After all, time was not on the side of the coalition forces. The frontline troops collapsed so suddenly and so fast that the Tang army had already rushed to a certain city. The troops in that city had not been able to figure out why they had so quickly
It has become a frontline city.
Because it was so hasty, the elves didn't even prepare anything like a follow-up battle plan: they had been thinking of ways to strengthen the defense on the front line, and had no intention of focusing on the deployment of the rear.
Now, after the Tang army penetrated the first-line defense system, the troops behind the coalition forces were like ants on a hot pot, unable to do anything but crawl around.
Flix was trying to organize a new defense, but his efforts were doomed to be in vain: now that the Tang army had spread like a flood, it seemed that the coalition forces had no power to stop their attack.
Within two days of the complete collapse of the northern defense line, Feng Kezhi's troops captured about 30,000 coalition soldiers, Ying'an's troops captured about 20,000 prisoners, and Strauss's troops also added 20,000 prisoners of war to the prison camp.
Burden... Tiger was even more exaggerated. His troops were disarmed by 50,000 elven soldiers in two days.
It is now the 10th day after the defense line collapsed. Flix himself has retreated to the Osa military port. The coalition's defense line has disappeared. All Tang troops have crossed the border and entered the Elf region.
As of this day, Feng Kezhi's troops had captured 100,000 prisoners, Ying'an's troops had captured 110,000, Strauss's troops had captured 120,000, and Tiger's troops had captured 100,000.
In other words, not counting those who died in battle, the coalition forces had already lost 430,000 troops in just ten days of fighting. Many of these troops were experienced veterans, and these troops themselves were the main front-line troops with relatively strong combat effectiveness.
Nowadays, most of the defeated coalition forces have lost their original organizational structure. Division commanders and corps commanders may only be able to find their own guard troops. These troops have long lost their combat capabilities.
Countless soldiers were scattered across a vast area. They didn't know what was going on, and they didn't know where they should run. They crowded together in a noisy way, and then became soldiers and bandits who searched and plundered everywhere.
It's not just elven troops fighting in the elven region, there are also a small number of dwarf troops and a large number of human troops.
In the past, these troops were restrained, and the situation was naturally okay. But now that they are completely in chaos, some things that should not have happened have begun to happen.
Once discipline is lost, once deterrence is lost, a group of lunatics armed with weapons can become the most dangerous thing in the world. As the saying goes, thieves pass like soldiers passing through a grate, and the elves' villages and towns will be transformed from each other in an instant.
The world has become a hell.
However, the elves were relatively lucky, because the defeat of these troops was much faster than the previous defeat of the dwarf troops, so the damage suffered by these elven civilians was obviously much less than the disaster suffered by the civilians in the dwarf area.
Many places were occupied by the Tang army before they could be looted by the defeated troops... The local elves even warmly welcomed those who protected them after seeing the refugees and survivors who had fled from other places.
soldiers of the Tang Empire.
The scene was so chaotic, and things were so fantastic. In order to maintain an extremely fast advancement speed, the Tang Empire even directly dispatched some helicopters to land troops, and cooperated with paratroopers to directly capture some traffic arteries.
The elven cities that showed no resistance at all hung up white flags and surrendered, and some civil unrest even occurred at most field airports: the security infantry stationed near the airport directly took control of the airport and gave all coalition pilots two options: immediately
Leave or stay and surrender.
Most of the pilots chose to surrender. They sat in the canteen of the airport and waited patiently for Tang Jun to come over and confiscate their weapons.
The various types of fighter jets parked at the airport are still in a usable state, including Sabres, 104s, 262s, Mirages and other weird models.
Even the soldiers from the Tang Army who came to take over the airport saw J-6 modifications. These aircraft were all obtained from the dwarves, and it was difficult to take off for combat due to lack of parts and so on.
On the 19th day when the Tang army stormed forward and occupied many elven cities, Marshal Flix left the Ossa military port: he originally hoped to organize troops there to continue resisting, but the Tang army troops fought near Ossa, where he
The plan to recruit troops failed.
Tang's tanks, flying red dragon flags, drove into the Osa military port. The approximately 100,000 coalition troops that had finally been assembled dispersed and did not even mount a decent resistance.
Only some Elf defenders on duty at the pier opened fire on the Tang army, and then they were all wiped out. The red dragon flag representing the Tang Empire was also raised on the pier.
Felix took the remaining defeated troops and continued to retreat towards the imperial capital of Joslena. At this time, Emperor Yangmu I's order for the troops to defend Matas was finally sent to Matus, the largest city in the central elves.
There are currently about 30,000 troops here, and the main force has long been mobilized. The current city lord is still a high-level noble. He did not escape after hearing His Majesty the Emperor's order, but he really does not have the ability to hold on to such a large force.
of a city.
"Two divisions of city guards don't have any decent fortifications... How can we defend it?" The division commanders of the two city guards were summoned, and the lord of Matus City asked anxiously. He didn't know much about military affairs.
I'm no expert, so I want to hear the opinions of professionals.
After the two elven city defense commanders heard the news that the Tang army was approaching Mattes, their expressions were extremely ugly. They both believed that there was no hope of defending the city they were in now.
"Lord City Lord, we only have two divisions. We are asked to do things that millions of troops on the front line cannot do...isn't it a bit unrealistic?" A division commander of the City Guards asked in displeasure.
asked in a voice.
"I also know that this request is difficult, but the country is in trouble, and Your Majesty needs a city to withstand the Tang Army's offensive..." The city lord of Mattes City explained helplessly: "Is there a possibility that the Tang Army has lost supplies or something else?
For what reason did you stop?"
"It may be possible, but even if we are given a few days, the situation will not improve. Do you think we can build fortifications, recruit soldiers, and turn Matus into a fortress in a few days?
"The same commander of the city guard continued to speak and shattered the city lord's hopes.
How could the Tang army just stop at Mattes? If they stopped before reaching Mattes, what does the credit have to do with them? If the Tang army continued to advance after arriving at Mattes, wouldn't they all be serving the emperor's behalf?
Buried with a stupid order?
The other division commander on the side remained silent and looked very honest. So the city lord looked at the division commander again, regained hope and asked: "What do you think? Do we have to be like other cities?
, Surrender without a fight?”
"Lord City Lord, I have been greatly favored by Your Majesty, so I should naturally obey Your Majesty's orders. Your Majesty asked me to defend Matas, and I will just carry out the order." The division commander raised his head and replied as if he had made a great determination.
"Okay! Then your troops will be deployed in the northwest and northeast! Another division will be deployed in the southeast and southwest! Since we are highly valued by Your Majesty, we must repay His Majesty's kindness! Life and death are no longer important, for the Yangmu Empire! For the Yangmu Empire!
Your Majesty! Fight to the death!"
"Alas..." The division commander who just spoke first, feeling that there was no difference between defending the city and dying, sighed, shook his head, got up and walked out.
"For Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!" Another division commander stood at attention and saluted, and followed him out of the hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
The division commander who walked out first stopped and glanced at his colleague who came out later, glared at him dissatisfied, then got into the jeep and drove away without looking back.
In the car, the waiting adjutant asked nervously: "Commander, what is going on? You are not asking us to stop the Tang army here, are you?"
"There is no way... His Majesty the Emperor's order is like this, can I refuse?" The division commander sitting in the back of the car kept complaining: "Damn it, there are only 8,000 people and not much ammunition, how can we fight this battle?
"
The adjutant sitting in the co-pilot frowned. If they fought to the death with the Tang army here, they would most likely not survive. If they could persist for one day, the millions of troops on the border defense would not collapse so quickly.
.
The division commander who came out later also got into the jeep, then lit a cigarette and waved his hand to the driver to drive. His car started and staggered towards the other direction.
"Commander, shall we go back to the division headquarters?" The adjutant, who was also on the co-pilot, turned around and asked his superior: "Or?"
"Let's go to 93rd Street first." He threw the cigarette he had only taken two puffs out of the car window irritably. The division commander who had just said that he would die to fulfill His Majesty's orders narrowed his eyes.
As soon as he heard about Street 93, the adjutant understood what was going on: his master had a private house on Street 93, where Jin Wuzang pampered a pair of twin sisters and hid a lot of money there...
Since he went there immediately, his master must have already arranged an escape route.
The next day, carrying the defense plan he had stayed up late to write, the division commander in charge of the southern defense line walked into the building of the city lord's palace with a sullen face. A non-commissioned officer passed him by in a hurry, without even paying him a military salute.
Sighing, he walked into the Lord's office and met the Lord who also had not slept well all night: "Lord, here is my defense plan, please..."
"Denver ran away." Before he could finish speaking, the city lord raised his head. His expression looked extremely bad, as if he had aged ten years overnight.
"The 1st Division of the City Guards is finished." He stood up with a wry smile and walked to the commander of the 2nd Division of the City Guards who was stunned and didn't know what to say: "It collapsed overnight, more than 15,000
There are only about 1,900 people left."
"Is Danfort crazy?" the commander of the 2nd Division couldn't believe his ears. Although he was unwilling to defend Mattes, he never thought of escaping. He really didn't expect that he seemed to be so righteous on weekdays.
Colleagues who are extremely upright would actually run away from the battlefield.
When he just heard the news that the 1st Division was finished, he thought that the Tang Army had reached the door, so the 1st Division was defeated. But what he didn't expect was that the commander of the 1st Division ran away on his own to delay
In time, the entire 1st Division collapsed.
"It is not a pity for him to die! The empire will not let him go! Your Majesty will definitely execute him! Don't worry about that bastard for now... now... what should we do?" Obviously, the city lord was at a loss. He walked to the commander of the 2nd Division.
Next to him, he grabbed the other person's arm, as if he was grasping a life-saving straw.
"Here, here is the plan I wrote overnight..." Somewhat at a loss, the commander of the 2nd Division of the City Guards handed the document in his hand to the city lord: "Maybe, it needs to be revised again now."
"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter! I will recruit laborers and cooperate with you as much as possible..." The city lord finally found a direction to do things, and drove back to his position with a smile.
But before he sat down, he exclaimed: "What? One hundred and fifty thousand laborers?... This, this is too much."
"Lord City Lord, then, that's the number of workers for my division to build the defense line. If we include the north, it would be at least... 350,000..." the commander of the 2nd Division explained sheepishly.
The city lord wanted to curse, but he thought that the only one he could rely on now was the officer in front of him, so he swallowed the words when they came to his lips: "I... I will try my best to cooperate, try my best, try my best."
Coming out of the city lord's mansion, the commander of the 2nd Division of the City Guards looked even more ugly. He got back into his car, and it took him a long time to hold back from swearing.
"Commander, has the city lord agreed to our request?" The adjutant turned around and asked very worriedly: In his opinion, as long as the city lord is not crazy, he will definitely not recruit 150,000 workers to repair the trench defense line.
"He actually agreed." The commander of the 2nd Division, sitting in the back row, replied with a snort.
His answer made the adjutant widen his eyes in surprise: "Really, really? Master?"
"But the problem is." The commander of the 2nd Division continued helplessly: "Denver ran away and escaped from the city overnight."
"Denver..." The adjutant was about to ask who Danver was, but then he immediately reacted: "What? Division Commander Danver has escaped?"
"Yes, most of the 1st Division has also fled. Now we are the only ones defending the city." The commander of the 2nd Division looked out the car window.
"Then, Commander, what should we do?" the adjutant asked, completely confused and at a loss.
"What else can we do? Go to Mimosa Road..." The commander of the 2nd Division gave an address that both the driver and the adjutant were very familiar with: the home of the commander of the 2nd Division, which is right there.
After hearing this order, the driver and the adjutant breathed a sigh of relief... It seems that they don't have to die here.