Chapter 36 was discovered

Five team members who held the "cover" of the tunnel entrance when the pillar lifted the "cover" outward, and a one-zhang square tunnel mouth appeared in front of everyone.

Eight engineers carried four pre-made stairs and placed them in the four directions of the tunnel entrance, southeast, northwest, and north. The four steps are made of thick planks and can definitely withstand tens of thousands of steps.

The tunnel entrance is actually very shallow, only chest-high, and under normal circumstances, a well-trained soldier can turn over and climb up in two or three seconds, but it is certain to consume a little body. It may be a little troublesome for the soldiers wearing rattan armor, after all, the rattan armor is a bulky thing, and the movement of wearing it will be somewhat affected, but how can it go up after tossing for ten seconds and eight seconds.

With these four stairs, it is different, the soldiers trotted from the Shu camp into the tunnel, and trotted all the way to this tunnel entrance, without stopping at all, they could continue to run to the ground. This not only allows the soldiers to pass much faster, but also saves a little physical energy for the soldiers.

Don't underestimate this little bit of physical fitness, this big battle will definitely be a hard battle, it will last for a long time, and the physical requirements for the soldiers are very high. Therefore, where any small improvement can save physical energy, the Shu army tries to do the best. This saves a little bit of energy in every small detail, and when it comes together, it's a pretty impressive number.

A steady stream of soldiers rushed to the ground through these four staircases, starting with members of the special forces, all armed with signature crossbows, quickly occupying the nearby commanding heights and favorable terrain, arranging around them, and then starting to snipe the nearby Soochow soldiers who were in charge of listening to the urn.

This was followed by a squad of crossbowmen, who quickly took over the commanding heights and favorable terrain occupied by the special forces, and deployed in their place.

Then came some rattan armor soldiers, who were carrying some horses, deer guns, sandbags and the like, and they used these things to quickly build defensive positions around, and it was up to them to hold the tunnel entrance.

Finally, the vine armor soldiers and musketeers of the brigade took turns running out of the tunnel entrance, and they were the main battle troops tonight. Of course, they did not attack for the time being, but only assembled or built fortifications according to the formation.

The reason why they did not launch a full-scale attack was that until now, they had not been discovered by the Soochows, so they were not in a hurry to enter the battle, and the more prepared they were, the better it would be for their side.

The only troops still fighting now are the special forces units that came up first, and they spread out from the tunnel mouth like ghosts, constantly assassinating and clearing the nearby Soochow soldiers, including urn listeners, fixed guard guards, and some patrols who entered their combat radius.

"Ah......h A sentry from Dongwu Gang let out a scream before being sniped by a member of the special combat team, attracting countless eyes.

A group of patrol soldiers heard the screams, quickened their pace and ran to this side, the special forces who had just failed in the sneak attack called out "bad luck", quickly raised the crossbow in their hands, and shot at the patrol soldiers, and one of his comrades came out of the cover next to him and joined the shooting ranks.

The patrol fell to the ground under the continuous blows of the two crossbows. But it was still too late, no matter how fast the two Shu army special forces reacted, how timely the remedial measures were, and the speed of the crossbow fired, they could not kill a team of patrols in one time.

The patrolman with the gong was at the back of the line, and before he was shot, the gong in his hand struck three times. Three gongs were enough, not to mention that two patrolmen shouted the word "enemy attack" before being shot.

In the quiet night, the nerves of the Eastern Wu Army, which had been tense, attracted the attention of many people with these three gongs and the shouts of "enemy attack".

Soon, some Dongwu soldiers in the distance saw something strange here, some sounded the gong to warn, and some shouted. More and more Eastern Wu soldiers began to shout. At the same time, more and more patrols are gathering in this direction.

It was expected to be discovered, and it took so long to be discovered beyond the expectations of many generals of the Shu army. At this time, the Shu army had nearly 5,000 people on the ground, and there were many more people who were constantly trotting over through the guò tunnel.

Five thousand men were enough to organize a defensive battle of no small scale. Now these 5,000 men are exactly like this, and they quickly occupy favorable terrain in the vicinity and build defensive positions. In fact, if you want to defend, there are more than 5,000 people. This is the urban area, there are many streets and alleys, and there are many houses on both sides of the streets.

These houses are natural fortifications, which function like city walls, except that they are not coherent. Even so, if the Dongwu people wanted to attack the tunnel entrance, they could only come through some narrow alleys. In this way, the Eastern Wu people will not be able to deploy a large army, and there will be very few people rushing over every time, for the Shu army with a distant combat artifact such as a musket, this is tantamount to a live target sent to the door.

The Shu army put up horse-repellent barricades in some positions, and piled sandbags, earth and stones in some places to build the entire defensive position more perfectly. As for where and what arrangements, these were planned before the war.

The hot-air balloon scouts painted the terrain of the area in great detail, and the pre-war military meeting had already planned where to pile up earth and rock, where to dig houses, and how to renovate them.

So this operational map is like a blueprint for building construction, full of civil engineering callouts. Before the war, in addition to planning where the renovation was needed, the work was also divided, and the fortifications of that section of the team were assigned in detail, and as soon as they went up to the ground, they went straight to the section they were responsible for, and the work was completed by dividing five by two.

Therefore, before the Dongwu people reacted, the Shu army had roughly completed the construction of fortifications. The first general to drill out of the tunnel is E Huan, this time the main attack is mainly based on his third division, the vulture bone is rushing to come, but unfortunately his second division suffered heavy losses in the last battle that was attacked by the Eastern Wu army, and the training time of the newly replenished soldiers is still short, and the combat effectiveness is not as good as the third division, so he had to let E Huan go first.

For this reason, he was so angry that he screamed and smashed a few wine bowls. The second general was Guan Xing, who led a regiment of musketeers with whom he had all reached the ground, and was now gearing up for a big battle.

"Report!" A herald quickly ran in front of E Huan and Guan Xing, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists, "The news came from the hot air balloon that a group of Eastern Wu soldiers came from the northwest, about two thousand people, and they can arrive in about 10 minutes, and the other circumstances are unknown." ”

This is the advantage of having AWACS aircraft, which can keep track of the enemy's movements at any time. Just now, the scouts on the hot air balloon saw a fire dragon winding towards the northwest, and according to the custom of the Soochow people, about one person every two people was holding a torch, based on this, the scouts roughly estimated that this force was about 2,000 people.

Of course, after all, it is night, it is impossible to see clearly, whether there are other circumstances is unknown. However, this is already much stronger than the Dongwu people who have black eyes. They still don't know what happened, only that an enemy has entered the city, how many enemies have entered, and the exact location is still unknown.

The hot air balloon immediately used a light signal to inform the ground of the detected situation, and now the signal lights on the hot air balloon have a total of three colors: red, green, and yellow, and it is by relying on the combination of these three lights that various complex information is transmitted.

This is one of the coding systems developed by a group of researchers from the Liu Hou Organization Institute. Similar coding systems include flags, fireworks signals, etc.

In fact, the Dongwu troops who came first came over on their own, and the command of Dongwu had just received the news that the Shu army had entered the city, and they had not yet had time to deploy troops. This unit is a relatively close force, after they received the news of the Shu army entering the city, before the command sent an order, the general who led the army realized that the situation was strict, so he decided to come over first to resist, he came with the determination to be cannon fodder.

From this, it can be seen that the military quality of these Eastern Wu generals is actually very high, they judge the situation in a short time, and they are not confined to military orders, and they do what they think is beneficial to their own side first, and their subjective initiative is very strong. It's a pity that the opponent they met today was too strong, a hundred times stronger than any opponent they had encountered before.

When E Huan heard the information reported by the heralds, without saying a word, he gave an order: send the sixth battalion over to intercept the Eastern Wu army, which arrived first.

A battalion of 500 rattan armor soldiers is enough to intercept 2,000 people, theoretically speaking, each vine armor soldier only needs to swing the knife four times, and in ordinary training, they have to swing hundreds or thousands of times a day.

After Ehuan finished the order, he looked at Guan Xing again, and Guan Xing also issued an order, ordering the third company to cooperate with the rattan armor soldiers of this battalion. Sending a company over to cooperate with the vine armor soldiers of the sixth battalion undoubtedly added a layer of insurance to their actions.

After many battles, the wisteria armor soldiers and musketeers are now very skilled in fighting together, usually the invulnerable wisteria armor soldiers stand in front, and the musketeers hide behind the rattan armor soldiers and release their guns. In this way, you are invincible in both ranged and melee combat, and unless you have a lot more enemies than your team, you will generally be victorious.

Five hundred wisteria armorers of the 6th Battalion of the 2nd Division and a company of musketeers received the order and quickly turned to the northwest. Soon the two armies encountered, and in the dark night, the two armies did not have the distance to fire arrows or muskets at all, and the soldiers walking in front on both sides met directly.

The Shu army came prepared, and they had already held their knives in their hands, and they began to slash as soon as they came up. The Eastern Wu army suddenly encountered the enemy, and before they could react, some of the people who were walking in front had already been cut to the ground. Seeing this, the people behind drew their swords one after another, and the enemy caught each other and slashed each other.

The original tactics of the Fuji armor army of lining up in a row and wielding swords diagonally with swords are no longer needed, because at this time it is a street battle, and the terrain is narrow, and it is impossible to spread the troops horizontally. Not only can the long snake formation not be used, but even any formation is redundant here, so you can only rush forward in a swarm and cut people when you see them, which is no different from fighting in the underworld and "splitting friends".

No matter how they fight, the Fujijia army has an absolute advantage, they often only attack but not defend, and only slash at the enemy's vital points. It's like a master's move, if one side attacks without a fat, always using a life-for-life style of play, then the other side will have a headache.

The musketeers of the third company did not rush forward with the vine armor army, they were originally following the vine armor army, and after the two sides engaged, they retreated slightly, retreating to a distance of more than twenty paces from the battlefield, and then they all found cover and occupied favorable terrain to prepare for shooting.

Some soldiers even climbed onto the roofs of some houses in order to see far and fight farther. Anyway, most of the houses in this era were low, and well-trained soldiers could climb them with three or two clicks.