When Zhan Botao rushed to the front of the camp fence in a few steps, Tang Jun had already entered the battle state in an orderly manner under the urging of the police. But after all, it was already three o'clock in the morning, when people sleep the most sweetly. After experiencing Most of the Tang troops who had traveled a long distance had already fallen asleep. Although Zhan Botao also arranged for each division to deploy sufficient night duty troops, no one thought that the Hansen Allied Forces who had retreated on their own initiative would come back in the middle of the night to attack the camp. And it's so fierce.
Zhan Botao arranged the camp in an M shape. The first division was placed at the joint of the depression, while the direct division and the fifth division were placed at two bulges, forming an angle with each other. , and the Second Division acted as the rear camp reserve. It should be said that this formation method is relatively more aggressive, but when encountering an enemy attack, the direct division and the Fifth Division will inevitably encounter greater dangers. pressure.
Suvorov is very smart. He knows that his 30,000 armored cavalry are the key to determining the situation of the entire West Indian War. Although this time the armored cavalry will be forced to participate in the night attack, he also knows that the advantage of the armored cavalry lies in the breakthrough. Rather than engaging in a dogfight, the enemy adopted a M-strong formation. It should be that they were deeply confident in their own combat effectiveness, so he also cautiously adopted a focused attack on the two peaks, where the direct division and the fifth division were camped. at.
Zeppelin also felt the camp fence at the first moment. The black armored cavalry came into Zeppelin's eyes almost as soon as the torch was lit. Even though Zeppelin was a veteran of light battle formations, he still couldn't help but fall. Take a breath of air. Before Qi Bolin had time to rest, according to Zhan Botao's request, the entire division was mainly strengthening the layout of Yingzha and Luzhai in the afternoon. Since the enemy refused to retreat, it was clear that he might be planning to have a battle at this place. Since in this way. Then the requirements for the camp must not be too low, as it must prevent the enemy from attacking the camp. He had to be considerate of the already tired soldiers, but Zeppelin knew it was better to be careful at this time. After all, this was the first time he encountered this army. I don't know the details of the situation. I would rather the soldiers work harder because they think about their own lives.
The black iron leaf armor looked particularly dazzling under the lanterns raised on the camp and the torches in the hands of the soldiers. The entire face of the armored cavalry, glowing with black light, was hidden behind the iron leaf mask. Only a pair of eyes and eyes were exposed. There are two ventilation holes and the iron spear is four meters long. A slight difference from the heavy armored cavalry of the Eastern Continent is that there is a small barb half a meter away from the tip of the iron spear, which is easy to pull and destroy. This is a sharp weapon for the heavy armored cavalry of the Western Continent to attack cities and demolish strongholds. Since the physical strength of the white people in the Western Continent is generally better than that of the people in the Central and Eastern Continent, especially in terms of arm strength, this hooked iron spear has become the weapon of choice for the heavy armored cavalry in the Western Continent.
The armored war horses stepped to a unified rhythm, like a group of dancing knights stepping on graceful steps, more like a group of moving armored fortresses, attacking with overwhelming force, and the entire ground trembled under the trampling of millions of pairs of iron hooves. Mud is flying. A muddy mist rolled up, but the dozens of scattered horse-rejecting pits set up in front of the camp fence caused some slight confusion for the armored cavalry. The knights from the Western Continent were obviously not used to the unscrupulous methods of the Eastern Army. This There are not many scattered horse-repelling traps, and they do not require too much time and energy, but they can effectively disrupt the opponent's organized attack rhythm, especially the formation of attack waves. Even Zeppelin can't I thought that this kind of routine horse-rejection pit could have such a great effect, and if it were replaced by nomadic rangers or light cavalry. This effect will be greatly reduced.
However, the small number of Juma pits played a limited role. After appropriately adjusting the attack direction and sequence, the subway armored cavalry quickly rushed through the trap area and hit the front of Juma ditch. Juma ditch was the first line of defense deployed by the Tang army. It was also a necessary ravine for the Eastern Continental Army to camp. However, in the land of Kerman Province, the sandy soil was not suitable for digging Juma ditch, so it was often dug. The sand on both sides will fall down again. In fact, it became a trapezoidal ditch. Hansen's allies were aware of the Tang Army's defensive measures. Most of the first wave of attacking cavalry were light cavalry. There was a certain distance between them and the armored cavalry behind them. The heavy earth bags behind the saddles proved that they were They were not just stupid and reckless barbaric attackers. They concentrated their efforts and dropped earth bags on Juma ditch outside the camp fence, and then quickly dispersed. This concentrated dropping soon caused many places in Jumagou to be blocked. The filling was ineffective, and under the guidance of the flag soldiers, the armored cavalry of the Hansen Alliance quickly gathered together and launched a crazy attack on these areas.
The advance light cavalry was not without sacrifice. Under the baptism of the archers in the camp and guard tower, almost no light cavalry of the Hansen Alliance survived. In the end, less than 300 of the 3,000 light cavalry were able to survive, but their sacrifices In exchange for attack channels for the heavy cavalry behind them, the heavy armored cavalry can concentrate their strength to attack the last barrier of the Tang army.
Zeppelin stood high on the guard tower, staring ahead. The bloody and violent breath hit his nostrils. He felt as helpless as a lone boat in the roaring storm. The black armored cavalry swept in in waves like a tide. Under the repeated strikes and collisions of the strong iron spears, the strong camp fence soon began to show signs of loosening. The professional ethics of the Hansen Alliance cavalry It was enough to awe people. Even after falling off their horses, the knights still persisted in digging into the camp fence with their spears and shovels, intending to complete the breakthrough as quickly as possible.
Although archers are quite effective against light armored cavalry, they are obviously ineffective against heavy armored cavalry. The only ones outside Yingzha and Luzhai that can really cause damage to heavy armored cavalry are spearmen. Lancers are not exclusive to Gaoyue people, but the number of spearmen deployed in a mixed division is quite limited, no more than two or three brigades. But even so, with the right spearmen, every wave of throws will still be defeated by the swarming armored cavalry. Caused huge damage. However, this kind of damage was not enough to stop the fierce offensive of the Hansen Alliance. The charge of risking life and death soon tore a crack in the camp of the Fifth Division, and once this crack opened, That's fatal.
The cutting-edge fortresses and outposts were quickly damaged and collapsed under the repeated attacks of the Hansen Alliance's armored cavalry. This was the strongest location of the Fifth Division, but it was also the first to be defeated. As many as three thousand armored cavalry detachments stormed here. Only two brigades of the Fifth Division were stationed here, including a lancer brigade. The armored cavalry, bearing thousands of casualties, finally destroyed the barracks. At the same time, under the cover of the heavy armored infantry, the spearmen began to retreat steadily after throwing the last wave of spears. With the help of the camp fence on both wings that had not been washed away, the Fifth Division, under the command of the division commander Zebrin who personally visited the front line, retreated with little effort. The price was paid to complete this tactical retreat, and before retreating, Zeppelin had arranged to use transport vehicles to set up a second line of defense in his camp.
So far, Suvorov is very dissatisfied with the results of this raid. Obviously, the Tang Army was not fully mentally prepared for this raid. This can be seen from the Tang Army's weak response in the early stage, but the Tang Army's daily life The preparations were unusually rigorous and the response was quite quick. An effective defense system was quickly established. Although many breakthroughs were made under the strong impact of our own side, the intention to quickly expand the results failed to materialize. The tenacity, tenacity and agility shown by the Tang army are completely different from the Indian army in this area. It is no wonder that the Tang people became the boss of the Indian area so quickly.
Both points of the M-shape have been broken through by the Hansen Alliance troops. The two sides are actually in a state of full-scale combat. The Hansen Alliance infantry who followed up quickly rushed into the two large breaches and organized a second line of defense. The infantry of the Tang Army on the front line launched an all-out fierce battle. The two sides launched unprecedented fierce battles in every camp and guard tower. At this time, the cavalry had withdrawn from the main battlefield, and the infantry became the well-deserved main offensive and defensive force.
Zhan Botao realized the cunningness of his opponent when he discovered that the enemy's cavalry had not advanced towards the depression. The opponent also realized that his formation method had strong counterattack capabilities. The Hansen Alliance chose the tactic of giving priority to attacking its two horns. In this way, the danger of flanking attack from both wings can be avoided. He did not hesitate much because he knew that under the enemy's focus, it would be difficult for the forward battalion of the direct division and the fifth division to hold on to the enemy's crazy attack, and the second or even third line of defense would be What determines victory or defeat on the battlefield.
The Second Division quickly divided into two to reinforce the two wings. With the reinforcements from the Second Division, Zhan Botao believed that this dogfight would eventually make the Hansen Allied Forces realize the strength of the Tang Army. He was not ready to send the second division to the Tang Army yet. The investment of a division was his last trump card. If used at a critical moment, it might determine the fate of the entire campaign.
The situation of the directly-affiliated division is almost the same as that of the Fifth Division. Although the fortress-style defense at the tip dealt a heavy blow to the Hansen Alliance cavalry, under the impact of the superior armored cavalry, this simple fortress-style fortress was not enough to become a fortress. Du Qingyun knew this even better than Zeppelin. While using fortifications to intentionally kill the opponent's effective forces, he was already building a second line of defense to prepare for the second stage of defense.