Section 2194 Advancement

It is not so easy to advance the 500 meters. Now many people understand that the army of Cao's House is difficult to resist, but the people of the Western Empire can also feel that it is difficult to resist, not impossible, as long as they If everyone works harder, if they can risk their lives, everything is okay, and many things can be done in this way. Why does Li Cong want to carry out a series of actions? It is not for the purpose of bringing the war to an end quickly. Looking at the situation of the entire continent now, it is already different from before. At this time, the Eastern Empire has recovered, and the most terrible thing is that the people of the Eastern Empire started their war. Progress, they have already begun to vigorously develop the navy, and the weapons and equipment of the Eastern Empire are much more powerful than these three empires, so the Eastern Empire must not be too powerful. If this is the case, Li Since it was necessary to use human life to push the 500 meters over, the first thing to do was to break their Gyeonggi camp. Speaking of this camp, it was not a temporary establishment, but a long time ago. The camp is ready, but it is not as big as it is now. The emperor stationed his own troops around the capital. Everyone is very clear about this, but they didn't expect the people from Cao's House to advance so fast and arrived here so soon. Prince Ding was also scolded bloody by the emperor. The emperor asked him to take back all the lost land. Although what the emperor said was true, everyone knew that this was impossible. The people in a commercial firm are best at defense. If this is not done well, it will be the greatest benefit to prevent them from continuing to move forward. Not to mention getting back all the lost land, that is simply impossible, absolutely impossible.

When the Gyeonggi Camp was first established, it could only accommodate less than three million people. At that time, the emperor's pro-army did not have many people. At this time, they were already paying attention to this matter, and they did not expect that the Western Empire would Persisting for such a long time will occupy so much land, and in the end, it will make the people of the Western Empire so powerful. The emperor's pro-army will have millions of people in any legion, let alone the emperor. I have more than a dozen legions. This Gyeonggi camp has also been expanded to its current scale. It can accommodate about 40 million troops stationed inside, but usually there are at most 10 million troops here, and now the people from Cao's Commercial Bank have come here, no matter the troops around the capital. Or some generals brought it from other places. Anyway, it's basically here now. In fact, they probably didn't want to be in this place, but there was no other way, they had no other place to go. The original pro-army here is gone, and His Majesty the Emperor will not trust these local troops at this time, so an imperial decree came down, and all the pro-army went to the capital. It’s some private troops from the palace of the king and the duke, no matter if it’s three thousand or five thousand, I have to get out of here, I won’t let you all come here, that’s impossible , we will not entertain so many people, you should all be clear about this matter, if it was before, there might be some face to talk about, but at this time the people from Cao's House of Commerce are here, no one can mess around, Everyone must be quiet, otherwise, His Majesty the Emperor will think wildly, which is not a good thing.

In fact, Li Cong also understands that letting the 203mm heavy artillery blast the city wall vigorously may not have any good results, but at least it is a way for now, and it is the only way. Time will end the war,

Because at that time Cao's House had too many things going on, the war might be a small matter, and the people of the Western Empire would not give Cao's House any chance for peace talks at this time, the war here Go on, it doesn't matter. As for the properties of Cao's House in various parts of the Western Empire, the Western Empire did not do anything to them. This is like a strange war. In fact, the Western Empire also has its own ideas, which is not to be torn apart. It is a kind of face-shattering war. If all the properties of the Cao family firm in the entire empire are sealed up like the Southern Empire, the final result is that the people of the Cao family firm and the people of the Southern Empire finally fought such a deadly war. Who can bear such a thing? So what the Western Empire wants to do is a war, but it must be controlled, and it must not be expanded infinitely. If it is really expanded, it must be within a certain degree, otherwise it may be destroyed. It is uncontrollable, and if it really makes a big mess, it is not what Cao's firm likes to see, but people in the Western Empire also don't want to see it, and their brains are not filled with water, they all have their own ideas Yes, they also know that if they put in the most effort to fight against the people of Cao's House, the final result will definitely be different from what they thought. They must drag the war down, and the camp is their last outside the city. The line of defense is over. The emperor of the Western Empire feels that the camp can last at least a month, absolutely.

Naturally, Li Cong couldn't let such a thing happen, so he began to study the camp. Some things in the camp can be seen directly with his eyes. After all, the distance between them and the camp is only about 500 meters. The defense line of Cao's House has already been built to this place. If the artillery is fired at this place, although it cannot hit the city wall accurately, there is no guarantee that some lucky shells will pass by. The city wall is the capital of the Western Empire. People's last psychological defense line, as long as they can get rid of the city wall, they will not have much mood to fight with themselves, including the emperor of the Western Empire who said it very well, which emperor likes this war? Their favorite war is to expand their own territory without any loss. Just like before, it was time for people from the Western Empire to seize the territory of the Southern Empire. At that time, it was probably the favorite time of all emperors. They all took back so much land from their ancestors, and they all thought that they could expand the family business. In this case, I am the master of ZTE. Although it is not as good as my ancestors who built the empire, but it can make me feel very comfortable. Even if I die, I can still be famous through the ages. There is no need to talk about things like the dozen or so provinces of the Southern Empire, but it is clear that the emperor is very satisfied, but he knows that if the people from Cao's House of Commerce came here afterwards, he probably would never have done that at the beginning What happened, this thing was also done by that damned General Mu Lun. But before, I praised this guy like a flower. How can it be taken directly? It is simply impossible.

Li Cong came here all day based on the drawings of the camp and the actual situation of the camp, and he only had one meal a day. Some generals below were also studying this matter, but in the end they didn't Know what to do. According to intelligence sources. This Prince Ding is determined to guard this place. The last time I won was because the archers of the Western Empire were almost dead, but now it is useless, and millions of archers have come. They will definitely adopt the previous strategy. They are full of heavy infantry in front of them, plus some defensive measures of the camp. If they are tough, they will definitely pay more than last time. I don't want to see things, but there is no other way now, I can only take a step at a time. How can these damn Western Empire people have such a great spirit of sacrifice? Although Li Wei's plan It shocked them a lot, but Li Cong also knew that Prince Ding had killed more than 300 people himself, and directly hung the heads of these people in the barracks. Those who want to rely on them to confuse the crowd, there are at most dozens of people. No one thought that Prince Ding’s determination would be so great. Anyone who had doubts would be arrested. In the end, this was the result. , All of them were beheaded. This kind of thing made them all feel very surprised. How could such a thing happen? What do the people above think? How can they do things like this? Although they lost a lot of morale, on the surface, those soldiers who wanted to mess around were all suppressed one by one. Do you have other ideas? Just look at those hanging heads.

On the second day after the end of the last war, the rest of Cao's House was almost done, and the replenishment of soldiers and ammunition were almost the same. He knew that the army of the Western Empire must not be ready to attack at this time. Prepared, even if they continue to defend, these people must not have much preparation. Li has started to attack since this time. If the enemy is given one minute to prepare, he needs at least two minutes. I don’t know how to do things myself. The most important thing is that people are at home and I am away. Today is still two aspects, but it is different from before. Li Cong’s main focus is on land today, and the sea is second That's right, as long as the navy of Cao's House can frighten the navy of the Western Empire, as for the attack on land, there are already more than 1,500 artillery pieces, so there is no need for naval artillery to support it. , as long as the army on the other side of the river does not come to reinforce it, Li Cong has used six divisions with an army of more than 600,000 people to prepare for this trial war, just to see the defense of the Western Empire camp How tough is it? Is it the same as what they said, no matter what price you pay, it is impossible to break the camp. When Li heard this from the beginning, he absolutely did not like it. Believe it, you are all three-headed and six-faced? That's impossible. If that's the case, it is estimated that the war will not need to be fought like this. You just come here directly. Our army is not so unbeatable. Our army is also a division of a hundred battles. This campaign also broke many of the goals you set. If you say this, we are relatively successful.

The 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th divisions are the middle forces of the Marine Corps. They are not the best, but they are also second only to the best. It is not that Li Cong does not want to use the previous designations In fact, those people have already suffered heavy losses, especially when they landed and fought. It is already a very good thing that some numbers can be preserved. They must not be used any longer. If they continue to use If it continues, it is estimated that the combat effectiveness of these divisions will drop rapidly in the future, and there is no need to consider these things now. Although the loss of their personnel was severe, Li Cong knew that as long as they were given half a month after returning home, they could all recover, and it would take three months to restore their original combat effectiveness. This is the elite The difference between the army and the general army, if the general army is probably not as good as it is now, they may be depressed because of this incident, and these soldiers may also suffer from war syndrome in the future. Obviously, these armies have no such idea. Li Cong urgently ordered some bulletproof vests on Earth. This thing is nothing to the enterprises on the earth. As long as you have money, you can get this thing at any time. Which company doesn't have some stocks anymore. It is said that the imperial family wanted it. One by one, these people brought their own things to the royal family to buy them, and they tried their best to say how good their own things were, because they were much better than other people's things. Li Cong was also frightened by what happened last time. He would never have thought that his army would have such a high casualty rate. With this thing, there should be no problem.

The helmets used by the people of Cao’s House are also different from the previous ones. In the past, they were made of some so-called refined iron on this planet. If they were stronger, they could be opened with a single punch. The people on this planet are very powerful, and the people on this planet are not very good at making iron, and they don't want to be like this, but their technology is too limited, and they also want to be able to It's good to make these things, but these things can't be done in a day or two. These helmets are very outdated things in the eyes of the people on earth, but they are the best on this planet. This kind of thing is also mass-produced. In the future, Li Cong hopes to manufacture this thing in large quantities, but it is still not necessary at this time. Besides, the productivity of the earth is based on the population of the earth. Yes, the current population on the earth is only less than 10 billion, and there are not many people who have immigrated to the outside world. How many of the 10 billion people need to use this thing? There are definitely not many, but this planet is completely different. There are too many people on this planet. They all use this thing. This thing can block bullets on the earth. On the planet, as long as the bows and arrows fired directly by the archers are not a problem, they should be fine, just like the kind of projectiles shot by the people of the Western Empire, there is no problem at all, and they will definitely be surprised when the time comes Yes, but apart from the helmet and bulletproof vest, other things are not so good, the rest of the skin is still exposed, if you are unlucky and hit it, you can only say that you are unlucky, there is nothing else .

When the soldiers of Cao's Commercial Company put on this outfit and appeared on the battlefield, the people on the opposite side were dumbfounded. How could such a thing happen? These people are all soldiers? No kidding, what clothes are they wearing? Their trousers are the same as the previous ones. The people in Cao's House have used them for such a long time, and everyone is used to them. But what's the matter with their hats? What about covering a head, something else? I don't want any more, right? In their concept, either they don’t wear a helmet, or if they wear it, half of their face has to be covered up. In the end, only their nose and eyes are exposed, and other places are not allowed to be exposed. Because any exposure on the battlefield may kill you, Li Cong didn't even explain their thoughts. Your heavy cavalry is covered with armor, and even your horses wear armor. I got that thing, but is there any use for it? Lao Tzu’s serial crossbow can’t be opened for you directly, you have no effect at all, and you are envious of other light cavalry when you are fleeing for your life. If you have such awareness long ago, you probably wouldn’t eat it. Thanks to so much, some military experts on the earth have long said that those things are useless, and technology is the primary productive force. You don’t study this stuff, how can you understand this thing? , no matter what you say on the earth, it is much more advanced than you. Besides, there are so many elixirs in this world, as long as there is nothing wrong with the heart and head, even if something happens in other places, it’s okay. Slowly recovered. At least not die.

The people of the Western Empire didn't have much time to talk about the outfit of Cao's House, because the army of Cao's House had already started to attack, and they basically understood Cao's House's offensive strategy, and they just came up hard They fired, their shells seemed to be free of money, just like now, they all saw it from a height, the transportation team of Cao's house, that is, those who surrendered before, they all Pulling the cart vigorously to transport these shells from the ship. Many people can see clearly. There are 16 rounds in that box, so two people can carry them over. Each of these people seems to have forgotten what they were doing before, why didn’t they see it when they were working for the people of the Western Empire? You have worked so hard. Now everyone knows who is their master? What a pack of white-eyed wolves. But soon they saw four such boxes placed behind each cannon. Damn, one cannon is four boxes, and the transportation is still going on over there. There are at least a thousand cannons in the entire Cao's Commercial Bank. In fact, their sightlines are very problematic. A total of 1,860 cannons in the Cao's Commercial Bank are placed on these positions. If each cannon fires four boxes, That is, if there are 64 shells, hundreds of thousands of shells will fall on their positions. What are you kidding, is this going to cover their positions? This kind of investment is really surprising. When did the people in Cao's House have such skills? There are tens of thousands of people just transporting them. It seems that those people have no intention of stopping. , They will definitely continue to transport these things, and the soldiers of the Western Empire feel a burst of sadness.

In addition to these, I saw those super serial crossbows they made on high places. In fact, whether it is soldiers of the Western Empire or the soldiers of the Southern Empire, veterans are most afraid of this thing. When the cannons of a commercial firm rang out, they ran around immediately. These guys were killed by the cannons sooner or later, because they didn't have the consciousness to avoid it. Veterans are completely different. Running is definitely the way to die faster, the best way is to lie down on the spot, running is useless, because you can't run out in a short time, you can only be honest in the original place If there is a shell crater, you can live longer if you go in, but this is what they have concluded. There were not so many shells in the past. This time it is also a test for them. It’s very big, I don’t know if the things summarized in the past are still useful, maybe they are not useful at all, and each of these people is very depressed, and they didn’t expect such a thing to happen Yes, although the gate of the camp is very high, and the surrounding walls are also very high, but can it survive the artillery attack? It seemed impossible, if they survived, they wouldn't be able to stop those damned grenades. Suddenly they felt that their weapons couldn't cause any damage to the people of Cao's House, but some of the officers But he understood in his heart that hundreds of giant crossbows were delivered yesterday. They were all made overnight by the people of the Western Empire. His Majesty the Emperor contributed a lot of things. It's used, this is not a joke, it's for victory.

Now the people of the Western Empire know that they have nothing else except the giant crossbow that is effective against the people of the Cao's House of Commerce. They have seen the battle of the Cao's House of Trade. If this thing can't keep them, they will be honest in the future, and they will look at everything in front of them one by one. They are doing this secretly, because they all know that even though it is a giant crossbow They have their own skills, but there is one thing. The thing from Cao’s House seems to be able to point and shoot, but their giant crossbow is not allowed. The uncertainty of this thing is too great, and this thing They don't have that kind of explosion ability, mainly relying on such an impact, but even so they have seen that the people of Cao's House were hurt by this thing, especially in the first day of the naval battle, they can I can see that after the warships of Cao's House were hit by this thing, it was basically impossible to continue sailing, and it was absolutely impossible to do anything, and it was for this reason that Cao's House The artillery will definitely bomb this thing in the first place. So they all put the giant crossbow in different places of the barracks, because it is impossible for this thing to run around, so they can count on them to keep firing. It turned out that when the shooter of the giant crossbow was selected, it was It's a glorious thing, but now everyone knows that this is an errand that seeks death. The people above said that no matter what the situation is, the giant crossbow cannot be stopped. If the giant crossbow is stopped If so, everyone will be beheaded. No matter what happened. It made them all feel sad.

In addition to artillery preparations, the people of Cao's House also assembled about two regiments of bombardiers. Naturally, the artillery was going to attack those behind the camp, and these bombardiers were going to attack those in front of the camp. They want to come to the last sprint first. Then rushed to a distance of less than 200 meters from the gate of the camp. Because this distance is also the place where they have the highest hit rate when throwing grenades. If they change to another place, they will definitely not have the accuracy rate in front of them. If the distance is too far, it is very likely that they will not be able to throw it, and it will not have any effect if they get it on some edges everywhere, but if they want to rush out, they will face the bow and arrow attack of the Western Empire. The millions of archers in the empire are already ready. Although they do not have the long range of the chain crossbow, the problem is that they are on the defensive side, and they can stand there honestly without any movement. It was your people who came here. We all know that your artillery is very powerful. You can kill tens of thousands of people casually, but we have millions of archers, and millions of them can come every day. What we have is human, do you have that many shells? To be honest, we are just standing here for you to kill, but I don’t know if you have that kind of ability. If none of you have that kind of ability, it can only mean that you don’t have much ability. They are all like idiots. This is also the thing that the people of Cao's House are most afraid of. If they really do that, they really don't know how to deal with them. What they can be sure of is that the people of the Western Empire are definitely better than Cao Cao. There are a lot of weapons in a commercial firm, and they can't solve this problem if they don't manage it.

Today is the day to decide the outcome. Not only Li Cong arrived on the battlefield, but even the emperor of the Western Empire appeared on the city wall. It is just a very safe place. Besides, the two people around this guy The tenth-level fighter is standing there. Even if he uses the 203mm artillery to cover and bomb this guy, it is estimated that this guy will have no problem. It is very easy to run out. There are very few empires. Even in the failure of the Southern Empire, their emperors did not go to the front line. They were all replaced by princes in the past, and they were not their princes. The emperor of the Western Empire really brought them back. It has brought a lot of morale, and the distance is really too far. If it is close, Li never minds giving this guy a little bit of power with a bow and arrow. Although the airship can fly over and let the emperor go, Li Cong knows this It is an act of death. Since the emperor appeared on the city wall, it means that people have made complete preparations. In this place, the emperor has nothing to do with the preparations, so it can only be the emperor. It is the magic circle, and only this thing can make the emperor have nothing to do. If his airship passes by, he can just make trouble on their magic circle for a while. As for the rest, there is nothing at all. It works. In the end, those high-level fighters throw something into the air casually, and their airship may not be able to bear it. In the end, this thing is over. This is definitely not the result I want. My airship has always been They were all very important things, and I would never let them take risks unless it was absolutely necessary, not even the emperor of the Western Empire.

"Soldiers, have you seen it? Our great emperor has come to the city wall. In the previous battle, we did have some problems, but today, we have to start again. Look at the land under your feet. It is the land of our Western Empire. Look at the people across from us. They are all invaders of our Western Empire. We are all soldiers of the Western Empire. Let these people stand on our land and bully our brothers and sisters. You should feel ashamed. Today, in front of hundreds of millions of troops, in front of His Majesty the Emperor, this king boasted to Haikou. As long as the people of the Cao family firm want to move forward, they must step on this king's corpse. This king swears to live and die with the camp." Prince Ding's words spread throughout the camp in an instant, and even the troops of the Cao's House heard a lot of it. I really don't know how this old guy has so much confidence. Well, this old guy said a lot of similar things at the beginning, but they were all on a small scale. When Li Cong and the others were about to log in, this guy also said that he would not let Li Cong come up. But now it seems that at the beginning it seemed to be a nonsense. If you really don't let people come up. What is going on with Li Cong and the others now? Could it be that they all came down from the sky? They all came from your front one by one, and many of you have died. I hope you can understand this kind of thing. The soldiers of the Western Empire are also infected by these words at this time. up. In the past, someone came to mobilize them before the war. But none of those people have such a high status. Some soldiers really believed this. Seeing the high morale of the Western Empire, Li Cong would never make you so comfortable.

"Hahahaha..." A burst of laughter broke out from the barracks of Cao's House. This is not only strange to the people of the Western Empire, but also to the people of Cao’s House of Commerce. This voice is really familiar, it seems to be the voice of their boss Li Cong, and it’s really true if you continue to listen to it one by one. Well, I heard the voice continue to say, "Prince Ding, Prince Ding, I really don't know what to say about you. Why doesn't he blush when he tells a lie at such an old age? If I'm not wrong, When the army of Cao's House of Merchant appeared here for the first time, you made the same statement to your generals, saying that if you didn't annihilate us, you would kill yourself. What happened? Once we established a foothold here, the navy could not find the north after being beaten by us. The second time was when we were about to land. I estimate that at least hundreds of generals in the Western Empire heard you once again saying that as long as we landed, You will kill yourself. Why is this person who has died twice still like this? Can he still speak so loudly? I don’t understand this. Prince Ding, how can you say that in the Western Empire, you can always say what you say? People, besides your Emperor, you are also an important minister of the Western Empire. Can you talk nonsense like this again and again? If you continue like this, I really don’t know where the credibility of your Western Empire is. , It’s just hard for these fighters, they actually believed this thing, you bought these people with such a small amount of money in a month, and let them work for you, I really don’t know you people What kind of heart do you have, I blush for you." Li Cong's words made many people in the Western Empire start talking.

In fact, when Li Cong started to speak out, some soldiers in the Western Empire knew what was going on. What Li Cong said should be true. Only those who are not clear-headed will follow Prince Ding to say Li Cong's is not true. They have heard a little about who Prince Ding is. Basically, it can be said that this person does not have so many skills, and this person does not have so many ideas when doing things. This prince is not such a loyal person. Prince Ding knew from the faces of his subordinates that these damned guys must not trust him very much. These bastards actually believed in Li Cong. This kind of thing made him feel very uncomfortable. Yes, how could there be such a thing, how could I be so unreputable, it is Li Cong who deserves to be damned, Prince Ding also knows that it is useless to say anything at this time, we must contain this matter, and immediately He ordered the whole army to prepare for battle, and fired the huge crossbows. Hearing the voice of Prince Ding, hundreds of huge crossbows hidden in the Western Emperor's military camp began to fire. It would never have occurred to me that there were still giant crossbows in the barracks of the Western Empire. In this era of such backward productivity, it is obviously unrealistic to manufacture such things, and it is even more impossible to mass-produce them. It's really not easy for these people in front of them to get so many of these things in such a short period of time. How did these damned guys get them? No wonder many people have said that some miracles will only happen when there is a war. Just like today, the occurrence of this miracle made the people of Cao's House feel very nervous.

"Hidden." Some officers of the Cao's House began to shout loudly. Although the people in the Cao's House were all ready to fight, they were all ready to charge forward. Absolutely no one was ready. Those who were waiting here to prepare, one by one hurried to the nearest bunker, but there were still some people who did not run so fast, and the huge crossbow arrows went straight through, and the five or six people in the center went straight to the bunker. The ones that were smashed were gone, and the crossbow arrows probably turned them into meatloaf directly, and the few horses with them had nothing, but this crossbow arrow has not stopped yet, because the part that penetrates the ground is not too strong. Many, so the raised part of the crossbow was immediately unstable and fell down. Dozens of soldiers below were either killed or injured, and all of them were wailing all over the place. The soldiers of the Western Empire are like this. They never thought that one day they would become like this. For them, this is something unbelievable. The other crossbow arrow directly It was inserted on the artillery position, and the two artillery pieces were directly smashed by this thing. Although the shells were also thrown into the ground, because the fuzes had not been opened, the shells did not explode. If the shells were also If this place explodes, the casualties of Cao's House will definitely be even more serious in the end. Li Cong's artillery here will not need him to command at that time, so he directly accepts the coordinates provided by the airship above and starts vigorously. The bombing started, these giant crossbows attack once, and the next attack will take a few minutes. It used to be ten minutes, but because they have improved, they can start the second attack within five minutes, but This kind of speed is still too slow for the people of Cao's House, and there is no comparison at all. (To be continued..)