Chapter 479

Gao Senqi knew that he had taken Ye Tao down in one strand and neatly stacked a large area of simple but very practical fortifications on the opposite side of the river beach. The ground behind has been leveled, the positions of the heavy infantry, light infantry, and archer battalions are clear, and the communication roads have been built, and they will never delay their troops because of road problems, and this setting also shows Ye Tao's complete confidence: the Blood Qi Army will never be washed away, and these passages that are convenient for their own people will not be used to facilitate the enemy's advance. Behind the position of the Longbow Battalion, there was an obvious slip of command tent, although some of the things installed on it made Gao Sen Qi incomprehensible, but there were too many things that the Blood Qi Army couldn't understand, so he didn't care. Behind it, there is the heavy equipment being installed, and the ballistas are terrifying to watch. Gao Senqi knew that once the army clashed, these ballistae, which were aimed at the army crossing the river, would inevitably cause huge casualties, but now he was a little helpless. The vanguard of the three thousand iron horses, if facing Ye Tao, who was not prepared, might be able to see the opportunity to take a bite, but in the face of the Blood Qi Army that was already fully prepared, it was not even worth delivering food. He sighed and watched Ye Tao, a guy who was both a friend and an enemy, building a structure as if it were a miracle. He is really a master engineer, and in such a short period of time, the defense system he has created makes people feel like they don't know where to start.

Ye Tao was directing the hoisting of heavy ballistas at this time. Behind the row of medium ballistae at the front, there were three heavy ballistae with a range sufficient to reach the other side of the river. This is not only a matter of range, but also a deterrent and a tactical extension. Ye Tao saw Gao Senqi from the telescope, and now he can only pout. Now he didn't have time to worry about the opponent's superiority in strength, and every time he prepared a little more, he would be more confident that he would succeed in holding the enemy back here.

The blocking battle didn't make Ye Tao look forward to it for long, and the day before the Blood Qi Army attacked Xiangning City, the first day of the tentative blocking battle had already begun. Gao Senqi did not give Ye Tao a chance to breathe. He knew very well that a person like Ye Tao, as long as he was given a little respite, he would continue to consolidate his position and make it more and more difficult to conquer. Let the advantages of the Blood Qi Army be brought into full play. Gao Sen Qi set up 20,000 infantry to attack the camp of the Blood Qi Army, followed by 20,000 infantry to sweep away various obstacles on the tidal flats and lay a large number of pontoon bridges. This type of attack can be described as costly.

At the beginning, when the 20,000 infantry set up their formations and sat outside the range of the ballistas to prepare, Ye Tao was still a little unimpressed. After the 20,000 infantry were deployed, and a large amount of wood and bamboo ropes were sent up, Ye Tao felt a little tricky. Due to the relationship between the range and the accuracy of the equipment, and also because of this unique terrain, Gao Senqi's department completely lacked the possibility of fighting a long-range offensive with Ye Tao. But if you want to defeat Ye Tao, you can only overcome the Blood Qi Army's advantage in long-range strikes. Gao Senqi didn't know whether the surging river could offset the huge lethality of things like fire oil bombs, but he had seen an incredible situation where oil fire bombs were floating on the water and burning. However, he can use this multiple-choice question to minimize the advantages of remote devices. Ye Tao either concentrated on sweeping away the infantry in the lead, or concentrated on the troops laying pontoon bridges, and if he scattered the attack, I am afraid that both ends will not be in tune. Comparatively speaking, the erection of pontoon bridges may pose a greater threat to Ye Tao. Once the pontoon bridge is erected, the Northern Liao army can continuously attack the camp, even if the Blood Qi Army is elite, it will be a desperate situation.

Not only that, although Gao Sen Banner was still concentrating on the main force to attack Ye Tao's department, he still sent scout troops on both flanks to sentry into other suitable places to cross the river, and the armies on both wings also moved to ensure that the river crossing began as soon as possible. Gao Senqi said that it was to find an opportunity to deliver a blow from the flank of Ye Tao's department to ensure the smooth progress of the frontal attack, and his determination to defeat Ye Tao head-on has not changed.

Due to the fact that across the river bank, the reconnaissance of Ye Tao's scouts was unfavorable, and the two open wings of Gao Senqi were progressing quite well. Although there is no suitable place to cross the river for the time being, this situation has been formed, due to the mountains and forests on both sides of the river, and the covert actions of the troops on both flanks required by Gao Senqi, it is difficult for even airships to spot the Northern Liao army on the march.

Gao Senqi's arrangement can be regarded as using the forces in his hand to the limit, and it is not a simple matter to continuously ensure the attack. A large rotation of troops is a difficult action for such a large legion.

In the battle before the battle, Ye Tao really chose to attack the troops who set up the pontoon bridge and let the infantry troops approach. Ye Tao has full confidence in the combat effectiveness of the troops under his command. Especially now, when the infantry of Northern Liao crossed the river, it was impossible to wear heavy armor, so they would become the target of longbowmen. The infantry armor of Northern Liao did not have very good defensive power against the triangular arrow clusters produced in Dongping, let alone the heavily quenched cold steel triangular arrow clusters equipped by the Blood Qi Army.

"Ye Shuai, the enemy army has begun to cross the river." Seeing the collected boats and rafts launched, Kanazawa reminded Ye Tao, who was thinking about something.

Ye Tao shrugged his shoulders and ordered: "When you are halfway over, you will fire, and the heavy weapons battalion will shoot freely." ”

The heavy armament battalion had been waiting for this order for a long time. One by one, the shooting elements have already been set, just waiting for the moment of firing. For such a walk, which is relatively loaming in a plane and difficult to hit directly, their chosen method of attack is to attack a piece of water at a time, directly covered by fire, and fired with a mixture of fire and stone bullets. From time to time, a pounded oil bomb is used to create a burning effect on a small piece of water. This attack technique was first developed in the escort fleet of the Seven Seas Trading Company, and was the best way to deal with ships with a single ship that was inferior in combat effectiveness to the Cangshui Lianshui type. When the escort ships of an escort fleet fire at the same time, it is like a person taking a hard bite into a large pie, and it is rarely spared. In response to this tactic, the Chunnan Navy Division is developing a method of targeting, which may not be effective, and Northern Liao originally lacked surface strength, and this kind of tactic is even more unheard of. When the heavy equipment battalion smashed the nine boats that had crossed the river first in Northern Liao into the water with an order, leaving only a few whirlpools and a group of sergeants struggling in the current and fire on the water, those officers in Northern Liao immediately realized that the battle might be more fierce and difficult than expected, and it really made sense to always praise the Blood Qi Army, and always prefer to overestimate them rather than underestimate them. Except for the Blood Qi Army, who can let hundreds of soldiers die in the belly of the fish without making a sound.

Gao Senqi's expression was calm, as if this was the result he had expected a long time ago, and he sighed: "Sure enough, Ye Tao chose the gang from the pontoon bridge to fight." The people around him were a little puzzled, and Gao Senqi immediately explained: "If he is really targeting 20,000 people, he will definitely let them go first, and then the longbow battalion and the heavy equipment battalion will cover a round together, and take advantage of the chaos of the entire formation, his light infantry and heavy infantry will rush away, and the formation will completely collapse." I don't know if Ye Tao has cavalry in his hands or how many cavalry there are. If he had, he would have used it. Ye Tao's troops are the most enduring, but they also have the strongest explosive power in an instant. Blood Monster ...... After all, it is the first army in the world. ”

The people around him were so hairy that Gao Senqi said that they didn't squeak anymore. The Blood Qi Army in front of them now does have this strength.

"Don't stop, just do as you were scheduled. 20,000 people collapsed, and then 20,000 people were thrown away, and they came in batches. In any case, Ye Tao is just this little person around him, we ...... Ten times as much as theirs. If we can't exhaust them, then we really don't have the face to see people. Gao Sen said as if nothing happened. But the surrounding generals were a little indignant, and a tall general jumped out of the crowd and said, "General, I am willing to personally lead these 20,000 sons to rush and kill, even if I can't break through the defense line of the Blood Qi Army, how can I consume them a little more." ”

"Jiang Mo, you can lead the following 20,000 people. At present, these 40,000 people are throwing stones to ask for directions, consuming their sharpness, you lead the following 20,000 people, if you can break through the first line of the Blood Qi Army, I will give you credit. ”

Jiang Mo took the order and left, and first went to sort out the soldiers and get ready. Seeing that relying on this first batch of 40,000 people, I am afraid that the pontoon bridge will not be able to be built, and a lot of boats and rafts will be consumed, so he must make more adequate preparations.

Gao Sen Qi expected that the Northern Liao infantry suffered heavy losses in the water, and less than 12,000 of the 20,000 vanguard infantry could land, and the first Northern Liao soldier landed on the beach, and the heavy equipment battalion immediately stopped shooting. The soldiers of the heavy equipment battalion were busy around the ballistas, adjusting their range, preparing to attack the second wave of Northern Liao soldiers who were temporarily used as engineering troops.

Ye Tao didn't say anything superfluous, but asked with great interest, "...... Put that thing to use. ”

Liu Yong's face twitched and said, "My lord...... What kind of method of warfare is this? ”

"It's okay, listen to me. We're not afraid of anyone, and our tactics haven't changed much. That's it. ”

Ye Tao set the tone for this matter. The two guards who followed behind Ye Tao immediately went to operate happily, and in less than two minutes, more than a dozen horns distributed throughout the battlefield sounded after a scream: "Audition...... Audition ...... The Blood Qijun's first battlefield broadcast began. ”

"The first team of heavy equipment reported that up to now, fourteen rounds of fire have been fired, and nine troop carriers have been directly hit. A total of 41 enemy ships were destroyed. The combined hit rate is two out of three. ”

"Haha, Lao Yang. Our second team has a three-to-four-three shooting rate, which is just a little bit higher than you. ”

The commanders of the two heavy equipment battalions actually raised their bars on the radio, they had been competing with each other in their usual training and combat operations, and they had been making trouble for several years, and they were obviously extremely interested in this kind of raising of the bars that the whole army could hear. The two teased each other, witty words, and for a while, the atmosphere on the battlefield relaxed, and it was bound to be a fierce battle, as if it had become an interesting competition, a race worthy of everyone's lives.