Text: The Great Power Struggle_Chapter 393 The Thoughts of the Empire
Under the scorching sun, the tidal wave of the undead retreated again, and the Allied soldiers once again survived an attack by the undead army. It was already the twentieth day of the battle, and dozens of days of fighting had exhausted the Allied soldiers. Countless soldiers hugged their weapons and rested limply against the camp wall. The noon sun was very strong, and the Allied soldiers who had just gone through a bloody battle were all sweating profusely. But these are nothing compared to the tiredness in the heart.
A group of Allied soldiers in elite armor and armed with sharp weapons ran quickly up the camp wall. The Allied soldiers who were resting against the wooden wall finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the new defenders came up, and they could go down and rest themselves. The intensity of the battle was greatly reduced, which made Yue Fei a few days before the war also breathed a sigh of relief. The more intense the battle, the less time your troops will have to rest. In the past ten days, although tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed and wounded every day, it is much better than the previous battle that could have hundreds of thousands of casualties in the morning.
The reduction in combat intensity also made Yue Fei more calmly dispatch troops. There are still more than 10 million people in the whole army who can fight, and the defense of the entire camp needs about 2 million soldiers to be satisfied. Therefore, Yue Fei divided all the combat units into four parts, four stages of preparedness: morning, afternoon, first half of the night, and second half of the night. It would take only eight million soldiers to meet the requirements, but war doesn't count like that. The 500,000 people of the Taoist Legion and the Monk Legion, Yue Fei is directly in command, and let them go wherever there is a crisis.
Secondly, there is also the protection of Xiao Chen, Long Ye, and the wounded soldiers, etc., which also require a large number of troops. Removing these, all that remained was the remaining cavalry units of the Allied forces. The cavalry troops led by Xiang Yu and Ma Chao are also firefighters, specially used to plug the gap. It is impossible for these troops to fight at the stage of being responsible for the day-to-day operation, and just running back and forth every day to support various places, they are no better than the soldiers fighting on the front line.
The chaotic system made the Allied battalions look stronger, at least according to Arthas. Except for the first few days of the war, the results were not bad, although he suffered heavy casualties, but it was enough to reduce the Allied army by about half, and he still had these 40 million troops. This is the advantage of having the advantage of troops, but these days it is a little puzzling. After more than ten days of fighting, the number of losses of the 40 million undead army has not exceeded 1.5 million, and it is estimated that the losses of the allies on the opposite side are even smaller, which is not in line with their own strategic purpose of attrition.
There is no doubt that you have the advantage of troops, and it is completely possible to completely pile up the allied forces with troops. But first of all, it is necessary to kill a certain number of Allied troops every day, and the losses caused every day like this are less than 50,000 people, and when will it take for you to survive to be considered to be able to overwhelm the Allied forces. Moreover, the side with the superior forces must maintain great pressure if the side with the superior forces wants to consume the inferior side, and at the very least, the side with fewer troops must not rest well. In this way, the goal of a war of attrition can be truly achieved, but the reality is too sad for me.
Judging from today's battle, the Allied soldiers are completely alive, and there is definitely nothing bad about rest, at most, the high pressure of being on the battlefield for a long time makes them a little irritable. But what's the point of being upset, as soon as you go to the battlefield to work hard, who cares if you're upset.
What should I do?
Arthas looked at the map in front of him and his head suddenly widened. The Allies gathered their forces to play a battle with themselves, but they didn't take the initiative to attack, but just blindly defended, which was completely bullying. Looking at the west, the British players, who had also gathered 20 million troops, had already crossed the border and entered their own borders. Before the Allies came, those British players, who dared to cross the border. It's good now, his main army is pinned down by the Allies, and the army of 20 million British players behind him is about to play in his own nest.
Gianna, who was guarding the rear, had already sent letters to herself, and had fought several major battles with British players, but she won more than she lost. There are only more than 18 million undead troops left in the rear of the 25 million garrisons, all of which have been concentrated in various cities, intending to defend them to the death, waiting for their side to break the allied army as soon as possible and go back to support.
Breaking the allies, I want to do it myself, but how can I break such a turtle shell!
The elite Bone Legion has been reduced from a peak strength of one million to a minimum of three hundred and twenty thousand. Even the elite skeleton army has plummeted from more than fifteen million to three million. His elite troops are almost exhausted, how can they take down the Allied battalion in one go by relying only on those small skeletons whose combat effectiveness is so low that they can't be lower.
In fact, Alsace only took into account the losses of his own elite troops, and in comparison, the losses of the Allied elite were not small in the slightest.
At the time of the departure of the Beichen Kingdom, there were only about 1.8 million of the more than 4 million elite soldiers left, and the rest were those militia units that had experienced more than ten days of bloody battles, as well as special Taoist legions and monk legions. When the Xia Kingdom set out on the expedition, there were more than 5 million elite troops, but now there are only about 2 million people left. Of course, after this battle, only those militiamen who have experienced more than half a month of bloody battles need to be trained in the skills of battle formations, and they will definitely be elite troops.
The losses of the elite troops of the two armies are about the same, but the army of the undead still has more than 30 million cannon fodder to use. These cannon fodder are used well, and they are not weaker than 10 million elites.
The tone of Gianna's letter made Arthas feel more and more irritated. The fighting in the rear was not yet very tense, but it was clear that a battle was about to come. If he couldn't return to the rear in time, Arthas didn't think that Gianna's tens of thousands of garbage skeletons would be able to block the attack of 20 million elite troops of British players. However, how can I quickly solve the battle in front of me?
Looting food? It's not practical at all, with the gathering of 20 million troops, the Allies will not prepare enough food, and even Alsace will not believe it when it comes to it. That's 20 million troops, not hundreds of thousands. If there is no sufficient food preparation, once the grain and grass are transported in the rear for two days in the evening because of rain or something, it will be over. If you want the Allies to lack food, you can't do it unless you break the Allied camp and destroy all the food and grass that the Allies have hoarded in the camp. It's just that if you can break the Allied camp, you will already be victorious, where is the need to destroy the food of the Allied army.
The Allies have sufficient food and grass, and have a strong camp, plus they can't hold out, the defense materials are not scarce, and the troops are enough, so they really have no good way.
Retreat to lure the enemy? Draw out the main forces of the Allied forces? This also seems to be a bit unworkable, if you retreat with your whole army, the Allied forces will definitely not come out if you don't have enough troops. It's okay to play a rout, but you belong to the besieging side, how can you play a rout!
Looking at the map, Alsace was about to cry, it was so hard!
In contrast, Xiao Chen and Long Ye's mood was also not much better, the supplies in the camp were sufficient, but if the battle was not over, the morale would drop very badly. You must know that dozens of days of high-intensity combat have already made many militiamen irritable. They are not highly trained soldiers, just peasant uncles who were gnawing in the fields a few months ago. The continuous fighting made them stressful, and the huge casualties made them fearful. Tens of thousands of people die every day, maybe it is not a fierce battle in the eyes of Yue Fei and others, but in their eyes, it is simply the end of the world.
In the past, where they lived, it was a big deal to kill and injure a dozen people, but now it is good, now tens of thousands of people can die in one morning, and it is really not something their nerves can bear. If it weren't for Xiao Chen's dispatch of a large number of veterans and filling the militia queue, it is estimated that the allies would have lost this war long ago.
Now these militias are able to persist in fighting, and it is entirely the desire to live that directs them. Accustomed to the scene of tens of thousands of deaths every day, they can only bravely block the undead army that comes up from the tide, and then survive the fierce battle of blood and fire.
It's just that after a long time, the problem comes out.
Caught a dozen deserters last night, seriously!
When Xiao Chen heard the news, he almost packed up his things and left. During the critical period of the battle, there were deserters, what is this, this is completely the rhythm of the rout of the army. Fortunately, Yue Fei dealt with it in time, and the tense atmosphere in the army was temporarily suppressed.
But how long will this last, and no more reinforcements will appear in front of them, or the battle will not turn a victory. The army may be defeated at some point, or it will be bombed again because of that stupid fork yelling.
The seriousness of the situation made Xiao Chen feel distressed. The layout in the camp is almost complete, but the amount of fire oil is still a little less. If within three days, there was no oil to be delivered from the rear, Xiao Chen planned to start the battle plan in advance. Because, the atmosphere in the army has already turned to the explosive barrel in the fire, as long as the temperature is a little higher, it will bang!
Xiao Chen sat in the camp, looking at the food in front of him, and didn't want to eat it at all. No one would be in the mood to eat at this time, and when he thought that the bombing of tens of millions of soldiers would directly occur in his position, Xiao Chen felt that his head was big.
Long Ye strode into the camp tent, looking at Xiao Chen, who was sitting on the main seat, with a sad look on his face, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch twice.
"What, scared?"
"you, don't be afraid! That's tens of millions of soldiers, and when I think of eight million troops bombing the camp one night, I want to fucking quit. Xiao Chen glanced up at Long Ye and said bitterly.
"Well, I'm actually scared too!" Long Ye couldn't help but shudder in his heart. Just like Xiao Chen said, that's tens of millions of people!
If it is said that there are only tens of thousands of people or hundreds of thousands of people, it is possible to suppress Xiao Chen with his own identity. But the military camp of tens of millions of people bombed the camp, and Tatsuno really didn't dare to imagine that picture. It is estimated that even Yue Fei will tremble in his heart. Tens of millions of people, if the camp is bombed, the survival rate of himself and Xiao Chen will not be much stronger than that of a small soldier.
Xiao Chen sighed and continued, "Brother, are you wrong about me. This war against the realm of the dead was a completely wrong decision. In other words, he is too arrogant to think that if he is ready for war, he can successfully destroy the kingdom of the undead! But now..."
"Stop, it's no wonder you, no one can say that they can control the trend of the war! War, isn't it just gambling, winning the interests of the whole country, and losing is just losing a large wave of soldiers. ”
"Besides, we were able to successfully wipe out tens of millions of undead armies and annex nearly two-thirds of the territory of the undead realm. Isn't this a success, you must know that the loss of the undead is much smaller than that of the undead realm! ”
Listening to Long Ye's words, Xiao Chen also felt that he was not wrong. But then after thinking about it, Xiao Chen directly burst into the mouth and said, "Get out!" Is the loss of more than half a month still small? ”
"yes, it's not small. But why don't you think about it, we occupy so much territory in the realm of the undead, of course we will attract the hatred of others. Besides, wasn't our original strategic purpose to weaken the strength of the Undead Realm? It's just that this battle is really risky, and we can play guerrilla warfare with the army of the undead. In that case, the losses should be much smaller than now, and of course, the results of the battle will definitely not be as big as the more than 30 million troops fighting the Death Soul now! ”
"So, am I still wrong?"
"That's right, the battle will be fought sooner or later. After all, this is a battle of life and death, and no matter how well the guerrilla war is fought, it is still necessary to use the battle to decide victory or defeat. We're just playing a little earlier now, and the success rate is a little lower! ”
Xiao Chen nodded, then shook his head vigorously, and said, "It's a day, why are we still discussing this now, we can only fight to the death." What to do with the army now, this morale problem is really difficult to solve. I'm not afraid of other time periods, but I'm afraid of the night. Fighting during the day, naturally nothing will happen. But the pressure on people at night is great, in case any stupid person roars in the middle of the night, it is estimated that the camp will be able to explode immediately! ”
"It's a big question, but it's useless for you to ask me, and we're not specifically playing ancient military. Therefore, you still have Generalissimo Yue, he is stronger than both of us! ”
"I'll go find him at the party, yes. How's the camp going, can this bad idea you gave me succeed? Xiao Chen thought of the things that had just been arranged in the camp, and immediately asked.
"Well, it stands to reason that there shouldn't be any problems. The fire oil that hit the bamboo pipe should be able to explode, and no matter how bad it is, we can still light it, and still set fire to the company camp. Even Yue Fei didn't feel that there was anything wrong, what are you worried about at this time! ”
"Nonsense, this is related to Lao Tzu's life, what do you say!"
"Well... All right! Then I'll take a look, plus saltpeter and sulfur, it should be about the same..."