Chapter 319: The Failed Decoy Goes Deeper
At 8 o'clock in the morning on February 15, 1558, the Han and Tang armies launched a full-scale attack on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire.
However, the Nine Nations Alliance, including the Black Bear Army, defended very tenaciously, and the Han and Tang armies attacked for two days in a row, but they did not break through any point on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire, and they suffered great losses themselves.
Of course, with the assistance of the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires, the losses of the Nine Nations Alliance on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire were also very large.
At the Jingzhou Military Region Headquarters, Song Shenghe, who was the commander of the entire campaign, saw the telegrams sent back by the frontline departments, and said to Li Guangbei, deputy commander of the Jingzhou Military Region, somewhat helplessly: "Lao Li, the losses are too great, and it seems that the Air Force has to use gasoline incendiary bombs to solve the problem." ”
Li Guangbei said with some hesitation: "Since the use of gasoline incendiary bombs against Yinguang City, our military has been under a lot of pressure from public opinion, and many newspapers in China believe that gasoline incendiary bombs are a very inhumane weapon.
Many well-known scholars and experts in China have published articles in newspapers, advocating a ban on the use of gasoline incendiary bombs on the battlefield. ”
Song Shenghe snorted coldly and said, "Some people are Qinggao.
This is a battlefield where you live and die, and any weapon is to destroy the enemy.
Anyway, the emperor still handed over the right to use gasoline incendiary bombs to us, which shows that the emperor has no objection to us continuing to use gasoline incendiary bombs. ”
After a pause, Song Shenghe continued: "This time, our Han and Tang Empire has gathered 120 group armies, 500 garrison divisions and 70 air force divisions.
In any case, we must break through the border defenses of the Black Bear Empire. ”
After the Han and Tang armies were blocked in the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire, Song Shenghe, the commander of the entire campaign, immediately issued an order for the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires to use gasoline incendiary bombs to bomb.
The Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires then selected a few points on the long border defense line of the Black Bear Empire, and then dispatched a large number of bombers to carpet bomb these points with gasoline incendiary bombs.
Relying on the powerful power of gasoline incendiary bombs, the Han and Tang armies finally broke through from these points on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire.
Next, through these points, the Han and Tang armies began to quickly outflank the rear of the Black Bear Empire's border defense line, trying to surround the Nine Nations Alliance troops stationed in the Black Bear Empire's border defense line.
On the side of the Nine-Nation Alliance, a large number of troops were mobilized to counterattack several lost positions, but unfortunately, after paying huge casualties, it still did not succeed, and the General Headquarters of the Nine-Nation Alliance had no choice but to issue an order to retreat to the troops on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire.
At the headquarters of the Nine-Nation Alliance in Gaget City, the second capital of the Black Bear Empire, the Minister of War of the Golden Lion Empire, Luo Feika, said to the Minister of War of the Black Bear Empire, Uriyan: "Marshal Uriyan, our coalition forces are in the provinces of Raku and Sotni, and there is no way to resist the Han and Tang armies.
The terrain of these two provinces was very suitable for the mechanized troops of the Han and Tang Empires.
In addition, the Han and Tang armies occupy air supremacy, even if our coalition forces invest a large number of troops in the defense of Laku Province and Sotni Province, in the end, it will only slow down the speed of the Han and Tang Army's attack. ”
The Black Bear Empire has a land area of about 15 million square kilometers in the Western Continent, which is divided into eight provinces, of which the Raku Province and the Sotney Province are bordered by the northern part of the Silver Wolf Empire.
The Black Bear Empire's War Minister Uriyan asked in a deep voice, "Marshal Rofika, do you mean to let the coalition forces retreat to the Gyada Mountains?" ”
Gyada Mountain can actually be called the Gyada Mountain Range, which is a mountain range that traverses most of the Black Bear Empire, and also divides the Black Bear Empire into two.
Some of them are the provinces of Raku and Sotni south of the Gyada Mountains, and north of the Gyada Mountains are the other six provinces of the Black Bear Empire.
The Golden Lion Empire's War Minister Rofika nodded, "That's exactly what I think about.
Our coalition forces can use Geyada Mountain to rebuild the defense line, and the terrain of Geyada Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if the Han and Tang armies use that kind of vicious incendiary bombs, don't want to break through Geyada Mountain. ”
Hearing Rofika mention the incendiary bombs used by the Han and Tang armies, Uriyan's heart couldn't help but sink.
Truth be told, Uriyan was certainly reluctant to give up the provinces of Raku and Sotni, the two largest provinces of the Black Bear Empire in the New World, each facing almost 3 million square kilometers.
These two provinces alone occupy about two-fifths of the Black Bear Empire's territory in the New World, and the provinces of Raku and Sotney are also important grain producing areas for the Black Bear Empire.
However, even if the Nine-Nation Alliance desperately defended the provinces of Laku and Sotni, the Han and Tang armies with incendiary bombs might turn the towns of these two provinces into ruins.
Seeing the entanglement on Uriyan's face, Rofika said again: "Marshal Uriyan, if our coalition forces can block the Han and Tang armies in Geyada Mountain, our coalition forces can take the opportunity to gather forces and conduct a battle of encirclement and annihilation to turn the tide of the entire battle!" ”
"Encirclement and annihilation?"
"That's right! It is to rely on Gyada Mountain to carry out a battle of encirclement and annihilation!
Now the four provinces of the Silver Wolf Empire have almost been beaten into blank land by both of us, as long as we make all the towns in the Raku Province and the Sotni Province the same as all the towns in the four provinces of the Silver Wolf Empire, the supply lines of the Han and Tang armies will become extremely long.
This gives our coalition a chance to turn the tide of the war! ”
Uriyan finally sighed and said, "It's indeed a good plan to lure the enemy deeper, but this matter is too big for me to decide, I have to report to the emperor of our Black Bear Empire." ”
"Marshal Uriyan, although the abandonment of the Raku Province and the Sotni Province has caused great losses to the Black Bear Empire, if you can't resist the Han and Tang Dynasty armies, the matter of the Silver Wolf Empire is likely to be repeated in the Black Bear Empire."
The Black Bear Empire finally agreed to abandon the provinces of Raku and Sotni, and then the forces of the Nine Nations Alliance, including the defenders of the Black Bear Empire's border defenses, began to retreat all the way to the Gyada Mountains.
Of course, in order to confuse the Han and Tang armies, the Nine-Nation Alliance left a part of its troops in each town in Laku Province and Sotni Province to defend these towns and slow down the advance of the Han and Tang armies.
In addition, the coalition forces that stayed behind in these towns also had an important task, which was to turn these towns into ruins before the Han and Tang armies captured them.
As for how to turn these towns into ruins, it goes without saying.
After the Han and Tang armies broke through the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire, due to the Nine-Nation Alliance on the border defense line, they retreated very quickly, and in the end, the Han and Tang Dynasty armies did not encircle many troops of the Nine-Nation Alliance.
The losses of the Nine-Nation Alliance on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire added up to less than 1.5 million.
The Han and Tang armies then rapidly advanced into the hinterland of the Black Bear Empire's provinces of Raku and Sotni, and by mid-May of 1558, they had captured most of the provinces of Raku and Sotni, leaving only a few towns near the Geyada Mountains and still under the control of the Nine-Nation Alliance.
At this time, the Nine-Nation Alliance had secretly assembled more than 38 million army troops in the Geyada Mountains, of which the army of the Black Bear Empire alone exceeded 15 million, waiting for the Han and Tang armies to collide head-on.
However, at this time, the offensive of the Han and Tang armies suddenly stopped.
At the headquarters of the Nine-Nation Alliance, the Black Bear Empire's War Minister Uriyang asked the Golden Lion Empire's War Minister Luo Fika with a worried face, "Could it be that the Han and Tang forces guessed the plan of our coalition army?" ”
Luo Feika said a little helplessly: "I'm afraid it's like this, but at least the Han and Tang armies have stopped." ”
Uriyan's heart was dripping blood at this time, and the Black Bear Empire had paid a considerable price for this plan to lure the enemy deeper.
Not to mention how much damage the Black Bear Empire will do to the ruined towns of the Raku and Sotney provinces.
Just to confuse the Han and Tang armies, the Black Bear Empire lost more than 2 million regular troops and more than 6 million militia in these towns, and the troops of the Nine-Nation Alliance and other countries combined with less than 800,000 in these towns.
You must know that these regular troops and militias of the Black Bear Empire are shouldering a mortal mission.
Uriyan, the Minister of War of the Black Bear Empire, asked bitterly, "Marshal Rofika, what should our coalition forces do next?" ”
Before Rofika could reply, the Flying Leopard Empire's War Minister Fajit suddenly barged in with a telegram, "Oh no!
The Han and Tang armies changed the direction of their main attack and attacked the territory of our Flying Leopard Empire from the eastern part of Sotney Province. ”
At the headquarters of the Jingzhou Military Region, Song Shenghe smiled and said to Li Guangbei, deputy commander of the Jingzhou Military Region: "Presumably, the faces of those commanders of the Nine-Nation Alliance must be very ugly now.
However, such an obvious lure to the enemy is deep, if we can't see it, we don't need to mix in the army. ”
Li Guangbei nodded and said: "Although the Nine-Nation Alliance has also deployed some troops in the western border area of the Flying Leopard Empire, because the Nine-Nation Alliance has gathered the main force in the Geyada Mountains, the Nine-Nation Alliance forces in the western border area of the Flying Leopard Empire are actually not much, and it should not be a problem for our army to break through." ”
Song Shenghe immediately said: "Now it depends on how the Nine-Nation Alliance chooses."
If the Nine-Nation Alliance moves its main forces to the Flying Leopard Empire, we will directly attack the Gyada Mountains.
If the Nine-Nation Alliance still puts the main force in the Gyada Mountains, we will take the opportunity to take down the Flying Leopard Empire! ”
In the palace of Norya City, the first capital of the Golden Lion Empire, Emperor Cosno sighed and said, "I feel that Rofika's plan to lure the enemy deeper is a bit hanging.
Those famous generals of the Han and Tang Empires, all of whom have experienced a hundred battles, are so obvious to lure the enemy deep, how can those famous generals of the Han and Tang Empires not be able to see it. ”
Prime Minister Salento then asked, "Your Majesty, what are your plans for the next choice of the Nine-Nation Alliance?" ”
Emperor Kosno said helplessly: "The five provinces of the Flying Leopard Empire are basically plains, and there is no danger to defend at all.
Even if the main force of the Nine Nations Alliance is transferred into the territory of the Flying Leopard Empire, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop the attack of the Han and Tang Dynasty armies, so let's protect the Black Bear Empire as much as possible! ”
Prime Minister Salento said with some concern: "But once the Han and Tang armies capture the Flying Leopard Empire, then the Han and Tang armies can attack our Golden Lion Empire in the New World through the Flying Leopard Empire's Yanecod Province. ”
"Although we can't transfer the main force of the Nine Nations Alliance Army in the Geyada Mountains to the Flying Leopard Empire, our countries can still send some additional reinforcements to the Flying Leopard Empire to help the Flying Leopard Empire block the Han and Tang Dynasty forces as much as possible."
"Your Majesty, our Royal Army of the Golden Lion Empire currently has about 600,000 troops in the territory of the Flying Leopard Empire, so how many more troops should be reinforced to the territory of the Flying Leopard Empire?"
"We can't let the Flying Leopard Empire chill down, at least send another 1 million army troops to the Flying Leopard Empire, and mobilize thousands of jet fighters to reinforce the battlefield of the Flying Leopard Empire."
In a palace in the Imperial Palace in Dawning City, the capital of the Red Tiger Empire, Emperor Gruyan put a telegram on the table, and then asked Prime Minister Kudp, "What do you think of the Flying Leopard Empire's request for help?" ”
Prime Minister Kudp said with some excitement: "Your Majesty, this is our opportunity for the Red Tiger Empire to return to the new world, even if it costs a lot, our Red Tiger Empire should give it a try." ”
It turned out that after the Han and Tang armies invaded the Flying Leopard Empire's Yanecot Province, the emperor of the Flying Leopard Empire, Tasik, sent a secret message to the Emperor of the Red Tiger Empire, Gruyan.
The main content of the secret telegram is that as long as the Red Tiger Empire can help the Flying Leopard Empire block the attack of the Han and Tang Dynasty armies, the Flying Leopard Empire will give about 500,000 square kilometers of territory in Yanecode Province to the Red Tiger Empire.
And in order to facilitate the Red Tiger Empire to take over the 500,000 square kilometers of territory, the Flying Leopard Empire will also lease a different time and space node connecting the Flying Leopard Empire to the Flying Leopard Empire on this side of the beast world, as well as 100 square kilometers of land around this different time and space node, at a price of 1 silver coin per year, to the Red Tiger Empire for 200 years.
The province of Yanecod is the largest of the five provinces of the Flying Leopard Empire in the New World.
The five provinces of the Flying Leopard Empire in the New World together are about 7 million square kilometers, and the province of Yanekod alone accounts for almost 2.4 million square kilometers.
Emperor Gruyan hesitated a little, "Although the Flying Leopard Empire is full of sincerity, it is not an easy thing to help the Flying Leopard Empire resist the attack of the Han and Tang Dynasty armies.
What's more, our Red Tiger Empire still has 3 million elite army units, which are pinned down in the Geyada Mountains of the Black Bear Empire. ”
Prime Minister Kudp then said: "Your Majesty, our Red Tiger Empire has completed a comprehensive war mobilization, and the current domestic army strength is as high as 19 million, not counting tens of millions of reserve troops.
Our Red Tiger Empire can completely transfer more than 15 million army troops to enter the Flying Leopard Empire's Yanecod Province to fight, and hold the 500,000 square kilometers of territory that the Flying Leopard Empire has given to our Red Tiger Empire. ”
"What does the prime minister mean is to let the Flying Leopard Empire hand over the 500,000 square kilometers of territory first?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured, in order to keep the other territories of the New World, the Flying Leopard Empire will definitely be willing to pay us the Red Tiger Empire first."