"Blow the trumpet!"

Looking at the soldiers of the Western Alliance who were frantically slaughtered by the Ming chariot, Omurad's eyes were split.

These are the elite of the West.

Occupy an excellent defensive position, all kinds of defensive measures are complete, but in this way, when facing the Ming Army, there is still no resistance at all.

As Omurad's order was given, a trumpeter next to him raised his horn and puffed out his cheeks and blew hard.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo

The desolate sound of the horn spread throughout the battlefield.

"Strange, are they crazy? How to blow the horn of attack. ”

Zhu Gaosui, who was commanding the chariot corps to fight on the periphery and did not enter the forest.

Hearing the faint sound of the horn, his brows furrowed slightly.

As the next most important enemy of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty also focused on collecting intelligence from the West.

For example, the other party's flag and horn instructions are subjects that must be learned by the generals of the Ming Legion.

So Zhu Gaosui just listened to it and judged what kind of order the other party blew the horn.

Through the observation hole, looking at the Western Alliance soldiers who were killed outside crying wolf, and listening to the faint horn, Zhu Gaosui's heart slowly became vigilant.

"Pay attention to the vehicles, what plans the enemy may have, and form an alternate cover formation."

Zhu Gaosui, who was very sensitive to combat intuition, immediately gave an urgent order.

"Boom!"

But as soon as his order was delivered, and before he received the reply from the squads, a loud bang rang out from the left.

"Head...... 033 is destroyed! ”

"Boom!"

"Damn it, head...... 010 is destroyed! ”

"It's the Demomen, they've got people hiding under the craters, and a lot of cold weaponmen in armor."

The sound of chaos continued to sound, and the reports of various losses kept coming.

In just this moment, five chariots were destroyed.

"Damn, it's been shaded."

After quickly analyzing the situation, Zhu Gao cursed in a low voice, picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat to the open space ahead, and distance yourself from them!"

"Tell the infantry regiment to retreat as well, and eliminate the dirt rats and don't let them get near the chariots."

With Zhu Gaosui's order, the chariot corps retreated quickly under the cover of the infantry.

In fact, not only the chariot corps was in trouble, but the infantry corps was also embarrassed.

They followed the chariot into the opposing position.

The group of bird cubs in the west, when they saw that the Ming army had entered the position, only resisted a little, and began to retreat into the forest.

The two consecutive battles were easy victories, and the hearts of the Ming soldiers inevitably floated.

In order to achieve greater results, the soldiers almost always shouted, quickly jumped over the trenches, and launched a pursuit of the enemy.

However, just when most of them entered the opposing position.

In the trenches where the enemy was at the beginning, the walls of the trenches were pushed open one by one, and a Western Alliance soldier with a full body of armor brandished his sword and slashed wildly.

And those death squads carrying explosive bags rushed to Daming's chariot without their lives.

It's a little better to have infantry cover on the side of the tank.

But on the infantry side, there was a bit of confusion.

Since the charging ranks were too dense, the enemy reappeared in the ranks.

The two parties are directly mixed together.

The rifles used by the Wehrmacht are very penetrating, and at such close range, if you shoot directly, it is easy to penetrate the enemy and kill your own people by mistake.

In order to prevent accidental injury, the soldiers could only grit their teeth, pull out their bayonets, and engage in white-knuckle combat with the other side.

If both sides are soldiers with bayonets, who wins and loses, it is all about the courage and guts of the soldiers.

One side is fully armed, holding all kinds of sharp cold weapons in his hands, while the other side's only offensive weapon is a pitiful bayonet.

Instant judgment.

Many Ming soldiers stabbed their bayonets on the opponent's armor, except for pulling out a trace and making the opponent embarrassed, they couldn't hurt the opponent at all.

On the Ming side, in order to reduce the weight of the soldiers and carry more weapons and ammunition, as early as two years ago, the Ming National Defense Force had withdrawn the armor and replaced them with cloth uniforms.

Although this cloth uniform is strong and durable, it cannot stop the slashing of the sword.

This chaos alone brought a lot of casualties to Daming's side.

"Haha, victory, victory......"

The Daming Army, which was suddenly attacked, retreated back in embarrassment.

And the soldiers of the Western Alliance, who returned to their positions, shouted loudly with excitement.

It's not easy.

After fighting with Da Ming for nearly a day, almost all of them were beaten sides, and even if it was a small-scale battle, they never won the battle.

Unexpectedly, seeing that the second line of defense was about to be lost, his side actually made a big comeback, driving the opponent's powerful steel monster army and the murderous Ming army out of the position.

The soldiers cheered, but Omurad had a cold face.

He knew in his heart that this victory was only temporary.

This small casualty and small defeat is not even a drop in the bucket for the Ming Dynasty, which has millions of legions.

And their sneak attack hit Da Ming in the face, Da Ming's side will definitely be very angry, and the next step will definitely be crazy revenge.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Really.

In less than half an hour, Daming's revenge came.

The artillery of the Ming Dynasty, which had moved forward from the artillery position, began to exert its might again.

Tens of thousands of artillery pieces, large and small, frantically venting shells.

Compared to the first line of defense, the second line of defense, which is slightly worse, can no longer see what it looked like at the beginning.

There were explosions everywhere, dust everywhere.

Even the forests in the rear of the front were screaming in pain under the devastation of artillery.

The towering trees were broken one after another, and the flames of the artillery attack caused a sky-high fire.

"Hit Lao Tzu hard, damn it, Lao Tzu has been out to fight for so long, and it is the first time he has suffered such a big loss."

Zhu Gaosui, who had retreated to the rear of the first front for repair, looked at the second line of defense covered by artillery fire with a telescope, and cursed loudly in his mouth.

The chariot legion is his lifeblood, and each chariot is more precious than his daughter-in-law.

But just at that time, 8 tanks were destroyed, and a few were lost there because of their nests, so in order not to be obtained by the enemy, they had to be destroyed by the artillery first.

This came and went, and directly lost a dozen combat vehicles.

Nima.

There are only a few tanks in the entire tank corps, less than 80 units.

In this moment, nearly 2/8 of the effort was lost, and Zhu Gaosui was trembling in distress.

He was now wondering how he would explain it to his eldest nephew at night.

"Don't think about it, if you fight, how can you guarantee victory, and the enemy is not a wooden pile."

Jiang Huai, who rushed over, looked at Zhu Gaosui, who was sitting in the car next to him, thinking deeply about how to explain to Zhu Zhangui at night, and couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Well, I don't understand that."

"When I fought with the old man, it was not that I lost the war."

"But it's different."

"The chariot regiment is the lifeblood of my eldest nephew, and he can put it in my hands is a trust in me, hoping that I can represent the royal family and lead the soldiers to play a beautiful record."

"But what about me."

"Get rid of those lying on their stomachs, and I don't have more than 30 chariots in my hands now."

"This battle has only been fought for a day, and a chariot legion has been abolished by me, so how can I explain to my eldest nephew, how to tell my eldest brother, and how to explain to the entire royal family?"

The reason why Zhu Gaosui said this is because the chariot corps was adapted from the First Corps.

The First Legion is also known as the Royal Guards, this legion can be directly commanded by the emperor without the order of the Ministry of Defense, and is the guarantee of the future royal family.

This legion, which is so important to the royal family, was played bad by him on the first day of the war, and Zhu Gaosui can imagine how angry the eldest brother should be.

Hearing this, Jiang Huai opened his mouth and thought for a long time and didn't know how to persuade him.

Indeed, as Zhu Gaosui said, this legion is too special and too important for the royal family.

It's a matter of the royal family, and it's really hard for him to speak as a general.

"Otherwise, there is a forest behind their position, and your chariot corps is not easy to advance, so you can withdraw to the camp first and rest and see how many can be repaired."

"The rest of the battle will be handled by our army."

Withdrawing from the battlefield like this, although Zhu Gaosui was a little unwilling, he could also understand the problem that the other party said.

Behind the second front of the Western Alliance is a forest, there is no road to build, and the huge size of the chariot is really difficult to move inside.

"That's all it can be."

"I'll leave you two emergencies, I'll take the rest back for repairs first, and feel free to greet me if you need anything."

In the end, Zhu Gaosui still accepted the other party's suggestion and left the two best performing tanks for the other party to deal with emergencies.

Then he led the remaining chariot corps, with the help of some engineers, and dragged those lying on their stomachs back to the camp and went back to rest.

The shelling lasted for more than half an hour before it slowly stopped.

However, this is not the end of the story.

After the shelling stopped, the air force, which had returned after reloading, began to bombard the ground indiscriminately according to the guidance of the infantry signal flares.

And this time they are no longer carrying bombshells, but the latest incendiary bombs developed by the artisan battalion.

One incendiary bomb after another fell from the sky and smashed heavily into the second position of the Western Alliance, which was full of gunsmoke, causing a sky-high fire.

In just a few moments, the second defensive front of the Western Alliance, which had been plowed by artillery, turned into a hellish sea of fire.

The Ming attack legion, which was not far from the opponent and was on standby, was so roasted by such a ferocious flame that it had to retreat.

"Well, that's the fun!"

The Ming infantry, who had retreated to the first front in embarrassment, couldn't help but smack their tongues as they looked at the sea of fire like a fiery hell in the distance.

"Alas, now the battle is getting harder and harder, and it's getting easier to fight."

A veteran soldier next to him, looking at the sea of fire in the distance, took out a cigarette pouch from his waist, and felt a little, the tobacco leaves that had just become popular in Daming in the past two years were stuffed into the smoke pot, and lit a fire on a Western Alliance soldier who was still burning next to him, and said to a few young soldiers next to him while swallowing the cloud map.

"When I went with the emperor to fight the grassland barbarians, at that time, our guns were the same as those on the opposite side, and the other main army still relied on swords and axes."

"At that time, it was really a matter of life, and it was also a very big test for the command of the generals."

"But now!"

As he spoke, he nodded to the other side.

"Now our Ming tactics are known to almost ordinary soldiers."

"When encountering the enemy's position, first the artillery bombardment, then the aircraft bombardment, and finally the infantry charge to occupy the position."

"To be honest, this kind of dull battle, as long as you dare to bring it up before, you will definitely be scolded by those generals."

"But now our generals like this tactic, because they don't need to use their brains, and it's very easy to fight."

"Hehehe..."

The veteran's words caused a burst of laughter.

Although everyone was laughing, the junior officers and veterans understood very well.

Don't look at this dull three-plate axe so simple, just look at it and listen to it.

In fact, there are many doorways in it.

The control of timing, the arrangement of the entire battle situation, and the reserve of ammunition in case of ammunition must be clear in the minds of the generals.

This kind of battle, which requires complex calculations, is even more cumbersome than the previous slashing with a knife by leading troops.

So in general, ordinary soldiers see very simple tactics, but for those high-level generals, they are all doorways.

The fire ignited the forest, making it impossible for the Ming army to attack at all, which forced Jianghuai to abandon the battle plan he had made.

The fire burned for a day and a night, and it was not extinguished until a heavy rain on the third day.

This nearly million-dollar war between the two sides ended in the defeat of the Western coalition in just three days.

According to statistics.

A total of 1,500 people were killed on the Ming side, and the number of wounded was relatively large, as high as more than 5,000.

The biggest losses were in the area of ammunition.

In the frantic offensive of that day alone, the two fronts of the Ming offensive emptied 1/3 of the ammunition in reserve.

When this matter was reported to the imperial court, Xia Yuanji, who was still dragging his elderly body in his position, scolded his mother directly, lost his temper, and yelled to quit.

said that he was not strong and couldn't afford to serve these big young masters.

What the hell is this war, it's just a smash with money.

Later, it was Zhu Zhangui who said so badly that he promised to pay half of the consumption in advance, and Xia Yuanji stopped.

With such a large consumption, the results are naturally brilliant.

According to verified statistics, the Ming side killed nearly 100,000 enemies.

As for how many were killed in the fire, it is not very clear.

However, according to the informant's report, the number of Western Alliance soldiers who retreated to the next defensive front was less than 5,000.

In other words, in just this one duel, only a few thousand of the more than 200,000 soldiers of the Western Alliance stationed in the first and second lines of defense returned alive, and the rest were either buried in the fire or disappeared.

This first duel between the Ming Dynasty and the Western Alliance achieved an epic victory, directly annihilating nearly 1/10 of the living forces of the Western Alliance as a whole.

If such a war comes again, it is estimated that the Western alliance will not have to fight, and it can directly raise the white flag and surrender.

For this war, the Ming side was jubilant, and even the imperial court held a celebration ceremony, and Zhu Fatpang even took his wife to the front line to comfort these soldiers on behalf of the royal family and his son.

On the Western Alliance, however, it was gloomy, and it is said that when Omurad returned, several kings almost had to duel him.

(End of chapter)