Volume 19, Chapter 35: Build the Plank Road Openly and Cross Chencang Secretly.
The Japanese players who finally arrived at the city wall quickly took over the defense of the city wall, and the originally chaotic defense finally restored some order. However, the most important reason why the city wall has not been captured until now is not the Japanese. The players returned in time, but the level of the troops outside the city was really not in line with the consistent style of the Frost Rose Alliance.
In the perception of Japanese players, the troops of the Frost Rose Alliance have always been synonymous with strength. Although the troops currently attacking the city should also belong to the Frost Rose Alliance, their combat power is...
A Japanese player slashed an enemy who had just climbed up the city wall down with one sword, and then said to the people around him: "Did I feel wrong or something? Why do I feel that the combat effectiveness of the Frost Rose Alliance's troops is so weak? What are the following? Is the army level 800? Why did he fall down after just two moves?"
"Unless the two of us had an illusion at the same time." The player next to him kicked away an enemy who jumped into the city wall, and then said: "I feel that the combat effectiveness of these troops is not even one-fifth of the usual strength."
With a snap, two people were slapped on the head at the same time. A super strong man who was more than a head taller than them said: "Don't be distracted. These are the fourth-line troops of the Frost Rose Alliance. They are usually used for management." The city is safe, but there are some elite legionnaires among the large group below, so be careful, if you underestimate the enemy like you, you won’t know how to die if we encounter them."
The two of them did not dare to say anything in front of the man, and could only admit their mistakes. However, after the man patrolled other sections, they made a sound of contempt together.
"Hmph, don't you just rely on your higher level? What's the point of being awesome? If you have the ability, you can fight with Ziri, then that's called being awesome. What kind of ability does bullying us have?"
As soon as the man finished cursing, the man next to him said, "Yeah! The guy with his nostrils pointing upwards, who knows how he got his level, maybe he paid an expert to bring him out."
Although "Zero" cannot load plug-ins due to system reasons, and cannot hire people to train, it does not mean that there is no game studio in "Zero", and as long as there is a studio, it will naturally make money. Because the currency in "Zero" can be exchanged for real money, the money in "Zero" is very valuable. However, because of the explosion rate problem, wanting to make a fortune by collecting gold coins is basically a dream. Besides, "Zero" itself spends money. There are a lot of thieves in this place, so even if you get gold coins, you basically won't be able to save them. Therefore, with no hope of earning gold coins, those studios pointed their way to wealth elsewhere. For example - training.
Although there is only one word difference between "training" and "training", the meanings are completely different. In the past, online games generally used power leveling, which meant that players paid to give their accounts to studios to help them level up, and when the account levels were up, they would take the accounts back and play by themselves. However, because the characters in "Zero" are all bound by their identities, people in the studio cannot operate other people's accounts for power leveling. However, although it is not possible to act as a substitute trainer, it is possible to lead the training.
The so-called training means that the studio sends one or several masters, and then takes the paid players to level up. This method also often appears within guilds, but guilds generally designate senior personnel to lead junior personnel, and there is generally no charge. However, some players in small guilds have no way to get support from the guild and have to spend their own money. Find someone to take it with you.
There are many ways to lead this kind of training, such as teaming up with expert players to kill high-level monsters, and then letting the players being led to make up the last blow to gain experience for leapfrogging. Another way is that the master who leads the training does not team up with the player being led, and allows the players to kill by themselves, but the master is responsible for protection and can use his own experience to guide novice players on how to select monsters, how to organize firepower, and even help lead the way. There are many ways to train and stop monsters, etc. It all depends on what kind of service the customer needs.
Although the level of the players being taken has risen rapidly, because they were taken by others, their combat abilities must be somewhat lacking. The training method without forming a team is better. It is all brought up by sharing experience in a team. The strength is simply appalling. The level is often nearly a hundred levels higher than others, but it is almost impossible to tell the difference in a fight. In terms of victory or defeat, if the level difference is less than fifty levels, they will often be killed by low-level personnel. This is the disadvantage of insufficient combat experience. Of course, this phenomenon also depends on the person. This is naturally the case for people who rely solely on others to guide them. Some people just want to level up quickly and often go out to practice alone when they have time. Such people basically will not have the disadvantages of having a training staff. . However, no matter what, people who are taken away are still despised among players, so many people will use the words "so and so" to ridicule others.
The two Japanese players who had been reprimanded said that the guy was brought out just now. This was a relatively direct verbal attack. Of course, this was a bad thing said behind his back, and they would definitely not dare to say it in front of others.
The two of them were scolding the commander, but they didn't expect that two NPCs suddenly flew up from under the city wall in front of them. The two of them didn't take it seriously. They waved their weapons as before and wanted to go up and cut the opponent off the city wall. However, what they didn't expect was that the two NPCs started to move before they waved their weapons. They only saw the two NPCs flick their wrists, and then they fell down holding their necks.
After killing two enemies in an instant, the two NPCs rushed into the crowd with two swords in their hands. Almost everyone in the crowd who came into contact with them had their throats cut instantly.
The strong man who had just scolded the two players walked out not far when he suddenly heard chaotic shouts from behind. When he turned around, he saw two Japanese players screaming and being knocked away from the crowd. out.
"What happened?" the strong man asked as he caught a player flying in front of him. The player covered his bleeding neck with one hand and pointed the other hand at the center of the crowd as if he wanted to say something. However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he was choked by a large amount of blood and coughed uncontrollably. In the end, he couldn't say a word. Then he tilted his head and stopped completely.
"Damn it!" The strong man put down the player's body and turned around and rushed into the crowd. However, what he didn't expect was that he was not surrounded by two NPCs, but a large group of people. Just a short while after the Japanese players were defeated, twenty or thirty people had climbed up under the city wall. These people formed a small semicircle to protect the city wall behind, and there were many Chinese people there. Troops are constantly climbing up the city wall. Looking at this situation, as long as this gap is not blocked, soon this section of the city wall will no longer belong to Japanese players.
After realizing that the situation was critical, the strong man no longer hesitated. He immediately took out an object that looked like New Year fireworks and threw it into the sky. The object flew a few meters and then suddenly ignited and shot straight up to dozens of meters in the air. It exploded into a ball of beautiful flowers with a snap. However, this flower does not represent anything good. In fact, this thing is something Japanese players came up with temporarily to send signals. The explosion of fireworks means that the city wall here is dangerous and requires reinforcements from the fire brigade.
The strong man who threw the fireworks rushed into the battle group without hesitation. Although he could not drive away these guys who suddenly climbed up the city wall with his strength, he could at least resist one or two, and even if it was not good enough, he could delay it. Look at the speed at which the opponent expands his victory.
The strong men here are fighting hard. Several senior players not far away rushed towards this place along the city wall as soon as they saw the fireworks. However, by the time they arrived, the place was almost completely occupied by our side. The people were completely occupied. On the top of the entire city wall, which is more than eight meters wide, the thinnest part is only a little over one meter, which is still in the hands of the Japanese. As long as this side is opened, Chinese players and NPCs can advance into the city along this place, and use this to As a basis, we continued to expand our results along the city wall to both sides. If these experts cannot block this gap, then it can basically be declared that the Fulcrum City wall has been lost.
Unlike when we defended the city and the Japanese attacked, the Japanese who had just occupied Fulcrum City were in a state of unsteady footing. Therefore, although Fulcrum City had so many walls, they could not use the multiple walls to jump in like us. Conduct layer-by-layer resistance to increase the opponent's casualties. On the contrary, due to the unfamiliarity of the terrain and the paralysis of the defense equipment, once the first city wall is lost, they will be trapped between the two walls by the following walls, thus Turn the defensive battle into the close combat they least want to see.
Originally, according to our guild's consistent combat style, hand-to-hand combat is our strongest fighting method, because the combat troops of our guild are generally of high levels and have strong individual combat effectiveness. Such a unit can give full play to the combat effectiveness of its individual soldiers when a close-range melee occurs, thereby quickly eliminating the enemy's effective forces. Although our troops participating in the siege are all fourth-line city garrison troops, and their individual combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the main forces in the minds of Japanese players, the Japanese have now also lost their most important advantage - quantity. .
Although the individual combat effectiveness of our troops has dropped significantly, the Japanese do not have many troops. In addition to benefiting the side with high lethality, close combat is also characterized by the rapid death of people. The Japanese are now waiting for reinforcements from Masamoto Matsumoto. Naturally, they hope to wait at a slower pace until Masamoto Matsumoto arrives. However, once the first city wall is lost, the Chinese troops who rush into the city will fight with the Japanese. Together, the rate of casualties will increase significantly at that time, and Fulcrum City may not be saved until Matsumoto Masahiro and the others arrive to reinforce it. Of course, the Japanese can also choose to evacuate the main force to the rear city wall now. Although this will reduce the loss of people, it is also a bad idea from the overall strategic point of view. After all, the ultimate goal of the Japanese is to keep the Fulcrum City, and once they retreat to the city wall behind them, they must retake these abandoned city walls or kill all the Chinese if they want to win.
The difficulty of retaking the city wall is not much worse than that of siege. Having just experienced a difficult siege of Fulcrum City, no Japanese player wants to do it again. As for killing all Chinese troops, this goal seems to be more difficult. Although the Japanese have more troops than we do, there are more than 30 million Chinese troops outside the city. If such a large force is to be completely annihilated, the Japanese in the city will suffer at least 80% casualties. This casualty ratio is higher than just now The Japanese who suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Fulcrum City were really too much to bear, so they could not retreat under any circumstances, even if a close-range melee occurred that they least expected to see.
The masters who arrived near this section of the city wall saw the situation and did not dare to delay any longer. They directly joined the battle group, but as soon as they joined in, they realized that something was wrong.
"Damn it, this is that elite division!" As soon as the masters on both sides came into contact, they discovered a problem. When they first arrived, they thought it was just a certain section that had been breached, and they could seal the gap again with just a little suppression. But now they don't think so. They had reinforced several gaps before, and each time they killed the troops who rushed into the gap and re-sealed the gap like chopping melons and vegetables. However, this time they found that the enemies in front of them were not just vegetables waiting to be cut. , but makes them feel like they are the ingredients of a certain dish.
"Quick, someone go and inform the chief dispatcher that the elite troops were found here."
"I'll go." A player said, turning around and running to the inner edge of the city wall and jumping out. Then he summoned a big bird in the air to carry him and fly back, but he had just flown to the second level. On the top of the city wall, people here saw an air combat mobile Angel swooping down from above and hitting the big bird, bringing the player and the bird to the ground.
"Damn it, they are trying to get the news. Quick, send a few more people from the ground to get the news out!"
Thanks to Masa Matsumoto's intelligence, the Japanese players in the city knew that most of the siege troops were the fourth-line defense troops stationed in the city, and the only thing they were afraid of was the first-line siege team that had never withdrawn from Japan. force. This unit not only has excellent field combat capabilities, but is also very good at siege. However, compared with the more than 30 million troops participating in the attack this time, the attack force's strength of less than one million seems a bit small.
Hiding a team of only one million people among more than 30 million people, even if you are a super intelligence agent like 007, you can't expect to find out the movements of this team in advance. Moreover, the people in our guild are not fools. It has been so long since the battle began, but this elite has never participated in the battle. This situation of unknown main force forced the Japanese to protect the entire city wall system, which forced them to allocate their few high-level players to the entire section of the city wall, causing the high-level combat power to be abnormally dispersed. Although we know that this will suffer from our concentrated attack, it is more reliable than trying our luck to concentrate all the high-level players at one point. However, the premise that this kind of dispersed defense can prevent accidents is that after discovering the elite team, the nearby high-level players must temporarily hold back these elites and hold on until the elite forces from other places are concentrated.
The Japanese understood the key point, and it was natural that our guild could not understand it. Therefore, the Japanese anxiously sent people to inform the dispatchers. We here beat the messengers severely and resolutely refused to let them send the news out.
Although the tug-of-war between the two sides was fierce, the only ones we could intercept were air combat mobile Angels, so the news was eventually sent out. After receiving the hard-fought news, the Japanese elite immediately began to gather towards that section of the city wall to prepare for a head-on battle with the elite troops of our guild. After all, they are defending the city now. If they cannot take advantage of the opportunity to defend the city and kill all our elites, then once this elite enters the city, it will be completely troublesome. This elite group of our guild is a field force. It can't exert much power in sieges. On the flat ground, even street fighting is not something that Japanese players can handle.
After finally gathering near this dangerous city wall with great determination, those elite players representing the high-end military force of Japanese players rushed towards that section of the city wall, while the ordinary Japanese players and mid-level and low-level NPCs who were originally resisting were He quickly withdrew to make room for the experts. However... just when those masters swarmed up and defeated the elite troops at the front and planned to continue the assault, they felt as if they were hitting a thin piece of paper with all their strength. The complete piece of paper is actually very tensile, so it takes some effort to break through the paper, but once the paper is broken, there will be nothing behind it.
After those Japanese elite players killed the elites of their guild who were standing in front of them, they suddenly discovered that behind these elites they turned into ordinary troops again. Those ridiculously weak garrison troops were simply vulnerable to them. In an instant, They drove him back to the city. However, although the crisis on the city wall was resolved, the experts were even more worried.
It was obviously a scam just now, but no one knew what the purpose was. What frightens the masters among these Japanese players is that they know they have been cheated, but they don’t know what the other party is trying to do to deceive them. This kind of situation of knowing something is going to happen but not knowing what is going to happen is more confusing than the misfortune happening directly, and it makes the Japanese masters go crazy.
"Quick, all elite personnel follow me, the Chinese elites are coming up from the other side!" Although the sudden shouts brought bad news, those Japanese elite players felt inexplicably relieved. Although the current situation is not a good thing, at least they know that the Chinese people's purpose is to attack the east and attack the west. This feeling of confidence is much better than the feeling just now.
The Japanese elites, who had recovered a lot, quickly moved their positions and reached our "real" attack location, but... after killing a small group of high-level NPCs, these players suddenly found that what appeared in front of them had changed to the one before. Cannon fodder troops.
"What's going on?" The angry Japanese elites couldn't bear it after they found out that they had been fooled again. Being cheated once was even more annoying. Who could bear it twice in a row? However, their misfortune, or rather the misfortune of Japanese players, has just begun.
In the following time, news of Chinese elite assaults came from each city wall, and the Japanese elites continued to put out fires everywhere. Although firefighting itself is one of their jobs, this repeated loss really makes them extremely depressed. However, they know that they are constantly being fooled, but they dare not not follow our rhythm.
As the largest country in Asia and one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, China has had a serious cultural impact on nearby areas, and Japan is one of the most severely affected. For example, the Chinese have a story called "The Wolf Cried." Although this story is very short, its moral is very thought-provoking.
Now the news of elite raids that keep appearing all over the city wall is the wolf that the child in the story lied about, and what these elite Japanese players are worried about is that once they really ignore this lie, what if? What to do if the wolf really comes? Although the news of elite raids that are constantly appearing all over the city wall are all false, if we really concentrate the elite on a certain section of the city wall, let alone not to rescue them, even if they are dispatched just a little bit late, the city wall may be destroyed. Lost, and this outcome is something they don't want to see anyway.
However, although those elite Japanese players have been insisting on arriving as soon as possible every time, how can our guild's strategy be so easy to deal with? Just after the elite group withdrew from a fake danger, two players suddenly ran over from two directions and reported at the same time that they had discovered a Chinese elite raid.
Upon hearing the news, all the elite players were dumbfounded. Both sides called the police at the same time, which one is true? Or are both fake? Moreover, even if both sides are fake this time and it is a false alarm, what happens next? This time we can create false alarms in two places, and next time we can create four, eight, or sixteen. What will they do then? It is obviously not possible to divide the troops. If the main force is somewhere among them, the elite troops who have been divided will be waiting to die if they encounter others. Concentrating strength is obviously not enough. Multiple dangers appear at the same time. Who knows which one is real and which one is fake? What if I run by mistake?
"No, we can't be transferred around by them like this. If this continues, we will be exhausted before their elite main force comes up!" said a Japanese elite player who responded quickly.
A relatively calm player next to him said: "Don't we know what you are saying? What if we don't save you? What if one of the two alarms is true?"
"Hey... This won't work, and that won't work either. What on earth should we do?"
Although we know that continuing like this is not the answer, just like the human survival instinct, even if we know that no matter how hard we try, we will die, as long as we do not reach the point of death, many people will choose to continue struggling. These elite Japanese players are like people who are trying to survive. Although they know that they will be finished sooner or later if they are kept playing the same tricks, but now they have to continue to struggle. Because if you continue to struggle to remedy it now, death may come later, but if you give up, failure is right in front of you.
Faced with the alarms sounding from both sides at the same time, this group of elite players finally adopted the method of dividing their troops. First divide the personnel into two equal groups according to their combat strength, and then each supports one direction. If one side finds that the alarm is false, they will immediately rush to the other alarm point.
The elites who were divided according to this method quickly reached the two alarm points, but less than ten minutes later the elites on both sides met again in the middle of the city wall, because they found that there was still a false alarm on the side they were going to. However, before they could complain to each other, a new alarm occurred again, and this time it happened in three places at the same time.
After looking at each other, this group of elite players had no choice but to divide the team into three, and then agreed to take charge of one area as before. If they found something wrong, they immediately reinforced the other two areas. Of course, the three alarms this time were still false, but after they got together again, less than three minutes later, the next alarm sounded again, and this time it became dangerous everywhere at the same time.
"These damn Chinese, are they trying to play us to death?" A younger player had completely lost his patience. Looking at him like this was clearly a sign of hysteria.
An older player next to him pressed his shoulders, and after he looked at him, he said calmly: "Stop it. Only by stabilizing yourself first can you defeat the enemy. If you collapse first, we will lose." The Chinese want to kill us, but we won't let them succeed. We have to fight with them for endurance. Don't forget that their elites are not unlimited. Although mobilizing us everywhere will make us tired, But their own casualties are indeed increasing, so they can't keep playing like this. Whoever can persist to the end will be the final winner."
After listening to this player's words, the young player finally suppressed the anger in his heart and temporarily regained his composure, but even he himself didn't know how long he could hold on. Maybe next time, maybe a few more times, but he felt like he could explode again at any time.
"Quick, quick, alert." Just as the situation here settled down, the sudden call for help rang out again.
The group of elite players reluctantly turned to the player who came to report the news. "How many alarms are there this time? Where are they?"
"One...just one place." The player who came to report said breathlessly: "Several high-level players have come, they are super strong, and they have almost broken through the city wall!"
"Just one place?" a Japanese player asked in disbelief.
Another player was also confused and asked: "Are the Chinese tired of playing and want to fight us?"
A leader-level player said: "No matter what, we have to attack when the enemy comes. Now everyone hurry over and talk."
Under the call of this leader, Japan's elite players quickly rushed to the breached gap, but it was obviously different from the previous situation. This time, the people they encountered were no longer NPCs, but players. . In addition, they also discovered that the troops that stormed the city wall were all elite.
Having been deceived so many times before, the Japanese can learn from their experiences no matter how stupid they are. Now when they encounter these so-called elite raids, they first jump into the back of the opponent's crowd and try to chop down a few people. If they fall down with just one chop, it goes without saying that it is another false alarm.
However, this time is different. The Japanese player who jumped behind the opponent thought that his opponent's head would fall to the ground immediately with a slash of his sword, but who knew that his weapon was held up. The player who was being held up felt nervous and hurriedly leaned back to dodge. A long knife almost touched the tip of his nose and grazed his face. If he had been slower for half a second, he would have been cut in half by now. .
Before the player could report the situation, someone shouted from behind: "Haha, these are all high-level troops of the Frost Rose Alliance!"
To be honest, hearing this sentence, the ordinary Japanese players nearby were a little dizzy. The enemies are all elites. Why are you so happy? I knew you were being tormented by them and went crazy, but I didn’t know you thought you were on their side.
After the player finished shouting, he also realized that the words seemed a bit awkward, but he didn't care about it. After quickly jumping out of the battle group, he joined forces with nearby masters to form a defense line in an attempt to compress the city wall occupied by the elites of the Frost Rose Alliance. Space, but unlike before, these elites are super strong, and because there are follow-up reinforcements, it is very difficult to compress their combat range. The two sides fought on the same spot for more than ten minutes, but the front line did not move at all. The Chinese could not continue to expand their victory, and they could not regain even an inch of territory. The people on both sides were so frozen that no one was willing to give in. However, while they are fighting fiercely here, the real elites left by our guild in Japan are doing something very obscene.
"You guys, hurry up! Why haven't you got through yet?" a player from the guild urged the person in front.
In front of that player, a gray-headed player dug desperately in the dirt in front of him and said: "Okay, okay, don't rush me, I'm not a mole, it's good to have this speed!"
"It's a pity that all our guardian steel claws were killed in the battle. If we could return home and replenish them, this little tunnel would be nothing!" said another player who was digging a hole.
"Why do I need you to dig holes when I have steel claws?" said the urging player from behind: "Those damn little devils are too fast to say the least. If they hadn't destroyed our transnational teleportation array, go back and make up for it. It doesn’t even take half an hour, and now we’re actually being asked to be moles here, I’m really pissed off!”
"Shh..." The man behind was complaining. The player in front suddenly told him to be silent, then he took out something like a tin-rolled speaker and put it on the wall in front, and then put his ear to it. This side of the speaker. After listening for a while, the man suddenly turned around and whispered: "There is movement outside, and it seems that it is about to be dug through. You prepare your weapons first. I will count one, two, and three before blasting open the wall and rushing out. I will not be caught." It’s best to discover it, and if you are discovered, just attack directly.”
"Understood." The people in the entire passage nodded to express their understanding, and the player digging the hole at the front took out a small explosive bag and stuck it to the person in front of the wall, and then took it from the person behind. A shield was handed over and blocked in front of him. After finishing the preparations, he reached out and pulled off the ring on the explosive bag, then turned around to block his body with his shield and stretched out a hand backward to count down to five, four, three, two, one with gestures. The moment he retracted his last finger, he saw a sudden flash in front of him, and at the same time there was a not too loud explosion, followed by a burst of earth and rocks flying. However, the players did not hesitate at all, and they rushed out with shields before the splashing earth and rocks had completely landed.
It turns out that the so-called elite troops on the other side of the city wall are actually just high-level NPCs selected from some city defense troops. Although they are of a higher level, they are still fourth-line troops. If we have to find some elites on the entire city wall, the group of people who are playing tug-of-war with the Japanese high-level players are probably the real elites. However, those elite troops are actually just a very small unit among the elite troops we left in Japan, and most of the regular elite troops are actually in these secret passages.
That's right, the other side of the city wall is just a cover. It doesn't matter whether the Japanese block them or not, because the real focus of the attack is not on the other side of the city wall, but on the mountain. Yes, it's the mountain.
Fulcrum City faces the sea on one side, and is surrounded by mountains on two of the three directions on the land. Only one side can be passed through, but the city wall has been built. Although the two mountains sandwiching Fulcrum City are not very high, their steepness is quite exaggerated. Later, after we occupied it, we made some adjustments to deliberately make the mountains more difficult to climb, and also arranged a large number of Traps and the like, in short, attacking from the mountains on both sides is not as good as charging through the city wall, so the Japanese have never considered the issue of these two mountains.
However, just because the Japanese don’t consider it doesn’t mean we won’t. No, it should be said that our elite troops will consider it. In fact, this offensive and defensive battle in Fulcrum City was nothing more than a show for Chinese and Japanese players, so from our perspective, this battle can be fought without so much effort. But the problem is that the top management of our guild knows about this, but the Chinese players in Japan don’t. We can't spread the news that Matsumoto Masaga is with us, so the elite troops staying in Japan don't actually know that this battle has no real value. They are still desperately trying to find ways to attack according to their own judgment, and although we can contact them through the communicator controlled by the God of War, we should not hinder their attack too much, otherwise it will easily arouse their suspicion. Therefore, after hearing that they proposed this plan to build a plank road to cross Chencang secretly, we had no choice but to accept their plan. Who told us not to reveal our relationship with Masamoto Matsumoto! There's nothing we can do, even if the people below want to beat us, we can't stop them! Otherwise, we will be labeled as collaborators. Do you think we are unjust?
Just because we can't stop them, the tunnel digging tactic has become a reality this time, and all we can do is try to find excuses not to provide them with supplies so that they don't fight too hard, in case these fanatics accidentally do it We have taken Fulcrum City back, and we will have to work hard to find a way to return it to Matsumoto Masaru. Isn't this just looking for trouble?
Fortunately, it seems that this plan is very subtle at present, but as long as Matsumoto Masahiro participates in the war, suppressing them should not be a problem. I hope our elites won’t be too aggressive!