Chapter 183: Death Battle
At 7:43 a.m. the next day, from the end of the main mission three, the remaining time was 5 days, 16 hours and 17 minutes, standing on the mountain ridge and looking from afar, I saw that the imperial army had begun to arrange artillery arrays, because they belonged to different divisions and regiments, and their respective commands were not unified, so it looked a little chaotic from a distance, large and small, four or five artillery positions were slowly advancing, but at this time they had entered the range of Mr. Potato.
Chen Ye did not let Mr. Tudou open fire immediately, but waited for a while, estimating that the artillery troops could also hit the forward positions with the help of the advantages of the high ground, so he ordered the artillery to fire, and as the shells were fired from the high ground of the mountains, they were projectile for nearly 600 meters and fell in those scattered artillery positions.
Chen Ye's purpose is to block the enemy, not to kill the enemy, so as soon as he entered the limit range, he immediately ordered the cannon, which was again using limited ammunition to buy time, and sure enough, the artillery unit that encountered the shelling was chaotic for a while, and began to retreat backwards, Chen Ye recognized a guy who seemed to be a commander, calculated the trajectory of the precise strike, and then ordered Mr. Potato to fire the cannon according to his calculations, and sure enough, this cannon hit the vicinity of the commander, and Mr. Potato's cannon alone won a full 600 points of combat merit, That hapless artillery commander must have had a lot of rank.
Three rounds of artillery bombardment made the opponent's artillery unit stay 650 meters away, in this position, with Chen Ye's field of vision, it was difficult to see what was happening in the opponent's position, only that they stayed for about forty minutes before the mixed infantry and cavalry troops began to rush towards the tiger's throat pass, Chen Ye speculated that they were probably discussing tactics.
Since the mixed infantry and cavalry units had already suffered heavy casualties yesterday, the number of people who rushed over this time to try to harass the artillery units was not large, and they were divided into three waves, each of which was about 500 people, and when these troops were stacked close to 400 meters, the remaining large number of artillery units continued to advance.
Chen Ye didn't pay attention to the charge troops in front every 100 meters, but the key blow fell on the artillery units behind, and let more than 1,500 people in front rush into the Tiger Throat Pass, seeing that the tactics of the infantry charge worked, the artillery troops behind had no choice but to rush up, Chen Ye launched a fierce artillery bombardment at this time, 400 meters away from the Tiger Throat Pass, a large number of artillery below were scattered, but Chen Ye didn't care so much, let the artillery units under his command and Mr. Potato play freely, although the casualties were not much, However, these shelling successfully prevented the artillery unit from following up, allowing 1,500 foot cavalry to rush into Zeng Rong's pocket.
Zeng Rong's troops only had about 400 people left, and there were 200 people ambushed on each side of the mountain wall, seeing the signal sent by Chen Ye on the mountain ridge, they quickly retreated, and then surrounded the Tiger Throat Pass in a half-moon shape, the front row squatted, the back row stood, and more than a dozen heavy machine guns were immediately placed, because of the terrain of the Tiger Throat Pass, the first batch of 500 people rushed in, and when they saw such a formation on the opposite side, they couldn't do it if they wanted to spread out and avoid the bullets, and they were soon squeezed into a pile by the second group of 500 people, and they were pushed forward by the flow of people to continue, But the distance of only 200 meters is the final bottom line of death, and it cannot be crossed at all.
"Dada-da-da!" The non-stop gunfire exploded in the Tiger Throat Pass, Chen Ye knew that Zeng Rong's troops were facing great sacrifices and dangers at this time, but his artillery bombardment could not support half a minute, and he had to stop those artillery units that were already approaching the Tiger Throat Pass below, once these Imperial Army infantry and cavalry mixed troops received the support of the artillery troops behind the formation, and blasted Zeng Rong's pocket out of the gap, it would only take a few minutes for Zeng Rong's department to disappear.
Chen Yebu kept bombarding the artillery fire all the time, and Chen Ye held the explosive bag in his hand but did not dare to use it, he still had the last hand, at 4 o'clock this morning, he secretly woke up Zeng Rong and some soldiers, and gathered the rolling wood and stones on the mountain ridge together, and piled them on the edge of the cliff wall of Chen Ye's mountain range, as long as Chen Ye has several explosive bags in his hand, he can blow up this corner of the cliff, and the mountain will collapse under the chain reaction, which will immediately bury the tiger's throat pass under the soil and rocks, and completely seal the road, This is the last resort, once this method is used, the imperial army will know that this is just a harassing force that is not to worry about, and only need to leave a force to defend the tiger's throat pass, and they can trap them alive, unless Chen Yeken leaves by water, but in this way, they will destroy behind enemy lines, and the strategy of relieving the siege of the city will be completely defeated.
In the end, Chen Ye still resisted the urge to use explosives bags, and watched his comrades-in-arms who had lived and died together for days fall in the enemy's bullets, he felt very sour in his heart, but there was a kind of helplessness to hold on, maybe this is the cruelty of war.
"Death Cavalry! Sortie! Chen Ye stood on top of the mountain, completely unafraid of injury, only he hit others, but others couldn't hit him, so he directly used the chakra breathing method, entered a state of 2 times the bottom force, and controlled 8 death cavalry to suddenly emerge from the ground to kill the artillery unit, Chen Ye's spiritual power reached more than 80 points, and the spiritism and ghoul could control 4 death cavalry, and the other 4 death cavalry were hidden underground after the birth and resurrection of the undead.
The undead troops have the advantage of the undead troops, they don't need food, and they don't need to breathe, Chen Ye dug a few big pits, and buried them under the mound 400 meters away from the tiger's throat pass, no one expected to encounter such an enemy, the appearance of the 8 death cavalry really panicked the artillery troops, especially under Chen Ye's control, the 8 death cavalry got an additional bonus, the original silver quality ability, the golden quality ability that has risen, killing these imperial army artillery in close quarters is like chopping melons and vegetables, And because the infantry cavalry unit had already rushed to the front, the artillery unit lacked the strength to cooperate with the battle, just like a weak teenage girl who suddenly encountered a burly man with a tiger's back and was killed by the dead cavalry.
The panic of the artillery unit gave Chen Ye a better chance, he insisted on implementing his own tactics, ignoring the enemy troops that entered the pocket, but commanding the artillery group bombardment, causing greater casualties to the artillery units in the chaos, especially the few commanders who stood up and shouted to command the operation, Chen Ye was even more focused on taking care of them.
Although the death cavalry is fierce and very resistant to beating, after all, the number is too small to form a large-scale impact, and in the end it was still killed alive by the calmed artillery unit with a protective saber or pistol, but it was delayed for more than ten minutes, which was already worth the fare, Chen Ye relied on the time of the death cavalry to delay, and had already killed hundreds of artillerymen and completed the goal of dividing the battlefield, and those imperial troops who entered Zeng Rong's pocket, in the face of the violent firepower network, finally did not have the courage to impact again, leaving behind hundreds of corpses, the gray retreated from the tiger's throat pass, and even the artillery unit with the frightened bow bird also fled.
After a total of 2 hours before and after this battle, Chen Ye had a sense of prostration that he had not slept for two days and two nights, more than 100 artillery soldiers on this mountain range used more than 40 guns just for this round of indiscriminate bombardment, if it were not for Chen Ye's early military supplies to obtain a lot, I am afraid that this time he would face an embarrassing situation without artillery, but this time he used a lot of guns and ammunition materials, but the number of kills could not keep up with yesterday's data at all, less than 2,000 people, in fact, this is the normal proportion of casualties in the battle of hot weapons, Trap the enemy in a narrow area as yesterday and block the entrances and exits. After all, the tactic of burning alive with fire is difficult to replicate again.
Chen Ye retreated from the mountains alone, and saw the tragic situation of corpses all over the field in the Tiger Throat Pass, most of which were from the imperial army, but there were also many soldiers who died in the face of the enemy's bullets and failed to dodge, Zeng Rong's troops were reduced again, and there were less than 300 soldiers left who could fight, as for those who were seriously injured and could not fight, these soldiers who had long been thinking of death were not like dragging down the troops at all, and found that they had lost their ability to fight, either self-defeating, or rushing into the flames of war, Even a single bullet for a comrade who is still fighting is worth it.
"Baofeng, take your own people away, the imperial dog will be burned!" Zeng Rong calmly commanded, she also had a lot of gunshot wounds on her body, but Zeng Rong wearing a "cavalry suit" was not an ordinary hard-wearing person, these gunshot wounds could not affect her at all, as long as she took a short rest and used some supplements to recover.
Baofeng hurriedly responded, he naturally knew who his senior sister was talking about, it was those sacrificed comrades-in-arms, he held back his tears, and transported the sacrificed comrades to the armored car, because there were too many people, the two cars could not fit at all, so he could only use the wreckage of the broken vehicle to make a drag-like device, and transport these corpses to the ruins of Hancheng Town, where there was a monument for the soldiers.
The fire ignited again in the tiger's throat pass, this time Chen Ye had no spare strength to clean up, let these fires burn until late at night, the enemy troops did not take the opportunity to fight, Chen Ye knew that his strategy was half successful, this time the food collected from the enemy army was finally enough to eat, after all, the other party died almost 2000 people, and our troops only had less than 400 people left, Chen Ye knew that this kind of collection would be less and less, because these troops came temporarily, and they would carry some dry food, But as the large forces of the Imperial Army come here, then the logistics troops will also follow, and these combat troops will no longer bring their own food, but will eat with the troops.
There is no problem with eating two meals at noon and dinner, but from the beginning of the night, Chen Ye has noticed the tentative sneak attack of the opponent's small force, usually just 2~3 squads, Chen Ye and Zeng Rong each led a team of 50 people, patrolling outside the Tiger Throat Pass, with the strong strength of the two from the reincarnation, these squads just came and went, Chen Ye also replenished some of the lost undead troops, but there was no such high-end goods as the death cavalry, and what was obtained was a new class of troops called "Death Special Warfare", The overall strength has also reached the silver quality, and with Chen Ye's bonus, he also has the ability of the golden quality, and what is even more rare is that this kind of "death special soldier" only occupies 1 quantity.
Chen Ye and Zeng Rong can not rest, but their troops can't do it, so the patrols they lead are all rotated, only the two of them have not rotated, because after 3 o'clock in the morning, the "special combat soldiers" who came to sneak attack suddenly increased, Chen Ye and Zeng Rong finally dealt with them, and it lasted until the sky was bright, and the enemy troops began to assemble, this time the mixed position of less than 3,000 people in total was no longer as light as yesterday, but a new tactic was arranged, and this tactic was actually based on harassment.
"What are they doing? What are you doing with a cannon on an empty mountain? Zeng Rong asked a little strangely, maybe because she didn't rest yesterday, her temper was a little short-tempered.
"Of course, in order to give an account to Shangguan, more than 10,000 imperial troops died here, which is enough to prove that we are not a small group of harassing troops, and those civilians who brought the news are just using lies to trick them into sending them to death, so on the one hand, they are eager to ask for help, and on the other hand, they must show an active offensive to eliminate their own faults, as long as the intensity of the battlefield can see that they have tried, but they are blocked by a stronger enemy." Chen Ye said as he boiled canned beef for everyone as military rations.
"Shall we just do that?" Zeng Rong asked.
Chen Ye tried the taste, and after being very satisfied, he said: "It's good to have this opportunity for you to see, do you still want to fight against these artillery fires for a while?" Now they have changed their tactics, more than 2,000 artillery units are the main force, not to kill the enemy, just to destroy our commanding heights, you have no way to take them, even if I take the artillery up, at most one round of artillery bombardment, although the mountains are high and low range, but it is inconvenient to move, they have room to avoid under the open terrain, and we do not, at most two rounds of shelling, they take turns shelling, and the two mountain heads can be flattened. ”
"Don't worry, of course I won't let them behave so badly, please ignore their performances, do your best to maintain your combat effectiveness, and wait for the night when we do it, the artillery unit has a vision advantage during the day, but at night, it is not good, now they have suffered heavy losses except for the artillery unit, and they have to harass them so frequently last night, in fact, they are afraid that we will attack them at night, according to my estimate, how fierce they are now, how cowardly they are at night." Chen Ye began to distribute food to the soldiers.
Although there are still some reserve grains, but the "canned beef (large)" that can maintain combat effectiveness, obviously the effect will be better, in order to plan the battle at night, Chen Ye did not hesitate to use precious supply props, this day was almost spent in the sound of artillery fire, until nightfall did not stop, but the other party still did not stop, the harassment of small units is still constant, but this time did not go deep into the tiger's throat pass, only in the periphery of the circle.
Lin Jianguo rushed over from the rear with more than 100 people according to Chen Ye's battle plan at this time, Chen Ye inquired about the progress of the fortifications, and then put his mind at ease and said: "There will be a fight tonight, and tomorrow there will be a tough battle at most, we have to retreat to the rear, otherwise the casualties are too great, and there is no point in defending the tiger's throat pass." ”
"Don't worry, I'll leave it here, I can't lose it, I also brought a few supporters!" Lin Jianguo spoke, and released the 4 evil earth corpse puppets, she had already buried 2 evil earth corpse puppets outside before entering the secret realm, and after coming out of the secret realm, 2 more were hatched during this time, although the total of 4 evil earth corpse puppets is not very strong in combat effectiveness, but it can be regarded as a little supplement in the continuous loss and attrition.
Chen Ye and Zeng Rong each planned to take a dozen people to attack at night, the purpose was to ignite the opponent's ammunition depot, a large amount of artillery fire was too great for their suppression, if this was not solved, they would not be able to fight tomorrow with peace of mind, relying on these artillery and ammunition, even if there was no contact, they could blow up the tiger's throat alive.
Chen Ye didn't arrange personnel here, it was enough for him to bring a few "death special combat soldiers", it was really not good to have some spare undead troops in the spiritistic space, Zeng Rong brought a few soldiers who were originally from martial arts, they have more flexible skills, what danger they encounter, the chance of escaping back is also greater, and if there are more people, the target will be too big and easy to be discovered, so just if you destroy the ammunition depot, these people are enough.
Chen Ye and Zeng Rong's soldiers were divided into two ways, Chen Ye was in front, Zeng Rong was behind, Chen Ye used a greedy snake to open the way, hiding traces all the way, avoiding the secret whistle, and at the same time pointing out the route to Zeng Rong, a total of 7 people, approached the enemy camp while hiding and hiding, but Lin Jianguo's side played happily, deliberately made the movement bigger, and also gave Chen Ye and them some cover.
In the vision of the greedy snake, the deployment of the enemy camp is quite neat, but no matter how tightly defended, it can only prevent people, and it is impossible to prevent a snake with the length of a palm, Chen Ye began to carefully search the contents of each camp tent in the camp through the vision of the greedy snake, if the distance is not enough, he will use stealth to follow a section, and let Zeng Rong wait in a relatively safe place outside.
It took more than ten minutes for Chen Ye to find out the gap when the enemy patrolled, and sent a signal to Zeng Rong in time, so that Zeng Rong and others quickly entered the camp, and then found a camp tent used to store the seriously wounded and drilled in.
Chen Ye threw the corpses of these seriously injured into the Sumeru space, and a group of 7 people lay on the hospital bed "fish eyes and pearls", but in fact, they continued to use the snake to find the surrounding camp tents, and the limit control distance of the "voodoo blood corpse" has reached about 200 meters, and with the help of the "heart eye" ability, they can even see everything within a radius of 250.
"The ability on the mysterious side is quite convenient for these 'stealing chickens and dogs' actions." Cao Rong said with a slight mockery, otherwise she had the appearance of a disaster for the country and the people, but she sucked away her limited emotional intelligence.
Chen Ye didn't care when he got used to it, but teased: "Don't forget, your mount is also a product of some side...... Hush! I found it. ”