Chapter 236: Breaking Through the Outer Defenses
A kilometer away from the outer defensive line of the Elt military camp, Nassar stood on a hill, watching the occasional battle between the enemy and the enemy.
"We must break through the opponent's defense line as soon as possible, and we can't delay," Nasa said to himself.
When the commander of the Third Army heard this, he said, "Marshal, let me take the Third Army up."
Frowning, Nasa said: "Well, order the 12th Army Corps and the 16th Army Corps to make a feint attack on both flanks of the enemy's defense line to attract the opponent's forces. You lead the Third Army to break through the enemy's line as quickly as possible from the middle of the enemy's line."
"Subordinates take orders!", the commander of the Third Legion ordered to leave.
Watching the commander of the Third Legion leave, Nasa shook his head, for the sake of military merit, he really had to fight for his family. However, if it wins this time, the Third Army will be the first to take the lead, and between gains and losses, I don't know whether it will be earned or lost.
Nasa didn't care too much about whether the Third Legion was damaged, and only hoped that the Black Gang soldiers would be able to successfully break through the outer line of defense before Elt's army completed the second line of defense.
The reason why the Third Army ranks third among the ordinary regiments of Heigang is because of the existence of light cavalry divisions. Now the hussar division has been completely annihilated, and the 3rd Army can be said to have suffered heavy losses.
Now there were three divisions left in the Third Army, consisting of shieldmen, sword men, pikemen, and archers. Among them, more than half of the first-order professionals, and there are also many professionals of other ranks, and the strength of the commander of the third legion reaches the early stage of the eighth order.
With the order given, the pressure on the outer defensive line of Elt's army increased significantly. On both flanks of the defensive line, a total of six temporary legions and two ordinary legions on the Heigang side participated in the feint.
Even if it was a feint, so many Heigang soldiers swarmed up, and the Elt soldiers did not dare to relax in the slightest.
After half an hour of feints on both flanks, the three temporary legions and the remaining Heigang soldiers of the Third Legion were reorganized, and with the order of the commander of the Third Legion, the shield soldiers shouted loudly, raised their hard, wooden shields half a man high, and advanced towards the defensive line, followed by pikemen, sword soldiers, and archers.
Advancing more than 300 meters, the advancing Heigang Legion ushered in a dense array of throwing arrows, and at this time, it was only more than 200 meters away from the defense line.
After three waves of throwing arrows and attacks, in the Heigang Legion, the archers were exposed, and more than 50,000 archers entered and exited, alternately throwing and attacking the Elt soldiers on the defensive line, like rain and dew arrows, so that the Elt soldiers on the defensive line did not dare to raise their heads.
"Roar~"
The roar of the Heigang soldiers shook the sky, and they took this opportunity to run wildly against the defense line, rolling up the sky full of dust. In less than a minute, more than 600,000 Heigang soldiers who were still alive arrived under the defensive line.
Elt's outer line of defense was built on a series of hills, with an average height of less than ten meters being used as a natural wall.
The shield soldier's forearm against the wooden shield, the waist and limbs are slightly bent, the center of gravity drops, and it is pressed towards the top of the hill.
Rolling stones vary in size, weighing up to 1,000 pounds, and fist-sized. Logs are all wet and heavy live wood, mostly waist thick.
As a shield soldier, his arm strength is more than 200 catties, and light stones can be blocked, but thousands of catties of boulders and rolling logs are not ordinary people can compete. The Heigang soldiers' pace of progress was suddenly blocked.
And the Elt soldiers, who threw rolling stones and logs on the outcrop, were also shot and killed by the Heigang archers. The black gang shield soldiers in front were stoned to death, and the ones behind followed, constantly impacting, the corpses slowly accumulated, stacked high, and the shield soldiers behind almost all stepped on the pile of corpses.
As time passed, there were fewer rolling stones and fewer logs, and the supplies prepared by Elt's soldiers to defend against the enemy were gradually depleted.
The defense line of more than 10 kilometers is too long, and in some places it is constantly broken through and blocked. The consumption of rolling stones and logs has put the entire defense line on the verge of collapse.
On the hill, Nassar observed everything on the battlefield and, when he saw the opportunity to come, shouted, "Beat the drum!"
"Yes, marshal," the drummer ordered, raised the drumsticks, and as the drummers shouted, the drumsticks struck heavily on the drum surface, making a muffled drum sound. Twenty drums, struck at the same time, and the resonance produced spread for more than ten miles, echoing among the hills.
The drums are agitated, solemn, and inspiring. The earth-shattering drum sound spread throughout the four fields, and there were sudden changes on the battlefield, and a faint light color was dotted on the defense line.
The commander of the Third Legion looked at all this stupidly, looking at the soldiers who were surrounded by the power of the stars, and in his impression, the Third Legion did not have so many professionals, so thinking about it, these professional soldiers were hidden in the three temporary legions assigned to him by Nazah.
Now, the commander of the Third Legion finally understood why Nazah was so confident. Just in front of him, there are more than 500,000 professional soldiers, which is the standard configuration of the five main army corps.
Coming back to his senses, the commander of the Third Legion raised the long sword in his hand and shouted: "Chong, the first one to break through the defense line will be rewarded with 10,000 gold coins!"
The sound of killing shook the sky and soared into the sky.
On the outer defense line, when the Elt soldiers saw the black gang soldiers who were all over the mountains and covered with the power of the stars, their heads couldn't turn for a while.
However, the sound of the drums that exuded a murderous aura and the shouts of the Heigang soldiers made the Elt soldiers shiver, and their eyes all looked at their generals.
The generals in Elt's army were also sweating like beans at this time, and a chill was rising in their hearts. The heart that wanted to retreat couldn't help but tremble when I thought of the harsh military regulations.
Looking at the black gang soldiers who looked like colorful locusts, these Elt generals pretended to be calm and said: "The shield soldiers stepped forward to form a defensive formation, the pikemen prepared, and the archers threw and suppressed."
As a result, it was in vain. The Heigang soldiers who suddenly revealed their true strength, how could these ordinary Elt soldiers block them. Swords and spears that contain the power of the stars can easily pierce wooden shields and leather armor.
The line of defense that is in danger has completely collapsed. The embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, and as long as one line of defense was completely torn apart, then this line of defense would collapse in an instant.
On the inside of the outer defensive line, the second line of defense is not fully constructed. This situation made Altai's face ugly, and looking at the intelligence officer's eyes, he was about to burst into flames.
"This is the information you gave me! This is what you said, the weak Lonely Mountain City!", Altai was now furious, and the information that the intelligence officer gave him, compared with what he saw in front of him, was simply outrageous.
Kicking away the trembling intelligence officer, Altai drew his long sword and said to the commander of the third main army: "Order the army, fight and retreat, abandon the camp, and retreat into the hills."
Elt's army was stationed in a relatively flat valley in the middle of the hills, and as soon as it went out of the valley, it was a continuous stream of hills.
"Marshal, who will break the rear?", the commander of the Third Main Army Corps asked cautiously.
The corners of his mouth twitched, and Altai said fiercely: "Leave five temporary legions, as well as the soldiers caught in the battle circle, and the rest, all withdraw."
After giving the order, Altai did not stop, turned and mounted his horse, and led the guards to the tent.
When the commander of the 3rd Main Army Corps who remained heard Altai's words, his heart was cold, and he hurried to deliver Altai's order.
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Nasa, who was sitting in the rear, did not smile as he watched the enemy line collapse, but ordered the Black Gang soldiers on both flanks of the line to launch a real attack.
After the Heigang soldiers broke through the defensive line, they were in a scuffle with the El soldiers stationed on the outer defensive line. With more than 500,000 professional soldiers gathered together as sharp knives, the Heigang soldiers in the middle of the defense line continued to advance, like a bamboo, advancing one kilometer in half an hour, and the spearhead was pointed directly at the enemy's commander's tent.