64. Gorge Fortress

Although the Fascist Kingdom is a country that belongs to the Southern Continent, it is actually located in the southeast of the Miracle Continent.

Before the fall of the Kingdom of Dabiang, the fascist kingdom bordered the Kingdom of Dabiang in the southwest, the Duchy of Equiri and the Forest of Rios in the southeast, close to the Eresian region, and the northeast bordered the eastern empire of the Chuanas Empire - because of the shameful history of being trampled by the iron hooves of the Chaynas Empire, and even almost destroyed, the fascist kingdom has always stationed a large number of troops here, accounting for almost half of the military strength of the entire fascist kingdom.

However, since the Kingdom of Dabiang was annexed by the Duchy of Lane, the Fascist Kingdom also invested six legions on the southern border: the Third and Fourth Frontier Armies were mainly responsible for the southeastern defense line with Vangersburg as the forward base; The 1st, 2nd, and 5th Frontier Armies were stationed in the southwestern defense line, maintaining a standoff with the 10th Army of the Kingdom of Lane and the private army of the Duke of Black Mandala's domain.

As for the 6th Frontier Army, it is a highly mobile reinforcement garrison, stationed in the middle of the southwest and southeast defense lines, and this army can rush to the aid as soon as the war on either side is urgent.

At this moment, the Sixth Frontier Army, which was unexpectedly involved in a power struggle in the royal capital and failed to become a victim, had received an urgent order from the royal capital and rushed to Van Gesberg for reinforcements. Because the main force of the Void Principality, which had not moved, suddenly moved three days ago, and the march was extremely fast, obviously heading for Van Gesburg, so the military affairs department of the royal capital demanded that the Sixth Frontier Army must arrive at Van Gesburg within three days.

And this. This meant that the 6th Frontier Army had to march for more than 20 hours a day in order to reach Van Gesberg within three days.

The whole legion. are full of resentment.

But they also know that they are victims of political power struggles. There aren't too many options.

However, it is precisely because they are victims that their intelligence channels are naturally equal to none. Therefore, it was not clear to this corps that by this time the southeastern line of defense of the fascist kingdom was already in a state of erosion.

The 3rd Border Guard, almost annihilated.

The autonomous force force was taken by Lu Xiu'an. After the vanguard led by Bloodhoof was defeated, Lu Xiu'an, after realizing the cooperation and growth of his own and others' combat strength, turned to sweep up the Third Frontier Army, which was no longer able to form an encirclement network. Because after the loss of the main force, the remaining troops of the 3rd Frontier Army were in addition to 10,000 heavy cavalry. The remaining 60,000 people are infantry, and this time, in order to form an encirclement network as soon as possible, these 60,000 infantry distributed from different directions are basically light infantry equipment, plus the designated encirclement points make it impossible for these troops to gather together at all, so it also gives Lu Xiu'an the possibility of breaking through.

In just 10 days after the main force of the Third Frontier Army was almost completely annihilated, the other encirclement network units of the Third Frontier Army were attacked to varying degrees, especially the Third and Fourth Routes, and a total of 20,000 troops were wiped out. The second and fifth armies are relatively large in size. Therefore, it was only heavily damaged, but not completely annihilated, and the sixth road was lucky to avoid being heavily damaged because it was relatively close to the main force of the fourth frontier army.

Afterwards. After eliminating more than 65,000 people of the Third Frontier Army, Lu Xiuan successfully joined up with Rollo and Younis, who had evacuated in advance, and then this vanguard army, which could also be regarded as a heavy loss, quickly withdrew outside the borders of the fascist kingdom.

Three thousand Highland Elves. In the end, less than a hundred survived, and the deputy commander of the vanguard army, Saatchi Grotel. Die.

Of the 5,000 leopard men, less than 1,000 survived. The leader of the troops, Atrom, was seriously wounded and fell unconscious.

Of the five thousand werewolves, less than a hundred survived, and the leader of the troops, Karfens, was killed in battle.

The Rabbit Girl and Catwoman tribes, too, each had only a few hundred people left, and the only fortunate thing was that Eunice and Rollo were both still alive - in fact, if it weren't for Lucian. If Bloodhoof had successfully arrived, this weak team, which had evacuated in advance but unfortunately had an encounter with the 4th Route of the 3rd Frontier Army, would have been completely annihilated.

The only one who can still keep the establishment intact is Lu Xiu'an. Centaur troops of Bloodhoof.

Long-range strike operations and the fact that they are basically light infantry are too great an advantage for centaur troops.

Of the 30,000 men in the vanguard, only 17,400 were able to return.

However, when the vanguard army began to withdraw from the territory of the fascist kingdom, William had already received the relevant news, and immediately ordered the army to be drawn - both to attack Van Gesberg and to meet the vanguard army.

In addition to reinforcing the front line of defense, the main purpose of the Fascist Kingdom ordering the Sixth Frontier Army to rush to the aid of Vangersburg was to cooperate with the Fourth Frontier Army to completely annihilate this vanguard army within the borders of the Fascist Kingdom.

It's just that all this is just the whims of the fascist kingdom.

In terms of timing, the army of the Void Principality, which was the first to advance, had a great advantage - the prepared side and the side that received the short notice were completely inconsistent in terms of the time of gathering and setting off. In addition, in order to ensure that the Sixth Frontier Army could still maintain its combat effectiveness after arriving at Van Gesberg as soon as possible, of course, it was impossible to really march for twenty hours a day, and the army would absolutely not be able to withstand this intensity of attrition.

According to the rules of the military department, the "three days" time usually refers to the "four days and three nights" marching time, so there is a certain amount of room adjustment in time.

Therefore, as a result, the army of the Void Duchy under William's command arrived at Van Gesberg a day and a half earlier than the Sixth Frontier Army, and immediately engaged in a siege of the fortress - unlike the previous occupation and siege, William seemed to have no need to occupy this bridgehead at all, so he used a complete blow of annihilation. In just half a day, Van Gesberg was reduced to ruins.

At this point, all the big people who are watching this battlefield in the Southern Continent. They all received the results they wanted.

And these people who received the results of the battle report also understood the huge potential and value of the wild land for the first time. It's just a pity. Now this place with the most value and potential has completely become a vassal of the Void Duchy. This has also made it clear to many countries that they must adjust themselves: either to adjust their attitude towards the Void Principality, or to adjust their domestic military rectification.

Because new forms and tactics of warfare have emerged.

……

By the time Sean received William's letter, he had already arrived at Gorge Fortress.

The commander of this fortress today is Stalin of the First Advance Corps.

This former young general has now grown a beard and a mustache, and his whole person looks a lot more mature, coupled with the temperament cultivated by the high position and habitual tactics he is in now. It also made Stalin's whole person show a calm and mountain-like temperament. In the Duchy of the Void, and even in the Kingdom of Lane, there are not many people who know Stalin's reputation, but those who really know his achievements will sincerely praise him as the "Wall of the Void".

At that time, in the early days of the war against Dabiang, the most difficult was the early stage of the southern battlefield before the national war broke out. At that time, Sean, who was only in the territory of Panda, needed to face an army of more than 100,000 southern nobles of Dabiang, although he had an excellent strategic plan, but the most critical in this strategic plan were the two battlefields located in the valley hills and back valley hills.

The former did not have the aid of Aldolf's lightning invasion and the last straw that crushed the entire Kiraf's defense, Nock. Then the strategic layout of the valleys and hills is a joke, and even on the contrary, it will allow the enemy's army to completely drive straight in, so it is impossible to fight the later national war.

However, if the strategic significance of the former is extremely important, it depends on whether the strategic layout of the former can be successfully implemented. That is the stubborn defense of the hills of the valley.

With 4,000 troops, hold back 15,000 fully equipped enemy troops for a week.

This difficulty is no less than that of a third-level army facing an attack by a sixth-level army. Because the defenders at that time did not have any support at all.

Stalin, however, held on.

Or it can't be said to be kept. After all, in the end, nearly 5,000 enemy troops broke through the defensive line and entered the valley hills from the back valley hills. However, Stalin, who had held the enemy for five days, could still be regarded as a brilliant record - albeit in the end. His First Legion had less than thirty men left, and it was only after Nock's rescue that he was able to get out of trouble. But after this battle, everyone knew that as long as Stalin was in charge of the defensive line, he would not want to break through his defense zone without more than three times the number of troops, and if he was stationed in a large fortification such as a fortress, it would even require more than ten times the number of troops.

Back then, he just shouted "The Wall of Panda Ling" in his dreams, but he didn't expect that one day, he would win the honor of "Wall of the Void".

And I'm afraid it won't be long before this honor of his will be upgraded again and become the "wall of the empire".

Gorge Fortress, the regular garrison is 50,000 people, although this legion is called the first legion to the outside world, but in the legion registry of the Void Principality, the name of this legion is "Iron Wall Wings", and "Steel Wings" are the two most representative legions of the Void Principality that are good at defensive warfare - but they are not as famous as the Steel Wings, and they are also the only two legions with a size of 50,000 people in the Void Principality, and the president is Stalin. Grad.

The surname Grad was given to Stalin by Sean, so the Fortress of the Gorge is often called "Stalingrad Fortress" or "Wall of the Void".

Sean knew why Neil had arranged to meet with the Knights of the Dark Moon Spear in this fortress.

But knowing that he knows, Sean still thinks Neil is making some fuss.

He and Elsie are old friends, so he doesn't think Elsie would do anything to hurt him. This can be seen from the fact that Elsie did not lead the Darkmoon Spear to the Millennium Covenant Empire, but directly detoured to his side to find himself - he already knew that the leader of the Darkmoon Spear Knights was none other than Elsie. Boulder.

Sean gently put down the battle report that William had sent to Hela, and then Hela sent to herself.

At this time, he was in the operational command room of the Gorge Fortress.

There were only three people in this classified room, which contained a strategic map of the entire area of the three kilometers near the fortress.

One is Sean and the other is Stalin. The other was a middle-aged man wearing an eyepatch in his left eye, which very "appropriately" covered the hideous scar on his face that crossed his left eye from his forehead. Stalin called him Sain, and the hideous scar on his face was made to save him.

"The Ryan border should have started to move, right?" Sean after putting down the battle report. He said, "Judging from the time when William sent this battle report, he should have fought with the Sixth Frontier Guard of the Fascist Kingdom by now, right?" ”

"According to intelligence, the Duke of Black Mandala has officially marched to the fascist kingdom with the Marquis of Rome and the Duke of Tequila, the first frontier army has been routed on all fronts, and the second and fifth border guards are about to be unable to withstand the pressure of the Lane coalition army, but the fascist kingdom has officially protested to the Lane Kingdom and condemned the invasion of the Lane Kingdom." The answer to Sean's question was Sain, now the deputy head of the Iron Wall Wings, "But the news from the Lane Kingdom is also a bit strange. ”

"Oh?" Sean raised an eyebrow. "If it's weird?"

"The third prince Arlan and the fourth princess Fursith fully supported Lane's invasion of the fascist kingdom, and had begun to exert their influence to fully influence the Provisional Council, preparing to order the mobilization of legions and noble private armies to participate in the war. But the fifth prince, Grayne, was very opposed to the move, while the eldest prince, Adams, remained silent. ”

"It's weird." Sean frowned slightly, "If the fourth princess Furcys fully supports it, I'm not very surprised, after all, the fourth princess has Asuna by her side." But His Royal Highness Prince Arlan actually joined forces with the fourth princess, which is a bit subtle, and it seems that the two should have reached some kind of agreement. …… It is also reasonable for the fifth prince, Greine, to oppose it. He wants to fight for the succession to the throne, especially when he sees Prince Arlan and Princess Vercis joining forces, so he must object anyway. On the contrary, Prince Adams's silence is really very strange. ”

"So about ...... matter"

"Don't bother." Sean shook his head. "Anyway, no matter what Ryan does, it will have nothing to do with us after this battle, and it is already the general trend to break away from the Ryan Kingdom and become an empire. No one can stop it. …… But you should be careful of the trouble on the side of the Peace Council and Deaththorn, we are now fighting on four fronts. Especially you. Stalin, I believe you should be well aware of your importance. ”

Hear Sean's reminder. Stalin also looked a little more serious, he nodded to show that he understood, but there was still a smile on his face: "Don't worry, Lord Sean, the Gorge Fortress is definitely far more heavily guarded than you imagined." And...... Neil also sent the Void Wings, and now the fortress is truly impregnable. ”

Sean knew that although the Gorge Fortress claimed to be 50,000 defenders on the surface, it was actually more than 50,000 defenders.

In addition to the 50,000 men of the regular garrison legions, Stalin also had an additional 5,000 guardsmen: the Iron Shield. In addition, because the Gap Fortress has a secret laboratory and a secret passage to the underground world, there is also an underground inhabitant army summoned by Hatting and Rotikabas out of nowhere: the Earth Shadow Blade, and the Crypt Spider Force controlled by Sheena.

At this moment, coupled with the fact that it was concocted by William and Neil himself, it can be said that it is Sean's exclusive personal guard: Void Wings - this army has been stationed in the Void City for a long time, responsible for protecting Neil, this time because of the ignorance of the Dark Moon Spear, plus Sean can now be said to be the most hated target of many organizations and forces, and several super powerhouses are not around, so Neil let the Void Wings immediately rush over to protect - the current Gorge Fortress alone has a huge garrison of 100,000 people, and it is all over the entire fortress in all corners, shadows, The area is impregnable in the true sense of the word.

But Sean still thinks it's really a bit of a fuss.

On the surface, it seems that there is indeed no super strong person around him, but in fact, as long as Tungsten Ramo is there, he is equivalent to being in a state of being protected by super strong people anytime and anywhere - the Chaos Portal is not an ornament, although this portal has many restrictions and requirements, but it is the absolute most advantageous and most suitable portal for a group of super strong people to operate.

Unlike ordinary portals, it requires accurate coordinate positioning, power transmission and stable passage before it can be shuttled over ultra-long distances.

Tungsten Ramo's Chaos Portal can be opened in seconds - although it can only be opened by Tungsten Ramo's side, as long as Sean needs it, Tungsten Ramo can open the portal next to Sean as soon as possible, and then immediately rush to help. As long as Sean didn't die in the first blow, Tungsten Ramo could have teleported him and Kokilei first, and then opened a door to find Alexis, and then teleported with Alexis to achieve a complete convergence of the three super powers.

However, Sean knew that this was the reason why William, Neil, and Hella were all extremely concerned about him, so he could only accept Neil and the others' arrangements.

"How long will it take for the Darkmoon Spear to arrive?" Sean pulled away from the topic and asked, "It's been a month, hasn't it?" ”

"According to the information from the Void Realm the day before yesterday, it is estimated that it will only be one or two days." Stalin spoke, "Administrator Neil means not to let the Darkmoon Spear enter the fortress......"

Before Stalin could finish speaking, Sean had already interrupted: "No need, I still know very well about Elsie, he will definitely not have any thoughts of harm to me." When the time comes, you free up an area inside the fortress for his troops to be stationed...... Remember, put away all the eyes around the area, I don't want Elsie to misunderstand anything. ”

Stalin glanced at Sainz a little helplessly, and seeing Sean's resolute attitude, the two of them could only nod helplessly.

"Alright, now take me to see how the underground passage is arranged." (To be continued.) )