In the early morning of May 6, 3312 A.D., the crusade led by Princess Deborna and the counterinsurgency led by the Duke of Pankla began to line up on the plain outside Harvest Town.

Of course, the army of the Han and Tang Empires did not participate in the formation, and since arriving in Fengshou Town yesterday, Sun Huimin ordered all troops to hurry up and dig trenches.

Even overnight, the officers and men of the two reinforced regiments of the forbidden army and the three garrison divisions worked in shifts on the positions.

Looking at the crusading army arrayed in the distance, Sun Huimin said to Niu Heng, Niu Zhang, and the division commanders of the other two garrison divisions, Chang Baocheng and Hou Tian: "Originally, I was going to use the artillery unit to provide long-range firepower support for the crusading army, but Princess Dai Bona refused. ”

Chang Baocheng frowned and said, "That Princess Dai Bona should have seen the power of our artillery, how could she not need the fire support of the artillery?" ”

Hou Tian immediately said: "I think it may be that Princess Dai Bona, who doesn't want our Han and Tang Empires to participate in this battle for the throne, after all, our Han and Tang Empires do not belong to this world." ”

Sun Huimin said in a deep voice: "No matter what Princess Dai Bona thinks, we must also be ready to go to war. ”

"Woo-woo-"

As the horns of the two sides continued to sound, some infantry phalanxes in front of the large formations of the two sides began to slowly press towards each other at the same time.

When the infantry phalanx of both sides approached, the mages in the infantry phalanx began to cast attack spells on each other, and released defensive spells on their own mages.

The magicians of the Continent of the Gods, below level four, including level four, cannot use group attack magic or group defense magic, so in the infantry phalanx, the magicians who can release defensive magic are all above level five.

You must know that a magician above level 5 is not a cabbage in the Continent of the Gods, and even if it is a group defense magic, there is a limit on the defense area.

Even the strongest guard legion in the Star Moon Alliance could not be equipped with too many mages above level five.

Therefore, the group defense magic released by the mages above level 5 in the infantry phalanxes on both sides was mainly to protect their own low-level mages.

More warriors in the infantry phalanx can only rely on the shields in their hands and the armor on their bodies to carry the attack magic of the opposing mage.

Of course, a warrior above level 6 can form an air film on his body with special martial arts, and he can also resist attack magic and even physical attacks.

In the Continent of the Gods, only one of about 20 people can have the potential to become a magician, but it is much easier for ordinary people to become warriors, which may be related to the rich magical atmosphere of the Continent of the Gods.

Therefore, the armies of the countries of the Continent of the Gods basically do not recruit ordinary people, and the weakest soldiers must also be first-class warriors.

Fireballs, Wind Blades, Ice Picks......

After all kinds of attack magic fell, in the infantry phalanx of both sides, the screams of one after another sounded instantly, and many warriors who were not protected by defensive magic were directly killed by these attack magic.

The infantry phalanxes of both sides, facing each other's attack magic, finally collided together, and an even bloodier battle began.

The infantry phalanx on the side of the crusading army included 5 thousand troops under Princess Dai Berna's command and 30,000 troops of the Guards Legion.

The infantry phalanx under the command of the Duke of Pankla included 40,000 men of the Guards Legion.

Although Princess Dai Bona promised to lead 15,000 private soldiers from 5 thousand teams under her command, and the 30,000 troops of the Guards Legion to the front, Princess Dai Bona did not personally lead the troops to attack at this time.

After all, Princess Deborna is the commander of the entire rebel army, so she can't rush to the front just after the war starts!

Seeing that the troops of the two sides had fought together, Princess Deborna turned back to a nobleman and ordered, "Marquis of Lopest, please immediately lead your army and attack the enemy's right flank." ”

"Yes, Your Highness Princess."

Marquis Danica Lopeste did not hesitate to give this order, and after saying that, he turned and left, preparing to lead his 15,000 private soldiers to attack.

Then Princess Deborna ordered another nobleman: "Marquis Garcikaya, please lead your army and attack the enemy's left flank. ”

Marquis Jim Garcikaya didn't say a word, and immediately prepared to lead his 12,000 private soldiers to attack the enemy's left flank.

At the same time, the Duke of Pankra also sent 20,000 troops of the Guards Legion, and let these 20,000 troops attack the left and right flanks of the rebel army respectively.

The deputy commander of the Guards, Marquis Tanilla Blackcack, then whispered to Duke Pankra Rodfili: "Duke, with the size of the rebels, I am afraid it will be difficult to defeat them in a battle today.

It's better to let those nobles do a little bit of their way and consume some of the rebels' strength. ”

This time, the Duke of Pankla formed a counterinsurgency army, and some nobles who had long defected to him, gathered about 120,000 troops to join the counterinsurgency army.

The Marquis of Tanilla clearly meant to let these 120,000 noble troops serve as cannon fodder.

Duke Pankra nodded slightly, "Don't worry, I know it."

However, those armies from different time and space, I don't know why they didn't join the battlefield in the first place?

I'd like to see for myself how powerful the weapons of the Alternate Plane Army are. ”

Marquis Tanilla Blackcak said, "Duke, this may have a lot to do with the fact that we have been promoting the collusion between Her Royal Highness and people from another time and space.

Presumably, in her heart, Her Royal Highness the princess does not want those armies from different time and space to participate in this decisive battle. ”

Duke Pankra sneered: "My niece, it seems, still hasn't figured it out, history is written by the victors. ”

The fierce fighting between the crusaders and the rebels lasted until the evening of the 6th.

Although both sides suffered heavy losses in this day's bloody battle, neither was able to completely defeat the other.

As the sky grew dark, Princess Deborna and the Duke of Pankla successively issued an order for a truce, and then both sides began to clean up the battlefield and collect the bodies of their own fallen soldiers.

Some of the seriously wounded soldiers who were still alive were also carried down for treatment.

Sun Huimin put down the binoculars and couldn't help but say with some emotion: "These troops of the Star and Moon Alliance are quite civilized in battle.

Before the battle, not only will they make an appointment, but after a fierce battle, both sides will consciously collect the corpses of the fallen soldiers. ”

Niu Heng also put down the binoculars, "If at this time, our 2 forbidden army reinforcement regiments and 3 garrison divisions will concentrate the armored troops and attack directly, I don't know if we can defeat the duke's army in one fell swoop?" ”

Each forbidden army reinforcement regiment of the Han and Tang Empires had 2 tank battalions under its jurisdiction.

According to the establishment of the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires, each tank battalion has 3 tank companies, each tank company has 16 tanks and 20 armored vehicles, and a tank battalion has 48 tanks and 60 armored vehicles.

Originally, the garrison division was not equipped with armored troops, but before the three garrison divisions that joined the rebel army left the fortress, Zhou Rui specially transferred three tank regiments, which were temporarily assigned to the 45th Garrison Division, the 49th Garrison Division and the 57th Garrison Division of the Luoshan Military Region.

The tank regiment of the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires had three tank battalions with 144 tanks and 180 armored vehicles, as well as 24 105mm towed howitzers.

The combined strength of the 2 Forbidden Army regiments and 3 garrison divisions had more than 600 tanks and more than 700 armored vehicles, which was enough to carry out a large-scale assault on the counterinsurgency led by the Duke of Pankla.

At present, there is only one armored vehicle equipped by the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires, which was designed by Zhou Rui himself and named the Bobcat wheeled armored vehicle by Zhou Rui.

The Bobcat wheeled armored vehicle is a six-wheel drive with a maximum speed of 70 kilometers per hour, a maximum off-road speed of 40 kilometers per hour, and a maximum range of 500 kilometers.

The hull is of welded construction with 16 mm of armor in the front, 10 mm in the rear side armor of the body, 8 mm in the top armor and 6 mm in the bottom armor.

Armed with 1 30 mm rapid-fire gun and 3 7.92 mm machine guns, one of which can act as an anti-aircraft machine gun.

Sun Huimin hesitated when he heard this, in fact, Sun Huimin also wanted to send armored troops to defeat the so-called counterinsurgency army in one fell swoop.

However, Sun Huimin knew that the emperor asked him to lead an escort force composed of 2 forbidden army reinforcement regiments and 3 garrison divisions, and the main task was to protect the safety of Princess Dai Bona, and the escort force should not participate in the internal war of the Star and Moon Alliance unless necessary.

Sun Huimin shrugged his shoulders and said, "The task given to us by His Majesty is mainly to protect Princess Dai Bona.

Since Princess Dai Bona didn't ask us to join the war, let's continue to be spectators! ”

That night, in a tent in the camp of the crusading army, Princess Deborna held another high-level meeting of the crusading army.

However, there were a few fewer nobles attending the meeting tonight than there were at the military meeting last night, and the few nobles who were missing had already died on the battlefield today.

"Grisha, how many casualties did your 30,000-strong team have suffered today?" Princess Debona asked in a deep voice to Viscount Grisha Herdes, the commander of the 30,000th Brigade of the Guards Legion.

Grisha Herdes sighed and said, "Your Highness Princess, our 30,000 people, 50,000 people, and 80,000 people, in today's battle, together nearly 30,000 people were killed, and more than 1,000 people were seriously wounded. ”

When Princess Dai Bona heard this, she couldn't help but cry out in her heart.

The 30,000 troops of the Guards Legion can be said to be the troops that Princess Dai Bona relies on the most, but she didn't expect that after only one day of fighting, these 30,000 troops lost half of their combat strength.

And Princess Dai Bona relied on another one, the 15,000 private soldiers under her command had been at the forefront because the 30,000 people of the Guards Legion had been at the forefront, and more than half of them had been killed or wounded.

Princess Deborna then asked Marquis Danica Lopest, who was leading 15,000 private soldiers, "Marquis Lopest, how many people are left in your army?" ”

Danica Lopest, who had gauze wrapped around her head, said with a wry smile: "Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, there are less than 8,000 soldiers left under my command who can continue to fight. ”

Then Princess Deborna asked all the nobles in the camp one by one how many soldiers were left to fight.

The nobles who were not qualified to attend the high-level military meeting of the crusading army had already reported their losses to Princess Deborna's chief of guard, Pav Colano.

Princess Dai Bona made a rough calculation, in today's fierce battle, the crusading army she formed lost 100,000 troops, and most of them were relatively strong combat fighting troops.

For example, the 30,000 troops of the Guards Legion, the private soldiers under their own command, and the private soldiers under the command of 4 marquis and 6 counts.

Viscount Grisha Herdes, the captain of the Ten Thousand Guards, hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness Princess, the 30,000, 50,000 and 80,000 teams of our Guards Legion are willing to shed their last drop of blood for Her Royal Highness.

However, if tomorrow we still have 30,000 troops at the front, I am afraid that tomorrow night's military meeting, we, the three captains, will not have the opportunity to participate in it again. ”

Then even Marquis Danica Lopest, who yesterday advocated that the 30,000 troops of the Guards Legion must be at the front, sighed and said, "Your Royal Highness, it is best to send other troops to the front tomorrow.

The 30,000 men of the Guards Regiment have been crippled today, and if they are still at the forefront tomorrow, they may not be able to retreat. ”

Princess Dai Bona said with a sad face: "But which troops should be at the front?"

Ordinary troops may not be able to withstand the enemy's attack. ”

Marquis Danica Lopeste turned his head to look at the two Han and Tang people who were whispering in the camp, and couldn't help but say: "Your Royal Highness Princess, I heard that the ** team of the Han and Tang Emperors from another time and space has good combat effectiveness.

I don't know if tomorrow we can let the army of the Han and Tang Empires be at the forefront of our crusading army. ”

The two Han and Tang people in the camp were Wu Yupeng of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Han and Tang Empires, and Sun Huimin, the commander of the 45th Garrison Division of the Luoshan Military Region of the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires.

Since Sun Huimin couldn't understand the lingua franca of the Continent of the Gods, Wu Yupeng of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had been translating for Sun Huimin, what Princess Dai Bona said and those nobles.

Although Princess Dai Bona did not want the army of the Han and Tang Empires to participate in this battle involving the throne.

But if it is related to the victory or defeat of this war, Princess Dai Berna will not be able to care so much about it.

In fact, even if Marquis Danica Lopest doesn't mention it, Princess Dai Bona is ready to let the army of the Han and Tang Empires enter the war tomorrow.

"General Sun, I wonder if the army of your Han and Tang Empires will be able to fight tomorrow? And at the forefront of the battlefield? Princess Dai Baina asked Sun Huimin.

After Wu Yupeng translated Princess Dai Bona's words, Sun Huimin couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and finally had a chance to perform!

Zhou Rui has already explained to Sun Huimin that if Princess Dai Bona asks the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires to participate in the war, Sun Huimin can choose to agree or refuse according to the actual situation.

Sun Huimin nodded slightly, "Your Majesty has already explained that our escort troops will obey the arrangements of Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Tomorrow, the escort unit of our Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires is willing to serve as the first batch of troops to participate in the war! ”