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After realizing that it would be difficult to win in a head-on confrontation, they immediately made the decision to retreat, and the entire army was stationed in the mountains to weaken the advantage of Lake's heavy weapons.
The effect is quite significant.
Tanks have good adaptability to complex road conditions, but the terrain difference is extremely large, and it is still very difficult to move in the mountains with steep walls.
At least don't go up the steep mountain tops.
Domit was a bit troubled when he initially discovered that the ordinary soldiers of the coalition were occupying the top of the mountain, with only a small team of professionals active at the foot of the mountain.
This was also what Zhang Mu was most worried about before the war. The enemy army formed small teams composed of professionals to fight guerrilla warfare, and heavy weapons such as tanks and howitzers were difficult to lock on.
Fortunately, the snipers in the legion have been trained and are not afraid of the coalition's low-level professional teams, while the high-level professionals will be dealt with by Dam's team.
The two sides fought in the mountains and forests, with hundreds of skirmishes breaking out every day and both sides suffering losses.
As a result, the amount of materials consumed every day is naturally huge.
Zhang Mu didn't care about these, he had a planet as a backup. What he was wondering was, weren't the coalition forces in a hurry to end the war?
Whether withdrawing or advancing is understandable, but what's the point of hiding in the mountains?
Brothers, you are the invaders, why are you acting like you are being invaded by a powerful enemy and can only rely on the terrain to defend yourself?
Zhang Mu was unwilling to remain in a stalemate. He was very busy, driving the coalition forces out of the territory and launching a counterattack immediately.
Not to mention completely destroying all the countries, at least we need to ensure that the coalition forces are unable to invade Lake again, so that we can start Project No. 17.
Moreover, the elf army never stops its charge, freeing up their hands to resolve the issue.
Zhang Mu found Domit and discussed launching a general attack.
However, there was still the same problem: there were too many coalition troops.
Including the reorganized legion, Zhang Mu had less than 100,000 troops available.
The coalition forces suffered many casualties after entering Lake, but there are still at least 600,000 people. In addition, drones have captured reinforcements from various countries crossing the eastern border, so this number will rise.
With such a huge disparity in troop strength, we could barely defeat the enemy relying on the advantage of heavy weapons. But now the enemy is occupying the hilltop, and the professional team is roaming outside looking for the artillery corps, so the heavy weapons cannot be easily exposed.
It is obviously unrealistic to attack without the fire support of heavy weapons.
Domit tried it once, with howitzers bombarding the hilltop and the infantry regiment forcing the attack.
The top of the hill was taken, and the howitzer positions at the foot of the hill were also destroyed by the coalition professionals.
Not worth the candle.
After that, the two of them discussed for a few days and decided to dispatch the First Army equipped with magical weapons.
Once the magic weapons appeared, the original situation of mutual resistance was immediately broken.
The howitzer position is manned by men from the First Army, and the attacking professional team will have difficulty breaking through in a short period of time. If there is any delay, the snipers will come and take action.
The number of casualties in the professional team is increasing every day, but Novak seems unwilling to withdraw from the mountain area. He chooses to send the professionals among the reinforcements into the battlefield, expanding the number of people in each professional team from more than ten to more than twenty.
The professional team, with greatly increased strength, attacked frequently, destroying Lake's heavy weapons everywhere.
If there is a lone tank, it will not escape their clutches.
After a few days of fighting, the results were remarkable. Lake lost a large number of heavy weapons every day, and the advantage seemed to be on the side of the coalition forces.
However, Novak and Domit knew clearly in their hearts that the coalition forces were already defeated and irreversible.
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Lake Command Post.
Domit and Zhang Mu stood in front of the cave wall, one in front of the other, looking up at the battle map hanging on the wall.
"Marshal," Domit looked at it for a while and said, "Today's battle report has been compiled."
"Well, tell me."
"Our soldiers suffered few casualties, but a lot of heavy weapons were destroyed.
On the coalition side, the low-level professionals suffered heavy losses, and the high-level professionals were intimidated by Dam's team and rarely went out."
Dam's team expanded from three to five. With the help of Zhang Mu's potions, all of them were promoted to apprentice level and their combat effectiveness was further improved.
At the beginning of the conflict between the two sides, the high-level professions of the coalition forces were arrogant on the front line for a while.
After Dam led his team to the front line and assassinated a large number of high-level professionals, he did not dare to show up easily.
Zhang Mu laughed: "I have plenty of weapons. It's a good deal to exchange the lives of the coalition professionals for the howitzers."
Domit also smiled: “Yes.
After noticing that the coalition forces were targeting heavy weapons, I deliberately placed the heavy weapons in a concentrated area to lure them into attacking, and then deployed heavy troops around them, waiting for them to come and die."
"Yes." Zhang Mu nodded with his hands behind his back, "Once there are only a few low-level professionals left, we can easily annihilate the ordinary soldiers no matter how many there are."
Domit agreed, then asked in confusion: “Marshal.
Recently I have been sending out a large number of drones to search for traces of the Allied Saints, but a month has passed and there is no news at all.
The holy-level members of the coalition forces did not take any action either. Do they have some conspiracy?
Or can the Saint level blind the drone's vision?"
"I don't know if they can, but they didn't show up." Speaking of this, Zhang Mu was also confused, "Bulova and his men hid around the mountains, and they also didn't find the Saint-level of the coalition forces.
Hmm... where did these people go?"
"Marshal, if the Allied Forces Saints are always hiding, if we rashly launch a general attack, will it be..."
"Don't worry about that. As long as Bulova and the others don't move, the Allied Saints won't have the courage to expose themselves first."
"I understand."
A month later, Domit followed the original plan and used heavy weapons as bait to lure a team of professional coalition forces to their deaths.
Novak considered holding off on destroying the heavy weapons.
But as soon as the offensive of the professional team eased a little, Lake immediately bombarded the hill, forcing the coalition forces to retreat step by step and their space for movement was constantly compressed.
This continued for two months. Finally, the coalition forces were overwhelmed and the entire army withdrew from the mountains and fled to the city of Kedun.
Of course, Domit would not miss the opportunity to strike hard upon the enemy, so he mobilized the Armored Army to pursue them and at the same time sent out drones to follow and monitor from high altitude to prevent the coalition forces from setting up an ambush.
Chapter 360: Fighting to the death, but to no avail
The coalition forces gathered the professional teams outside, and then the main army withdrew from the mountainous area like a tide.
Although the command did not tell the soldiers that they were defeated and were preparing to withdraw to the kingdom, the soldiers were not fools.
If the war was going well or there was a possibility of victory, why would they give up the plains that they had occupied at such a heavy price?
You know, the coalition forces have invested a lot of resources to build outposts on the plains. Could it be a gift to Lake?
The soldiers were uneasy and followed the team towards the city of Kedun.
Compared to when the army set out a few months ago, the morale of the coalition forces was low and a bleak atmosphere permeated among the soldiers.
These images were transmitted back to Lake's headquarters via drone.
Domit did not rush to pursue immediately, but waited until all the coalition forces withdrew from the mountains and reached the wilderness before ordering the 1st Armored Army to lead the way, the remaining infantry regiments to follow, and the 1st Army to set off last.
Zhang Mu walked out of the cave alone and flew into the sky, looking for the three Blois people hiding in the clouds.
"Still no news about the Saint-level members of the coalition forces?" he asked after the three of them reunited.
Pestoya shook her head: “In the last few days we even took the initiative to search for each other, but we still found nothing.
They seem to..."
Bulova took over the conversation: "It seems to have completely disappeared."
"What the hell, why are they going with the army if they don't want to contribute? They are just bored at home?" Zhang Mu scratched his nose and thought for a while, then suddenly remembered his captives. "Ask Ake?"
He did it right away. He opened the light gate of the "world" and prepared to teleport Ake out with a slight thought.
Pestoya looked at the light gate and said, "A world of top quality is indeed very convenient. If we open a gate in every city..."
Bulova interrupted with a smile: "No matter how powerful the world is, it has its limits. Besides, Zhang Mu's level..."
"I can only set up eight doors at most now." Zhang Mu replied as he sent Ake out.
Being captured and imprisoned in the "world", Ake does not seem anxious and seems to be in a good mood.
He held a peeled banana in his hand, but hadn't eaten it yet. He looked around blankly, and only came to his senses after seeing the four people surrounding him: "Is it over?"
"Soon." Zhang Mu responded, and then asked, "Last time you told me that the coalition army had a total of six Saint-level soldiers, including you, right?"
"There were six of me before you captured me," Ake emphasized.
"Why don't they fight?"
Ake was stunned, and Zhang Mu recounted what had happened recently.
After listening to this, he laughed out loud: "Those guys who always laughed at me for being a coward, turned out to be just like me!"
The four looked at each other, and Bulova asked, "What do you mean?"
"Mr. Zhang Mu said that the coalition forces are about to be defeated, and the three of you should stay hidden in the dark, right?"
"Ah."
"They don't dare to expose themselves first, fearing that they will be ambushed by you and their lives will be exchanged for yours."
Bulova was confused. "They have more than five Saints. If we send all the Saints in the country, even if the three of us sacrifice our lives, we can only kill three at most. They will still win."
"That's the problem. They don't want to be one of the three people who were replaced."
Zhang Mu was a little dumbfounded: "Lake's intention to counterattack is very obvious. Even if they avoid it now, how can they avoid it when Lake attacks into their country?"
Ake showed a puzzled expression, but after a moment he seemed to understand, and he smiled and explained, "The kingdom was destroyed, so they just went to another kingdom.
Apart from the fact that their status may be slightly lower than before, there will not be any other changes. They are still respected, and someone will send them the resources for their studies.
Why do you have to work so hard? "
Zhang Mu's breath was choked.
I thought there was a joke on Blue Star: "Why are you trying to survive with a monthly salary of 3000 yuan?", but it was just a joke. I didn't expect it to be put into practice on the Sol Continent.
However, the salary of a Saint is more than 3000.