The difference between fine armored infantry and heavy armored infantry cannot be determined in a single confrontation. There is a big difference between life and death in a single confrontation with cavalry. They both have high survivability on the battlefield, and those with lighter fine armor are very different.
The advantage will not be realized until later in the battle. It is not that the commander of the heavy armored infantry does not understand this truth, but as a soldier he has no right to choose. He cannot order a retreat if he can fight.
The time available for consideration on the battlefield was limited, so the infantry commander of the Meng Army jumped into the trench and gritted his teeth and fought to the death with the Shaodian Army.
The space in the trenches is small, suitable for individual soldiers and small-scale cooperative operations, which is beneficial to the Shaodian Army who lack team training. Although the second brigade has insufficient combat experience, its personal strength is there, coupled with the advantages in equipment, it slowly takes over
gained the upper hand in the battle.
The infantry commander of the Meng Army found that there were more and more enemies around him, so he had no choice but to fight and retreat, and blew the retreat horn.
It is easy to attack but difficult to retreat. The heavy armored infantry of the Meng Army left more than 400 corpses before retreating from the trenches in embarrassment.
The first attack by the Meng Army ended in an expected failure, but there was some gain. They used heavy armored infantry to draw out fine armored infantry. This led to the inference that the Shaodian Army's strength was limited and it should be the division seen on the surface.
The Mongolian army regrouped and soon launched a second attack, splitting into three groups to attack the three slopes of the defense line. This time the Mongolian army did not rush forward and chose to move forward while eliminating traps and obstacles. It did not look like it was going to attack with all its strength.
Look.
"The enemy's 12th Division is about to circle behind us. This enemy's frontal attack is meant to mobilize our defensive strength." Liang rushed to Zhang Jie to report.
"It's a little trick, are their magicians concentrated on the cavalry? I'm really cowardly. I'm afraid there's an ambush in Shapu City, so I want to arrange the magic power like this. Hehe, you're so cooperative with me." Zhang Jie showed a scheming look.
The Mongolian army transferred most of its archers to the westernmost attacking team, intending to let the archers from the 2o1 Division also transfer there; the attacking queues in the middle and east were lined up sideways, and were connected together to clean up the trenches.
They stopped in front of them, quickly formed a square formation, and then slowly retreated.
After two trial attacks, the Meng Army commander basically figured out the deployment of the 2o1 Division on the defense line. They found that the middle section of the earth wall was not defended at all, but there were many traps and infantry pits in the middle.
Peng, a magic light bomb rose from the rear of the defense line, and the Bangladesh 12th Division moved into position as agreed, giving the command signal to the Bangladesh army that was attacking from the front.
The commander of Meng's 12th Division had a bitter look. Behind Shaodian's army's defense line was everywhere the mud that had been dumped carelessly. The mud was relatively loose and piled half a man high. Horses would fall into it if they stepped on it, making it impossible for large-scale cavalry to charge.
It seems that Shaodian's army was prepared.
At this moment, the drums of Shapu City were beating loudly, war flags were fluttering, and soldiers were standing on the city walls; the north gate was opened wide, and a group of people rushed out of the city gate and set up a formation near the city gate.
"I can only help so much." Cui Dun murmured on the top of the city. The Meng army circled between Shapu City and the defense line of the 2o1 Division to the north. It couldn't be hidden from the eyes of a landlord like him, and he could do it with his toes.
I want to know what this enemy army is here for.
Although there are 20,000 volunteers in Shapu City, Cui Dun does not dare to actually pull out of the city to fight with the Meng army, because the outcome of such an attempt can be imagined with his toes. The combat effectiveness of this volunteer army is limited, and it is used to defend the city.
The city is still barely there, and it's just too whimsical to use it for field battles. It would be nice if they could arrange the queues well.
Cui Dun has certain military knowledge and knows how to use bluff to scare Meng's 12th Division so that Meng's army does not dare to attack the 2o1 Division. As for whether Zhang Jie can hold the line of defense, we can only hope for the God of War.
Bless.
If Meng's 12th Division turned around and stormed the north gate of Shapu City, they would definitely be able to pierce Cui Dun's paper tiger, and scare the troops out of the city even if they couldn't take the city.
Meng's 12th Division did not know the truth and was really frightened by Cui Dun. He immediately dispatched 5,000 cavalry to guard against the army in Shapu City. As long as the army dared to approach, they would charge. In addition, he arranged for 3,000 cavalry to dismount, also divided into three groups.
Attack the three slopes on the defensive line, leaving two thousand as a reserve to prevent accidents.
"Fortunately, City Master Cui responded well, and now we are under much less pressure. The Meng Army's forward troops are not as large as I thought, except for the 12th Division. The 11th Division was killed by more than 2,000 people by the First Brigade, plus
The losses in Solid Rock City are currently less than 7,000; judging from the strength of the 13th Division in the attack, they should also have a shortfall of 20%. The second and third brigades were ordered to turn around and deal with these horseless cavalry, and the other brigades were ordered to
The original plan was to enter the position." Zhang Jie became more confident.
Pengpeng, the frontal attack department of the Meng Army fired two magic light bombs.
The Meng Jun who attacked the 2o1 Division's defense line changed. The troops in the middle and the east joined forces and attacked the earth wall in the middle section of the 2o1 Division's defense line. Look at the posture. It was to open up the middle and contact the cavalry behind it, and move the defense line.
Divide it into two pieces, and then conquer one soil slope and the other.
Shaodian's army was caught off guard and mobilized from the eastern trench to the middle, hoping to prevent the Mongolian army from attacking the earthen wall in the middle of the defense line. The offensive and defensive battle in the west was in full swing, and there were no manpower available to support the middle.
The Mongolian army jumped into the trench in the middle and was surprised to find that there was no one inside. The infantrymen holding long weapons immediately began to build a simple shield bridge for their comrades in the rear to cross the trench; some infantrymen holding long weapons blocked the east and west sides of the shield bridge.
The trenches prevented the Shaodian Army from retaking the trenches.
One brigade, two brigade. When the third brigade crossed the middle trench, two teams rushed down the east and middle slopes to regain control of the middle. More than ten magicians also appeared in the sky, like
It was to forcefully attack the Meng army that had broken through the middle.
The Meng Army's magician group had already been watching with eagerness, and in case the other side's magicians attacked, more than a dozen magicians immediately flew forward to meet them, and fought in the air with the magician group led by Fu Ji.
Nearly two thousand Mongolian troops quickly rushed to the earth wall. They did not climb over the earth wall immediately, but nailed countless wooden nails on the earth wall, and then added hemp ropes. More than a thousand soldiers straightened one end and tied it to the other.
The rope on the wooden nail shouted the slogan, one, two, three, and pulled it back together.
Boom, the earth wall fell down.
Behind the earthen wall there were only about a hundred Shaodian troops in cavalry uniforms. They held spears and swords in their hands and stared fearlessly at the two groups of Meng troops in front of them.
"Charge!" the two captains of the Meng Army ordered together, and rushed towards the battle flag embroidered with "brave" at the same time. It was no small feat to capture this battle flag.
Violent magic power fluctuations came from behind Ding Kui, giving him the feeling that the magic being prepared was more terrifying than the Burning Cloud Technique, and it was cast by five fire magicians at the same time.