Chapter 1623 Decisive Battle From Homeland Valley Part 5
At the front of the defensive position, soldiers from both sides stabbed each other with spears and spears, starting a wrestling match.
It's just that the attacking side is at a bit of a disadvantage. The heavy armored infantry has no solid foothold, and the feet on the shield bridge cannot bear the strength. On the contrary, the defending soldiers can use their full strength if they step on the shield bridge. If they are weak, their teammates behind them can help. The two of them work together.
Thrust out the spear.
"Watch out for the flying claws! Stupid Cow, let go of the spear."
An officer squeezed his way to the front row and slapped a strong man on the arm.
The spear in the strong man's hand was clamped by two flying claws, and the two enemies pulled hard on the flying claws.
The strong man was slapped and his arm hurt. Then he remembered the captain's words and quickly let go.
"Go to the back, get a spear and then line up." The officer pulled the strong man back.
The two armies were fighting hand-to-hand on the front line. When the attackers saw that they could not rush in, they changed their tactics. They wanted to grab the defenders' spears and pull them back, seize the weapons of the defenders in the front row, and then organize their men to rush over.
The 218th Division has experienced hundreds of battles and is familiar with such scenes. The frontline soldiers maintain standard tactical actions to respond. Even if there are some who fail to react, officers will correct them in time.
Smoke and dust rose again on the north and south sides of the valley, and the rebel cavalry launched a charge.
"The third battalion is free to attack!" Dou Xiaoqi jumped off the bunker and walked to the south of the platform, keeping a close eye on the heavy armored infantry's offensive.
The sky suddenly darkened, and the crossbows of the third battalion opened fire again. The five hundred men rested for a while, just to deal with the cavalry and prevent the enemy from approaching the platform.
The heavy armored infantry initially tried to attack the several-meter-high earth platform. When several oil tanks were smashed overhead, the commander hurriedly ordered a retreat, and the slow-moving soldiers were immediately submerged in the flames.
The high and low defensive positions are different. If you set a fire on the low one, it will easily affect you, but if you set a fire on the high one, you won't have this worry at all.
Yang Kuo knew very well how high the defensive power of Tutai was in the valley, but he had no other choice but to attack by force.
Two lines of cavalry braved the rain of arrows and struggled to break into the defense line. The originally dense team became sparse, with less than 200 people remaining in the 500-man team along the way.
Their riding skills are not inferior, but the enemy's crossbows are too tricky. Some shoot at the horse's back thigh, some at the shoulder socket, some at the face, some at the archer, some at the horse's neck, and some at the horse's belly.
If the defense is weak, it will shoot anywhere.
Although crossbow arrows have strong penetrating power, the special forces are still playing dirty tricks. They carry powerful crossbows to do embroidery work. If they can shoot you through, they will never insert them into your body.
The third battalion did not engage in volley fire, but only aimed at the blind spots of the cavalry, striving to kill an enemy with one arrow. Shooting two more arrows would only get a qualified evaluation from the battalion commander.
As long as the special forces of the National Defense Army can find such troops, if the imperial army can play like this, the rebels will not need to fight, and it would be better to surrender as soon as possible.
The rebels also have an advantage. The attacking troops don't have to worry about morale problems, and no matter how many casualties they suffer, the troops will not collapse.
The northern cavalrymen parked their horses under the platform with oil cans on their heads. The special battle group was not in a hurry at all and waited for hundreds of horses to line up before throwing out torches.
Although some desperate cavalrymen tried to climb onto the platform, without exception, they all became "hedgehogs" and fell into the fire with their crossbows full of arrows.
The situation of the cavalry on the south route was slightly better, causing temporary chaos to the 218th Division's defense line. The flight attendants' horses were filled into the infantry pits, and the remaining heavy armored infantry were able to face the enemy with all their might.
But the first wave of attacks on the rebels was just a flashback, and the fighting lasted for about another incense and then stopped.
The troops who finally captured the defensive positions did not complete their mission, but instead became the defenders' credit.
Before setting off, there were two thousand heavy armored infantry. Half fell on the charging road, a quarter fell under the enemy's spears, and the last quarter still escaped being shot at close range by powerful crossbows.
Less than a third of the 3,000 infantrymen remained, and all of them were wounded.
Half of the three thousand archers managed to escape back to their own formation, thanks to the commander not insisting on the mission of killing the enemy.
The last thousand cavalrymen who set off were completely wiped out, and not even a single horse came back.
Yang Kuo, whose face was ashen, ordered the troops to rest and reorganize. All the troops that had just participated in the battle were rotated and transferred to the rear.
Ding Kui flew to the top of the mountain in the north and met up with Ao Yu, Shi Jiang, Jiang Nan and a strange Lord Knight.
"The enemy is about to send out high-end combat power." He reminded him when he came up.
"Are they still coming to die?" Ao Yu felt very bored. He, who was the least knowledgeable about military matters present, also saw that the rebels had no way to win.
"Yang Kuo must either admit defeat and retreat now, or continue to die. The game was arranged by him. Now that it has begun, don't even think about ending it gracefully." Ding Kui thought about Yang Kuo's face a few days ago, and felt indescribably happy.
"The rebels are trying to use drugs to consume our army's strength. They will not give up easily if they fail to achieve their goals.
The young master's formation is a conspiracy. He only defends but does not attack to buy time, waiting for the main force of our army to come and annihilate them.
They are losing, so why not think of ways to use up more of our troops? There is no point in going back now." Jiang Nan saw that the enemy was in a dilemma.
The strange master knight smiled and did not interrupt. He seemed to agree with everyone's point of view.
"The first wave of attacks is mostly a test, which can test the full attack power of our army and the maximum consumption of approaching the defense line. The enemy has no less than 50,000 troops, and a saturation attack can invest 20,000 troops. I think they have prepared at least two saturation attacks.
." Jiang Nan continued to express his judgment.
"More than 50,000 people." Ding Kui shook his head slightly. "The troops entering the valley are endless. The number of troops they can use should be twice that of ours."
He and Yang Kuo stayed in the sky the longest and saw the most information.
"Twice, one legion?" General Shi was a little surprised.
Even if the entire Lixiang Valley is full, it won't be able to hold even one legion.
"Can the special forces survive four or five saturation attacks?" Jiang Nan was not worried about other troops.
The role of the special battle group in Ding Kui's plan is irreplaceable. Other troops cannot put such great pressure on the enemy on the platform. It is entirely possible for the enemy to attack the platform with human lives.
"I'm not worried about saturation attacks." No one doubted Ding Kui's confidence. "I'm just worried about them building the earth platform and pushing it all the way."
The scene became quiet, and everyone was thinking about this issue.
The earth platform occupies the commanding heights, can suppress the enemy's long-range troops, and still has the remaining power to attack the enemies on the way. Combined with the powerful crossbow, it is indeed invincible.
However, the rebels also built earthen platforms and advanced bit by bit, which could always offset the advantage of the imperial army's earthen platform.
"We have water." Ao Yu suddenly said.
Only he and Ding Kui know this. How many water tanks were installed in their space rings to "create" the well in the cave.
Although water only has a supporting role, it plays a very important role in a protracted battle.
"Well, the rebels have to wait half a day to transport water. The special operations group can last half a day longer." Jiang Nan was still not optimistic that the special operations group could complete the entire battle.
"Haha, don't forget that I have more than one special operations group."