Whether he was really determined or was frightened, after Zhang Liang executed the deserters, there were no more deserters.
However, the enemy's offensive became more and more fierce and did not stop for a moment.
At this time, the Shu army's front had retreated to the central area of Brass Valley and could no longer retreat.
Fortunately, the soldiers of Shu who were able to survive to this day, regardless of the elite soldiers who were left behind after the great waves, have been clinging to the last line of defense and have not taken another step back.
At this time, a new problem appeared.
Although Zhang Liang started to control ammunition a few days ago, the enemy's offensive was too fierce and the ammunition consumption was still very serious.
Especially grenades and kerosene jars, there are not many in stock.
Zhang Liang had to reduce the supply of grenades and kerosene jars again, letting the catapults mainly throw stones, and only throw grenades and kerosene jars in emergencies.
The most indispensable thing in the Brass Trench is stones, but the lethality of throwing stones is not as great as that of grenades and kerosene jars.
Chen Anjie and Li Lingrui have been paying close attention to the Shu Army recently. Zhang Liang had just adjusted his strategy when they both realized that the Shu Army was running out of grenades and kerosene, and they both became excited.
Especially Chen Anjie, he has been sending people to keep an eye on the reinforcements led by Guan Xiaorou. The hidden stakes will be reported in the morning. In three days at most, Guan Xiaorou and the others will be out of the desert area!
According to the news from Li Lingrui, the team escorting the falcon and the falconer was blocked behind a snowy mountain due to an avalanche and is now taking a detour.
Chen Anjie was very worried that the falcon could not arrive before Guan Xiaorou. Dozens of airships would bomb at the same time. Even if they had more people, they wouldn't be able to bomb it!
Even if the eagles and falcons arrive and destroy the airship, all their people will be killed. What will they use to fight the Shu army?
Now it seems that Jin Feng may not be able to carry the reinforcements and rush over.
Sure enough, with the reduction of grenades and kerosene tanks, the combat effectiveness of the Shu army immediately dropped significantly.
Chen Anjie and Li Lingrui coincidentally sent the prepared giant shields to the front line.
This kind of giant shield is made of thick wooden boards as the main body, and iron plates are installed on the surface. Each giant shield requires more than twenty people to get under it before it can be lifted up.
It is difficult for ordinary rocks to break the giant shield.
"Burn them with fire oil!"
Da Zhuang, who was responsible for commanding at the front line, quickly gave the order.
This is also the best way to deal with giant shields and tanks.
After the kerosene altar is smashed, the kerosene inside will flow down the shield and burn the enemies inside.
"Commander, we are out of fuel!"
A regimental leader said with a sad face: "The kerosene and grenades distributed in the morning were not very much. They attacked too hard before and they have used them up long ago!"
"I'm going to look for kerosene now. Before I come back, use heavy crossbows and big rocks to blast me. They must not be allowed to get close to the fortifications!"
Da Zhuang confessed, turned around and ran towards the logistics team.
But when we arrived at the logistics team, we realized that there was very little kerosene and grenades left in the warehouse. If we used them casually, they might not last even an hour before they were all used up.
Da Zhuang knew without asking Jin Feng and Zhang Liang that he must keep some grenades and kerosene for emergencies, and he couldn't really use them all.
Da Zhuang had no choice but to quickly return to the front line.
"From now on, all single-numbered catapults will throw big rocks, and the targets will be those giant shields!"
In the past, catapults were mainly used to throw gravel, because this was the most lethal. The stones fell from high altitudes with the throwing force of the catapult. It only took one as big as an egg to kill someone.
A heavy trebuchet can hold hundreds of small stones as big as eggs at a time, and a basket of them may kill a large piece of stone.
Throwing big rocks is not only inefficient, but also troublesome to fill.
The big rocks are so heavy that it takes several people to lift one rock into the throwing basket.
It took a lot of effort to put it in, but it might only kill one or two people at a time. Compared with small rocks, it is not cost-effective.
But now Da Zhuang has no choice. Hitting the giant shield with a small stone is like scratching an itch, and is of no use at all.
As Da Zhuang's order was conveyed, the odd-numbered catapults switched to using big rocks.
Big rocks fell from a high altitude, and even a giant shield couldn't stop them, which temporarily alleviated the enemy's offensive.
But Li Lingrui and Chen Anjie have been preparing for this day for too long. If they smash a giant shield, two more will appear behind it, endlessly!
At the edge of the open space at the door of the combat command room, Zhang Liang put down the telescope in his hand with a solemn look on his face. Bayi Chinese website
After thinking silently for a few minutes, he said: "Go and call Miss Qing Mulan and Monkey Han Feng over, and then go to Sir's place to have a look. If Hammer is not on duty, ask him to come too!"
The guard captain agreed, turned around and left.
Recently, the two sides have fully begun to fight head-on, and there is no need for the scouts to conduct reconnaissance, so the monkey Han Feng is now at leisure.
When they learned that Zhang Liang was looking for him and them, they ran over quickly.
Qing Mulan did not hold any position in the Shu army and was faster than a monkey.
The hammer came last.
In fact, he was still on duty just now, but he vaguely guessed the reason why Zhang Liang was looking for him, so he found someone to guard the door of the laboratory for him and hurried over.
When they reached the edge of the clearing, Iron Hammer knew that he had guessed correctly without Zhang Liang having to say anything.
Looking down from the mountainside, both the north and south front lines are in full view.
At this time, the battlefield has completely turned into a meat grinder, with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood flowing.
The soldiers of the party and the army of the King of Qin carried huge shields, like ugly beetles crawling in the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood.
The whole scene was like Shura hell, and Qing Mulan didn't dare to use a telescope to take a closer look.
"As you all have seen, we may not be able to hold on to Lao Zheng's support!"
Zhang Liang said calmly: "Sir, it's time to go! Everyone knows what to do, right?"
Hearing Zhang Liang say this, the surrounding area suddenly became quiet.
This was a plan they had made long ago.
Once the war cannot be reversed, Qing Mulan and Amei will leave first with Jin Feng.
Monkey and Han Feng arranged for scouts to lead them, while Tie Hammer led the guards to take charge of security issues.
"Brother Liang, don't worry, the evacuation route has been planned a long time ago!"
The monkey pointed to the west and said: "I have already prepared a rope on the cliff over there. After sir, go down there and follow..."
As a result, before Monkey finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhang Liang: "Monkey, you don't have to tell me so carefully. Just a few of you know the evacuation route. You didn't tell anyone else, right?"
He was a little worried that after the front was breached, the enemy would seize the insider and reveal Jin Feng's escape route.
"No!" Monkey quickly shook his head and assured: "Except Lao Han, I haven't told anyone!"