"Listen to me, kid!" The militia captain's eyes became very strange, "That thing is a war horse! I guarantee it as a forward cavalry, it is definitely a war horse!" And it is a tank with four legs Type war horses, if you go back 20 years, such a group of war horses can allow him to lead people to confront ten times as many enemies head-on.

It's just that the current form of warfare has changed, and steel and flames are the main theme now. However, in the wilderness, cavalry is still not outdated, such as those rangers who are still operating behind enemy lines.

They rode heavy horses back and forth across their own ranch, and picked out those transport teams that lacked armor and firepower. The Letanians would either undertake the logistics of bloodletting, or allocate more troops to escort them, no matter which one it was. Either option will increase their war costs and front-line pressure.

"Everyone is gone, we are the only ones left now, but the good news is that we still have enough canned food, honey, biscuits, and bacon!" Rather than leaving it to the Letanians, it is better to eat it to maintain strength, etc. Watching those miscellaneous things take the initiative to send to the door to seek death.

However, the plans of the militiamen fell through. One was that the Letanians really couldn't move anymore, and the other was that the mountain militia had finally completed the reorganization and defense arrangement, and took the initiative to attack the area occupied by the Letanians.

These taciturn Sarkaz fighters quietly walked through the town, took away the supplies that were reserved for dealing with the Letanians, and sent these militiamen to take refuge in Green Castle with effective physical persuasion.

It was originally the castle and territory of the mountain people, only rocks and barren hills, but now it is covered by a layer of yellow-green vegetation, and you can even see clumps of berries and long-leaf grass exposed, and the improved raspberries are growing one by one. Greenhouse domes grow, and these domes become the perfect place to house refugees.

Food is plentiful, and there is a central temperature control system to keep you warm in the coming winter. It is really a good place to take refuge.

Chapter 30 The Three of Us

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At the Letania Command, a group of senior officers walked into the command room quickly, "General, the Kazdel Mountain Division has been dispatched, and they are approaching the front line berthing area from three directions. Admiral Rudolf said that the fleet is insufficient and morale is low. , I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on for too long.”

On the map, the Kazdelians' counterattack was like a powerful uppercut, hitting the Letanian in the abdomen hard. They lacked heavy armor and chose to attack the flank of Letania through the mountains.

The two mountain divisions launched a fierce attack on the fleet's parking and maintenance base located on the main traffic road from two directions, while the troops on the front line were stuck by the enemy and it was difficult to withdraw in time.

If it is not relying on land-ships for defense, I am afraid that the opponent has already cut off the entire offensive route of Leitania. To put it bluntly, their struggle in the quagmire for a whole year is tantamount to nothing, and they all retreat to the border. starting point.

However, after suffering so many casualties, and the enemy has obviously entered a state of mobilization, and Ursus has successfully recovered from last year's Sami War, can Letania, who is fighting on two fronts, withstand the more severe challenges that will follow? The war environment is not easy to say.

The only good news is that the winter in Kazdel is not as terrible as Ursus, and it is relatively warmer. However, once there is heavy snow on the wasteland, the temperature is second, and the key point is that it is difficult to identify the direction and find fuel.

"It doesn't matter. As long as the Victorians attack, everything will be fine. They will take back the frontline troops to prevent their defense zone from being breached by the Victorians."

Judging from the situation, the Victorians are on the enemy's flank. As long as they launch an attack, they can directly threaten the opponent's rear production base. They must transfer their powerful mountain divisions back to defend.

Then the pressure on the Letanians will be lowered, and then as long as they replenish their troops and repair them, they can continue to launch an offensive in the spring of the second year and strangle Kazdel's north from both ends.

Of course, neither Letania nor Victoria have such a big appetite to eat this country, not to mention that the canyon fortress is still very difficult to fight. Their ideal result of the war is to divide Kazdale into two .

The part bordering Ursas and Great Yan in the north is occupied by Laitania and Victoria, while the south is left to the Kazdels to separate them from Ursas, so that Ursas can be better suffocated This behemoth.

The existence of the Fenshui Mountains made it difficult for the enemy to invade the south, and it also made it difficult for the south to invade the north, not to mention that the land in Iberia and the south might not be able to support them.

They are no longer bordering on Rim Billiton, Usas, Dayan, and Victoria. In other words, from the perspective of international geopolitics, they have left the center of the political whirlpool and no longer have threats and interests.

It’s like Iberia, it doesn’t matter whether the country is locked or not, because no one cares about them, and they rarely affect others. However, Iberia once hoped to cross the Victoria Strait by sea and reconnect with the mainland. The result is What, everyone knows.

"Uh, Victoria, he..."

"The Victoria Fleet did not launch an attack due to insufficient troops. They just dragged the Kazdel people to sit on the border. Now they can calmly consolidate their defenses and take out their hands to deal with us."

"..." The general stared at his subordinates dumbfounded, then lowered his head to look at the map, then raised his head, and fell silent for a moment, "Leave the generals above, and everyone else will go out."

"This is a war, a fateful war, and this is how the Victorians treat their allies? I should be like those Kazdales and hang all these damned gentlemen on the gallows and let them play with crows." , they are just sitting in the council hall in well-dressed clothes, imagining a war with their brains not the size of a walnut kernel."

"They think war is as simple as throwing their shoes in Parliament! A bunch of trash!"

"General, this...you should be cautious!"

"I led people in the ice and snow, eating food that dogs wouldn't eat here, and fighting a group of enemies that can't be beaten to this day. What about those Victorians? They sat in comfortable battleships, The Borderlands and the people just stare at each other - Kazdel's gallows is their destination!"

As if venting enough, the general waved his hand, "Forget it, that's it, tell the frontline troops to withdraw, draw the nearest manpower to help Rudolph defend his base, if those people have any objections, let them replace me Let's go!" A look of being tired, destroying, hurrying up.

You are beating life and death in the front, and your allies are holding popcorn in the back and watching you being beaten to death, so why are you working hard, fishing, no one will be the same.However, sometimes, if you want to fish, you have to let others fish for you.

"Hoo!" The mortar shells landed on the deck of the mobile station with a howling sound, pushing the living quarters like containers into a sea of ​​flames, and the gunners hiding on the reverse slope of the mountain poured towards the Laitanian positions The defensive outposts and bases originally built on the hills on both sides have been occupied by the enemy. Now, they are condescending and shooting at the Letanians to their heart's content.

The defense of the fleet and the mobile fortress is strong enough, at least enough to persist in front of the weapons equivalent carried by the mountain people. However, with such continuous firepower suppression, their casualties are still increasing. If there is no reinforcements, the base will soon be destroyed. Voluntary surrender.

Originally, the morale of the soldiers in the southern combat zone had been terribly low since the Letanians fought. Even if the Mobile Fortress hadn't been destroyed, they didn't have much will and courage to persevere.

In contrast, the morale of the troops who harmed each other on the northern front and the Ursas was relatively high. In comparison, the Ursas treated the infected and civilians in the occupied areas even more improperly than them, so that the invasion of the Ursas As long as the Leitania troops in Sass can control the basic military discipline and only rob and not kill, they will get considerable support from the local people, at least they will not resist.

It's completely different from Kazdel's scene where anyone who sees a moving living thing is 100% the enemy. In this case, the southern troops will naturally be restrained domestically in terms of supplies, honors, and various equipment. , thinking that this group of people is raising the bandits' self-respect.

When the logistics line was already harassed and it was difficult to maintain, the state of the frontline plummeted when the upstream was stuck. Not to mention, those nobles were more and more able to watch people order dishes. Looking at this situation, it will naturally change. The previous eating phase has become extremely greedy, and the proportion of floating and disappearing has reached a new high.

In contrast, the supplies on Kazdel's side are very sufficient, allowing them to fight these invaders for a long time or to torture the opponent's spirit unilaterally.

"The shells of these tortoises are really hard, and there is no reaction at all after being fried for so many days."

"It doesn't matter, it's just shooting training. We still have a lot of ammunition." The mountain gunner sat on a stack of shell boxes. These shells were delivered by trucks and pack horses. Although the mountains cannot pass large vehicles, they still Small trucks and mules are no problem.

Those pasture-bred draft horses were used just in this place.In this complex mountainous environment, horses are much more useful than carts. A heavy pack horse can carry two boxes of mortar shells, and Kazdel has plenty of such pack horses.

"Starting tomorrow, control the number of bombardments. Our goal is not to destroy this base." Instead, use this as a bait to attract enemy reinforcements, destroy those tired troops, and even simply drag these troops whose morale is on the verge of collapse.

It is easy to destroy the body of an army, but it is difficult to destroy its spirit. Now the soldiers of Letania are on the verge of collapse under internal and external oppression. that's it.

Even if the other party successfully rescues and sustains it, it is meaningless. They cannot regroup for a long time. After a large number of backbones have been killed, it is impossible to expect those civilians and infected people to fight to the end for the nobles.

Now, every day on the front line, soldiers from the opposite side run over to surrender one after another, and some noble officers who killed their own squad escape. Of course, those who are caught are also executed as deserters and hanged on a wooden frame. superior.

Before the supply of Letania actually collapsed, large-scale escapes and surrenders did not occur, while small-scale ones were brutally suppressed, and no more serious situation was triggered. Now, even if Kazdel doesn't resist, no one can make these move forward.

I have to say, compared with the back and forth fights with Ursas on the northern front, Kazdel's army is indeed a group of non-citizens.

Just like what the general said, when those aristocratic councilors sit in mansions and use their walnut-sized brains to imagine wars thousands of miles away, they can't smell the smell and blood of corpses in the trenches. They will wishful thinking Although the Kazdel people rely on the copycat countries to create a modern army in terms of equipment.

But legions of peasants, slaves, and untouchables were nothing to worry about, since all the lower classes they had seen from birth were alike.

Sallow and thin, with numbness and dodging eyes, facing the master's whip is as ugly and wretched as an old dog that has lost its hair, and they have seen such a team of people before, corrupt and corrupt, deceiving their superiors, and cruel to their inferiors, It's a group of unqualified hounds.

For many noble children, ordinary people in their eyes seem to be born like this, as if they were born to live in a house that is not to say gorgeous, but at least stately, and eat not to mention delicacies from mountains and seas, at least some Food with meat and wine.

They should be born to be able to stand above the middle level in this country. Even the children of the downcast nobles, at least maintaining a basic decency and food and clothing are not a problem. They are literate and have a relatively strong body. Nia's martial customs also have certain fighting skills.

And the Sarkaz people they have seen are all exactly the same in their impressions. They may be cleaner and more energetic than those serfs, but most of them are treacherous and cunning guys. As long as you dare to pay all in advance For the reward, these mercenaries dare to make you disappear halfway.

Lack of credibility, with relatively good combat effectiveness and physique, a little organization, but basically 0 discipline.Some money is spent in taverns and kilns, there is no money to save, only the tattered equipment is barely worth seeing, relying on numbers to fight - this is what Letania and most of the nobles in the world think of the lower class Human and Sarkaz cognition.

They may not know as much about the Sarkaz soldiers in Kazdel as they do about the little Sarkaz succubi in their own city's red light district. Such a group of people formulate a strategic plan, and then listen to the news from the front line and take it for granted. It would be a hell of a thing if his decision-making matched the actual situation on the front line.

Even in this way, their own people, those noble officers, were also pitted. When they rushed in majesticly, they were first hit head-on at the border. When they defeated the enemy's elite border guards, they followed closely What came was not overwhelming, but a muddy quagmire.

Those citizen soldiers, after listening to the propaganda, it seemed that they were just a group of sallow and thin serfs led by a few strong professional mercenaries, entered Kazdel, and then bumped into the hands of the Sarkaz militia, which was completely different from the propaganda. inside.

They found that their side seemed to be a group of disheveled waste led by a few noble knights and professional fighters, while on the other side...

Although the height can't be improved in a short time, but the muscles can be, everyone is strong, radiant, and well-nourished. The discipline and organization of long-term industrialized agricultural production exercise give people a feeling that they are the regular army. It's the smell of a group of militiamen.

Every aristocratic and civilian officer at the front knows this, but every aristocrat kid who comes in from behind doesn't, and thinks these colleagues are exaggerating and making excuses for their failures - until they hit the hills In the hands of the infantry division, but usually, this unlucky guy has no chance to live to learn this lesson and experience.

"They tried to break out again, which team is carrying out the mission this time?"

"Squad 8" "Well, let them go" The mountain corps didn't carry heavy equipment, because it couldn't bring it up at all, which is why the opponent didn't include the mountains on both sides into the line of defense, because the enemy might be able to pass through these areas, but , but it is difficult to carry heavy equipment.

That is just to create a live target for the artillery of the land cruiser and the mobile fortress, and it will not be able to stop the opponent if they break through. However, that is for a normal legion, and for the enemy they are facing now, these are not valid.

Soon, the high-speed land cruiser trying to break through saw a small group of people rushing down from the mountain. They were riding horses and holding long spears, like a group of knights charging towards the fortress.

The rapid-fire weapons on the land-ship knocked down half of them, but the cavalry still rushed to the side of the land-ship, and the spears in their hands stabbed heavily into the running mechanism of the land-ship.

The built-in azide charge turned the mask into a terrifying jet of metal that pierced the thick hub, and knights with lances were blown backwards, while fellow errants rushed in with their spears. In the machine, the steel was turned into a pile of meat paste mixed with flames.

"Boom, boom, boom..." With the sound of heavy mechanical bite and shattering, the land vehicle slowly slowed down, "The second batch is ready! Which team is this time?"

"Squad 11" took the drawn lottery, and another group of people rushed down the hillside. The anti-armor spear gun transformed from mining tools successfully stopped the land cruiser. stay in the wilderness.

They couldn't move forward, they couldn't retreat, and they didn't dare to leave the protection of the iron shell. With two teams of 20 people and a total of 40 lives, they successfully smashed the enemy's attempt to break out of the encirclement in batches.

From a strategic point of view, this is very cost-effective and simple, but from a tactical point of view, it is very difficult to implement. Forty people can change a land ship, which is a choice that individuals can make. In human terms, it was a suicide that counted forty.

If 40 people can't do it, then the remaining assault teams that have been drawn will execute one by one until the target is destroyed and stopped. As for those who try to escape in the dark, no one cares. They dealt with it, and even if there were one or two lucky ones, the Kasdale Fields in winter would teach them a deep lesson.

What's more, for these Letanians, every Kazdel village and town is a hostile stronghold, and every Sarkaz, Ursus, and even Iberian immigrants they encounter are their enemies.

Iberian swordsmanship, Ursas' heavy hammer, and Sarkaz's poisonous arrows will all become his nightmares. Not to mention, they are still using their ingenuity. Those industrial and mining tools are also good ordnance after modification. For example, the blasting spears used by the mountain people are a typical example.

"One week, 7 days, now is the fifth day, retreat in two more days." After two days, let the aviation warlocks at the field airport complete it.

Chapter 31 Y12 Bomb

For a whole week, none of the fleet was able to break out of the siege. This valley is a good defensive stronghold, and it is difficult for the enemy to break in. It is very suitable as a harbor for repairing and supplying the fleet. Although Terra's land ships do not need to consider the sea conditions, they still need to Taking natural disaster factors into consideration.

The risk of the fleet mooring in the wild is very high. Not everyone is Typhoon Halsey. The most important thing is that there is a refining facility left by the former Letania Enterprise in this valley, which can provide the fleet with on-site Fuel supply.

Under normal circumstances, to block the fleet inside, it is necessary to break through the multiple defense lines in front of the valley. However, I did not expect the Kazdel mountain infantry to go around directly from the mountains on both sides.

And this kind of mountainous area is very difficult to carry heavy weapons. In other words, considering that troops lacking heavy weapons cannot stop the fleet's assault, and in the end they will become biscuits that are pinched back and forth. Pay attention to the defense of the mountains on both sides.

As a result, I never expected that I was dragged inside by the opponent's life, unable to break through, and unable to rush to the aid of the friendly army that was under fierce attack ahead. What's more troublesome is that the officers and soldiers of the fleet showed wavering emotions.

In all fairness, the sacrifices made by the mountain infantry can be said to be a drop in the bucket when it comes to tackling a tough battle, or using infantry lacking heavy weapons to deal with the fleet. It requires the strength of three divisions, and there is no guarantee that it can be won if all the serial numbers are wiped out.

Even blocking the opponent's breakthrough and attack would require a huge cost of casualties. In fact, the combined lives of the mountain people were less than a thousand, accounting for less than 1/8 of the casualties of the entire division. In modern warfare, Not to mention a hearty victory, at least it is a very acceptable cost of casualties.

It's just that every warship that breaks through the siege will be met with exactly the same 20-man cavalry team with suicide weapons to break their legs. the same.

In terms of statistics, it is like Simpson's paradox. The overall trend and the trend of details present a counter-intuitive opposite state, and the big soldiers on the front line cannot look at the battlefield from the overall perspective, they can only see a part of it. One team after another went out and never came back, watching helplessly as their comrades were either crushed by the land ship or blown up by the weapons in their hands.

For the officers and soldiers of the fleet, it seems that the manpower of the other party is endless. It is a group of ghosts crawling out of hell. Come.

The land-ship with broken legs blocked the road and became a shelter for the assault cavalry, which made the cost of each attack actually continue to decrease. After a week, the entire base and fleet were paralyzed. up.

When I chose this place as the base, I considered the terrain easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now it is blocked by people, and the entrance and exit passages cannot support the entire fleet to swarm up. In that case, even if the mountain infantry were all used as bombs I can't stop it from rushing up.

As a result, this passage has now become a ghost gate. If this is the case, it is just a simple sneak attack. The front line of defense troops can block all the enemies on the door with one turn, but the problem is that the front line of defense is under attack. When they were under simultaneous onslaught and urgently needed fleet support, the fleet was blocked on this road.

For the Leitania generals who regarded Kazdel as an elite group of Ursus immigrants with a large group of mercenaries and piles of peasant soldiers, who were the enemies of Fela from the beginning, they never thought about it at all. , With such a deployment method, what should we do when we are hit by the enemy's three-in-one three-dimensional attack of mountain raids, rear raids, and front-line onslaughts.

Are you kidding me, a group of mud legs who haven't been to military school for a day can play such a precise coordination?Their demon kings are all dead, it is impossible to play such an exquisite coordination, and there is no such execution force.

As a result, the generals didn't have to go to the trenches to fill in the lines anyway, and the troops on the front line were really hit by such a three-in-one attack. The defensive positions on the front line were bombarded indiscriminately by the open space, and the fleet was blocked at the door of the house. Can't get out, the logistics line was attacked by another militia group that didn't even have a horse - they played the traditional art of Sarkaz - no horse?Isn't there a lot in the enemy's logistics station?

So a week later, the frontline position was breached, and the field airport of the Aviation Warlocks was repaired at the doorstep. Due to the harsh natural environment of Terra and the terrible Originium environment, the aviation aircraft has many weaknesses:

Because the mileage burns not oil but warlocks, the combat radius is limited;

The piston engine cannot be used because the engine will be inhaled due to the inhalation of source stone particles;

Because of the need to carry too many unnecessary equipment on the earth, the actual load is low;

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