Compared with Lucius's annoyance, anger and grief, Octavian was more troubled by how to break through the situation of the Hualou base. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As Lucius said, this first attack was so fiercely attacked by the enemy, the Roman army, on the road to the Hualou base, was beaten helpless and forced to retreat, this disadvantage, will make the Roman soldiers have a strong sense of frustration, will leave a deep impression in their hearts that the enemy is strong and weak.

This was the greatest blow to the Roman soldiers, this was the greatest blow to Octavian. Octavian frowned and looked at the Hualou base again, and at that moment, he seemed to feel that the Hualou base was far away from him. If he can't conquer this strong fortress in front of him, he won't be able to get close to his target, Anhua City, and everything will be in vain.

"The army stopped its advance and first concentrated its fire on the base on the hill. After thinking for a while, Octavian stared at the base of Hualou, and made a decision in his heart, so he ordered Lucius beside him.

Lucius nodded, knowing Octavian was right.

In this first battle, the Roman legions ended in a crushing defeat, which is already an established fact, and in order to reverse this situation and restore the morale of the Roman legions, there is no more effective and direct way to defeat the enemies in the Hualou base who defeated them.

In order to capture the base of Hualou, according to Octavian's instructions, Lucius simply divided the Roman legions into two parts. The first part allocates 10,000 Roman cavalry, that is, the 10,000 Roman cavalry that had bypassed the Hualou base earlier, while the other part arranges 30,000 troops and gathers all kinds of troops.

For the 10,000 Roman cavalry in the first part, Lucius assigned them the task of scouts.

He was going to let the 10,000 Roman cavalry go to Anhua City first, lurk around Anhua City, and wait for an opportunity to act. The 10,000 cavalry will be responsible for two tasks: on the one hand, if they find the right time, they can attack Anhua and kill them with one blow, and on the other hand, if there is no opportunity to attack Anhua City, they will have to carry out another task - to provide care for the Roman army attacking the Hualou base, and prevent Anhua from sending reinforcements to support the Hualou base.

The other part of the more than 30,000 Roman soldiers, they are the main Roman army that is about to attack the Hualou base. In order to capture the Hualou base, Lucius ordered the 30,000 Roman soldiers to find a place near the Hualou base and build a military camp. Then, build trebuchets to collect stones and craft wooden spears that could be consumed by Roman spearcasters.

Lucius took this battle very seriously. Just as the morale of the Roman soldiers needed to be regained from the victory of the Hualou base, Lucius also needed this victory to dispel the anger in his heart.

It's just that in Lucius's opinion, although I don't know the name of the long-range weapon of the Anwar Army, I have obviously learned how powerful it is. Therefore, Lucius did not want to rashly launch an attack on the Hualou base without adequate preparation.

As for Lucius's arrangement, Octavian not only was not in the slightest dissatisfied, but also adopted a tacit attitude, and did not comment on the words that affected Lucius's arrangement.

A war, the side that is not fully prepared, will always have only losses, and the difference is only in size. Octavian was not the kind of person who was happy about his successes, and since he handed over the command to Lucius, he would not interfere with the military arrangements made by Lucius, on the contrary, Octavian gave Lucius the greatest support - seeing that the war could not end in a short time, Octavian sent his cronies, in his name, to urge the city of Hasala to prepare sufficient military supplies for Lucius's Roman legions and transport them as soon as possible.

The Hualou base has the most advanced communication equipment -- the walkie-talkies and transmitters of Blue Mercury, and although Zhao Bai and them seem to be trapped on the mountain, they are not blind to everything outside as soon as they close their eyes and smear it dark. On the contrary, Zhao Bai was very clear about the movements of the Roman army.

Every day, the scouts of the Xinghua Army who were active in the surrounding area would send information about the latest movements of the Roman legions, in addition, there was also the Mountain Eagle Base, and they would also send telegrams to Zhao Bai from time to time to inform them of some changes in the Roman Empire.

The only thing they were happy about was that the Roman Empire didn't seem to have any intention of increasing troops to the Hualou base. The reason why they have this judgment is because they saw the clues from the intelligence of the Mountain Eagle base. Intelligence shows that Julius Caesar of the Roman Empire is said to have loved the second prince Antony even more.

The imperial family is different from the ordinary people's family, and the preference of Julius Caesar is not a simple meaning, it is a choice related to the succession to the throne. In addition, the Roman court did not seem to have any signs of support because the Grand Prince had been fighting for a long time, so Zhao Bai could boldly guess that Julius Caesar did not seem to care much about Octavian's victory or defeat.

As long as the Roman Empire did not increase the number of troops to Anhua City, and Zhao Bai only needed to deal with the Roman legions brought by Octavian, things would be much simpler.

The Roman legions were preparing for battle, everything was ready, and the first attack was soon launched.

The first attack on the Hualou base was on the morning of the third day of the Roman legion's encampment.

Lucius organized ten thousand soldiers as the main force. The Hualou base is not large, but it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if all the troops are sent at once, I am afraid that in addition to being particularly crowded, it will not play any positive role. Moreover, once the war starts, the soldiers of the army who can affect the outcome are sometimes not too expensive.

Although Lucius did not send all his troops, he was not sloppy in terms of strategic layout.

First, Lucius ordered a hundred trebuchets to be sent into battle. With Lucius's order, the trebuchet, which had been prepared for a long time and carried thousands of stones with a radius of about fifty centimeters, was quickly sent to the front of the army, and aimed at the Hualou base to launch the first round of attacks, opening the curtain of the battle.

In the face of the first round of attacks launched by the Roman legions, the Hualou base was not without response. When Zhao Bai and the others were building the base, they had noticed the defense of the base. As the military headquarters of the Xinghua Empire in the Western Regions, wouldn't it be a joke if the Hualou base was easily breached by any enemy forces attacking the base?

Therefore, the fortifications built at the Hualou base are also heavily protected, not only with a large number of foxholes, but also with small submachine gun fortresses, all over the highlands. Between the forts, they are connected by small trenches. However, the existence of small fortresses is mainly used to defend against bows and arrows and throwing spears.

Zhao Bai also didn't expect that the first round of attacks by the Roman legions would be trebuchet attacks. Of course, trebuchets are not easy to aim, and a hundred casts of Roman legion trebuchets may not be able to hit a fortress at the base of Zhonghualou.

Then, 10,000 soldiers of the Roman legions, under the command of Lucius, began to attack the heights. A large number of throwing spears and bows and arrows were thrown into the high ground in unison.

As soon as the Roman soldiers went up the mountain, the soldiers of the Xinghua army began to return fire.

The first round, which lasted for half an hour, was won or lost by the two sides. The Roman soldiers advanced upwards for more than 20 meters, and many archers relied on their archery skills to wound many Xinghua soldiers.

It's just that the guns of the Xinghua army caused more damage to the Roman soldiers. Because of the small size of the bullet, it was difficult for Roman healers to handle it, so many soldiers lost their combat effectiveness when they were shot. Moreover, the attack speed of bullets is also faster than that of bows and arrows, and the soldiers of the Xinghua Army have been strictly trained, and their aiming is not low, although they are not a hundred shots, they do injure a large number of Roman soldiers.

After the first round was stopped, the two sides went back to camp to adjust, and the second round, about fifteen minutes later, began.

At the beginning of the second round, the Roman soldiers seemed to have deliberately strengthened their strength and firepower after adjustment, so soon after the start of this round, the elite Roman soldiers were finally able to successfully advance no less than ten meters forward again, and it seemed that the offensive was not weak, showing a strong forward posture, and also successfully occupied a trench.

However, this trench did not bring any benefit to the Romans. On the contrary, when the Xinghua army built the trenches, they deliberately raised the height of the trenches behind. In a trench in front, the soldiers in the back trench can often have no concealment effect, all under their guns.

Thus, the second round ended with the Romans abandoning the first trench and retreating to the foot of the hill.

In two rounds, the Roman legions suffered 2,000 casualties, and their morale fell again. The casualties of the soldiers also made Lucius sad and uncomfortable. However, this is war, and casualties are inevitable.

At noon, at the foot of the hill, Lucius regrouped his army. On the mountain, the Xinghua army seized the time to repair the fortifications and treat the wounded.

The casualties of the Xinghua army were much lower than those of the Roman army, only more than 100 people, more than 20 killed, more than 70 wounded, of which about 30 were bandaged and could rejoin the battle. If Lucius had known the number of casualties of the Xinghua army, he would have vomited blood.

However, Zhao Bai and other officers performed similarly to Lucius, and they were very saddened by the casualties of their own soldiers. Zhao Bai personally went to the field hospital and comforted the wounded.

The third round of the battle was fought in the early afternoon.

After a tentative first and second round, Lukius was well prepared for the third round.

A large number of stones, arrows, and spears rushed to the base of Hualou at the same time as the Roman soldiers.

Sure enough, the intensive attack caused the Hualou base to deal with it, which became heavy and overwhelming, and the pressure increased greatly.

The shouts of the officers were endless on the battlefield, and the same was true of the screams.

The first trench fell, the second also fell, and then one small fortress after another, densely packed around the headquarters. It was a position that the soldiers of the Xinghua Army had to hold onto, resulting in the Roman soldiers having to fight for one fortress after another.

During the battle, the soldiers of both armies suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, everyone was also angry, and they didn't expect to retreat, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate.

The battle lasted until the sun set, and the Roman legions lit a fire at the foot of the mountain for a night battle. Night battles were both good and bad for Roman soldiers. The good thing is that the soldiers of the Xinghua Army have no daylight, and their guns are not accurate. The bad thing is that it's becoming more difficult for them to climb the mountain. Because the spirit of the soldiers on both sides was highly concentrated, the intensity of the battle was no worse than during the day.

At the command headquarters of the Hualou base, Zhao Bai and other officers still did not dare to rest for a moment and command the battle.

"Our army suffered 800 casualties, a huge proportion of battle losses. A staff officer worried.

"The proportion of our army's battle losses is large, and the Roman army's battle loss ratio will never be lower than ours. At this time, you have to be more persistent than anyone. Tell the whole army, hold on, the Romans are no easier than us. At the same time, the reserve army was ordered to seize the time to rest, and they should meet the front line at any time and change the guard at any time. Zhao Bai made a decision. At this time, the Xinghua army had no room to retreat, only to continue to consume the Roman army.

Suddenly, in the emergency call channel, a frightened voice sounded.

"Reportedly, there are high-ranking professionals who have intervened, who have stormed our fortress and are strangling our soldiers one by one. ”

When Zhao Bai heard this, he knew that the Roman legions had dispatched senior professionals, and immediately picked up another standby walkie-talkie and said, "Call the emergency team, there is your mission." ”

The emergency team at the Hualou base is an elite team that specializes in dealing with high-level professionals. In this group, each member of the team has a weapon that is powerful enough to injure high-level combat professionals.

Not long after Zhao Bai's order was issued, the emergency team set off from the command center and walked to the highest point of the Hualou base. The emergency team consisted of five members, two of whom were snipers, with two heavy sniper rifles and special night vision sights, which could easily find targets within a kilometer at night.

Moreover, the emergency team's heavy sniper rifles are also equipped with a variety of bullets, including armor-piercing rounds, which can easily penetrate most steel armor. It can be described as a weapon to kill senior professionals.

In Blue Mercury, because of the performance of heavy sniper rifles, as well as strong recoil and other conditions, it is not available to ordinary soldiers, and it must be specially trained.

However, in the Xinghua Empire, the recoil of heavy sniper rifles was not a problem at all in the hands of the members of the emergency team. The five of them are all carefully selected, and they are at least second-level combat professionals, and their physical fitness is extremely high.

"Sniper number one is in position!" said one of the snipers.

"The enemy is located in the B2-3 area and is moving towards C1-1. ”

When the Hualou base was built, each area was deliberately divided into numbers.

"Discover the target. "Sniper deputy.

Each sniper is equipped with a sniper deputy, who is equipped with a laser rangefinder, responsible for observing the environment, looking for enemies, providing various information to the sniper, and if the sniper has an accident, the deputy will continue to complete the mission.

"Sniper No. 2 in position!"

……

Bang!

Two armor-piercing bullets, in response, pierced through the air and quickly hit two Roman warrior professionals in the distance.

"Okay! hit the target!" the sniper deputy reported. (To be continued.) )