80. The Flames of War (15)

The battle continued until the early morning of the next day, with about two-thirds of the 21st Army killed and a third taken prisoner by the Dark Army, and the fierce battle ended with the completion of the repair of the magic circle of the Demon Slayer Fortress, but by the time all the Light Army retreated into the fortress, Rayris had almost fallen to the ground.

The Fourth Swordsman Legion suffered more than 5 million casualties, the Fifth Swordsman Legion suffered no less than 3 million casualties, and the 21st Swordsman Legion had been completely wiped out. Is it the dark army that has become stronger, or is it something else? He doesn't know the way, he really doesn't know the way.

Ryris wrote the report and sent it to Ovart in the Central Theater through the magic system. In just five hours, Ovette received the report, and after reading it, his face was also heavy, it was only a day after the war, and the Eastern Theater lost one legion, and the loss of two legions in the Tenth Army of Light was not small, this level of loss was already unbearable for him, the commander-in-chief, and the terrible thing was that in the face of this new tactic of the Dark Temple, he actually had an idea of not knowing how to resolve it.

In the face of a large number of magic cannons, in addition to those powerful god-level high-level warriors can be blocked, and the warriors below the god level are basically killed by one shot, the other party has 60,000 self-propelled guns, this kind of firepower makes him feel numb when he thinks about it, and the strength of the dark temple is too powerful, the salvo of 60,000 magic cannons is terrifying, it makes people feel chilling to think about it.

However, the problem is already in front of us, if you want to deal with the magic cannon troops of the dark army, you must concentrate more magic cannons than the dark army, but the total number of magic cannons of the thirty legions of the bright army is only forty-five thousand, plus an independent artillery unit, the total number is only fifty-five thousand, which is still not as much as the opponent if all of them are concentrated in the eastern theater, plus the demon extermination fortress is so many fronts, the dark army can arrange more magic cannons through back and forth maneuvers, but how can so many magic cannons be placed on the city wallBesides, it's too late to transfer the magic cannon to the Eastern Theater, and if you want to concentrate all the magic cannons in the Eastern Theater, it will take at least a month, and one month, then the Eastern Theater is afraid that the entire front has been lost, what can I do?

Rayris can throw the problem to Ovat, then it is impossible for Ovate to throw the problem to others, he immediately summoned his main generals to a meeting to solve the problem, hearing that the dark army used 60,000 magic cannons, all the generals in the central theater gasped, this dark army is really too shameless, how can it do this?

The commander of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, Phinnis St. Gulla, said: "The only way we have now is to abandon the Demon Slayer Fortress, and only by abandoning the Demon Slayer Fortress and allowing our army to fight on a mobile basis can we avoid a large number of casualties." "In the face of the enemy's heavy forces and a large number of heavy weapons, it is indeed a good way to abandon a fixed position and fight guerrilla warfare.

Ovant smiled bitterly and said: "Behind the Demon Slayer Fortress is the Gale Kingdom under the Burning Light Empire, there is a plain, facing the cavalry of the Dark Army, the Gale Kingdom can't stop it at all, if the Gale Kingdom is defeated, then the Gale Empire will also be finished, the loss of an empire, we can't bear this responsibility, besides, if the dark army robs the Scorching Light Empire, then our army can already declare defeated, and when the time comes, we will all step down." ”

An empire has a strong combat power, and it is not so easy to defeat, but in the face of the dark army, a total of 30 legions and 900 million troops, an empire has 200 million troops at the top of the sky, and 200 million troops can defend the territory of an empire of more than 10 billion square kilometers? The consequences of the fall of an empire are too serious, so even if all the hundreds of millions of troops in the Eastern Theater are killed, the Blazing Light Empire must not be lost, this is the consensus of all the generals here.

However, the question now is, how should the tactics used by the Dark Army be cracked? Even if the Dark Army truces for a day and allows the Light Army to clean up the battlefield, what about the day after tomorrow? If the battle resumes and the Dark Army uses the same tactics again, how will the Light Army crack it? There is no way to crack it at all, except for having the same equipment, everything else is useless, what tactics such as night fighting, that can only be thought about, the camp tent of the dark army is hundreds of kilometers wide, if you want to find the self-propelled artillery camp of the dark army, it is almost impossible, besides, what can you do if you find it, this is the lifeblood of the dark army, the dark army must have heavy defense, so, this road is also impassable.

This is strength, use strength to push through, no matter what method you use, it is useless, this is the royal road of war, the trickery of war is sometimes very useful, but in the face of the enemy's strong strength, a little trick has no way to determine the effect of victory.

One of the generals cautiously proposed: "I think, the tactics of the dark sinner must not have been conceived by Cassel, it should have been thought up by the black-clothed Shura, we might as well find Kaigula, I think, Kaigula should have a way to crack this tactic." Owart's face turned blue when he heard it, and if he wanted to say who he hated the most in this world, it would definitely be Kaigula, but he didn't object.

After another four hours, Kaigula had already received the report, he looked at it, and said with a wry smile: "My second brother, you are too ruthless, you just ate one of our legions in one day, what do you want me to do?" He had no other way to summon the generals under his command to come to a meeting to study it.

Lexington said: "Your Highness, this is not easy to do, it seems that Ovate is also out of tricks, and our losses are too great." "We can still afford to lose a legion, but, if it continues like this, within half a month, the Eastern Theater will be breached, and at that time, it will not only be a demon extermination fortress, but a matter of several kingdoms and two empires, if this is really the case, don't say that Ovate can't bear it, even we can't bear it." "Although Kaigula's Dawn Kingdom participated in the battle, it also belonged to the sequence of battles, and if the battle of light and darkness was defeated, then they would also have to share the responsibility.

Sritekos thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, this tactic of the Dark Army is simply unsolvable, and I can't think of any way to crack this tactic. "In the face of this tactic, the best way is not to fight them head-on, but to use guerrilla tactics, so that their magic cannons are useless, but now our army is defending and the dark army is attacking, so that even if our army wants to fight guerrilla warfare, it will not become." In view of the fact that our army can only fight the enemy head-on, I think that the tactic that our army can adopt at present is to use the mobilization of more magicians and magic cannons to reinforce them, especially the magician troops, and also, to increase the defensive power of the defensive magic array, and take this opportunity to consume the enemy's magic cannonballs. ”

Rilauton frowned and said: "Your Highness, this tactic is too conservative, can't our army only be beaten?" "I think Your Highness's opinion is correct, at present, our army really has no good way to deal with them, we can only strengthen our own defense, however, Your Highness, the number of magic cannons in our army is limited, and it can't be used on the city wall, I'm afraid this tactic is not so easy to use." ”

Kaigula smiled bitterly and said: "I once made a suggestion when I built the fortress, thinking that our army's defense line is too thin, and if the enemy breaks through, the consequences will be very serious, but if Ovat, who is in charge of building the fortress defense line, does not listen to me, what can I do?" In this regard, I admire that guy Shura, he actually built three lines of defense, so, in the face of his Dark Demon Empire, it is not so easy for us to break through his defense line, on the contrary, some generals of our army just think that we are stronger than the dark army, and it is impossible for the dark army to break through our defense line, and now, the consequences are obvious. ”

It was already the next day after Ovant received Kaigula's suggestion, and after he received the report, he smiled bitterly and ordered: "500,000 magicians from all legions are sent to the Eastern Theater to support the Demon Extermination Fortress, and also, order the rear to transfer all the magic cannons." He thought for a moment before ordering: "Order the Burning Light Empire to send three million magicians to the Demon Slayer Fortress within three days, notify the temple of the temple in the capital of the Burning Light Empire, and let the bishop come forward to explain the battle situation, and let them organize reinforcements as soon as possible." The herald immediately went to deliver the order.

As soon as the Burning Light Empire received the order, it began to mobilize urgently, and all the magicians of the Magicians Guild were mobilized, and immediately set off to go to the Demon Slayer Fortress, and even the magicians of all the surrounding kingdoms would ask for mobilization, but if this group of magicians went to the battlefield, it would take five days at the earliest, and these five days could be described as difficult five days for Thunderis.

On February 25th, the Bright Army sent troops to clean up the battlefield and clean up the bodies of their colleagues who had died in battle, and the Dark Army was doing the same thing, the weather was too hot, and there were too many dead, if the battlefield was not cleaned up, it would not take long for a large-scale plague to break out, and the nearly 30 million war dead were enough to cast a very heavy shadow over the Demon Slayer Fortress.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the magicians on both sides also used magic to purify this battlefield once, and after completely eliminating the hidden danger of the plague, this time the post-war cleaning up is over, but this is not the end of the war, but the beginning of a new tragic battle.

Rayris received Ovalt's order and smiled bitterly, although Ovalt has mobilized tens of millions of magicians to support, but Yuanshui can't save the near fire, I'm afraid that the Demon Slayer Fortress will have to pay the price of blood in the next few days to be able to block the attack of the dark army. He gave the order: "Order the XXII Corps to enter the fortress." Give orders to the 24th and 25th Legions to set out immediately to support the fortress. "Since it costs blood, let's transfer troops, except to send soldiers to the battlefield, Rayris has no way to think about it.