Lord of War

After a full month and a half of driving, William finally returned to the Thunder Lion's headquarters.

Originally, after returning from the Xiadi Rift, the first stop should be the original Panda Town and the current Steel Wings Training Base, but I received an express mail from Neil on the way, so I realized that during this one and a half months, The situation has changed again.

So far, it is still an unsolved mystery which nobleman this mysterious elite division belongs to. But the target of this group of people's actions has been thoroughly detected: they are clearly coming to the military research institute where Thunder Lion is stationed.

It's no secret that Sean's Iron Wings and Thunder Lion are equipped with special equipment like [Shock Shield]. Especially in the several cavalry battles with the Kingdom of Darbion, how effective the impact shield was. After the war, those who are interested can easily find out by collecting a little information, so they will be jealous of equipment like the impact shield. Making drawings is naturally a reasonable thing.

In particular, after the battle with Dabion was over, many nobles on Ryan's side joined forces to put pressure on Sean, asking Sean to share the secret of the impact shield. Originally, their calculations were good. It was nothing more than using the theory of seniority to bully a rising nobleman like Xiao En. In the past, this trick was extremely threatening to those new nobles, so they naturally had to bow their heads.

But who is Sean?

The direct sentence "If you want to fight, then let's fight one" made those nobles dare not continue to speak.

What happened afterward was that Sean was forced to flee for thousands of miles in the Sene area of ​​the Ryan Kingdom. At that time, those families naturally wanted to make trouble. It's just that the stones they threw were too small. It didn't even take much splash, and after learning that Xiao En was promoted to Grand Duke, they all sent congratulatory gifts one after another. So Sean didn't bother to continue entangled with them, he didn't have the slightest intention to deal with these rotten people.

now. The two main armies of the Principality of the Void - Clover's Cecilia's Guards and Alfred's Thunder Lions are not in the country, and they were seconded to Wiles to deal with the third guards of the former Darbion Kingdom. , so the current Void Principality is actually at a relatively weak stage in terms of military strength. However, this weakness is also relatively speaking. For the surrounding lords who border the Principality of the Void, the Principality of the Void is still a ferocious and huge monster.

But neither William, Sean, nor Hela expected that someone would seize the moment when the Void Principality was weakest and show its fangs, which really surprised them. After all, the departure of the Lion of Thunder and Cecilia's Guards was done without fanfare but without any concealment. Those who are interested will be able to know after a little inquiring.

It has to be said that the current situation in the Void Principality has a lot to do with the reason why William and others are too conceited.

But the matter has come to this point, it is obviously useless to be upset or regret, how to remedy is the key to the problem.

There is no doubt about the complete annihilation of this enemy army that penetrated into the territory, and this matter is not difficult for William. If Neil hadn't been dragged down by other matters, the enemy army would have been dealt with before William returned home. But now Neil did not take action himself, but threw the mess to William, which also means that this enemy army is not enough to pose any substantial harm to the Duchy of the Void.

Of course, there are still some destructive power.

Take the area occupied by this enemy army. A radius of 500 miles has been brought under its control, which directly led to the destruction of two villages and a small town.

But fortunately, at the moment when the enemy army set up a defensive stronghold. Neil had already ordered people to arrange the evacuation of the surrounding residents, so the destruction of small towns and villages was only a matter of looting of property and food reserves. Moreover, setting fire to the village only destroyed the terrain, and did little harm to the grassroots.

But just a week ago. This army apparently has a new movement: they are trying to attack the Thunder Lion's garrison.

It was precisely because of this news that Neil knew that their target was the military research institute of the Duke of Void.

It's just that Neil has already set up the situation at the Thunder Lion's station before the opponent: Reina rushed to the Thunder Lion to sit in the town in person, and at the same time moved to the Thunder Lion's station and was on standby with the First Cavalry Regiment and the entire Iron Wing . So these enemies who rashly broke into the Thunder Lion's garrison were naturally tantamount to throwing themselves into a trap. They were caught off guard by Ruina and Anuo, and none of them could even escape afterwards.

Under Ruina's training, the First Cavalry Regiment was extremely proficient in the skill of tail chase and kill.

But it's a pity that the enemy only came with less than a hundred people, obviously preparing to infiltrate secretly, but in the end they underestimated the security forces of the military research institute and the armory workshop, so they were finally discovered. However, this battle also completely exposed the opponent's underlying strength: this group of sneak attackers who tried to infiltrate actually had several gold powerhouses sitting in the fortress, if it weren't for Rui Na's presence, I'm afraid they would really have succeeded.

After reading the information, William frowned even tighter. These abnormal phenomena made him fully sure that the enemy must have prepared a surprise army, otherwise they would not have tried to paralyze the nerves of William and the others with such great fanfare. It's just that it's hard for William to guess what the role and purpose of this surprise soldier is, but what is certain is that the research materials in the Military Research Institute and the Shock Shield Type II in the Arsenal must belong to these people one of the stated goals.

When they arrived at the Thunder Lion's camp, Steel Wings, which had already received the order and assembled, had been waiting for a long time.

An Nuo still had that silly smile, just standing in front of the steel wings. Standing beside him is Abaza, who has now become the deputy head of Iron Wings. This northern barbarian has a completely different personality and thinking from his tribe. He is not only smart and studious, but also has great potential. , after being instructed by William several times, he has become the real commander of the steel wings now.

It's just that the barbarians in the north are a group of guys who value love and righteousness, so before An Nuo officially abdicated, the nominal commander of Iron Wings was still An Nuo. But there is Abaza assisting from the side. Annuo can indeed relax a lot, and the flaws of Iron Wings' lack of thinking and tactics have been perfectly resolved under Abaza's command. It can be said that today's Iron Wings is a truly powerful army that is not inferior to the Thunder Lion and Cecilia's Guards.

Because of the need to prevent surprise soldiers from attacking, William did not dare to set off with the entire steel wings. He only brought four thousand people with him.

This number is 2,000 more than he originally expected, mainly because Rena's 1st Cavalry Regiment was also assisting in the defense of the Thunder Lion Station, so William brought this enough to pose a threat to the enemy. Absolute advantage. And among the accompanying personnel, there is Rotika Bass, a newly promoted sanctuary powerhouse, sitting in charge, so there is no need to worry about combat effectiveness at all.

Furthermore, William's plan in terms of military strategy is unparalleled.

In addition to this ostensible army, Reina and her First Cavalry Regiment are also on standby at any time, but they don't personally sit in the Thunder Lion's garrison. Instead, it was about two days away from the army commanded by William. This distance happened to be in the middle of the battlefield: it was about three days' journey from the Void City, and about four days' journey from the Thunder Lion's camp. If they marched in a hurry, this distance could be shortened by about one and a half days.

Therefore, no matter if the Thunder Lion garrison sends out a call for help, or Void City is attacked by enemy soldiers, Rena can rush to help immediately.

And in Void City, although there is no such powerful army as the Thunder Lion and Steel Feather Wing, the Dark Wing is not a vegetarian. The quasi-level four combat power is still a defense-oriented army. Not to mention the priests of the Ice and Winter Church and Snow Fanio. The real combat power is much stronger than the Thunder Lion's garrison. It's just that Cephane and his group of priests don't have time to support William. After all, they are not cavalry. Even if they go to the Thunder Lion, it will take more than half a day's journey. So in fact, the strategic value of Cephaneo is to prevent the Thunder Lion's garrison from being attacked.

It can be said that the battle plan arranged by William is completely foolproof.

Whether it is Thunder Lion resident. It's still a void city, and every aspect has been taken care of. Even William deliberately sold a loophole, just to lure the surprise soldier whose whereabouts have not been known so far to appear. As for whether the other party will be fooled. William couldn't make any guarantees. After all, the opponent's level of strategy was not low, and he was obviously good at grasping people's hearts. If not, the enemy would not have invaded here.

However, this point also taught William and Neil that they should pay more attention to the people at the grassroots level, and should no longer limit their attention to the nobles and upper class people.

The real leaders of the party are often the local grassroots officials who have real power but don't receive special attention.

After a non-stop rush, finally arrived at the fortification stronghold invaded and occupied by the enemy after a few days.

Obviously, the enemy had already received the news, so when William and others arrived, the other party had already launched a defensive formation relying on the town they occupied. As soon as William saw the layout of the entire town and the defensive formation deployed by the enemy, his eyes became gloomy: "The commander of the opponent is like Stalin."

"Well, it is indeed very similar to Master Stalin's style." Abaza scratched the back of his head, and his face also looked very ugly. There are some differences in the way of defending the city, or assisting the defense, or sticking to it, but there are still many things in common in essence. In this battle, there is no way to win here except for a strong attack."

Hearing Abaza's question, William gave him a deep look, his eyes full of appreciation.

As the next Iron Wings commander who has been appointed by default, Abaza's performance so far is very in line with the standard of an excellent commander. And in terms of personal strength, Abaza's potential is also great. Although he is only a high-ranking silver now, you must know that Abaza is only 20 years old now, and it is a certainty to break through to the high-ranking gold realm.

Excellent personal strength and excellent command potential, all of which are destined to make Abaza's future achievements absolutely not low.

If it weren't for the particularity of the Iron Wings, William would have wanted to transfer Abaza to the Wings of Condemnation as the commander. After all, the number of candidates who can serve as the commander of the Wings of Condemnation is actually not small, but there are fewer people who can display the true value of the Wings of Condemnation; but no matter how you say it. After all, there are still many candidates for the Wings of Conviction legion, but how many years have passed since the establishment of the Iron Wings. But there was only one person, Abaza.

"If we attack by force, it will be a big loss for us." Slowly withdrew his gaze. William's eyes fell on the established defensive base in the distance again, "How is the investigation going?"

Abaza handed over a piece of information to William, and the latter glanced at it, frowning even deeper: "A multi-layered defensive formation is actually adopted... If the other party is not a famous general, I will definitely not will believe it."

The multi-level defensive formation structure is a defensive tactic that is very suitable for small spaces.

To put it simply, it is to arrange a ring of fortifications within a very limited terrain, but it is not a layout like a large ring with a small ring. Instead, several circular defense formations are arranged at the same time and superimposed together, so that no matter which defensive ring layer is attacked, it will face the attack of the other two surrounding fortifications at the same time. And with the gradual advancement, the superimposed defense areas will gradually increase, and what will be faced at that time may be the simultaneous attack of the fourth ring and the fifth ring.

It can be said that this is a defensive tactic that utilizes the terrain to the extreme.

With a scale of 2,000 people, combined with this defensive tactic, William estimates that at least 4,000 or even 5,000 people can be used.

"No wonder the other party dared to go deep here with only 2,000 people. It seems that everything has been prepared long ago." William said in a deep voice. "The biggest problem at the moment is that we don't know what the opponent's real goal is. ... If we can know, we can launch targeted tactics. It seems that this time our enemy has sounded a wake-up call for us. "

"Then. What shall we do next?" An Nuo is not good at thinking, but after so many years of fighting with the steel wings, he has learned a lot. "Please send reinforcements? Master Reina seems to be not very far away from us."

"This kind of defensive battle, unless the Scarlet Knights are mobilized to fight together. A mere cavalry unit is meaningless." William shook his head and continued. "There is only one way to deal with this kind of defensive tactic, and that is to use force to defeat cleverness. Of course, even if it is pressure, there are many options, or it is to launch simultaneous attacks from multiple directions, forcing the opponent to be unable to look at each other. In this case The threat will be greatly reduced... The other is to push forward regardless of everything, and fight step by step."

"Every step?" Rotikabas immediately lost his voice, "Is this...too bloody?"

Obviously, Rotika Bass immediately understood the meaning of William's words.

Under the scream of Rotikabas, Abaza understood the meaning of William's tactic after a little thought.

The multi-level defensive formation structure is originally a defensive tactic that utilizes the number of people, terrain, and fortifications to the extreme. Basically, this tactic, in addition to the specific terrain constraints, is also limited in people's minds. At least if it is not for all members to have the idea of ​​​​mortal death, this tactic will not be of any value at all, so whether it is Whether William adopts the former tactic or the latter tactic, the sacrifice is great.

The only difference is that the sacrifice of the former tactic is less than that of the latter.

Because the so-called step by step is a fighting tactic that fights for every inch of land.

In terms of the tactics of multi-level defensive formation construction, there is only annihilation of the entire army, and there are no other possibilities. Therefore, fighting for every inch of land is naturally a constant struggle to see who can't bear it first, so even if it is a victory, it can only be said to be a miserable victory. However, if the former tactic is to be used, it is obviously not enough to rely on the steel wings of 4,000 people, and it will easily cause the loss of the steel wings to further expand.

And how valuable an elite army is, any general knows this very well.

Even William was reluctant to let the Iron Wings suffer too much loss, but the opponent directly invested a full two thousand elite soldiers, and many gold powerhouses, and they all fought with the belief that they must die. This kind of plot is natural great. It's just that William couldn't figure out what the other party's goal was, so all this made William fall into a passive state.

"Only in this kind of time, I will miss Hela." William sighed and smiled helplessly. "That guy's sense of smell is much sharper than mine. This kind of plot is completely like an antelope's horns. Only that guy can analyze it. After all, Neil and I are not the material for this."

"Master William. Give the order." Under Abaza's explanation, Anuo also understood the bloody step by step, but he said without thinking, "If it weren't for Lord Xiao En and Lord William, we I don’t know what we are doing until now. It is you who have allowed us to have the status we have today. At this time, the enemy has already attacked the house. How can we continue to stay like this? Even if we die, we will definitely make the enemy pay the same A terrible price!"

"right!"

"Lord William, give the order!"

"We are not afraid of death!"

"Northern barbarians have never been afraid of anything!"

for a while. The 4,000 steel-winged soldiers immediately erupted in excitement, and everyone shouted, not caring about all the possible results of the step-by-step tactics. For them, without Sean and William, they are still slaves today, and they even have to live without enough food and warm clothes. How can they live a happy life like they are now? day.

So for them, death in battle is not scary at all, as long as they can wipe out all the enemies. Their value can also be reflected.

"Lord William, give the order." Abaza also said, his eyes were as resolute as An Nuo's, "It was just a tragic fight. Back then when we fought Dabion, didn't we also have steel wings?" They were beaten twice to the point of disbanding, but they also recovered later.... Lord William. For us, war is like eating and breathing. We don't fear death at all, so... ...order it."

William glanced at An Nuo. Then he glanced at Abaza and the entire steel wing.

The Legion of Iron Wings is already a veteran legion of the Principality of the Void, and its formation history is even before the Lion of Thunder and Cecilia's Guards. It is well-deserved the first legion of the Principality of the Void. In the past wars, Steel Wing suffered heavy losses not once or twice. Basically, the group of northern barbarians who came out with Sean were basically extinct. Nowadays, the soldiers of Steel Wing are generally aged between sixteen and twenty. Among the fifteen years old, there are very few people over the age of thirty.

Like at this moment, the 4,000 soldiers with steel wings brought out by William can all be regarded as members of the older generation. They are basically around 23 years old and have experienced quite a few battles. They are truly elite veterans. . But after this battle, even if the enemy army can be completely wiped out, there will not be many people left in the end. After all, William knows all too well the threat of a multi-layered defensive formation.

Stalin is the master of this tactic.

Now Stalin, who specializes in defensive warfare, has collected a lot of battle reports of various classic defensive warfare on the mainland through the realm of the void. Stalin's. It's just that Stalin was only good at defensive warfare, and Stalin was much inferior in other aspects. Therefore, both William and Hella had an internal consensus on Stalin's positioning.

"Let me join the battle too." Rotika Bass looked at William and said in a deep voice.

"Be careful, in such a big environment, even if you make a move, you may easily encounter accidents." William reminded, "Your status is quite special, so I can't directly order you to do anything. But anyway, I hope you can pay attention to...them."

"I know." Roti Kabas nodded.

This time, William didn't say anything more, but slowly raised his right hand, looked coldly at the small town ahead that had been completely rebuilt into a large fortification base, and shouted in a deep voice: "Steel wings! dinner time!"

"Oh! Dinner is ready!"

The command to charge the steel wings, which has been famous for many years, sounded again in this land! ...)

PS: This episode is really difficult to write, and there are some personal issues recently, so the update speed may slow down. But since we have decided to give up full attendance, the quality will definitely be improved and guaranteed, and the update will not be interrupted, so you can rest assured. 〖To be continued〗【】