CHAPTER 646: CHAPTER 311: [WAGNER’S ‘HUMAN WAVE’ TACTICS]

At this moment.

The troops flying the Free Star Cluster’s banner were holding position in Bakhmut.

Meanwhile, the mercenary group from the Russian Federation was using the ruins to engage in a firefight with the Free Star Cluster Federation’s forces.

The location of the firefight between the two sides was an abandoned factory.

Viewed from a high altitude perspective.

The mercenaries, wearing a mix of uniforms and lacking heavy firepower support, gathered at a gap in a collapsed wall, waiting silently for orders.

As personnel assembled.

The leading mercenary commander waved his hand, and a group of mercenaries quickly darted out from the gap in the wall, spreading out and advancing in leaps, covering each other in a fearless charge towards the opposite side.

Surrounding a five-story building where the Free Star Cluster Federation soldiers were holding out in front.

The firefight between both sides was exceptionally fierce.

One could see that every second, people from the Russian Federation’s mercenary organization called ’Wagner’ were falling on the charge, yet no one retreated.

Relying on sheer numbers, they pushed forward to the base of the five-story building.

This scene.

The officers of the newly arrived Free Star Cluster Special Operations Brigade gasped:

"Hiss—"

"Are these guys not afraid of death?"

"Have these people been brainwashed?"

"This is unbelievable, throwing their lives onto the line."

The other officers discussed.

Seeing those fearless mercenaries, everyone was somewhat puzzled.

Because according to their understanding.

Mercenaries are definitely in it for the money, and since it’s for money, they should be more concerned about their lives than professionals.

Yet these mercenaries were filling the battle line with their lives.

Since when did mercenaries become so selfless?

Meanwhile, Chief of Staff Carlson was reviewing the discussion records from the comment section beside the scenario livestream, and quickly, Carlson spoke up:

"Those mercenaries aren’t ordinary mercenaries."

Upon hearing this.

The others were a bit confused.

Are there special types of mercenaries?

Carlson looked at the discussion records in the comment section and said:

"The Russian Federation’s mercenary organization members are vicious criminals selected from various local prisons."

"According to normal law, they would be imprisoned for life."

"But with a bit of training and participating in frontline combat, they can be released without charges if they survive for six months."

The other Free Star Cluster officers in the conference room were a bit stunned.

Can they do that?

However, some found something wrong:

"But that’s not right."

"Chief of Staff, in this case, shouldn’t these people be more afraid of death?"

"After all, if they hold on for six months, they are released."

Carlson shook his head, watching the intense battle on the screen:

"Do you think at this level of intensity, how many can survive for six months?"

"And do you really think the Russian Federation isn’t prepared?"

"If these criminals disobey orders and are afraid of death, their outcome would be more brutal."

"So even if ordered to charge without weapons."

"These criminals dare not defy orders.

"This situation is too difficult."

Finishing his statement, Carlson glanced at the already surrounded Free Star Cluster team.

Under the fearless charge of the opposing mercenary group, this five-story building was already surrounded, and the death of the team inside was only a matter of time.

The Russian Federation was ruthless.

Exchanging the lives of criminals for those of regular troops here.

The key is that losing regular troops is distressing, but most of the mercenary group over there consists of criminals, they were already headed for death, so whether they die or not doesn’t matter.

There is no remorse at all, they even use this fearless human wave tactic to continually compress the survival space of the Free Star Cluster Federation soldiers in Bakhmut.

Carlson pondered for a moment, knitting his brows tightly.

This method is shameless.

But it’s also unsolvable.

The Free Star Cluster Federation’s forces are here acting as the Ukraine Federation’s soldiers, but according to tactics here from Blue Star’s side, there is no way to deal with such attrition.

Why?

The other side is not afraid of attrition.

These are all criminals.

Simply put, without this war, these criminals would be imprisoned for life.

They are the kind who waste air just by being alive.

But now pulling them out for attrition, even using a hundred criminals in exchange for a house’s occupation is worth it.

Because those criminals inherently have no value.

Using those valueless things to exchange for strategically significant houses is pure profit without cost.

And among these criminals.

Consider how serious the crimes must be for a life sentence.

Including many hooligans.

A regular soldier from the Free Star Cluster could perhaps face two or three hooligans evenly, but when a group of hooligans pushes forward recklessly, fewer numbers are simply no match.

Even if there are more people, fighting them is disadvantageous.

Swapping the lives of a group of hooligans for a regular army, it’s obvious which side is at a loss.

The battle in the scenario continues.

Carlson slides the view.

At the edge of Bakhmut, the Free Star Cluster Federation’s forces and the mercenary group have reached a white-hot stage, with conflicts occurring nearly everywhere.

And the opponent’s ’human wave’ tactic was also working.

The mercenaries were emerging from everywhere; their formations were not adhering to any tactical discipline, yet there were so many that the Free Star Cluster Federation’s soldiers could not cover every battlefield.

One slight negligence.

And they’d be caught in an ambush by a mercenary popping up from a corner.

In a room on the fourth floor of a building.

A Free Star Cluster soldier, using a machine gun to sweep the mercenaries on the opposite side, suddenly stumbled, his machine gun falling silent instantly, and Carlson followed the sound of the gunfire to look.