Chapter 252 Rout
Chapter 252 Rout
Western Theater Command, Kushan.
The 30,000 defeated soldiers of the Second Army retreated here and built a number of simple fortifications overnight.
The Second Speaker stood beside a pile of rocks on the mountainside with a sad face. Looking around, he saw tank clusters densely distributed around him, cooperating with infantry positions, like an unbreakable steel wall.
From late night to early morning, the army launched several charges but was unable to break the encirclement.
"God wants to kill me." The second speaker lamented.
"Sir, this is bad!" A reconnaissance battalion commander ran over in a hurry, his face pale, "The enemy artillery group has arrived."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of several army commanders and division commanders changed.
The main force of the blood clan completed a strategic transfer of three to four hundred miles overnight. Although the relatively sluggish artillery cluster moved a little slower, it was still far beyond normal circumstances.
When besieging mountains, the role of artillery clusters is self-evident.
After hearing the news, the Second Speaker's expression gradually turned gloomy, and then became resolute.
"Everyone, the vampires may control a railway. We are facing most of the dark forces outside the Great Wall. The Second Army has been defeated, but the Ninth Army still retains its full strength. Its commander-in-chief is not an unlearned person. I believe he can seize this opportunity."
Everyone couldn't help but ponder. The blood clan army was concentrated in the western theater, which meant that the defense of the southern theater was empty. If the ninth commander had the determination and courage, then going straight to Huanglong would be the best option.
Boom!
The blood clan artillery cluster has opened fire, tens of thousands of shells are flying into the air and falling, orange-red flame fireworks are blooming on the Bitter Mountain, the shock waves shatter trees and rocks, destroying flesh and blood, the full-load artillery fire washes the ground, leaving countless shell craters on the surface of the mountain, and the flames roll up to form a raging sea of fire.
A shell fell, and the Second Speaker raised his arm high. A strong wind gushed out from his palm, forming a wind barrier with a diameter of more than ten meters. Its outer shell was intertwined with countless silk-like wind currents, which interwoven with each other and greatly enhanced the defense capability.
Bang!
The flames and impact were completely kept out.
The dominant supernatural power, the Wind Messenger, easily resisted the bombardment.
The second speaker said in a loud voice: "You all come from military backgrounds, and you should all know that this mountain cannot be defended. The Ninth Army may have already attacked Xidu. What we need to do is to buy opportunities for our friendly forces. Now I order all battalions and regiments of the Second Army to launch a full-line charge. After breaking through, you can go your separate ways or surrender on the spot. It is up to you."
The Second Speaker waved his hand, and a thin stream of extremely sharp wind slashed out, splitting the surrounding rock piles in two.
"But if anyone refuses to die, I will personally behead him."
Everyone was in awe. The Second Speaker was a ruling-level psychic. He might not be able to reverse the situation, but it was very easy for him to kill everyone present. However, the other party did not force them to death, so they could surrender after breaking through.
"I will follow the military orders." The commander of the army took the lead.
The senior generals present all responded.
Five minutes after the artillery bombardment began, the 30,000 defeated troops on Kushan Mountain launched a full-scale charge in all directions.
The second speaker personally led three regiments to attack in the direction of Xidu.
The fire chain from the enemy's machine gun positions reaped lives in groups, and the shells landed among the crowd, killing and wounding more than a dozen people in the blink of an eye.
The second speaker held a giant wind blade in his hand and chopped eight or nine trolls in succession. He led the charge and the wind barrier firmly protected the soldiers on both sides.
Looking down from the sky, Kushan at this moment was like a pool of water with stones thrown into it, and the continuous ripples of the all-out charge were spreading.
The battle lasted half an hour.
The second speaker took the lead in breaking through the outermost encirclement. He stood in the trench, covered in dust, looking around blankly. After a few seconds, he seemed to have thought of something, and his face turned pale little by little. It was not because there were only a few hundred people left in the three regiments around him, but because they actually broke through the front blockade. At some point, a charming woman walked over, her face full of bright lines, looking like a lifelike spider.
The spider demon sneered and said, "The army has already moved, just like they moved here last night. Only a few main divisions are left around Kushan, but the artillery and tank clusters are real. The Ninth Army left its position and marched north quickly. Once it is cut off, it will be obedient. Do you still want to resist?"
Unless necessary, the spider demon is not willing to fight with strong people of the same level.
The Second Speaker was speechless. He was now certain that Xidu had built a railway in absolute secret over the years, exchanging time for space. The railway greatly reduced the consumption of time and greatly extended the distance of space transfer.
In terms of strategic mobility, the two fortress armies suffered unprecedented crushing, which enabled the enemy to always gather superior forces and move back and forth between two war zones hundreds of miles apart in a night and a half.
It is not just about leading in hard power. To accomplish tactical deception, the enemy commander's command ability must also be considered an art.
"Viscount Mokawi." The second speaker said dejectedly, "The Red Sleeves of the Fourth Division of the First Army of Daquan Pass have rebelled. Who is guarding the Black and White Pass?"
The spider demon tapped the side of his forehead, "First Army, Third Division, nicknamed Snake Head."
The second speaker asked again: "It was an army and a division that caused such a disturbance on the flank battlefield?"
The spider demon smiled, quite smart.
"That's right. The commanders of the First Army are all at these key nodes. As for who this unit belongs to, I think as one of the three giants of a fortress, you should know something about it." The spider demon said patiently. In fact, according to Mokavi, Jiang He on the flank battlefield was not very obedient, so he would have to be killed if he had the chance.
The Second Speaker suddenly felt that his future was bleak. The other party had almost revealed Viscount Mokawi's current identity, and this great expedition had already failed.
……
August 12, 18:12 noon.
The Second Army's acting commander-in-chief, the Second Speaker, surrendered.
At 12:35, the Ninth Army, which was attacking Xidu directly, was suddenly attacked by a large army. Twenty thousand trolls cut the army in half. The vanguard army mutinied. The army commander Tu Jiazhu turned around and led his troops to fight back, and the Fourth Army was defeated.
The commander-in-chief led the Second and Third Armies in a hasty retreat. The commander of the Third Division, Shetou, who was guarding the Black and White Pass, rebelled. The remaining troops attacked fiercely for three hours and were forced to retreat to the peak.
At this point, only less than 100,000 soldiers were left out of the 400,000-strong army, the great expedition was declared a failure, and the remaining troops were trapped outside the Great Wall and unable to return.
When the news came out, the entire alliance was shaken.
……
Late in the evening, the defense line of Kouying was breached.
Inside the command center, when Jiang He received the telegram, he couldn't help but be stunned for a long time.
"What the hell, this is too complete."
Compared with the total defeat, the victory on the flank battlefield was insignificant. He sent out an elite team to find the headquarters in the early morning, but the headquarters was almost gone by the evening.
Lilith, who came out of the spiritual world to find a drink, patted someone on the shoulder and said gloatingly, "Now you really become the boss."
Jiang He rubbed his eyebrows twice. He knew that Mr. A was going to do something strange, but after the Hongxiu Rebellion, the Ninth Army dared to hand over the Black and White Pass to the snakehead for stationing. It was simply outrageous.
(End of this chapter)