Chapter XXV
After the expeditionary force surrounded Vigna, it entered the stage of rest, first, waiting for ammunition to be replenished, and secondly, recovering the body and mind of the expeditionary force. Although the continuous combat did not cause much physical fatigue to the expeditionary force, it made many expeditionary troops feel an inexplicable sense of guilt psychologically, and these required the slow enlightenment of psychologists and instructors. After all, for the expeditionary force, this is a group of helpless guys, although they are also enemies, but such an opponent is just a massacre for the expeditionary force.
Although the elite of the empire only has 70,000 Loxie in Vinia City and 30,000 people stationed in Vinya, the levies from all over the country are constantly gathering on Viña's side, and everyone is waving the banner of King Qin. As for whether it is King Zhenqin or what he does specifically, it is unknown. At least seven of the Senators were trapped in Viña at this time, and many of those levies were peasants in their domains, as well as soldiers of lords of various sizes and lords of the same political faction.
Encirclement and reinforcement could not be simpler for modern troops, there are satellites and drones in the sky, and all movements of enemy forces on the ground are in the hands of the expeditionary force.
The Imperial forces do not have these conveniences, and the only ones that can provide such conveniences are the Wyvern Knights and the Magic Legion long gone. Once the Empire's newly recruited troops were found to have arrived near Vigna, the Expeditionary Force would send troops who had already overcome their guilt to ambush them. After a few rounds of attacks on the Belle Pen and Kardine divisions, the tank units were transferred back to Lilia and driven into a makeshift tank repair shop for a series of maintenance, after all, long-distance attacks are not the strong point of tanks. However, the wheeled armor of infantry combat vehicles is not as delicate as that of tanks, and long-distance running for a long time plus continuous combat can be maintained and supported by a series of simple maintenance techniques on the modern battlefield.
The commanders took the topographical map of the vicinity of Viña drawn by Lilia and began to arrange their troops, and most of the conscripts from the empire who rushed to King Qin were also a few thousand people, and they would not exceed 20,000 at most. After all, the low agricultural capacity of the Middle Ages was not enough to free the men from the fields and throw them all into war. The low production capacity is not enough to produce more equipment for the levies to arm them and make them fight for the Empire.
In the forest, the expeditionary force had already laid mines and spread layers of dead branches and leaves on them. From a distance, you can't see that there are mines there. Even if you look closely, you won't know if you don't look closely. And beside the thick trunk of the tree, which towered into the sky and could only be embraced by four or five people, a soldier of the expeditionary force began to dig holes one after another. A heavy machine gun is placed in a pit, the head of the machine gun is exposed, a camouflage net is laid, and a little fallen leaves are sprinkled to completely blend in with the surrounding environment. The soldiers of the expeditionary force either lay on their stomachs in the grass, hid in the bushes, or camouflaged cats on tree trunks, or hid behind rocks and poked their heads out to observe. There is no need for armored vehicles to join the battle in the vicinity, and there is no need for mortars and rocket launchers for fire support. All you need to do is knit a pocket, wait for the medieval soldiers to slip in, and pull the trigger gently.
A group of newly recruited Imperial soldiers were slowly walking towards the forest, they were conscripts in the domain of a certain senator of the Imperial Senate, and it was his son who led the troops. I heard that my father was besieged in Venia by the invaders of the Aquamarine Star, and I got it. Immediately mobilized his own direct troops, and then recruited the soldiers in the territory, as well as contacted the nobles below and the nobles who had a good relationship with the neighborhood, mobilized an army of more than 10,000 people, and began to march towards Vinya.
The nobles were chatting and laughing on their horses, and they were so excited about this time that they were recruited by Afis for the first time. Behind them were the rhino knights, all of them in good spirits, seemingly fearless. Behind the Rhino Knights are conscripted levies, ranging from 14 to their 50s. One by one, with a bitter face, a pitchfork in their hands, a simple spear, and a homemade bow and arrow, they set out on the road of King Qin. Those younger children may still have excitement on their faces, and the first time they go to the battlefield is a rare experience for them, full of curiosity. And the expressions of those adults are not so good-looking, and when they are drafted, it means that there is one less laborer in the family, and there is no one to plow the fields and no one to take care of the shops. They were the breadwinners of the family, and the soldiers of the nobles rushed into their homes with weapons, either paying a high war tax or being drafted into the army, and most civilians had to choose the latter, and they could not afford the high fees.
The conscripts "crunched" through the forest, stepping on the fallen leaves and dead branches on the ground to make a "salsa" sound. The nobles were like tourists, and after the unification of the empire, they had no experience in war, and they completely regarded this Qinwang Road as a Qinwang journey, obviously not knowing that the fate of death awaited them in this dangerous forest.
The commander of the expeditionary force in ambush quietly watched the army of 10,000 people slowly enter his pocket, and with the sound of a mine explosion, the expeditionary force knew that this was a signal that the levy army had entered the minefield and completely poured into the pocket. Then the expeditionary force can close the net, and under the command of the commander, the guns in the forest rang out loudly, "Da Da Da!" "Woohoo!" "Bang bang bang!"
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! We're under attack from the Aquamarines! As soon as the words fell, the war horse was frightened and directly threw the nobleman down.
The rhinoceros beast in the rear also panicked when it heard the gunshot, and ran towards the front with a bang, impartially, and stepped on the nobleman's body, directly trampling the nobleman to death. However, the rhinoceros did not stop, and the huge body carried the rhino knight with a random impact, and even broke into the minefield.
"Boom!"
With an explosion, the rhinoceros beast and the knight on its back were directly blown up, and they were torn apart and shattered. Fragments of mines were blown up everywhere, and the levies behind were screaming.
The thick trunk of the tree was also smashed by the huge force of the bullets, and the sawdust flew wildly, splashing on the medieval troops with extremely low defense, especially the conscripts from the civilian population behind them, causing huge casualties. They had no proper armor or equipment, and they wore only the coarse cloth clothes they wore when they were farming at home.
The machine guns in the forest that showed their heads weaved a strong network of firepower, and one by one, the levies were shot and fell. The conscripts fell to the ground, one hand clutching the bleeding wound, the pain distorting their faces, and the other clutching the dead branches and leaves on the ground as if they were their own life-saving straws. I want to live, I want to get out of here. They wept and wailed. However, the moment they stepped into the forest, their fate was no longer in their hands.
Due to the large size of the target, the rhino beasts and knights in the levy army were the key objects of care of the ambush troops, and they soon attracted a lot of bullets. The rhinoceros is the epitome of strength, speed, and endurance in the Twin Moons, powerful enough to carry a heavily armored knight on his back and knock over several strong horses. Even the speed of running is not much worse than that of ordinary war horses. What's more, the thick body is a natural armor, which can completely ignore the weak bow and arrow. The Rhino Knight is arguably the most powerful cavalry in the entire empire. However, all this is like a joke in front of the expeditionary force, and modern weapons, even rhinoceros with heavy animal armor, are completely unable to resist the powerful power of modern rifles.
As the nobles and knights fell one by one, the morale of the conscripts who had been recruited from the commoners collapsed. The conscripts scattered and fled, even forgetting the gesture of surrender with their middle fingers outstretched. They're just civilians, they don't care so much, they can run for their lives, but they can't escape either.
It doesn't matter how many ambush troops are there, as long as you have a weapon and have been judged to be an enemy, if you don't surrender, then death awaits you. After all, these ambush troops have overcome the guilt in their hearts, and now they are just meticulously carrying out their orders for the future of Huaxia.