Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 28 North Wind (3)

This battle, which Lian Shanyao himself was a little embarrassed to think was really not a wonderful battle, did break the coalition's attempt to regain control of the edge of the dense forest area. Without forming a joint force, the coalition forces did not give full play to their numerical advantage, but they never thought that if they lost this opportunity, they would forever lose the chance to win this round.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of defeating the coalition forces, Shanyao immediately dug trenches and built fortifications in an all-round way, hoping to delay it for one day. Now he doesn't know where the engineering troops opened the way, so he can only do his best Do your best to drag this war on, the longer the better.

The troops from the three coastal city-states came quite quickly. Obviously, the consuls of these cities are very clear-headed. Devouring the land, and adding a powerful enemy with greater appetite and ambition than the Pasha people to the east, anyone can imagine that the survival of the Peninsula Alliance is already facing a huge test. So they have to do their best to help. If the Tanghe people can be firmly sealed to the north of the dense forest area, the danger of the Peninsula Alliance will be much less. Once they break through the dense forest area, especially in the Principality of Sulawesi, they will stand firm. foot, the entire half of the eastern countries of the alliance will never have peace.

The Moro City Republic, the Eastern Samoa City Republic, and the Sanbao City-State each sent 25,000 troops, of which the Sancheng Self-Defense Forces numbered 60,000, and the mercenary troops were as high as 15,000. They came out in full force, and the three cities mobilized almost all the means of transportation they could use, so they arrived at Yada City at the same time as the 6,000 troops of the Principality of Bali, only two days after the arrival of the Lygon City-State army. The coalition forces, who have already figured out the actual strength of the enemy, quickly assembled and prepared to completely solve the problem in the first battle Facing the Western Frontier Army with only over 20,000 troops, no one can predict the outcome of this battle without any suspense. No matter how powerful his western frontier army is, no matter how brave his Gaoyue soldiers are, with one enemy five, this huge disparity in strength cannot be made up by blood and courage.

Shanyao also expected this. He had a feeling that the Fourth Army should also rush out of the dense forest area in these two days, but the question was whether he could hold on for the next two days. Three echelons were built layer by layer along the defensive area. Shanyao knew that this was a battle that would determine the fate of his division and even the entire Southern Expedition. If the third division could withstand the opponent's attack and persist until the fourth army The arrival of the army, everything will be cleared up, and once it falls, the entire area along the northern edge of the dense forest will be occupied by the coalition forces, and the Fourth Army can only face the enemy's defenses after rushing out of the dense forest area. The legion was unable to deploy its own army, and could only be firmly strangled to death in the dense forest by the enemy. It was already a luxury to be able to return to Burma.

The coalition forces are also aware of the urgency to completely deal with the troops in front of them as soon as possible. It is obvious that the Tanghe people have already taken measures to pass through the dense forest area, and this army that came out of the Dahengduan Mountains is firmly standing here It is to win a base area for the main force to rest and breathe, and this is absolutely unacceptable to the coalition forces. Once the opponent's intention is allowed to succeed, the consequences can be imagined. The swarming Western Xinjiang army will crush the entire peninsula alliance. would have to be shattered, so they had to nip that possibility in the bud.

Dama, the commander of the garrison army of the Duke of Sulawesi, was immediately pulled down from the position of the commander of the coalition forces. In fact, the death of the military commander of the Duke of Sulawesi, Marshal Shilo, was known to all inside the coalition forces just because of how bad the first battle was. , I am afraid that there will no longer be a general who can support the overall situation. General Su Mu of the Moro City Republic replaced Dama as the commander of the coalition forces. .

Since there were no cavalry on both sides, elephant soldiers began to arrive one after another. Although the deep trenches dug by the Third Division in the early stage did not greatly hinder the infantry charge, it had a great impact on the march of the target soldiers. They had to jump down the ditch to fill the ditch first so that the elephants could pass through, but once this kind of mobile fortress passed through the gully area, it would pose a great threat to the defensive troops in the square formation, and the coalition forces also knew this. So even though the stormy javelins poured on the soldiers' heads, they still filled the trench firmly and step by step. Once the trench was completely filled, with the hundreds of giant elephants and the drums of the coalition soldiers sitting on the giant elephants No matter how strong the infantry phalanx of Gaoyue soldiers is, they can't resist the ravages of the giant elephant. The generals of the coalition army can even imagine that this group of enemies will run away **** and **** under the giant elephant's hooves.

However, the generals of the coalition army may have forgotten one thing. Since this enemy army clearly knows that the elephant soldiers are special troops of the Peninsula Alliance, and the general infantry defense line cannot withstand the charge of this kind of troops, why do they still dare to deploy here? A semi-arc defensive circle, the people of Xijiang never fight unprepared, which they seem to ignore. It's just that under such circumstances, almost no one would have thought of this. They were all full of hope that they could break through the opponent's defense line with the help of elephant soldiers, and then the 100,000 troops that followed could completely wipe out this lone army that had penetrated deep into the Western Frontier Army without any effort. annihilate.

It should be said that Su Mu, the commander of the coalition army, is a very cautious and clear-headed general. He is well aware of the bravery and tyranny of Gao Yue's soldiers. The price, since there is a killer move of the elephant soldiers, it will naturally be used to deal with the soldiers of Gaoyue. The soldiers of the coalition army only need to follow the elephant soldiers, wait for the elephant soldiers to ravage the enemy's defense line, and then easily pick the fallen peaches That's it. On the surface, there is nothing wrong with this plan, and it has also been unanimously agreed by other officers of the coalition forces. They all hope that the invaders from the north will see the unique tactics on the Indochina Peninsula, but they have too underestimated the enemy's cunning and cunning. ferocious.

When the enemy infantry soldiers frantically opened the way for the tall and mighty giant elephants regardless of casualties, Shanyao knew it was time to use his trump card. Thick armor, except for the two eyes, has almost no weaknesses, but it is undoubtedly unrealistic to kill the eyes of a giant elephant on the battlefield, and whether it is a bow or arrow or a spear, projecting it on the opponent is equivalent to thorns scratching an adult. The degree of skin is difficult to work, even if the elephant can be poisoned to death immediately with highly poisonous poison, I am afraid that the following army of more than 100,000 will also submerge its own position, but all this seems to be within the plan.

When the enemy lancers on the opposite side carefully replaced with a small lancer, the coalition soldiers following behind the elephant soldiers were all happy. They saw that the trenches were filled to the ground and only the last few For the deeper trenches, the coalition soldiers who were accustomed to this kind of trench filling operations became more proficient. Thousands of soldiers worked at the same time, and it took almost ten minutes for a trench to be completely filled. They all carefully covered their bodies with large shields, while the elephants peacefully waited for the moment when the ditch was filled under the command of the slaves on their backs.

Wave after wave of guns swarmed towards the giant elephant. This time, the Western Frontier Army seemed to have changed its tactics. It no longer aimed at the soldiers who were slowly advancing behind the giant elephant, but directly attacked the giant elephant itself. But what damage can such a small throwing gun do to a colossus like a giant elephant? After learning of this situation, the coalition generals in the rear all laughed at the stupidity and lack of skills of the Tanghe people~IndoMTL.com~ Maybe the Tanghe people have reached the point of desperation, and they can only gamble crazily.

The coalition generals, who thought they had noticed this change, ordered all the troops to line up and move forward steadily, and they could completely bury the enemy when the giant elephant troops broke through the enemy's defensive circle. Only Su Mu, the commander of the coalition forces, noticed some strange things. The enemy still stubbornly insisted on defending the position under such circumstances. Of course, they hoped to hold on to a base area, but in the face of the fall of the position and the entire army would fall into the surrounding situation. In this way, this made Su Mu miss the IQ of the opponent's general. Either the opponent's commander was determined to die, or the opponent had another conspiracy. Control of the edge of the dense forest, but at least the strength is preserved, and the tenacious combat effectiveness of Gaoyue soldiers can be transferred to the western Hengduan Mountains to continue fighting the coalition forces.

But at this moment, although he doubts in his heart, he can't think of any force against the sky that the other party has that can reverse the current situation. Although he is a little uneasy, as the coach, he can only use reason instead of Make a decision based on intuition. All the coalition forces divided into three parts have completed the assembly according to the attack echelon. No matter how tenacious and aggressive the Gaoyue people are, the huge gap in strength will completely send them into the region. Su Mu firmly believes in this. At this time, there is no People can change this situation.

But everything that followed would haunt all the coalition generals who participated in this battle like a nightmare. No one could believe their eyes, and they couldn't believe what happened in front of them.

"This is a nightmare that I will never want to recall again! Only the devil can perform such maddening magic!" Excerpted from "The History of the Peninsula War - Su Mu's Memoirs".