It was short enough that by the time the ice and snow melted, the weather had already become warmer, and it was short enough that no one noticed the transition.
Even soldiers who have been training regularly can't stand the sudden change of warmth from the cold.
After the weather got warmer, many soldiers fell down because they could not bear the alternating heat and heat.
However, because their physical fitness is strong enough, most of them have a slight wind chill and will be fine if they rest for a while.
It's just that the original battle plan was forced to be scrapped.
But it’s pretty much the same at Dashi.
There were people on both sides. Many soldiers on the Dali side fell down, and naturally some fell ill on the Dashi side.
This was force majeure, and both parties had no choice but to continue to call it quits.
At this time, the supply ships from the Eastern Continent and the Western Ocean finally arrived.
Due to the state of the soldiers on both sides, in order to prevent unnecessary infectious diseases caused by the worsening wind and cold, neither side had any supply ships targeting each other like last time.
Of course, maybe they were all frightened by each other's methods last time.
This is of course not the first time the two parties have supplied supplies.
In fact, because of the distance between Nanyang, the Eastern Continent and the Western Ocean, the first batch of supplies had already been prepared before the two armies set off.
According to time calculation, when the two armies arrived in Nanyang, it was almost the time when the supply ships set out to sea.
The first time neither party was prepared, so the first time was unharmed.
And the second time is the last time.
Although both armies can achieve a certain degree of self-sufficiency in supplies in Nanyang, some supplies can only be shipped from their respective continents.
I’m not sure what Di Xin is over there in Dashi.
However, the expeditionary force needs a lot of supplies.
First of all, firearms and ammunition. Although Nanyang Land has its own production line, it mainly produces ordinary ammunition and some simple firearms. Some firearms with high technical requirements and special types of ammunition can only be transported from the Eastern Continent.
Of course, the demand for this type of firearms and ammunition is also small, so it depends on the Eastern Continent for supplies, but it is enough.
Next comes food.
More than 80% of the food for the expeditionary force can only be transported from the Eastern Continent, and less than 20% can be replenished locally.
There are also medicines, clothing, and various sundries.
After all, this is an army, and its main task is to fight. Other production can only be done on the side. Without logistical supplies from the court, it cannot survive at all.
This is why Emperor Xin wanted to unify the Eastern Continent before marching towards the Western Lands.
And the same should be true for big food.
Because of this, both sides drew attention to each other's supply ships.
Although Dashi lost 50,000 soldiers and the ships they were on, they still had a sizable fleet.
Due to the loss last time, they did not dare to attack the bridgehead camp, which had only 10,000 elite troops stationed on the surface, but they did dare to intercept Dali's supply ship halfway.
The remaining warships on Di Xin's side were three to five small battleships and some stern ships, so Dashi was not afraid of Di Xin's support.
The escort fleet of the supply ship can deal with some pirates, but when faced with a large number of organized food troops, it will soon be defeated.
In the end, less than one-fifth of the supplies were successfully delivered to Di Xin.
This is why this winter is particularly difficult.
The sudden change in weather made the original preparations inadequate, and a large amount of supplies were lost on the road.
Even the insufficient supply of ammunition has this reason.
The losses in Dashi were similar.
You can travel all over the world with just one trick.
Most of the ships of the expeditionary force were sunk, and the firepower of those three or five warships alone could not cause any danger to Dashi's supply ship.
But if it is used as a transport ship, it is different.
Di Xin and Xizi, together with a group of soldiers who were good at swimming and had good training, took the remaining fighting ships and blocked the large supply ship.
If it were the Dashi army in Nanyang, they might be able to guess Di Xin's intention.
However, for the people on the Dashi supply ship, the Battle of Luoke Mountain had not yet begun when they came last time, and the Dali Bridgehead camp had not yet been raided. They did not know what kind of heavy losses the Dashi army in Nanyang suffered.
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So, in the face of the huge supply fleet, after the few lonely fighting ships were sunk without responding many times, the same explosion began.
The difference is that this time it was Di Xin and Xi Zi who controlled the mines.
With Xizi around, Di Xin naturally doesn't have to worry about the water pressure on the bottom of the sea, and his role is the same as the jade pendant last time, hiding the traces of the two of them with his "invisible" magical powers.
And the group of soldiers who were good at swimming, after stopping the battleship, jumped into the water one after another and swam towards a clear reef that had been discovered before.
Di Xin and Xi Zi, who had already entered the water with the mines, also swam towards the bright reef after completing their target tasks.
They hide enough cockroaches there.
Although Xingfang cannot withstand too big a storm, with Xizi by its side, this problem naturally does not exist.
After bombing the entire supply fleet, not even a tenth of the supplies that managed to escape and be transported to Nanyang were finally recovered.
However, when the Dashi army intercepted the Dali supply ship, they snatched back a lot of supplies.
In addition, the number of the Dashi army in Nanyang is now smaller than that of the Dali army, so the demand for supplies is also smaller.
Therefore, although this winter was difficult for both sides, the Dashi army had a better time than the Dali Expeditionary Army.
After the ship sailed this time, it was the third supply of materials.
After suffering the losses last time, the two sides will naturally not give each other any chance this time.
Therefore, this time the supply ship was transported to the land of Nanyang without any danger and into their respective hands.
At the same time, the imperial court also sent many warships to Emperor Xin.
This time, Di Xin said that he would not abandon all the warships as bait again.
If there were enough warships last time, he would have been able to support the fleet transporting supplies earlier, which would have prevented the final delivery of less than one-fifth of the supplies.
Not much is needed.
When Dashi's supply ship was destroyed by them again, if he could get two-thirds of the supplies, he would dare to launch an attack this winter and capture Dashi's army, which was short of food and clothing, in one fell swoop.
If he can succeed, he will be able to use Nanyang as a springboard to attack the Western lands in the spring of this year.
But even though he was sad, he didn't regret it at all.
One cannot be greedy for too much. If one can annihilate 50,000 enemy troops by losing a few ships, such a deal is very cost-effective, and one should be content with it.
Of course, this is also because the sea area next to the old bridgehead camp does not have a place to hide warships.
If it were the current bridgehead camp and something similar happened again, he would only need to hide some of the ships in Neiwan Lake.