Chapter 14: The Battle of the Two Sieges (Part I)
The devil with a pitch-black body blinked strange compound eyes and fell from the sky, and his muddy feet trampled the rooftop garden on top of the castle's labyrinth. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The labyrinthine detours that are completely impossible to find an exit or destination for themselves are stretched out in front of these demons, allowing them to shuttle through them......
The richly decorated doors and unadorned iron bars are only a slight effort at the devil's feet. If they can't be subjugated by their feet, the devils will mercilessly bring out strange objects and make these obstacles go up in smoke. As for the mechanisms in the labyrinth, the false walls and secret passages that seem to ordinary people to have no traces, they were quickly dismantled, cleared and destroyed by the devils who saw through everything......
"Run! They're catching up! ”
In one of the secret passages, the sturdy man was leading himself and the other women on a swift escape to the safety of the ground. The labyrinth of the castle had been attacked by the enemy from the south to the point of being lost, and the entire port city was also in chaos at this time. And the man himself told everyone: Only by escaping from the city along the secret passage can it be possible to save a small life.
"Stop—"
The devil's words reached his ears unmistakably, and that primal sense of fear returned. I desperately tried to run for my life, but this fear seeped into my thighs little by little like flowing lead, and I couldn't move my body at all.
"They're coming towards you, aren't they?"
No. She knew what the ugly and fat man was trying to say. Allow yourself to be taken back to hell by the devil and tortured in the shadow of the inverted cross, so that everyone can be saved—except yourself.
But this sentence kept choking in my throat and I couldn't say it at all.
"I'll go." The man nodded at her with little firmness, and then turned around and walked slowly in the direction he had come. "Run, I won't allow them to catch any of you. Even if I die, my ghosts will hold them back......"
"No...... Want. Tears slipped from Zhao Jiayin's eyes, and the moment the cold touch hit her neck, she woke up from her dream - all this was a dream, an illusory dream, and at this time she was still on her own bed in a room in the maze of the castle.
Little by little, the dreams dissipated, and the dream impressions that had not had time to enter the deep memories began to blur the moment they shook their heads, frozen in ice, and then shattered with the ice little by little, leaving no trace in their minds.
Zhao Jiayin sat on the bed, and after a few seconds, she only felt as if she had a very sad dream - as for what she was sad for, and what was it worth grieving for herself? Zhao Jiayin could only look blankly into the distance through the non-existent window on the stone wall, hoping to find the answer there.
On the far wall outside the castle, Han Deshan, wearing a hat, was holding a telescope and constantly searching for traces of the enemy in the distance. Since they moved in, the number of scout cavalry sent from the south has increased day by day - since the land checkpoints in the port city were strictly controlled, and only caravans guaranteed by merchants in the city could enter and exit normally, the enemy troops in the south had to use such low-level means to obtain some information.
With the help of the telescope in his hand, Han Deshang can clearly judge the position where the opponent's reconnaissance cavalry began to appear, the reconnaissance route and the return route, so as to judge the possible attack position of the enemy.
"This is the fifth wave of scouts today." Wang Liqun put down the telescope in his hand with concern, "The guy in the south wants to fight like this?" Didn't the intelligence say that their country's harvest was insufficient this year, and they had to think twice about borrowing troops? ”
"It's the same with Ten Waves." Han Deshang used his gaze to make a simple mark on the location of the detective's appearance, "Our goal is to blow them all up under the city by beautiful means, and you don't need to worry about anything else." ”
"No, it's weird." An indescribable murmur kept echoing in Wang Liqun's head, which made him unable to relax and direct the soldiers on the front line to use the new weapons he had "invented".
Attacking in winter is undoubtedly a taboo in the use of troops. The emperor entered Moscow in the middle of winter, and the director of the soap factory commanded the tanks into Stalingrad in the snow and ice, but did they win?
Not really! Of course, it is very simple to get them to victory, that is, to ensure a steady stream of reinforcements and logistical supplies. However, the enemy they faced was also in a state of lack of supplies, and now they were able to raise their troops to the north, and they were just facing the combined forces of Southern Rollully-Gadro?
There is bound to be something wrong with such an unusual move. People need to eat, horses need to eat grass, soldiers need extra pay to be willing to fight, and siege cities and hard work are rewarded, these are the objective needs of the medieval army, not something that can be changed by subjective will.
Of course, the distraught Wang Liqun would not have thought that someone had come forward to "finance" their enemies in the south, and used the power of money to encourage them to fight north as soon as possible, let alone that the identity of this funder was their motherland, and the only goal of the funder in the competition between the snipe and the clam was to severely punish their forces, and to rescue the imprisoned female citizen and bring her back to China for trial.
"The report pointed out that the handover of money and goods has been successfully completed, and the other party has promised to launch an offensive as soon as possible, just in the next few days."
The faint sound of radio waves echoed through the command post of the Birthborn, and almost everyone in the room could clearly see their commander suddenly clenching his fists.
If a company of Marines can't get in, then find more friendly troops to help. Although Elta and the domestic side could not send more qualified aid troops within a month, no one stipulated that the reinforcements must be Chinese, must be modern troops, and must be able to cooperate directly with this company.
So in another way, it is also feasible to "buy" some mercenaries to make a feint for this company. In order to be able to mobilize this force, which is also drooling over the city of Gadro, the commanders on the new ship only delivered hundreds of thousands worth of property, but it was able to attract the vast majority of the city defense forces of Gadro City in the simulated operation, which was really worth it.
"Very good." The calm voice of the former finger made the military and political dignitaries present withdraw from their thoughts, "Everyone will thank you for your efforts and adventures, and please pay attention to your safety and return to safety as soon as possible." ”
"Thank you for your concern." The buzz from there grew thicker, and it looked like the satellite communication window was about to expire. "We are already on our way back and expect to meet you by sea in seven to eight days."
The range and signal clarity of satellite phone communications are affected not only by orbital coverage, but also by the active and passive influence of the equipment. The satellite communications equipment carried by the Renaissance was active, but the branch that went to the south for the "dirty deal" had to choose to carry the passive equipment due to the size and weight of the space, which made it impossible for them to communicate with the headquarters of the Liberation Ship Renaissance outside of the time when the satellite was overheaded.
This is when the satellite leaves the range of the passive device, and the sound coming from the loudspeaker falls silent. But that didn't dampen the excitement in the command room – they were one step away from success, the most crucial one.
As long as the feint "friendly forces" are so powerful that the enemy commander is forced to transfer the defenders near the castle to the front line of the city defense to fill the gap in the lack of troops and the battle situation is tight, then this Marine company can completely break through the top of the castle maze through repeated landings, and no longer have to think about the defense of the perimeter.
This tactic has hardly dared to be mentioned on a practical level before, because it is simply too presumptuous. It was impossible for the defenders around the castle to turn a blind eye to the volley and loud noise, and their own access routes were only in the air until the passage inside the castle's labyrinth was opened.
As long as the attack in the confined interior of the castle was blocked, the Marines had no choice but to retreat from the air on the premise that they were inferior in numbers, time and space - even if the Marines did not suffer any damage, then the battle was already lost. This isn't a game where you can save files, so this time the operation can't be allowed to fail.
"This time, our goal is still the same as the last meeting, mainly to rescue Zhao Jiayin, who is imprisoned or controlled. She is a sinner for us and the people of Elta, but the right to punish her is only for us and our people, and her affairs are far from being the point where these backward warlords, generals, and lords can have the final say! ”
Now that the conditions for the sortie have been met, it is time to assign tasks for the fighters of the Marine Corps. Only two days later, the flag was already flying under the city of Puerto Gadro, and the day of the decisive battle was imminent.
"The other goals are secondary. As long as she can be rescued, the best option is to retreat immediately. Pointing to the aerial photo of the castle on the projector, he reminded sharply, "Actually, even just trying to find her is an extremely difficult task." The enemy is in the shadows and knows the structure of the castle, we don't know the structure of the castle, and we are attacking from the light. I want to stress that everyone needs to be extremely cautious. Your injuries may cause the whole team to move sluggishly, and a small team to slow down the operation may lead to the failure of the operation-"
The current level of technology on the Chinese side simply cannot provide indoor intelligence through the sand-and-stone exterior walls, so what floor is Zhao Jiayin on? Nobody knows. She might still be in the basement, or maybe she would be moved somewhere else.
It's still a military adventure. But what the Chinese did not know was that on the walls of the city of Gadro, there were two other compatriots facing the opposite challenge at this time......