Chapter 739 Chain Formation

Zhao Yan fulfilled his promise.

The first division endured the most difficult half an hour, and the price paid was that in the end, less than 2,000 people from the entire division were able to evacuate smoothly, and the remaining 10,000 best fighters all died on the spot.

The head of the division, Zhao Yan, was seriously injured and fell into a coma. He was escorted by the personal guards and escaped from the battlefield. He was lucky enough to save his life.

With the withdrawal of the first division, the first line of defense in the camp was officially broken. The price the Allied Forces paid for this was more than 40,000 soldiers.

Corpses were piled up and down the wooden wall, making it difficult to pass through. The blood plasma directly dyed the wooden wall bright red.

With the wooden wall taken down, the Allied commanders breathed a sigh of relief.

According to common sense, if the wooden wall of a camp falls, it basically loses its defensive capabilities. In the next close combat, the Allied forces had an absolute advantage in strength.

Allied commanders are confident that the camp will be captured within a day.

How could I have imagined that when I crossed the wooden wall, the scene I saw would be like this.

I saw a second wooden wall erected about 100 meters away from the first wooden wall.

In the open space between the two walls, a trench 1.5 meters deep was dug every five meters. There are also vertical passages between the trenches, which form a complete defense system of the entire trench.

Fortifications such as horses and arrow towers are dotted like stars, and the position of each key node is a crossbow or trebuchet with three bows and eight cowbeds.

What's even more frightening is that thousands of crossbowmen are hiding in the trenches.

This is the second line of defense of the camp, jointly guarded by the Second Division and the Third Division of the Third Army.

Due to the limited time for building the camp, the camp designed by Fan Lihua is not a conventional square, but a long and narrow strip along the east-west direction.

The entire camp basically blocked the way for the Allied forces to go south.

The allied forces broke through, even if they wanted to take a detour, they had to completely pull out the camp before they could pass.

For this reason, Fan Lihua only deployed a large number of troops on the front, and at the same time arranged the fifth division to cover the two wings. The fourth division is responsible for guarding the second wooden wall, which is also the last line of defense in the camp.

On the back of the camp, it was not even possible to erect a complete wooden wall.

Such an arrangement can be said to maximize the use of resources and optimize the allocation of troops.

The three lines of defense are interlocking and progressive, forming a huge chain formation.

The reason why a famous general is a famous general is one of the functions of this. They are all proficient in marching arrangements, logistics calculations, and camping.

Of course, the scientific organization of Shanhai City's army also played a big role. It is precisely because each division is equipped with a dedicated engineer unit that such a camp can be built so quickly.

For the Allies, this was a big problem.

"General, what should we do?" the adjutant asked.

The commander of the Allied Forces had a dark face and said in a deep voice, "What else can we do? Let's attack!"

After a short rest, the Allied forces launched a second wave of offensive.

Since the beginning, the offense has been extremely difficult.

The vast army crossed the wooden wall, entered the open space, and fought hand-to-hand with the sword and shield soldiers guarding here. At the same time, it has to withstand surprise attacks from trench crossbowmen.

With the cover of the trenches, the crossbowmen are simply ruthless human harvesters. Turn into a sharpshooter one by one, and carry out precise shooting on the enemies on the frontal battlefield.

From time to time, there are arrow towers and bed crossbows to cover them.

Therefore, the Allied advance was extremely difficult. Almost every trench was built with human lives. What is even more speechless is that sometimes it is difficult to win a trench, but it is taken back by the enemy in a blink of an eye.

At most, the two armies saw back and forth around the trench four times.

On the second wooden wall, Fan Lihua was condescending, flexibly mobilizing the army according to the rhythm of the battlefield from time to time, commanding the crossbowmen in the trench to concentrate their firepower from time to time, annihilating the hardest bones.

The secret of Fan Lihua's command lies on the five colored flags.

Every trench in the defense zone is divided into three sections in advance, east, middle and west.

Therefore, each area has a specific area number.

Through different combinations of flags, Fanlihua can convey different military orders, even some more complex military orders, such as commanding the crossbowmen in the middle of the second trench to support the west.

There are special messengers in the trenches to transfer the attack targets in time according to the command of the colored flags.

In this way, the whole conductor is like a wonderful concert. Every note is a sharp weapon for killing people; every melody is a ghost song that kills people.

Although the "music" is beautiful, the picture is very cruel.

Under this formation, the vast number of allied forces became constrained and could not give full play to their superiority in strength. Nearly 100,000 cavalry troops have become a decoration directly, and they have been playing soy sauce.

Until noon, the second line of defense remained rock-solid.

The horror is that more than 20,000 Allied soldiers were completely buried here. In just one morning, a fifth of the 250,000 allied troops were cut off.

More than 70% of them died in the hands of crossbowmen.

According to incomplete statistics, the Third Legion consumed 150,000 arrows in one morning. If it weren't for the perfect logistics support system established by the Shanhai City Combat Readiness Department, it would have been very difficult for this alone.

It is impossible to imagine the cruelty of war without being there.

Behind the 50,000 dead soldiers, there are 50,000 families, and more than 200,000 people are involved. The total population is comparable to two third-tier counties full of population.

In the wilderness, this is very scary.

In just one morning, the war destroyed the dreams of 50,000 families.

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Baishi City, above the tower of the South City Gate.

"What's going on, there's been no progress all morning?" Lord Ruan Pingping summoned the front-line commanders, and when he came up, he scolded his head and face.

In the eyes of Ruan Pingping, taking down the wooden wall is not a record at all.

"The end will be ashamed!"

The Allied commanders had difficulty speaking and dared not argue.

"Don't be stingy with your troops, press up with all your strength, and break through the enemy's camp in the afternoon." Ruan Ping ordered.

There are some things that Ruan Ping can't say too bluntly, he can't tell the frontline generals that these lords are not stingy with troops at all, and the purpose is not to win, but to destroy the Fan Lihua Army and take revenge on Shanhai City.

If you really want to say it, I am afraid that the frontline troops will bomb the camp immediately.

NPC sergeants are not a bunch of data, each soldier has his own thoughts and complete experience. If you let them know the calculations behind this war, I'm afraid they won't have any fighting spirit at all.

How can a group of troops without fighting spirit defeat the enemy?

"promise!"

The Allied Commander's voice was difficult, as if he had noticed something from the strange expressions of the lords, his heart felt chills, and he didn't dare to think about it.

Looking at the back of the commander, Ruan Ping was a little lost in thought.

It's not that Lord Ruan Pingping is radical, it's because they know their opponent Shanhai City very well. Especially when the teleportation array was destroyed this time, I have an intuitive feeling.

Shanhai City acts unconstrainedly and unconstrainedly, but it happens to be extremely meticulous.

Once a shot is made, there is almost no chance for the enemy to come back, and all forces will be used to consolidate the fruits of victory. Therefore, there is not much time left for the Allies.

Ruan Ping was really worried that if the delay continued, the other legions of Shanhai City would have already approached the city. Facing such an opponent, Ruan Ping no longer dared to take any chances.

"If you can fight a little, just fight a little!"

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In the afternoon, the battle continued.

With Ruan Ping's lectures, the Allied commanders made up their minds and decided to trade their strength for time. For this reason, the commander did not hesitate to arrange a supervisory team to force the soldiers to charge forward.

"Those who dare to retreat will be punished without mercy!"

In addition, the commander also set up a reward: "Whoever rushes to the second wooden wall first will be rewarded with 5,000 gold coins and promoted to brigade commander."

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man.

The allied soldiers who didn't know it stepped on the corpse of their companions one by one, charging towards the opposite side. No matter how fierce the rain of arrows is, it can't stop their desire for glory and wealth.

The soldiers of the Third Legion obviously felt that the enemy's attack had become more ferocious.

"What a bunch of perverts!"

The head of the Second Division is Song Jia's younger brother Song Wu.

Although Song Wu was stunned, he was really a fierce general. Throughout the morning, Song Wu charged at the forefront. During the battle, he was stabbed in the thigh by the enemy, and after a little bandaging, he rushed back.

Others were slightly injured and could not go to the front line of fire, and Wu Song would not leave the battlefield even if he was seriously injured. If it wasn't for the player's unique physical support, coupled with Song Wu's deep internal strength, he might not be able to hold it at all.

In the afternoon, it was still the same.

Seeing the heavy casualties of the allied army, and still rushing forward, Song Wu really couldn't understand.

This is the essential difference between the army of the wilderness territory and the ancient army.

The army of Shanhai City is all professional soldiers, and the same is true for the elite troops in other territories.

The lords are not fools. They know that if they don't form a professional army, they can't be on the same level as the armies of other territories.

Just like this, the wilderness war is far more cruel than ancient times.

Just like the Allies, one-fifth of them were killed, but their morale was still high.

"Damn it, I really have to work hard!" Song Wu spat.

The last division commander who said this was Zhao Yan from the First Division. Until now, Zhao Yan has not woken up yet.

I just don't know what fate the Second Division and the Third Division will face.

The brutal fighting was endless.

The air was filled with a strong smell of blood. If ordinary people smelled this smell, they would have to vomit on the spot. Some of the soldiers who were still fighting couldn't stand such a strong smell.

Of course, there are also outliers.

Some fighters with special physique, under the stimulation of blood energy, actually became murderous, the blood in their whole body boiled, and they gradually lost their minds.

All that remains is the desire to kill.

This battle is entering the most critical moment.

As the saying goes, one bang, then decline, three exhaustion.

This was the most intense, desperate, and morale-driven attack of the Allied Forces.

Now let's see if the Third Army can withstand this wave.

Make it or break it!