Chapter 670: A General from the Heart
The mountainous and undulating mountain forest area, the terrain is the most intricate, it is the deepest part of such a mountain forest, a huge fortress, cutting off the only way for Wang Meng's army!
The steep and difficult terrain of mountains and forests makes it impossible for large-caliber cannons to push up at all, and at the same time, the almost flat fire mode is also very disadvantageous in this kind of terrain.
If fighting breaks out in this kind of terrain, it is basically necessary to use targeted mountain artillery to provide artillery fire.
In addition, the dense woodland also makes it impossible for some large transport vehicles to pass at all.
At this point, Wang Meng had to rely on horses and cavalry to escort supplies.
This series of reasons can be said to have greatly increased the difficulty of Wang Meng's attack and lowered the overall offensive efficiency.
And the reason why this is the case is that the players in the opposite cherry blossom camp originally set up a long mountain tunnel on the road in this area, and after the garrison retreated, the other party directly forcibly blew up the entire tunnel!
In this day and age, a mountain tunnel like this is definitely costly.
It can be said that the other party has made a bloody investment.
After the entire mountain tunnel collapsed, it was almost impossible to clear the tunnel back in the same situation.
In this way, the siege army under Wang Meng's command, which was driven straight into the city, was naturally blocked by this mountain forest.
However, as one of the generals under Xia Qi's command, Wang Meng has never seen any scenes for so many years, how could he be stopped by this little thing.
In the early years, when he led his troops to fight, all kinds of rugged mountain roads were difficult to walk, and he didn't fight all the way.
Rich experience makes Wang Meng still seem comfortable when dealing with this situation.
In comparison, the defenders of the fortress on the opposite side who can't hold it are really a headache.
One of the reasons is that the entire fortress has been unable to be captured for a long time, and the efficiency of resource transportation has been reduced, which has slowed down his offensive efficiency.
Due to the limitations of the mountain and forest terrain, the inability to use more powerful cannons also accounted for part of the reason.
However, a bigger part of the reason is that the garrison of the fortress opposite is too sufficient, and in several battles in succession, the other party is simply piling up human lives to fight him, and it is clear that he wants to grit his teeth and defend this mountain fortress.
As for bypassing this mountain fortress, this mountain forest is too large, and if you want to go around, you don't know when to go around.
What's more, once you choose to bypass this mountain fortress and attack the rear, the supply lines of the expeditionary army will be dragged longer, and the time required for supply transportation will become longer.
If there was no fortress as a transit point in the middle, such a long supply line would not be able to be maintained at all.
Not to mention, under this premise, if the defenders in this mountain fortress suddenly attacked, then he would really die if he went behind enemy lines.
Combined with various reasons, capturing this mountain fortress is almost a must for Wang Meng.
However, the 40,000 troops in his hands alone were really difficult to fight, and the number of troops in this mountain and forest fortress in front of him was probably even more than he expected.
Moreover, nine times out of ten, the other party is still sending troops, so it can always maintain that kind of troops!
didn't say it, this matter really made Wang Meng guess correctly.
Because the two Sakura players on the opposite side are completely in a group state at this time, one of the Sakura players said that there is a dangerous terrain in his territory, which can provide an excellent defensive advantage to block the attack of the opposite Europa army.
The Sakura player once again proposed that the two of them gather all their forces to that fortress, fight a round of defensive counterattack, and then see the opportunity to use that mountain fortress as a stronghold to directly counterattack back and defeat the army of Europa on the opposite side.
In this regard, another Sakura player, who couldn't think of a better way, naturally agreed.
At this time, in the rear of the cherry blossom territory, two cherry blossom players with an army of 100,000 people were rushing towards this mountain fortress one after another.
The closest units had arrived in the previous two months.
And this is also the main reason why, under Wang Meng's continuous attacks, the troops on the opposite side have not decreased at all.
In the command camp of the front line, Wang Meng, who had a faint guess in his heart, naturally wanted to fight a quick battle and quickly seize this mountain and forest fortress.
For this, he also specifically applied for reinforcements.
And the other continent on the twelfth sea area is now the territory of Great Xia, so naturally there are a lot of troops stationed there, and according to that distance, it shouldn't take too much time to come to support.
The only trouble is that he is now on an expedition, and with a huge sea area across the ocean, it may take a lot of time to contact friendly forces on another continent.
The news had already been sent, and before the support arrived, he naturally had to find a way to deal with it himself.
In this way, Wang Meng simply found a mountain forest with a relatively hidden location and temporarily set up camp, which was also convenient for him to hoard materials.
After a period of time, in order not to make life too easy for the garrison army on the Sakura side, he also frequently dispatched and launched attacks.
However, in the subsequent offensive, he was also paying attention to preserving his own troops, and basically every round of the offensive was mainly based on long-range artillery shelling by artillery units, and rarely let his main army press forward.
But even so, the life of the Sakura defenders was not easy.
After all, the mountain artillery used by the Great Xia army is all from the hands of dwarf craftsmen, so there is naturally no need to say much about performance, and with the high explosives and special shells developed by the dwarf explosives workshop, the power is by no means comparable to ordinary mountain artillery.
In the midst of the roar of artillery fire, shells carried parabolas, ignoring the defenses of the opposite trench walls, and then exploded on the ground. The area-of-effect damage caused by that directly caused great damage to the soldiers on Sakura's side.
And in the mountain and forest fortress, a cherry blossom guard general faced Wang Meng's harassment offensive during this time, and his face was also very heavy.
Compared with the previous strong attack, in the last few battles, the opponent's offensive has been weaker than a little bit.
The Sakura Keeper, who realized this situation, had to think a little more.
"Could it be that because of the terrain, the logistics on the opposite side have given a problem?"
Thinking of this, the Sakura Shogun couldn't help but feel excited, if this was really the case, it would be a huge opportunity.
With his mind racing rapidly, the expression on the face of the Sakura Guard, who was in the General Commander's Room of the Mountain Forest Fortress, was constantly changing.
After all, the current opening is too sensitive, and if there is a slight mistake, it may be a failure.
Not to mention that the offensive before the invasion army was simply unstoppable, and their Sakura defenders managed to rely on this mountain fortress with a huge geographical advantage to block it.
Once this mountain fortress falls, it will be difficult to find a fortress with such a large geographical advantage in the future, and at present, his first task is to stabilize the situation and patiently wait for reinforcements to arrive.
Thinking of this, the cherry blossom guard suddenly exhaled a long breath, and he had already made a decision in his heart.
Outside the fortress, Wang Meng has been effectively controlling the rhythm and intensity of his attack recently, just to create an illusion for the opposite side, so that the other side thinks that there is something wrong with his supplies, so as to give the order to take the initiative to attack.
When the time comes, he will further show the enemy weakness, and step by step lead the Sakura defenders on the opposite side out of the fortress and annihilate them.
After all, he didn't plan to wait stupidly until the reinforcements arrived, and it would be great if he could solve the problem before then.
And there is no problem with this plan itself, the problem is the defender on the other side.
After several battles in a row, the other party was completely unmoved, which couldn't help but make Wang Meng, who was in the front-line command room, fall into deep thought.
Could it be that I showed a flaw somewhere, so that the guard on the other side saw through my plan?
As a general with five stars of intelligence, Wang Meng has always used his wits to carefully recall the arrangement of his past battles, and Wang Meng thinks that there is no problem, which can't help but make him feel even more strange.
Could it be that the guards on the other side are really so calm?
But in fact, this has nothing to do with whether you are calm or not, because at this time, the guards who are responsible for garrisoning this mountain and forest fortress have a very big characteristic, that is, from the heart!
This Sakura general's sincerity is well-known among his colleagues in his country.
He was indeed deceived by Wang Meng's arrangement, and at the same time had similar ideas, and even now, he is still a little entangled in his heart whether to take the initiative or not.
But the sincerity that came out of his bones made him never send troops out even if he had this idea in his head!
It can even be said that not to mention that Wang Meng showed weakness to the enemy, even if the entire army was directly killed in front of him, the other party would not come out.
That's it.
His dedication is undoubtedly a double-edged sword, and if it is not used well, it will inevitably delay the fighter.
In fact, this kind of thing has happened to him a lot, in the past wars, he has delayed the fighter plane more than once or twice, and the military has impeached his generals and ministers, which makes this Sakura guard quite unpopular in his own camp.
But even so, Sakura players didn't dispose of him, and of course there's a reason!
Because as players, they know very well that generals like this, if used well, can produce miraculous effects in some special situations.
That Sakura player undoubtedly knew the heartfelt character of the general under his command, so he sent him to garrison this mountain fortress.
Now, he doesn't need any fighters, and he doesn't need to take risks to do anything else, he just needs to honestly lead his troops to sit in the mountain fortress and don't go out, let alone do superfluous things, just wait for all the reinforcements in the rear to arrive.
It turns out that Sakura player's hand really made him use it right.
In the face of Wang Meng's layers of routines, if he was replaced by a general who was not so attentive and normal, I am afraid that he would have fallen into Wang Meng's serial trap a long time ago, and he would have waited for the other party to think of the Fa's cooking.
And at this time, in the face of such a congregation, in the face of all kinds of temptations, he was unmoved, and he only wanted to shrink into the mountain fortress and not get out.
This is really a bit unprepared.
However, until the reinforcements arrived, it was no loss for him to continue the show.
After all, what if.
With such a mentality, Wang Meng did not stop the offensive.
At this point, the battle was, to some extent, a matter of which side of reinforcements arrived first.
On the side of the cherry blossom camp, it naturally occupies the advantage of convenient transportation.
Wang Meng, who knew this in his heart, had already prepared a way for himself to retreat, and even if the other party really arrived and launched an offensive at that time, he could retreat relatively calmly.
Fortunately, however, the 100,000-strong army of the other side did not gather in one place, but arrived from all over the Sakura territory.
As for the army of another Sakura player, not to mention, the other party is not on this territory at all, and it will naturally take longer to arrive.
Besides, there is a neutral area with no facilities in between.
Today, in this mountain and forest fortress, the number of troops has basically been hoarded to more than 60,000.
According to this number of troops, there is a chance of winning directly killing the fortress and fighting hard against the enemy.
However, the current battle situation is too critical to be lost!
The two Sakura players, who didn't plan to take this risk, finally decided to wait for all the forces to be assembled, and then fight back with the strongest force in one go.
As for the mountain and forest fortress with more than 60,000 troops stationed before that, it can be said that no matter how stable you want to be, it is impossible to break through the fortress with the little force on the opposite side.
The two Sakura players, neither of them thought that such a thing would happen, and if there was, it must have been in a dream.
Indeed, when the gap in equipment is not large, the gap in troop strength is also real, and in many cases, the strength of the forces of the two sides can dominate the outcome of a war to a great extent.
If ordinary means were used, according to the 40,000 troops in Wang Meng's hands at this time, it would be impossible to break through a mountain and forest fortress with 60,000 defenders.
However, Da Xia's extraordinary methods are too many.