Power and Empire Chapter 1947: The river rushes (1)
The daytime attack ended in failure. The Allied forces considered the Baruta Fortress to be destroyed by a single blow as long as they pressed it with all their strength. Suddenly displayed a powerful counterattack, as if they had shredded the coalition wants The fantasy of a quick fight, the coalition forces had to convene an emergency meeting to adjust the original predetermined tactics
At the coalition meeting, Commander-in-Chief Leo Porter tremblingly received the report from the adjutant’s finger that had just been counted. He swept his eyes and took a deep breath before trying his best to calm down the battle. In the damage report, read "5,700 dead and 18,000 wounded in this battle! There are more than one thousand people trampled to death by their own people."" Eighteen thousand people died. The wounded! Just two hours of fighting... "There is a chatter from below" Please be quiet!" Leo Potter's voice paused, his eyes scanned the ugly faces of other generals, and he continued.
"Although our army was frustrated, overall, our operations were successful"
" It took us a day to break through the outer wall, and we almost attacked the wall of Baruta! As for the casualties, although some were heavy, it was only because of insufficient preparation and there are no people who will not die in battle. Even if we lose about 20,000 troops before and after, our troops still dominate the 150,000 troops "" and the Falcons on Barruta have been defensively exhausted. Their defensive methods are complete. Expose, as long as you are fully prepared, tomorrow, as long as there is another general attack, I believe that the victory of the defeat of Barruta is in sight!"
"Yeah, it was almost a success!" Hearing Leo Porter's analysis, the generals below were talking about each other. At this moment, a figure stood up fiercely, sitting on the left. A general at the fourth seat finally couldn't help but stood up suddenly and patted his hands heavily on the table. His eyes are bloodshot, like a wounded beast
"Master Leo Potter, compared with tomorrow’s attack plan, I would like to ask, what about the wounded soldiers? Are we just watching them wailing forever" "It's Fett!" "Poor The Rila people! "Who call them arrogant! This time it's miserable"
saw him stand up, the other generals stopped talking, but their eyes were more gloating,
The man who stood up was the Marquis of Fit, who was the fiercest clamor of the kingdom of Rila before the war, who attacked the outer wall yesterday. The sharpest stainless steel heavy infantry under his command served as the main point of the spear, but he was ambushed by a ballista and suffered heavy casualties. Today he attacked the Baruta Fortress during the day. The heavy infantry under his command was in the second line. Unfortunately, he was also hit hard. Among the blows, the chaotic ruined army almost squeezed the Marquis Fetter from the horse. Fortunately, there were guards desperately blocking in front. The Marquis Fetter must be the first general of the coalition to fall from a height to death
"This. The coalition will do their best!" Leopard's face was startled, and he touched his chubby chin, purely a subconscious habit, but this action. In the past it would make him look peaceful, but today it seems to be a little perfunctory
"Do your best? How do you do your best! This is a poison that can't be cured! Before there is no medicine that can solve this poison, my Kingdom of Rila refuses to join the attack." The Marquis of Fit was dissatisfied with this answer. Angrily walked to the window, pushed open the window, and suddenly a faint wailing sound came in with the night breeze
"Oh. It's a wounded soldier!" All the generals changed their faces,
The day-to-day battle seems very tragic, but after all, the narrow mountain road limits the expansion of casualties. The number of people killed in the battle is not many, but the wounded are surprisingly large. The wounded who get quicklime in their eyes cannot be washed with water, but The coalition forces obviously didn’t know this. They tied the painful wounded soldier to a wooden board with a rope, and carefully washed the wounded soldier’s eyes with clean water. The result was a tragedy.
Quicklime is a strong alkali, and it will burst into high temperature immediately when it encounters water.
I saw the wounded soldier who was originally only in pain, and yelled like being burned by flames. The place where the eyes were burned by lime, there were frightening white blisters, and the wounded soldiers were painfully on the wooden board. They yelled and screamed like a madman. The head was battered and the people in charge of the cleaning were scared to death. It was terrible. It was a disaster. In the afternoon, there were already wounded soldiers who could not bear the pain and chose to commit suicide. The bad news came out,
In order to house so many wounded soldiers, the entire town under the Barruta Fortress became a huge wounded camp. The wounded soldiers lay all over the streets with pain and wailing, and the officers walked from the middle of the road with ugly faces. However, the wounded soldiers blindfolded with white cloth made the entire town appear to the world like a ghost,
"Yes, there will be more casualties in such a reckless impact on the fortress!" Hearing the words of the Marquis of Fett, a general was quite moved and sighed secretly,
"Or, let's take a day off tomorrow. After all, the troops need to rest and the wounded need to be transported to the rear." An old voice came from the seats, "Our army has the advantage, and the attack can't stop!"
Leopold waved his hand dignifiedly, and pressed his hand heavily on the table. "Don’t forget, everyone, the Falcon Empire still has nearly 300,000 troops in the northern part of Phu Tau. If we can’t do our best If Barruta is taken, the reinforcements of the Falcon Empire will rush to tear us up without mercy. "Aren’t the Falcons in the northern part of Bu Tau be responsible for the gang," "The proposed general slightly curled his lips." Gang The non-person is responsible for blocking the reinforcements, and we are responsible for taking down the Baruta Fortress. Isn’t this what we said beforehand? "" Although the Congolese and African Army promised to delay the reinforcements to Barruta from the north, you should be very clear that this effort is also possible. Time is limited!" Leo Porter cast a sharp look on the face of the general behind. It is Rezagang's veteran Motoy. His gray hair is exposed from the sides of the Rezagang-style olecranon helmet, slightly foaming. When his eyes are slightly narrowed into a line, it still makes people feel a sense of majesty
"The barrier of Rezagang is so old!" Leo Potter's eyes narrowed on the veteran. Rezagang is a medium-sized country in Central Europe, and its national power can be ranked in Central Europe. In the top ten, the people who can be sent this time are all famous generals from various countries. This Motoi is a hero who has turned the tide in the war, has established a proud martial arts, and has also shown solid transaction handling skills in government affairs. /
at least before he was in his forties. But today, his decline is very obvious. Lifeless about everything. It seems that he is not interested in anything and lacks the audacity to be a soldier, especially in terms of judgment, insight, and decision-making. Maybe this is the reason. That’s why this famous player of Rezagang has fallen so much in recent years that he has been surpassed by some unknown younger generations. Why did the past heroes fall to this point? There are different opinions.
For example, it was because the young leader was hit by a barbarian on the head during the battle, or because his aging body was unable to withstand the pain and torment day and night, and it was also said that the rebellion of Resagan a year ago The veteran's son is involved in the aftermath of his tragic death, and various imaginations and discussions. But one thing is certain, Motoi is indeed old,
This time, the troops sent by Resagan is only 3,000 people who are unsatisfactory
For the top ten countries of Central Europe and Baro, the number of such dispatches is obviously not worthy of the name. In the 170,000 coalition forces, Resagan’s position is almost ignored. It is estimated that it is for this reason that Resagan is sent. This member, who is already very old, is even in such an important meeting. The performance of the veteran is more like a nap in front of a bonfire. "It seems that if you don't persuade this veteran, others will be unwilling." Leo Porter sighed inwardly. He knew that there were many people who thought like Motoi. The main reason is that the crash during the day gave people too deep an image!
Leopold said, "Gang Fei Ren has completely spared it this time, and only agreed to use all his reserve forces to try his best to hold the 300,000 Falcon reinforcements in the north. Now the situation is very clear. Who can take first? Victory on Barruta's side. Whoever has the ability to take a shot to launch a fierce attack on the opponent's flank, and then shake the entire front, "" It is correct to say that. But just like this, we will take a strong attack, I am afraid that we have not captured Baru. Tower, the wounded soldiers have lie down all over the town! If... "The veteran Motoi is not so persuasive, he just stopped the hand that stroked his stomach, and cast a solemn look out the window. Deliberately twisted the poorly colored cyan lips,
"It's really troublesome!" Leo Potter was a little helpless. "No if! Because now that we have torn our face with the Falcon Empire, we must fight it! The Battle of Baruta affects more than just Gang Fei, And the fate of us and the entire Central Europe! If the Gangfei people collapse, our country must face the front of the Falcon Empire!"
Leopard’s eyes flickered, and he has always been the face of a good old man. At this moment, there is a bit more cold and serious that belongs to the commander of the army.
" Again, fighting will surely kill people! Don’t be afraid to tell you, when I accepted the commander in this battle, I already had this idea that the 170,000 army could be 100,000 people over. On the front line of the Baruta Fortress, it is already a major victory!" "A hundred thousand people is a major victory!"
The veteran Motoi's eyes narrowed into a thin line. It's really cruel. Are the younger generations so cold now? The faces of the generals have also changed. That is not to say that in Barruta, the coalition forces will lose at least 70,000 people!
Barruta will be a **** battle. Before the war, the coalition forces had been prepared for this, so the coalition forces did not immediately attack when they arrived at the fortress of Barruta, but were fully prepared.
But in the outer wall battle the day before, taking the outer wall too easily has greatly reduced the loss predictions of many coalition generals for this battle. How could it cost 70,000 people! The battle of the outer wall is only less than ten thousand casualties! This number made the generals feel a little confused and talked about each other. Yeah, it was like falling from a high altitude to the ground! "During the war, we are very sleepy, and the Falcons are the same, but we have an advantage"
Leo Potter felt the fluctuating hearts of the crowd, his eyes swept across the faces of the crowd, his voice paused, and he said, "Our army has a numerical advantage. We can use this advantage to launch alternate attacks, and the opponent can only one I have been exhausted all day long. I believe that this kind of offensive will only take three days at most, and the opponent will collapse due to unsustainable forces and exhaustion! Any other opinions?"
"No! No comments. But, there is still plenty of time now. I think I should use this time to let the soldiers take a good rest. What do you think?..." The veteran Motoy yawned and spread out Said the hand, it can be regarded as the feasibility of Leo Porter’s tactics.
"Well, yes, I didn't think about this?"
Leo Porter gave a sigh of relief, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and waved to everyone, "This is the end of the meeting tonight. Everyone should go back and rest. Tomorrow you will get your heart out and take Baruta!"
"Yes!" Everyone got up and left the meeting room one after another. At the door, the veteran Motoy looked up at the bright moonlight in the sky and said to himself, "Are you old? He didn't know how to do anything." Rest assured"
Dark night, leading to the entrance of the mountain road below the Baruta Fortress, a dark shadow walks through the bushes
The weeds and bushes here are very luxuriant. In summer, the weeds and bushes here are desperately rising. As if to become a towering tree. The wind blows over the weeds on both sides of the road, unbridled and stretched out a long figure. The dry yellow mud road was pitted in the day by the coalition phalanx, and there was no road at all.
Scout Captain Li Fronley bent over and squatted in a waist-high bush,
He is a former Nord scout who is good at shooting at long range, but he prefers to use Nord scout hatchet, fifty meters apart in front of him, is the coalition defense line of the town below. The coalition forces set up temporary guards here, and the size of the town is obviously unable to hold more than one hundred thousand coalition forces, so more barracks and tents surround the outside of the town.
In the darkened night. The coalition forces lit up countless bonfires, as if the galaxy in the sky fell on the ground, and there were many swimming posts around, and coalition soldiers sat in groups by the bonfire. The guard is not rigorous, but it is, the coalition camp set up with the back of the town. Even if you encounter a surprise attack, with the support of the town, it is enough to deal with any situation, and you can even arrange it calmly and use your superior force to eat the invading enemy. Unless the opponent is a fool, you will think of raiding a 100,000 people backed by the town. Camp of the army,
Flongley took a close look around before carefully climbing up a soil **** outside,
From the height here, you can see the direction of the town, large areas of lights, and torches on the street. Unlike the soldiers who sit close to the fire in the outer camp, you can vaguely see a large number of people placed on the road in the town. In the wounded soldier, there is still a faint voice fluctuating in the wind,
"Confirmation done!"
Furlong grinned, like a fox stealing chickens, slowly withdrew from the sight distance of the coalition sentry, in the bushes behind, took out the homing pigeon representing the confirmed target, opened the pigeon cage, and took out the inside. Homing pigeon, tie a red ribbon to the leg of the homing pigeon, let go of your hand iu, the homing pigeon can't wait to flew towards the sky with the full moon,
Looking at the homing pigeon in the night sky, quickly turning into small black dots that are invisible to the naked eye, Fronley quickly climbed up a tree trunk and disappeared into the darkness
Baruta Fortress,
Salton, dressed in black armor, with his hands behind his back, standing on a raised mound in front of the fortress, looking up at the moon overhead, the violent night wind blowing his hair like It’s like looking for something on the ground, a small black spot appears under the bright moonlight,
"Look!" There was a low voice from below, everyone raised their heads at this moment, and a dark shadow appeared in the moonlight wheel, quickly coming towards the Baruta Fortress
"Is the scout's carrier pigeon!" The adjutant next to him shouted happily, "I hope everything goes well!"
Salton muttered in a low voice, and looked away, only to see him under the mound, the neatly arranged armor and spears could not see the end at a glance. Under the black iron helmet, the national character face of the Nords, moonlight shining down from a high place, like a stream of water, flowing from the soldiers' firm and upright postures. A total of 20,000 Nord soldiers radiated around like a mountain. The pressure, in the silence of the night, there was Xiao Sha, no one made a sound, it seemed that only the homing pigeons could be heard flapping their wings in the air. On the shoulders of the messenger,
Papa~IndoMTL.com~ The sound of folding the wings is particularly clear at night. "Operation target confirmed, my lord!" The soldier glanced at the red ribbon on the pigeon’s leg and shouted to Salton in front.
"Order combat troops to prepare!"
Salton took a deep breath, raised his hand, and the 20,000 army was silent under the silver moonlight. It felt like a murderous sword was about to be unsheathed, and the horses in the front row were uneasy. The ground kicked the ground and screamed in a low voice, even they were suppressed by the murderous aura bred in the silence.
In the forefront of the infantry, the crossbow shooter of about 10,000 people began to raise the crossbow in the direction of the town. The ignited rocket was inserted into the crossbow. Shooting at a height of meters in the wind, the range of the crossbow can exceed 300 meters. Of course, the main force is still the one hundred heavy ballistas lined up in front of the crossbowmen. The archers are cautiously placing the front end of the metal crossbow. The wrapped tarp is lit, and the flames are blazing like a lamp,
"My lord, everything is ready!"
Salton heard the voice of the adjutant behind him, and looked up to see the bright full moon above his head, such a beautiful moonlight, but unfortunately, tonight is about to become a blood moon! The arm suddenly fell, "Beng! Beng! Beng!" The sound of countless bowstrings was like a continuous rainstorm hitting the ground from a high altitude
At that moment, the countless streamers drawn by the arrows flying towards the town were like a galaxy leaking to the ground, and a big river rushed!
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