The elephant soldiers who had broken through to only the last two trenches seemed to have something going on. The servants who drove the elephant soldiers discovered this first. The elephants gradually became a little restless. When the first one even When several elephants appeared in this situation, they did not attract anyone's attention. The slaves only tried their best to restrain the giant elephants under them, but soon this restless mood quickly spread to almost the entire elephant group like a contagion. , and the situation became more and more serious, gradually developing from general irritability to mania. The laborers tried their best to restrain the elephants, and even the coalition infantry who were working hard to level the last two trenches also discovered this. Strange phenomenon.
At this moment, the opposing army, which had been blocking the coalition forces with spears, suddenly stopped attacking with spears. Huge ghost masks were suddenly lifted out one by one. The sharp and harsh metal collision sound was accompanied by the sound of huge firecrackers. On the opposite side, Huge colored smoke and dazzling fire even continued to erupt from the mouth of the huge mask. At the same time, another group of Gaoyue soldiers put on bundles of alternative javelins. The javelins were covered with various tubular objects. As the fuses were ignited, , javelins were wildly projected again, and this sudden vision confused the entire coalition army.
The coalition soldiers were stunned, but the giant elephant was not. The already frantic elephant was completely aroused by the sudden light, smoke, and the javelins with huge firecrackers thrown at it, and ran and jumped crazily. With just a few bumps, the slave boy and the soldiers on the elephant's back were thrown off and were completely in a mess. The Mammoth troops were completely in chaos, but there were still two trenches in front of them that were as wide as a battle and nearly two meters deep, preventing the Mammoths from breaking out. Seeing several giant elephants rushing into the trench and unable to get up, the other giant elephants turned their heads one after another, roaring and rushing towards the rear of their own team. The poor coalition soldiers were lining up in a dozen neat squares, preparing to attack the Westerners who were already waiting for death. The Xinjiang army launched the final attack, but was completely overwhelmed by the sudden riot of the giant elephant troops.
Like hundreds of crazy charging chariots crushing past, the unsuspecting coalition infantry phalanx was crushed to pieces in an instant. Each square formed a complete mess in order to avoid the charging giant elephant, and the soldiers howled like ghosts. , wolf rush, one square team after another collapsed in chaos, the officers were at a loss, and the beautiful illusion of victory was evaporated in an instant. This sudden and shocking reversal even made the coalition generals unable to accept it for a while. You can only look at me with your mouth open, and I look at you, unable to make any correct reactions or countermeasures.
A look of despair appeared on Su Mu's face. There was no suspense about this battle. The sudden charge of hundreds of giant elephants completely disrupted his side's deployment. All tactical arrangements were completely meaningless. He could even It is imagined that a charge from the Tanghe people will follow immediately, and the entire coalition army is facing the collapse of the entire army. But he could never imagine how a formally trained war elephant could suddenly lose control and go crazy. Although the enemy used smoke, light, fire and loud noises to stimulate and intimidate the war elephants, these war elephants had been Training, such stimulating training has been imitated and adapted many times. At most, these methods can only trigger the desire of some war elephants. As long as they are controlled by the command of the slaves, how could this happen? What about this phenomenon
Naturally, Su Mu didn't know that Li Wufeng had already considered intervening in the Peninsula Alliance as early as the beginning of the army's march southward, and that the special unit of elephant soldiers had long been included in the response scope of the Western Xinjiang military. Science and Technology Development Agency The first plan proposed was not satisfactory to Wu Feng, because Wu Feng believed that conventional stimulation methods would be difficult to make the war elephant go crazy. After all, the war elephant was a special weapon that often needed to be used in battle, and the Peninsula Alliance would also consider that the war elephant would be stimulated. The possibility of going crazy will inevitably be stimulated by various means in peacetime, so as to encourage the war elephant to adapt to these various stimulations from the outside world and prevent accidents on the battlefield.
Then the Science and Technology Development Agency introduced the necessary auxiliary means. They extracted a special drug from the sap of a tree in the mountain forests of Longdong. This drug is extremely excitatory. If animals are exposed to this The plant sap will be so excited that it cannot return to normal for several days. After being refined and purified by the Science and Technology Development Agency, this stimulating ability has been further improved. After experiments, a very small amount of the liquid was applied to an arrowhead and stabbed a docile ox. Within a few minutes, a scalper became violent and manic, and the effect lasted for half an hour. This effect excited people from the military and the Science and Technology Development Agency, and they further mixed it with a drug that easily caused the animal to become violent and manic. Hallucination and fear drugs were mixed and tested again, and better results were achieved. This became the secret weapon to crack the Peninsula Alliance elephant soldiers. The Third Division of the First Army led by Shan Yao deservedly used this new weapon in this battle.
It's just that all the doubts in Su Mu's mind are meaningless to the entire battle situation. When dozens or hundreds of war elephants go crazy, it immediately triggers a commotion in the entire war elephant herd. The servants and soldiers shook it off and trampled it into a pulp, and then poured into the advancing infantry phalanx. In just half an hour, dozens of infantry phalanxes were smashed to pieces.
The coalition generals were in panic and could only flee backwards with the rebel army. No matter how unwilling Su Mu was, the development of the battle was beyond his control at this time. The two regiments of Gaoyue soldiers who had been well prepared were facing the war elephant. During the rear attack, they jumped out of the trench, quickly built the trench with wooden planks into a smooth path, and launched a countercharge along the rear of the fleeing coalition forces. The coalition forces, which had been overwhelmed by the backlash of the war elephants, were unable to organize a decent defense at all. They could only flee in all directions to avoid the killing of these warriors from the Hengduan Mountains.
The battle between the Third Division and the Allied Forces has been written into various military textbooks as a classic example of the weak defeating the strong. More than 20,000 troops defeated 120,000 enemy troops, while our own losses were less than 1,000. , such a result is enough to surprise anyone, and it once again proves the outstanding performance of new technology in the military. After this battle, Wu Feng did not hesitate to separate the Science and Technology Development Agency from the Economic Development Agency. , was upgraded to the Xijiang Science and Technology Development Department. The status of the Science and Technology Development Department has since flourished, and it has become the favorite of His Highness King Qin.
With this battle, Shan Yao led the 3rd Division to successfully consolidate control on the edge of the dense forest area in the northern part of the Sulawesi Principality, and also bought precious three days for the 4th Army to successfully move out of the forest. However, the coalition forces were defeated in this battle. Although the loss of the 120,000-strong army was not very large, and only three to four thousand soldiers were injured or killed when they were trampled by elephants, the Gao Yue soldiers who were subsequently killed were More than 20,000 coalition troops were annihilated, but the biggest loss was the morale that was completely defeated. No matter how hard the coalition generals tried, they couldn't figure out how the war elephants who usually went through all kinds of training and tempering could be frightened by some noises and fires. They are going crazy, but now it is not possible to gather the scattered troops again in a day or two.
On November 5, 698 in the Gregorian calendar, the day after the war, after more than 20 days of hard work, the Engineer Division finally overcome all difficulties and opened the passage through the dense forest. On November 6, the three divisions of the Fourth Army that followed also broke out of the dense forest area and entered the area controlled by the Third Division in the northern part of the Principality of Sulawesi. They obtained a safe and stable base area for rest and recuperation. On November 7 On the same day, the following two divisions of the Fourth Army also arrived at the base area through the dense forest area.
On November 9, two divisions of the Fifth Army also arrived in the northern part of the Principality of Sulawesi. At the same time, the five divisions of the Fourth Army had been divided into two with the cooperation of the third division of the First Army and the Gaoyue Militia. The road began to go south. One of them was composed of the main force of Gaoyue militia and the third division of the Fourth Army to form a western front force. It bypassed Yada City and quickly moved south along the eastern foot of the Great Hengduan Mountains in the west, aiming directly at Sula. The neighboring country to the south of the Principality of Visi is the Principality of Balia.
Su Mu sat tiredly in the conference hall with his eyes closed and said nothing, while the generals in a mess in the hall grumbled and argued with each other. A cool autumn wind passed by the window, bringing with it a rustling sound of falling wood. A thought suddenly jumped into Sumuta's mind. The morale of the army was gone and the defeat was determined. Could this be a sign of the outcome of the entire Peninsula Alliance
The Balians withdrew from the coalition the moment they heard that the enemy troops had divided their forces and headed south, and rushed back to their own country with a handful of defeated soldiers overnight. The departure of the Balians made the coalition generals feel panic all day long. Intelligence has proven that the Xijiang people's engineering troops have successfully opened a passage in the dense forest area, and the Tanghe people's army can finally drive south along this passage. In fact, Su Mu already had a piece of information in his hands. The Western Xinjiang infantry of three divisions had passed through the dense forest area and entered the northern part of the Sulawesi Principality, and had joined forces with the Gaoyue division. The fighter plane had been lost and they wanted to The plan to deal with the Tanghe people in the Principality of Sulawesi has lost its existence value. Now it is necessary to ensure that the viable forces are not wiped out by the Tanghe people.
A soldier hurried into the conference hall, came to Su Mu and whispered a few words. The coalition generals suddenly became quiet, and their doubtful and worried eyes fell on the expressionless Su Mu's face.
It was another bad news. Two more divisions of the Western Xinjiang Army passed through the dense forest area and joined the four Western Xinjiang divisions that were resting in the north. Su Mu felt as heavy as a stone in his heart. Maybe it was the time. It's time to make a decision.