Jean that Li Boyong shot and exploded, and nothing else.
However, judging from today's battle, the commander's conservative attrition attack strategy should still be correct.
After all, after the Alaska incident, the ZAFT Army's ground power was at its weakest. Although the Battle of Panama was won, it also exhausted the last remaining courage.
The ZAFT army on the ground is now absolutely passive, especially on the Victoria battlefield.
The coalition forces were surrounded on three sides, and the ZAFT army could only rely on the terrain to defend. The Gibraltar base was overwhelmed with itself and had no spare capacity for support.
As long as it continues to be consumed, ZAFT will definitely lose.
While Li Boyong was eating dinner and thinking about the war situation, the soldiers around him suddenly became commotion.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Li Boyong grabbed a soldier and asked.
"Lieutenant!"
The held soldier saluted, and then whispered: "It is said that something happened on Orb's side. Although we won, we failed to get the mass accelerator."
I see……
Li Boyong let go of the soldier. This was a plot that he already knew, but he didn't expect it to spread on the Victoria battlefield.
Then he was a little worried about whether the news would affect the commander's strategy here, causing the offensive to be accelerated and causing more casualties.
However, it seemed that no matter how much he worried about it, he could not affect it. He could only arrange the personnel on duty and then go to sleep.
The night passed without incident, and the ZAFT army did not launch a night attack.
The next day, the 5th MS Mixed Brigade launched another attack.
The problem that Li Boyong was worried about did not happen. The 5th MS Mixed Brigade patiently waited until artillery fire and missiles covered the opposite position, and then slowly began to advance.
It seems that the commanders on the Eurasian Federation and East Asian Republic side have withstood the pressure.
After half an hour of fighting, the main gun of the Petrie class fired, and everyone retreated like a tide. The ZAFT army had no chance to pursue them even if they wanted to.
Then we had lunch and started another offensive in the afternoon.
They still failed to achieve victory, but they could clearly feel that the firepower on the opposite side had weakened a lot. They didn't expect that ZAFT's army would have problems with its supplies so quickly. This was several days earlier than Li Boyong expected.
Li Boyong had this suspicion, as did the commander of the 5th MS Mixed Brigade, so he cautiously did not launch a general offensive, not even a third wave of offensive, and ended the second day's battle.
It's just a pity that Li Boyong was deducted a few plot points because he failed to complete the system's tasks.
In this regard, Li Boyong wanted to cry but had no tears. It was not that our army did not work hard, but that the terrain was not strong enough.
Then that night, the position of the 5th Mixed Brigade was attacked by ZAFT forces at night.
