Upfapu waited outside Pangxun City for more than ten days before Lord Puncture relented and led his army into action filled with anger.
By the way, a group of civilians must be recruited on the spot before departure.
Most of the 5,000 civilians previously recruited in Fatel were people on ships, and only 2,000 people could follow them ashore to work. There was no way to support the transportation of grain and grass for tens of thousands of troops.
There are many refugees near the railway station, and 20,000 people were directly requisitioned from them.
The Fatel people are not fools who have never fought in a war. They will give more money to civilians recruited from other places and ensure the most basic food supply to avoid being tricked.
There are tens of thousands of refugees in total beside the railway station. Those who were in better conditions some time ago have all gone into hiding, and those who are left behind have no livelihood. Young and old, regardless of gender, each person will be given three fatres of silver coins. If they don’t have any money in the future, they will have to prepare the camp by themselves, but basic food will be included.
The conditions were not good, but what conditions could the refugees negotiate? The number of people registered was quickly filled, and the whole army set off.
They were all so angry at Lord Piercing, otherwise they would have started doing this when they got ashore, how could they have delayed it until this point and caused trouble again.
After the army set out, they would destroy a section of the railway every day when they set up camp.
I didn't start doing this in Pangxuncheng. It's not that I forgot about it, but I just didn't want to waste more time there.
War is not a child's play. Even if the Phoenix Kingdom is just a small kingdom, Fatel has done a full investigation. This railway is the lifeline for them to expand their influence. If they do not destroy it, even if they capture the Phoenix Kingdom, the region will be destroyed. It is still possible to merge again by rail.
Six days later the army arrived at Blackwater.
The grain and grass are a little behind, so we need to stop and wait, and purchase an additional batch of grain through Heishui.
Things went so smoothly that the team sent out to ambush and attack the baggage carriers did nothing.
This smoothness inevitably made Uppfap a little disappointed. His opponent was too bad.
Everything is ready and the whole army advances.
The movement in this last section was more cautious. It took three days to reach the intersection ten kilometers south of the city after more than forty kilometers.
Send a letter of war first, then cut down the wood and build siege equipment.
"General, part of the wooden ladder has been prepared. Do you want to try to fight?"
Uppfapu, however, was not in a hurry: "We'll wait until the car is built."
"There are more and more strange things flying in the sky. Do you want to take action?" the staff officer asked again.
"Hmph, the senior mage who wants to trick us shows his face, don't be fooled."
The aircraft in the sky have appeared a few days ago. They fly at a height of three to two miles above the ground, obviously observing the army.
But whether the purpose is observation or deception is more difficult to judge.
To attack flying enemies more than two miles above the ground, you must use a fifth-ring mage. The fourth-ring mage is not enough, because flying itself consumes a lot of magic power. The fourth-ring mage cannot cast spells with sufficient power and quantity after going up to the sky.
There are also magician troops in the imperial city garrison. They are also the core of a large army, and they are somewhat different from the magician troops in the general army. The magicians in the garrison are all imperial nobles, and some of them are related by marriage to the royal family. If something major happens, It would also be very troublesome if the casualties returned, so Upfapp had to be cautious.
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The 22nd Regiment was well aware of the movements of the orcs outside the city.
In fact, the 22nd Regiment was willing to conduct an ambush, but the walking speed was very slow, and the peripheral reconnaissance personnel had enough time to repeatedly check the dangerous terrain. With a slightly larger number of people, it was difficult to avoid the peripheral reconnaissance forces, so they had to give up.
Now entering the preparation stage for the siege, the 22nd Regiment has become a show.
At this stage, a Tornado II reconnaissance company sent by the garrison headquarters is mainly responsible for observing the opponent's camp in real time and confirming the functions of each area of the camp.
"The king said that the purpose of fighting is not to kill people, actions should serve strategic goals." General William, who was present in person, told the commander of the 21st regiment, "Destroy their material reserves, and they will be left with only one last stand. With strength, it is not impossible to collapse directly.”
General William and the commander of the 21st Regiment were not in Lukou City, but on Dongshan Road.
On the one hand, this deployment is to prevent the orcs from dropping "nuclear bombs", and on the other hand, it also means to keep an eye on the direction of the swamp.
The leader of the 21st regiment knew that this was giving him an opportunity to learn tactics, so he asked: "If their warehouse is blown up and they become trapped animals and have to attack the city with all their strength, will the 22nd regiment be under greater pressure?"
"It's different. Until now, the orc generals have been very cautious. They are probably veterans with combat experience. If you give him time to take his time, the enemy personnel will be better protected by siege equipment, and ours will It will be difficult for the weapons to take advantage of it, and it will be easier for them to show their numerical advantage. If this process is interrupted, they will have to physically catch the bullets. It seems that there are many people, but they are just a bunch of sheep waiting to be slaughtered."
Due to the lack of fast cross-country vehicles, the garrison's previous equipment was basically light weapons. The caliber of the Heavy Rain cannon was only 20 mm, and the projectile weight was no more than 140 grams.
With lighter weapons and the limited firing speed of a single cannon, there is no way to tear apart siege equipment made of logs to kill the enemies inside, especially big ones such as rams and building trucks.
Although mortars can be more effective in causing damage to such equipment, they are limited by the type of weapon and target, as well as the hit rate against moving targets, so they cannot have high hopes.
Mortars supported by nitrocellulose gunpowder are a new thing. There is no dedicated production plant yet, and the supply is relatively limited. Excluding the consumption and deployment in the northern area, 80% of the inventory of the headquarters is allocated to the 22nd Regiment, and there are only 600 rounds.
Mortars are fragmentation weapons, and their impact on siege equipment mainly made of logs is not strong. According to one hit every three shots, one explosion will shake the fixed structure of the siege equipment once every three times, and one siege equipment will It would take dozens of shells to have a chance of paralyzing its mobile structure, so it would be better to shoot it with rockets.
Therefore, the focus at this stage is to disrupt the opponent's pace and directly push them into the siege stage.
The action took place tonight, the second night after the orcs arrived and stationed outside the junction city.
At 3 o'clock in the morning, six Tornado IIs set off from Dongshan Road.
It took half an hour to maneuver over the orc camp. Each aircraft circled to confirm the target, and each dived to drop experimental weapons.
Because the Tornado II is so new, the weapons developed to take advantage of its extra load capacity have not yet been finalized, let alone mass-produced. Everything is temporarily shipped from the manufacturing bureau of the scientific research institute, and they are basically hand-made experimental bodies. , the six aircraft carrying out missions carried a variety of things.
One carries a similar bomb to the Styx mortar bomb, only larger. Once it explodes, it can ensure that no magic counterattack can be carried out within a radius of 500 meters for a short time. It is also useful for larger areas, but the effect depends on whether there is protective magic.
One of them carried a serious aerial bomb, with a weight of 500 kilograms per shot and a charge of 220 kilograms. Because it was slightly too powerful, it had only been tested twice in the field.
Another one uses submunition bombs. Because the power of TNT small bombs is not much greater than grenades, it is not very interesting. This thing is mainly used to set fire. I feel that the combat positioning is not easy, so I plan to change it to fire extinguishing bombs.
The remaining three aircraft were not assigned serious weapons at all. They directly mounted light oil tanks and required backseat members to manually pull the wire rope to open the lid for dumping.
It was less than four o'clock in the morning, and the atmosphere polluted by volcanic ash could not even penetrate much moonlight. The sentry who heard the swooping sound of a glider for the first time did not realize what was going on.
There are actually some small-scale protective magic arrays in the camp, but Phoenix City has experienced this magic array personally once, and its protective effect against physical impacts is relatively limited.
Two aerial bombs and two anti-magic bombs exploded in the camp one after another, followed by a crackling sound, and a lot of flames scattered everywhere in the camp.
The orcs were awakened from their bedding. Before they had time to confirm the fire, a few steps slower, atomized light oil arrived.
