After much discussion, Xue Hua and Nelson could not come up with a way to take back Midway Town with the manpower and material resources they currently had.
Really unable to do anything, Nelson had no choice but to spread out all the existing power in his hands and distribute it on the roads leading to the late winter war zone from Midway Town. He cooperated with the professionals who had been summoned by the call-up order to deal with those who passed through these.
Road to attack other towns of the demonic forces to block and delay.
Xue Hua also sent Dehaka, the best in special operations among the insects, to lead his elite insect team to collect the "essence" of the demons.
Dehaka, who was almost going crazy in Leviathan, was stunned for a moment when he heard this order. After realizing it, he set off with his men without saying a word, as if he was afraid that if he was a little slow, Xue Hua would come again.
It's like I changed my mind.
Dehaka is a high-level combat commander, and its combat effectiveness has always been comparable to that of the Hive Mother Zagara and the First Fleet Commander Stukov.
And compared to Zagara, who is accustomed to frontal attacks and Stukov who is good at commanding fleets, Dehaka prefers secret ambushes and sneak attacks.
This is related to its primitive insect-like habits.
In nature, hunting methods such as sneak attacks, ambushes, and setting traps are far more efficient and safer than direct confrontation with prey. As the leader of the primitive tribe, Dehaka is naturally very good at this.
Therefore, it is most appropriate to leave this task to Dehaka.
But even with the addition of Dehaka and his team of elite hunters, it is still not a long-term solution to contain the demonic forces emerging from Midway Town.
Those guys are like dirty spring water that never dries up, flowing out from the three hell portals in Midway Town.
If the spring cannot be blocked, it will be useless even if many people enter it.
So this is just a stopgap measure and a delaying tactic.
As for how long it will be postponed?
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This is also a headache that Nelson and Xue Hua are having...
Four or five hours after the battle in the Frost-covered Valley town, the battle at Winter's End Fort on the front line officially began.
Large groups of succubi began to use various cunning methods, trying to penetrate the steel-like defenses on the city wall and penetrate into the fortress to cause chaos.
Sometimes a group of professional guardsmen patrolling the city would suddenly rebel without warning, cut off their ties with the Holy Pact collectively, and then turn against their former colleagues.
In this case, other unprepared guards often suffer heavy losses, and then suppress their grief and kill the rebellious guards.
Sometimes guards in more remote locations would be completely unable to move as if under an illusion, and could only watch helplessly as the succubi walked past them as if they were in no one's land - and dug them out from behind.
heart.
In less than an hour after the war started, the succubi's pervasive infiltration tactics and various tricks caused hundreds of casualties to the professionals on the city wall.
But the series of defensive tactics deployed by General Edwin also worked very effectively.
The undead servants of the necromancers always make the invasion attempts of the succubi fail, and the shadow masters placed throughout the city walls provide professionals with first-hand information on the infiltration locations of the succubi.
Soon, the first wave of succubus troops who tried to invade the fortress were successfully surrounded and suppressed by the traps laid everywhere by the professional army. In the end, only more than 50 succubi out of a total of 500 escaped.
Not a single succubus managed to break through the defense line of Winter End Castle, and the two champion-level "Hell Maidens" who led the invasion were also beheaded on top of the city by two legendary-level professionals.
It was a small victory in the first battle, but not only did General Edwin's face show no relaxed expression, but his brows became more and more frowned.
He had just received a report from the logistics officer in the city, saying that the supply lines transporting various combat preparation materials from the rear of the war zone were now experiencing large-scale disruptions.
The current scale of strategic material reserves in the city alone may not be able to sustain this large-scale battle.
The succubi army outside the city seems to be small in number, but among them is Setia, a powerful high-level legendary demon leader.
Demons of this level are powerful opponents in the second world with destructive power that far exceeds that of ordinary legendary powerhouses.
Moreover, the Doomsday Depression is still sending reinforcements to Setia's legion. It is expected that when the demons launch an attack next time, there will be a large number of cannon fodder troops as a cover for the succubi's infiltration tactics, and they will attack the fortress wall head-on.
By then, the pressure on the city will increase exponentially, and the casualties of each professional legion will probably rise sharply.
In this case, if there are further problems with logistics, the battle situation on the fortress frontline will soon fall into trouble.
But Edwin also knows that the pressure on Nelson's side in the rear of the war zone is probably no less than on his side.
The fall of Midway Town allowed a large number of demonic troops to directly bypass the frontline walls and invade the hinterland of the war zone through the portal.
And Winter's End Fort, which has concentrated most of the main battle legions, can't spare any energy to reinforce the rear. The shortage of manpower will probably give Nelson a headache for a long time.
"Can we just stick around and wait for help..." Edwin silently glanced at the demon camp outside the city wall, the expression on his face was as cold and cold as ice and snow.
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Just when the war zone encountered the most overwhelming dilemma in late winter, far outside the second world, above the high-level heaven, the Angris Council composed of archangels held a new round of meetings.
The meeting revolved around the issue of whether to agree to the second world's Death Fortress War Zone to dispatch Angel Legion to reinforce the Late Winter War Zone, and the final decision on this issue was still decided by voting.
The final result of the vote was two votes to two plus one abstention.
The two archangels who voted against were the Angel of Valor Imperius and the Angel of Wisdom Marcel.
Their reason is that the second world is a battlefield for humans. Although the angel legions stationed there have an obligation to help humans defend the fortress, they have no obligation to help humans wipe out such tactical mistakes.
The two archangels who voted in favor were Auriel, the angel of hope, and Tyrael, the angel of justice.
Their reason is that humans have previously sent reinforcements to help the Angel Legion regain control of the eternal battlefield, and this time humans ask Heaven for help as an ally. If they refuse, it will be a very damaging and unreasonable act, and it will also cause Heaven to be in trouble.
The image and prestige in the eyes of human beings are damaged, which will have a very negative impact on more cooperation in the future.
Israel, the Archangel of Destiny, gave up the vote, but did not explain the reason for giving up.
To be precise, this mysterious archangel did not participate in the voting meeting of the Angris Council at all.
The two archangels who were in favor and the two other archangels who were opposed had a heated argument at the meeting. In the end, since neither could convince the other, the voting results of this meeting were declared invalid and another meeting would be held at another date.
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After the meeting, Archangel Auriel of Hope was about to leave the Silver Hall, but was stopped by Imperius and Marcelle at the door.
The two archangels aggressively asked Archangel Hope why she had not followed their request in a previous incident. (To be continued)