Chapter 368: Starfall
Starfall City.
This is a small town that is said to have fallen a meteor here, hence the name Starfall.
Starfall City, as a meteor that has lost its light and heat, plays a dispensable role in Yves Saint Laurent's defenses. Because he has three Tier 2 satellite cities in front of him and two Tier 1 satellite cities in the back, Radiance and Twilight, he has become the stardust with the weakest presence in the entire Saint Laurent defense system.
How does starlight compete with the sun and moon?
As an inconspicuous archetype, the defenders of Starfall City have also inherited the character of Passerby A, and although they bear the name of the backbone force, they themselves have taken on the role of logistics troops.
And rightfully so.
The troops they come into contact with the most every day are not the armies of dynasties and empires, but logistics corps that transport supplies, and when they are too busy, they even have to lay down their swords to help these people load and unload their goods.
Accumulate over a long period.
The defenders had forgotten their identity, and some of the soldiers even took off their combat uniforms and standard spears in their hands to facilitate the loading and unloading of goods, and even did not know where to lose their weapons.
In short, they don't have a sense of crisis.
Most of the soldiers here don't feel that the war has anything to do with them, there are three level 2 satellite cities in front and 2 level 1 satellite cities in the back, and the enemy is attacking from the inside or outside, and there are other troops on top of it.
Therefore, whether it is victory or defeat, it has nothing to do with them.
So when Vega's army came to the city gate while it was dark, the soldiers in charge of the guard thought that some army was short of food and came to ask for supplies, so they almost took the initiative to open the door.
But the good thing is that the moonlight is good tonight.
Thus, by the light of the moon, they could see that the people who were coming were not friendly soldiers, but enemies in Imperial uniforms.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
The siren sounded, and when the alarm echoed over the city dozens of times, the soldiers of the defending army realized that this was not a joke of the vigilant troops, but that there was really an enemy attacking their city.
"Where's the spear?
"Damn, who is wearing the wrong combat uniform?"
"What about the sir, sir, drunk again?"
"Who will tell me in which direction the enemy is. ”
“......”
Due to the usual loose discipline and stocking mode, the camp was chaotic in the sound of vigilance, and it took dozens of minutes before the group of soldiers finished assembling and rushed in the direction of the north gate.
The soldiers are like this, and the officers are no better.
As the supreme commander of the entire army, the regimental commander, Leke Redes, had just fallen asleep because he was drunk, and when he heard the echoing sound of the alarm bell, he wanted not to quickly gather troops for defense, but to prepare to teach the soldiers on duty who disturbed his sleep a lesson.
But when the roar of magic sounded, Leke came to his senses.
He hurried out of the house, only to collide with the scout.
If this matter had been put in normal times, he would have made this scout unable to eat and walk around, but now he had no time to pursue this, and he said incoherently: "Young, second lieutenant, tell me, what happened?"
"Enemy attack!"
The Scout breathlessly said, "Yes...... Huhu, it's an enemy attack, I don't know where an imperial army has emerged, and it's attacking us, and the enemy's magic attack is very fierce, and our city gate was lost in just one turn, and now the enemy army is afraid that it has entered the city, please give instructions as soon as possible. ”
"W-What?"
Leke's voice raised an octave: "You mean the Imperial Army is attacking the city, and it's already in the city?"
"Yes, yes, sir. ”
"W-How is this possible?"
Leker's face was pale, and he muttered, "Why did the people of the Empire take such a big risk to attack Starfall City? Could it be that Saint Radiance and Twilight have already been lost? ”
After Leke muttered to himself, a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred.
"Is it ......?"
As if realizing something, Leke hurriedly gave an order: "Let the defenders block the enemy's footsteps, and definitely not let the people of the empire get close to the logistics warehouse, otherwise we will all die." ”
He gestured to the guard next to him.
Leker continued, "And you, send a distress signal to Radiance and Twilight and the other Level 2 satellites at once, so that they must come to support as quickly as possible, and tell them that I will fight until dawn." ”
"Yes, Commander. ”
After the basic work was completed, the regiment commander Leke personally rushed in the direction of the warehouse.
On the way, he kept praying that the logistics supplies were safe and sound, and if something went wrong in those warehouses, he dared to guarantee that he would be cut down by the commander-in-chief, but here were the war materials that could be used for a year and a half for the 200,000 army.
Rumble!
Halfway through, the flames rose into the sky.
It's good that Leke didn't look at it, this optimistic suspension scared him to death on the spot, and the place where the explosion sounded and the wolf smoke was billowing was not where the logistics warehouse was.
"Sure enough, that's true. ”
Leke quickened his pace, he finally confirmed his guess, the enemy army is coming for their logistical supplies, once all the logistical supplies are destroyed, and new supplies cannot be mobilized in a short time, then the huge number of 200,000 will no longer be an advantage, but will become a time bomb.
What is the concept of food shortage for 200,000 troops?
This will not only reduce the combat effectiveness of the whole army, but also plunge the whole army into a chaotic situation, and even disregard for discipline, disobedience of orders, desertion, and ...... and then the whole army was defeated.
Once the enemy launched a general offensive at that time......
Even 50,000 men could easily defeat their 200,000 troops, so in order to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the opportunity to launch a general attack, they had to abandon the Saint Laurent defense system and urgently withdraw their troops.
Leke had realized that the great guilt was going to fall on him.
But why?
Why was it that the enemy could rush past Radiance and Twilight, as well as the sight of the 4 camps, for two days, break through to the middle of the extremely safe Saint Laurent defense system, and launch an attack on them.
Unless......
Leke's eyes flashed with a crazy gaze: "Unless the enemy marches on a small scale and the soldiers who attack the city do not exceed 3,000 people, does this mean that I can fight with all my strength and be able to delay the enemy army until dawn?"
True, there are a lot of logistical warehouses.
If you want to destroy all the logistics warehouses, you can't do it without 5 or 6 hours, as long as he leads his troops to drag the enemy now, then he will be considered victorious if he keeps 1/3 of the supplies before dawn.
The letter for help has already been sent.
After receiving the order letter, the reinforcements can come to support in only half a day by taking the national highway.
"Convey my commands. ”
Leke did not hesitate to issue a remedial order: "Abandon all the city defense work, including the city defense department, the logistics department, the urban management department, and the reconnaissance department...... All the soldiers gathered near the warehouse, and even if the whole army was destroyed, we would hold out until dawn. ”
"Yes, Captain!"
This was Leke's decision, and without knowing the number of enemy troops, even if he abandoned all the city defenses, he had already made a desperate bet to hold the warehouse.
The idea is beautiful, but the reality is extremely cruel.
While Lek and his men were waiting in the undestroyed warehouse area, Vega had more than 1,000 high-level armed forces charge the enemy, which was a one-sided massacre.
How many mages are there in a regiment?
It's just two of them.
Even if it is an elite group of mages, there is only one team of mages at most.
However, Vega used the mage as an ordinary soldier, so the kingdom army could not stop even a minute or a second.
This war, from the very beginning, there was no suspense.
As his name suggests, Starfall City once again blooms with light and heat under the magic of Vega's troops, but when the heat is lost, it also heralds his fall.
Oh, yes.
The meteor was dazzling, but it was only for a moment.
Vega doesn't want to be like the United Kingdom to be the meteor that shines on the Jialan Continent for a while, what he wants to do is-
"The whole army retreats!"
Stretching out his hand to hold the first dawn of the Jialan Continent in the palm of his hand, Vega gave the order to retreat.