In the known world, there are four typical climates. From the center line of the world from south to north, they are: tropical, subtropical, temperate zone, and cold zone (i.e. polar climate).
Tropical climate and polar climate are relatively stable. Except for about 2 months of the year, it will be slightly affected. The rest of the time is the same ice, snow and scorching heat.
The temperate climate is the most suitable for human beings. The year is divided into four completely different seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, with completely different weather.
The subtropical climate changes most neatly, with two seasons every year: a hot and rainy summer and a dry, cold and dry winter. It rains for half a year, followed by drought for another half a year.
——"Continental Climate"
Chapter 39 The Third Front War
In the 6th year of the magic calendar, the offensive and defensive changes in the continental war have always been developing at a rapid speed.
After the last offensive and defensive battle in Hamburg ended with the retreat of the Dahino Army, the base camp temporarily gave up its plan for the Messis Mountains - even if Marshal Dahino still had the idea to continue fighting, the base camp headquarters would definitely order the withdrawal of this war.
A serious and unequal war of attrition.
In this ice and snow, to maintain normal supplies for a team of 10,000 people requires at least 20,000 migrant workers to transport, and at least 5,000 regular troops to escort them. They are also human beings, and they all need to consume food and supplies. If it is summer, the transportation
The materials consumed on the way can be saved by at least 65%. Supporting such a war will undoubtedly make things worse for the already stretched supply system of the Xidijun Group.
Of course, the staff headquarters is not idle. The best staff officers in the Pancontinent have set their sights on the largest forest in the hinterland of the continent. On January 20, autumn of the sixth year of the Magic Calendar, the headquarters customized a new combat target: the Jielin Theater. In the past
For about a year, this small war zone ranked sixth among the seven war zones was like a tough iron thorn, jumping out from time to time to remind the Holy See and the Myanmar Empire to pay attention to his existence.
Each of the seven theaters of the empire has its own superior arms. The Northern Federation’s most powerful infantry, especially the glacier infantry; the most powerful navy in the Floating Ice Port Theater, which has gathered 80% of the empire’s armed fleet; and the most famous iron and steel in the Gyeonggi Theater.
Heavy armor knight troops; the Tongyunguan War Zone is famous for its light knights; the strongest unit in the Lion River War Zone is the pike infantry; the Sanggan River War Zone has the only swamp infantry among the empires; and the Jielin War Zone has the strongest of the seven war zones.
Jungle Rider.
The mounts of the so-called elite jungle knights are all war horses - well, this word may not be appropriate. This mount is a hybrid breed of horse, not tall, and has a very thin and dry body.
Jungle Knights never participated in imperial military parades. In the history of the empire, Qi Mingwu, the third general of the Jielin War Zone, once brought his most proud troops to the imperial capital to return to duty, but ran into the Tongyunguan War Zone, the Northern Federal War Zone, and the Gyeonggi War Zone.
The three chief officers then had the following conversation.
"Hey, Lao Qi, your life is too tight these days. Why are all your knights riding donkeys back to pay their respects?"
"What do you mean? Where are the donkeys? What I saw was obviously a group of black long-haired goats. Not to mention, this breed is really good. I have never seen such a big goat. I can pass every one.
100 pounds, this is the Flower Language Plain
New varieties. General Qi, when are you going to give me some? We in the Northern Federation can't eat anything. After you black goats arrive, we can cook meat every day." Is this meat cooked mutton or human meat?
Well... I don't know.
"Old Qi, when did the Jielin War Zone be equipped with police dogs? You soldiers are so shameless, why are you riding on a fucking dog? I want to go to the Small Animal Protection Association to report this serious issue!"
Joking aside, during that debriefing, the angry General Qi Mingwu specially arranged an internal exercise. The protagonists were this group of soldiers known as riding donkeys, goats, and dogs. The jungle knights were in battle formation.
Easily passed the 50-mile-wide forest on the north side of Scambrai in an hour,
Immediately facing the impact of the superior force of the Colorful Dragon Knights, the Jungle Knights quickly escaped into the forest. In groups of four or five, they continued to attack everywhere, beating the heavy knights to pieces and finally having to withdraw from the battle first.
.Such results made the other six theater generals of the empire shut their mouths.
After the fall of Scambrai, Marshal Chi Datong took personal command in Jielin and launched a tug-of-war with the teaching soldiers on the territory of the Holy See. The jungle knights conquered undefended villages and towns and even small cities one after another. The soldiers immediately dismounted and went to work.
——Taxation. Whether it’s gold, grain, livestock, even
Hoes, plows and other production materials, as long as they are valuable anyway, must pay a poll tax. The marshal is very clear that the Jielin Theater may not be able to survive until the end of the war. Once the enemy is free, it will definitely deal with this area first. Instead of retreating when the time comes, it is better
Now try your best to weaken the national power of the Holy See.
For more than a year, with Jielin as the dividing line, 100 miles to the east and 50 miles to the west, it basically became a no-man's land due to repeated tug-of-war between the Jielin war zone and the Holy See troops. Large tracts of farmland were deserted, and farmers who could have produced
They became refugees begging for food. Near the boundary forest, the jungle knights riding donkeys had already caused the Holy See to lose six thousand troops.
The failure of the battle to attack Hamburg City and Chi Aotian's expeditionary force sweeping thousands of miles across the Huayu Plain made the Western Emperor's Staff Headquarters re-recognize the powerful combat power of the Imperial Army. Therefore, when planning the Battle of Jielin, the two major theaters in the eastern and western areas of Jielin were assigned the most important positions.
All powerful armies are included in the campaign cluster.
The Western Emperor's General Staff Headquarters has three major advantages in choosing this place as its new combat target:
1. The Jielin War Zone is surrounded by the two major war clusters of the Holy Holy See and Scambrai. It can be said that it is 100% internal combat. It is very easy to supply or increase troops.
2. The latitude of the Jielin War Zone is relatively low, and the temperature in winter is above 0°C. It will not put more and more difficult requirements on the supply line. Moreover, this is still a slack period for the Holy See, and it will not affect the continued fighting in the coming year.
Continuity.
3. At this time, it can be said that the stars in the territory of the Holy Holy See are twinkling. More than ten senior generals such as Menton, Norton, Iron Hands and Hanhan are undoubtedly the key to ensuring the victory of the war. The nearly 100,000 armored troops have just won a complete victory.
The hero of Chi Aotian's expeditionary force
The power and arrogance for war were high. Although the Dahino cluster did not complete the set combat goals, the emergence of the floating city still gave the soldiers and low-level officers confidence. In addition, the Xuanqing Earth Dragon Knights were also invested.
At the same time, with the right time, right place, and right people, the Western Emperor's General Staff Headquarters has considerable confidence in this battle.
Of course, things did not develop so smoothly.
In the autumn and February of the sixth year of the magic calendar, General Chi Hantong's 100,000-strong army had returned to its best condition after about two months of repairs. On February 29, Chi Aotian's brother, Major General Chi Changyun, led
A 30,000-strong armored army headed by the Black Dragon Knights and the Fire Lion Knights set off.
The Western Emperor's base camp originally thought that this army would follow the route of Chi Aotian's expeditionary force and once again wash out the Flower Language Plain to achieve the dual purposes of containing and weakening. The base camp even once again made psychological preparations to trade space for time. However, let the Holy See,
Fanos, there are more than 40 scouts in the Sweat Blood Mercenary Group. What shocked the scouts was-the direction of this army was actually heading south!
The south side of Tongyunguan is a dense forest, the east side is the fairy forest, and the west side is the woodland at the east foot of the Holy Snow Mountain, with a mainland highway in the middle. 200 miles to the south, except for the inn, there are no human villages at all. Even if you walk on the mainland highway
You can't even see the sun when you look up - the tropical rainforest is so dense, the crown of an adult banyan tree branch is more than 100 meters in diameter.
Half a month later, the Xidijun General Staff Headquarters finally understood the true purpose of General Chi Hantong's move - to build a city!
After the capital of the mercenary empire was captured, except for some mercenaries who surrendered to Fanos, the other mercenaries, led by the surviving mercenary king, entered the eastern foothills of the Holy Snow Mountain and the woodlands outside the Fairy Forest to resist tenaciously.
The tenacious fighting spirit of the mercenaries far surpassed the elite knight corps of the Hughes Empire, which also perished. This is also a research topic for future generations.
Scholars of later generations generally believed that the mercenary empire was the only commercial empire among the seven empires at that time. Mercenary groups and merchant groups of all sizes had their own cities. If the residents of the cities were dissatisfied with the city owner, they could move to the city at any time.
Other cities. This federal state structure gives citizens greater freedoms and rights, especially for mercenaries with military exploits.
Even if the high-level mercenary group defected to Fanos, they would not necessarily be able to obtain greater benefits than before. Therefore, most of the high-level mercenary groups and high-level mercenary warriors chose to resist.
Unfortunately, mercenary groups have poor awareness of cooperation and have a single type of arms. During the six years of the Magic Calendar, mercenary groups often set their combat targets at small groups of enemies with less than 100 people. In addition, these mercenary groups have lost their own
The city has no logistical supplies at all. This situation has led to the condition of these defeated soldiers getting worse day by day.
The reason why Chi Hantong gave up the northern offensive and chose the south was to help these mercenaries build a city that they could sustainably develop.
Chi Hantong believes that in the next few years, the Amy Empire will definitely choose to fight at home and the Holy See. In this case, once the Fanos Eastern Legion eliminates the remaining enemies in the original mercenary empire, it will definitely become this
A new base for the Pan-Continental War, this place will continuously provide Fanos with strategic resources such as food, money, recruits, equipment, etc. If the Holy See invests more manpower here to continuously brainwash local residents, the original mercenary empire
Maybe it will provide Fanos with millions of soldiers.
Therefore, your Excellency the General decided to plant a few nails on the south side before attacking the Holy See. Build the city, send instructors, provide various weapons and equipment, and provide food and grass supplies... At least let the mercenary kings start a virtuous cycle on their own.
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By the time the Western Emperor's staff headquarters understood General Chi Hantong's true purpose, two earth cities 30 miles apart had been established, and more than 300 mercenary groups, large and small, heard the news and were coming on the starry night.
Another piece of news, both good and bad, also appeared in autumn and February of the 6th year of the Magical Calendar. Captain Amy, one of the five mercenary groups known as the Golden Brain, unexpectedly made a mistake - gave up and completely destroyed the city of Hamburg.
This is of course a good thing. On the bad side, the only mobile force in the northern mountains was released. This army then wandered in Scambrai for several days, and a small group of knights even attacked
They set up the mainland highway post and demolished many mainland roads leading to the imperial capital in succession to cut off support. Several dragon knights flew above Scambrai every day. Once they saw an air raid, they would always come down to do something. This forced
The base camp dispatched a legion from the Jielin Battle Cluster to return to the imperial capital. Unexpectedly, Amy, who was fully prepared for the offensive, actually feinted a shot and then fiercely pounced on the Sanggan River battle area.
The jumping of the small mercenary group scared the current general of the Sanggan River War Zone, Earl Ray Barton. At this time, the elite combat forces of the Sanggan River War Zone were concentrated on the south bank to defend Yi Hailan's troops. In addition to several large cities on the north bank, there were
Except for a small number of swordsmen troops, the rest of the place was completely clean.
Earl Rebaton did not expect that he would be so unlucky. Less than half a year after he took over, the blond boy from the Southern Black Dragon came with his demon troops to inspect every two days. He finally installed enough defensive forces in several main cities on the south coast. Now the North
Actually...
While secretly cursing Marshal Dahino's ability to use troops, the earl sent four groups of special envoys within one day to ask Scambrai for support.
Ask the Imperial Capital to support? Now the Imperial Capital only has His Majesty Farrell's direct legion, which is less than 10,000 people. With this small number of troops, even the head of Scambrai City is not enough. Besides, sporadic light snow has already covered the north of Sanggan River.
In most parts of the mainland, before the war, there were always large-scale merchant travel on the mainland roads, and there were also swordsmen troops at the inns.
, the snow on the highway can be cleared soon. Now that we have entered a state of war, people are panicking. There have been two light snowfalls just now, and silt and ice have appeared in some places on the mainland roads, and there are even man-made collapses in many places.
.In this case, the mobility of the knight troops is greatly reduced, let alone the infantry troops.
Reinforcements were not received by Earl Ray Barton, but there was one order - abandon the city on the south bank, shrink all the troops on the north bank, and wait for reinforcements.
With such an order, Lord Earl almost got angry at the scout squadron leader of the base camp on the spot!
Did all the people in the General Staff Headquarters grow up eating grass? Of the 25,000 soldiers, except for the 15,000 elite troops under the direct control of the general, the rest have long been split into various cities. These soldiers are the farthest away from the Sanggan River Bridge.
It is nearly a hundred miles away. It will take at least a week to evacuate all these soldiers to Heyang. The soldiers can be evacuated, but where are the supplies? In order to defend the Yi Haiban Army
In the Sanggan River War Zone, all the catapults and other war resources on the north bank were disassembled and then reassembled on the south bank. Now these materials are transported back, and they are transported under the nose of the enemy. They are not enemies on one side, but those who came from the north.
The young man is a genius officer who defeated all General Fanos. He can make the young men of Sanggan River cross the river smoothly?
Earl Rebaton's question had an accurate answer that night, and the answer was of course no.
Amy now has six or seven dragon knights in her hands. How could Amy, who is extremely resourceful, not take advantage of them? On February 3, autumn of the sixth year of the Magical Calendar, four giant dragons attacked the Sanggan River Bridge under the cover of night.
That night, two of the three bridges were completely burned by the dragon's breath. The energy and enthusiasm of the dragons were obviously excessive. They considered the weather after winter.
Humidity is extremely detrimental to the maintenance of the hull, so on the way home, they used dragon breath to warm up the boats parked on both sides of the river. Originally, the dragon knights wanted to sneak attack the navy base camp in the Sanggan River War Zone, but they were stopped by Hanyang
The continuous crossbows fired by the company on the city were forced out. Even so, that night, the Sanggan River was plunged into a sea of fire.
Subsequently, the news that the riot planned by the Holy See for decades ended in failure also reached the Western Emperor's staff headquarters, and the news that followed about the rekindling of the Zoroastrian flame made the senior priests of Scambrai's passion enthralled.
Change. It is a pity that because the battle in Bombay City was quite clean and tidy, the news of the reappearance of Chi Aotian's expeditionary force was not informed by peripheral reports.
In the autumn of the sixth year of the Magical Calendar, the situation in the continent of Eminor can be said to have changed three times a day.