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The city of Lomas fell, and the blue and white flag of the Argentine Federation fell from the head of the city. The garrison commander Golani led the remaining seven hundred soldiers out of the city of Lomas and surrendered his weapons to the National Defense Forces.

Lomas City is located on the eastern plains of Pampas. The surrounding terrain is flat. There is only an old-fashioned stone city and a small piece of highland that protrudes to the west, which can be used as a position to defend against the IDF attack.

Prior to the start of the war, due to the lack of troops and the small area of ​​the western highlands, Col. Colonel Golani, the Argentine garrison commander, assembled all the troops in the city. He wanted to use the strong fortifications to delay the defense force ’s offensive speed. The reinforcements of the two countries came to fight for time.

However, the war situation has not been developed in favor of the Argentine garrison.

On the morning of April 14th, Wu Fengdian adjusted the combat deployment of the troops. From the Third Mixed Brigade, two infantry battalions were deployed, one machine gun company and a 75 mm field artillery company were reassigned from the Third Division, and a total of more than 1,000 people attacked. The group again launched an attack on Lomas City at 8 am on the same day.

The roaring explosion of field guns opened the prelude to the battle. Unlike the tentative offensive attack yesterday, the battle on the morning of the 14th did not have a hot scene of assault. Five 75mm field guns were deployed and abandoned by the Argentines. The sides of the highland fired artillery shells at the positions of the Argentine garrison artillery and machine guns according to the coordinate position provided by the commando yesterday.

The defensive artillery and Gatling heavy machine guns are bulky. The Lomas city defense system is more than 100 years behind the times. The defensive fortifications such as the turrets and towers that were set up earlier also do not allow the garrison to move the artillery and heavy machine guns.

Three Gatling heavy machine guns and several artillery guns were scattered on the defensive positions around the core of the Lomas wall. A round of artillery shells continued to shoot at the target with Mars left behind by intense friction in the air.

The first round of five rounds was fired. The deviated shells landed six or seven meters away from the defensive turret. A violent explosion knocked down more than a dozen Argentine soldiers within the killing area, mourning, asking for help, and artillery fire. The roar drowned the orders of the Argentine garrison commander, and the wall position was chaotic due to the sudden and violent shelling.

Local militia and recruits can provide troops with reserve forces during the anxious war between the two sides, but in the unfavorable situation where the power gap between the two sides is too large and the offensive and defensive situation is transposed, without special training, their psychological qualities cannot adapt to the harsh battlefield environment, but it is easy. Become a saboteur of the already demoralized.

The tragic war scene scared the new recruits for the first time. Groups of Argentine militia were either overwhelmed and huddled and twitching at the edge of the city wall, or shouted because they saw the horror pictures of incompetent limbs around their comrades. Flee around the wall.

The fierce battle has examined the qualities of the Argentine garrison soldiers, and as a commander on the offensive side, Wu Fengdian also has his own concerns.

The National Defense Forces are far away from the Chinese mainland. Ammunition supplies and logistics are costly. Each frontline unit has a limited ammunition base. Commanders of the frontline units need to use the ammunition equipment in their hands to complete designated combat tasks. They must not consume at will without restraint. Ammunition reserve.

The heavy artillery was inconvenient to transport. The third division and the third mixed brigade where Wu Fengdian was located were only equipped with a 75mm field gun battalion, 15 field guns in the battalion, two medium-battle base ammunition configurations, and Lomas alone. He used five field guns and a base ammunition reserve. After Lomas battle, De Zamora, Florence, and other strategic positions also needed to be won. Therefore, seven rounds of artillery fire were observed against the Argentine garrison. Under the circumstances, Wu Fengdian ordered the artillery troops to stop the attack, and then replaced two infantry battalions to replace the previously severely reduced one infantry battalion and launched an attack on Lomas City.

Field battles targeted defensive artillery, heavy machine guns and other fire support points, and then sent the main force to overwhelm, focusing on assaulting the enemy's weak points of defense.

Colonel Golani unfortunately experienced a combined artillery and infantry strike by the National Defense Forces.

Because it was close to the IDF artillery positions, the west wall of Lomas was most severely damaged. A section of the wall nearly eight meters wide collapsed under repeated shelling, leaving a narrow gap.

The key breakthrough direction of the IDF offensive force is the gap in the west wall. More than 500 soldiers, led by a battalion commander, swarmed towards the gap in batches.

Standing on the battlefield outside the smoke, Lieutenant Colonel Golani recalled the battle that had just ended, and could not help but make an assumption in his mind: "If you immediately deploy troops to close the gap after the wall collapses, you will Doesn't change the end of the battle? "

"Sir, the Defense Forces have kept their promises. They opened the way to Florence. Of the more than 9,000 Lomas residents, 6,000 went to Florence and other places through the way out of the Defense Forces."

An officer's report interrupted Golanyi's thinking.

A thick, messy brow frowned.

"Why aren't 3,000 people evacuated, haven't the soldiers notified them all?"

"No, sir, Captain Colisten personally informed the residents of the city. The more than 3,000 residents were left voluntarily. They said that Argentina was full of war. Even if it went to other places, it was likely to be in danger. They would rather stay in Lomas awaiting a verdict from the IDF rather than risking wandering elsewhere. "

"Forget it, let them go."

Lieutenant Colonel Golani said dumbly, "Go tell the residents who are willing to stay, and the IDF promises not to hurt them and give them peace of mind to live in Lomas."

Colonel Golani and most of his troops were Lomas. Because of the threat of the National Defense Forces, he had to give up his last resistance and lead the remaining soldiers to surrender.

War is a military affair, and even if the fighting is over, residents of Golany who don't want to stay still live in fear of federal government propaganda.

"Sir, Captain Collinster left a message to you, and he promised to return to Florence to explain to the federal government that you were intimidated by the National Defense Forces and surrendered as a last resort for the safety of the residents of Lomas City. "

"Captain Collinster is an excellent soldier, and I will remember his kindness." ...

"The brigade commander, the second battalion of the third division, reported that the Argentine civilians retreating were mixed with Argentine soldiers ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ On the other side of the city, Wu Fengdian stood on the high ground to listen to the soldiers' reports.

"Well, I know."

Wu Fengdian waved his hand, got up and walked towards the surrender troops in Argentina.

At the end of the siege of Lomas, the National Defense Forces entered the city through the gap in the west wall. When civilians retreated to the city and obtained the Argentine garrison attack, in order to resolve the battle early and reduce the army ’s casualties and ammunition consumption, Wu Fengdian issued the final Throughout the game, if the Argentine defenders refuse to surrender, the National Defense Forces will use field artillery to strike the city indiscriminately.

The garrison commander Golani did not know the fact that the Weapons of the National Defense Forces were short of ammunition. Under the pressure of Wu Fengdian and the local recruited soldiers, he chose to lay down his arms and surrender.

Several Argentine soldiers mixed with civilians had no big picture,

Successfully winning Lomas City, Wu Fengdian achieved the established tactical goal. He did not need to compare with the other party on a trivial matter, which affected his credibility and that of the National Defense Forces.

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