Chapter 588 Siege Gustav

While John struggled to break through, behind the 12th Army of the human army, the defenders of the Holy Empire also spend the same time in the Gustav defense line. They held long guns and waited for the attack of the Holy Sword Empire at any time in the trenches two meters deep.

Lack of supplies and embattled on all sides, the current situation of the troops guarding the fortress is not much better than John's cavalry. After the 17th Army of the Holy Sword Empire, which launched an attack from the Elf Forest, cut off the supply line on their flanks, these troops can only stay in place and wait for the arrival of the Sword Empire army.

Although the Holy Empire has deployed more than 3,000 magic cannons on the entire Gustav defense line, most of these magic cannons are outdated fortress guns. They are huge and cannot be easily moved at all. Usually, there are no shortcomings in defense. Now if you want to break through with these weapons, it is no different from idiot. It's a dream.

So the defenders of the Holy Empire gave up their intention to attack and receive John's troops, endlessly increased their manpower, and deployed strong defenses to offset their fear.

However, tragically, although they stood by and watched, the war still did not go according to their ideas. The rapid decisive battle between the army of the Holy Sword Empire and John's cavalry did not leave them the time they expected.

Before everyone could react, John's cavalry had been completely annihilated, and the work of cleaning the battlefield was also handed over to the 4th Army, which began to compress the Gustav Line of Defense by the 12th Army and the 17th Army.

Also, as expected by the defenders of the Holy Empire, the army of the Holy Sword Empire stopped attacking after compressing some defense lines and destroying part of the grain hoarding towns and surrounding arable land.

In order to avoid falling into a bitter battle like Kowloon City, the Holy Sword Empire adopted a strategy of encircling but not attacking this time, drying the strong Gustav Fortress and its surrounding defense lines behind him, and killing him when he and others were there to supply the collapse materials.

However, relying on the richness of the Sword Empire, the siege was not a useless wait. The daily routine bombardment and local harassment from time to time made the defenders of Gustav Fortress of the Holy Empire exhausted for more than ten days.

In the army headquarters of the 12th Army, General Lax was playing with a golden-looking medal with a tea handle. He commanded the army to break the Holy Empire in the Battle of Unknown Mountain, promoted to the Army*, and won the Second-class Sword Medal of the Holy Sword Empire.

"Bor! It's time for lunch." He shouted to his adjutant: "What's in the army today?"

A young officer came in and gently put down the blanket hanging on his arms: "General, today's lunch is beef, and the soldiers probably have some radishes and so on, which are sent from the Yongye Empire. I heard that your majesty took out his own pocket to let everyone taste it."

"Thanks to the great emperor for being so considerate to his subordinates. Let's celebrate." Lax didn't know where he came from and turned out half a bottle of elf wine: "Ho long live the Sword Empire!"

The adjutant saw the wine bottle, smiled, and sat familiarly opposite the general: "I went to the station of the 17th Army in the morning, and the elf officer gave me this. As he spoke, he took out some dried fruits from his pocket, which is a famous wine dish of the elf clan."

"Good boy! If I hadn't taken out the wine, you bastard would still want to swallow it alone!" Lax clicked his adjutant twice with his hand: "Go and call the chief of staff and Bruce, the commander of the 91st Division stationed here, and get together!"

When several generals came together and began to cheer for half a glass of wine, lunch was also distributed in the position of the Holy Empire. The noodle soup was as cool as boiled water, and the dry food was pitifully rare. Without seasoning, the soldiers could only chewing things that were difficult to swallow and smell the floating sword empire soldiers at noon. The fragrance of the meal.

However, it was obvious that the commanders of the Holy Sword Empire did not even intend to let the defenders of the Holy Empire eat quietly. The shelling began again. The magic cannonballs cut through the air and landed on the already battered position, raising mud and gravel. The original peaceful atmosphere was smashed, and the whole Gustav The defense line has experienced another hellish baptism.

After the shelling, the soldiers of the Holy Empire wanted to cry and found that the original clear noodle soup was full of mud and sand, and the dry food in their hands was also full of dust. They ate lunch again and swallowed a few mouthfuls. The soldiers began to sort out the bombed positions and dig out the unlucky home from the soil. Dude, then threw these bodies into the crater in the distance and buried them a few times.

At dinner, the senior commanders of the defenders of the Holy Empire had a rich dinner. The broth and bones made everyone have a great appetite. These poor people who enjoyed suffering cheered for such a delicious meal for a long time.

The reason is very simple. The shelling hit a stable in the garrison's city at noon and killed more than a dozen military horses. With the mentality of not wasting, the chefs chopped the bodies of these horses for dinner, and the horses, which were usually forbidden to be slaughtered, have now become rare rations, which is also regarded as being guarded on the Gustav line. The irony of the defenders of the Holy Empire.

Just as the 17th Army and the 12th Army besieged the Gustav Line, the 11th Army under the command of General Hawke captured Pak, and his forward troops had entered the central plain of the Yavia continent. However, due to the desperate resistance of the local defenders, the 11th Army suffered a lot of losses and could only temporarily stop attacking and rest in place.

After Buck's 4th Army captured the popularization, part of the army went west to search and pursue John's troops. The main force killed the southern gateway to the holy city of Caen, and captured the famous city on February 17 of the 7th year of the Gregorian calendar.

Looking at the God City, as the name implies, you can almost see God when you come here. That is to say, coming here is not far from the holy city of Caen. The Holy Empire was captured here for the first time in ten thousand years, and the holy city of Caen became the front-line city of the two armies for the first time in ten thousand years.

With the follow-up of the 8th Army, the 9th Army Group controlled the province of Nankato, and Arcado's headquarters moved intoke pu City with the advance of the front, where he ordered the execution of the chief priests in the two provinces in the southern part of the Holy Empire and various sinners who bullied civilians, but what he wanted to see most John still didn't catch it.