Chapter 756: The First Air Raid in the Wilderness

A scuffle in front of Guiping Pass finally came to an end with Li Mu's cavalry Mingjin retreating.

After the war, the battlefield was in a mess.

Relying on the spiral cavalry assault tactics, Li Mu successfully killed two P1 artillery pieces. This was the best Li Mu could do, and he was powerless with the remaining six cannons.

In this battle alone, more than 4,000 cavalry were killed.

Similarly, more than 2,500 Shanman warriors were completely buried here.

The spiral cavalry assault tactic is tantamount to a suicide tactic, killing 800 enemies and self-defeating 1,000. Even so, Li Mu will be famous in the wilderness after this battle.

Without him, it was only because Li Mu provided a way of thinking for the wilderness army, a feasible tactic to use cavalry to deal with artillery. Finally, there is a solution to the P1 artillery of Shanhai City.

The premise is just how much sacrifice you want to make.

When the P1 artillery showed its power in Xuanwuguan for the first time, the Lord of the Wilderness was terrified, and military observers from various territories shouted: "Wolf is coming!"

Some people even asserted that with the existence of the P1 artillery, any strong fortress would be nothing in front of the Shanhai City army, and it would not be able to stop the Shanhai City army's attack at all.

In the war with Shanhai City, the only chance of victory is to seek a decisive battle directly outside the city. The traditional tactics of "defending the city" will be eclipsed in front of the P1 artillery.

【Yanhuangmeng】does not hesitate to invest huge sums of money to step up the research and upgrade of the existing artillery technology.

Now Li Mu gave a different answer.

"It's amazing, it's really amazing!" Han Xin couldn't help applauding Li Mu's genius idea, then his expression changed, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he said lightly, "But, that's it."

"Pass the order and continue the bombardment!"

"promise!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound of gunfire sounded again, pouring firepower at Guiping Pass.

The strange thing is that no matter how the artillery bombarded, the city did not respond at all. After half an hour of shelling, Guiping Pass was completely silent.

"My lord, won't the enemy retreat?" the lieutenant general asked.

The lieutenant is obviously worried that the scene of withdrawing troops from Xuanwuguan will happen again.

Han Xin shook his head and said confidently: "Impossible. Guiping Pass is the last barrier. Once the enemy retreats, it is tantamount to giving up Guilin County."

"Then what to do?"

"Obviously the enemy has given up the defense of the city and is ready to fight us in the city. Send the order to aim the artillery at the city, and clean up one side first. Then the first division will be the vanguard, and the second division will be responsible for supporting and attacking the city. Remind the two A division, act carefully and beware of fraud in the city."

Han Xin had a deep understanding of Li Mu's cunning. It is both helpless and smart for the opponent to abandon the city defense.

As the saying goes, there is something to gain.

Facing the artillery attack, Li Mu simply chose to give up the front line. This move takes retreat as an advance, and pulls both sides to the same level again.

Moreover, the coalition forces also have a favorable location for fighting in the city.

There is a reason for saying it is helpless. Li Mu's move is clever, but it is also quite risky. Once he fails to hold the battle in the city, Guiping Pass will fall completely.

If you lure wolves into your house, you may be in danger of being eaten by wolves.

Facts have proved that Li Mu has made careful preparations for this battle, no wonder he dared to speak boldly before the battle.

As soon as the First Division entered the fortress, they were all dumbfounded when they saw the scene in front of them. Except for an area near the city wall that was blasted into ruins by artillery, places farther away were directly transformed into "trap concentration camps" by the coalition forces.

Based on the existing buildings such as streets and houses, the coalition forces wantonly remodeled the fortress and set up countless traps. Juma and arrow towers are all pediatrics. The big potholes on the streets and the hidden crossbows on the roof are the most intrusive.

On both sides of the quiet street, who knows how many archers are ambushing.

If you really want to attack like this, you will suffer heavy losses.

"Come here, report the situation to the commander." Liao Kai, the head of the division, did not act impulsively.

"promise!"

When Han Xin got the news, he couldn't laugh or cry.

"Is this necessary?"

Han Xin was a little speechless to Li Mu, what kind of obsession is this to achieve such a level.

The trap Li Mu set up was able to stop the First Army's attack, but it was only a delay. In the end, it was still unable to reverse the situation of the battle and achieve decisive results.

The diplomatic offensive launched by Shanhai City has long been shaking the will of the two major city-states. Winning Guiping Pass is nothing more than creating momentum for diplomatic activities and increasing lobbying chips.

Who would have thought that Li Mu would be so paranoid.

"Do you have to drag the two armies into the quagmire of war?" Han Xin was speechless.

As a general, Han Xin not only knows how to fight, but also knows how to think about problems from the overall situation. Han Xin was very aware of the strategic purpose of attacking Guiping Pass, so he was even more unwilling to pay for this battle, and the sacrifice was too great.

"It seems that there is only a trick!" Han Xin's eyes flashed coldly, "Order the flying team of the withering fortress to bomb Guiping Pass tomorrow morning."

"No!" The orderly turned around and left.

The purple magnetite worn by Ouyang Shuo can generate one blue magnetite and two green magnetites every month, and the green magnetite can drive the mimic aircraft.

Since leaving Atlantis, Ouyang Shuo has saved three blue magnetic stones and six green magnetic stones. These magnetites were all used to form the air flight squad.

When Zheng He led the ocean-going fleet back to the port of Gibraltar and stationed at the port of Gibraltar, under the instructions of Ouyang Shuo, he purchased twelve mimetic aircraft from the city of Atlantis at one time.

Just after the Battle of Chibi ended, twelve mimic aircraft were transported to a secret base in the Lianzhou Basin. The General Administration of Military Affairs recruited the first batch of pilots in Shanhai City to train at the air force base.

Two months passed, and the air flight team secretly formed by Shanhai City finally made its debut in the wilderness. For the first time, he chose the northern battlefield.

As early as the Xuanwuguan War, Han Xin applied to the General Administration of Military Affairs for a temporary secondment of the air flight squad. Taking into account the testing requirements of actual combat, the General Administration of Military Affairs agreed to Han Xin's application.

The Xuanwuguan battle was progressing smoothly, and the air flight squad had no chance to appear on stage.

At this moment, it was finally time to reveal her true body.

Before the flying team arrived at the front line, Han Xin ordered the first and second divisions to temporarily withdraw from Guiping Pass, officially declaring the end of the first day of fighting.

That night, the First Army set up camp in the wild for the night.

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October 29th, early morning.

Facing the morning light, the defenders of Guipingguan Fortress who were still sleeping suddenly heard a roar. Before they could react, one after another specially made "incendiary bombs" fell from the sky and exploded.

This incendiary bomb is a "bomb" specially developed by the No. 7 Research Institute for mimic aircraft. It is naturally incomparable with the incendiary bombs in modern warfare, but it is small and easy to carry.

A mimetic aircraft can carry ten special "incendiary bombs", and one incendiary bomb is enough to set a house on fire.

The flight team composed of nine mimic aircraft dropped all the "incendiary bombs" into Guiping Pass in just ten minutes, and then began to return.

After returning to the wither fortress for supplies, the next round of "air strikes" will come as scheduled.

Although the incendiary bombs made by local methods are not as lethal as modern incendiary bombs, they are still enough to ignite all easy-to-burn targets such as horses, arrow towers, thatch, and wooden houses.

Because there is no aiming device, the flying team that has just been trained to grasp the timing of bombing depends entirely on experience.

If I were a modern military officer, I'm afraid I'd have to eliminate them all.

That's it, for an ancient army like the coalition army, it is enough to be frightening. The psychological shock caused was even more unprecedented.

What's more, by accident, the ambush soldier who was originally hiding in the thatch was burned by an incendiary bomb and his butt was on fire.

Because of this unprecedented attack method, the entire coalition forces were in chaos. The dots of flames spread all over the fortress, which is truly spectacular.

"Extinguish the fire, put out the fire!"

The dignified regular army instantly turned into a fire fighting team.

Li Mu patrolled the city back and forth, his face was gloomy and terrifying. He had no idea that apart from artillery, the enemy had such unheard of weapons of war.

For the first time, Li Mu lost confidence in the war.

Before the fortress garrison recovered, there was another roar in the air. The flying squad went back and forth, and with the first throwing experience, the second round of air strikes became more precise.

The fire that has not been extinguished is burning again.

When the soldiers of the coalition army saw it, they really wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Brother, don't play like this!"

This went back and forth three times, and it was already noon.

The flying team took this air strike mission as a flight training, and took Guipingguan as a living target, dropping incendiary bombs again and again, bringing nightmares to the enemy.

The endless bombing completely defeated the will of the coalition forces.

To make matters worse, the fire in the fortress was burning more and more, and it seemed that it could not be extinguished. If we stay any longer, we will really live and die with the fortress.

"General, withdraw the troops!" The deputy general looked at the darkened face of the chief general, and said cautiously, "If you keep going, the general will worry that the troops will blow up the camp, and it will not end well."

In fact, it is Li Mu's credit that the soldiers of the coalition army can persist until now. It was the prestige established by Li Mu in the army that prevented the soldiers of the coalition army from collapsing on the spot.

But even so, there is a limit to being strong.

Li Mu looked lonely, and said bitterly: "I understand, order the withdrawal of troops!"

The defeat in this battle is not a crime of war.

It was because of this that Li Mu was even more aggrieved, and now he truly felt how powerful Shanhai City was, and it was not just a military gap.

A sense of powerlessness rose from Li Mu's heart, no matter how hard he tried, no matter what novel tactics he came up with, they couldn't withstand the enemy's bombing.

Li Mu felt that it was necessary for him to make up more lessons after returning home.