50. The Great War Begins (II)
Yes, the air force on the Western Continent is not an aircraft on the earth, but a flight of some flying monsters, flying monsters undoubtedly have great mobility, but all flying monsters have a shortcoming, that is, the defense is not strong enough, even the defense of the top flying monsters is not as good as the defense of the land-based monsters. Secondly, flying monsters are born to be free, and their temperaments are very arrogant, therefore, the flying monsters that are surrendered by humans are generally not very advanced, and it is already a great thing to be able to have a saint-level flying monster, and the flying monsters that can equip troops in a large area in an empire are generally fourth- to sixth-level monsters, and the attacks of these monsters are not very strong, and the distance of the attack is not large, that is, the Air Force can fly from an altitude of several thousand meters, but can only carry out low-altitude attacks. Low-altitude attacks are definitely not a joke, it doesn't matter in peacetime, but if the other side has anti-aircraft weapons, then it's a different matter.
The giant crossbows in the Black Ridge Fortress that open to the sky do not need to be asked are specifically aimed at the air force, and when you see those giant crossbows, you know that the range of these giant crossbows is definitely more than 1,500 meters, or even farther, and the power of the giant crossbow is not a joke, and the general flying monsters will definitely be finished if they are hit by an arrow, so what is it to call the air force to attack this position with powerful air defense weapons, not to send them to death?
All the generals want to laugh but can't laugh, yes, attacking with the air force is to call the air force to die. Sotora shook her head and said, "I also know that using the air force to attack won't make much difference, but we can have the air force parachute and send a large number of soldiers into the fortress, which should work." "Airborne, what kind of tactic is this?" The generals were stupid, at least, they had never heard of such a tactic.
Sotola said: "The main arm of our air force is the fifth-level Tempest Eagle, although the Tempest Eagle is not very heavy, but at least it can carry two people to fly more than 3,000 meters in the air, and we have 300,000 Tempest Eagles, that is to say, we can send batches of soldiers into the fortress, so that we can avoid the heavy fire of the enemy on the ground." "But will we be able to evade the enemy's anti-aircraft crossbows?" said one of the air generals uncertainly.
Sotola said: "My plan is this, the first step is to let the magicians of our army set out together, and the magicians will attack from the air, so that we should be able to clear a field, and then the second group of soldiers will be able to land and attack from the inside of the enemy army, and the third group and later soldiers should have no problem with our airborne landing as long as they can keep up." ”
Everyone's eyes lit up, using the magician to take the lead, using the air to clear the field with magic, this method is feasible, the commander of the Fifth Army, Omandis said: "This plan is good, let's plan in detail, in the end, it is more appropriate to be airborne." "All the generals are starting to plan.
At the headquarters of the Black Ridge Fortress, the black-clothed Shura poured Zhang Zeshan a glass of wine and said, "Big brother is not too worried." "Do you think about it, Shura, I really doubt that you can win battles in the past, just like your character can win battles, is it your luck or your opponent's incompetence?" Zhang Zeshan unceremoniously taunted the black-clothed Shura in the most pungent language.
The black-clothed Shura was a little uncomfortable: "Big brother, can't I be wrong?" Shura, I know that you became famous as a young man, and you have gone through countless wars, but war is never a joke, we put up this position in the Black Ridge Fortress, as long as the commander with a little brain will not attack head-on, because, there are too many people who are going to die, so, in the case of no way, they will try any way, not to mention, airborne is not a very dangerous way, if they really use the trick of airborne, we will definitely not be able to hold the Black Ridge Fortress, because we simply do not have enough strength to defend such a large fortress。 "But, big brother, those guys shouldn't have the courage to send soldiers into the fortress, you know, I have hundreds of thousands of people in the fortress, even if they send in one or two hundred thousand, they don't have much chance of winning." "Shura, I said that you are too simple, airborne tactics are not so easy to crack, do you know the way? The Yanhuang clan had special airborne troops in the past, and they were specially airborne in the rear of the enemy, and they were also airborne from the enemy's vital points, so the most important thing for us now is to plan well for the places where the enemy may be airborne, in case the enemy really uses this trick, we can give the enemy a slap in the face and make them sober up." ”
Seeing the black-clothed Shura's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, Zhang Zeshan smiled: "Shura, I know that you are a little disapproving, but we are just making a plan, and we have not really implemented it, it is always not wrong to formulate a little more plan, after all, war is not always fought according to your and my ideas, sometimes, the enemy will always come up with a way you don't expect." "Big brother is right, it's my fault, big brother, tell me about the tactics of airborne, I finally understand a little now. "The black-clothed Shura is not an intolerant person, and he is always a little curious to hear about tactics that he has never heard of. "Absolutely. Zhang Zeshan said with a smile.
On October 6th, the army of the Dark Demon Empire rested for two days, and finally rested and began to prepare for the attack, and groups of soldiers began to line up, all with weapons in their hands, and began to advance towards the Black Ridge Fortress in a neat line, while a group of officers commanded in the rear.
Observing the movement of the enemy army through magic, the black-clothed Shura said: "Big brother, they are just some slave soldiers, they don't have much combat effectiveness, it seems that the enemy wants to consume our shells." "Some slave soldiers don't need to be taken seriously, what we need to pay attention to is the enemy's air force, and we are not afraid of how many ground forces come in addition to the enemy's air force. Zhang Zeshan said calmly.
Yes, according to the practice on the Western Continent, it is always some slave soldiers who attack at the beginning, these are not actually any army, just some slaves, organize a group of slaves, issue some weapons, and then let them charge forward and be cannon fodder, but this time there are a little more slave soldiers, there are more than a million, and there are more slaves in the Dark Moon Province?
The slave soldiers began to approach, step by step, and when they reached a place fifteen kilometers away from the Black Ridge Fortress, the slave soldiers began to stop and rest for a while, the next fifteen kilometers will be the road to death, because these fifteen kilometers are the range of the magic cannon attack on the city wall. The reason why the firing range of the magic cannon is more than ten kilometers is because the walls of the fortress are very high, so the firing range is much farther than that of the flat land, and the usual magic cannon can only attack ten kilometers, but on the wall of a few hundred meters high, the range can be as far as fifteen kilometers, which is undoubtedly the last thing the dark demon army wants to see, however, they are powerless to change the reality, the range of fifteen kilometers and ten kilometers is really far apart.
Countless siege equipment began to be transported from the rear, siege vehicles, The arrow blocking carts, and other equipment have been sent to the hands of the slave soldiers, a large number of logistics soldiers sent the materials to the hands of the slave soldiers and then retreated, the slave soldiers are divided into ten groups, each group has a number of 100,000, they are very scattered, although the slave soldiers are cannon fodder, but, even the cannon fodder does not want them to be consumed at once, they can only attack and charge in a scattered manner, if the formation is too dense, a salvo of magic cannons can consume half of their troops, so, can only be scattered charge。
In the rear of the slave soldiers is a large group of warlords, if the slave soldiers dare to turn back, it is a dead end, in a word, the slave soldiers charge is dead, turn back is also death, no matter what they say, they must be dead. Seeing that all the slave soldiers were preparing to charge, the commander of the first regiment of the Shura Legion, who was in charge of guarding the first wall, ordered: "Attention to all gun positions, attention to all crossbowmen, prepare for battle." ”
Zhang Zeshan sighed lightly: "These slaves are innocent, Shura, let them live." "Big brother, how can you let it go? Although they can't storm the fortress when they rush up, they can storm the city gates, and our city gates are not as strong as the city walls. "If they are going to storm the gates, why can't we let them in? "However, the Warlords in the rear ......" "If they dare to attack, our magic cannons and giant crossbows will not be for nothing." "If it's good, just listen to the eldest brother." ”
Barad, who was on the side, said nervously: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, this must not be allowed, in case there are spies among them, then the consequences will be troublesome." "If you are defenseless, just send them to the prisoner camp, isn't the prisoner camp in our rear empty?" "I'm afraid that we won't be able to control the situation if a million people are in chaos." "Don't worry, we can just wait until we disperse the Warlords behind them, and then we can open the gates. "But what if they use a large army to carry out the assault?" "Then there is no need to worry, they must also dare to do it, besides, they are only a tentative attack today, and they have not mobilized many troops to prepare in the rear, so there is no problem." Zhang Zeshan said with great certainty. Since his boss agreed, and he couldn't think of any opinions to refute it, Barad could only agree.
Although Zhang Zeshan said very calmly, but his heart is also bottomless, millions of slave soldiers, if you want to enter the fortress through the city gate, it will take a few hours to say the least, such a long time, coupled with the unorganized and undisciplined, it is also a headache to think about, however, he can't bear to watch millions of people die like this, if possible, he would rather exchange his life for a way for a million people, it seems that if things change much, he is only afraid that he will really have to risk his life to fight.