At this point, another round of bombardment began!
The entire positive slope of the mountain had been bombed to blackness. The small hill was soon full of devastation.
This was the last round of shelling before the infantry charge. Once the infantry started to initiate the charge, the shelling had to stop, otherwise, a large area of shelling could easily injure its own men.
However, the commander of the other side did not know what was going on inside the mountain.
Based on his past experience, he concluded that Hamid’s forces must have been severely reduced in strength by now, and that the defenses must have been mostly destroyed, so he immediately ordered the infantry to launch a charge under the cover of armored vehicles!
Hamid’s base was already easy to defend and difficult to attack, and once the north and south entrances were artificially cut off, there was no way for any personnel or vehicles to enter.
So the armored vehicles could not charge in directly, and the only thing they could do was to cover the infantry’s charge to the heights while providing close machine gun and artillery support.
Hamid watched the opposing armored vehicles roar closer and closer from within the permanent fortifications on the front.
Followed by thousands of bowed soldiers, the soldiers relied on the cover of the armored vehicles and advanced unharmed to the foot of the hill, followed by another round of artillery fire from the opposing artillery, which fired a new round of shelling on the front slope of the heights.
This round of shelling lasted a total of twenty minutes, and after twenty minutes, the shelling just stopped. Thousands of soldiers rushed out from behind the armored vehicles, shouting and rushing all the way to the heights.
In the eyes of the opposing commanders, as long as they took the frontal heights, they would have taken the entire Hamid’s base.
In traditional ground attack tactics, the significance of the high ground is very significant, as long as in a local war to take the high ground, it is the same as taking the initiative of the war in this area.
It is the same as the formation of a strong fire deterrent around, and the high ground itself is easy to defend difficult to attack, five hundred people stationed on the high ground, five thousand people may not be able to fight down the charge.
When defending, the side occupying the high ground is at great advantage, while the enemy attacking from the lower ground has difficulty.
When attacking, the side occupying the high ground launched a charge to break through, while the enemy defending from the lower ground was almost defenseless, even retreating is very difficult because the whole back would be exposed to the other side.
So the opposing commander felt that no matter how many troops Hamid is left with now, if he took the high ground and then launched a charge from it to the inner base, he could settle the battle once and for all in a short time!
As thousands of soldiers swarmed up, Hamid’s soldiers immediately began to enter the permanent fortifications on the front slope from the reverse slope pit.
After the thousands of opposing soldiers had also fully entered the firing range of Hamid’s permanent fortifications, he suddenly ordered by radio, “Fire!”
FAQ Novel
Q: How effective are the new fortifications against the current attack?
A: The newly reinforced fortifications, built into the rocky mountain, are highly resistant to the intensive government bombardment.
Q: What is Hamid’s tactical approach during the enemy’s artillery barrage?
A: Hamid’s forces are instructed to avoid direct engagement during shelling, mobilizing only when the infantry charge begins, as advised by Charlie.
What are your predictions for the events that will follow this chapter?