Chapter 182: A Threat from the Sky
Planning is in the people, and things are in the sky, this sentence is now the most understandable to Kerry.
This rainstorm has been falling for a month, and the river is more than ten meters high, so they can only watch it from the shore.
With more than a million soldiers, the daily consumption is an astronomical amount, and there is also a flight combat attrition.
When Carey heard the bad news coming back, he also felt the urge to kill.
However, seeing that the rain outside is getting lighter and lighter, I believe that the weather will soon clear up, and the time to cross the river will come again.
And in this month, Surin also led 300,000 troops to march forward in the rain, and finally felt Banhard and joined Benguela.
After settling the team, Surin and Huon went to the bank of the river to see how well the fortifications were being built.
But when they reached the riverbank, they saw only a few tents that had been erected, and no fortifications at all.
Immediately, Su Lin looked at Hu En with a depressed face, his eyes were full of incredulity, they didn't do anything, they just waited here.
"Why are you looking at me like that, nothing has happened!" said Hunn, whose face was full of bewilderment.
"Call everybody, there's work to do. ”
Then Surin walked into the tent, then took out a pen and paper and began to scratch.
Huon stood and watched, and asked, "What are you drawing?"
Su Lin said without looking back: "I am drawing the defensive position on the bank of the river, and we now have 600,000 troops, so it is impossible for them to cross the river so easily." ”
At this moment, there was a sudden exclamation outside: "Be careful, Hoto's griffin regiment and dragon are here." ”
Immediately afterward, there was a fierce sound of burning and breaking the air outside.
After running out of the tent, Surin saw five dragons in the sky breathing fire at the people below, and the huge flames directly caused many people to be vaporized, and there was not even a trace of dregs left.
At this time, the tents around were also burning, and the clothes of many people were also set on fire, and they ran wildly, making heart-rending shouts.
And these five dragons have been wreaking havoc over the camp, and there is no means to fight back at all.
Before Su Lin could take a breath, the sky suddenly turned black, and then the dense griffins flew over, and the griffin knights above kept shooting at the people below with bows and arrows.
These soldiers below are like targets, at the mercy of others.
After the barracks had raged, the distance in the sky and the griffons moved towards the city again, and suddenly the cries rang out.
Su Lin looked at Hu En at this time and asked in a deep voice, "Didn't you take any measures?"
"They are in the sky, we don't have any means at all, and the dragons' scales are like steel, so they can't do any harm to these dragons. ”
Huon was also helpless, without the support of air power, it was impossible to defeat these aerial nightmares, although he also asked the glider team to go out to fight, but it was not an opponent at all.
Hearing this, Su Lin also instructed the next task: "You first lead people to dig a trench by the river, build fortifications on it, and arrange all the archers and crossbowmen in it after you are done, while the rest of the people are a few kilometers back and send gliders to reconnoiter around the clock, so that we can predict the arrival of those dragons in advance." ”
Then all the soldiers began to get busy, and the earth that had been dug out of the trench was piled directly next to it, and the entire river bank was piled up several meters high.
The next day, some gliders hovered over the riverbank, and some even flew over the camp on the other side, with the focus on seeing the djinn and griffons.
Kars, as the captain of the Muga Air Force, was hovering over the gathering ground on the shore of Hoto at this time, looking at the dense crowd below, he didn't need to aim, he just shot with his bow.
"Captain, the griffons are out, we should withdraw. A soldier reminded.
"Withdraw"
Looking at the griffin camp below, the thousands of griffins also slowly took off, and he immediately turned the direction of the glider and flew towards the rear.
Previously, he also led the Muga Air Force to fight against the Griffons, but he was defeated as soon as he made contact, and he was completely behind the Griffons in terms of speed, steering, explosiveness, and weapons.
As soon as he flew back to shore, Kars waved the red flag on his hang-glider, reminding everyone to be prepared.
Seeing this, the adjutant immediately rang the alarm bell placed on the camp, and immediately the sound of tinkling resounded throughout the camp.
"Hide behind an earthen wall, hurry. ”
Immediately the soldiers ran behind the huge earthen walls that had been erected overnight the previous night to keep out the dragon's flames and arrows.
When the dragon and the griffin group flew over, the knight on his back saw the huge earthen walls that suddenly appeared on the ground, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
But since they are all here, they will not be afraid, and with a wave of the leader's hand, they rush straight down.
After rushing down, the dragon spewed out another burst of flames, and the flames swept across the ground and hit the dirt wall directly, but the soldiers hiding behind were fine.
Seeing this, the griffin knights flew over the heads of the soldiers and shot arrows at them.
But at this time, the soldiers below took out their shields and held them above their heads, successfully avoiding their arrow rain attacks.
Huon couldn't help but laugh when he saw this scene, when they faced the attack before, they could only be beaten blindly, and thousands of people died every day.
"What if they rush down and crash into the earthen walls?" looked at the earthen walls blackened by the flames, and Hunn's eyes were full of worry.
"Don't worry, if they dare to fly at low altitude, they are undoubtedly looking for death. ”
Although these griffons and djinn are the overlords of the air, if they fly at low altitudes, they will definitely be sanctioned in front of regular soldiers.
Soon the griffons and djinns returned when they saw that the attack was fruitless, and the soldiers on the ground erupted in enthusiastic cheers.
Looking at the departing griffin group, Hunn also asked, "Is there really no way to deal with them?"
"Of course, come with me, I'll show you something. ”
With that, Surin led him to the camp of the Logos army.
After entering the camp, Huon saw this kind of two-wheeled carriage parked on the ground, but on top of it was a huge nu, as well as a winch, gear, rope, etc., and next to it was a crossbow arrow one meter and a half long, the thickness of an arm.
Immediately Surin asked people to demonstrate to him, only to see several people put the thick crossbow arrows on the special crossbow, and then stirred the winch, and the bowstring was immediately pulled away and stuck on the string.
Then one of them raised his hammer and slammed it on the string, and immediately the crossbow arrow shot out with a clatter, and there was a sound of breaking through the air.
Seeing this, Hu En was also shocked to grow his mouth, this crossbow arrow shot three or four hundred meters away, full of impact, and a wall standing in the middle was directly shot through a large hole.
"Haha, with these weapons, we don't have to be afraid of those stinky birds in the sky. Huon was also very proud at this time, and the breath he was holding in his heart finally had a chance to vent.
Ever since he knew about the Griffons, Surin knew the role of air supremacy, and even if he created a glider, he still couldn't compete with the Griffons.
However, all things are mutually reinforcing, and the ballista is like the anti-aircraft artillery in the previous life, which can restrain the griffin group very well, as long as they are in the low-altitude field below 300 meters, under the dense and powerful crossbow arrows, they will also be shot into a hornet's nest.
At dinner time, Benguela made another announcement: "Alva, controlled by the Church, has also begun to cross the river, and the estimated number of troops is about one million." ”
Huen was the first to speak, "Then do you want us to send another army to stop it?"
As soon as these words came out, no one replied, and they all involuntarily looked at Su Lin, who was eating deliciously.
After Su Lin finished eating, he wiped his mouth, looked at them and said, "We'll talk to the conference room later." ”
After dinner, everyone came to the conference room.
Surin directly opened a map, then hung it on the wall, and began to say: "Now we only have 600,000 soldiers, Hotto and Alva each have more than a million troops, crossing the river from two places, if we divide the troops, I am afraid that in the end it will only let them come in vain, therefore, we must concentrate our superior forces, and eat as many troops as we can." ”
With that, Surin smashed his fist into the place where the Hoto army gathered, meaning to concentrate all his forces to eat their people.
As soon as the words were spoken, someone asked, "Shall we allow the army of the Church to enter the southwestern part of Muga from the port of Nadessi, and then no one will be able to stop them, and our interior will inevitably be severely damaged." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell into deep thought, and this is the case, if the army of the church is allowed to land, with Muga's current strength, he can only watch the territory be occupied inch by inch.
"First of all, you have to be clear, that is, we cannot let go of every part of the country, in the face of many times the number of enemy forces we have, we can only let go of a few important places, these places have been chosen, except for Banhard and other areas, only to focus on the defense of Motril and Albertin. Surin drew a circle in those two places with his pen.
Seeing that everyone did not object to this, Su Lin continued: "Now you send people to gather all the food, as long as it can be eaten, and gather the people into the city, and clear the wilderness, so that the enemy will not be left with anything to eat. ”
When Benguela heard this, he immediately sent someone to give the order.
At this time, someone asked: "Didn't you say that Curtiz and us are allies, how can they arrange their army of one million?"
"The Curtiz are afraid that they will not be able to participate in this war, and they have decided to break the alliance with us. ”