Chapter 564: The two armies confronted each other and reached a stalemate
After that, it can be transported by truck before entering the Star Luo Empire.
During this period, it took a long time, and for this reason, Qiannawei's troops are still using the Divine Arm Crossbow and Yew Longbow as the main projection weapons, and the artillery is not equipped with new artillery, and the old fire hole ignition shells are still in use.
In the north-central part of the Star Luo Empire, the Martial Spirit Empire occupied one side, and Qian Nawei stood in a slightly backward front company-level headquarters with sandbags and canopies, and after a look, she was quite satisfied with the state of the soldiers.
Then, next, it's time to take a look at the Star Luo Empire.
Qian Nawei groaned in her heart, took out a telescope from her soul guide bracelet, raised it in front of her eyes, and looked far ahead.
In the field of vision, two miles away, is the position of the Star Luo Empire, and it is also a towering barrier blocking the advance of the Wuhun Empire, the Ip Man Mountain Range of the Star Luo Empire!
On the towering hillside, as well as at the foot of the lower end of the hillside, there are dense round, large and small potholes, like bullet holes punched out of the mountain!
Through these potholes, Qian Nawei can not only see that there are no figures walking in the pits, but also see a wall of sand made of sandbags.
In the middle of the sand wall, in the direction of the Martial Spirit Empire, you can still see some small circular holes.
It's the muzzle!
The muzzles of the cannons were collectively aimed in the direction of the Martial Spirit Empire, and the black hole was hollow, which made people palpitate.
Some artillery pieces are due to angle problems, and Qian Nawei can still see the barrel, which is engraved with a big "Tang" character.
Yes, these are artillery pieces made by the Tang Gate!
Since Tang San captured and studied the 88-mm armor-piercing gun, he studied and imitated it on his own, and successfully imitated the 88-mm armor-piercing gun exclusive to the Tang Gate.
In terms of caliber and volume, the armor-piercing cannon made by the Tang Sect is completely consistent with that of the Wuhun Empire, and there is no difference.
The only difference is that Tang San made an anti-dismantling device for the cannon on the Tang Gate, which was destroyed as soon as it was dismantled, and there was absolutely no possibility of reassembling it.
In terms of high-explosive artillery, Tang San did not have the ability to create a high-explosive bomb that could spontaneously combust and explode on the ground like the Wuhun Empire.
The high-explosive ammunition made by Tangmen uses black powder and is contained in a slightly conical metal cartridge case, with a small hole in the back of the shell and a lead wire.
When firing a cannon, the filled gunpowder behind the Tangmen gun ignites the front fuse, thus firing the projectile and igniting the fuse at the back.
In this way, the shell can also explode, and it has a certain power.
However, this kind of power obviously cannot be compared with the high-explosive bombs of the Wuhun Empire mixed with white phosphorus, chlorate powder, and fierce fire oil, the power is somewhat different, the range is also reduced, and it occasionally explodes in the middle of the process, which is not easy to control.
Of course, it can still be fought for several miles, which is why the Wuhun Empire dug trenches here.
At this moment, opposite the trench position of the Wuhun Empire, that is, the mountain area of the Ip Man Mountains.
There were no trees on the entire hillside, and the ground was all turned dirt.
This is all caused by the continuous long-term bombardment of the artillery and bombers of the Wuhun Empire, and from the beginning of the attack to the present, Qian Nawei has dumped tens of thousands of tons of explosives on this hillside!
A large number of incendiary bombs and high-explosive bombs burned and shattered all the trees on the hillside, loosened all the soil, and even the entire hillside and hilltop were flattened by one meter!
For this reason, the Star Luo Empire directly dug tunnels and caves into the mountain, so as to withstand the offensive of the Wuhun Empire.
In addition, the Star Luo Empire also poured a large amount of thistle terrestris on the front position at the foot of the mountain at the beginning to deal with the Martial Spirit Empire's charge.
As the saying goes, if you can't beat it, you can join, Tang San also began to learn the way of the Wuhun Empire after learning the lesson of the last time, and switched to using a large amount of simple large-scale military secret weapons to block the offensive footsteps of the Wuhun Empire.
At first, it did have some effect, and many soldiers were pierced in the soles of their feet and could not move.
But later, Qian Nawei ordered to use aviation to bomb all the ground dirt, and then let the soldiers carry sapper shovels on their backs to lift all the loose soil, which perfectly dealt with the obstacles of thistles.
After that, the Star Luo Empire did not dump thistle terrestris on the road again, leaving only the tunnel and the position at the foot of the mountain to block it.
In a hidden place with a canopy and sandbag wall, Qiannawei looked into the distance, and then put down the binoculars.
"It seems that they can only continue to increase the bombardment of the logistics of the Star Luo Empire, so that they are starved of supplies and therefore unable to fight."
Bombing logistics, the countermeasures that Qian Nawei and Ge Long and others had come up with before, because it was already difficult to advance on the front, after everyone discussed, they unanimously decided to take action against the logistics of the Star Luo Empire.
For a long period of time, the Martial Spirit Empire's air force has been dispatched on a large scale, carrying out large-scale bombardments on the Star Luo Empire's grain transportation line and many cities behind the Ip Man Mountains to paralyze its ability to transport and store materials.
In addition, Qian Nawei also ordered a large-scale bombardment of Gengxin City in the Star Luo Empire.
As the headquarters of the blacksmith shop, the city of Gengxin is very prosperous and has a large population.
Through the spies who followed Tang San from the Star Luo Empire, Qian Nawei knew that it was now also the headquarters of the Tang Sect, and its manufacturing workshop was located in the blacksmith shop!
Hearing the news, of course Qian Nawei was unwilling to let go, and she immediately ordered the bombing of Gengxin City in an attempt to blow up the Tangmen construction facilities.
However, the Tang Sect moved the Gengxin City Construction Workshop underground, and the manufactured armor-piercing cannons and howitzers were transported at night by power-type soul masters and some raised war horses, which cleverly avoided the bombardment of the Wuhun Empire.
Of course, because the roads were blown up, the logistics and transportation of the Star Luo Empire became quite difficult, and the transportation time of many foods, ammunition, artillery, and medicines was very long.
There are many soldiers of the Star Luo Empire who are not able to provide sufficient material support in the tunnels, and their physical condition cannot be maintained in full condition.
If we continue to increase our efforts to completely destroy the transportation lines of the Star Luo Empire, coupled with the use of planes to drop surrender leaflets to the positions of the Star Luo Empire, we may be able to launch a psychological offensive and gradually disintegrate the defense line of the Star Luo Empire's army......
In the hidden place of the Martial Spirit Empire's position, Qian Nawei gently touched her chin with one hand and groaned slightly.
But at this moment, suddenly, the Shangguan division commander next to him slapped Qian Nawei on the shoulder with a palm, and threw her sideways to the ground of the trench.
"Lie down!"
"Bang ——!"
The forward command post with a canopy shook violently, and the sandbag wall stacked in front shook violently.
At the same time, the surrounding positions, on the side of the Martial Spirit Empire, sounded a series of explosions almost at the same time.
"Bang bang ......!"
A violent explosion raged on the position, and countless mud and rocks rose into the sky, flying into the sky for more than ten or twenty meters!
The explosion lasted for several seconds, and it could be sensed that the Star Luo Empire had fired more than one wave of cannonballs.
After the explosion, she shook her head, dusted off her long golden hair, and stood up from the trench.
As soon as she stood up, Qian Nawei immediately used her binoculars to look in the direction of the Star Luo Empire's military formation in the distance.
In the distance, a large number of soldiers of the Star Luo Empire were rushing out of the tunnels at the foot of the mountain and on the slopes of the mountain, shouting and killing to shake the heavens and the earth.
"Kill!"
A large number of soldiers of the Star Luo Empire were like a tide, but they were not completely densely gathered, but in twos and threes, while charging, they observed the movements of the Martial Spirit Empire, constantly moving left and right, and also looking for some craters that could hide their figures.
These soldiers of the Star Luo Empire have already learned to be obedient, and they know that once they get together, they will be hit by the artillery of the Martial Spirit Empire, and when the time comes, their flesh and blood will not be able to withstand it.
On the side of the Martial Spirit Empire, beside Qian Nawei, Shangguan was a little surprised.
"How dare the Star Luo Empire take the initiative?"
These days, after high-intensity bombing, the Star Luo Empire has lost a considerable part of its soldiers, and due to the power of the Martial Spirit Empire's air force, they only dare to attack at night.
However, even if it was a night attack, many soldiers in front of the Martial Spirit Empire's position had already had experience, and the defense was in place, and the huge searchlights continued to illuminate the front of the position at night, leaving the Star Luo Empire's infantry army with no chance to take advantage of it.
The front end of the positions of the two armies was more than 600 meters apart, and once they got a little closer, they would be killed by a large rain of arrows from the Divine Arm Crossbow after being shelled by the rear of the Wuhun Empire.
The range of the Divine Arm Crossbow is very long, and the effective lethality of 510 meters is beyond the reach of all individual projectile weapons.
And once it entered more than three hundred meters, the cross arrow rain of the Martial Spirit Empire's divine arm crossbow and Yew longbow could inflict heavy casualties on the Star Luo army attacking at night.
And if you form a shield array, you will move slowly, and the target will be exposed.
In front of the Martial Spirit Empire with artillery, slow movement means death.
The cavalry could not be dispatched, a considerable part of the cavalry of the Star Luo Empire were killed in the last battle, and the remaining cavalry was not many, and the target was huge, and it was not easy to go up the mountain.
Now, the cavalry of the Star Luo Empire are all on standby in a mountain forest in the rear, and they dare not go out in sunny weather, so they only dare to come out at night or in the rain to drink horses and eat pasture.
Therefore, it is very rare and unwise for the current Star Luo Empire to take the initiative to attack.
The position of the Martial Spirit Empire, the division commander Shangguan didn't have time to think about it, the army of the Star Luo Empire had already rushed within six hundred meters, and was about to enter the effective killing range of the Divine Arm Crossbow.
When Shangguan saw it, he immediately waved his hand.
"Give the order to the 59th Regiment to counterattack the enemy troops, artillery support, and repel the enemy attack!"
A little farther away a flag herald heard it, ran to the shelter outside the canopy, waved two small flags in his hand, and conveyed the division commander's order to the forefront.
At the front, a flag soldier replied with a flag and then informed the general of his position.
After that, many soldiers of the Martial Spirit Empire adjusted the elevation angle of the Divine Arm Crossbow in their hands to about forty degrees, aimed at the direction of the Star Luo Empire army that was charging in the south, and pulled the trigger.
"Boom......!"
The bodies of many soldiers shook back neatly and violently, and the divine arm crossbow machine in their hands was lifted up a little uncontrollably, and the air next to them also shook violently like water waves.
"Woohoo......!"