As a thrilling scene unfolded in Legon, the battle for Kuterdam gradually entered its climax. Shenei, who took over from Mulige to defend Kutdan, quickly felt the difference in momentum between the defensive battle here and the small-scale conventional conflicts in Sanjiang. The Machi Khan soldiers here even revealed a strong spirit in their bones. The crazy energy may have been infected by the bloody battle of Lygon in the south, or it may have been the pressure and encouragement of Bixili who personally went to the front line to supervise the battle. The battle for Kuterdam, which could only be said to be dull and difficult, soon became violent.
The urgently delivered fire dragon cannon played a great role, but the quality of this kind of fire dragon cannon did still have certain problems. This highly deterrent weapon was often prone to malfunction after continuous use, which also gave Kutdan The defensive operations of Kutdam had a considerable impact, especially the city defense facilities of Kutdam could not be compared with those of the cities in the Sanjiang area. The peninsula people were not as good as the empire in terms of the scientificity and ingenuity of the city wall design and the sturdiness of the city wall construction. There are considerable gaps in the domestic urban defense systems.
She Nei also quickly realized that the Sixth Army would encounter a real baptism of blood and fire here. Compared with the test here, the Sixth Army's early defensive operations in Sanjiang were more like an actual combat exercise.
The five corps' successive attacks at Kuterdam soon pushed the competition between the two sides to the climax. Although it was a defensive operation, the Sixth Army could still feel the heavy pressure brought by the opponent's attack on its own side. Like Legon, the city of Kutdam soon suffered damage and collapse under the opponent's concentrated attack. The phenomenon. The success of the Machikhans in improving the ram car was verified in both Kutdan and Legon. The original ram car with giant wood and iron tips completely withdrew from the battlefield and was replaced by a brand-new ram car. City vehicles, this type of city ramming vehicle adopts a wheel-type excavation operation drill bit, and uses a combination of machine spring and manpower to allow the original impact head to rotate and drill into the wall, achieving the purpose of destroying the city wall. The effect is extremely good for city walls built with clay embryos like those in the peninsula area. It is often possible to drill holes in part of the wall by successive attacks by multiple new ramming wheels. If it is supplemented by bombardment by giant trebuchets, a breakthrough can be achieved quickly.
When the walls of Kutdam were damaged bit by bit until they collapsed, and when the power of the fire dragon cannon was exerted to its extreme, it still could not stop the enthusiasm of the Maci Khan soldiers because their Khan King personally visited the front line. The only thing that could save Kutdam's is the Sixth Army's 100,000 soldiers themselves. At this time, only the bodies of soldiers can truly build a flesh-and-blood Great Wall. This repeated battle on the city wall directly led to a sharp increase in casualties on both sides. . When the reinforcements of the Second Army arrived at Kutdam, two consecutive weeks of bloody fighting directly led to a large attrition of soldiers in the five divisions of the Sixth Army. The first, second, third and third divisions were reduced by 30%, while the fourth and fifth divisions with slightly weaker combat effectiveness were reduced by nearly half.
Of course, success does not come at a painful price. Kutdam is still firmly in the hands of the Sixth Army, and the number of corpses of Machi Khan soldiers on the city walls exceeds 60,000. Such a result is that Mingzhong, the commander of the Kutdam Maji Khan army, almost has Suicidal impulsiveness. After two consecutive weeks of bloody battles, the Machi Khans seemed to have lost their courage and passion due to this cruel war of attrition. After the reinforcements of the Second Army arrived, the Machi Khans outside the city never launched another attack. An attack, this kind of result made the Sixth Army Commander Schone and the First Division Commander Hillman, who were both double wounded, curse the Macihan people in the sick room.
Bixili never thought that this battle would be so brutal and bloody. Even with his tenacity, he was still shocked by the scene before him. After witnessing the madness and cruelty of the battle for Kutdam. He thought he could face any situation in the world without moving, but when he stood under the shattered Lygon City, the stench and devastation that hit him still made him feel sad.
Piles of flames rising into the sky were mixed with the pungent scorch smell, and black smoke was everywhere. The logistics soldiers on both sides were still trying in vain to separate the corpses of their respective soldiers, stacking them one on top of the other. The stones thrown by the throwing machine were scattered around the wall that could no longer be called a city wall. Broken military flags and weapons, broken siege equipment, but more of them were still scattered corpses. If you really want to use an adjective to describe it, maybe the term ruins or ruins is relatively more accurate. But a dazzling Golden Roc flag on the dilapidated wall still reminds everyone that the masters of this city are still from Xijiang.
Suddenly, a depressing and heavy breath pressed into his heart, making Bi Xili feel like he was suffocating. Such a heroic Ma Qihan son was sleeping here, but their efforts did not receive any reward. This kind of heartbreaking. The pain of his split lung made Bixili unable to help but scream to the sky to vent his inner grief and anger.
Seeing King Khan suddenly roaring in anger, Pu Tiancheng, who had been following Bixili, felt his heart sink. He knew that King Khan would not be satisfied with the battle ending like this, but he did not expect that King Khan would actually be there. In this situation, use this method to express your inner anger. He could even imagine what kind of criticism he would encounter, but apart from feeling some guilt and apology for the fallen soldiers, Pu Tiancheng found that his heart seemed to be quite peaceful.
"Tiancheng, is this the result of your fierce fighting for several months?" Bixili's roar echoed on the battlefield for a long time and never dissipated. Apart from attracting surprised looks from the logistics troops on both sides, not many people paid attention. The fighting resulted in countless mountains of corpses and blood. Anyone in this environment has become numb. Nothing can make them feel the shock and tension anymore. There is no catastrophe other than death, except turning into a pile of flesh and blood, a corpse. What else can be so great about a corpse
"Your Majesty, Tiancheng has failed to live up to His Majesty's expectations. Please punish him." In this situation, Pu Tiancheng had no other words to say. He seemed very calm at this time. No one could accept such a result. In a few months A fierce battle. There were one hundred thousand casualties, but they failed to advance even half a step west of Lygon. Is this the result that we want to achieve in this battle with all the strength of the country
"That's enough. I don't want to hear your apology today. Can this statement of tens of thousands of dollars by me, Machi Khan, be exchanged for just one sentence? What I want to hear is your true thoughts!" Finally, he became angry. Angry, Bi XiLi fiercely flicked his sleeves. This was not only the first time for the surrounding corps commanders to see such a situation, it was also the first time for Pu Tiancheng and the attendants around Bi XiLi to see it.
Pu Tiancheng had a sad face but lowered his head without saying a word. This made Bi Xili even angrier, and even his voice became a little cold: "What, Tiancheng? When did you learn to do this in front of me? My question Didn't you hear what I said? What caused this war to reach this point? What do you think of this war? Did I ask clearly enough? Do you need me to repeat it again?!"
"Your Majesty, I feel that now is not the time to reflect on the reasons for this current situation. Maybe we should consider more urgent matters." Pu Tiancheng finally raised his head and answered his Khan in an unusually calm tone.
"More urgent matters?!" Bixili's eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze became more focused, "Very good. You finally spoke out your true thoughts, okay. Tell me, I also want to hear something." Is this the most important issue we need to consider now?”
Pu Tiancheng could feel his scalp numb under Dahan's razor-sharp gaze, but he was not a person who liked to back down. As long as he thought it was right, he would never give in easily.
"Your Majesty, you actually know very well in your heart that maybe it's time for us to consider temporarily withdrawing our troops." Pu Tiancheng's words were like a bayonet and finally pierced the gauze that had been lingering in the hearts of many generals.
"Withdraw troops?!" Senhan's eyes flickered across the faces of the generals around him, and Bixili snorted heavily: "Humph, is this the opinion of all of you?"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to embarrass them. This is Tiancheng's idea. If this situation continues in a stalemate, it will only consume more soldiers in this meat grinding machine. The Western Xinjiang Second Army has already pressed down from Kutdan. Coming here, we are about to arrive at Legon. Even though the situation on his northern front was so tense, Li Wufeng still sent his new force to the peninsula. This shows that he attaches great importance to this place. This time he is determined to stay with us here. It's better. The Great Khan should also be aware of the situation of the Second Army of Western Xinjiang. Their first division is the Gaoyue Infantry Division, and most of the other divisions have experienced battles with the Luzon people and the Luobei people. , the combat effectiveness is probably better than the Fourth and Sixth Army of Western Xinjiang we are facing now. The most important thing is that this army is a new force, and we, Your Majesty, our soldiers are already a little war-weary. , it is the honor of our Machi Khan soldiers and our incomparable loyalty to the Great Khan that supports them. I hope that Your Majesty can carefully consider Tiancheng’s suggestion."
As soon as Pu Tiancheng said these words, the whole scene became even quieter. Everyone's eyes lowered subconsciously, as if to avoid Bixili's gaze, but also as if they were expressing their agreement with Pu Tiancheng's opinion in this way.
"Hoho, have we, the men of Machi Khan, become so cowardly? One or two bloody battles will scare you out of your wits?" Bi Xili knew that his words of help actually made sense, but such a How will he explain it to the people at home