"Chapter 27: The Bloody Battle of the Fortress, Part 5"

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A high-intensity battle that lasted only an hour caused Bai Feng's Seventh Wing to suffer heavy casualties, and after the orc army withdrew, it was not the soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield that were the busiest, but Hua Mu, who was responsible for treating the light and seriously wounded.

From the 1st Brigade to the Logistics Brigade, from the right flank to the left flank, more than 4,000 wounded were wailing in pain, and these wounded, whether light or severe, had learned valuable combat experience at a very painful cost, and bloody battles were their best teachers.

The soldiers of the 7th Wing have completed their recruit training in the previous period of suppression of bandits, and have transformed from a recruit to a real Imperial soldier, and the battle of Sunset Fortress is a sharper whetstone, and those who can survive will quickly turn into veterans.

As the captain of the wing, Bai Feng watched the more than 1,500 soldiers under his command who were still alive yesterday now turned into cold corpses, and his heart said that it must be false if he was not distressed, but more than distressed was relieved.

The soldiers who died were martyrs who died in battle, and they were worthy of their status as soldiers of the empire, and the soldiers who survived learned too much in the battle that they could not learn in training, and this is the only way for them to grow into elites.

In the corps headquarters that was once again full of wing commanders, the previous team leaders who were covered in blood all changed into clean military uniforms, and the only thing that remained unchanged was the grim look on the faces of the wing captains, because this battle had dealt a heavy blow to the newly built fortieth legion.

"I don't need to say more about the tragedy of the battle, you should first report the casualties of your respective wings. "Commander Giscar, who had just returned from the Marquis of Rundstead, walked into the headquarters and went straight to the point.

"General, seven hundred and thirty-three officers and men of our First Wing were killed, and another two hundred and forty-two officers and men were seriously wounded, and only one thousand one hundred and fifty-nine soldiers remained, including those who were lightly wounded. "This is the report of the first wing captain Kabul.

"General, nine hundred and forty-five officers and men of our Second Wing were killed, another three hundred and seventy-four were seriously wounded, and only six hundred and fifty-six soldiers were left who could continue the battle, including those who were lightly wounded. "This is the report of the second captain, Pereira.

"General, our third wing ......"

After the first six wing commanders finished reporting one after another, Bai Feng also made a brief report on the situation of his seventh wing; compared with other wings, the seventh wing, which had lost more than 1,500 soldiers, was undoubtedly the wing with the most casualties.

However, the other nine wings were all regular wings with only 2,000 soldiers at full strength, and the number of dead soldiers in their ranks was close to half of the full number; in terms of the proportion of casualties alone, the seventh wing, which had the most dead soldiers, had the lowest proportion of casualties.

As the report of the Tenth Wing Captain Evans ended, Captain Giscard, whose face was becoming more and more gloomy, frowned at his own brows and asked the Wing Commanders below, "In just one battle, a third of our Legion was killed?"

"General, our legion had more than 25,000 men and men when it went to the fortress, and now there are only 13,000 soldiers left in battle, and today a total of 9,200 soldiers have been killed, and another 3,100 soldiers who have been seriously wounded must be withdrawn from the fortress. ā€

The first wing commander of the legion, who was second only to the corps commander, opened his mouth to tell the specific casualties of the legion, and the aggregated casualty data made all the co-captains present look uneasy.

Especially the Captain of the Rodville Wing, who has always been outspoken, he directly smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, this is a war with the Orc Empire, if it is a war with other countries, with such heavy casualties, I am afraid that the soldiers under our command would have collapsed long ago." ā€

"The Orc Empire is an alien empire after all, and it is impossible for the soldiers of our Celestial Dragon Empire to collapse in a war with aliens, this is our greatest advantage. Commander Giscar, with a black face, rarely affirmed Rodwell's point of view.

Seeing that everyone in the headquarters was hit by this first battle, Bai Feng, who had the heart to relieve the pressure, spoke:

"General, the reason why our legion paid such heavy casualties in the first battle was not only because of the strong combat effectiveness of the orc warriors, but also because our soldiers lacked experience in fighting with orc warriors, which led to the death of a large number of soldiers. ā€

Hearing Bai Feng say this, Giskal, who was extremely experienced in the battlefield, instantly understood and said, "You mean, after this first battle, the soldiers of our legion have experience in dealing with orc warriors, and they can reduce casualties in the next battle?"

"That's just one aspect. Bai Feng, who deliberately showed a confident look, continued with a kind of pointing: "The twelfth fortress where our legion is stationed is only a subsidiary fortress in the No. 4 main fortress area, and the geographical location is not outstanding. ā€

"Although the Orc Empire has an army of 1.5 million, it is impossible to commit all the troops in one attack, not to mention, there are four other main fortresses and eleven small fortresses to help them share the pressure, and it is impossible for the orc army to attack us directly. ā€

"Bai Feng, no one dares to guarantee this kind of thing, right?" Kabul, who did not agree with Bai Feng's statement, questioned: "Accidents in war are everywhere, otherwise how could we be suddenly attacked by an army of eighty or ninety thousand orcs today?"

"It is true that wars are always full of countless accidents. After nodding his head in agreement with Kabul's opinion, Bai Feng patiently explained: "But accidents are only a few cases that happen occasionally, and most of the time, the offensive strength of the Orc Empire is still predictable. ā€

"Based on the fact that each time the Orc Empire invests half of its army to attack, each fortified area needs to deal with an average of less than 200,000 orc armies, of which more than one-third of the orc armies will be attracted by the main fortress, and the remaining less than two-thirds.

Even if it is two-thirds of the strength of the army of 200,000 orcs, it is only 120,000 orc warriors, and in the average score of the three fortresses, our fortress No. 12 will be attacked by an army of 40,000 orcs at most, which is only half of the army of orcs attacking us today. ā€

Bai Feng's reasonable analysis won the approval of the wing captains, and even the commander of the Giscard Legion nodded and said, "If the army of 40,000 orcs attacks us, the number of our daily casualties will be controlled to less than three thousand, which is extremely beneficial to us." ā€

"With each more bloody battle, those who survive will become more elite, and as time goes on and the number of battles increases, the soldiers of our legion will become more and more elite, and the casualty number will be lower and lower!"

Rodwell, who followed the words of the regimental commander, was just excited when he was poured a basin of cold water by Cabul and said: "Our soldiers are flesh and blood, not iron puppets, and three days of endless fighting are enough to exhaust them. ā€

"Then use the method of rest to fight!" Giscard, who has the right to decide, directly clapped the decision: "As long as the attacking orc army does not exceed 40,000, our legion will be divided into two batches to defend the fortress, so that the soldiers of each wing can rest and recuperate." ā€

"No!" The wing commanders under his command, who had suffered heavy casualties, naturally would not refuse such a good order.

At this time, a personal soldier of the Marquis of Rundstead, whom Bai Feng knew, walked in from outside the headquarters and reported to Giskal: "General, the Marquis's reinforcement of your five thousand city defense troops has arrived, please receive!"