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Chapter 332 Fire Attack! All of them will be buried in the fire!

Five days later.

All 30,000 firearms troops equipped with firearms arrived in Dongshan.

These 30,000 people include 27,000 musketeers and 3,000 bombardiers.

In addition to these 30,000 people, there is also a baggage regiment of 3,000 people, which is responsible for escorting and protecting the baggage, providing daily living and food for the three divisions, as well as some auxiliary work, such as building camps, and the baggage regiment is used as a Main force.

The commander-in-chief of the Third Division, Yang Wenlin, was currently conducting a military meeting in the general headquarters.

In the headquarters, there are a total of three division commanders and nine brigade commanders, a total of twelve people.

Yang Wenlin was dressed in a leather military uniform, with a cape symbolizing the status of a senior commander on his shoulders, and a command sword in his hand. At this time, a leather map was hung on the wall behind him.

In addition to your own landforms, there is also the general landform of the entire Dongshan Mountain.

"The enemy this time is not simple, so I plan to use conservative tactics to establish a solid defense line in this mountain range first, and then expand the defense line to the entire mountain range with regiments as units."

"To be honest, in my opinion, this battle is not as good as being commanded by Commander Jiang Chengqi of the Empire's Iron Wall Fifth Army. After all, he is better at defense than me. But since the Generalissimo sent me, then We can’t just defend.”

"While constructing the defense line, each division sent out scouts to conduct reconnaissance and draw maps within the enemy's territory."

Everyone in the audience nodded and agreed with the tactics formulated by Yang Wenlin.

Commander Cheng of the Third Division said: "The tunnel has been excavated halfway. The Generalissimo made it very clear that our task is to delay the enemy until the tunnel excavation is completed."

Yang Wenlin squinted his eyes and looked over and said in a deep voice: "The Generalissimo also made it very clear that I am the commander-in-chief of this operation. If any of you have any questions, go back to the Generalissimo. If you disobey the military order now, then I can only use military law." Engaged!"

As the words fell heavily, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly condensed and became extremely quiet. As Yang Wenlin dismissed the meeting, everyone left one after another.

However, what everyone didn't know was that there were other people outside listening to the entire meeting.

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In Nanmu County, Qin Yu looked at the content of the letter above and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

Shadow Guards are indeed the most adept at intelligence investigation work.

According to the intelligence sent from the border, the enemy has an army of approximately 30,000 people. They will set up defense lines in regiments in Dongshan and send scouts to collect intelligence.

The key point is that the opponent's main task is to delay time and build tunnels for the mountains and rivers behind.

Qin Yu couldn't help but fell into deep thought while looking at the information recorded in the letter.

This is a division and a regiment, a firearm and a tunnel. Could it be that the opponent's technology has reached the steam age?

Already able to quickly dig tunnels and pass steam trains?

This gap between technologies cannot be bridged by Qin Yu in a short time.

This development takes time, many years. Qin Yu can only say that he suffered the loss of a short time.

Qin Yu frowned.

If the opponent's tunnel cannot be built, if a tunnel is built to make transporting troops faster, then this battle will be difficult.

If you want to prevent the tunnel from being established, you must first eliminate the enemy troops in Dongshan.

Even if you fight back.

"Come here, pass on my military order to dispatch the Red Flame Winged Dragon Air Cavalry. Cover Dongshan with flames according to the position provided by the shadow guard. Let the three red fire dragons and twenty white-winged monitor lizards all dispatch. The target is All the enemy troops on the east mountain will be destroyed in the sea of ​​fire!"

"Subordinates take orders!"

Following Qin Yu's order, he fell.

A series of communications were sent to various communication stations, and finally stopped in Coal City.

After You Ming received the order, he immediately mobilized two thousand red flame pterosaur air cavalry, twenty tall white-winged monitor lizards, and the three oversized red fire dragons from the fantasy world.

On the third hour after the order was conveyed, a dark cloud-like shadow passed over Coal City and headed towards Dongshan.

From time to time there were bursts of frightening screams.

The leading captain of the Scarlet Flame Winged Dragon Air Cavalry followed the location provided by the shadow guard and led the army to circle in the air while looking for the target location.

"Lord Captain, where is the smoke?"

A cavalryman riding a pterosaur, wearing leather armor and holding a red and lustrous repeating crossbow, flew over on a pterosaur, pointed in a direction and said.

"Go over and take a look and lower the flight altitude."

As the words fell, the Winged Dragon Cavalry began to change direction and flew towards the direction of the smoke.

"That's right, it's not much different from the target location, and the people below are also very dense."

"Everyone, get ready, pour the fire oil!"

The captain shouted loudly.

The two thousand winged dragon cavalry scattered in all directions in an instant, pouring down the two barrels of fierce fire oil on both sides of their mounts in advance.

Tick ​​tick tick——

The pungent-smelling liquid flowed down the branches and leaves of the trees.

Some were poured directly onto the ground.

"It's raining?"

The soldiers who were waiting for lunch below slowly stood up and looked into the sky.

The surrounding towering trees were extremely dense, almost blocking the entire view of the sky, and everyone could only vaguely see some vague shadows.

"There seem to be many bird creatures in the sky? And they are quite small!"

"Bah...why does this rain smell weird?"

"No, it seems to be oil... kerosene!"

"No, enemy attack! Notify the commander!"

A large number of soldiers suddenly panicked, and the surrounding officers hurriedly informed the commander of the news.

There were over 10,000 people in the entire camp, which seemed a bit panicked.

Yang Wenlin heard the noise and understood the situation, and immediately ordered the officers of various ministries to assemble different troops and prepare to disperse in all directions. Once the enemy uses fire attacks, the denser the troops, the greater the casualties.

He frowned, he had thought about the fire attack.

After all, this mountain forest is so dense, with plants and trees everywhere, that in a big fire, all the soldiers on the mountain would be burned to pieces.

Therefore, he ordered people to dig a fire break zone early, and there was a small stream two miles away.

But the premise of all this is that the other party sets the fire from the outside and the flame gradually shrinks inward.

What he never expected was that the enemy could actually pour kerosene in the air? And then launch a rocket?

His eyes shrank and he stared at the sky.

Even if a rocket is set off, even if it is affected by kerosene, the fire will not become larger instantly. As long as it is properly directed, the loss this time will not be too great.

However, as soon as the thought in his mind arose, he saw thousands of burning meteorites suddenly falling from the sky.

The gaps were accompanied by countless flaming arrows.　　　　　　————

The fire broke out instantly and without warning.

What shocked him was that there was even magma seeping out of the flames?

His!

Yang Wenlin suddenly broke out in cold sweat. The surrounding flames were like fire walls, building up in all directions, making him unable to find his direction for a while.

Screams soon started to sound continuously. The panicked soldiers in the sea of ​​​​fire were everywhere, their bodies were wrapped in flames, and even explosions were heard from time to time.

What is even more frightening is that the flames continue to expand from the inside out. The group of demon-like enemies in the sky do not stop throwing flames, but continue to expand the scope of the flames while increasing the flames in the inner circle.

"Adjutant! Inform all armies and all organized armies to do their best to gather troops from all departments to find a place with water to station!"

"My subordinate understands!"

"Wait a minute, let the soldiers pour all the water from the water bottles on their clothes to wet their clothes! If there is no water, let me use urine!"

"Understood, sir!"

As he finished speaking, Yang Wenlin sprinkled the water from his kettle onto his clothes until they were all wet.

Then his company of guards followed suit.

"Assemble the troops and retreat towards the stream!"

The fire came so unexpectedly.

Yang Wenlin couldn't help but feel frightened at this time. The enemy commander he had never met had already formed a demonic image in his heart.

As he retreated, he gathered back the soldiers who had fled in panic, and fled all the way to the stream.

Of the three divisions of the army, only four regiments were spared from the fire. They were sent out early to set up defense lines. The remaining more than 20 regiments plus the baggage regiment, a total of more than 31,000 people, were all taken into account by the fire. casualties.

The terrifying flames swept through most of the mountain forest.

The Scarlet Flame Winged Dragon Air Cavalry did not leave as a whole until all the fire oil they had reserved was consumed.

Beside the various streams in Dongshan, groups of embarrassed soldiers were holding the river water and pouring it towards the surrounding flames.

With continuous efforts, the flames in the mountain forest were finally extinguished under darkness.

The three division commanders met by the stream.

Among them, only Yang Wenlin looked more respectable, while the other two had their faces scorched black by the smoke, turning into "charcoal faces."

"Yang Wenlin, I am afraid that telling you the number of losses today will ruin your military career!"

"Tens of thousands of soldiers lost their lives because of your failure in command!"

Master Cheng loudly accused Yang Wenlin with anger on his face, but if you didn't look carefully at his face, which was as black as coal, you couldn't tell whether there was anger or not.

The anger in his chest could not be poured out at this time, and he said angrily: "I'm afraid that the baggage and food have been burned by the fire now, right? My Lord Commander, let's not go back in despair and wait for the Generalissimo to take care of us. Why are you still here for your sin?"

Yang Wenlin glanced at him and said: "The enemy is throwing flames from the air. This is an extraordinary disaster. According to the marshal's order, we can handle it as appropriate."

"Here, I have already sent out the four most elite regiments in our division to set up defense lines, and they were not affected by the fire. Most of the 10,000 casualties you mentioned were soldiers from the supply camp, as well as those who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and were timid like Rat’s deserters, I guess Commander Cheng is so angry that it’s not your soldiers who have lost the most?”

"As for the baggage and food in the baggage camp, I dug underground caves early to store them. I'm afraid I will disappoint Master Cheng when I go back."

"Now, as the commander-in-chief of operations, I am ordering you to lead your troops down the mountain to attack the enemy!"

Yang Wenlin drew out his command sword, faced Master Cheng, and shouted sternly.

"What! My division commander's army has just experienced an encounter and its morale is low. How can we continue to fight? Yang Wenlin, I will sue you for abuse of power!" Commander Cheng said angrily.

Yang Wenlin bowed his head and looked at him condescendingly and said coldly: "You can sue me, but you have to wait until afterwards. If you disobey military orders now, I can kill you directly."

Cold sweat suddenly fell on Mr. Cheng's forehead, and he realized that the other party was serious...

Seeing the opponent's tough eyes, his momentum suddenly weakened: "Even if it is an attack, the location of the enemy and the location of the city must be reported truthfully, right?"

Yang Wenlin immediately took out a map from his arms and threw it away.

While the fire lasted all afternoon, several outside scouts came back and brought back prepared maps.

The two cities closest to this mountain range are recorded on the map.

After leaving the mountains, there is a flat grassland. Going straight east for more than ten miles is the location of the enemy's city.

It is impossible to make him retreat, since the enemy is playing with fire and attacking, burning mountains.

Then he simply stopped defending and directly occupied a city. There were citizens of the other side inside. Don't you believe they still dare to attack with fire?

There are about 6,000 soldiers left in Commander Cheng's army, that is, two brigades.

There are only more than 3,000 people in one brigade.

Every soldier is equipped with normal military equipment.

A Wolf-type long-barreled rifle has a range of 1.2 meters. It can load up to five rounds of bullets. The total length is meters. The bullet caliber is small, the damage is average, the accuracy is average, and it is difficult to penetrate iron armor, but it also contains A lot of blunt trauma.

Each soldier is equipped with fifty rounds of ammunition, four earth mines, a bayonet with a gun, and a leather uniform.

In addition, there is an artillery force of 1,000 people.

However, there were only more than 400 people left at this time. Every two people were in groups, one person was responsible for adjusting the position, and the other was responsible for dropping bombs.

Some are similar to light mortars, grenade launchers, etc.

However, due to backward technology and limited technology, the artillery's bomb barrels are crude and extremely inaccurate. It requires someone with enough experience to control them to barely find the target.

The limited range of the cannonball is one meter in diameter, and the damage is not bad. The bullet must be dozens of times stronger, but the prerequisite is that it can be fired accurately.

Accurate range within 150 meters, limited range 200 meters, maximum range 380 meters.

"Did you see the city on the left on the map? Your task is to continue attacking for five hours to buy time for the main attacking army."

Yang Wenlin, who had already lost his face, could hardly show Mr. Cheng a good face at this time.

The other party also nodded silently. When it comes to military operations, if he uses this to make small moves, he will not end well even if he doesn't go back dead.

As Commander Cheng led the army, they began to march towards the target on the map.

Yang Wenlin quickly called back the four main groups.

And let two of the regiments re-establish their defensive positions.

The remaining two regiments will become the main force in this siege.

There are currently more than 22,000 remaining combat-capable troops.

Excluding the 6,000 people under Master Cheng, there were only 16,000 people left.

Among them, his division fought more than 8,000 people, nearly 9,000 men.

Another Commander Li's division comprised more than 7,000 people.

He has already sent a signal to the rear to request reinforcements. Before the reinforcements arrive, he is confident that he can win a city!

(End of this chapter)