Chapter 52
It's just that he didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of the Mayan army this time was still above his expectations, even if it received quite timely support, the troops of each principality still lost more than half, and the Mayan army only suffered heavy losses in one way, and the other three roads successfully retreated.
Lauren, seeing the Meteor Cannon, ordered full speed support, and ten minutes later, met Danny's retreating troops. After asking about the situation, he prepared to lay a trap and annihilate the Mayan cavalry.
Two thousand troops were laid out on the front, and the other two thousand were rounded around, while Danny's one thousand men were in reserve. Not only Lauren, but also Danny, did not believe that Feleg's two hundred men could last long, or be able to escape, with the strength of the magician, Feleg could only run out on his own at best.
Danny still has some confidence in Feleg, even in the face of a large captain Mayan cavalry, Feleg has a wind beast that comes and goes like electricity, coupled with his own strength, there is absolutely no problem in escaping.
However, after setting up the formation, he waited for a long time, and still did not see the pursuing Mayan cavalry, which surprised Lauren, and he did not believe that this Mayan cavalry could be satisfied with eating two hundred people.
Since he couldn't wait for anyone, Lauren had to send a number of scout cavalry, but he was surprised by the reward, not far away, he found the two hundred Delan army, and looking at their appearance, it seemed that they had repelled the Mayan cavalry, is this possible?
Looking at the soldiers in front of him with swords and guns on their armor, their bloody battle robes, and the piles of Mayan weapons and armor on the ground, the most impossible thing to look at was the two mountains of corpses piled up high.
Lauren could imagine how hard they had to fight, how brave they were, how brave they were, to hold out for twenty minutes, you know, the other four duchies of the clearing team, the same tactics of dividing troops to block the attack, in terms of tactical command alone, did not make any mistakes, but those troops who stayed behind to block could not withstand a single charge of the Mayan cavalry.
Lauren's first order to Feleg was for each soldier to cut off one of the enemy's heads and hang it on horseback. He explained that just as after waking up from too much wine, it is better to have another drink, which helps to increase the amount of alcohol, and after killing people, tying their heads to the back of horses helps to increase the courage of these recruits.
The Deland team became famous in a battle, and the heroic strength of Feleg and the two hundred dead soldiers was infinitely expanded, and what the final spread was, Feleg and Danny could not imagine. The Duchy of Deresa, which was originally unknown, was remembered by the five principalities at once.
At this time, Vero was not in this mood, and he had a headache looking at the casualty report in his hand. This plan was already very thorough, but it still lost nearly 3,000 men and horses, all of which were troops of the principalities, and the losses of the regular army of the empire were very small.
The number of enemies destroyed shows that Vero is too incompetent, a total of 320 enemies were annihilated, and 26 were captured, of which 160 were killed by the Delan army, and all the prisoners were captured by them.
Another 10 to 1 casualty report, with the strength of the four cities of the logistics base, such a battle loss ratio is not unacceptable, especially the number of casualties of the regular army here is very small, but such a result, does it seem that they are too incompetent?
The Mayan army had a planned sneak attack this time, but he also thought of it, and made careful arrangements to prepare for a counter-sneak attack, but the result was not ideal.
The elite enemy troops, all of which are cavalry, so far I don't know how many there are, all of this gives Vero a headache, and it will not be easy for His Excellency Buffett, a major general who is sitting in White Tiger City.
"General, I'm back. "Walking into the command post was Lauren, who had just returned.
"Oh, Lauren, I was about to look for you, I want to know about the Derans, they are said to have fought valiantly, and they have won the battle against the elite Mayan cavalry of equal strength, and their own losses are very small, is that true?" Vero had just read the report, but he didn't quite believe it.
Although it is not believed that the Delan army can defeat the same number of Mayan elite cavalry, but the report has been delivered, and there are accurate numbers of enemies destroyed and captured, in the Oakland Empire, it is a big crime to falsely report the merits of battle, and such results are not difficult to find.
"Not the same number of enemies. Lauren whispered.
Vero stood up and said, "So, Danny didn't listen to his command and took all his men with him, but I don't think that with his three thousand men and horses he can defeat a thousand Mayan horsemen." Vero's face was very unsightly, for a commander, the weaker army was secondary, and if he didn't listen to the command, this battle would not be easy to fight.
In Cubs, there are eight teams, the Empire's regular army, six Duchy support units, and the local Rub Bears. These ragtag armies are not very good and difficult to command, but so far, they are honest and at least know how to obey orders.
"General, Danny only brought a thousand men, and it was the two hundred soldiers led by his assistant who defeated the Mayan Elite Horsemen, only two hundred, and only nine of the two hundred people died, and the rest were slightly wounded, I have seen their injuries, and they will not affect the battle at all, that assistant's name is Feleg Landis, he is a Teresa, there is no badge on his armor, I have sent someone to check. Lauren said.
"What? only two hundred?" Vero was taken aback, these Mayan elite horsemen he had already understood, and the lowest was also a fifth-level warrior, although it was only the lowest-level mid-level warrior, but it was not comparable to the Auckland army that was generally only a low-level warrior. This means that the attacking enemy army is not only the Mayan elite cavalry, the ace of the Mayan country, but also the elite selected from the Mayan elite cavalry, and he can't figure out how the Mayan Empire is willing to send such troops.
In the Auckland Imperial Army, there are only a few teams that can ensure that all personnel are composed of middle-level soldiers, and such a unit, the entire left flank front, cannot find a single such team.
It seems that this time the Mayan Empire is determined to use the trick of cutting off food, so that an army of 200 people can defeat them? Could it be that the team of 200 people of the Daolan Army is composed of all high-level soldiers? Is that possible? Except for Emperor Wu Tian's personal guards, I have not heard of any troops composed entirely of high-level soldiers.
"Yes, there are only two hundred, and as far as I can see, these two hundred are recruits, as you can tell from their looks. They had received good training, and should be on the same level as the Empire's security forces, but they were all novices who had never seen blood. ”
"What else do you want to tell me? If that's all, even if you see the corpses of the enemy, you won't believe that they defeated the enemy. "Vero still knows his lieutenant very well, but now he is a little less confident.
He originally thought that among these principality's armies, the Deretic army was the least numerous, the poorest trained, and the equipment was not bad, but the combat effectiveness must be the lowest, so the team supporting Danny was led by his deputy Lauren.
"Armor, I think there's something wrong with their armor. Lauren said uncertainly, with a hint of doubt in his eyes, he would never believe that Feleg's two hundred infantry could defeat a thousand Mayan cavalry, he had observed very carefully, and the most suspicious thing was the armor on this army.
"What's wrong with their armor?" Vero was in high spirits, and all the unpleasantness of this time disappeared in an instant.
"The armor on their bodies looks like the armor of the imperial standard, but if you look closely, you will see that each armor has some slight differences, but it looks like it was made by less skilled craftsmen, and it is not as good as the armor of Danny's men in terms of appearance. In addition to grain, the Principality of Deland also has refined iron ore, so the weapons and equipment are very good. ”
Vero nodded, waiting for Lauren to continue, from the above points alone, it is impossible to draw conclusions, Lauren is a careful and steady person, and will not talk nonsense.
"The armor on the soldiers was damaged in many places, and some of the soldiers' armor could hardly find a good place, but it was not completely damaged, and the soldiers in the armor were not seriously damaged, and at least half of the weapons of these soldiers had been replaced with the weapons of the Mayan army. ”
"Oh, you mean that their armor is not broken, but their weapons are mostly broken, and it can be inferred from the damage to their armor that it was indeed the two hundred of them who defeated the Mayan Spirits. Vero bowed his head and said, from these details, it is indeed possible to draw such a conclusion, and the supporting troops are very fast, and they will not have time to do anything else.
Taking a step back, if the Deran army has the ability to defeat the Mayan Elite Cavalry, this is definitely a good thing, the empire will only add prizes, and there is no need for Danny and Feleg to deliberately hide it.
"I have personally inspected the nine soldiers who died, and their injuries are all the same, all of them are under the neck, the lower part of the mask is cut off, and most of the neck is broken, but no one has lost his head, and the most unlucky one of them has his neck completely cut off, but the strength of the opponent's saber has been exhausted, and he has not been able to cut off the armor at the back of the neck, so this guy's head is still in the helmet. ”
"The most interesting thing is that these armors are very thin, thinner than any armor I've seen, only one-third the thickness of the second-class armor used by the Imperial Security Army, and I can't think of any country whose armor would be so thin. Although the armor is very thin, I tried the weight, and it is very heavy, and it is already comparable to the first-class armor that our troops are equipped with. ”
Vero raised his head suddenly, all the things mentioned earlier were enough, the last two points were too important. That is, the thin and heavy armor shows that this armor is not made of ordinary fine iron, unless it is all armor made of iron mother, it will have that weight.