Chapter 218: Night Attack
Of course, it is not possible to sit still, although today's attack did not open the city gates, but if it continues like this, sooner or later the city walls will not be able to withstand it, in this case, the Duke of Seleto must find a way.
At present, this siege machine is simply a super high-range version of the trebuchet, and after a day of observation, it has basically confirmed the idea of the Duke of Seleto, so what should they do when facing the trebuchet? Of course, I want to find a way to destroy it. At present, the number of other parties' weapons is not very large, and during the day, I looked at it a little and looked at about four in total, if there were anything else, they must have been taken out and used, indicating that the other party has so many in total. Since there are only a few of them, that is to say, if they are destroyed, the other party will have no long-range means of attack.
So the Duke of Seletto organized a night attack, yes, by night to go out and attack the camp of the other side, with the aim of destroying these weapons, of course. Of course, Duke Seleto also knew that the other party would be prepared, after all, this is an important siege prop for others, and naturally needs to be protected, but Duke Seleto organized not an ordinary night attack team, it was a death squad.
Yes, the purpose of these troops is to destroy other people's weapons, not to win the battle, as long as they can destroy these troublesome things, then they can defend the city, and they can delay time. The best result is, of course, that their troops can destroy all the enemy's weapons and come back safely, of course, the worst result, according to the Duke of Seleto's thoughts, destroy two or three units in the chaos of the battle, reduce the enemy's firepower, even if all their troops can't come back, it is also an acceptable result.
As for the members of the death squad, half of them were his own troops, and the other half were actually members of the royal guards who had been captured earlier. Yes, when the inner city was captured, it was actually caused by the internal personnel who opened the gates of the inner city, so not all the people of the royal guard were killed, and most of them were captured later. Some of these royal guards were killed rather than surrender, and the rest were taken prisoner. Among these captives, Duke Seleto deliberately singled out those soldiers who still had families in the main city and let them out, as long as they participated in this death squad, your family could be guaranteed to be safe whether they were dead or alive, in this case, many soldiers could only cooperate, so it took a day for the death squad to be established.
This unit is not mainly to fight and kill the enemy, the main purpose is to destroy weapons, but Duke Seleto is indeed too taken for granted, although the effectiveness of the opponent's weapon is equivalent to that of an ultra-long-distance trebuchet, but it does not mean that it is really a trebuchet. The Duke of Seleto's side equipped the surprise troops with something that was really against trebuchets, and that was fire oil.
The trebuchet must be made of wood, so it can be destroyed quickly by burning it directly with fire oil, but the artillery used by Ye Junwen is made of steel, and it is impossible to burn it with fire. Of course, this can't be blamed on Duke Seleto, after all, no one from the other world has ever seen such a thing, and the distance is far away, and the city really can't see what is hitting them.
Another difference from dealing with trebuchets is that the artillery attacks are so far away that it takes a long time for the raiders to reach their target after leaving the city. It's also different from dealing with trebuchets, so it's easier to spot and take longer to deal with. Duke Seleto probably could think of this, but the question was what else could they do, they couldn't just wait for the walls to be broken, so let's try first.
So in the middle of the night, a force quietly went out of the city through the rear gates, and then touched the target point of the opponent's long-range attack observed during the day. I have to say that Duke Seleto's luck is still good, tonight is just cloudy, there are a lot of clouds in the sky, directly covering the moon, and the surroundings are also dark and you can't see your fingers, fortunately, the soldiers are basically locals, and they are still very familiar with the terrain here, so they won't get lost.
It went well, and the surprise force advanced a few miles, but after that it was more troublesome. Of course, the artillery attack location chosen by Ye Junwen is on the hillside, so they are going uphill now, and it is of course very dangerous to climb the mountain at night, but they can't take care of it so much, they feel that it is a miracle that they have not been discovered now, and the victory or defeat depends on this wave.
The soldiers also tried to lower their voices as much as possible, and then quickly moved up, seeing that the position of the hill was getting closer and closer, and everyone was a little excited. They didn't expect the plan to go so smoothly this time, as long as they went up, they just threw the fire bottle to burn the trebuchet, and then prepared to retreat, which should be able to go back alive.
Just when they were thinking so, suddenly there were a few "booms" in front of them, yes, this is a very familiar sound, because they have been listening to it for a day during the day, this is the sound of the enemy's attack weapon firing, but now that they are closer, the sound they hear is even more shocking.
The enemy attacked? Found them? But if you get so close, the enemy's weapons can also hit it? Just when the surprise attack troops were stunned, they suddenly saw a few rays of light flash in the sky, and then a few white glowing dots suddenly appeared. At night, these glowing dots look like a few small suns, illuminating the surroundings brightly.
"What?" Everyone was stunned, what was going on, why did the sky suddenly light up, what the hell was going on? Before they could figure out what was going on, suddenly a shout came from the mountain: "Fire!" ”
The sound of "da da da" sounded, which was a sound they had never heard before, and then under their frightened eyes, the soldiers in front of them suddenly fell to the ground with blood spurting on their bodies, and some people were even directly broken limbs and fell to the ground screaming. In an instant, it was as if the surroundings had suddenly turned into hell.
Obviously, these soldiers have never experienced such a battle, and even if they lose the previous battle, they at least have someone to fight with. But now they can't see who is fighting them, so they can't figure out how their side of the people are falling, and they don't know what's going on.
"Run...... Run! Soon the soldiers also found out that this was not a battle at all, it was just a one-sided massacre, and they were about to be killed without even knowing what was going on. Hurry up and run, but the problem is that now that they have climbed halfway up the mountain, they have a choice, just roll down, or just wait here to die, then ...... I don't think there's a way to live.
"Lay down your arms and kneel to avoid death!"
"Lay down your arms and kneel to avoid death!" At this moment, the shouts that sounded around them saved their lives, and now the soldiers have no will to fight at all, they are all frightened, and when they hear this sound, they all quickly put down their weapons and all lie on the ground.
The battle ended very quickly, and in about ten minutes, a large-scale surprise attack team was handled by Ye Junwen and them. On the hillside, Ye Junwen also looked at the situation below, and the result was not what he expected.
"This Datang thing is really easy to use." Hejiaer next to him couldn't help but sigh. Yes, tonight's battle is completely crushing on equipment, first of all, from the reconnaissance point of view, the other party thought that the night was dark and windy, and it would definitely not be discovered, but in fact, they were discovered by Ye Junwen's reconnaissance team as soon as they left the city, to say why, because Ye Junwen also has a military telescope with night vision function, even if the light is very poor, but as long as a little glimmer can make the scout see clearly, so the opponent's troops have actually been exposed to Ye Junwen's reconnaissance vision.
Of course, Ye Junwen will not let this team go back, as if he didn't know anything, wait for the other party to come over by himself, wait until he enters the range of the ambush, directly use the artillery to shoot the flares, and then the machine gun rifle goes up for a sweep, and the battle is over. This is completely the crushing of science and technology, and modern weapons are so brainless to fight these battles in the era of cold weapons, and the other side doesn't even know how to lose.
"The moment I arrived, the war had entered a new era, but unfortunately the people on the other side had not yet reacted." Ye Junwen said, "Take stock of the battlefield, and then everyone have a good rest." ”
After saying that, Ye Junwen went back to sleep directly, which was indeed too relaxing, and there was no pressure at all. The Duke of Seleto's side was destined to not be able to sleep tonight, and he had been waiting for the result since the troops went out, but what he didn't expect was that the result came much faster than he expected.
There was indeed a battle on the other side's position, and they also heard sounds in the distance, and even saw something that seemed to be a white light over there, but they didn't know exactly what was going on. However, when a few of the death squads fled back, they were also shocked.
"What? The troops were completely wiped out? Duke Seleto was stunned, how long had it been for the battle to end? Counting the marching time of these soldiers back and forth, the actual battle time is almost nothing, what's going on, there are 7,000 death squads sent out, even if it's 7,000 pigs, they have to fight until morning, what's going on?
"I don't know...... Enemy...... The enemy is the devil! I don't know what's going on......" The soldiers here were all scared and stupid, and he really didn't know how to lose, so he was lucky to get out when he was in a mess, and he couldn't say anything.
"Pull him out and cut him down!" Duke Seleto roared, but soon his face sank again, "Who told me, what now?" ”