In just a few days, thousands of relatively elite veterans were killed. This would be extremely painful for anyone.

As the attacking party, Milda's retainers suffered greater casualties.

As a defensive force, Hengan Defense's 69th Mechanized Brigade suffered fewer casualties.

But it involves air strikes, armored cluster assaults, and even battles between mechas, in a combat situation of this scale.

Even though the casualties were relatively small, the number of soldiers killed exceeded a thousand.

After all, in a battle involving mechas, other troops, whether infantry or armored units, are no match for them.

The number of casualties on either side will mainly depend on which side's mecha unit wins.

The attacks of the Dagger Squires can easily slaughter the armored and infantry units of the Mildar Squires.

Likewise, the Knight Squires were able to wreak havoc on the infantry positions of the Heng'an Defense.

Relatively speaking, the soldiers of the 69th Mechanized Brigade are more elite, and each of them can be said to be an elite veteran.

It is precisely because the 69th Brigade is a very strong elite force that it was assigned this ultra-long-distance raid mission.

If it were an ordinary army, it would have been defeated long ago.

But even though the city was not defeated, there were still many casualties.

Thousands of casualties were reported to the headquarters. The commander of the 69th Brigade, Jin Ling, had not seen a smile on his face for several days.

After all, the company Hengan Defense is a case of a big military wearing a small military hat.

Their financial system is semi-independent, so it can be said that the 69th Brigade can be regarded as Jin Ling's semi-private army.

Jin Ling's position in Heng'an Defense mainly depends on whether the 69th Brigade can fight and how many people it has.

Just like the previous attack on the Beshimo Steel Plant, Ji Zhizhuan of the Mixed Brigade's face turned black after hearing the casualties of the troops, especially the loss of armored vehicles.

It was only after Lu Quan made another report and supplied Ji Zhizhuan with a batch of armored vehicles from the Blueprint Group that this guy smiled happily.

Jin Ling of the 69th Brigade is in a similar situation. It can be seen that Jin Ling attaches more importance to the 69th Brigade than to his wife and children.

After all, if you lose your wife, you can remarry, and if you lose your child, you can give birth to another one.

If the 69th Mechanized Brigade was gone, Jin Ling might have to be dragged out for target practice.

Of course, the 69th Brigade could be assigned to carry out this mission which was obviously a tough one.

A big reason for this is that his superiors promised him higher rewards.

As mentioned before, the 69th Brigade is a semi-private army, half of which is supported by Jin Ling, and the other half is supported by Heng'an Defense.

Jin Ling is a small military leader, and there are big military leaders in Heng'an Defense Headquarters.

Jin Ling, a small military leader, of course also needs to obey the orders of the big military leader. Only by using both kindness and force can Jin Ling be so honest in carrying out this difficult task.

If he fights well and takes over the Dan'an area later, Jin Ling's gains will definitely make up for his current losses.

The number of casualties among soldiers is large, so the troops can be replenished quickly after victory. The same goes for vehicles.

From the current perspective, the battle situation is quite smooth.

Several objectives in the battle plan were achieved.

The successful raid captured the town of Vic, and at the same time established a solid defensive stronghold here, successfully preventing the counterattack of Milda's army in the rear.

As long as he can wait until the war is over and Blueprint and Heng'an Defense completely take over the Dan'an area, then it will be time for Jin Ling to get promoted and make a fortune.

The fierce fighting in the town of Vick stopped, but other battles in the entire Dan'an area did not stop.

In the final analysis, the attacking Blueprint and Heng'an Defense directly used missiles and fighter jets to launch air strikes, using superior forces and heavy firepower to capture the town of Wick.

Then the corresponding firepower allocated to other areas will be much less.

The other three brigade-level units of Heng'an Defense that attacked were all motorized infantry brigades with less armored forces, although they were later reinforced by some battalion-level armored units.

From an offensive perspective, the speed of this advancement is not fast, but now the retreat of these soldiers guarding the Dan'an area has almost been cut off.

Even the supply of ammunition is a problem. Even if the battle continues slowly, Milda's two brigades of defenders will not be able to withstand it.

In modern warfare, it is not enough to have elite soldiers with high morale and the courage to fight.

On average, if an infantryman wants to kill another infantryman, he may need tens of thousands of bullets, which is a relatively high number even if it is artillery shells.

This terrifying number has already expressed the logistical requirements of war.

The two enemy brigades defending the area certainly had stockpiles of ammunition and various logistical supplies.

However, as the Danan region had long been infiltrated like a sieve, these ammunition depots and energy centers were attacked by missiles and fighter jets at the beginning of the war.

Seventy to eighty percent of important facilities such as ammunition depots were destroyed.

There were not many ammunition depots left, and the two sides had been engaged in continuous fighting on the front line for about a week, so the ammunition stocks were almost exhausted.

The bullets are fine, but the shells are really running out.

Without artillery shells, there is no way to counter the enemy's artillery fire, no way to counter the enemy's charge and suppress the enemy.

The battle fought by the defenders was extremely fierce.

So now, Heng'an Defense soldiers are launching feint attacks every day in order to consume the enemy's ammunition.

Without ammunition, only energy weapons can be effective, but there are not many plasma cannons and laser cannons among the defenders in the Dan'an area.

Every day, the three brigades of the attacking side continued to send troops to attack the defensive positions, continuously compressing the enemy's defense line.

In the command center of Dan'an area.

A Milda officer in officer uniform had a gloomy face. He was Duncan, the commander of the 431st Mechanized Brigade and also the current commander of the Dan'an area.

Next to him was a staff officer.

The staff officer said, "Brigade Commander, all units have reported a serious shortage of ammunition. Even the suppressive artillery fire is about to stop."

"The number of casualties among the soldiers is increasing. Even with the continuous support of the mecha troops, there is no way to completely control the casualties..."

"How long will our ammunition last?"

"About ten days at most... Even if it's ten days, we have to control the use of ammunition to make it." The staff officer looked bitter.

Duncan sighed and waved his hand, asking the staff officer to leave.

What good are the mechanized brigades, armored vehicles and tanks, if they have no ammunition?

Do we have to drive armored vehicles and tanks to fight the enemy in hand-to-hand combat and crush the enemy with our tracks?

The battle had reached this point, and Duncan felt a little desperate.