Chapter 220: A Contest of Wills
Large swaths of artillery shells and zilballs fell in the middle of the Turkic soldiers, constantly knocking the Turks to the ground, but they could not stop their progress in the slightest. One by one, the Turkic soldiers seemed to be completely unconscious, unaware of danger, pain, and retreat. The only thing they know is to rush forward without fear of death. Stepping on the angel army is their only belief!
There were corpses everywhere, blood was flowing everywhere, and there was chaos everywhere...... However, all this was soon overwhelmed by the Turkic soldiers who came up from behind. The black-pressed Turkic soldiers kept pouring up, as if they were surging black torrents, covering up all the fields in front of the angel army's position. The dark red soil is no longer visible, and the only thing that can be seen is the black pressed human head, the black pressed Turkic soldiers.
"A ......"
"Two ......"
"Three ......"
The cannonball fell in the middle of the Turkic soldiers, only stirring up waves of spray, and then it was quickly submerged, and nothing could be seen at all, and it was a bit of a feeling that the water was more flowing when the knife was drawn. Someone falls, and the people behind immediately drown him up. Someone is falling, and someone is coming up. It's like a wave that keeps rolling in, swallowing everything in the road ahead.
It's spectacular, it's spectacular!
Xia Xue had seen such a dense assault team in the movie, and she always felt that it was a special effect made for the needs of the movie. In a real battle, it is impossible to have such a dense formation. But now, Xia Xue believes that in the history of mankind, there are really human sea tactics.
What's even more amazing is that this sea tactic was initiated by the Turkic soldiers. The Turkic soldiers' population resources were already insufficient, and they had always cherished their manpower very much, and now they actually launched the tactics of crowds, which shows how determined they are to win themselves. Well, it seems that in the past ten days, he has indeed made the Turkic soldiers angry. Now the Turkic soldiers want to fry themselves and tear them apart, and that is normal. It's just that after the end of this battle, whether the Turkic soldiers win or not, they will definitely be greatly damaged.
"Your Majesty, Turkic soldiers...... Crazy? ”
Ouyang Qian stood beside Xia Xue and said to herself.
For Ouyang Qian, such a battle scene was really shocking. When she first started, her face was tense and she didn't say a word. In the face of the crazy onslaught of the Turkic soldiers, all her hearts were raised to her throat. It was only now that she felt her nerves and began to recover slowly. Even so, she felt that she had to keep talking in order to relieve the tension in her heart.
From where she stood, from any angle, all she saw were Turkic soldiers. The crowd of black-pressed people is like black-pressed seawater, desperately rolling towards the angel army's position. The guns of the Angel Army were shooting frantically, but they couldn't stop the approach of this black wave.
"The Turks are not crazy."
"They just want to take down the Angel Army." Xia Xue said calmly.
At this time, Panlong and Lan Ying sent people to report urgently, and found a large number of Turkic infantry on the left slope and under the right slope to use the ladder or directly climb with their bare hands to attack the mountain where the angel army camp was located, and they had organized all the defensive patrols on both sides to counterattack.
"It seems that the Turkic Jieli Khan wants to attack the angel army in an all-out way and attack the angel army from all directions at the same time, it seems that he is really determined to eat the angel army. If it weren't for the fact that there was a cliff behind the mountain where he was, and it was too high, it is estimated that Jieli Khan would have sent someone to attack from behind. Xia Xue sneered.
She knew that the left and right sides of the mountain were steep slopes with a slope of more than 70 degrees, the highest section was more than 80 meters high, and the lowest section was also more than 30 meters high. It is difficult for people to climb, and because the sandy rock is very barren, there is little vegetation, and the slopes can be seen at a glance from the top of the mountain. There is only a very narrow and rugged mountain road leading to this place from the outside, so even if the enemy has thousands of troops, it is difficult to spread out here, and it is difficult to gather in large numbers.
Xia Xue then ordered the reserve team to draw 500 people each, led by Zhong Tao and Lei Leopard, to support the left and right slopes, focusing on the lower 30 meters of the slopes, mainly with angel rifles to shoot accurately, and when the enemy gathers more, you can use hand bullets and machine guns, if the ladder gathers more, you can throw napalm. Play. And bring some thin steel plates, wooden boards, trees, etc. to build a few shields to prevent the Turkic soldiers from shooting, 30-80 meters away, the Turkic soldiers' bows and arrows are still very lethal.
"Yes!" Zhong Tao and Lei Bao each led the reinforcements to run to the slopes on both sides.
At a height of 30-80 meters, although the Turkic bow and arrow can be shot, the angel army's rifle shooting accuracy and hit rate are higher, and it is condescending, the slope is steep, there is no shelter, the sandy rock is easy to break and difficult to climb, Xia Xue is sure that there are now 1,000 angel army soldiers on both sides plus reinforcements, and it will be easy to hold, and the enemy will suffer heavy casualties.
Now the main event is still the main frontal battlefield.
Halfway up the mountain, the surroundings are already completely the world of Turkic soldiers, the sea of Turkic soldiers.
Due to the fact that there were too many obstacles such as corpses, in order to clear the road, a large number of Turkic cavalry abandoned their horses and became pure infantry. However, you should not doubt their ability to fight on foot. The ability of the Turkic soldiers to fight on foot has always been very strong. If the Angel Army is approached by them and forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat, relying solely on the bayonets on the Angel Rifles is not enough to see.
It's not that the angel army itself is underestimated, but the weapons and equipment, as well as the training characteristics, are all determined, and the current angel army is incapable of hand-to-hand combat with strong Turkic soldiers. The Angel Army has always sought to kill and wound the enemy from a long distance, and avoided hand-to-hand combat with the Turks as much as possible. The bayonets of the angel rifles are only for the occasion and are definitely not for hand-to-hand combat with the Turkic soldiers. The hand-to-hand weapons used by the Turks were heavy weapons such as axes, hammers, machetes, spears, and maces, and the bayonets of the angel rifles were as fragile as noodles compared to them.
"The number of Turkic soldiers dispatched is at least more than 130,000......"
After Ouyang Qian observed it carefully, she weighed it and said.
"Not just 130,000, at least more than 150,000."
Xia Xue said affirmatively.
She held up her binoculars and scanned the entire battlefield at a wide angle. The guns killed a lot of Turkic soldiers, and there were many more Turkic soldiers following behind, and there were no casualties at all. The most conservative estimate, so far, has seen more than 30,000 casualties among the Turkic soldiers. However, the sheer number of Turkic soldiers is simply too many. The 30,000 casualties accounted for only about 20% of them.
Like a torrent, the Turkic soldiers soon came within 300 meters of the Angel Army's position. The raging flood can't be stopped by anything. The only thing that can hold back the crazy flood is the sturdy dam. The fierce fire of the Angel Army is a strong dam. The fierce torrent, when it meets a strong dam, suddenly stirs up high waves. All the sounds reach a high in this instant. Tide.
"Gasoline. Play! ”
Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Xue loudly ordered napalm to be thrown. Play.
The number of Turkic soldiers is so great that it cannot be solved by relying solely on angel rifles and machine guns, only gasoline . bullets to be able to stop the crazy Turkic soldiers.
All ten stone throwers were started, and one by one the napalm was made. bullets, which were quickly thrown. 300 meters is the longest distance of the stone thrower designed by Xia Xue.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Suddenly, 300 meters away from the position of the Angel Army, a raging fire ignited, forming a blazing wall of fire, emitting flames with a high temperature of about 1,000 degrees Celsius, and napalm. The Turkic soldiers within a distance of 100 meters from the bomb were instantly charred or scorched. And the viscous incendiary agent splashed everywhere, igniting the Turkic soldiers who were more than 100 meters away, they jumped around, slapped and rolled, and spread the sparks on their bodies to the nearby Turkic soldiers, although it was a spark, but once it touched the human body, it would immediately burn more and more, no matter how to slap, roll, or even jump into a low-lying waterhole, they could not extinguish the flames on their bodies, and the last one was burned into char with a hoarse howl of pain. The air was filled with the smell of burnt human flesh.
This gasoline. The power of the bullet was so terrifying that even the Angel Army soldiers who were 300 meters away felt its heat wave.
The blazing fire frightened the horses that were plugged with cloth and silk to prevent the sound of explosions, and the Turkic cavalry scattered uncontrollably and desperately in all directions, some ran to the sides, some turned around and ran back, and the Turkic cavalry surging behind had a violent collision, and the Turkic army fell into chaos, trampling on each other, and suffering countless casualties.
When the Turkic Jieli Khan saw it in the back, he felt like he was dripping blood in his heart.
The hand held the handle of the knife tightly, too hard, and the nails penetrated into the palms of the hands, oozing a little blood, soaking into the handle of the knife, and a little bit of frightening redness.
No matter how many people died, he had to grit his teeth and persevere.
The Turkic Jieli Khan had to hold out.
Xia Xue must also persevere.
It's a battle of wills!
The battle is going on......
Blood, gurgling and flowing......
The fire is burning......
After the fire blocked the frenzied attack of the Turkic army, Zhao Ning's artillery battalion, Zhao Feng's squad, Zhao Quan's rifle battalion, and Ling Hujian's machine gun battalion could finally calmly kill the enemy army. Many guns that could not be fired due to the redness of the barrel and the redness of the barrel were also cooled with water in time to return to normal and rejoin the attacking team.
Some of the wounded fighters were also carried to the rear medical tents by the health and logistics staff.
According to the battle reports received from Panlong and Lanying, the enemy troops attacking both sides of the hillside had suffered heavy casualties and had retreated.
The enemy army on the front is estimated to not last long, Xia Xue said with certainty in her heart.
Whoever arrives here will be shocked by the scene in front of them. Corpses, corpses piled up all over the ground, the ground was littered with craters, all charred and black, mixed with blood and slimy.
The strength of a person does not lie in the strength of his body, but in the strength of his spirit and will; The strength of a military dui also lies not in its military strength, but in the strength of its spirit and will. Both the Angel Army and the Turkic Army are now exhausted, and the Angel Army is also running out of ammunition and food soon, and they are in danger. Now the contest between the two armies is more of a contest of spirit and will, and it depends on who can hold out longer.
The battle continued until dusk, and the Turkic army finally could not resist, and the Turkic army felt a piercing coldness from top to bottom - it was a feeling of despair. They were really scared, the angelic army was like a demon, which made all the warriors of the Turkic tribes feel fear and fear, and the morale of the entire Turkic army collapsed.
The Turkic Jieli Khan had already sensed the fear and sluggish morale of the Turkic soldiers, and he knew that he had been defeated, completely defeated!
An army that can make the descendants of fierce and brave wolves and invincible Turkic warriors fearful and fearful, and also make the proud and arrogant Jieli Khan, who has always been empty-eyed, also have deep fear and admiration, what kind of army is this! What kind of terrifying figure is the Queen of the Angel Kingdom, how can they have such a powerful weapon, is it true that the Queen of the Angel Kingdom has heard that the immortals have descended to earth?
The Turkic Jieli Khan lost a full weight, his face was blue, his head was dizzy, he felt his chest tightened, and a fishy sweetness gushed out of his throat, and he leaned down and coughed violently, and a little red blood splashed down. fell on his white robe, like white snow and red plums.
"Tell the order to retreat." The Turkic Jieli Khan was like a serious illness, and he said to the herald weakly.
That night, the Turkic Jieli Khan fell ill. The leaders of the various Turkic tribes counted their casualties and reported to the Turkic Jieli Khan.
Jieli Khan personally summarized the casualties reported by various tribes, he did not disclose the real numbers to his subordinates and tribal leaders, he did not dare to disclose, it was terrible, the current 300,000 troops plus the earliest loss of 60,000 troops, a total of 360,000 troops, in ten days of fighting actually lost a total of 300,000: 220,000 who died and fled, and 80,000 wounded soldiers who were wounded and lost their combat effectiveness or slowly waiting for death. In other words, more than 80 percent of the 360,000 troops have been completed, and the number of troops capable of fighting now is only about 60,000.
"God will kill me!" This gamble not only wiped out the 300,000 elite Turkic army, but also made the Great Turkic Khanate slowly embark on the road to extinction, and Jieli Khan vomited blood and fainted.
The Turkic Jieli Khan would not have thought that he would not have thought of it, in fact, the strategy he had always adhered to was correct, the 360,000 army used the tactics of the sea of people to attack non-stop ferociously, and had basically exhausted the ammunition of the angel army, if it continued to hold on, and pressed the last 60,000 people in a hurry, insisting on the original strategy unchanged, not giving the angel army a chance to breathe, and continuing the ferocious attack, then now the balance of victory may have tilted to the side of the Great Turkic Khanate. If the Turkic Jieli Khan knew this truth, he would probably vomit more blood!
Of course, no matter how brave the Turkic soldiers are, they are also people, and they will have fear, when you have been scared, have been afraid of the other party, and feel that the other party is invincible, then, it is the Turkic Jieli Khan who insists on pressing all the treasures, and requires all his troops to fight to the death, and the leaders of the tribes see that their people continue to be killed and wounded, and their strength is constantly weakening, and they are not willing to fight to the end. No matter how rich the reward is, it also needs a life to enjoy, if the life can't be saved, what's the use of the rich reward? In the end, the Turkic soldiers thought the same, thinking that fighting against the angel army was to seek death, and their lives were gone, so what was the use of asking for those rewards.
Xia Xue stood in the command room halfway up the mountain and watched the Turkic army slowly retreat to the rear camp with a telescope, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, she also knew that the angel army had reached the limit in the face of such a huge number of Turkic troops, and if the Turkic soldiers continued to attack frantically to the end, they were not sure whether they would be able to hold the position.
She took a sip of water, sat on a chair and closed her eyes for a while, and asked Ouyang Qian to summon several generals and persons in charge of the artillery battalion, such as Zhao Ning of the artillery battalion and Bai Jing of the logistics department, to the command room for a meeting.
Zhao Ning of the artillery battalion, Zhao Feng of the sniper team, Zhao Quan of the rifle regiment, Ling Hujian of the machine gun battalion, Bai Jing of the logistics department, Guo Ping of the health team, Dugu Jun of the black-clothed guard, Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang of the cavalry battalion soon came to the command room, and Xia Xue learned from them in detail about the situation of each department.
After statistics, the current situation of weapons and ammunition and casualties of the Angel Army are very serious:
Of the 100 cannons, 30 have been damaged and only 10 shells remain;
Napalm. There are only 3 bullets left;
A total of 4000 rounds of rifle moleshells remained;
There are still 20 more hand-held bullets in total;
There are a total of 1000 machine guns, 400 have been damaged, and the machine gun shells have been exhausted;
There are no more mines;
The bows and arrows of the Turkic soldiers collected were 2,000 strong bows and 40,000 feathered arrows;
Grain and meat can last for up to another 15 days, but the supply must be limited every day;
In total, the Angels lost 800 killed, 1,200 seriously wounded, and only 8,000 are still able to fight.
Xia Xuexiu frowned slightly, thought for a while, and ordered the whole army to still divide into two parts to take turns to rest, strengthen vigilance and investigation, and continue to hold on to wait for help.
and ordered 4,000 rounds of rifle shells to be concentrated and all issued to Zhao Feng's sniper team; All 20 bullets were distributed to Dugujun's reconnaissance battalion; 2,000 strong bows and 40,000 feather arrows were all distributed to the cavalry battalions of Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang; The rest of the rifle regiments, which did not have zile bullets, practiced more Tang knives and horsemanship when they had time, and prepared for hand-to-hand combat.
"Erlang, I wonder where you are now?" Xia Xue was a little worried and a little anxious in her heart.