The battalion commander’s words obviously hurt the brigade commander’s heart, and the other end fell silent. It took a long time for the chief of staff to reply that "Ma Chao’s defense line will retreat and tank troops will meet you."
Battalion commander can be silly "to retreat? Is there a minefield that has just been laid in that direction to retreat? That is suicide! "
The chief of staff shouted "execute the order!"
The battalion commander was stunned by the conditioned reflex. First, the conversation ended. A company commander rushed into the headquarters covered in blood and screamed, "The battalion commander is dying! D company is finished!" As if to prove that he didn’t tell a lie, heavy mortar shells flew from the direction of Company D to hit the vicinity of the battalion headquarters and roared, sweeping down the battalion commander and several battalion headquarters staff who had come to send for leave, and almost tearing off the battalion headquarters. The people inside were black and blue, but the guards outside were not so lucky. One was shocked to vomit blood. More than one was hit by a piece of shrapnel, and the skull flew more than ten meters away with a puma sticky greasy thing. Two others were smashed into dozens of pieces. Shredded shrapnel and stone chips were bloody, and the battalion commander twitched painfully in a pool of blood. He got up in a bit of a mess and rushed out despite the staff’s obstruction. There was a sea of fire in the direction of D company. Sixteen-millimeter heavy mortar shells were constantly flying towards the battalion headquarters through the telescope. The battalion commander even saw several -72 tanks turning their barrels here. The hoodoo star was right. I’m afraid there were not many people left in D company. The collapse of the right wing of their battalion meant that this battalion was in danger of being cut off by the main force. In layman’s terms, it was no small matter. request sb to do sth
There are two or three hundred soldiers in his battalion. How many people can keep in touch with the battalion and accept his command is still unknown. What a fight! However, letting the Soviets enter and tear the whole defense line along this gap is still a dead end. The battalion commander gritted his teeth and ordered "retreat to the defense line!"
Chapter 31 Polar Bear Victory (3)
Several staff officers recognized that the battalion commander was simply crazy and called "retreat to the defense line?" Have you made a mistake? If you just laid a mine there and retreated there, you can blow up our department if the polar bear does it! "
The battalion commander roared, "Execute the order!"
The staff officers still become speechless. They don’t know why the battalion commander is crazy. This command line is their last line of defense. Corrugated steel can quickly solidify concrete, and it has just been put into actual combat. Soil curing agent and powerful artificial mines have been put into this line of defense. Relying on several hills and a fast-flowing river, the road is firmly guarded. This line of defense can be said to be the life of 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force. Once the road falls, the highly mechanized Soviet army will go to him along the road network. We want to know what the consequences will be if we rush in the home front, let alone save the Miao people. God knows how many armored divisions are left. Even the Scottish Highland Division, the 29th Armored Brigade, the Spanish Foreign Legion, the Gaul Foreign Legion and the Gaul Rainbow Division will be finished! In order to keep this line of defense, the Coalition forces released more than two regiments. However, due to the endless Soviet attacks, the progress of building the defense line was extremely slow until a few hours ago. After the completion, the engineers began to mine the defense line of their battalion to prevent the Soviet army from breaking through the positions of these two battalions. They don’t know how many mines were laid in the defense line, but judging from the busy figure of the engineers, there must be too many to retreat there. Isn’t that a death! ?
"bang! ! ！”
A shot came far behind the platform and behind the battalion commander. The signalman was pierced through a big hole in copper coins, and the brains and broken bones spewed out. The staff officers woke up. The Soviet army was very close to them, and then there was a boom. The battalion rushed into a fireball. Frustrated, the Soviet heavy mortar fired several shells for school shooting, but it still hit this conspicuous target. They should be glad that the Soviet army could not see the passive guidance technology as simple as a child’s toy, or the first shell would have left none of them in the whole command and control department cover! The 16-millimeter shell directly hit the battalion commander and didn’t want to know the fate of the two staff officers left inside. It was definitely not even a bone left. This shot finally taught the staff officers what to do, and the order was reached.
Now the situation is extremely critical. The Soviet tank battalion has rushed to the last anti-tank trench to bridge the tank. Several British soldiers don’t want anti-tank rockets to bombard the bridge tank. As a result, they were either swept in two by heavy machine guns of tank turrets or killed by Soviet infantry. However, after more than 20 people were killed, they still destroyed three bridge tanks and broke into cheers for a few seconds.
After the bell, these soldiers were about to cry. After Soviet tanks rescued Tanqueray soldiers who bridged the bridge, they made a determined effort to resist the bridging tanks and slammed them into the anti-tank trench, directly pushing these unlucky tanks into the hateful anti-tank trench. Just this way, a bridge was built that was not neat but still had a certain reality! Heavy artillery fire covered a tank and drove slowly, slowly, slowly, and let it fucking move over! The British army was dumbfounded, knowing that they dug the famous "Golan Trench"! It was in the fourth Middle East War that the elite Jiwa Infantry Brigade, the famous ace of Israel, was struggling in the Golan Heights defense war. All the soil dug out during the anti-tank trench was piled up in the deep trench on the other side of the square, plus a high embankment and heroic infantry. No matter how excellent the blocking performance was, the tanks could not cross this moat. In the Golan Heights defense war, the first brigade of Jiwa Infantry Brigade was divided to block the Syrian soldiers and fought to the last brigade. The death rate of seven tank soldiers was as high as 90%, and most of them were injured after the war. The elite team was cancelled, but when they held the Golan Heights and won the treasure, they could tie the line. The mobile troops put in a counterattack and defeated the soldiers who fought bloody battles in the Golan Heights in one fell swoop. It is respectable, but the Golan Trench also contributed-Syria lost one tank brigade before the anti-tank trench, but it was never possible for the British to cross the line. Although rigid, they were willing to accept good things, but they had confidence in digging anti-tank trenches themselves. Unfortunately, they forgot. Their opponent is not a scattered and weak-willed Arab army, but the most frightening steel torrent on the planet, the Golan Heights, and no god can withstand such an impact!
The last anti-tank trench has been breached and the flank has fallen. The British army is almost desperate. Fortunately, at this time, the evacuation order finally arrived. The soldiers didn’t have so many worries and ran away from the Soviet tank wreckage without saying anything. After all, the irregular main force has not come yet. Is it more time to not run at this time? These soldiers who were covered in blood rushed towards the defense line like ducks. Without stopping the Soviet bridge tanks, they successfully set up bridges. Tanks and armored vehicles swaggered over the anti-tank trenches and chased the machine guns and cannons behind the British ass. Together, they bombed and swept the British army into pieces, but they narrowly passed by. The lucky man of the sickle of Death gnashed his teeth and offered a million grass mud horses to the Soviet army. This is to kill them all. It’s really barbaric!
The battalion commander ran to the back. When he saw the mortar platoon position with several mortar shells neatly stacked, he seemed to be ready to show the Soviet Union the excellent equipment of the British army. If those incompetent artillery appeared in front of him, he would not hesitate to sweep them with his rifle! But now the situation is critical.
There is no time to call names. He jumped at it without saying anything, grabbed a smoke screen bomb and stuffed it into the gun bore and pulled the gun rope again. A shell flew out in a whirl, and a cloud of purple smoke exploded in front of the Soviet army, and I couldn’t see my fingers, and then I sent it again and again … Several staff officers hesitated and ran back. Two people assembled a bomb to shoot what smoke bombs, incendiary bombs, high-explosive anti-personnel grenades, whatever it was, it was a good bomb to blow up and kill people! Mortar shells generally hit the Soviet front line with hail, and the smoke billowed and the fire billowed, which barely formed a little obstacle. Mortar shells’ lethality is simply worthless to a rough-skinned tank, but if they are incendiary bombs or smoke bombs, they will still cause some trouble to the tank. Smoke bombs can cover the tank aiming device, and any high-tech aiming device is full of nonsense in front of the smoke. When the incendiary bomb explodes, it will splash out with a colloidal flame, which will certainly destroy the tank engine or fuel tank. Of course, I hope not. The big but always Soviet tank troops did not intend to take the risk to bypass the smoke screen and continue to kill, while the top artillery in the world had already escaped
The tank ran over the mortar position, and the barrel track made a gnawing groan and turned into a twist.
When the battalion commander chased the troops, his soldiers had already rushed into the minefield. He screamed at them to stop, but the shells kept falling and rumbling. Who could hear him? He bit his lip in pain and turned away to see the bloody tragedy, but-
After a few seconds.
A few seconds passed.
In a few seconds.
There was no explosion, no screams, and even the gunfire after them extended to other places. What happened to the minefield being called calm? The battalion commander was surprised to see that the good guys rushed into the minefield. None of the soldiers ran fast and rushed to the same minefield. A staff officer was about to cry. "No bombing … No mine bombing … We have hope to live!"
Why didn’t a single mine explode? The battalion commander’s eyes flashed and roared, "No fart, run! When the polar bear tank comes, I don’t think you even have a chance to die! " One foot kicked the excited staff into the minefield without looking back. With years of experience, he felt that he had stepped on several mines, but none of them rang! By the time the Soviets caught up with them, they had rushed out of the minefield and joined their own soldiers.
Can a cooked duck flap its wings and fly away?
The Soviet army rushed into the minefield without saying anything. You can walk, so can I, and it’s much more powerful than you!
However …
"Boom!"
"boom! ！”
"boom! ! ！”
The flat ground suddenly turned over, and I saw a group of scary flames, and a huge bang was too loud. -72 A heavy shock, a piece of track, turned into pieces and splashed out, and the huge body stopped. Without the track, they couldn’t go anywhere. The armored personnel were shocked by the eardrum bleeding. Before they could figure out what was going on, the anti-tank rockets slammed over. The armor was beaten and the whole body was unrecognizable. -72 was durable enough to fight, so it was okay. One of the tracks was blown off and even headed for the rocket. Self-firing British soldiers fired a long stream of bullets, sweeping the floating soil like a sickle of death, and the British anti-tank minefield obviously had an effect. Doing the opposite often got a miraculous effect. The British army did not lay mines at the front of the position this time, but laid mines in depth. Anyway, the pressure of anti-tank mines was about 100 kilograms to detonate a big man, even if it was not too lucky, it would be fine. None of them had any troops, and of course they would not be afraid of accidental injury.
Old-fashioned John Bull suddenly opened a plug-in and seemed to come, which really caught the Soviets off guard and didn’t know exactly how many mines were laid. They were a little at a loss. They were temporarily blinded and will soon recover, but that’s enough for a while. The British soldiers cheered and were already killed and wounded. The challenger main battle tank took off its disguise and appeared like a dog. The 12 mm caliber rifled gun was aimed at these bombed tanks and collapsed. There was a loud heat wave, rolling smoke and dust, and one shell came out. If Shao Jianhui saw it, he would definitely shake his head and say, "Come on, it’s composite armor. What’s wrong with your sunder armor?" Try our tungsten steel armor-piercing projectile or copper armor-piercing projectile, which can penetrate all the active tank armor in the world and cause fatal damage to the tank, making Lao Mao feel good at home! Don’t smash armor-piercing bullets. That thing is out of date. Our armor-piercing bullets are cheap and cost-effective. This is the first choice for armored soldiers. Look at your hard work to teach polar bears a discount of $5,000 a round, and buy one hundred and send more. What, your tank equipment is a rifled gun and the caliber is pitiful. Can’t you make a 122 mm caliber armor-piercing bullet? Stupid, won’t you buy our Type 6 main battle tank together? Look at old Charles, and I’ll give you a discount of $2.5 million a car! "
Even Shao Jianhui, a guy whose military attainments are a little better than recruits’ eggs, knows the effect of armor-piercing bullets on -72 effect, so it can be imagined that armor-piercing bullets are not armor-piercing bullets, and it is unlikely to penetrate tank armor.
It’s like directional blasting, the structure of the tank department is shattered to cause damage to the vehicle personnel. The principle is similar to hitting the wall with a hammer. Of course, the hammer can’t break through the wall, but whoever falls off the wall with a hammer is unlucky. The surface of the tank is destroyed by armor-piercing bullets. It seems that it’s nothing serious. The poor armored soldiers may have turned into a meat pie, which can penetrate the tofu and smash the big bluestone, but the tofu doesn’t even break the skin. However, armor-piercing bullets have a good fight against the main battle equipped with composite armor. The effect of the tank is limited, or the shock wave caused by the explosion of the armor-piercing projectile is absorbed by the second armor, and the second armor is either bulletproof resin or separable warhead. It’s okay that the special ceramics are shattered. There is also a layer that is stronger and thicker inside. With almost one exception, the rotating turret "boom" is a shot, and almost the whole tank jumped up. Just now, the challenger changed from hunter to prey. Two of them were scattered, paralyzed and burning, and the brigade commander was so distressed.
Boom boom!
A row of armor-piercing bullets exploded in the past, and those tenacious -72 cars finally stopped roaring. Together with two still-mined areas, they were also paralyzed. The armored soldiers who were still alive struggled to open the hatch to escape. The tanks and horses destined to become purgatory were smashed into a ball by dense bullets, and the Soviet army died miserably. I don’t know how many anti-tank mines did not dare to rush in easily, but relied on the sword to get a small hand. The British army seemed to want to delay, but did not launch a big counterattack. They kept firing smoke bombs at that end to cover the infantry and retreated to the preset position. Both sides froze.
Chapter 32 Polar Bear Victory (4)
"On the 11th, motorized infantry division must break through the enemy’s defense lines as soon as possible and penetrate deep into the allied forces!"
In the headquarters, Major General Borrossi Loff flew into a rage. No wonder the situation was so good that the 11th motorized infantry division was blocked by just a few anti-tank mines. Can he not get angry? Several teachers complained that the troops lost too much. I was joking to fight, and was it possible to fight against the troops with the best equipment and the highest quality in the world? What is this loss compared with the bloody war in ShiShan? What is this loss compared with what the Soviet Union is about to get?
The Soviet Union needs this great victory. If it wins this battle, the Soviet Union will completely overwhelm the old Europe, and the political benefits of Europe are incalculable. Of course, its gains are also enormous. With Belan, they get inexhaustible resources such as minerals, oil and natural gas. Of course, the Soviet Union does not need these things very much, but the Soviet Union needs to control the prices of oil and gas and metals such as copper, iron and aluminum in its own hands, so as to obtain enough things, and it is no matter how it is sold! Too expensive? If it’s too expensive, just dig for oil at the foot of your own bed. In addition to these, there is another thing that the Soviet Union must master and decide not to ask the Belan government to send troops directly. It was made clear to him that the small town called Ashanti in the west of Belan must be obtained! The boss said that all his victories would be greatly reduced if Sue didn’t get there. Hum, the East Asian monkey must have done a good job of keeping secrets himself, but he didn’t know that the world in front of Gruu and KGB was never a secret! As early as five days ago, the 32nd Desert Division had already entered Ashanti, and was confronting the Yanlong Corps Rapid Response Brigade and the Digital Infantry Brigade. I believe that it will not be long before the Yanlong Corps can be squeezed out. By then, this treasure of nature will belong to the great Soviet Union. With it, it will be easy for the Soviet Union to defeat capitalist countries!
Major-General doesn’t know how metallic hydrogen is formed underground, which makes physicists and chemists all over the world helpless, but it’s not important. The important thing is that it’s really white and mushroom clouds rising in the river city two years ago, which is evidence. I can’t blame the Chinese monkey for not doing such an important thing, but I still want to share with my master what the Soviet Union wants. It’s much easier to send troops directly, but how to get Ashanti’s hands is a politician’s business. He is determined to defeat NATO Coalition forces as soon as possible.
The huge forces of the three divisions have already launched an offensive. The Spanish foreign legion has collapsed, and the Gaul foreign legion has also been shaken. The few remaining Italian brigades have been annihilated by the 29 th Brigade, and the left and right wings of the Scottish Highland Division are half-dead.
Bitten by 14th Infantry Division and 16th Mobile Division respectively, they can’t get away from Gaul, the armored division. The Soviet Union has never paid attention to Gaul. Gaul is no longer the fierce rooster in Napoleon’s time. The Germans broke its eggs with two punches and turned it into a plague chicken. What’s the concern when it is invisible? Of course, the Soviet Union has not forgotten its hospitality. No matter how nervous the troops of the 7th armored division fight in the valley of Saint Tucson, they can’t neglect this decoy guest who once fell into the Chinese army. He just squeezed. A light infantry brigade was sent to the battlefield in the valley of Saint-Tucson. Although it was a bit like picking peaches, the Soviet Union needed their soldiers to appear in every battlefield in a victorious manner. This was politics, and the gap in strength was filled by Belan’s teaching brigade. This unit was also quite capable of fighting, and Major General’s plan was to use the hands of NATO Coalition forces to wipe out these elite divisions trained by Chinese military consultants. Now Belan people have suffered heavy losses, but it is still not the real highlight. They have to stay in the battle of San Diego when the Soviet Union defeated NATO. After the allied forces, if the NATO allied forces don’t want to be annihilated, they have to take the initiative to retreat to the holy land, Gegang, Lihai, and build a defense line to defend themselves and act as a moth to put out the fire. Desperately attacking the defense line of the allied forces, the army, navy and armed forces will be the main force of the Belan Defence Force, and the Hue campaign will be repeated in black Africa …………………………………………………..
Major-General arranged his thoughts and looked at the sand table with a cold hum. John Niu has made progress and actually acted in the opposite direction to defend against anti-tank mines in depth! The 11th motorized infantry division accidentally lost a lot of money in their main attack camp. If you want to play, I’ll play with you! Major-General Huo Ran looked up and ordered "the frontline artillery to fire gas bombs at the British minefield to destroy all anti-tank mines! Order the strategic bomber wing to drop a real bomb on the core position of the British army! "
There was a whiff of inspiration from the headquarters, and all the staff officers were shocked by the real bomb. However, the top secret weapon of the Soviet Union was just developed half a year ago, and today it has not been equipped to the troops. In the Annan War, the Chinese army was reckless, causing huge casualties and psychological pressure on the Annan army. Of course, the Soviet Union was not to be outdone. It devoted itself to the development of the explosive bomb with great enthusiasm, and with years of technical accumulation and far superior military industry system of China, it soon developed a perverted real bomb in shine on you, which weighed more than nine tons. Figure 9. It’s enough to bring one, so we can only send a field after the capture system is completed, otherwise we will call the bomber cloud to die. Now the double-headed eagle army has already withdrawn from the battlefield early, and the strength of NATO Coalition forces is about to be wiped out. What’s the scruples? Just take NATO troops to test!
A huge bomb
The plane was loaded. Figure -95 took off with a snort and rushed to the defense line of NATO Coalition forces. It escorted the NATO Coalition forces. There was not a fighter plane yet. Su-27s were often defeated and fled together. These three heavy fighters escorted the big stupid bear. However, escorting this stupid bear is a challenge to Su-27s’ patience-it will not fly fast, and then hang a big one weighing several tons. That speed is called a cow, snail and cow.
Fighters whizzed past from high altitude overlooking the square. It was a hell-like battlefield. 300,000 soldiers were fighting to the death in this not-so-open battlefield. The smoke stained the sky like a letter from a god of war. It was painted in ink. The cloudy day was full of flying flames. The destroyed chariots were blazing with flames, and the bodies were thrown everywhere. Helicopters were sticking to the treetops, and you came and played happily. The ground artillery was mostly used by Soviet artillery. The heavy artillery shells turned the NATO Coalition defense lines into erupting volcanic artillery to cover the motorized infantry division and Belan defense forces. One after another, they launched a series of attacks on the scorching death line, each time they were deathless, and the NATO Coalition forces were also forced to take out a few tenacious battles and did not retreat. Before the defense line, the dead bodies were heavy and stacked with blood all over the ground, and the flames flashed across the ground. An artificial mine must have been detonated, and an artificial mine exploded to create a 100-meter-long fire dragon at the front of the position. It was lucky to be killed. The worst thing was that those who were not killed, their eyeballs burst at a high temperature, and their skin carbonized and ran like a fly with a fire. If the plane flew a little lower, it was not difficult to see that not only infantry but also several Soviet armored vehicles and a -62 tank were covered by fire, and there were cries of despair in the car. Maybe the people inside were screaming for help, but who could save them? They are destined to be roasted alive!
It was the commander of Belan’s 3rd Infantry Division who was devastated by artificial thunder. He looked through a telescope at the soldier who was struggling and squirming in the fire. His lips moved and he couldn’t speak. He launched a total of 17 attacks and was stubbornly repelled by a group of Scottish Highland Division. Seventeen casualties made him want to cry. This time, it was blood, but it was blown back by artificial thunder temporarily arranged by Scottish Highland Division. It was only two years since the Belan Defence Force was formally established. It’s not that thick. It’s not the same level as these old-fashioned powerhouses. Can it not be a disadvantage to recklessly?
The signalman came running with a newspaper. "Report to the General Staff!"
The teacher didn’t turn his head back to "Read!"
The signalman whispered, "Order your department to break the face-to-face enemy for 24 hours and cooperate with the Soviet 11th motorized infantry division to advance into the enemy’s depth. No mistakes or violations of military discipline are allowed!"
Teacher huo
Looking back, he said, "Twenty-four hours to break a regiment of the Scottish Highland Division? Ask the General Staff Department what is the basis for recognizing that our division can smash the enemy face to face 24 hours a day? ! Damn it, the casualties of our division have exceeded 20%! "
The signalman didn’t dare to speak and ran away. The sky rumbled and many soldiers cheered "airplane! Soviet plane! "
The teacher stared at the sky and was dissatisfied with the Soviets for a moment. It seemed to him that the Soviets were not fighting for Belan, but deliberately wasting the Wehrmacht! Every time there are any hard bones, let the Wehrmacht chew behind them. The Wehrmacht won all the way, yes, but the casualties were great and the losses were real. They were all veterans with strict training and actual combat experience. The rapid consumption of these veterans has greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the Wehrmacht! The Soviets, who knew nothing about tactics, would push hard on the front line. Every time they killed a river of blood, the enemy was terrified and lost a lot of money. Belan couldn’t afford such a battle!
We can’t fight like this any more. We must change our tactics, otherwise it is very likely that we will defeat the enemy and the Belan Defence Force will also collapse …
The slight vibration of the earth interrupted the teachers’ meditation. The big stupid bear dropped a bomb, which was close to a ten-ton giant bomb. It fell several kilometers high and smashed the core kinetic energy of the allied defense line, which made the ground shake far away. However, compared with the explosive power of several tons of heavy explosives at the same time, this small vibration was simply a pediatrician. The officers and men of the 3 rd Division saw a mushroom cloud rushing up with horror. They could spit out the air part in the lungs on their faces, even if they choked to death, they would not take another breath! The core of the allied defense line has been shrouded in smoke and fire, and nothing can be seen. If they can see it, it is estimated that these simple soldiers will vomit.
All life in a radius of 300 meters was exposed by instantaneous evaporation. Outside the bunker, NATO soldiers turned to dust without even a hair left, but the soldiers in the bunker turned into a charcoal column or a mass of meat sauce! Even people who are far away are not much better. If they are swept by the explosion wave, they will either be dirty, burst and bleed, or their eyeballs will disappear! People hiding more than ten or twenty meters deep have a hard time climbing out of the tunnel. The first problem is that there is no gas. When the real bomb explodes, it sucks up all the gas. It’s good to die and stay in this range. People have suffocated and died, and their lungs have been hit hard. After the explosion, the core defense line was dead and absolutely silent, and the last procedure of transforming the explosion center into the moon was completed …
Chapter 33 Polar Bear Victory (5)
If an old friend sees Lieutenant General Dawn at this time, I’m afraid it’s hard to recognize him for a while. The adult who once held the command of the European Coalition forces has long since ceased to go out in high spirits. During this time, he has lost a whole body, wearing a brand-new general and covered with a layer of dust. His face wrinkles are deeper and denser, and his waist seems to be overwhelmed. It’s a great pressure to crush him. This expedition to Wan Li is not as smooth as London and Paris imagined. Belanbi imagined that Belan’s allies were stronger than they imagined. Much tougher, the allied forces met with extremely tenacious resistance on the shore. China’s intransigence forced the allied forces to fight carefully and let China find an excuse for interference. For other countries, China’s interference may be nothing, but it is fatal for Britain. Hong Kong, a land that once witnessed the glory of the British Empire in Asia, has now become a bargaining chip in the hands of China. What’s more, it is a gesture of playing a military exercise by the Shenzhen River at any time, which makes the Hong Kong garrison panic. To put it bluntly, those garrisons are Chinese hands, and they can be pinched as they like. If China finds an excuse, The intervention of the Soviet Union made the allied forces in a more difficult situation and faced with the danger of division. Everyone knows what they came for. Belan’s interests are huge, but they are not big enough to offend the world’s second child and third kill at the same time! If it weren’t for the fear of the boss, several countries had publicly announced their withdrawal-less Italian brigades would be the first to withdraw to their roots, so it wouldn’t be hard to fight.