My Empire

My Empire Chapter 76

2020-11-03

Chapter 76 76 stalemate

"It's not the way to fight like this..." Vagron held the loss report in his hand, looked towards Chris, who came all the way south from Serris City, and said worriedly: "Our field troops have suffered a lot."

It has been two days since the battle of Maricha. Bourgeois telegraphed the news of their victory. The entire anti-aircraft artillery unit, plus the main infantry regiment, slaughtered 11 giant dragons at the cost of 192 killed and 33 wounded.

This record is quite brilliant. Facts have proved that the Dragon Knight troops from the Holy Demon Emperor are unable to directly challenge the main force of Alanhill and the key defensive cities.

However, the remaining Dragon Knight force then attacked another garrison infantry regiment, wiping out two of the regiment's infantry battalions at the cost of only two Dragon Knights and two giant dragons.

Including the two battalions of the 16th Regiment, Alanhill's field force had lost more than 2,400 people - 4 battalions were eliminated in organic form, not even wounded, which is a bit It's unbearable.

Alanhill's past victories were all unhurt, or victories that came with the loss of a few soldiers. Now this victory has completely changed its flavor, the war is not over, and the losses are already in the thousands.

If we count the loss of arms, it will be even more terrifying: now more than 1700 rifles alone have been lost, and the 75 infantry guns equipped with field artillery have now also been destroyed 20 - loss Mainly concentrated in garrison units, which basically have no decent anti-aircraft firepower.

"Anti-aircraft artillery is still not enough..." Chris also had to sigh. He went south with the Guards to prepare for a decisive battle with the Dragon Knight troops of the Holy Demon Emperor, but the opponent collided in Mali. Immediately after the loss of blood, he changed his tactics.

Under the premise of not being able to attack the big city, the commander of the other side decisively started to attack Alanhill's field troops, causing Alanhill's field troops to suffer huge losses. The war has now gone from do it quickly to a guerrilla war that consumes each other.

"The steppe empire's losses are greater than ours. They are generally responsible for searching for enemy troops in the wild, so the losses they provide are simply incomprehensible." Vagron drew another report. When he came out, he said in embarrassment: "This time the commission we are going to provide almost doubles."

"About 7,000 prairie cavalry were slaughtered by Dragon Knight unharmed. Compared to our garrison regiment, Dragon Knight seems to prefer to attack these steppe cavalry who can't even fight back." Vagron said with a bitter smile.

He pointed to the numbers on the report and said, "To fight our garrison recklessly, they also have to take one or even two giant dragons to fight the prairie cavalry, and the other side doesn't need to pay any price."

"Obviously, they regard the cavalry of the Prairie Empire as ours. They are venting their hatred, and they are just killing one-sidedly." Chris looked at the loss report provided by the Prairie Empire. Also followed bitterly laughed.

This report was sent two days ago, and the number must be rising. After all, the speed of the giant dragon is faster than that of the steppe cavalry. You can't run, you can't fight—when facing Dragon Knight, the cavalry, which is known for its mobility, is really powerless to fight back.

Now, we can only count on these Dragon Knights to exhaust their mana replenishment, retreat by themselves, or accidentally bump into Alanhill's main force and send them to the head. But both of these situations take time, and he can't be in a hurry now.

"According to the situation, Naru City is definitely not in danger. According to the information provided by the intelligence, the other party has only a few giant dragons left, and they will not easily risk attacking our big city. It's over." Vagron felt that he could draw some from Naaru City.

Unlike the modern air force, the use of giant dragon troops should be more flexible. For example, the range of these giant dragons is unmatched by the modern air force: the modern air force relies on the airport, is limited by its own fuel, and can only fight within the combat radius.

But these giant Dragon Knights are not the same. As long as they ruthlessly slaughter villages or towns and feed their giant dragons with livestock or civilians, they can continue to fight and even go deep behind enemy lines.

They can land independently of the airfield, and their battery life can be replenished behind enemy lines, which allows them to have an almost infinite combat radius: they can fight all the way to Serris City if they want to. .

However, because of a head-breaking bloodbath in Maricha, the opponent's probability of attacking Serris was infinitely reduced.

"The army of the Arrant Empire going north seems to have slowed down its advance. They should be waiting for the ground troops of the Holy Demon Emperor... I'll go south as planned!" Chris took the Dragon that appeared and disappeared unpredictably Knight doesn't have a good way either.

The other side just plundered villages and slaughtered civilians. Attacking the second-line garrison of Alanhill with little air defense, Chris doesn't have much choice - relying on his infantry to go after those Dragon Knights, unless he has brain issues.

The only thing I can do now is to go south to find the Arrant Empire troops who cannot escape with the anger of being harassed by Dragon Knight. As long as the Arrant Empire army heading north is wiped out, those Dragon Knights will have no foundation.

"You can continue to guard the Naaru, no matter what, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Naaru." Chris looked at Vagron and ordered.

Vagron is the one person in the military who understands modern warfare the most besides him. Chris put some theories of World War I and World War II into the knowledge magic ball and poured it into Vagron brain. Combined with the experience of battlefield command, he is now a better battlefield commander than Chris.

Of course, when it comes to knowledge of future weapons, Vagron is ignorant again. In terms of commanding ability, Chris reserved a hand for himself, but also because of the limited storage capacity of the knowledge magic ball.

He couldn't put all the complex war command skills into the knowledge magic ball. After all, modern warfare is a system with a very large content. Chris doesn't have that many knowledge magic balls yet to splurge on a minion.

"Your Majesty, why don't I go to the front..." Vagron suggested. He knew that the field was more dangerous now, and those Dragon Knights didn't have the courage to attack the city and attack the field troops. It was still very possible.

"No need! The anti-aircraft guns I took, although not as many as those on the Naru city wall, are not a small number! My regiment has strengthened anti-aircraft guns, led by General Wilkes. The troops also have a sufficient number of anti-aircraft guns, including the strengthening of the garrison... 22 anti-aircraft guns are definitely enough for those giant dragons to drink a pot." Chris is very confident in his defense.

If the opponent's Dragon Knight really can't think of a way to shake his main force, it is possible to solve these raging Dragon Knight forces once and for all. The fear is not that they will come, but the fear that they will not be fooled and will not come to trouble the main body of the Guards.

"With Wilkes to follow, I can rest assured." Vagron felt that Wilkes was also a very good general, at least he could distinguish the priorities at critical moments and protect Chris from retreating .

In addition, the 3rd Division of the Reserves that Wilkes brought had 3 regiments of troops, plus Chris's Guards regiment, there were 4 regiments with more than 9,000 soldiers. If you want to defeat Alanhill's army of nearly ten thousand, it is estimated that a few Dragon Knights do not have this strength.

From the report of the field garrison, as long as they shrink their forces and concentrate their troops, the Dragon Knights are less willing to engage in head-to-head combat. Huge losses occurred while the troops were scattered, which is one reason why there were no more losses in the past two days.

"By combining the local garrison, we can at least assemble an army of 12,000 people. This number is quite safe. There are about 120 field guns and more than 20 anti-aircraft guns..." Chris calculated With the strength in his hand, he said to Vagron: "Facing the Arrant Empire, the odds of winning are quite high."

"I'm afraid that this time the Arrant Empire's army going north, there are members of the Holy Demon Emperor. Ground troops...if there are magicians, or devil beast cavalry, it may not be smooth..." Vagron said.

"Judging from the trouble the Dragon Knight has caused us, these troops of the Holy Demon Emperor are not simple." Because the Dragon Knight has caused a lot of trouble for himself, Vagron is worried about the Holy Demon Emperor. Chris's ground troops would also cause unnecessary trouble.

"I will park the troops on the side of Maricha. The Arrant Empire is definitely going to attack Maricha, so we just need to wait here." Chris said with a smile.

His plan was to wait for the other side to make the first move in Maricha. As long as the other side attacked the city wall, he would approach the battlefield from the flank, flank the Arrant Empire forces attacking the city, and wipe out the Arrant forces.

This is a very complete battle plan. In order to wipe out the main force of the Arrant Empire, he assembled 3 main groups, 5 nearby garrison groups, and two heavy losses. A total of 10 1 regiment (owes the 4 battalions annihilated).

All add up to more than 20,000 Alanhill grenadiers, more than 180 field guns, and the city as a support. The force is very strong. What they faced were the more than 150,000 elite troops of the Arrant Empire, as well as an unknown number of ground troops reinforcements from the Holy Demon Emperor.

On paper, there is a huge disparity in the strength of the troops of the two sides, but the battle strength can be said to be birds of a feather: the Arrant Empire has a numerical advantage, but their battle strength is really limited. Alanhill's troops were strong in battle strength, but for a while he could not judge how strong the ground troops of the Holy Demon Emperor were.

(end of this chapter)