Even the sun seemed unwilling to witness this tragic scene, and quietly slipped behind the clouds. The afterglow of the setting sun reflected the golden light on the edge of the clouds, but the sky gradually dimmed, which also heralded the first day of attack and defense. Entering the end, of course, unless the offensive coach intends to stay up late to fight at night, but in this case, night fighting is also difficult to achieve better results, and the Machikhan coach does not want to do this.
As the sound of the trumpet turned into a long whine with a bit of a mournful sound, the first to retreat was the infantry team fighting on the front line. When the infantry retreated to a certain position, various small engineering equipment began to retreat, and those large-scale siege The equipment also retreated slowly under the push of animal power or manpower. The cavalry teams on both wings were highly vigilant at this time to prevent the enemies in the fortress from rushing out and taking the opportunity to cover up the kill. However, it seemed that the Sanjiang army in the fortress also suffered a lot of losses. Everything was lost. It ended very peacefully.
The mottled bloodstains on the city walls and the towers still emitting thick smoke indicate that the war is not over yet. This is just a short break for the more brutal battle the next day. The logistics personnel on both sides collecting the corpses raised the flags with red crosses on a white background as usual. After a day's rest, the logistics personnel began to work up and down the city wall. Whether it was a bloody body or a mutilated corpse, the logistics personnel were always busy. They should be collected like body bags, and then find ways to take out the soldier tags hanging on their bodies and place them on the body bags as a basis for explaining to the fallen soldiers. This practice was not popular in the Eastern Continent originally, but with the frequent wars between the Tanghe Empire and the Three Northern Kingdoms, and the Milan people who had accepted the customs of the Western Continent, they also began to take this humane measure in the war with the Macihans. This method soon became an unwritten rule in the Eastern Continent.
Pu Tiancheng was not very satisfied with the first day's battle, especially when he saw corpses piled up in half of the camp. This scene made him even more unhappy. It is not that I am dissatisfied with the combat effectiveness of the Yulin Corps, but I am questioning the intelligence fed back by the domestic intelligence department. According to the intelligence, the Loushanguan city defense facilities are not complete, and can even be said to be relatively rudimentary. Although in recent times, Over the past year, the Sanjiang side has strengthened the defense facilities at Loushanguan. However, after all, the buildings at Loushanguan have been fixed, and they can only make some small and medium-sized expansions and improvements. However, judging from the opponent's performance today, it is somewhat inconsistent with the intelligence obtained. Not quite consistent.
The first was the enemy's catapult position. Although I destroyed the enemy's catapult position with the help of powerful long-range weapons, surprisingly, the enemy rearranged the mobile catapults in a short period of time. Although they were not as numerous and powerful as the first However, this change caused a lot of hardships to our side who did not expect it, especially the mobile arrow towers and siege vehicles that thought the enemy had lost their heavy strike weapons. Due to their slow speed, they became the focus of the opponent's catapults. Target, the mobile arrow tower alone lost 28 vehicles today, and the archers lost more than 600 people, which made Pu Tiancheng quite distressed; and the siege vehicles were even more miserable, as ten of them had not yet advanced to the city wall. It was destroyed by the catapult and lost the ability to move, and the rockets that followed immediately turned the siege vehicle into a furnace, making it as difficult for soldiers who tried to pass the siege vehicle to attack through the siege vehicle as ten lions crossing a ring of fire. .
The enemy built a large number of hidden military chambers on the back of the city wall that were connected to the city wall in all directions, which also brought a hidden disadvantage to our side. Every time we saw that we had climbed onto the city wall to gain an advantage, the enemy soldiers who came from nowhere could always be at the end. Entering the battlefield at the critical moment, regaining the upper hand and regaining the upper hand, killing all the soldiers who had finally climbed up the city wall, and when their side's long-range weapons started to attack, they swarmed back to the hiding room to hide, like this He repeatedly frustrated his own side's attacks and also caused heavy losses to the two Habayashi regiments.
The enemy's determination to die was what troubled Pu Tiancheng the most. He didn't want to fight his opponent to the last moment through this method. Although he believed that he could finally stand on the top of Loushanguan with his current strength, he really didn't want to use this method that was too bloody and seemed a little bit... Founder's method is to kill three thousand people and injure eight hundred others. This is an old saying of the Tanghe people and a classic explanation of frontal war. Pu Tiancheng does not want to see this scene, but the possibility of this situation is gradually increasing. , especially after seeing the performance of the Sanjiang army today, Pu Tiancheng thought this was not a good sign.
But he was helpless. Even in difficult times and no matter how great the losses were, he had to fight this battle. If we don't remove the nail in Loushanguan, we will never be able to advance westward with all our strength. This is like a bone spur stuck in our throat, making it difficult for people to eat and sleep.
After arranging all the people on duty in the big tent, Pu Tiancheng thought about the map for a long time before he felt a little tired and went to the inner tent to fall asleep. However, before he could even stiffen his head, he heard a sudden loud killing sound from the southwest. After a few steps, he rushed When they got out of the tent, they saw flames soaring into the sky in the southwest, making half of the sky turn red. The shouts of killing were getting louder and louder, and occasionally vague crashing sounds and the neighing of horses could be heard.
Standing outside the tent with his hands behind his hands, Pu Tiancheng's face was as dark as water, but his heart was full of surprise and uncertainty. While ordering the soldiers to quickly inquire about the situation, he was still guessing what happened. I have specially arranged for various people to be on duty at night to prevent the enemy from hijacking the camp at night. Could it be that a small group of enemies harassed me at night and deliberately wanted to affect the sleep and rest of our soldiers? It didn't seem like an elephant. There were bursts of clashing sounds of weapons, proving that the two sides were at war. But judging from the position, it seemed that they were inside the camp. Could it be that the enemy didn't know if he touched the soldiers on duty in the camp? This is too exaggerated.
It wasn't until news came from the southwest an hour later that Pu Tiancheng understood the true situation. The enemy had really come to rob the camp, and they had also successfully burned all the supplies of food and grass and some of the siege equipment of the Fifth Corps. The Fifth Corps even suffered more than 2,000 casualties.
Pu Tiancheng, whose face turned livid, stared at the officer who came to report the situation, and gritted his teeth. Unexpectedly, he repeatedly ordered all the regiments to pay attention to strengthening night duty. Unexpectedly, he was still hijacked by the opponent, and he directly touched him. Entering the depths of the camp, if not discovered in time, even the entire Fifth Corps headquarters would be blamed by the opponent. Even so, the blow to the morale of the Fifth Corps and other departments is difficult to estimate.
"What's going on? Didn't I ask you to strengthen night duty? How did the enemy get in? What does Gudema (the commander of the Fifth Corps) do for food? Why don't you come and report to me in person?" The voice made the deputy commander who came to report the situation couldn't help but shudder. This General Dingguo is a famous general who doesn't take hard and soft measures. Any one of his subordinates commits a crime in his hands. If he can't give him a No satisfactory explanation could pass the test of military law.
"Come back to the commander, everything happened for a reason, but it is also our fault for some careless mistakes. The corps commander is now personally directing the encirclement and suppression of the enemy troops who attacked, and it is estimated that it will be over soon." The deputy corps commander did not dare to neglect, and took the initiative to take some responsibilities. He knew This coach hates people who shirk responsibility.
"Everything happens for a reason? How is there a reason? Tell me." After hearing what the other party said, Pu Tiancheng's face became a little better, but the tone of his words was still cold.
"Our corps is stationed in the southeast corner outside the nearby Loushan Pass. There is a large mass grave there. When we set up camp, we had thoroughly searched the area. However, because the soldiers were a little taboo about cemeteries, the camp was surrounded by mass graves. It was far away from the mass graves. There was a certain distance, but I didn't expect it to be a trap designed by the Sanjiang people. Those mass graves were connected underground by tunnels, directly connected to the Loushanguan Fortress. The enemy quietly came out of the mass graves at night and assassinated our sentry on duty. Taking advantage of the situation, In the fire attack in our camp, because it broke out suddenly from the center and it was dark, the troops did not know which direction the enemy was coming from. There was some confusion in the early stage. Later, the regiment commander personally took action and finally stabilized the position. The number of enemies Not much, the situation was basically under control when I came to report to the commander." The deputy commander had obviously thought about his words on the way, and he spoke in an orderly manner.
In fact, as soon as the opponent said the word "grave mound", Putiancheng knew what the problem was. He did not expect that his opponent would have such a trick. He obviously had a premeditated plan and actually built the tunnel directly outside the city. Maybe the original purpose was to It was convenient to leave the city for a sneak attack at night, but they didn't expect that this time they would directly attack their own camp. The Fifth Corps was really unlucky.
After a long silence, his dark eyes seemed to be searching for something under the butter lamp. Pu Tiancheng squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "Go back and search carefully for me. Don't let the enemy come in again. This kind of thing happens again." If it happens, let Gudema wash his neck and wait for the military law team to behead him!"
The deputy commander nodded repeatedly as if receiving an amnesty, saluted and left. Only Pu Tiancheng and his chief of staff were left in the tent. Sitting back in the handsome chair, Pu Tiancheng was already exhausted from sleep at this time. Looking at the dark night sky outside the tent, he felt that maybe his previous predictions were a little too optimistic. The Lin family was entrenched and operating on this land. Decades later, although the glorious period has passed, its potential power and the will of the army honed through long-term battles cannot be underestimated. It made itself so embarrassed on the first day, and even when it had an absolute advantage, it seemed that There are still many variables in this battle, but no matter what, I haven't encountered a decent opponent for a long time. An invincible army is born from the collision with a powerful opponent.