2004
"Ignition!" Varisien rode on a tall war horse with some gray spots, looking down at the land in front of him that was about to turn into hell, and as the order was given, countless fuel bombs with thick smoke were thrown into the air by catapults, and the dense fireballs were like hundreds of fiery red suns rising from the distant horizon
"It's the Falcon Army's fuel bombs!" Isasonko stood on the fortress, watching the fireballs dragging their long tails down from a high place towards the pit area in front of the fortress, his eyebrows frowned slightly, in the pit area, "Attention, everyone lie down!" The coalition had long been prepared for the Falcon Empire's fuel bombs, and Isasunko ordered fireproof water tanks to be stacked in every tunnel, but his common sense perception of fuel bombs was skewed, and the fuel bombs were filled with not only flammable and explosive gunpowder, but mainly black crude oil that could not be extinguished with water at all
"Run!"
"The fire is burning!"
The coalition forces ran out of the tunnel, people crowding people, heavy armor crashing against each other like canned sardines squeezed together
"Get out of the way, you pig, you've squeezed me" In order to escape for their lives, the soldiers pushed each other and shouted all kinds of insults one after another, in order to be able to climb out of the tunnel more than one meter high, many soldiers discarded their heavy weapons and shields, and some even untied their armor while running,
The red fire should shine on the blue face of Isasunkothe. The entire tunnel area is in flames,
"Boom!" the huge explosion kept turning up a cloud of smoke and dust, and the debris in the tunnel area flew sideways, and the fire was in the aftermath of the explosion. Like a raging fire dragon extending rapidly along the tunnel, Isasunko saw that the tunnel that had been turned into countless painstaking arrangements by himself was becoming an area for tens of thousands of coalition soldiers, and the coalition soldiers were burning in the tunnel and wailing in pain, many soldiers doused the flames with water from the water tank according to the instructions, but even if there was water in the fire mass that burst in front of him, it only made a crackling and popping sound, and then burned more violently, and the spreading sea of fire turned the whole area into flames. Coalition soldiers huddled in a cave in a tunnel. Directly swept away by the rapid fire,
"Don't mess around, don't ...... everyone"
A coalition general in red heavy armor stood up hoarsely and shouted at the scattered soldiers, "Whew" An exploding ball of fire came from a distance. Directly set the coalition general into a burning man. The coalition soldiers next to them scattered in fright. All kinds of terrible howls came from the coalition tunnel area, and the soldiers covered in flames jumped from the tunnel to the ground and rolled, and countless fireballs still dragged out the tail of thick smoke and smashed into the already flamed area like a torrential rain. Half an hour has passed since the initial bombardment, and the Falcon Empire troops on the opposite side still have no intention of stopping, "My lord, the defense line of the Fifth Infantry Regiment has been lost!"
"The 7th Infantry Regiment has applied to be transferred out of the tunnel area!" The report from the self-tunnel area made Isasonko's face like ashes, because the flames spread too fast, and the entire command system was completely chaotic, in less than half an hour, the casualties of the coalition forces in the tunnel area exceeded 5,000, and the number of wounded people was even more, "Open the door, let us in!" The rout army retreating from the tunnel area was crowded at the gate of the fortress and shouted, all of them were pale, completely losing the courage to fight, the fireball had been quickly pushed to this side, some of the soldiers who were running slowly were hit by the fireball, and the tragic wail made the rout army at the gate of the fortress completely chaotic, "Open the door, do you want to kill us?" The other coalition generals were also very ugly, and the tunnel area could not be defended, but if there was no tunnel area to block it, the Falcon Imperial Army would have been able to tear down this old fortress several times just by relying on the dense Thor artillery fire displayed a few days ago.
"My lord, we have bought three days for the main force of the coalition army, and now the main force should be prepared, and to be able to do this step is already our limit!" A coalition general hesitated on his face, and stopped talking, which meant that if we couldn't hold it, it was better to withdraw in advance.
"Yes, sir. This battle can't be fought!The other side is superior to us in terms of strength and weapons!" Someone in the general said, "And the base camp itself does not expect us to be able to withstand the Falcon Army, and now we can retreat, and we can still keep the main force of the army!" Isasonko's face hesitated, and the sound of the Falcon Imperial Army was already heard in the distance,
After the fireball attack, the Falcon Imperial Army attack officially began, the infantry phalanx began to move forward slowly, several shield walls composed of dense shields, shining under the gloomy sky, the army advanced, like the waves rolling, fifty meters away from the burning pit area, the towering spear clusters of the infantry army array were neatly put down, and the carriages dragging Thor stopped one by one, the soldiers unloaded Thor from the horse rack, fixed the gun carriage with stones, and the black muzzle was raised in the direction of the fortress less than 200 meters away from the distance, the Falcon Army frame Thor was down, the adults should open the door firstSeeing this scene, the coalition generals on the fortress immediately panicked, and the alliance asked for the gate of the fortress to be opened, but there were too many people scattered, and the interior of this fortress was not large, after accepting some of the wounded soldiers, the fortress was closed again, "Boom!" Thor's roar shook the earth, frightened everyone's hearts, the crowded rout army under the fortress was suddenly covered by an explosion, the human body was scattered by the huge waves raised by the explosion, the horses were frightened and ran, and a coalition general was also thrown down, the general was quickly helped up by the guards, and shouted "Isasunko, this bastard sold us, the fortress can't be defended, everyone runs if you don't want to die" The general's fat head and big ears were also extremely loud, and a Thor bullet slammed into the wall of the fortress again in his scolding, "Boom"
With a huge explosion, the fortress wall was actually pierced by Thor bullets, and all kinds of rubble fell on the heads of the defeated army below like raindrops, and there was a wail, the coalition general was not spared, the smashed head broke and blood flowed, and the huge Thor roared and exploded, so that the defeated troops below immediately scattered,
In less than ten minutes, a hole appeared in the walls of the fortress of Sovala, which had been destroyed during the last resistance to the invasion of the Iranians, although it had been partially restored in the past two months. But it is not solid, most of the wall, are exposed without cover in the area without moat protection, Isasunko will be the main force of the coalition army in the front of the fortress in the tunnel area, in the fortress of only 7,000 troops, originally thought that with the tunnel to be able to hold out for a period of time, but did not expect that the Falcon Imperial Army would use incendiary bombs, directly burn the tunnel area into a white ground, just one round of incendiary projectiles, let his painstakingly manage the defense line in one fell swoop. Isasunko could only give the order to evacuate the fortress. With the evacuation of thousands of people in the fortress, as for the thousands of wounded soldiers, it was no longer manageable, but he also won more than three days for the coalition side. The rest depends on the actions of the main forces of the coalition forces.
"Your Excellency. The enemy has withdrawn," an adjutant reported to Varisian, who was holding a lookout glass
"I can see it!" Varisien put down the lookout glasses in his hand, looked at the adjutant, and asked in a condensed voice, "Is everything ready?"
"Yes. The two cavalry regiments of our army have already cut into the flank of the other side, and soon, the other side will know that retreating is worse than holding on!" said the adjutant with an excited expression
"Cavalry, the enemy's cavalry!" The coalition army of tens of thousands of people dispersed, looking at the black cavalry of the Falcon Empire that suddenly appeared on the side, there were soldiers running around in panic everywhere, the coalition forces came from several countries, this collapse was simply a disaster, in order to gain a way to survive, the coalition soldiers who were chased by the cavalry completely lost their discipline, and in order to survive, the soldiers did not hesitate to draw their swords to each other and slash and trample on each other. The terrible situation was unprecedented, with officers and soldiers trampling each other to death. Piles of corpses spread for more than ten miles, and under the desperate protection of the guards, Aisasonko finally managed to escape from the pursuit line of the imperial cavalry.
Before the fire that had just been extinguished, the Falcon Empire's Southern Legion broke the blockade of the coalition forces, and 50,000 Imperial soldiers marched into the northern part of the Gang Africa.
At the same time, in the early morning of the second day, at dawn, the sky was twilight, and in the inner lake at the junction of the central and northern parts of Gangfei, the coalition forces that retreated all the way along the river were stunned to see dozens of warships of different sizes covering the water, reflecting the sails of the imperial warships in the mist, red like the outstretched wings of the legendary avenging angel!
"What's that!"
In front of the shocked vision of the coalition forces, the silhouette of the warship rapidly expanded and rapidly approached the eastern shore of the inner lake, close enough to see the bright light of the armor on the deck of the warship, and the golden falcon banner fluttering above the fleet, one after another waving in the morning light.
"It's the Falcon Empire fleet!"
Isasunko, who was desperately taken away by the guards, shuddered,
Even if he is known for his tenacity, his face at this moment is showing despair, more than 30,000 coalition troops have run all the way down, and there are less than 10,000 people here, the soldiers are tired and have no desire to fight, and the other party actually came by boat, and the black and bright armor on the battleship is enough to make the soldiers chill.
Is the Falcon Empire going to be wiped out? As if a gloomy wind was blowing through, Esasonko shivered involuntarily from the cold. I saw the warships docking one after another, the cavalrymen in light armor shouted loudly and jumped from the boats to the shore, the torrent of iron armor poured like a metal stream, and the snow-bright guard swords were already shining in the morning light
"Escape" shouted in the coalition army, completely collapsed, no one thought that there was still a possibility of resistance, the scattered soldiers were chased by the black armored light cavalry and were cut down in pieces, the horse's hooves trampled on the human body, the blood and flesh flew and the sound was continuous, many of the rout army ran into the lake to swim and escape, but were frozen alive into popsicles
It was the coldest season of winter, and there was still this white ice floe on the surface of the lake, and a blistered, white corpse was floating on the surface of the lake. It was no longer a fierce battle, it could only be called a hunting massacre,
The light cavalry of the Imperial Gangnon-Southern Army was interspersed with sprints, and large groups of large groups of hunting swept away the scattered coalition forces, countless war horses threw their front hooves and volleyed across the heads of the coalition soldiers, and the coalition soldiers who were closely chasing behind them ran so much that they couldn't even breathe, and they were so tired that they lay on the ground and vomited heavily, even if the imperial cavalry chased in front of them, they couldn't stand up. Hundreds of coalition troops were desperate and fell to their knees, crying and begging, "We surrender! We surrender! Don't kill us!" January 21 was a miserable day of calamity for the troops on the left flank of the coalition forces. Isasunko, who is known for his tenacity, did not expect that he would have such a miserable day. The 35,000 people were almost wiped out, and he fled for his life like a rabbit chased by a wolfdog. The guard cleverly pulled off his general's uniform and put it on his body, then pushed him underneath several corpses. Succeeded in luring away the pursuing cavalry of the Falcon Empire
When the sound of horses' hooves faded away, Isasunko carefully pushed away the corpse that was crushed on his body, burrowed into the dense grass by the lake, dug a shallow pit and covered his body with weeds and dirt, leaving only a small hole for his nose to breathe. Such a disguise was indeed difficult to detect, a large group of imperial cavalry roared past him, and he did not find the supreme commander of the enemy, the cold and damp soil, irritating Isakosson's whole body hurt, but he endured it and hid in the dirt. From time to time, I heard the rumble of horses' hooves. The hussars used to communicate with the battle horns and the roar of the fighting, and the screams of the dying coalition soldiers were endless.
Hearing the sound of his men being slaughtered by the enemy, Isasunko hid until the afternoon. Wait until there is no qiē sound. He cautiously crawled out of the mud. What caught his eye was the corpses of the fallen coalition troops,
There were more bodies floating on the surface of the lake, and the large expanse of blood that had invaded the ground made Isasunko feel dizzy.
There was no living mouth around, only the whining sound of the cold wind, it was like a ghost crying, and the pursuing Falcon Empire light cavalry did not search for the living mouth in the corpse,
Because the corpse of the guard, dressed in the uniform of General Isasonko, made the Imperial cavalry think that the enemy commander had been killed,
Wandering among the corpses like sleepwalking, the cold wind came with a strong bloody pavement, and the black vultures in the sky were circling, in the places where the vultures once landed, countless corpses were lying all over the ground, near the edge of the lake, because there was too much human blood, it actually showed a tragic color of red and black for hundreds of meters, like a land watered with human blood,
In the red and black muddy pool, the corpse soaked and swollen, some bold vultures were happily enjoying this rare breakfast on it, the miserable white of human flesh made people feel sick, and the broken dozen coalition battle flags were deeply sunk into the mud, like scattered strips of cloth fished out of the blood water, the legion pattern on it was blurred and difficult to identify, and the discarded weapons were everywhere here, all like blood reflected in the sunset line, and the remnant sun was like blood!
Isasonko fell to his knees in despair, he couldn't believe that in just one day, the coalition army of 35,000 was the only one left alive!
"The Esasunko interception operation failed, and the Falcon Emperor Gangfei Southern Army has broken through to the north!" The news came back to the front base camp of the coalition army, which immediately caused a panic,
The army of 35,000 men was defeated in a battle, what was going on? Marquis Fett was furious in the war room, didn't he say that he had stopped it? How could such a mistake occur! Could this guy Isasonko also learn to speak big!, Amid the roar of Marquis Fett, the generals of the coalition forces sitting opposite each other in the two rows had unsightly faces,
Since the coalition forces entered the northern part of Gangfei, they have not been able to find the main force of the Falcon Empire
Although they have come up with excellent results of breaking through the border for 400 miles in a row, the generals on the front line know very well what the so-called 400 miles of battle results are, the parallel advance of more than 100,000 main forces of the empire, and the cost of countless military funds, money, food and grass, all they got was uninhabited wilderness, empty and ruined villages and cities,
Marquis Fett is already considering stopping the army, too much advance is not good for logistics, first stabilize the area that can be mastered, but his request was severely criticized by the domestic kingdom of Rayla, the logistics supply of more than 100,000 troops of the coalition army comes from Rayla, and now it is still necessary to transport the logistics from the beginning,
With the extension of the distance, the labor used by the Rayla Kingdom has exceeded 30,000 laborers, more than 7,000 horses, and the pressure of logistics and supply has made the Rayla Kingdom have to draw the already pitiful resources in the country, and the distance of hundreds of miles has overwhelmed the logistics responsible for the Rayla Kingdom.
And if you convert the money spent before and after into gold coins, the Kingdom of Rela has spent at least 10 million from mobilization to battle, and the tactics of fighting to feed the war that were originally prepared could not be implemented in the north of Gangfei, but were dragged into the quagmire of invincibility by the other party.
The Kingdom of Rayla is already a country with a strong military but a weak internal economic foundation, and now the whole country has tightened its belts and fished out the last copper in its pocket to fight such a battle of national fortune, not just to get hundreds of miles of barren land, and as long as the Falcon Empire army is not defeated head-on for a day, even this barren land cannot be mastered!
"Be sure to let the main force of the coalition force fight the Falcon Empire army in the shortest possible time! Don't mention anything like stability" This is a secret order from King Rayla, and Marquis Fett has no choice but to let the legion move forward,
But at this time, the coalition army is no longer the cautious coalition army that just crossed the border, at that time, the Falcon Imperial Army was successful, and the coalition countries were shocked, and now with the flat advance of hundreds of miles, the generals within the coalition army are becoming more and more dissatisfied with the strategy of Marquis Fitt still adopting a cautious advance,
Isn't it better for the Falcon Empire army to be a shrinking turtle, we can fight all the way to the coast, and the armies from various countries are already a little scattered, how can the area of hundreds of miles also be the territory of a medium-sized kingdom, and the north of Gangfei is famous for its fertile land and rich minerals, and the war is already half the battle.
But the kingdom of Rayla always asks everyone to contribute, but they refuse to give any benefits, the territory is fought by everyone together, why must the kingdom of Rayla be exclusive, the coalition countries have asked to divide the territory before they are willing to continue to march,
In desperation, the kingdom of Rayla could only divide the occupation area first, but most of the fertile and good areas were assigned to Rayla herself, and a small part of the mountainous area was assigned to other countries.
At this time, the news came that the flank army of Isasunko had been completely wiped out, and the Falcon Imperial Army had finally appeared in the north of Gangfei, and the hearts of the coalition forces suddenly seemed to be turbulent, (to be continued......