Chapter 755: The First Air Raid in the Wilderness
A scuffle in front of Guiping Pass finally ended with Li Mu's cavalry Mingjin retreating. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
After the war, the battlefield was in shambles.
With the Spiral Cavalry Assault Tactics, Li Mu successfully took out two P1 guns. This is the extreme that Li Mu can do, and he is powerless for the remaining six artillery.
In this battle alone, more than 4,000 cavalrymen were killed.
Similarly, more than 2,500 mountain barbarian warriors were completely buried here.
The spiral cavalry assault tactic is tantamount to a suicidal tactic, killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000 yourself. Even so, after this battle, Li Mu will also be famous in the wilderness.
Without him, it was only because Li Mu provided a way of thinking for the wilderness army, a feasible tactic to solve the artillery through cavalry. The P1 artillery gun against Shanhai City finally has a way to crack it.
The premise is just how much sacrifice you want to make.
When the P1 artillery first showed its might in the Battle of Xuanwu Pass, the Wilderness Lord was terrified, and the observers of the military divisions of various territories shouted one after another: "The wolf is coming!" ”
Some people even asserted that with the existence of the P1 artillery, any fortified fortress would be a void in front of the army of Shanhai City, and it would not be able to stop the attack of the army of Shanhai City in the slightest.
In the war against Shanhai City, the only chance to win is to seek a decisive battle outside the city. The traditional tactic of "defending the city" will be overshadowed by the P1 artillery.
The [Yanhuang League] did not hesitate to invest huge sums of money to step up the tackling and upgrading of existing artillery technology.
Now Li Mu gave a different answer.
"Amazing, really amazing!" Han Xin couldn't help but applaud Li Mu's genius idea, and then his expression changed, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and he said lightly: "However, that's the end of it." ”
"Pass the order, the shelling continues!"
"No!"
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The sound of artillery fire sounded again, pouring fire on Guiping Pass.
Strangely, no matter how the artillery bombarded, the city did not react at all. After half an hour of shelling, there was a dead silence at the head of Guiping Pass.
"My lord, the enemy won't retreat, will they?" The adjutant asked.
The adjutant general was obviously worried that the scene of the withdrawal of troops from Xuanwu Pass would be staged again.
Han Xin shook his head and said confidently, "Impossible." Guiping Pass is the last barrier, and once the enemy army withdraws, it is tantamount to directly abandoning Guilin County. ”
"What then?"
"The enemy has apparently abandoned the city's defenses and is ready to fight us in the city. Tell the order to go down and let the artillery aim at the city, and sweep the side first. Then the 1st Division was the vanguard, and the 2nd Division was responsible for the response and attacked the city. Remind the two divisions to be cautious and beware of fraud in the city. ”
Han Xin had a deep understanding of Li Mu's cunning. The other party's abandonment of city defense is not only a helpless move, but also a very smart approach.
As the saying goes, there is a give-and-take.
In the face of artillery attacks, Li Mu simply chose to give up the battle line. This move is to retreat into advance, and at once pull the two sides to the same level again.
Moreover, fighting in the city, the coalition forces also occupied the geographical advantage.
There is a reason why it is helpless. Li Mu's move is clever, but it is also quite risky, once the battle in the city is not held, Guiping Pass will completely fall.
luring wolves into the house, but there is also a danger of being eaten by wolves.
Facts have proved that Li Mu has made careful preparations for this battle, no wonder he dared to make bold statements before the war.
As soon as the First Division entered the fortress, they were stunned when they saw the scene in front of them. In addition to a section of the city wall that was bombarded into ruins by artillery, the area further away was directly converted into a "trap camp" by the coalition forces.
Based on existing buildings such as streets and houses, the coalition forces carried out extensive renovation of the fortress, setting countless traps. The rejection of horses and arrow towers are all pediatrics, and the big potholes on the streets, and the hidden crossbow machines on the roofs are the most infiltrating.
On both sides of the quiet streets, the devil knows how many archers were in ambush.
If you really want to attack like this, I am afraid that you will suffer heavy losses.
"Someone, report the situation to the Commander." The division commander Liao Kai did not act impulsively.
"No!"
When Han Xin got the news, he couldn't cry or laugh.
"Is this necessary?"
Han Xin was a little speechless to Li Mu, what kind of obsession is this, to do this.
Li Mu set a trap to block the attack of the First Army, but it was only suspended, and in the end it was still unable to reverse the tide of the battle and achieve decisive results.
The diplomatic offensive launched by Shanhai City has long been shaking the will of the two major city-states. Winning Guiping Pass is just building momentum for diplomatic activities and increasing the bargaining chips for lobbying.
Who would have thought that Li Mu would be so paranoid.
"Do you have to drag the two armies into the quagmire of war completely?" Han Xin was speechless.
As a god general, Han Xin not only fights, but also knows how to think about problems from the overall situation. Han Xin was very aware of the strategic purpose of attacking Guiping Pass, so he was even more unwilling to pay for this battle, and the sacrifice was too great.
"It seems that there is only one trick!" A cold light flashed in Han Xin's eyes, "The herald order is to wither the Fortress Flying Team and bomb Guiping Pass early tomorrow morning." ”
"No!" The herald turned away.
The purple magnet worn by Ouyang Shuo can derive one blue magneto stone and two green magnetos every month, and the green magnetos can drive the mimic aircraft.
Since leaving Atlantis, Ouyang Shuo has saved three blue magnetos and six green magnetos. These magnetos are all used to form air flying teams.
When Zheng He led the ocean-going fleet back to the port of Gibraltar to station, under the instructions of Ouyang Shuo, he purchased twelve mimic aircraft from Atlantis City at one time.
As soon as the Battle of Chibi ended, twelve mimic aircraft were transported to a secret base in the Lianzhou Basin. The General Administration of Military Affairs recruited the first batch of pilots in Shanhai City in the army to train at this air base.
Two months have passed, and the air flying team secretly formed by Shanhai City is finally about to appear in the wilderness. For the first appearance, he chose the northern battlefield.
As early as the Battle of Xuanwuguan, Han Xin applied to the General Military Affairs Administration for a temporary secondment of the air flying team. Taking into account the requirements of actual combat testing, the General Administration of Military Affairs agreed to Han Xin's application.
The battle of Xuanwuguan was progressing smoothly, and the air flying team did not have a chance to appear on stage.
At this moment, it is finally time to reveal the true body.
Before the flight team arrived at the front line, Han Xin ordered the 1st and 2nd Divisions to temporarily evacuate Guiping Pass, officially announcing the end of the first day of fighting.
That night, the First Legion set up camp in the field and stayed overnight.
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October 29, early in the morning.
Facing the morning light, the defenders of Guipingguan Fortress, who were still asleep, suddenly heard a roar. Before they could react, special "incendiary bombs" fell from high altitude and exploded.
This incendiary bomb is a "bomb" specially developed by the No. 7 Research Institute for mimic aircraft, which is naturally incomparable with the incendiary bomb in modern warfare, but it is small and easy to carry.
A mimic vehicle can carry ten incendiary bombs, and one incendiary bomb is enough to set a house on fire.
The flying team, composed of nine mimic aircraft, threw all the "incendiary bombs" into Guiping Pass in just 10 minutes, and then began to return home.
Once you're back at the wither fortress for resupply, the next round of "air strikes" will arrive as scheduled.
Although the incendiary bombs made of the soil method are not as lethal as modern incendiary bombs, they are enough to ignite all the easily burning targets such as horses, arrow towers, thatched, wooden houses, etc.
Because there is no aiming device, the newly trained flying squadron is completely based on experience, and it is naturally a mess, and it is still one in the east and one in the west.
When I change to a modern officer, I am afraid that I will be eliminated completely.
Even so, for an ancient army like the coalition army, it is enough to be frightened. The psychological impact caused is unprecedented.
What's more, the ambush soldiers who were hiding in the thatch were burned by an incendiary bomb, and their buttocks were on fire.
Because of this unprecedented attack method, the entire coalition army was in chaos. The sparkling firelight spread throughout the fortress, and it was spectacular.
"Extinguish the fire, extinguish the fire!"
A dignified regular army, instantly transformed into a fire fighting team.
Li Mu was patrolling back and forth in the city, his face gloomy and terrifying. He had no idea that the enemy had such unheard of weapons of war in addition to artillery.
For the first time, Li Mu lost faith in the war.
Before the garrison of the fortress could recover from its senses, there was another roar in the air. The flying team went back and forth, and with the first throwing experience, the second round of air strikes became accurate.
The fire, which had not yet been extinguished, was blazing again.
When the allied soldiers saw it, they really wanted to cry without tears.
"Big brother, don't play like this!"
This went back and forth three times, and it was already noon.
The flight team regarded this air raid mission as a flight training, and used Guipingguan as a live target, dropping incendiary bombs again and again, bringing nightmares to the enemy.
The endless bombardment completely crushed the will of the coalition forces.
To make matters worse, the fire inside the fortress grew stronger and stronger, and it seemed that it could not be extinguished. If you stay any longer, you will really have to live and die with the fortress.
"General, withdraw the troops!" The adjutant general looked at the chief general's dark face and said cautiously, "If you keep going, the last general is worried that the troops will bomb the camp, and it will not end well." ”
In fact, the fact that the soldiers of the coalition army have been able to hold on until now is the credit of Li Mu. It was the prestige that Li Mu established in the army that prevented the officers and men of the coalition army from collapsing on the spot.
But even so, there is a limit to being strong.
Li Mu looked lonely, and said bitterly: "I know, order the withdrawal of the army!" ”
The defeat of this battle is not a crime of war.
It is precisely because of this that Li Mu is even more aggrieved, and he now really feels that how powerful Shanhai City is, it is not just a military gap.
A sense of powerlessness rose in Li Mu's heart, and no matter how hard he tried and what kind of novel tactics he came up with, he couldn't withstand the bombardment of the enemy.
Li Mu felt that after he went back, it was necessary for him to make up more classes.