For any army with an offensive mission, fighting far from homeland and huge logistics transportation will become a nightmare. Fortunately, there is a transportation method called "water transportation" in this world. It is very fast to transport bulk goods along rivers, so
This method has become the best and most convenient choice. The river is the lifeline of the army, and the docks on the river banks that can be quickly loaded and unloaded have become extremely important material transfer stations. And the Sibia army, which is currently on the offensive, their
Choice is no exception.
There are many rivers on the plain battlefield where fierce fighting continues, and two of them go directly from the dividing line to the demonic land. These are the Wane River and the Blue Water River, one on the left and one on the right, which eventually merge into the Nutao River and flow to the capital.
The river has become the blood vessel of Sibia's army, but on the Blue Water River on the left side of the battlefield, although there are many docks along both sides of the river, not many can be used during the dry season.
To be precise, there is only one useful river port, and that is Fengming Port, which is about 150 miles away from Ope City.
Hundreds of transport ships shuttled back and forth on the Blue Water River, transporting supplies hoarded on the dividing line between gods and demons to Fengming Port. On the port pier, shirtless logistics soldiers were busy working, and the ships waiting to unload were lined up closely.
Outside the dock, the waterway is almost blocked. On the reinforced trade road, there are countless light carriages carrying supplies, traveling between Fengming Port and Ope City, ensuring that the powerful combat power of the Phantom Legion will not be exhausted.
Such an important material transit point is of course very tightly defended. The Sibia army commander placed two battalions of heavy infantry on the dock, and also deployed a regiment of cavalry on the other side of the Blue Water River. Both armies were
Belonging to a powerful force with extremely strong combat effectiveness, the heavy infantry comes from the Guards, which was recently established by the Sibia Empire at a large expense. They guard the docks impregnably. And the cavalry is even more outstanding. They will set off twice a day.
They counted all the vegetation on the ground within a fifty-mile radius. All animals that walked upright on two legs, even those that were suspected of walking on two legs, would be shot as hedgehogs at the first opportunity.
On the other hand, after the humiliation at the bridge, the Welsh Army led by Colonel Glens set off again. They first set off towards the national border, then made a large circle along the way, and moved closer to the relatively weakly defended rear of the Siby's Army.
Arriving at the Blue Water River, the entire army carefully traveled day and night. It took five days to stop on the river bank a hundred miles away from Fengming Port. They carefully scouted all the conditions near the port and did not launch operations easily because who
We all know that if we take another step forward, we may be noticed by the defending Sibia cavalry. However, with more than 5,000 people, we really have no guarantee of defeating the 2,000 Sibia cavalry.
In order to avoid being discovered by Sibia's army, the troops had already discarded everything that could be discarded. The soldiers were lurking in the weeds and woods on the shore in twos and threes. Although the wind was cold and the water was cold, no one complained. They ate dry food when they were hungry and ate dry food when they were thirsty.
Drinking river water. The officers sat together, frowning at a map and thinking hard, because the next battle... would be difficult to fight.
Let alone the cavalry on the other side of the river, even if good luck defeats them, the result will not be helpful to the battle at all. As for the thousand heavy infantry on the other side, they are not easy to mess with.
He is very good at defense, even if all 6,000 of his own men rush forward, they may not be able to break through the opponent's defense line.
After a day of discussion, most of the officers' opinions were in favor of attacking heavy infantry, because compared with the enemy, our own side is light infantry and can be more flexible in tactical arrangements. At present, Fengming Port is very busy, and the enemy cannot defend it.
Maybe if you cover everything, you will definitely be able to achieve something. But Colonel Glens doesn't think so, because there are thousands of Sbia logistics soldiers on the dock. Duke Sves Hepburn once told him, don't underestimate Sbia.
Any military type, even logistics troops, are soldiers who can go to the battlefield to kill the enemy at any time.
Seeing one ship after another passing by on the river, Colonel Glens couldn't help but feel anxious. In frustration, he walked out of the low-lying area where he was hiding and went to the river to get some air. If he appeared at the wrong time and failed to save the crisis, then
As long as he and the troops he leads, it is unlikely that he will be able to turn over.
"Sir." Lieutenant Colonel Sha Ya came up behind him, "Be careful of being discovered by the enemy."
"I wanted them to find out." Colonel Glens sighed, "I saw the enemy's logistics warehouse, but our army turned out to be like a lion biting a tortoise - there was no place to bite!"
"I have some ideas about this." Lieutenant Colonel Sha Ya hesitated, "I don't know if it's appropriate?"
Colonel Glens knew that Lieutenant Colonel Shaya always spoke when he had a plan and would never express a rough idea, so he looked at him expectantly and said, "Just tell me, it doesn't matter."
"I'm thinking, what is the target we are going to attack? Is it the Sibia cavalry on this side of the river? Or the Sibia infantry on the other side of the river?" Lieutenant Colonel Shaya lowered his head, and his fingers seemed to be drawing unconsciously on the sand.
He drew back and forth, "Or, should we attack those inanimate things that can disintegrate the entire Sibia Army offensive?"
Staring at the sand under Lieutenant Colonel Shaya's fingers, Colonel Glenn's eyes suddenly lit up, "The thing that disrupted their offensive... I understand!"
Colonel Glens and Lieutenant Colonel Shaya returned to the hideout, compared intelligence again, and formulated a combat plan. Later, the entire force immediately took action.
But on the wide river, one Sbia transport ship after another was still going back and forth, leisurely.
The next day and night.
There was still a busy scene inside and outside Fengming Port. Sibia's logistics officers held lanterns, shouted commands, and directed their men to unload bundles of arrows, barrels of kerosene, and bags of food from the hold.
Get off the boat and load it onto the waiting carriage outside. On the river in the distance, there are still transport ships with lights hanging slowly approaching. After being inspected, they will blend in and intensify the busyness.
There were too many transport ships, and they arrived one after another in the middle of the night. As a result, the checkpoints on the waterway were extremely busy. In a daze, a three-masted ship had no time to adjust its position and collided with another transport ship.
, and the two ships were crowded together and rushed towards the river bank. Amidst the loud curses of the checkpoint officer, a medium-sized transport ship from behind came quickly, rushed through the thick iron chain blocking the ship, and headed straight for half a mile.
They rushed to Fengming Harbor outside. The sailors on the deck repeatedly apologized to the officers at the checkpoint, and then started arguing with each other about responsibility, ignoring the officers at the checkpoint.
In this short moment, the medium-sized transport ship had completely passed the checkpoint. The officer in charge of the inspection had no choice but to hang up an alarm lantern. Two warships immediately sailed out of Fengming Harbor, one on the left and the other on the right.
Come up.
At this time, on the medium-sized transport ship, a young but majestic voice shouted, "Brothers!"
"Here!" Hundreds of voices responded simultaneously.
"The time has come to be loyal to the empire. Whether you are a man or a warrior depends on this battle!" The voice shouted again, "With my blood, wash away the shame!"
"With my blood, wash away the shame!"
The resounding oath spread far away, one after another simple rafts were thrown into the water, and one after another black shadows jumped into the river. Compared with these rafts, which were only a few arms long, the two Sibi boats coming upstream were
The Asian warship was too heavy and bulky. Apart from shooting a few arrows, the soldiers on board could only watch these vaguely outlined rafts bypassing them and rushing downstream towards Fengming Harbor.
The battle began, and the Sibia warship was the first to attack. Rows of arrows streaked across the night sky, falling like raindrops on the transport ship. However, the transport ship had been modified, and ordinary arrows were difficult to cause damage.
"With my blood, wash away the shame!"
The remaining hundreds of people on the transport ship shouted slogans, and while trying their best to deal with the Sbia warship, they used several giant crossbows to fire rockets towards Fengming Port, which was getting closer and closer. A trebuchet on the bow of the ship was even more busy.
, when the Sibia warship hit the transport ship for the third time, the broken trebuchet had been fired more than twenty times, throwing nearly a hundred fire bombs into the harbor.
Subsequently, the militant Sibiya soldiers swarmed onto the deck of the transport ship, and the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat. Swords flew in the night, blood sprayed in the cold wind, and hysterical shouts of death filled the river. The Sibiya soldiers were indeed brave, but
This enemy army of unknown origin possesses the slickness and tenacity that are rare among demonic armies. After losing the upper deck, they always guarded the lower deck and even blocked the entrance with logs!
There was no other way. The two Sbia warships collided violently again and again. Amidst the loud noises, the transport ship gradually disintegrated. Some liquid flowed out from the rupture in the bottom of the ship, and the river was also filled with water.
A bad smell.
"Stop hitting it!" The commander of a Sbia warship understood and shouted loudly, "That's kerosene!"
But the commander understood it too late. Another warship was rushing towards the transport ship at full speed. Even if he heard his shout, it was too late to change its course. Only a loud "boom" was heard, and the warship's bow was
The metal rammed straight into the middle of the transport ship. The broken hull could not bear the force and was suddenly smashed into two pieces - hundreds of wooden barrels rolled out from the broken hull, and a large amount of kerosene was sprinkled on the water.
, and spread along the current to the nearby port.
When the three large ships were fighting fiercely on the waterway, the rafts that had been lowered into the water were not idle either. Dozens of rafts flowing down the river relied on their speed and size to "squeeze" in through the gaps in the dock and kept shuttling.
Among the tightly arranged transport ships, half of the rafts threw bamboo tubes filled with kerosene at the transport ships overhead, and the other half of the rafts threw tinder everywhere. However, the Sbia warship that came later could not get into the transport ships.
In the gap between them, I have no choice but to call out Naihe...
Almost instantly, blazing flames burned on the tightly packed transport ships, especially those fully loaded transport ships. There was no chance to free themselves from the anchor chain and leave in a short time. If a ship was on fire, it would soon affect the ships on both sides.
With the help of the ship and the night wind, the fire got out of control. After the oil slick from upstream drifted to the port, the fire became more intense. Some transport ships carrying flammable materials had already emitted thick black smoke, and more
A dull explosion sounded.
Seeing that the situation was irreversible, the commander of the port garrison immediately issued an order to land all the Sibiya troops on the river as close as possible to protect the warehouses next to the port, because compared to the supplies on the river, the supplies in the port warehouses were more important.
But those lingering rafts didn't care about being surrounded by fire. They only fired wave after wave of rockets ashore and towards the port warehouse. The Sbia army's archers immediately retaliated, shooting a large number of arrows towards the river.
, but their sight was blocked by the flames, so the effect was not good.
In the chaos, more than 300 people climbed up the river bank on the port side. Each of them had their lips turned purple from the cold. They took off their wet clothes tremblingly, hung a bamboo tube around their necks tremblingly, and then pulled out their swords tremblingly.
Sneaking silently through the gaps in Sibia's army's defense, he slowly walked towards the warehouse. Every time he passed a building or tent, someone would spray kerosene from bamboo tubes on it.
I don’t know whether the Sibiya army was unlucky or whether the sneak attack moved the Dark Lord. Anyway, they successfully touched the warehouse door. As soon as the door opened, the soldiers in front almost wanted to cry - these warehouses were full of piles.
Fire oil and stone bullets!
Without warning, a flame ignited from the center of the warehouse area and quickly spread to the surrounding areas. Those who succeeded in setting the fire shouted the slogan "With my blood, wash away the shame!"
He fired the bullets and rushed to other warehouses that were not on fire without hesitation, even the Sbia heavy cavalry camp.
When the central warehouse area caught fire, all Sibia's troops retreated. Therefore, this extremely brutal attack ended with the explosion of the main warehouse of Fengming Port.
Thousands of wooden boxes flew into the sky, and among them were mixed the secret weapons of Sbia's army such as kerosene bullets. All combustible objects in the entire port and river area, and even around the heavy cavalry camp, were ignited with blazing flames.
The sky turned red and could be seen dozens of miles away.
The attackers were also retreating when the main warehouse area was set on fire, but only a few scattered attackers swam to the other side on their own strength. Many of them were exhausted when they reached the middle of the swim, and a few were rescued by their comrades.
Since then, most people have drifted along the river and never seen each other again...
In order to avoid the remnants of the explosion and the Sbia cavalry who came to search, the attacking party immediately began to move. All those participating in the battle lay on stretchers and were carried by their comrades. They rushed all the way to the hiding place prepared in advance.
After the location is reached, the attacking party has a chance to count the number of people.
In a secret cave, the blue-faced Colonel Glens was wrapped in a blanket and listened to the officer's report below. Although he was shaking constantly, the officers around him looked at him with great admiration.
Not only was Glens' tactics successful, but he also personally participated in the attack, rushing to the front and rescuing a soldier on his way back.
"...Our army suffered a lot of losses. Of the 500 people who crossed the border with the ship, including you, sir, only 147 came back. The rest fought to the death..." The officer who reported the report puffed up his chest.
, "However, they died with great honor!"
"Yes, they died gloriously." Glens raised his eyes and asked the other person, "So...where are the lurking brothers?"
"While waiting for the battle to begin, many brothers have already died in the line of duty." As he spoke, tears welled up from the eyes of the reporting officer, "More than 800 lurking brothers, more than 400 froze to death... However,
, they are all good, they successfully found Sibia Jun’s kerosene warehouse... In the end, more than 90 people came back..."
"We will always remember these brothers." Glens sighed: "What's the situation with the enemy?"
"They were much more miserable than us. The commander's tactics achieved brilliant success. Not only were more than forty transport ships on the river destroyed, but also a huge amount of supplies were burned to ashes. At this time, Sibia's army
We can no longer support our supplies." Lieutenant Colonel Shaya handed cups of hot water to the officers and said, "When you swam ashore, sir, the enemy camp was full of fire.
There were at least five hundred people. Including the previous ones, I think there were thousands of enemy soldiers who were burned to death."
"Brothers throw their heads and blood and follow me, isn't this the result you want?" Colonel Glens nodded to Lieutenant Colonel Shaya, grateful that he put all the credit on himself, "Send the messenger immediately,
Report this result to the Northern Defense Area Military Headquarters, to the capital, and to His Majesty the Emperor!"
A quarter of an hour later, Fengming Harbor was attacked by an army of unknown origin. The news of the heavy losses reached Opei City, but it was not transmitted into the city wall, but to the Sibia Army Command. A Yiren officer cautiously
Standing in front of the commander-in-chief, he announced the news in an urgent tone.
The other officers in the headquarters opened their eyes in surprise, unable to believe that the news was true, because the guards on the entire front line of Fengming Port were all personally deployed by the commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Haiert, and the troops responsible for guarding were even more
He is the elite among the elites, and in the end, such a situation will occur?
"Except for those supplies, what are the casualties of our troops?" Lieutenant General Helter walked to his chair and sat down, asking in a calm tone. At this time, the officers around him were even more confused.
You know, this lieutenant general's temper is not ordinary.
"The casualties were minor, but..." the Yiren officer hesitated, "a total of more than 3,000 prisoners were burned to death."
"I know, let's get down!" Lieutenant General Helter waved his hand and turned to look at his staff officer, "How long can our supplies last?"
"About ten days." The staff officer immediately replied, "But the supplies for siege are relatively small, about eight days."
"Then don't be idle and continue the attack." Lieutenant General Helter grabbed a map and looked at it. "Throw all the siege materials for these eight days on the heads of those bastards."
"Sir, we have lost more than half of our supplies... Should we consider... temporarily retreating?"
Lieutenant General Helter raised his eyes and looked at the staff officer, "Do you have any objections to my tactics?"
"Of course I have no objection." The staff officer politely performed his duties, "But now the situation has changed..."
"Then what! Our duties have also changed? How dare you give me orders?" Lieutenant General Helter's eyes widened and he slapped the map with his hands. His fiery temper finally broke out, "Attack! Otherwise I'll be damned."
I’ll deal with you first!”
"yes!"
"And the commander of Fengming Port, tie me up with a rope and send it directly to the Holy Capital Military Justice Department!"
"yes!"
"Why are you still here? Waiting for dinner? Get out of here!"
"Yes!" A group of officers scurried away as if they had received an amnesty. (To be continued)