Chapter 232: The Surrender of the Formation
Although the other five orc nations were willing to send troops to support the Wild Bull Empire, the Red Tiger Empire even quickly dispatched 800,000 army troops into the Wild Bull Empire.
However, the speed of the Zhou family's army was beyond the expectations of all the beast countries, and the barbarian bull army in the Kunklai Province and the New Constance Ao Province could not resist the three-dimensional attack of the Zhou family's army at all.
In particular, those heavy bombers of the Zhou Air Force, as long as they appeared on the battlefield, would immediately blow up the morale of the Barbarian Bull Army.
The tank units of the Zhou Army, with the cooperation of the Air Force, continued to advance and advance again.
The 800,000 troops of the Red Tiger Empire had not yet entered the Kunklai Province and the New Constance Province of the Barbarian Bull Empire, and most of the areas and most of the cities in these two provinces had already been captured by the Zhou army.
Millions of barbarian bull troops, because of the untimely retreat, were even surrounded by the Zhou army.
On the afternoon of July 20, 1545, in the mountains south of Wawei City in Kunclai Province, the sound of guns and cannons was endless, and hundreds of thousands of troops of the Royal Army of the Manniu Empire had been surrounded by the Zhou army.
However, the Zhou family army did not rush to eat the hundreds of thousands of barbarian bull troops that were surrounded, but only began to build one position after another around it.
In a cave, Lerich, the commander of the Third Army of the Royal Army of the Barbarian Bull Empire, said to dozens of senior officers with a gloomy face: "I didn't expect that after more than two years, we would still lose so badly when we fought against the Zhou family army of the Han and Tang Empires again.
Moreover, the situation we faced this time was a hundred times more dangerous than the last time, and I was not even a little sure that I would be able to lead these hundreds of thousands of troops to break out of the encirclement. ”
In order to help the Silver Wolf Empire and exterminate the human resistance in the territory, the Barbarian Bull Empire sent 19 group armies of the army, which were divided into three routes, and entered the Bauhinia Province, Tulip Province and Phalaenopsis Province of the Silver Wolf Empire respectively.
And the commander of the Third Army of the Royal Army of the Barbarian Bull Empire, Lerich, was the first commander of the Manniu Army to enter the four group armies of Tulip Province.
Later, the 11 armies of the Barbarian Bull Army entering Bauhinia Province were surrounded by the Silver Wolf Column commanded by Xiang Tao, and Lerich led his troops to converge with the 4 armies along the way in Phalaenopsis Province to try to rescue the 11 armies besieged by the human resistance army.
It's a pity that in the end, not only did Leerich not rescue the trapped 11 group armies, but the 8 group armies led by Leerich also suffered heavy losses, and the 8 group armies that could reach 640,000 people were originally fully established, and in the end less than 350,000 escaped back to the Barbarian Bull Empire.
Now Leerich is the commander-in-chief of 9 armies and 12 separate divisions of the Brute Bull Army.
Gavlo, the commander of the Sixteenth Army of the Royal Army of the Barbarian Bull Empire, said with a wry smile: "Now our 9 group armies and 12 independent divisions have been seriously reduced.
To make matters worse, there is a severe shortage of ammunition and food, and perhaps in three days, our remaining hundreds of thousands of people will run out of ammunition and food. ”
In the process of the Barbarian Bull Empire's dispatch to the Silver Wolf Empire, the Sixteenth Group Army has been completely annihilated by the Silver Wolf Column, and the current Sixteenth Group Army was re-established later.
After the collapse of the millions of Brute Bull armies in Kunklai Province and New Constance Province, the War Department of the Brute Bull Empire tried their best to continuously gather the scattered troops in order to block the attack of the Zhou army.
The 9 armies and 12 independent divisions that were encircled in the mountainous area south of Wawi City were originally going to use Wawi City to launch a defensive battle.
It's a pity that the 9 group armies and 12 independent divisions of the Manniu army have not yet arrived in Wawei City, the southern important town of Kunklai Province, which was easily captured by the Zhou army with the cooperation of several security brigades.
Discovering that Wawei City was captured by the Zhou army, the War Department of the Manniu Empire immediately ordered these 9 group armies and 12 independent divisions to counterattack Wawei City.
However, as more and more troops of the Zhou army arrived in Wawei City, these barbarian bull troops were surrounded by the Zhou army, not to mention conquering Wawei City.
At present, the rebel army's brute bull column has been completely controlled by the Zhou family, and the Zhou family's army's attack on Kunklee Province and New Constance Province can be so smooth this time, and the Barbarian Bull Column has made great contributions.
Under the contact of the Barbarian Column, a large number of security brigades and human soldiers in the territory of Kunklai Province and the province of New Constance have chosen to revolt before the battle.
As for the equine officers in the security brigade, they were all shot by the rebellious human soldiers.
The commander of the 49th Army of the Royal Army of the Barbarian Bull Empire, Gechka, immediately asked urgently, "What does the War Department say?" Is it still possible to send troops to rescue our troops? ”
The commander of the Third Army, Lerich, shook his head helplessly and said: "Don't fantasize about any reinforcements, let's study how to break through!" ”
When the commander of the 49th Group Army of the Royal Army of the Barbarian Bull Empire, Ge Chika, heard this, he was a little broken and said: "The Zhou family army, which surrounded our 9 group armies and 12 independent divisions, is no less powerful than us.
In addition, we have absolute superiority in firepower and air supremacy, and we will not be able to break out at all.
In the previous breakouts, almost all four infantry divisions of my 49th Army were disabled. ”
As soon as Gochka's words were finished, dozens of senior officers of the Wild Bull Army in the cave couldn't help but mourn, if they could break through on their own, their hundreds of thousands of troops would not be trapped here for a week.
Gavlo, the commander of the Sixteenth Army, hesitated for a moment and said: "At the beginning, in the territory of the Silver Wolf Empire, those captured imperial soldiers were finally redeemed by our Barbarian Bull Empire, maybe this is our only way to live." ”
Gavlo's meaning is very clear, that is, he is ready to surrender to the Zhou army, so that at least hundreds of thousands of people can survive.
However, as soon as Gavlo's words fell, the commander of the 44th Army of the Royal Army of the Barbarian Bull Empire, Guridan objected: "How can we surrender to the human army!" This will be a stain on the entire Brute Bull Empire! ”
Gavlo shrugged his shoulders and said, "Now most of the Kunclair Province has been captured by the Zhou army.
Even if there are still some troops of our Barbarian Bull Empire in Kunklai Province, they are all surrounded by the Zhou family's army just like us.
Since there is no longer the ability to change the situation of the war, why let hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers lose their lives in this mountainous area. ”
At this time, the commander of the 44th Army, Guridan, said in a deep voice to the commander of the Third Army, Lerich: "General Lerich, the 44th Army is willing to break through to the northeast again tonight, and strive to capture the node in the northeast direction!" ”
In fact, more than 30 kilometers away from this mountainous area, there is a different time and space node connecting this world and the beast world, and at this time, this different time and space node has already fallen into the hands of Zhou Jiajun.
In order to prevent the Barbarian Bull army from using this different time and space node to launch a counterattack, the Zhou family army arranged a full 1 infantry brigade around this different time and space node.
The space-time node connecting the beast world is about the same as the space-time node connecting the beast world, with a length of about two hundred meters and a height of about one hundred meters.
It's just that the alternate space-time node connecting the orc world is a giant screen with a flickering white halo, and it is a two-way channel, which can allow people to travel back and forth between the two worlds.
As long as they can seize the node in the northeast, these trapped bull armies can directly retreat to the native of the Bull Empire on the other side of the beast world through the alternate space-time node.
To be honest, as the commander-in-chief, Leerich also had the idea of surrendering in his heart, but as long as there was a glimmer of hope, Leerich was not willing to surrender to the human army.
Hearing that the commander of the 44th Army, Guridan, took the initiative to ask, Leerich immediately said: "General Guridan, I will ask you for the 44th Army at night."
Our other 8 armies, as well as various independent divisions, will cooperate with the 44th Army to break through at night! ”
"Boom-boom-"
Fang Wu, who was sitting in the anti-artillery tunnel, listened to the sound of shell explosions coming from outside the anti-artillery cave, lit a cigarette for himself without care, took a deep breath, and said to Liu Tian, the deputy platoon commander next to him: "Old Liu, how many people are left in our platoon now?" ”
Fang Wu is no longer the recruit who peed his pants when he first went to the battlefield two years ago, and now Fang Wu is already a platoon commander of the Weizhou Army.
Deputy platoon commander Liu Tian was more than ten years older than Fang Wu, Liu Tian was once a human soldier in the Manniu Army Security Brigade, and later joined the Zhou family army with other comrades.
"Platoon commander, counting the six recruits who have just replenished our platoon, there are still 27 brothers in our platoon."
Fang Wu frowned and said, "Lao Liu, next time I want a few veterans with the company commander, now half of the recruits in our platoon are almost half." ”
Deputy platoon commander Liu Tian said with a wry smile: "Platoon commander, veterans don't think about it, it's easy to replenish some new recruits at this time." ”
"Hehe, Lao Liu, don't forget, the company commander's guard squad has not moved, our platoon has suffered such a big loss, let the company commander transfer a few veterans from the guard squad to our platoon, it's not too much!"
Deputy platoon commander Liu Tian's eyes lit up, "Platoon commander, the dozen or so brothers in the guard squad are all good at fighting."
But the guard squad is the company commander's baby bump, can the company commander be willing to transfer a few to our platoon? ”
Before Fang Wu could speak, the sound of shell explosions outside the anti-artillery hole suddenly weakened.
Fang Wu hurriedly threw the unfinished cigarette to the ground, stomped it out with his foot, and then waved his hand and shouted, "Quick, everyone enter the position!" ”
At this time, the sky was not yet bright, but after Fang Wu entered the position, by the light of the battlefield fire, he could see countless Niu Clan officers and soldiers charging towards his own position.
However, the officers and soldiers of the Niu tribe who launched the charge, before they could enter the range of machine guns and rifles, were subjected to large-scale shelling by the artillery units of the Zhou army.
Fang Wu looked at the Brute Bull Army that had been completely covered by artillery fire, and couldn't help but take out another cigarette and light it, "With such fierce artillery support, no matter how many Niu Clan cubs there are, it's useless." ”
This breakthrough of the Brute Bull army, after dawn, had to be declared a complete defeat.
After dawn, the Manniu army not only had to withstand the fierce shelling of the artillery units of the Zhou army, but also the bombing of the Zhou air force, and the fundamental way was to tear a hole in the defense line of the Zhou army.
After returning to the headquarters of the cave, the commander of the 44th Army, who had gauze wrapped around his head, said to the commander of the Third Army, Lerich, with a bitter face: "General Lerich, in last night's breakthrough, our 44th Army lost more than 20,000 soldiers.
Combined with the previous casualties, our 44th Army has been completely crippled and is unable to organize the next breakout. ”
Lerich sighed and said, "Guridan, in order to keep more soldiers alive, those of us who are generals can only endure the humiliation. ”
The Manniu army was surrounded by 9 army groups and 12 independent divisions in the mountainous area south of Wawei City, and finally chose to surrender to the Zhou army.
At this time, these 9 armies and 12 independent divisions, including the wounded, still had more than 550,000 officers and men left, and nearly 350,000 officers and men were killed in the previous battles.
In the territory of Kunkelai Province and New Constance Ao Province of the Barbarian Bull Empire, many of the Manniu armies surrounded by the Zhou family army finally made the same choice as these 9 group armies and 12 independent divisions.
In the Governor's Mansion in Detrika City, the second capital of the Barbarian Bull Empire, Governor Trofe crumpled several telegrams into a ball and threw them directly into the face of the War Minister Tonicchi, "Is this still the Royal Army of our Barbarian Bull Empire?" ”
War Chancellor Tonech didn't dare to make any dodge moves at all, allowing the paper ball to smash into his face.
These telegrams were all taken by Torneci, and they were sent to the War Department by several barbarian bull armies surrounded by the Zhou army.
The meaning of several telegrams was much the same, indicating that they had run out of ammunition and food, and could only choose to surrender to the Zhou army, a human army.
"Speak! Tell me, Tonech, is this still the Royal Army of the Bull Empire that terrifies the enemy? ”
Tonecchi lowered his head and said gloomily, "Governor, I didn't expect it to be like this.
Up to now, our Royal Army has 23 group armies and 41 independent divisions, which have surrendered to the Zhou army in formation.
In addition, in the provinces of Kunklai and New Consao, more than 300 security brigades have defected directly on the battlefield.
Now that the war situation in the provinces of Quunclair and New Constance is irretrievable, our War Department can only mobilize all forces to hold on to the provinces of Vitores, Elaine de Ernn and Fedata. ”
Governor Trofe also knew that now was not the time to be held responsible, so he said with a calm face: "Immediately mobilize more group armies and independent divisions from the Spirit World to enter the New World."
Immediately began to collect the weapons of all the security brigades in the provinces of Vitores, Elaine and Fedata, and disbanded all the human soldiers, who were now no longer reliable.
If those human soldiers make trouble, drastic measures can be taken.
In addition, we have sent another request for help to the other five Spirit Race countries, and our Barbarian Bull Empire now needs more reinforcements! ”