With the counterattack of the Kingdom of Wright, the situation in this melee between 11 countries seems to have changed fundamentally.
But soon, conflicts broke out in other areas, making the outcome of the war confusing again.
In the north, a war broke out between the Elm Kingdom and the Poplar Kingdom, and a scuffle broke out between the two sides on the border.
Compared with the battle situation in the eastern part of the Wright Kingdom, the state of the war here is a little different. The two sides are still using the tactics of two years ago to attack each other, but the weapons used are advanced needle guns and breech-loading cannons.
This instantly increased the bloody level of the war to an unbearable level. Both sides lost more than 30,000 people within 3 days after the war broke out.
The Poplar Kingdom had an absolute advantage in machine gun firepower, but the Elm Kingdom had an advantage in strength and artillery, so the two sides ended up in a tie, but the losses were escalating rapidly.
The Pinewood Kingdom also had to withdraw its troops from the border of the Poplar Kingdom to deal with the attack from the Redwood Kingdom.
However, the Songmu Kingdom recharged its batteries and equipped itself with some weapons and equipment from the Tang Dynasty, so it gained a certain degree of advantage on the battlefield.
They invaded the territory of the Redwood Kingdom, but due to the lack of follow-up, they could only fall into a bitter battle and honestly stabilized the front line in an area about 50 kilometers deep into the Redwood Kingdom.
For a time, they were unable to attack and were reluctant to retreat. They could only hold on there and consume their troops little by little.
A war also broke out between the Kingdom of Susus and the Kingdom of Falak. Because the tax reform of the Kingdom of Susus triggered a small-scale civil strife, it also fell into passivity on the battlefield.
With the support of Tang Mo, although Susas stabilized the defense line, it was impossible to expect them to counterattack.
Moreover, a large amount of Tang Mo's supplies had been transported to the eastern theater of the Wright Kingdom, so there was no spare capacity to support a large-scale counterattack in Susas.
Now, the biggest pressure on the Datang Group is actually the Kingdom of Dorne in the south - a coup has just occurred here, and the Kingdom of Dorne has to face the attack of two neighboring countries alone. The situation is quite dangerous.
The Kingdom of Talon assembled an army of 30,000 people on land, and in cooperation with the Kingdom of Shiron's more than 50,000 troops, they launched an attack on Dorne from two directions.
These troops were overwhelming at first. The troops of the Kingdom of Shiron in the southeast had already approached the King of Dorne, while the troops of the Kingdom of Talon in the southwest had also approached the Port of Rewind.
Because Dorne's troops wanted to control the occupied areas, most of them were scattered over a vast territory and were completely unprepared to assemble for war.
Therefore, even though Dorne had 70,000 troops in terms of military strength on paper, it was unable to withstand the sudden attacks of its two neighboring countries and was constantly retreating.
However, they retreated to key areas, and the commanders of the Kingdom of Dorne also knew that they had no way to retreat.
Therefore, in the direction of the royal city, Dorne's new commander-in-chief led a barely assembled 20,000 troops to meet Hillen's 50,000 troops. This young general who graduated from the second phase of the Tang Military Academy was named Bolton.
I am 27 years old this year and was a blacksmith two years ago.
In the direction of Rewind Port, the young naval commander of Dorne led 10,000 soldiers against the 30,000 troops from the Kingdom of Talon. This young general who also graduated from the second phase of the Tang Military Academy was named Strauss
, 28 years old this year, is the son of a fisherman.
These two battles are almost the decisive battles that will decide the fate of Dorne, or in other words, the fate of the Datang Group.
No one is optimistic about Dorne, because Dorne is really passive to the extreme. The person commanding the battle is not a famous general, and the number of troops mobilized is too small.
But what no one knew was that Dorn was not fighting alone. Almost at the same time as the coup, the Datang Group responded.
The world's only steam-powered transport ship made entirely of steel has just been put into use. Its mission is to transport a battalion of the Datang Group's 1st Regiment to Rewind Port.
At the same time, Strauss, as the commander of the southwest direction, unexpectedly ordered the troops to retreat. They ran back more than 100 kilometers in one breath and retreated to the vicinity of Rewind Port before setting up their positions and starting to build defensive positions.
His retreat cleverly avoided the sharp edge of the Talon Kingdom's troops, forcing the opponent's supply line to be extended by more than 100 kilometers.
Then, after the troops of the Tarun Kingdom arrived at Rewind Port and rested for a day to prepare for the attack, the battalion of the Datang Group also arrived on the battlefield.
There is indeed no earth-shaking change in the strength comparison between the two sides, but each infantry platoon of the Datang Group's infantry battalion has two heavy machine guns. The Datang Group's security force has a company plus the company's independent machine gun team.
There are 7 machine guns, and the full battalion has 23 heavy machine guns.
This number is similar to the number of heavy machine guns in the Kingdom of Dorne, so Strauss instantly surpassed the opponent in front of him in terms of firepower.
And then……
What even happened was that the commander of the Talon Kingdom cursed his mother.
Strauss came and did nothing, and directly released more than 300 sailors and officers of the Talon Kingdom's navy fleet who had been fished out of the sea.
Yes, let them go! He let these prisoners go in front of the two armies, letting them bring the news of the annihilation of the Talon Kingdom's main fleet back to their own army officers and soldiers.
This move was the "Besieged on All Sides" he learned in the class at the Tang Military Academy, and it was a critical strike that directly cut down the army of the Talon Kingdom.
The frustrated commander of the Talon Kingdom desperately attacked Rewind Port relying on his large number of troops, and then he suffered a tragedy.
The Rewind Port defense line supported by naval artillery was simply a meat grinder that was beyond its time. The troops of the Talon Kingdom tasted what it means to be desperate here.
After a fierce attack, 2,000 soldiers lay dead on the spot, and the attacking troops did not even touch the edge of the Dornish army's defensive position.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Then, the unbelieving commander of the Talon Kingdom once again launched a crazier attack. He pressed 4,000 people in one breath, trying to penetrate the defense line of the Dornish army in one go.
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This time he heard the continuous roar of machine guns, crossfire and intensive artillery fire, which shattered all his dreams of breaking through the defense line in an instant.
The troops of the Talon Kingdom, whose military morale was already shaken, could only barely hold on to their position after being thwarted in their continuous attacks.
The commander of the Talon Kingdom who commanded this force tried his best to restrain the troops, but early the next morning, Strauss led all his troops to launch a counterattack.
This completely disrupted the morale of the Talon Kingdom troops. They only resisted symbolically and then retreated across the board.
Things became bizarre from this moment on: the commander of the Talon Kingdom knew that something was impossible, so he had his own little idea.
While he was retreating with his troops, he was plundering the people along the way, preparing to bring some benefits to the Talon Kingdom to make up for the losses of this failure.
As a result, their robbery angered the local people. Compared with the two, the people who were originally not satisfied with the occupation of Dorne found that those who claimed to liberate them were even less of a thing.
As a result, these people began to take the initiative to contact the Dornish troops scattered in the occupied area that had not been gathered originally, sent them intelligence and news, and organized them to intercept the retreating Talon Kingdom troops.
In the end, the rout turned into a group of scattered Dornish troops who were already in disarray at the rear. They blocked all the way and finally pushed the main force of the Kingdom of Talon out of the border. This was a strange war.
Then, everyone originally thought that after Strauss won a great victory, he should chase and kill the troops of the Kingdom of Talon along the way.
But Strauss divided his troops into 7,000 troops and went to look for trouble with the Heron Kingdom troops.
Just as these 7,000 troops were rushing towards the royal city, Bolton led 20,000 Dorn troops, taking advantage of the terrain, dividing his troops into ambush, and intercepted the supply line of the Kingdom of Heron.
After a bloody battle, Bolton led 2,000 troops to a great victory, burning more than half of the food and baggage of Heron's army, destroying at least one-third of the ammunition, and then returned in triumph.
At the cost of 1,200 men, he made the 50,000-strong army of the Kingdom of Heron unable to continue marching north, ensuring the absolute safety of the royal city.
What made Cyric's contact furious was that the Kingdom of Shiron had to wait in place for five precious days and sent troops back to protect its supply lines.
When this force began to creep forward again, in front of them were three lines of trench defense built by Burton.
These defense lines, which were harder than tortoise shells, blocked the progress of the Heron troops. After five days of fierce attacks and at the cost of 2,000 men, the commander of the Heron Kingdom realized what tricks his opponent had played.
Bolton has been building defenses non-stop. Every time he built a line of defense, he took the initiative to abandon a broken line of defense in front, and maintained a slow retreat bit by bit.
And these difficult defense lines really consumed the strength of the Heron Kingdom's troops, which made the commander of the Heron Kingdom very angry.
More importantly, these lines of defense delayed time! After so many days, Dorne was recovering from the blow of the coup, and the entire Dorne forces were regrouping.
All fools know that if this consumption continues, Dorne, which has obviously restored its national strength, will have a home field advantage and make the Kingdom of Heron and the Kingdom of Talon pay a heavier price.
As a result, the commander of the Hillon Kingdom sent a messenger to urge the Talon troops on the other side who were responsible for attacking Rewind Port, hoping that they could attack quickly...
What he didn't know was that an army of 7,000 people had already approached the battle area of the royal city, and relying on the advantage of being familiar with the terrain, moved at full speed towards the side and rear of the Heron Kingdom troops.
