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In half a year, while the empire spent a lot of manpower and material resources to repair the road from East Samoa to the Poma Mountain military camp, Nan'an City also successfully built the Poma Mountain military camp into a medium-sized fortress, and the coastal area almost became the main battlefield of the second southwest campaign launched by the empire from the beginning, 100,000 troops gathered in the coastal area and 70,000 Nan'an defenders launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle here, this time the well-prepared emperor [***] Not only did they carry a complete set of siege equipment, but they also had no worries, and the Imperial Navy was also concentrated in Eastern Samoa, and there were constant skirmishes with the naval forces of Nan'an and Sikkim off the coast. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Huangfu Tiancheng's Tiger Guard Legion acted as the vanguard of this attack, which was requested by Huangfu Tiancheng on his own initiative, although he knew that the Poma Mountain military camp had become a fortress under the full strength of the Nan'an people, but Huangfu Tiancheng still asked to accept this task. This was originally a feint, but it was a very realistic performance, except for corps-level officers, not even divisional and regimental officers did not know that this was only a secondary battlefield, and it could even be said that it was a performance field, and the real performance was far from begin.

The fortress of Boma Mountain was built on the original military camp, but after clarifying the reality that there would be a war between the empire and Nan'an, the city-state of Nan'an also painstakingly expanded the military camp of Boma Mountain into the form of a fortress, and stationed 70,000 troops here, of which 30,000 were mercenaries from Sikkim, which shows the importance attached to this place.

Taking advantage of the fact that the monsoon has not completely disappeared, the Tiger Guard Legion launched a wave of offensives under the fortress of Boma Mountain, although Poma Mountain has become a fortress, but the terrain limits it This upgraded product can never become as strong as a real fortress, and the comprehensive strength advantage of the empire at this time has gradually emerged, a steady stream of siege equipment and long-range strike weapons are transported from the rear, from fire dragon cannons to poisonous smoke bombs, from mobile arrow towers to city vehicles, from multi-attack bed ballistas to storm crossbows, a series of new tricks taken out by the Science and Technology Development Department have become the testing ground of the Tiger Guard Legion。

A very beautiful counterattack between the Nan'an Army and the Sikkim Army has achieved the prestige of the storm crossbow, taking advantage of the failure of the Tiger Guard Army's attack and retreat, the Sikkim Army and the Nan'an Army, who have been hoping to show their strength, have joined forces to launch the sharpest counterattack since the start of the war, 20,000 assault troops have chased and killed, but they did not expect to be ambushed by the wild resistance of the storm crossbow group, only 3,000 crossbows fired 100,000 crossbows within five minutes, so that the unprepared coalition army left 12,000 corpses in this counterattack, and the stormy crossbow arrows made the coalition forces that were about to rush to the crossbow attack camp finally defeated, the new weapons show their infinite power.

At the time of the fierce battle under the fortress of Poma Mountain, the Kuluk fortress is also a bloody storm, the Ninth Army and the Fourth Corps, which have been fully replenished in place, also launched a fierce offensive on the Kuruk fortress in turn under the armament of various advanced equipment, and the Nan'an Coalition Army, supported by the Western Samoan Army, increased the strength to 80,000 here, although relying on sufficient troops and steep terrain to occupy the initiative, but the emperor [***] The Fourth and Ninth Legions, which came to repay the shame of the previous snow, relied on the superiority of their troops, the abundance of attack methods, and the momentum of the rainbow, composed a battle song of blood and fire on the walls of the Kuruk Fortress.

Nan'an Town has become a huge military camp, dense camp tents are spread around the entire Nan'an Town, the Sikkim army across the Sikkim Strait is constantly replenished from here, Nan'an Town has become the busiest military supply delivery place, troops from various regions of different numbers gather here, and then rush to the front line according to the orders of the headquarters.

The entire shipping route east of the Sikkim Strait has been completely suspended, but ships from the western and western continents can still dock at the port of Nan'an, but they need to go through strict inspections, and a ship from the Adriatic Bay of the western mainland has slowly entered the port, and the harbor guard has completed the inspection and issued a flag to the guard tower on the pier to allow the ship to enter the port.

"Finally passed, I wonder if the Brinan has passed?" The sturdy man who had been watching from the bow of the ship still had his eyes fixed on the inspection boat that was fading away.

"There should be no problem, Yoz has been through the storm for a long time, although his Lanian language is a little awkward, but I think the officials of these harbor inspection ships are not even as good as him, let alone trying to find out anything from the accent. These guys don't have any special behavior, if they are really found out, how dare these guys be so relaxed and comfortable? Even if they give them money, they don't dare to ask for it. Another man hidden in the darkness replied.

"Well, I hope so. The sturdy man slowly withdrew his gaze until he was sure that the inspection boat had disappeared, "It's a pity that this boat of olive oil is gone, and I know that it will be burned and it will have to be given to the people of Nan'an." ”

"Hmph, as long as you can complete the task, not to mention one shipload of oil, even two more ships are worth it. The man hiding in the shadows seemed to stretch his body, "Let the brothers be patient a little longer, and wait until the evening to go ashore." ”

"No problem, the breathing passage is very smooth, I just went to check it once, and I've been here for a few days, can't I bear this moment?" The sturdy man showed a proud look on his face, "The victory or defeat is in one fell swoop, this is also the battle of our 'Tiger Thorn' to fire the first shot, whether you can stand on your feet and have a long face depends on this battle." ”

"Well, this mission can only succeed and not fail, I heard that the navy is also following the example of our army to form a special forces, it is said that the name has come out, called 'dragon scales', it seems that it is also compared to us, hehe, the dragon fights, if you want to prove yourself, it depends on their respective performances, we can't fall into the prestige of our army." The man in the dark gritted his teeth, but his tone was very confident.

"Hmph, how long has their navy been formed? The marines are all reorganized from the surrender of our army, and they can still ride on our heads?" the sturdy man was a little disdainful.

"Don't underestimate them, the 'Dragon Scales' were formed not much later than us, and their naval commander is also a powerful character, all of them are formed from the elites selected from the Marine Corps, and most of those troops are some hard characters in the original Tang River Empire, it should be said that although the overall strength is definitely not as good as ours, they also have strengths in some side doors. The man in the dark shook his head slightly, not fully agreeing with his colleague's opinion, "Of course, they can't compare to us now, but if we don't work hard, the possibility of letting the navy overpower us is not impossible." ”

Seeing that the sturdy man was a little unconvinced and wanted to argue, the man in the dark waved his hand and said, "Okay, this question is not this time to argue, it's time to get down to business, a signal has already been sent from there." ”

This three-masted galleon from the Adriatic Bay entered the port of Nan'an with ease, no one thought that there would be any problems with this three-masted galleon that looked so ordinary, from the crew's identification certificate to the ship's verification documents, from the olive oil transported by the sailboat to the person handing over the goods, this batch of goods was even the official order of the ruling axe of the Nan'an city-state, everything could not be more normal, although the east was still at war, but there was a powerful Sikkim navy and the Nan'an navy to escort it, and the poor fleet of the Tang people did not have the courage to dare to break through the defensive line and come here。

Manuel has always been a little uneasy, but he has never been able to find the reason for his restlessness, as the military commander of the Sikkim army, he naturally replaced the former commander of the Nan'an Army and became the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, and nearly 200,000 troops on the entire southern front are under his command, but he does not have a sense of pride or excitement, this feeling is very bad, Manuel knows this, but he can't find the reason.

It stands to reason that the current situation is not bad, although the Tang army launched a rather ferocious offensive in the coastal area, but judging from the reaction of the Poma Mountain fortress, in addition to the new weapons and tactics of the Tang army, which did cause some damage to their own side, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army's so-called Tiger Guard Army was not as strong as imagined, at least in the face of the bloody and cruel city wall attack and defense battle, that army performed very average, especially in the face of the stubborn defense of the coalition army, they seemed to be easily discouraged.

However, the fortress of Poma Mountain is the throat of the coastal area, and the fortress is not perfect, it is just a reconstruction of a military camp, fearing that the Tang army is deliberately showing weakness, and the coalition army has also paid a considerable price there, Manuel still sent an additional 20,000 Sikkim reinforcements to the fortress of Poma Mountain.

The pressure on the Kuruk Fortress is obviously much greater, maybe the Tang Army realized that there is little chance of breaking through the Poma Mountain Fortress, maybe they want to attack the east and the west, maybe it is the Kuruk Fortress that is easier for the Tang Army to develop an advantage in the endless siege equipment, in short, the Tang Army's offensive in the Kuruk Fortress is more crazy than the Poma Mountain Fortress, and there are more troops invested, but the solidity of the Kuruk Fortress is not in vain, and it is not easy for the Tang Army to break the Kuruk Fortress, not to mention that he also left 30,000 reserve troops in the Kuruk Fortress。

Manuel has never been able to understand why Liang Chongxin, the commander of the Tang Army, was unwilling to put the First Army known as the First Army of the Tang Dynasty into battle, but placed it in Balia on the northern front, whether he was afraid that Suleiman's army would take the opportunity to break east? Or did he hope to have a knightly duel-like battle with the Allied army on the northern front in order to redeem the defeat of the Tang Army last time? Is the prestige of the Night Rose so terrifying? At this time, Manuel couldn't help but feel a trace of jealousy.

(To be continued)