Munitions Empire

Chapter 1235: Shen Army’s Counterattack 1155

Shan Lu didn’t plan to let the 2nd Infantry Division defend the western positions on its own. Judging from the troop deployments, he tried his best to place two divisions in each direction, indicating that he initially intended to station two divisions for defense in the west.

However, the 5th Infantry Division, which he planned to station in the west, landed quite late because most of the available transport capacity had been allocated to Shan Lu’s prized possession: the Orc Army’s main force, the 1st Armored Division.

Late that night, the 5th Infantry Division was finally sent ashore. After drifting at sea for two days, the Orc soldiers were utterly exhausted and could only stay put to rest and recover.

As a result, the 5th Infantry Division ended up as the reserve force and was temporarily placed to the left of the 1st Armored Division, closer to the area defended by the 2nd Infantry Division.

However, they were still approximately 8 kilometers away from the 2nd Infantry Division. Including the division commander, the 5th Infantry Division soldiers who had landed all fell asleep around 3 a.m.

Why didn’t Shan Lu rush to have the 5th Infantry Division rendezvous with the 2nd Infantry Division? Because, looking at the map, the direction defended by the 2nd Infantry Division wasn’t a principal one.

Judging from the landing area, attacking eastward essentially meant heading toward Shendu. By logic, Shendu should be the primary defensive direction for Mirage Country.

If Mirage Country were to launch a counterattack, it would most likely come from this direction. Thus, Shan Lu positioned the newly landed, fully staffed 3rd and 8th Infantry Divisions in this direction.

The northern 1st Infantry Division has the strongest combat power. However, they also suffered the most losses during the landing, so Shan Lu ordered them to defend in place while reinforcing them with the 6th Infantry Division. The formation there was relatively stable.