Volume II, Chapter 76
"Sicelia!" hundreds of small forces marched in unison, once again charging into the positions of the Divine Alliance. Under the command of the officer, the soldiers constantly shouted slogans in their own style - they used them to determine the orientation of friendly troops.
Silently, the special troops behind them were the last to come, and they were the first to enter the labyrinthine earthen wall.
These special soldiers...... Or it would be more appropriate to call them martial artists, who have been trained from an early age until they reach adulthood, and are stored in the army as a force that can turn the tide of battle at a critical moment. Whether it is the physical element or the mental reaction, it is very different from the ordinary soldiers, and the ordinary soldiers on the side of the Divine Alliance are also difficult to beat.
or walking through the earthen walls as fast as lightning, or directly climbing over the walls and crossing the streets, the soldiers of the Divine Alliance who were guarding only felt that the figure in front of them flickered, and the figure that had not been able to make a move was gone.
A poisonous scorpion warrior swept over the earthen wall, and in the flashing silver light, the two knives were swung alternately, and a row of strong crossbowmen of the divine alliance hidden behind the wall were planted one after another on the earthen wall, and several strong crossbows that fell on the ground were all ready to be launched, but there was no chance to fight back under the astonishing speed of the scorpion warrior.
The three pikemen shouted in unison, and the pistols in their hands stabbed at a burly enemy through the earthen wall, but they didn't expect that the enemy's right hand big sword had already held three spears, and then the whole body slammed into the earthen wall, a burst of dust flew, and the earthen wall had been knocked open by him A big hole, and the three divine alliance pikemen had been cut into six before they could react.
With their own special combat skills, these special units broke into the position again and again. After finding out the terrain in front of them, they directly led the small groups of troops to fight! These people rushed forward. Responsible for taking out enemy axemen and crossbowmen in hiding places. The soldiers behind him marched step by step. The division of labor clears every inch of the earth wall up and down, and then marks the selected passage of entry and retreat.
The ordinary soldiers of the Divine Coalition Army are the opponents of these people? Under the stormy attacks of the special troops, the front line of the Divine Coalition Army's position is frequently in an emergency! Colorful clothes fly up and down between the earthen walls, and blood rain sprays everywhere on the battle line. In the midst of the screams, the broken bodies of soldiers were deliberately thrown into the sky, and some special units grabbed the enemy soldiers who were still alive and jumped onto the earthen wall, moving left and right to avoid crossbow arrows and axes, while slowly torturing the living people in their hands to death......
These people are taking revenge. It is in Liwei, and it is challenging the officers and soldiers of the entire Phantom Legion!
Looking at this qiē, countless soldiers of the Divine Alliance in the rear positions let out a cry of grief and indignation, for the soldiers of the Ninth Legion, except for Chief Cohen, they are the closest comrades-in-arms around them. Watching their comrades die was the most heart-wrenching thing, but they knew that they were no opponents, so they could only stare at their red eyes and wait to see what happened to these enemy troops.
Chief Cohen will never let these enemy troops live again! Because Chief Cohen loves the lives of nurse soldiers the most!
They...... It's going to die ugly!
A scorpion warrior had just finished clearing a wall of earth when a strong crossbowman was jumping between the walls when an arrow whistled and flew towards him unhurriedly.
The scorpion warrior smiled coldly. Without looking at it, he slashed the arrow in two at arm's length.
"Poof!" A white mass flew out of the two severed arrows and enveloped the scorpion warrior, and in an instant, the magic blessed on the arrows tore his body to pieces.
From splitting arrows, being surrounded by magic, to gurgling, the scorpion warrior didn't even have time to scream.
However, the soldiers behind him were frightened by the still spreading blood mist and shouted in unison. In the minds of the soldiers of the Demon Alliance, special units such as the Scorpion Samurai are simply a myth, and they wrangle around the enemy camp like a storm during ordinary battles, breaking through the enemy defense line is like a play, not to mention death, and even the chance of minor injury is very small. And such an inexplicable way of dying, how could they not be surprised.
Before their cries fell, and the blood mist above their heads had not yet dissipated, a special unit leading another unit had already arrived to support. This is a barbarian, he wields a giant axe, and directly breaks through the earthen wall and rushes in!
In a trance, the bright light flashed, and the soldiers outside only heard a loud noise from inside, and then there was no sound, and before they could get a little cold sweat on their heads, a large piece of black ash floated out of the hole in the earthen wall with a scorching stench.
As if knowing that there was trouble here, two special units rushed in without a sound, jumping in from the earthen walls on the left and right sides respectively. Their movements are fast, their flanking tactics are appropriate, and even their postures are graceful!
There was a loud killing inside, and there was a result immediately.
The lives of these two were more miserable, they leaped into the air, tossed and turned, and then came out with their heads turned over, but one of them was on fire, and the other was frozen into ice.
"Bang, bang!" they fell from mid-air.
When the person on fire fell, his body had shrunk and shrunk in height, and his weight was about the same as that of a small child. The one who was frozen was even more miserable, his body bounced on the ground, and with a "bang", his entire body from head to toe was shattered, and only a relatively intact frozen head rolled all the way past the soldiers' feet, hit the wall and then turned in circles and stopped--both of them staring at the sky with dead eyes.
Looking at the pile of still burning bodies, and then at the Xiaoice blocks under their feet, a team of demon alliance soldiers were stunned. It wasn't until one of them fell from an arrow that he remembered that he was still fighting.
Without time to think about what was going on, the soldiers were once again torn apart by the counter-attacking forces of the Divine Alliance.
This mysterious force is the hunting team under Cohen, specially prepared to deal with the special troops of the Demon Alliance.
Cohen had learned his lesson from the last time he sniped Viscount Gironde's striker, and he was struck by the lethality of the three hundred scorpion warriors. After many discussions with his subordinates, this group of hunting teams was established. Each squad consists of between five and ten people, including the best elven magicians, one-hit archers, and the best guards officers in hand-to-hand combat...... When dealing with the enemy's special troops, these people learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, relying on the familiar terrain to fight more and less. A large number of special units of the Demon Alliance are in their hands like this.
With the support of the Kill Squad. The advantage of the Demon Alliance has been temporarily weakened. The two sides were evenly matched, and a brutal tug-of-war unfolded again on the position. The Divine Coalition has occupied the geographical advantage, but the follow-up troops of the Demon Coalition are constantly pouring in, the ground is covered with bloodstains, and every earthen wall on the front is constantly changing hands, and the soldiers are fighting for land with each other inch by inch.
The news that the special unit had been suppressed by the enemy army reached the command post of the Demon Alliance, and His Excellency the Lieutenant General did not show any more concern for this, although he was just as surprised in his heart.
"The tactics remain the same. Continue to put in special arms as planned!" He said to the staff officer beside him, "Although the casualties of the troops are relatively large now, it is worth it! We already have a front line, and as long as we occupy enough front front, we can effectively support the front front!
"Yes!"
"Sue the troops behind you, prepare to take over the attack!"
"Yes!"
A new group of demon coalition troops stepped forward to replace the troops with heavy casualties, and the battle on the position continued, but the god alliance army had no soldiers to replace. Only hard support, gradually. The position was gradually encroached upon by the Demon Alliance.
In this decisive battle, which began after dawn, by lunchtime the demon coalition forces had advanced about a quarter of the entire line on the position, and the positions occupied by both sides were staggered, and many troops on both sides were scattered, and several groups of soldiers retreated in the corners of the enemy's position, waiting for their large forces to come back again......
"Report to the sir!" another group of scouts returned to the command post of the Demon Alliance, "The battle on the front line is fierce, the enemy relies on the terrain to disperse our army, and the special troops encounter strong enemy ......"
"Report to the sir! The enemy is starting to fight back! They are fierce and move quickly...... The enemy's counterattack force was strangely organized, less than half of the soldiers in a small squad were fully armoured, and the rest of the soldiers were only dressed in cloth and leather armor......"
"It seems that the Phantom Legion is really short of soldiers, and it even temporarily captured people among the refugees to ......replace them," the lieutenant general said 'um', "In this way, our bows and arrows can come in handy!"
"Sue the 26th Corps, the time has come for them to play," the lieutenant general ordered, "and I will not tolerate it...... The Phantom Legion's forces can move freely!"
"Yes!"
Half an hour later, the Demon Coalition finally cleared enough space in the rear, and troops from the 26th Hussar Regiment appeared. Four regiments of 10,000 light cavalry abandoned their horses and ran up on foot, lined up behind a barrier of heavy infantry armed with large shields, their bows tucked and bundles of feathered arrows on their backs.
Bows and arrows have always been the most skilled weapons of light cavalry, and these soldiers are qualified archers after dismounting, although the horse bows used by cavalry are not as far as long war bows, but the current battle situation does not require much range at all, and it is enough to shoot at the head of the enemy.
With the commander's order, the Demon Alliance Army fired ten thousand arrows, and the feather arrows that covered the sky and the sun flew towards the position.
According to the plan, the Divine Alliance was prepared for the enemy's bow and arrow attacks, and there were places to hide in each position, but the soldiers who had to move were miserable. Although Cohen prepared the best armor on the entire continent for his soldiers, even if the best armor was worn, there were exposed parts, even if the chances of these parts being shot were very small, but with a bow and arrow of this density, the soldiers' chances of bad luck were greatly increased.
In addition, there were a large number of unarmoured tribal soldiers on the positions, as well as ordinary refugees who carried the wounded behind.
After ten volleys from the Demon Alliance, there was a brief silence inside and outside the position, except for the front line that was being engaged.
On the side of the Demon Alliance, the archers were waiting for orders, and their commander thought about it for a moment, he was wondering whether to shoot far or closer, because there were countless earth walls to cover him, and he didn't know the effect of this attack.
He didn't know, but his enemy knew all too well, and within the range of the bow and arrow just now, the Divine Coalition had suffered the worst casualties since the beginning of the war.
More than 200 refugee squads carrying the wounded, along with the wounded they carried, lay in pools of blood, and none of them survived.
More than 1,700 unarmored tribal soldiers were preparing to enter the position, and all of them were killed.
More than 300 soldiers who were "wandering" on the battlefield won the prize, and half of them could no longer fight.
Seventeen elven magicians had no time to dodge, and they were all shot into arrows.
More than fifty officers of the rank of captain were wounded. Most of the injuries were severe.
More than a dozen commanders at and above the battalion level were wounded.
One regimental officer was killed.
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on the ground. up and down the earthen wall. Even around the corners, the feathered arrows shot by the Demon Alliance were evenly distributed in every inch of space, and from a distance, the black arrow shafts stained with white arrow feathers were like dense weeds in the wasteland.
Without time to think about it, the soldiers rushed out and, risking their lives, snatched back those who were still alive.
"Set up a lookout, find it in time, and pay attention to protection!" Cohen's heart chuckled. A sentence blurted out, "There are still arrows!
The Demon Coalition continued to fire, this time extending the range of the bow and arrow back a little.
All the soldiers of the Divine Alliance in the area of attack hid, first hearing a dull "buzzing" sound in their ears, and then the sound of arrows nailing into the earthen wall from all directions, "puff puff puff...... this sound continued to hit their nerves, and it never ended.
Because the enemy's bows and arrows had completely blocked the front and rear of the position, the soldiers of the logistics regiment had to risk their lives to erect a canopy on the main passage, and although they had taken great care to protect themselves, there were still soldiers who were shot by stray arrows and fell. For each section of the roof, soldiers paid with their lives.
At this time, in the command post of the Ninth Army Corps. Cohen was only responsible for directing the coordination between the front line and the various units, and left all other matters to the General Staff. And after so many big scenes, the functions of the General Staff have been fully brought into play: the replenishment of soldiers, the change of upper and lower passages, and the replacement of battle-damaged officers......
"Carlos!"
"Here!"
"Are the counteroffensive troops ready?" Cohen asked, "Are you familiar with the counteroffensive steps?"
"It's all ready!" replied Carlos, "Several regimental commanders have been studying it, and I believe they have fully grasped the commander's intentions!"
"The counter-attacking troops are in their starting positions and hidden!" Cohen said, "order the ground troops in the positions to slowly retreat, and selectively let the enemy in, and the positions must be staggered with each other, so that the enemy can no longer fire arrows!"
"Yes!"
Gradually, the Divine Coalition forces on the position began to retreat, and the Demon Coalition occupied more and more positions. By the time the three-mile-long position was occupied to two miles, most of the troops of the 27th and 28th Army Corps had already entered the position, and here they encountered several regiments of the 3rd Wing of the 9th Army Corps, the most tenacious troops in the Phantom Legion, which was the most stubborn resistance since the beginning of the war!
The individual combat strength advantage of the Demon Alliance was offset by the terrain of the Divine Alliance, and the small cooperation between the soldiers of the Divine Alliance was better than theirs, and the battle situation gradually fell into a stalemate. Batches of demon coalition forces attacked, and they were beaten down again and again, and a large number of wounded who retreated were only temporarily treated under the city wall near the command post, and then transported to the rear by carriage, seeing so many wounded, seeing the carriages transporting the wounded end to end, the large and small officers in the command post of the demon coalition army were all secretly surprised!
The fighting power of the Phantom Legion is really amazing, this is a legion of slaves, it is clearly the elite of the elite of the Divine Alliance! If they are really slave troops...... Then the talent of this legion commander is incredible, he actually turned these lowly and weak slaves, these war consumables, into heroic lions!
At this point, from morning to noon, if it were replaced by other main battle legions of the Divine Alliance, it would have collapsed a long time ago. You must know that these three main battle legions on your side are all troops with brilliant achievements. Although the enemy occupied a favorable position, this army did not have supplies for more than ten days, and it resisted for so long without supplies...... This kind of tenacious style, high fighting spirit, superb command, and good training make people have to admire it from the bottom of their hearts.
But admiration is admiration, and the battle will still be fought.
"Report to the sir, our central forces are advancing to a mile from the enemy's rear wall!"
"What about the troops on both flanks?"
"Because of the trap, our troops on both sides are moving slowly and are dragging back a mile!"
"Delayed?" the lieutenant general muttered.
"Sir, do you want to make an intermediate breakthrough to divide the enemy forces first, and then ......," said the staff officer on one side.
"No! No, we can't leave room for the enemy to move, so that they will surround the troops in the center," the lieutenant general said decisively, "and order the troops in the center to stabilize and wait for the troops on both flanks to speed up to catch up! By the time we advance to the wall behind the enemy, the battle should be over. ”
"Yes!"
However, this order was given a little later.
At this time, the battle on the battlefield was extremely fierce, and the demon coalition forces on both sides were desperately rushing forward, but the commander of the accompanying team received information that the central breakthrough force was surrounded at this time. The central front has advanced a mile, which is the most important part of the entire battle situation, and it would be terrible if the Divine Coalition Army was to encircle and annihilate it...... Before there was time to inform the rear command post, the Demon Coalition troops on both sides turned around at the same time and forcibly killed the central front.
And Cohen, that's what he's waiting for.
"Start the counterattack!" Cohen shouted from the city walls, "Gardnan beats the drums!"
"Roar!" Gardnan screamed, and the leading drum sounded. It's really a pity for this old man, in order to cooperate with Cohen's battle, I don't know how many times he has destroyed the traditions of his ancestors.
With the sound of drums, the carefully prepared counteroffensive plan of the Divine Coalition began to be implemented.
The first to appear is the magician, the enemy magician ran out of magic last night, but Cohen's magician has been recuperating.
Behind the city wall was a huge magic circle, on which a hundred elven mages stood standing.
In unison chanting magic, the sky above the earth city changed. A large number of dark clouds appeared in the originally sunny sky, and these dark clouds were entangled and surging with each other, and the howling wind blew the sand and rocks on the ground, and the whole Tucheng was confused inside and outside, and the sky was so dark that it seemed to be pressed on the ground.
"This magic ......" In the command post of the Demon Alliance, the lieutenant general looked at the military flag swaying in the wind on his head and was a little confused, "How can it be a rainstorm technique?"
He's right, it's a rainstorm indeed. His surprise was also normal, because the Rainstorm Technique was not a damage magic, and it was indeed useless to use it in war, and the greatest effect was to drench the soldiers on both sides into soup...... This, does this help the battle situation?
Of course, Cohen also understands this, the reason why he wants to make this large-scale rainstorm spell is just to use the dark environment before the rainstorm to fight back, and those hundred elves, they have the ability to maintain the darkness before the rainstorm for a long time.
On the walls of the Divine Alliance, for the first time, a trumpet sounded.
"Crack!" A bright bolt of lightning slashed down in front of the Demon Alliance's command post, which looked quite striking in the dim sky.
"Kill ......"
"Do you hear any sound?" the lieutenant general tilted his head in confusion and asked the staff officer beside him, "a very dull voice." ”
The staff officer shook his head.
"Crackle!" another bolt of lightning struck in front of the command post!
"Not good!" the lieutenant general suddenly realized and shouted, "This is the enemy's main counterattack!" (to be continued......)