Chapter 1144
When the thrilling scene of Legon was staged, the competition for Kutterdam gradually reached its climax. The chamber that replaced Mulige to defend Kutterdam quickly felt the difference in momentum between the defensive battle here and the small-scale conventional conflict in Sanjiang. The Maqihan soldiers here even revealed a sense of madness from their bones. Perhaps it was infected by the bloody battle of Legon in the south, or perhaps it was pressure and encouragement from Bixili's personal supervision on the front line. It turned out that the dull and arduous battle for Kutterdam quickly caused a tide.
The fire dragon cannons transported urgently played a great role, but the quality of this fire dragon cannon does still have certain problems. Often, after continuous use, such extremely deterrent weapons are prone to failure, which also has a considerable impact on Kutterdam's defense operations. In particular, Kutterdam's urban defense facilities are simply unable to compare with Zhucheng in the Sanjiang area. The Peninsula people have a considerable gap with those urban defense systems in the empire in terms of scientificity and skill in the design of the city walls and the sturdyness of the construction of the city walls.
The She Nei also quickly realized that the Sixth Legion would be subjected to the real baptism of blood and fire here. Compared to the test here, the Sixth Legion's early defense battle in Sanjiang was more like a practical exercise.
The five corps' turn-attacks in Kutterdam quickly pushed the two sides to the peak duel. Although it was a defensive battle, the Sixth Legion could still feel the heavy pressure brought by the opponent's attack to one side. Like Legun, the city of Kutterdam was soon damaged and trampled under the opponent's concentrated attack. The success of the Maqi Khans' improvement in the city crash car was verified in both Kutterdam and Legun. It turned out that the original city crash car with a huge wood wrapped in iron tips was completed.
All exited from the battlefield and replaced by a brand new city crash car. This city crash car adopts a wheel-type excavation drill bit, which uses a combination of machine springs and manpower to allow the original impact head to rotate and drill into the wall to achieve the purpose of destroying the city wall. It is very effective for city walls like the peninsula areas. It is often a series of new city crash car attacks in succession and can drill some of the walls with holes. If it is supplemented by a giant catapult, a breakthrough will be made soon.
When the walls of Kutterdam were damaged little by little until they collapsed, when the power of the Fire Dragon Cannon was exerted to the extreme, it still could not stop the Maqihan soldiers from the Maqihan soldiers because their Khan came to the front line, the only one who could save Kutterdam was the 100,000 soldiers of the Sixth Legion themselves. At this time, only the body of the soldiers could truly build a flesh-and-blood Great Wall. This repeated struggle on the wall directly led to a sharp increase in casualties between the two sides. When the reinforcements of the Second Legion arrived in Kutterdam, the bloody battles for two consecutive weeks directly resulted in a large reduction in soldiers of the five divisions of the Sixth Legion, the first, second, and third divisions reduced by 30%, and the fourth and fifth divisions with slightly weaker combat power reduced by nearly half.
Of course, the painful price was not without success. Kutterdam was still firmly in the hands of the Sixth Legion, and the number of Maqihan soldiers on and under the city wall exceeded 60,000. This result made Mingzhong, the commander of the Kutterdam Maqihan Army, almost urged to commit suicide. After two consecutive weeks of bloody battles, the Maqihans seemed to have been eroded by the cruel war of attrition. After the reinforcements of the Second Legion arrived, the Maqihans outside the city never launched an attack. This result made the two seriously injured Sixth Legion commander Shene and the First Division commander Hillman cursed the Maqihans on the hospital bed.
Bixili never expected this battle to be so tragic and bloody. Even with his tenacious heart, he was still shocked by the scene in front of him. After seeing the madness and cruelty of the battle for Kutterdam, he thought he could face all the scenes in the world without moving, but when he stood under the broken city of Legon, the stench and devastation that came to his face still made him sad.
Piles of flames rising from the air were mixed with pungent stinking and black smoke everywhere. The logistics soldiers on both sides were still futilely hoping to separate the bodies of their soldiers, layered and stacked on one side. The stones thrown by the machines were scattered in a mess around the walls that could no longer be called the city wall. Broken military flag weapons and broken siege equipment, but more of them were still corpses in a row. If you really want to use an adjective to describe it, the term ruins or ruins may be relatively accurate, but the dazzling golden peng flag on the dilapidated wall still reminds everyone that the owner of the city is still from Xijiang.
Suddenly, a depressed and heavy breath pressed into his heart, making Bi Xili feel almost suffocating. Such a brave Maqihanerlang is sleeping here forever, and their efforts have not received any reward. This heart-wrenching pain makes Bi Xili unable to help but whistle to the sky to vent his grief and anger.
Seeing the Khan suddenly roaring with anger, Pu Tiancheng, who had been following Bi Xili, felt even more heartbroken. He knew that the battle ended so much that the Khan would definitely not be satisfied, but he did not expect that the Khan would use this method to express his inner anger in this way. He could even imagine what kind of criticism he would encounter. But in addition to some guilt and apology for the fallen soldiers in his heart, Pu Tiancheng found that his heart seemed quite calm.
"Tiancheng, is this the result of how many months you fought?" Bi Xili's roar echoed on the battlefield for a long time. Apart from attracting a surprising look from the logistics soldiers of both sides, not many people were paying attention. The whole day of fighting brought countless corpses and blood. Anyone was already numb in this environment. Nothing could make them feel shock and nervous anymore. Apart from death, nothing could be a big disaster, and what else could it be that turned into a pile of flesh and blood and a corpse?
"Your Majesty, Tiancheng has let His Majesty down, please punish him." In this case, Pu Tiancheng had no other words. He seemed very calm at this moment. No one could accept such a result. After a few months of fierce battle, 100,000 casualties, but he failed to advance half a step west of Laigong. Is this the result that he wanted to achieve in this battle with all his strength?
"Enough, I don't want to come to listen to your apology today. Could it be that my statement from Maqihan's tens of thousands of men can be exchanged for just one sentence? What I want to hear is your real thoughts!" Finally, he was furious and Bi Xili shook his sleeves hard. This situation was not only for the first time for the commanders of the surrounding soldiers, but also for the first time for Pu Tiancheng and the attendants around Bi Xili to see each other.
Putiancheng looked gloomy but lowered his head without saying a word, which made Bi Xili even more angry, and even his voice became a little cold: "What, Tiancheng? When did you learn to come to this trick in front of me? Didn't you hear my question? What caused the war to come to this point? What do you think of this battle? I asked clearly enough? Do I need to repeat it again?!"
"Your Majesty, I think it is not the time to reflect on the reasons for the current situation. Maybe we should consider something more urgent." Pu Tiancheng finally raised his head and answered his Khan King in an extremely calm tone.
"What is more urgent?!" Bi Xili's eyes narrowed slightly, and even his eyes became more intense. "Very good, I finally told you what you think in your heart. OK, let me tell you, I also want to hear what is the most important issue we need to consider now?"
Pu Tiancheng could feel his scalp numb under the sharp gaze of sweating razors, but he was not a person who liked to retreat. As long as he thought it was right, he would never give in easily.
"Your Majesty, you are actually very clear in your heart. Maybe it's time for us to consider temporarily withdrawing troops." Pu Tiancheng's words finally stabbed the gauze that had been lingering in the hearts of many generals like a bayonet.
"Retreat troops?!" Sen Han's eyes shaved coldly across the faces of the generals around him, and Bi Xili snorted heavily: "Hmph, is this the opinion of all of you?"
"Your Majesty doesn't have to make things difficult for them. This is Tian Cheng's idea. If this situation continues to be stalemate, it will only cost more soldiers in this meat-mining machine. The Second Legion of the Western Xinjiang people has been suppressed from Kutterdam and is about to arrive in Legon. Li Wufeng still sent his new force to the peninsula when his northern line is so tense. This shows his importance to this place. This time he made up his mind to compete with us here. The Khan should also be clear about the situation of the Second Legion of the Western Xinjiang.
Their first division is Gaoyue Infantry Division, and most of the other divisions have experienced competition with the Luzons and Luobei people. Their combat effectiveness is probably better than the Fourth and Sixth Legion of the Western Xinjiang we are facing now. Most importantly, this army is a new force, and we, Your Majesty, our soldiers are already a little tired of war. It is the honor of our Maqikhan soldiers and their incomparable loyalty to the Khan that support them. I hope Your Majesty can carefully consider Tiancheng's suggestions."
As soon as Bu Tiancheng said this, the whole scene became even quieter, and everyone's eyes subconsciously lowered, as if they wanted to avoid Bi Xili's gaze, and as if they expressed their opinions in this way.
Chapter completed!