Seventy-six, the flames of war (3)
Nicholas couldn't figure out what Xuantian wanted to do, what was the purpose of constantly increasing troops to the east and west? He felt that his head hurt, he didn't know how many troops Xuantian had, he didn't know how much strength Xuantian still had in his hands, if he gathered the strength in his hands, Nicholas still had the ability to eat the two lines of troops of the orcs, but the problem was that if there was still a large army in Xuantian's hands, if he transferred the army away from the eastern front, the consequences would be troublesome, so he just sent reinforcements to the two lines very carefully, but the main army still did not move.
As one of the three deputy commanders of this war, the commander of the Second Cavalry Regiment, Dilly St. Eros, was very puzzled by Nicholas's defensive strategy, and he couldn't help it, and asked: "Nicholas, why do you always make such a move? We can send a large army to kill the troops of the Orcs on the eastern or western front as quickly as possible." "Uncle Dieley. Because Dilly and Nicholas's father are the same generation, and the personal relationship is also good, Nicholas has always called these elders uncle, "My biggest headache now is not the battle on the front line, but two headaches, the first is what Xuantian wants to do, and the second is how many troops Xuantian has in his hands." If these two issues are not clear for a day, I can only defend passively like this. β
Dilly is also a person who knows the army, of course he understands, but he said: "Nicholas, your idea is right, it's just that if it goes on like this, our army is so passive, it will also have a great impact on morale, otherwise I will lead the troops to a tentative attack, how about it?" "No, Uncle Dilly." This kind of temptation is meaningless, there are fewer troops to go out, Xuantian doesn't need to pay attention to it at all, there are more troops out of Lu, I am afraid that our army will be eaten by Xuantian in one bite, Xuantian is now a red man of the orcs, and the amount of force that can be mobilized is very amazing, maybe there are still three or four legions in his hands that have not moved? If we rush to dispatch, the consequences are difficult to predict. β
The commander of the 3rd Cavalry Corps, one of the deputy commanders-in-chief, Karatochi St. Anders, said: "Nicholas, are we going to defend like this?" Uncle Karatochi, it's not bad to go on like this, the orcs are the attacking side, our army is the defensive side, as long as our army does not move, I think the orcs will not be able to bargain for anything from our army, in contrast, our army's strategic goal is not high, that is, not to let the orcs go south, and I believe that as long as we hold on for a while, that guy Xuantian will definitely show his fox tail. "Nicholas is right, as long as the Bright Army can't hold out, there will be absolutely no problem. No, there will be no big victory, but there will definitely be no big defeat either.
In the middle of the thirteen fortresses of the Orc Empire, Xuantian sighed lightly and said, "That guy Nicholas is really extraordinary, he didn't move at all, it's really unbearable." Yinyue smiled and said, "He has suffered a big loss at your hands, so naturally you have to be cautious, Brother Tian, we have to change our strategy." "Okay, implement Plan No. 3, if he doesn't come out, we'll force him out. β
On June 15th, the third, fourth, and fifth legions of the orcs reinforced the Gebiye fortress on the western front, and at this moment, the seven legions of the orc empire have been concentrated on the western front, and the main force of the seven legions attacked a fortress, when more than 15,000 magic cannons were concentrated under the fortress, all the light troops were earthy, and the strength of the orc empire grew too fast.
On June 16th, the two armies launched a fierce artillery battle, on the twenty-five kilometers long city wall, the Bright Army concentrated more than 7,000 magic cannons and the magic cannons of the Orc Empire to bombard, the two sides of the artillery back and forth, countless cannonballs flew in the sky, drawing a bright color track, the artillery battle between the two sides was extremely lively.
The artillery battle lasted for a long time, and the orcs had more cannons, while the Bright Army was condescending and took advantage of the range, and the gunners of the Bright Army were more professional than the orcs, so that the two sides were almost tied, and the Orc Empire was destroyed more than 5,000 magic cannons, and the Bright Army was not very good, and 4,000 magic cannons became scrap metal. It's just that the magic cannonballs of the Bright Army bombarded the ground in vain, while the magic cannons of the Orc Empire bombarded the city walls.
More than 15,000 magic cannons of the Orc Empire fired more than a million shells at Gebiye Fortress, beating Gebiye Fortress to pieces, although the magicians of the Bright Army have done their best, but in the face of extremely powerful artillery fire, the magicians are still beyond their strength. The fortress has been blasted open many times, and although it has not yet collapsed, it is almost over, and if it were to be done again tomorrow, the fortress would be destroyed.
The mood of all the defenders is very heavy, they know that only more than 3,000 magic cannons in their hands will definitely not be able to support tomorrow night, once the fortress wall is blasted open, after the magic cannon is lost, the magic cannon of the orc empire will be able to shoot at close range, and at that time, the fortress will definitely be bombarded by artillery fire.
On the morning of June 17th, the eight legions sent by Nicholas finally arrived, and now, on the Western Front, the Bright Army concentrated the strength of twelve legions, with a total strength of more than 400 million, while the Orc Empire only had seven legions, with a total strength of only a little more than 200 million, and the strength of both sides was one to two.
In these years, there are always people who want to come forward, and the commander of the 8th Cavalry Corps, one of the three deputy commanders, Somas St. Pedek, is the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, and he has always been unconvinced of Nicholas, believing that Nicholas is just a hairy young man with no ability, and that he is supporting Ovat, and he does not deal with Nicholas very well, therefore, he does not intend to obey Nicholas's orders, therefore, after giving the soldiers a day of rest, he gives the order to fight:" Prepare to annihilate the orc army. Some officers objected, but they made him block it with one sentence: "I am the front-line commander, I have the right to make the most correct tactical plans, and I am responsible for any problems." β
The orc army went down to the village fifty kilometers before the Gebiye Fortress, and the area of the entire camp reached more than 800 square kilometers, densely packed, and at the same time, the scouts came out to prevent the light army from sneaking attack, I have to say that the orcs have a much stronger sense of war, judging from the deployment of the camp and various arrangements, the orcs are no longer under the light army, so the next day, when the light army was dispatched, the orc army had already reacted.
It is Yinyue who is responsible for commanding the orc army on the Western Front, there is already about half of the orc's army here, Xuantian can't come, of course, he has to send someone he can trust, and among everyone, of course, only his wife is trustworthy, so Xuantian sent Yinyue here. After hearing the scout's report, Yinyue showed a hint of a smile: "It seems that there is finally a stupid person who can't help it." β
Guangming this time can be said to be all dispatched, twelve legions from the front of the formation, killed, in the middle is the eighth cavalry corps, this is the elite of the ten gods of light, along with the Chinese army and the 14th, fifteenth, sixteenth corps. There were four legions in total. On the left flank were the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Army Corps. On the right are the ninth, tenth, The eleventh and twelfth legions, the 400 million legions pressed on the whole line, forming a battle line of more than 500 kilometers, extending to the left and right wings, ready to surround and eat the orc army in one fell swoop, this kind of formation is not brilliant, it is a hard formation, however, with the bright army is now twice the strength of the orc army, if the orc army really wants to fight hard, it must be the orc army that is eaten, although the orc's combat power is stronger than that of humans, but, in the face of these elite troops, the orcs are not strong there, the two sides are in a big battle, and the more troops must have an advantageγ
In Somas's St. Padek's calculations, when the orcs faced the attack of the Light Army, there were only two choices, either to choose to fight head-on or retreat, and he believed that the orcs would not retreat like this, so the orcs must face it head-on, this is the orcs, if the orcs face it head-on, they would definitely be able to eat the orc army with the strength of the Light Army, but he did not expect that the orc army did not fight at all, let alone retreat, so he relied on the camp to hold on.
It's been more than ten days since the war, and the orc's camp is also very solid, which is more than the Yanhuang tribe, a large number of reinforced concrete and other things appear, so that people can build buildings much faster, and this time, the orcs obviously want to build the camp in front of the Gebiye fortress into a permanent camp, so, all built with reinforced concrete, now, it doesn't seem to be a camp, it can be said that it is a small fortress is about the same, so that the orcs stick to the wall, but let Somas * Saint * Patrick has a bit of a headache, should he attack or retreat? Attacking a small fortress defended by a large number of magic cannons is definitely not a good thing, but I am afraid that he will pay heavy casualties, and if he retreats, Somas *St. Patrick can't afford to lose this face. So, he just struggled for three minutes and gave the order: "The whole army is ready to attack and destroy the hateful orcs in one fell swoop." β
The Bright Army also has a large number of magic cannons, the original four legions originally had 1,500 magic cannons in each legion, plus 1,500 in Gebiye Fortress, in total, it was 7,500 guns, in the battle the day before yesterday, 4,000 were destroyed, and there were 3,000 left, and the eight legions that came yesterday also carried 12,000 magic cannons, and now, the total number of magic cannons in the Bright Army has reached 15,500, and there are only more than 8,000 on the side of the Orc Empire, and the number of magic cannons in the Orc Empire is only half of that of the other party. In the battle the day before yesterday, the Bright Army was condescending and destroyed a lot of orcs' magic cannons, but today it was upside down, of course, the orc camp is definitely not as strong as Gebiye Fortress, so it is certain that if you compete in artillery fire, the orcs must not be able to compare to the Bright Army this time, unless there is a miracle. After destroying the orc's defenses with a large number of magic cannons, will the orcs still be able to escape?