Chapter 134: Going Underground
For a while, Mu Xiongtian didn't know how to answer, according to the conventional way of fighting, it should be suppressed with artillery fire first, and then the ground troops should be dispatched to counterattack. In this way, artillery suppression and infantry charge will be organically combined.
But it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, the current shells of the Qin army, especially the heavy artillery shells, are almost calculated one by one, Mu Xiongtian knows that he has a heavy responsibility, in case there is an emergency and the heavy artillery is not strong, it is not a sentence that can be used to get rid of the responsibility.
"Immediately carry out heavy artillery suppression, and first repel this wave of attacks. Qin Ning made up his mind for Mu Xiongtian, and immediately ordered in a deep voice.
If in the past, Qin Ning was suspected of interfering with the command by doing this, but now the situation is extremely special, Qin Ning did this to take the responsibility on himself and share the responsibility for the commander who made the difficulty.
Mu Xiongtian glanced at Qin Ning with grateful eyes, and immediately issued an order to the frontline position, suppress it with heavy artillery, and then carry out a counter-raid.
Qin Ning didn't seem to be affected by the sound of fierce battle coming from outside Lingtu City, but frowned and thought about things. As everyone knows, this is the characteristic look of the young leader before he makes up his mind.
After being silent for a long time, Qin Ning suddenly said, "Wenhe, do you remember the last time we fought against the Northern Prince?"
Qiu Wenhe smiled: "Your Majesty, of course I remember." At that time, our army attacked the Northern Prince with a sweep of thousands of troops, and finally forced him underground...... Underground, do you mean that we are going to fight the idea of going underground?"
Qin Ning laughed and said, "Wenhe, you are worthy of being the number one advisor in Great Qin, you can understand it at all." Yes, it is necessary to go underground. At present, the firepower of the coalition forces is abundant and ferocious, and our army is extremely short of ordnance and materials, making it difficult to carry out an effective counterattack. Don't look at the fact that we have an army of 600,000 people, trapped in Lingtu City, without the assistance of heavy weapons. It's hard. ”
Qiu Wenhe echoed: "Yes, after a long period of heavy fire attack. The strongest city defense facilities in Lingtu City have been destroyed. If you don't find a way to deal with it quickly, the architecture of Lingtu City won't last long. If the 600,000 troops are compressed together by the enemy's heavy firepower, and no one else needs to fight, we will all be in chaos ourselves. ”
Qin Ning nodded and said, "I think so too." Wenhe, you immediately allocate manpower and immediately dig and build tunnels in Lingtu City, remember. The exit of the tunnel must be set up very secret, and it must be accessible in all directions, you have also seen the tunnel built by the Northern Prince, you can refer to that as a model, try to be as polarized as possible, complex, and have sufficient defense capabilities. ”
Speaking of this, Qin Ning turned his gaze to Lu Ling and said with a smile: "General Lu Ling, you are very familiar with the situation here. You can help Wenhe build the tunnel. Wen He, Lu Ling, can the Qin army turn the situation around this time. It's up to the two of you. Time is pressing, and there are still people to deal with the resettlement, so you have to withstand the pressure. ”
Qiu Wen and Lu Ling both arched their hands and said loudly: "Please rest assured, we will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust." ”
Qin Ning said with relief: "If you have such determination, I will be relieved." Another thing to note is that the specifications I asked for were that even if Lingtu City was razed to the ground by the other party, we would be able to survive in the tunnels, would we be able to do it?"
Qiu Wenhe and Lu Ling said at the same time: "I will definitely be able to do it." ”
Qin Ning nodded, turned his head and said unusually sternly, "Everyone." What our Qin army is facing may be unprecedented difficulties and crises. An accident. It may be the end of total annihilation. At this time of crisis, we must work with one heart and one mind. Let's go together!"
Everyone shouted in unison: "The ministers will live up to Your Majesty's expectations!"
The garrison of Lingtu City was divided into two parts by Qin Ning. Part of it is that Qiu Wen and Lu Ling dug tunnels to prepare for a long-term confrontation with the coalition forces. The other part is to make full use of the current city defense of Lingtu City, and the Qin army and the coalition army positions to attack and defend, so as to buy enough time for Qiu Wenhe and Lu Ling to dig tunnels.
The tactic adopted by Xi Rong Po was to cut the flesh with a blunt knife, peeling back the layers of Lingtu City's defenses like peeling bamboo shoots. This time, Xi Rongpo also enjoyed the feeling of a local tyrant landlord, with enough manpower, good enough equipment, and ordnance and materials at will.
Sometimes the war is fought about logistics and supply, and the Qin army's tactical literacy is high, the individual combat effectiveness is strong, and the commanders and soldiers have extremely high quality, which is a little pale in the case of extreme lack of materials.
What Qin Ning needs now is time, only when there is enough time, Qiu Wenhe can do a better job, and the transfer station of the teleportation array can also be built on the side of Sanssouci Mountain.
However, Xi Rong broke this old opponent, but he would not give Qin Ning such plenty of time. What's even more troublesome is that Xi Rongpo seems to be obsessed with the Qin army's previous tactics against him, such as some sneak attacks, harassment and other tactics are completely copied without blushing, although there is a bit of a taste of Dongshi's imitation, but it brings great trouble to the defense of the Qin army.
Even with a great advantage, Xi Rongpo's command was still very cautious, and he didn't take any big risks at all, that is, he repeatedly bombarded the city defense buildings of Lingtu City with vehicle-mounted heavy artillery.
Moreover, when the effect of heavy firepower strikes is getting better and better, Xirongpo immediately transferred the heavy artillery battalion and pulled it to the front when it was used again. It seems that Xi Rongpo was also frightened by the Qin army's destruction of the opponent's heavy firepower device at every turn. Since you can destroy you so much, can't I hide from you?
Qin Ning led the elite commandos out several times to take out the heavy artillery battalion of the coalition army, but each time it was in vain. Even the high-ranking generals who wanted to assassinate the coalition forces were repeatedly unsuccessful.
For the sake of the coalition army, Kong Sanye also made a bloody investment, and equipped the various high-level adventions of the coalition army with high-level early warning alchemy devices, and Qin Ning was often discovered as soon as he approached. Several times, because the penetration was too deep, the commando also suffered a lot of losses.
After many failures, Qin Ning felt that this was not the way to go, so he stopped a series of special raids.
When Qin Ning's side stopped the raid operation, Xirongpo's side immediately began a vigorous and heavy firepower cover coordinated large corps combat mode.
This time, Xirong Po seemed to be determined to take Lingtu City, and the vehicle-mounted heavy artillery was almost covered by saturated firepower for several consecutive rounds. The infantry charge launched was also an elite unit composed of various coalition forces.
The Qin army's firepower countermeasures are getting weaker and weaker, and they can only rely on the Qin soldiers to complete the task of killing and repelling the enemy.
After being entangled in this way several times, Xirong Po once again died down and stopped attacking.
There are some iron laws that are always unbreakable. The situation on the battlefield is always in favor of the attacking side. Xi Rongpo could withdraw his troops to rest, but the Qin army had to be ready for battle at all times.
Qin Ning became more and more concerned about Qiu Wenhe and the process of excavating the tunnel, but this was a huge project, and no matter how much Qiu Wenhe had the construction experience of organized construction, he could not shorten the process for too long.
There is another problem that makes Qiu Wenhe difficult, that is, the amount of excavated soil is too large, and he doesn't know where to pile it up, so he can't pile it on the edge of the hole, right?
All of them add up, making Qin Jun look extremely passive. If Qin Ning wanted to leave Qiu Wenhe plenty of time, he had to use extraordinary means.
Qin Ning asked how much heavy artillery ammunition the Qin army had left, and the situation reported shocked everyone. All the shells added together are not enough for one ammunition base of the heavy artillery battalion in one direction of the four cities of Lingtu City.
Mu Xiongtian saw this situation, gasped for a long time and said, "Your Majesty, why don't we use this last bit of ammunition to break through." You see, as long as we concentrate our firepower to suppress one direction and use the precious moment of suppressing the other side, our large forces can completely tear a hole in one direction of the enemy, and it should not be a problem for us to kill them. ”
Qin Ning categorically vetoed this proposal: "No! This absolutely will not work! Xirongpo has long been prepared for this, no matter in which direction, Xirongpo has arranged an extremely broad strategic depth in a targeted manner, and no matter which direction we break through, we will be blocked by the enemy in sections. The casualties are too great, and there are still so many people in Lingtu City, do you want to give up on them?"
Mu Xiongtian immediately scratched his head, feeling that there was nothing he could do.
Qin Ning suddenly smiled and said: "General Mu, this idea of yours has given me a wake-up call, we don't break through, but it doesn't mean that we can't use this to make a big fuss." ”
Speaking of this, Qin Ning immediately took out the map around Lingtu City, pointed to it and said: "We can use a considerable number of legions to make a fake breakthrough, create a picture of a desperate breakthrough, and then ambush the next part of the troops and attack their rear troops, so that we can inflict heavy damage on the enemy, make the enemy cold, and we can get enough time." ”
Mu Xiongtian's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Your Majesty, this is a good idea, Xi Rongpo will definitely not realize that we will actually fight his idea of supporting the troops, this plan can be completely implemented." ”
Qin Ning nodded and silently calculated the strength of his troops.
In Lingtu City, there were 200,000 people who were transferred by Qiu Wenhe to dig tunnels, and the remaining troops were only about 400,000. For the defense of various departments, as well as the grassroots units, there must be 50,000 or 60,000 people responsible for maintaining order on a day-to-day basis, and the troops that can actually be mobilized are about 350,000.
Whether or not these forces should be smashed into it all at once, Qin Ning had to consider the gains and losses. If the scale is too small, a commander like Xi Rongpo will naturally see some clues, then this operation may not have any meaning. And to smash all these forces on it, the loss is ...... (To be continued) R580