307 Bloody Battle of Blair
Blair Castle, Andaman Islands.
The castle was the center of the entire Andaman Islands, and the port of Blair guarded the castle, with an Indian infantry regiment stationed in the city, totaling 90,000 nbsp; At this time, Blair Castle has been surrounded by 2,000 Chinese warships, and a batch of 100,000 troops and siege equipment are unloaded on the beach in the east, and under the leadership of hundreds of Chinese player commanders, they officially attack Blair Castle.
The player generals of the vanguard fleet, who are not left behind, stand on the flagship and watch the battle in person.
Three hundred stone-throwing carts occupied 400 meters outside the city, shooting large stone bullets and smashing them into the city, and the rumbling sound resounded throughout Blair Castle. A stone bullet could kill several defenders at the slightest and blast a large chunk of the city wall into the air. The Indian soldiers at the top of the city panicked and dodged, and the Indian players shouted loudly and tried to fight back with their longbows and arrows, but they didn't have enough range to shoot. After half an hour of bombardment, the stones ejected so fast that they were all exhausted, and the catapults came to a halt. Until the stone projectiles on the transport ship arrived, it was temporarily impossible to continue the attack.
Fortunately, the walls of Port Blair have collapsed with a large gap, enough for dozens of people to rush in. The Chinese soldiers began to attack head-on. Three thousand shields and swordsmen and five thousand pikemen rushed ahead, followed by five thousand crossbowmen. Thousands of Indian sword and shield soldiers also rushed out to plug the gap. The two sides engaged in a tug-of-war at the gap. The Indian archers at the head of the city also began to shoot arrows, and the Chinese crossbowmen exchanged arrows.
In just a few tens of minutes, the Chinese lost hundreds of pikemen and crossbowmen, and the Indian soldiers were also killed by five or six hundred soldiers, but they could not rush in, and the gap of more than ten meters was too narrow. It was piled up with thousands of troops on both sides, unable to deploy.
The first round of assault failed to achieve results, and thousands of Chinese soldiers were forced to withdraw. A batch of stone bullets had already been transported, and the stone-throwing cart continued to shoot, smashing the gap in the castle and expanding the scope of the collapse.
At the mansion, Kalam and his group of Indian player commanders were a little panicked, they originally hoped to use the fortified city to resist the attack of the Chinese players, but in Andaman they held back the Chinese players, and they completed the task in ten days and half a month. Normally. They have enough reserves and troops to complete this task.
But they did not expect that China's siege weapons were so strong and numerous, and hundreds of heavy stone-throwing vehicles were less than half an hour. It made a gap in the incomparably strong Blair Castle. According to this situation, I am afraid that in only half a day, the castle defense line will be breached, and the Chinese and Indian soldiers will directly face a decisive battle. Premature decisive battle. It is not conducive to delaying the foot squadron.
An adjutant rushed into the mansion in embarrassment and shouted, "General Kalam, it's not good, the Chinese's stone-throwing carts have started shooting again, the gap cannot be blocked, it has doubled!" What to do? β
Kalam said fiercely: "Stone-throwing truck! Hundreds of rock-throwing trucks in the Chinese land must be destroyed. in order to keep Blair Castle. Otherwise, Blair would have fallen within two days. Mobilize troops. Take the initiative to go out of the city to attack! β
The adjutant exclaimed: "But the Chinese soldiers are in a very tight formation. There are a large number of heavily armored soldiers guarding the catapults. It was hard for us to rush to their ground rock-throwing trucks. β
Kalam's face changed. Good for a while. Only then did he make a decision: "Send out the war elephant troops." Destroy the catapult at all costs! β
Inside the entire mansion. The commanders were shocked.
War elephants. It is India's most powerful type of cold weapon era. Training a war elephant costs a great deal of wealth. Raising a war elephant for food is also a huge burden. Every war elephant is precious. The whole of Blair Castle. There were only five war elephants. It was Castle Blair's last resort to fight back. It is only used when it matters most.
But it's only been an hour since the war started. It is necessary to use the strongest means of counterattack.
"Go, get the war elephant troops out of the city. Plus 10,000 infantry. Be sure to destroy all the catapults! β
Kalam roared loudly.
His adjutant hurried out of the mansion and mobilized the war elephant troops out of the city to fight.
More than ten minutes later. The city was full of drums and trumpets, and the gates of Blair Castle suddenly opened, and in the shaking of the earth, five huge Indian war elephants in golden armor rushed out of the castle with their chests held high, and with every step, the earth shook and the dust flew up, and then tens of thousands of Indian soldiers rushed out. On the body of the war elephant, there is also an elephant that can be ridden, on which there is a player elephant rider and four Indian marksmen, who shoot arrows from a high position.
"Ang-!"
The invincible charge formation of five war elephants rushed towards the large formation of 100,000 Chinese infantry outside the castle. These five war elephants are too tall and majestic, not to mention that the heavy infantry can't stop them, even the heavy cavalry can't stop them here.
On the battlefield, the originally happy faces of the Chinese players changed dramatically in an instant, and they were extremely ugly.
It was the first time that Chinese and Indian players had gone head-to-head on the battlefield and were unfamiliar with each other's combat methods. Just as Indian players didn't know that Chinese players would have a lot of siege equipment, Chinese players didn't expect Indian war elephants to rush out of castles.
The thousand Chinese sword and shield infantry standing in front of the ground could barely put up an effective resistance, and were directly overwhelmed by the charging array of five war elephants, and then overwhelmed by the large crowd of Indian soldiers.
The five-headed war elephant continued to charge, running straight ahead.
The Chinese player commanders were alarmed. "Shoot the arrows, shoot!" "Shoot those five war elephants down, quick!"
Tens of thousands of Chinese crossbowmen fired a volley, densely packed with crossbow arrows, drawing an arc, covering the five Indian war elephants and tens of thousands of Indian soldiers who rushed out of the city in an instant. Thousands of Indian soldiers were hit by crossbow arrows, which caused the momentum of the Indian soldiers' ferocious onslaught.
But war elephants were hardly harmed, they had thick skin and rough flesh, and they were also covered in a layer of gold armor, which made it difficult to get hurt.
There are also some Indian players, riding the five-headed war elephant and continuing to rush forward, wantonly destroying the Chinese infantry formation.
The tragic war continues.
The spearmen and swordsmen in front fought desperately to fend off the war elephants. Hundreds of rock-throwing trucks were evacuated in an emergency and returned to the sea transport ship. to prevent destruction by war elephants. Some of the rock-throwing trucks at the front did not have time to evacuate, and were almost crushed by one foot.
The Indian soldiers behind the five-headed war elephants became fewer and fewer, and they gradually fell into the encirclement of the Chinese infantry. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Indian player on the war elephant hurriedly rode the war elephant back to Blair Castle. Only four fled back to the castle, and the last elephant was left behind, slashed in the thigh by the surging swordsmen and crashed to the ground.
Standing on the flagship without leaving a line, watching the battle situation, he sighed slightly. In today's battle, I am afraid that we will suffer heavy losses. The number of soldiers trampled to death by war elephants alone is incalculable. Plus the soldiers who died in the chaos.
Fortunately, only more than 30 catapults were lost, and the remaining 270 were withdrawn in time and returned to the sea.
The Indians suffered equally heavy losses outside the city. Retreat back to Blair Castle and continue to defend the castle.
Without the help of the catapult, the gap of 20 meters in the castle could not continue to expand, and the squadron stopped attacking for a while. Take a short break. And Indian players are also hurrying to urgently repair the city walls and reorganize their defenses.
Within a few hundred meters of the castle, it was quiet.
Qianli Buliu was a little dissatisfied, and said to the adjutant beside him: "Organize a round attack immediately, you can't give the Indians time to repair the gap!" Even if you don't have a stone thrower, you have to take the castle for me! β
"Yes, Boss!"
The adjutant immediately waved the command flag and ordered the troops of the 6th Army on the shore to continue to intensify the attack.
The Chinese troops moved again.
An army of 20,000 erected ladders and began to storm the gap in the castle and the surrounding castles. Another 70,000 are preparing. Take turns attacking.
Knowing that the battle would be long and arduous, he stopped watching the battle and returned to the cabin of the flagship.
The battle continued into the evening, with countless torches lit outside the castle and stormed throughout the night. So far, there have been five or six waves of large-scale charges. The Indian soldiers took advantage of the castle and held the gap.
The Chinese troops feared that the elephants would suddenly come out again and cause trouble. The gates were simply blocked with a large number of horse-drawn carriages.
The bloody battle continued into the second half of the night, when the Chinese troops finally broke through the Indian defenses and occupied a section of the city wall. Chinese players get excited, and a large number of Chinese swordsmen and sword and shield soldiers are transported to this section of the city wall, fighting desperately at any cost.
In such a narrow place as the city wall, there is no fancy to speak of, and it is impossible to fight with the help of elephants or siege engines, only the individual melee combat of the soldiers of both sides.
The individual superiority of the Chinese soldier began to be waved.
The Chinese soldiers were all armed with steel shields, light armor and steel swords. Excellent texture. Both defense and attack power are quite excellent. Moreover, the logistics support is strong, and the physical strength of each soldier is extremely high. Morale is high.
The equipment of the Indian soldiers was a little worse, mainly iron weapons, bronze weapons, and leather products, and only a small number of soldiers were equipped with steel weapons, which were uneven, and their physical strength and morale were a few points worse.
This difference is difficult to see for a while when the two sides are attacking and defending the city, and there is a large-scale melee.
However, after the Chinese soldiers rushed to the top of the city, they immediately separated themselves from the Indian soldiers in a narrow place at the head of the city. Three Chinese swordsmen can fight five Indian swordsmen to the death without falling behind.
However, at the head of the city, the number of people in close contact between the two sides was about the same, and there were only a dozen people at the front. This directly led to the defeat of the Indian soldiers, unable to hold the city, and the area of the city wall occupied by the ** squadron became larger and larger.
After the melee soldiers had gained a foothold at the top of the city, a large number of crossbowmen were sent up and fired condescendingly into the city. The walls around the gap were successfully occupied by tens of thousands of Chinese NPC soldiers. The fence barrier set up by the Indian players at the gap was also quickly cleared, and the gap more than 20 meters wide was exposed in front of the squadron.
"Kill, rush into the cityβ!"
The squadron had already lost 30,000 casualties in the successive onslaughts, and the remaining 70,000 infantry troops began a full-scale assault on Blair Castle, and the decisive battle broke out.
At this time, the troop carriers at sea, more infantry were unloaded. The Chinese fleet brought a total of 300,000 infantry, which was used to occupy the entire Andaman and Nicobar Islands.