Chapter 56: Logistics
The War God's battle plan was so powerful that it was impossible to say anything. The army of the Temple of Light was cut into two parts, one in front and one in the back. The total strength of the vanguard troops stuck on the mountain side is about 7.5 million, which is quite a lot. The problem is that they have no siege equipment and supplies. Let alone fight, they will probably not even have food in a day or two. became a problem. The total number of troops on the other side is about 15.5 million, and the remaining troops have been buried in the mountains. There is probably no possibility of survival.
The top commanders of the Army of Light began to discuss countermeasures together, but the result was that they were in a mess and couldn't find a good solution. It is definitely impossible to dig the mountain. Even if the whole army digs together, it will be quick to dig out the road in three months. Don't even think about turning over it. This is not a naturally formed mountain. It has not been eroded by rain and other factors, so the mess of piles of earth and rocks is simply a big natural trap. If the tens of millions of people behind are forced to walk over it, at least We need to reduce the number of employees by another two million. Besides, humans and angels can get by, but what about horses and baggage? Although the city wall of Tianyu City is not as good as Essinger, it is still more than thirty meters long! If you don’t bring siege equipment, do you have to bite it with your teeth? Besides, even if you don’t bring siege equipment, don’t you also need food and medicine?
It cannot be turned over or dug, so the armies on both sides of the mountain can only consider going around. However, when they studied the strategic map, they found that the bombed place did not seem to be chosen randomly. These two mountains happen to belong to two different mountain range systems. The great rift valley in the middle is the only nearby passage. Now the two mountain ranges are connected after the mountain collapsed. If the Legion of Light Temple wants to go around, they have to go north around a large mountain system, then cross two rivers, and then pass through a large forest before they can return to their original path.
There is still a problem in between, that is, when the rear team circles, what should the front team do? It would take about three days for the rear team to go around such a large area, and the front team only had enough food for two days. If you're hungry during this day, you won't be able to kill anyone, but what if the rear team is intercepted? The bosses of the Temple of Light feel that since we can design a roadblock once, there will be a second and third time if the guarantee is not complete. If there is a delay on the road and the three-day journey takes five to seven days, then the 7.5 million people ahead will I'll be hungry for three days. People should not starve to death in three days. Paladins can probably go without food for five days, and angels can probably survive for more than ten days. But mages and priests can only take two days at most. Moreover, even if everyone persists, it is difficult to imagine what combat effectiveness a hungry army can exert. What if they fail to rendezvous for seven days?
After weighing for a long time, the army of the Temple of Light finally formulated a temporary plan. First, use the angels and griffons in the temple legion to urgently transport some food there, which will last at least one more day. Second, the armies on both sides should start moving at the same time. As the rear army approaches the front army, the front army must also move towards the rear army. In this way, running on both sides can save half the time.
The commanders of the Temple of Light felt that the plan they had drawn up was quite good and guaranteed to be foolproof, so they happily began to direct the army's actions. But they underestimated the God of War's terrifying battlefield control ability.
We airmen never left here after the first attack, and I was also in this team. The order given by the Military God is to block all personnel trying to fly over the ridge. The only exception is a messenger unit with less than ten people. In other words, it does not prevent the other party from communicating, but it does not allow the other party to allocate materials or personnel balance on both sides of the mountain.
When I first received this order, I didn't know what the God of War wanted to do, but now I understand. After the transportation of the Temple of Light began, the God of War ordered us to stand still and wait until the opponent's angels flew back and forth twice. We only received the order to attack during the third trip to the transportation area.
The tens of thousands of spears from our guild rushed forward together with the flying combat golems flying out of the Wasp Fortress. In addition, the Thousand Heavenly Generals from the three squads were also drawn here to participate in the disruption work. In addition to these, the guild's guardian dragons were also dispatched. Hongyan brought so many dragons with him, and with the cooperation of Spear Land, he completely blocked air traffic. These flying units of the Temple of Light Legion were not coolies. They were basically tired after transporting food twice, and now they were suddenly hit by a thunderous strike from superior air power. The results can be imagined.
The angels threw away the food in their hands in panic, and then hurriedly started looking for their weapons. As a result, more than half of the angels found that their weapons were not on them. In fact, this is completely understandable. The angels, who had already worked hard on the first and second transportation, certainly wanted to reduce the load. Although no enemies were found nearby, most of the angels were still wearing heavy plate armor and carrying two-handed epees weighing more than 30 kilograms. Normally, it was just for defense in battles. Now they were engaged in transportation. Who would suffer from flying around with so many extra loads? Yes? To save some effort. The angels began to spontaneously lighten their burdens. Throw the armor and weapons into the camp. This is great, hundreds of thousands of angels are flying naked in the sky. There is no defensive equipment or offensive weapons at all. Seeing our soldiers pressing down on the situation, they can only flee in all directions. Those with quick minds knew how to throw away the food and then escape. Some who forgot to throw away the food couldn't fly very fast with hundreds of kilograms of food, and were quickly swept down by the giant dragon and the spear. From below, you can only see a large group of black dots in the sky that are constantly touching and separating, followed by blood and water scattering and the tragic scene of bodies falling to the ground.
In terms of combat effectiveness, an ordinary dragon can fight against ten ordinary angels, and the dragons in our guild have been strengthened to varying degrees, so one against twenty is not a problem. Flying monsters like spears are no match for angels in terms of level, but as long as they fight with angels in the air, it shouldn't be a problem to ensure one-to-one casualties. But now the angels were tired and panicked, and without weapons or armor, they were shot down in pieces like flies. The mages below looked anxious. The sky was full of people and they didn't know how to attack to avoid accidental damage.
The strategic thinking of the God of War is very different from that of humans. We are slaughtering angels who have no ability to resist. It feels really comfortable. But just when we are killing the most comfortable, we suddenly receive an order from the God of War, asking us to immediately Disengage. The God of War obviously has no human emotions. He believes that our combat raid has been successful. Although continuing to pursue and kill will cause greater casualties to the enemy, we will also start to suffer losses on our side, and what we lack most is people, so we will lose money. It's intolerable.
Although we felt aggrieved by the order, we withdrew. The mountain that had just collapsed was littered with scattered food and corpses. Almost one-third of the Light Temple's air force was killed, but we suffered almost no losses. The dragon is naturally powerful, and the spear is known as the king of the air. It is completely normal for such a lineup to have zero casualties.
Just as we were retreating, we suddenly found a large group of mythical beasts flying over our heads, approaching the place where we had just fought. At first I thought they were enemies, but as I got closer I realized they were all mythical beasts from our guild. These are all sacred beasts awarded to our guild by Heaven, although they are not top-level sacred beasts. But also extraordinary strength. I quickly contacted the God of War. "You pulled us down, why did you bring the mythical beast up again?"
The military god's voice was cold and emotionless. "You are a soldier in a state of war. Just stop giving orders and ask questions after the battle." After saying this, the communication was cut off. I was so shocked that he even scolded me. This military god really showed no mercy at all.
Although I was a little angry, being angry with the computer was asking for trouble, so I had to endure it. But I soon understood. In fact, what the God of War did was absolutely right. Those mythical beasts did not participate in the battle. They flew directly to the clouds and began to spread rain. My little dragon girl suddenly plays a leading role in the team. This is all caused by the God of War. Before the battle, he asks the players in the guild to release all the creatures that can be summoned and put them under his control. Now, in addition to crossing Except for the night shadow below, there is no magic pet or summoned creature around.
The little dragon girl has now become the captain of the mythical beast. Bringing a large group of mythical beasts to spread rain. Fairy magic and magic have their own strengths in characteristics. When it comes to rain, fairy magic is relatively more powerful, not only does it consume very little mana. Moreover, the rainfall is heavy and the coverage area is wide. So many mythical beasts caused it to rain all around the collapsed mountain, and it was the kind of super heavy rain that could not see anything beyond five meters.
The mountains here are piled up by freshly fallen earth and rocks. Not only are there no plants to fix the water, but the rocks and soil themselves are not fully integrated, and there are still gaps in many places. It was okay to say that the soil layer was not completely filled with water at first, but now the soil was completely soaked with water, which resulted in an artificial mudslide. Mud from the mountain and tons of rock washed down the sides of the hillside. The temple army had just been in a hurry due to the gap, but now they encountered a mudslide and immediately started to be in chaos again.
The generals of the temple were relieved that the training of the army was passable. Although the mudslides came down very quickly and there were whole landslides in many places, fortunately everyone ran faster and no one was drowned. not much. But after the rain stopped, communication between the two sides was restored. These generals began to frown.
The target of the mudslide was not the military at all. Dealing with ordinary people with low physical fitness in the real world. Mudslides are naturally terrifying, but the physical fitness of the troops in the game is better than that of humans in reality. Therefore, mudslides do not actually pose a hazard. The key problem is not people, but food. In order to facilitate air transportation, the food that was transported to the other side of the mountain was piled up and placed near the foot of the mountain. In addition, in order to save food for a few more days, the commanders on the other side of the mountain had already packed up all the food they carried with them. It has been gathered together and planned to be distributed uniformly in the next few days. At that time, these grains were piled at the foot of the mountain, together with the grain transported from the other side of the mountain. Muds and rocks flowed down. People had no time to run, but food was too late to transport. They were instantly submerged by mud and rocks. Even if the soldiers didn't care about eating food with soil, it would still take them at least two days to dig out the food. It would be better to go on the road earlier to have a better chance. If we carry out hunting and gathering work on the way, and buy some appropriately, we should be able to support the armies on both sides until they join together.
The Temple Legion has experienced a comprehensive food crisis and has to speed up its rendezvous. Considering our air strike capabilities, the Temple Legion does not dare to engage in any more aerial supplies. At four o'clock in the afternoon that day, the two armies of the Temple Legion began a rapid march. Time was simply too precious for them. If these two armies cannot converge within three days, the 7.5 million troops in front may starve to death without fighting.
At this time, Rose suddenly made some suggestions to the God of War on the grounds that the military was subordinate to politics. Unexpectedly, the God of War actually accepted them. It seems that this computer was designed with such a function, otherwise he wouldn't be selling me a favor!
Rose's plans are always inseparable from money, and this time is no different. After the Army of Light marched all night, the army finally arrived at the edge of the large forest the next morning. Several light cavalry reconnaissance units of the Temple Legion were all sent out to hunt in order to bring back more food. But it's a pity that there is not even a rabbit at the edge of the forest. Last night Hong Yan led dozens of fire dragons around the forest more than a dozen times. At this time, except for high-level monsters, all animals that can be used as food have long since disappeared. The strength of the remaining high-level monsters is exaggerated. Firstly, it is difficult to catch them. Secondly, the numbers are too small and they are not useful at all.
The hungry army, with its chest pressed against its back, could no longer march, and several army chiefs were running around anxiously. The soldiers have not eaten for 28 hours since noon on the 18th, and they have been traveling during this time, which consumes a lot of physical energy. Plus having nothing to eat made me even more exhausted. These commanders themselves were embarrassed to force the soldiers to advance. The Temple of Light is not the Temple of Darkness. For the sake of its own image, it cannot be a bandit, and it is difficult to kill mounts. There is really no other way. Just when they were at a loss what to do, a caravan suddenly passed by them. If you were standing next to the soldiers from the Temple of Light now, you would definitely be surprised and stare at the leader at the front of the team in a daze. Because this leader looks exactly like Rose.
It's not that there aren't many people who look the same, but they're definitely not many. In the game, this situation is actually normal, because there is a thing called a trumpet. Rose's trumpet is different from the tuba. This trumpet is practiced for a living profession, although the level is not high. But the advantage of the life profession is that it will not be actively attacked by creatures other than World of Warcraft. NPCs with high intelligence like the Temple of Light will not actively provoke non-combat professional players. Of course, if the guild to which the player belongs is at war with the other party, that is a different matter. certainly. There is not so much to worry about now, because Rose's trumpet has not joined our guild, and she is now a free player.
The caravan is relatively large and transports some very common materials. The Alliance of Light has no ill intentions towards such a team, and in order to show its light and justice, it actually took the initiative to make way for them. It has to be said that although the Temple of Light is secretly darker than the Temple of Darkness, it usually performs much better than the Temple of Darkness.
Most of the small caravan led by Rose are NPCs hired locally in Germany. The remaining players are also small accounts opened by relatively smooth players in the guild, and all of them have not joined the guild, and all of them are living professions, so that they will not cause others to take the initiative to attack. As for those NPCs, they are mainly coachmen and NPC mercenaries.
When the carriage procession passed by the Legion of Light, the sack on one carriage suddenly flipped over from the roof to the shaft. Although it did not fall to the ground, the sack opened. Lots of peas spilled out of the pockets. Although it was stabbed back in time. But half the bag still leaked out.
A player sitting on the carriage was about to come down to pick up the beans, and Rose immediately shouted. "It's just half a bag of beans. When are you going to pick them up one by one?"
The soldier next to him seemed to be enlightened, and immediately ran forward and asked Rose: "You don't want these scattered beans, do you?"
Rose looked at the knight with a surprised look, then nodded: "Well, they all fell to the ground, of course I don't want them."
After receiving the answer, the soldier immediately excitedly started collecting beans on the ground. The other soldiers also understood and came to pick up the beans one after another. The senior military commander at the front saw a large group of people lying on the ground here, thought something had happened, and hurriedly came over to see the situation. When the commander saw the situation below, his blood immediately surged. What is this! The great Legion of Light is so glorious and noble, but now it is reduced to picking up beans scattered on the ground to eat. Isn't this a beggar? In normal times, this angel general must have "purified" all these soldiers, but now he can't, because it's not the soldiers' fault, it's his own incompetence that makes everyone hungry because he can't prepare food.
Rose looked at the commander with a stiff expression on his face and clenched his fists tightly, and waited for a while before making an expression of realization. "General, you are short of food and grass, right?"
The commander's face turned green and red as he replied: "Alas... there is something wrong with the food and fodder, it's really...!"
Rose suddenly laughed. "In that case, does General General have any money?"
"Ah?" The angel commander didn't react for a moment, but he soon figured it out and said excitedly: "Yes, yes, we brought it."
Rose smiled and said: "Then let's do it. We are transporting things to the city to sell anyway, who are we selling to? But this batch of goods was ordered by someone, so we can't make the decision without authorization. If you have money, I can share it." I’ll give you the car. I won’t cheat you, just pay the market price.”
The general was happy at first, and then said helplessly: "Look at how many of us there are, and each of us can't even get a bite of this car!"
Rose laughed. "That's easy! We can go to the city right away to help you purchase it, and then transport it here to sell it to you. I'll charge a little for the transportation fee and the intermediate transfer fee. We all benefit from it. What do you think?"
The general immediately happily agreed upon hearing this. He paid a small fee to buy a car, and then Rose and the others left first.
The game "Zero" can exchange currency with reality, so there is almost no money exploding in the game. Especially after several upgrades, only humanoid creatures occasionally expend a few bad coins. An army like the Army of Light will actually come out with a lot of money. If you do business with them, you can ask them to pay a lot of money, but if you wipe them all out, the total money you will get out will not exceed one. Hundred crystal coins. This is why Rose has to put in so much effort to make money, instead of waiting for the God of War to kill them all and then pick up money from the corpses.
That cart of peas was ordered by the general to add a lot of water and cook it into bean soup and distribute it to the soldiers, but do you want more beans in one cart? How much water should be in the soup for 7.5 million people? The soup was a soup, which meant it was a little thicker than boiled water. Anyone who could get a portion of a bean that had been boiled and had only its shell left would be extremely happy. I estimate that these soldiers will probably start chewing the bark of the tree in another day.
Not only did the soldiers who drank the soup not feel full at all, but they became even hungrier. In fact, sometimes you don't care when you are too hungry. Instead, you feel the hungriest when you eat a little bit. Fortunately, Rose was fast enough, and the team came back before dark at night, and loaded up with food.
The Legion of Light almost exploded their nest when they saw the food. Everyone's excited roars scared away the animals that were about to return after scaring them away last night. Rose was satisfied with getting a cart of crystal coins, and General Angel was satisfied with getting a lot of food. In fact, this food is not enough. If we really want to divide it, it can probably give each soldier here half a meal under normal circumstances, but it is not bad, and it is much better than nothing. Besides, Rose also promised to bring more, so the general didn't care too much.
Although the food was very precious, the generals did not lose their vigilance. They asked the priests accompanying the army to inspect the transported food. There are spells in the divine arts that specialize in distinguishing poisons and other items, and it is easy to detect poisons. After confirming that there was no problem, the generals began to distribute food.
That night, Rose moved a few more times, and finally resolved her urgent need. The army was on the road again on the morning of the 20th. At this time, they were finally full, but there was no food left on them. However, the generals were not worried. Rose promised to send it again.
Lunch was delivered quickly, and the soldiers ate happily. The caravan was worshiped like a god, but Rose was planning something else.
"Hey, it seems they have relaxed their vigilance." Rose said: "They didn't check the food at noon at all. Then tonight's food was all mixed with strong laxatives. I want to take a look after having diarrhea all night. , How much combat power will this army have left tomorrow?" In a daze, the surrounding players seemed to see devil's horns sprouting from the top of Rose's head.