Chapter 95 Encirclement and Counter-Encirclement

Ying said: "This is to share your worries and save you from always saying that you don't have enough money."

"Isn't it enough in the first place?"

"Aren't we helping you make money?" Su Mei said.

Jin Coin also said: "If we all work together, we will always solve the funding problem. When Fulcrum City is completed, our hard days will be over."

"Stop talking, watch the show, people on both sides are fighting."

The artillery preparation stage on the battlefield has passed, neither side has gained any advantage, and now the official siege battle has begun. The attacking side has an absolute numerical advantage, but the problem is that coordination is a mess, and their own people often interfere with each other. There are obviously not as many defenders as here, but there is good cooperation and the city wall has not completely collapsed. The remaining parts can still effectively block the flow of attacking people. All attacking troops must use a ten-meter-wide cannon fired from the city wall just now. The cave entrance rushed into the city, and this became the focus of competition.

"What do you think of this action?" I asked Su Mei.

Su Mei said: "The key is the hole in the city wall. Whoever controls it will be the winner."

Eagle asked: "What if you were to direct the attack?"

Su Mei said without thinking: "This issue must be considered comprehensively. The first is the issue of our troop strength. If it is a battle between our guilds, I will postpone the attack for two hours. After the cannons have flattened the city, we will be in the ruins." Let’s have a decisive battle. Anyway, our target is the ore, not the city. Judging from the current combat effectiveness of these miscellaneous fish, I will simply abandon the hole and use surprise troops to flank it."

I shook my head: "I can guarantee that your plan will definitely fail."

"Why?" Su Mei also had great confidence in herself.

I pointed to the sky above the city: "Do you see it?"

The eagle looked through the binoculars and exclaimed: "Thunder Eagle?"

"That's an all-weather unmanned reconnaissance drone. It's impossible to make a surprise attack."

Su Mei looked at the Thunder Eagle: "What if we shoot it down with a sniper cannon?"

"Do you think the other party will remain indifferent if the reconnaissance post is killed?"

"You are indeed cunning!"

"It's not so much cunning as it is thorough preparation. If I guess correctly, the opponent must have an ambush. That city should not only have this little defensive force."

Su Mei nodded and said: "I agree on this point. The city's defense force is too weak. It should only be this much. Unless... damn, right?"

Su Mei's words woke me up, and a possibility that we had not thought of appeared in our minds. I originally thought that others would not use such a bold plan, but looking at the current situation, it is clear that the other party has already started to implement it. "Eagle, please inform us that we will all take off."

"What to do with those cannons?"

"No, no matter what, if it gets damaged, someone else will pay for it."

"clear."

Eagle informed the members below that when everyone heard the order from me in the guild channel, they immediately summoned their own spears and quickly took off. The players in my guild are particularly grateful to me for the high welfare benefits, so my prestige in the guild is very high. After all, everyone has received practical benefits, so how can they not respect me. Instead of summoning birds, I took to the skies riding Night Shadow. The black night shadow is particularly conspicuous in the sky, especially when it is surrounded by silver-colored spears. Everyone consciously followed my night shadow as it climbed up into the sky. The second major feature of our guild is its high mobility. If there is any problem, we can turn around and run away. Anyway, the whole guild has air transportation capabilities.

Almost as soon as we entered the clouds, the grass behind the attacking troops outside the city suddenly turned up. Many ambush players jumped out of the grass, and large groups of cavalry appeared on the periphery. The attacker was instantly surrounded and turned into the defender. The people on the periphery began to compress inward, and the people in the city also cooperated with the ambush and attacked outward.

Su Mei shook her head and said, "It's so miserable!"

I looked around and said, "Should we go down and help?"

Ying glanced down and said, "Wait a moment, there are still a few cannons that have not been damaged. Let's go down after they dismantle the cannons. This is called making the best use of everything."

After waiting for a while, the last cannon was finished. I waved my hand and said, "Attack."

More than three thousand players rode their spears and swooped down from the clouds, and my magic pet also started to swoop down. Since it is a state of war, it is not enough to use several magic pets alone. Immediately after landing, the space door was opened wide, and the Ring Knight and the Sub-Dragon Cavalry came out of the space door. With the Ring Knight as the vanguard, the black steel torrent launched a charge with thunderous momentum.

As soon as the players in this guild landed on the ground, they also summoned their guardian beast Steel Claws. These big guys were simply the nemesis of the cavalry. They ran around in the cavalry and made the cavalry camp a mess.

My cavalry rushed out of an open space to reorganize their formation and then began to rush back. The moment the cavalry on both sides collided, the Ring Knight knocked down a row of enemies with neat marksmanship. The other party didn't expect that the difference in strength was so big. It was like an egg hitting a stone, and it was smashed as soon as it came into contact.

"Charge into the city." I issued the order through the guild channel, and our members immediately rushed toward the city with other players. Those players who were originally on the offensive side also quickly understood our strategic intentions, and everyone began to rush into the city together. .

Of course the enemies who were in the city understood our intentions, and they immediately sealed the holes in the city wall to prevent us from entering. Before the troops behind me rushed to the city wall, I took my magic pet to the outside of the city wall first. "Tank, break it open." I ordered the tank to attack a section of intact city wall to open another hole.

The city was built temporarily, and the city walls themselves were not very high and very thin. The tank's huge body was almost as tall as the city wall. When he sprinted at full speed, his huge body was like a battering ram. With a roar, the tank hit the city wall solidly. The entire city wall shook violently, and the people on the wall fell to the bottom one after another. The tank took a few steps back and then slammed into it with force. This time several cracks appeared on the city wall, and some loosely connected bricks fell to the ground. The tank retreated again and hit the wall for the third time. This time with a loud bang, the entire section of the city wall deformed and collapsed, and bricks and stones flew across the tank and entered the city.

"Tank, continue to expand the crack, Rose Vine, go to help. Plague, Crystal, Xiaosan, and Xiaolongnu, go to prevent the enemy from approaching the gap. Xiaofeng, Liangzi, go to the city and disrupt the enemy's troops."

After the division of labor, the battle becomes much clearer. Sections of the city wall collapsed due to the joint destruction of rose vines and tanks, and the attacks of several dragons completely disrupted the enemy's plan. No one could get close to the city wall, and of course no one could stop the tanks and rose vines from causing damage.

Scott commanded the cavalry troops to rush under the city wall first. At this time, the city wall basically no longer existed, at least the front section no longer existed. A large number of troops rushed into the city and drove the garrison troops everywhere in the city. Although the sub-dragon cavalry themselves are only level 500, they are stepping down from the level 600 small hunting dragon. A sub-dragon cavalry plus a small hunting dragon has a 50-50 chance of winning against a level 700 player. However, the sub-dragon cavalry rarely acts alone. The cavalry attacking in groups is definitely better than fighting alone, so the sub-dragon cavalry team The actual combat effectiveness of the cavalry is basically the same as that of a level 750 cavalry team, and this is when the numbers of both sides are basically equal. At this stage, most players are between level 670 and level 7. Although some capable players have superior strength, they are unable to defeat four hands with two fists, and are often beaten to death. If it's a super powerful character who can't handle it, the Sub-Dragon Cavalry will take the initiative to retreat, and the Ring Knight will immediately rush there to deal with the high-level player after receiving the notification. At this stage, anyone who can perform two moves under Ring Knight is considered a master.

The large troops outside the city quickly withdrew into the city, and the ambush troops also stopped pursuing and regrouped outside the city. The original attacking team has now been scattered, and now it is necessary to reorganize the team. We counted the losses of our guild and found that no one died. Everyone said that their steel claws cooperated very well in combat, and their tentacles could always protect the rider on their back at critical moments, so no player in our guild has died in the battle so far. However, those miscellaneous soldiers were miserable. They lost more than one-third of their strength. They were really defeated. If our guild hadn't been behind them, they would have all died.

While the team was reorganizing inside, I stood on the remaining small section of the city wall to observe the enemy's situation. Rushing into the city at least ensures that we don't have to be attacked from both sides.

Eagle stood next to me and said, "Why do you think they stopped?"

"They're hesitant."

"What's there to hesitate about?"

Before I could say anything, Su Mei continued: "There are many things to hesitate about. The most important thing is that they are hesitating whether to continue attacking."

I nodded and said, "That's right. Their original plan was to kill all the attackers in one go, so as to create a powerful illusion and make others think that this city is not easy to deal with."

"You mean they want to knock down the mountain to suppress the tiger?"

"Almost. But now the situation has changed. Our sudden addition caused some flaws in the siege plan. Now we have entered the city, which means that the city has been lost, and the internal and external cooperation no longer exists. Although they fought beautifully just now, but There are still more people here than them, and the meaning of the assault no longer exists. They are hesitating about the value and feasibility of continuing the attack."

Su Mei said: "I think they usually won't give up."

I shook my head and said, "I disagree. At least they won't attack right away. They will probably surround us for a while and then start attacking."

"Then there's no advantage. They'll definitely take a break and then attack right away."

Ying looked at the city and said, "How can this be a city? It's just an open-pit mining area!"

I saw it when I first came in. There are only a few very dilapidated buildings in this city, and the best thing built in the city is the city wall. "Although it is difficult for the opponent to attack, I think it is not easy to defend. Now that the city wall is destroyed, everyone's morale is relatively low. If we really fight to annihilate the entire army, we will not make much profit, right?"

"You don't want to have peace talks, do you?" Ying and Su Mei looked at me together.

I looked outside the city: "Peace talks are impossible, but we can consider some bad ideas."

"What are you going to do again?" Eagle looked at me.

"It seems that the Iron Crusaders did not participate in this operation?"

"Yes. Our two families are the acquirers. This battle is between these players and the original owners of the city. It has nothing to do with us. I wasn't joking with you at the beginning. We really came to visit others to fight. To Unless the opponent suddenly sends out an ambush to surround the retreat, we will not participate in the war. As long as these players can win, we will not lose anything even if both sides die in the end. But the attacker must not fail, otherwise our initial investment will be in vain ."

"So, I want to call the Iron Crusaders to help."

"Will they come?" Eagle was a little worried. "The forced participation in the war this time was a mistake in our plan. It should not be in our cooperation plan, so the Iron Crusaders do not need to participate."

"I know, but they also share in the output of the ore. If he doesn't want to lose money, he will definitely come."

"Then give it a try." Eagle nodded.

I connected to the private chat, and Ashford was indeed online. After briefly explaining the situation, he immediately agreed to send troops, but he could not gather too many troops in a short period of time. He mainly just acted as a harasser, and we had to rely on ourselves to break through.

Ten minutes later, the enemy outside suddenly began to attack, but Ashford's troops did not catch up in time, so we had to hold on. Fortunately, there are a lot of people here. We use the number of people to offset the opponent's cooperation, and then use the superior combat power of our guild as the backbone to play the role of the vanguard, and we can barely make peace with the troops outside. Ashford's troops finally arrived ten minutes after the battle began. This kid actually reached more than 7,000 people. He completely disrupted the opponent's formation with a single charge from behind. There was no suspense next. Once the team is dispersed, it will not even reach half of its normal combat effectiveness.

The entire front collapsed within 3 minutes, and the opponent was completely dispersed. There will be nothing for us to do next, and all the aftermath work will be left to the free players. All we have to do is wait for production to resume here and then buy the mines. Ashford saw us complaining endlessly, and after a long time he was engaged in a guild war with other guilds. As soon as the fight there was over, he quickly turned around and ran this way, as if he was rushing to the scene. We are all like this in large guilds, we have a lot to do!

The mineral dispute is finally over, and the future work can be handed over to the players who are specifically in charge of economic activities in Europe. We can concentrate on preparing to go to the United States. Everyone returned to Essinger first, and after arranging things, we decided to wait until tomorrow night to set off. During this time, we gathered people first and prepared some things to carry.

This time we had to build a city, and it might not be reliable for us alone. After careful consideration, we decided to bring more players there. Among the main leaders of the guild, Hongyue is left to take charge of the guild affairs, and everyone else has to go. Among the players, 7,000 more capable entourages were selected. This is the limit we can mobilize now. After all, the Frost Rose Alliance has a great cause. , the lack of people will cause problems in operation!

As for NPCs, the guard team is not allowed to leave the city due to system restrictions, and the same goes for Vina's troops. Although free NPCs can leave the city, they are of no use, and it is useless to bring them with them. Hong Yan is the only one who can accompany me, but I have concerns. Will anything happen if you take such a big guy to the United States? After discussing with everyone for a long time, we finally decided to bring Hongyan with us. At worst, we should hide it a little bit and prevent him from getting on the road easily. Having Hongyan is equivalent to having double insurance. If the player really can't stand it, at least he has a big backer.

After the things in the city were explained, it was a question of the accompanying fleet. This time we went to the American fleet, which was absolutely indispensable, especially for the big guy Hong Yan. Ordinary ships really couldn't transport it.

"How many battleships do you think it would be better for us to take out?" I asked everyone for their opinions.

Shura Ziyi said: "The American fleet is also more powerful. What if there are too few battleships and they are killed halfway? Americans are famous for bullying the weak and fearing the strong. I think it is best to dispatch all the troops."

Ying said: "No. What should I do if the fleet is out? What should I do with Essinger's coastal defense?"

Hongyue shook her head and said: "Don't worry about this. Essinger's defense is not average. It cannot be defeated by battleships alone."

Chuang Wang said: "But this won't work! The Japanese fleet is restless all day long. Our fleet is often fighting with the Japanese here. If we are suddenly gone, will the Japanese fleet not be able to turn the world upside down?"

Ziyue said: "Then bring the ghost fleet back. Anyway, the blockade mission no longer exists."

"This is a solution. The question is whether they can deal with the Japanese alone."

Su Mei said: "We cannot rely solely on the ghost fleet. Their combat effectiveness is mainly raids. It would be bad if they always show up."

"Then let's keep some of it?" King Chuang asked.

"That's not good either."

Xiaoyao said: "Actually, you don't have to go to such trouble. Just keep all the submarine forces. The ghost fleet and the submarines should be able to defeat the Japanese fleet. Besides, it's not like we won't come back. It can take as little as a week or as much as a month. . The Japanese won’t be overturned in a few days, and the Koreans don’t pretend to look good either.”

I finally decided: "Then it's decided. The entire fleet will be dispatched, leaving the submarine force behind, and then call back the ghost fleet."

"What should I do about Hongyan? We don't seem to have such a big boat?" Ziyue asked.

Hongyue immediately said: "The Great White Shark is big enough."

"But Atlantis needs it?"

"Then let the other submarines take the lead for a while."

Everyone was arguing, and I interrupted them: "The repair plan of Atlantis cannot delay our development, and the priorities must be separated. We will use the crystal communication machine to bring the Great White Shark back later, but we must make it clear to them. Our guild is in urgent need."

"The ship is settled, is there anything else that needs to be decided?" Eagle asked.

Hongyue flipped through the meeting minutes: "No more, we have pretty much done what needs to be done, just call in the people."

I stood up and said, "Then it's decided, let's all split up. Ying and Ziyue are responsible for convening the personnel, and King Chuang and Awei are responsible for the maintenance of the battleship formation. This is a long-distance voyage, and I don't want any battleships to break down halfway. Shura Ziyi is responsible for convening the guild's technical staff. By the way, we need to prepare a set of transnational teleportation arrays first. When we find black jade there, we don't have to work hard to process it. Also, we need to bring more artillery to build the city there. Just rely on the top of the cannon, and we don’t have many people.”

"Do you want to bring an anti-gravity device?"

"Bring it too."

"Understood."

"Okay, let's disband."

After things were arranged, I didn't have anything else to do. I happened to be offline for activities. By the way, I called Rose to tell her the decision of the meeting just now. She still doesn't know that we are going to the United States.

I searched offline for a long time but didn't see Rose. I asked the central computer and found out she was in the computer center. When she ran over there, Rose was sitting in the operating chair of the mind expansion computer. She was working and I didn't want to disturb her, so I had to wait aside. After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes. She was very surprised to see me standing next to her.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I have something to tell you."

"What's so urgent?"

"Tomorrow night we are going to build a new city in the United States to collect black jade."

"tomorrow?"

"What are you doing? Are you busy?"

"No. I just feel like it's too rushed."

"I know it's a little late, but Lei Chuan's losses are really serious, and the production problem of Moyu has seriously restricted the development speed of our guild. If we don't hurry up, the losses will be more serious."

"I didn't pay attention to this. Since you said so, then do it as soon as possible. Anyway, it will be done sooner or later."

Rose also had a lot of work, so I didn't waste her time too much. I think it was very hard to marry a rose to me. I was busy perfecting the economic model every day, and I couldn't help much.

After leaving the computer center, I went to visit the Lucky family. As a result, Lucky made a strange request to me. "Master, can you let my wife and my baby join the game?"

"Why?"

"We feel like we are in prison every day in this base. Although we can go out and walk around, we have to worry about being discovered. Last time, the baby was seen by people on a passenger plane. Fortunately, only a few people saw it, and others did not believe them. But this still made us nervous, so I thought it would be better to enter the game. There is a lot of space there and you don’t have to worry about being discovered. I used to have a lot of fun playing there."

"What you said makes sense, but I don't have the final say on this matter. I have to discuss it with others. But I think there should be no problem."

"Can you hurry up? We feel really bad."

"Okay! I'll go ask it for you right now."

External adjustment of the data of "Zero" is no small matter. We cannot control the automatic adjustment of the system. External adjustment must pass the monitors of various countries. This project is huge. But there is always a way to solve the problem. Modifying the data openly will not work. We can find a way to bypass the security inspection system. But none of this is something I can accomplish. I have to discuss it with my dad first.

Dad is not at the base now. I made a lot of calls and made many rounds before I found him. "Dad."

"What's going on?"

"Lucky said he wants his family to enter the game, can you open the back door?"

"Lucky?" Lucky is the name I gave him. He has his own R&D code name at the base. Dad no longer remembers this name. He usually uses code names. "Oh! You mean that dragon, right?...This is a bit difficult to handle!"

"I know it's difficult, so I came to you to find a way! Since Lucky can use the helmet to go online, they should be able to do it too, right?"

"This is different. The dragon is originally a creature in the game. Now it is very troublesome to rearrange an outside creature to enter."

"What should we do?"

"Let's do this. You go to the Network Department to find Dr. Lin and let him think of a solution. I will call him first."

"OK."

I ran to the main server area and Dr. Lin was already waiting for me. "Shenlin, your dad has told me everything, and I'm trying to figure it out."

"Can't we just use the method we used to get Lucky out last time?"

"Lucky? You said the first dragon is the dragon? Of course that method won't work. The NPCs in "Zero" all use specific thinking units to simulate intelligence. At that time, we just used the opportunity of the main server to repair and replace accessories, and put the one among them The thinking unit responsible for the dragon's thinking operation was dismantled. We re-welded and extended the line connecting the thinking unit to your experimental area, and then connected it to the specially made dragon game helmet. In this way, the main server searches for the thinking unit. Address will access your dragon's brain, which actually realizes the connection ability and allows him to return to the game. However, this time the two dragons have not been registered in the game, and there are no these two dragons in the game at all. ah!"