Chapter 141 Surrounded by three and missing one, kick off the prelude to the big counterattack!
Chapter 141: Three surrounded and one missing, kicking off a major counterattack!
Author: Shengxiao Swordsman
Chapter 141: Three surrounded and one missing, kicking off a major counterattack!
On the eve of the general offensive, the Alliance quickly appointed a deputy commander.
This made Grant very unhappy, and at the same time created a huge sense of crisis. He immediately decided to let Staff Officer Mike stay at the base camp, and he himself went to the front line and went to the center route army to take charge.
Obviously they don't want to lose their dominance over the coalition forces.
After arriving at the front line, Grant inspected the Eastern Route Army, the Southern Route Army, and the West Route Army in turn, and held secret talks with the commanders of each army, as well as the generals at the corps and division level.
He was determined to oust the new deputy commander.
………
April 8, night.
In the lord's mansion, Tang Jing once again summoned Yue Fei, Guo Ziyi, Lian Po and Qin Shuang to discuss how to organize a major counterattack.
past five days.
The newly formed 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th divisions have been reorganized, and all generals at the battalion and brigade levels have been appointed, and each brigade is equipped with at least one heavy infantry battalion.
Because they were reorganized from four garrison divisions, the internal integration of each division has been completed.
This laid the foundation for the Chang'an counterattack.
On the other side, the coalition forces have also completed the final integration and are sharpening their swords.
The Northern Route Army crossed the Mihe River and merged with the Central Route Army.
The rear army merged with the West Route Army. After the merger, the West Route Army was no longer stationed in Monroe County. Instead, all members crossed the Gray Water River and stationed to the west of Chang'an City.
The four-pronged army truly realized the complete encirclement of Chang'an City.
For this reason, in the past five days, the coalition forces have paid the price of nearly 150,000 casualties, and the total strength has been reduced sharply to 900,000. If the base camp garrison is excluded, only 850,000 troops will be left.
And these 850,000 people will be the last support for the coalition forces to attack Chang'an City.
"After adjustment, the enemy's Central Route Army has about 250,000 troops, and the strength of the East Route Army, South Route Army, and West Route Army is all around 200,000."
Qin Shuang reported on the latest situation of the coalition forces.
"Among the 850,000 coalition troops, there are also 1,000 third-order heavy infantry, which are mainly deployed in the middle route army. They are expected to cooperate with the three armored beasts to attack the northern city gate."
With Fei Lian aerial reconnaissance, it is difficult for the coalition forces to truly hide the whereabouts of the third-order heavy infantry.
Including the three armored beasts.
Since setting off from Pelican County, he has been under Feilian's surveillance all the way.
In view of this.
The coalition forces simply let it go and did not engage in any tricks of hiding in the east and attacking in the west.
Show your cards directly.
The purpose is to concentrate our efforts and attack the northern city gate in one fell swoop.
"In addition, in the coalition formation, there are about 40,000 second-level sword and shield soldiers and elite spearmen wearing iron armor, distributed in the Central Route Army, East Route Army, South Route Army and West Route Army, who are expected to serve as the siege force.
The main force."
In order to arm these 40,000 second-level warriors, almost all the assets of the alliance were emptied.
No wonder.
There is a preference within the alliance to launch a general offensive immediately rather than delay it.
"If the war continues to drag on, I don't know if Chang'an will be destroyed. Anyway, my own territory will be drained and exhausted." An alliance lord said.
Get tons of likes!
For the small and medium-sized lords of the Aztec Alliance, donating troops, money, food, and materials in order to reinforce the front line was actually secondary.
Grit your teeth and you can still cope with it.
What they are even more worried about is that within the alliance, the big lords are taking this national war as an opportunity to try to get a say in the entire alliance.
as if.
They are already natural talkative people in the alliance.
But in fact, even Xihai County is just a first-level county. Compared with their township-level territories, even if it is strong, how strong can it be?
Why can these big lords get their hands on the highest authority in the alliance just by talking?
It's not fair!
In the era of national lords, the competition should be about the hard power between territories, rather than who is more famous in reality and who has extensive contacts, who can sit on the top throne without having to pay anything.
There is no reason for this!
As a result, compared to the distant Chang'an City, the civilian lords of the alliance were more afraid of these so-called elite lords, and under the banner of unity with the outside world, they engaged in annexation of territories.
This is intolerable to them.
And this.
This is the fundamental contradiction lurking deep in the alliance.
After listening to Qin Shuang’s report.
Tang Jing said with a smile: "If the city gate cannot be breached, no matter how the coalition forces are deployed, it will be in vain."
With the combination of the gate-blocking sword carts, the guards division, and his ground stabbing skills, the previous orc army was unable to break through the Chang'an city gate, let alone the allied forces that were much weaker than them?
One thousand and three level heavy infantry is enough to consume one round of Earth Stab.
In particular, the last month and a half of the battle in Chang'an caused Tang Jing's forbidden mage to soar to level 31, and he learned two new mid-level spells again.
[Tenacity: Intermediate level, passive, releases the aura of tenacity, improving the defense of your own warriors within a radius of 100 meters]
[Chain Lightning: Intermediate level, summons chain lightning, visual distance, can connect multiple targets, has a certain paralysis effect]
Tenacity, like Inspiration, is a halo-type auxiliary spell that is passively triggered.
For warriors holding weapons, wearing iron armor, and forming close formations, chain lightning will be their nightmare. If it is transmitted continuously, they will probably be electrocuted to death.
[Name]: Tang Jing (first-class earl)
[Occupation]: Lord level 25, forbidden mage level 31
[Equipment]: Magic ring, spell casting ring, storage ring
[Comprehensive combat power]: Level 3
Although his level has been improved, Tang Jing's strength is still at level three.
Last time, after realizing that lack of practice in spell skills resulted in too slow advancement, he began to consciously practice spells on a daily basis, with remarkable results.
Ice Arrow and Blessing are two elementary spells that have finally been successfully upgraded to intermediate spells.
[Ice Arrow: Intermediate level, shoots seven ice arrows at the target, causing freezing damage]
[Blessing: Intermediate level, relatively quickly restores the target’s vitality]
After the Ice Arrow spell is advanced, the number of Ice Arrows shot changes from one to seven. Although it still attacks a single target, the killing range is significantly larger.
The effect of blessing is upgraded from "slow recovery" to "relatively rapid recovery" in one fell swoop.
All very good.
In addition, the mid-level spells of Encouragement and Sand Spirit Guard are also close to the edge of advancement.
Very worth looking forward to.
As the spell level increases, the power of the forbidden mage truly begins to emerge.
The future potential is unlimited.
………
"Let's talk about it. How should we fight this major counterattack?" Tang Jing looked at the generals.
The three generals Yue Fei, Guo Ziyi, and Lian Po each commanded a legion. There was no higher military position, such as a general, for unified coordination.
Only Tang Jing, the lord, could personally act as the wartime coordinator.
Among the three generals, Lian Po's current position is the most embarrassing. Although he was appointed as the commander of the City Guards Corps, the 100,000 troops of the City Guards Corps were organized into the Longxiang Corps and the Tiance Corps.
The garrison division was also led by Zhang Liao.
Although he is not a polished commander, he is still very different.
Plus it’s a new arrival.
Lian Po wisely remained silent on how to organize a major counterattack.
Mainly watching the two generals Yue Fei and Guo Ziyi.
Yue Fei was the first to speak, "With the strength of the two legions of Longxiang and Tiance, if we adopt a strategy of attacking from all sides at the same time, we can win, but it may not be able to prevent the enemy from being defeated."
"The combat effectiveness will be compromised."
"But if we adopt the tactics of 'encircling three and missing one', cutting off the enemy's middle route army, and attacking the enemy's east route army, south route army and west route army at the same time, with proper command, we have a great chance of annihilating all three armies."
Eliminate engineers and baggage troops.
The two legions of Longxiang and Tiance have a total of ten divisions, fifty-two brigades, and three hundred and twenty-two battalions, with a total of 161,000 soldiers.
Including the Guards Division that can participate in the counterattack, the total number is 168,500.
The enemy's East Route Army, South Route Army, and West Route Army combined totaled about 600,000 people. Taking into account the enemy's huge battle losses during the general offensive.
By then.
The enemies that Chang'an's army really needs to deal with may only be a little over 500,000.
Given the elite level of the two armies, Long Xiang and Tian Ce, one against three, and in a surprise attack, the chance of a complete victory is over 70%.
The reason why Yue Fei chose to cut off the middle route army is also very simple.
"The terrain in the north of Chang'an City is narrow and can only accommodate an army of 30,000 to 50,000 people. The main force of the Central Route Army is actually stationed on the north bank of the Meiruo River."
"As long as our army finds a way to control the Meiruo River, it will be equivalent to cutting off the support of the Central Army."
It is not difficult for Chang'an to do this.
Since the allied forces attacked the city, the three trump cards of Chang'an Navy, Octopus Monster and Kraken have not been played, but they were planned to be used at the most critical moment.
And with the beginning of the major counterattack, this moment has obviously arrived.
"The Leopard Tao Brigade of the Fourth Division operating in the northern part of Haiwan County can also contain the enemy's central route army in the north after the war begins." Guo Ziyi added with a smile.
Apparently he also approved the "surrounding three and missing one" tactic proposed by Yue Fei.
Because this is in Chang'an's best interests.
For Chang'an, defeating the coalition forces is only the first-level strategic goal. Defeating the coalition forces and strengthening itself at the same time is the second-level strategic goal.
Either don't attack, or once you attack, the enemy will never forget it.
"Then it's settled."
Tang Jing also always respected the opinions of professionals and said in a deep voice: "I order that Yue Fei be appointed as the commander-in-chief of this major counterattack and be fully responsible for this major counterattack."
"Appoint Guo Ziyi as deputy general and Lian Po as general of the rear army."
Wartime is unusual. There must be only one voice for command in the army, and it is necessary to appoint a chief general.
"yes!"
Generals Yue, Guo and Lian took orders at the same time.