Chapter 585 Battle of Unknown Mountain

John finally understood the meaning of this sentence at this moment. His army was found by the scouts of the Holy Sword Empire more than 170 kilometers away from Gustav Fortress, and was surrounded by the Holy Sword Empire army 57 kilometers northeast of the Gustav Defense Line.

To his northwest is the 17th Army of the Holy Sword Empire, which came all the way from the Elf Forest; in his northeast, he took the Popular Science City and chased his 4th Army of the Holy Sword Empire; and to his south is the 12th Army around the fortress of Gestak.

At this moment, John can only fight hard. There is only one way out, that is, to break through, but which direction to break out has become a problem.

Breaking out to the northeast is undoubtedly the best option. That direction is the direction of Caen, that is to say, after the breakout, the troops can enter the control area of the Holy Empire and survive for a while, but John could not explain to Arnold. He was ordered to guard the science popularization. As a result, the science popularization was lost, and he led his troops to Caen. Nord will be the first to let him go.

To the southwest is Gustav Fortress. Although there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the Gustav Line, this can only be said to have jumped from one encirclement to another. It is thought that Gustav will soon be surrounded by the Holy Sword Empire. At that time, he will become a turtle in the urn again.

The other direction is already the territory of the Holy Sword Empire. John's breakout seemed to be doomed to failure before it began. Finally, John rejected most of the generals' proposal to break out to Caen and ordered the whole army to attack in the direction of the Gustav defense line.

However, his decision has united many generals to resist *, and the generals of these sacred empires prefer to break out in the direction of Caen, and only there is a way to survive.

Even John's confidants, no one thinks it's a good idea to go to Fort Gustav, because it is surrounded by a huge sword empire, and it's just a relatively strong coffin to go there.

So many legion commanders led their troops to break out in the direction of Caen and broke away from John's unified command. As a result, John's troops were reduced to a little more than 130,000.

Even so, John still led the troops in the direction of the Gustav Line, leaving behind 70,000 friendly troops of the Holy Empire that broke through in the opposite direction.

driving away more and more scouts and reconnaissance troops along the way, John's army stumbled into the defense area of the 12th Army of the Holy Sword Empire, and they have surrounded Gustav Fortress and its surrounding defense positions, laying a net and waiting for John's arrival.

On January 31, 7 of the Gregorian calendar, the 12th Army of the Holy Sword Empire reported that John's army appeared in a small town 30 kilometers away, accurately marking the situation of various troops of the Holy Empire within ten kilometers, and the Battle of Unknown Mountain officially began.

"There is a way to heaven, you don't go, and hell has no way to break in!" A bearded human commander put down the measuring tool in his hand, stared at the map and narrowed his eyes. He smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Buck*, and Major General Franz. I'm going to make this credit."

In a command car behind him, the chief of staff came out in a hurry: "Report! General Lax, the 481st Division called, and their defensive positions were shelled by the Holy Empire forces, and a total of 14 shells hit the position with no casualties! They didn't fight back.

"Tell Colonel Luce to stabilize the defense! That's just an enemy's test! Don't be nervous. Order the cavalry in Raul's hand to tear the other's flanks east! Notify the orc troops of the 411th Division! Start fighting back!" As the human commander gave the order, he walked towards the command car: " Tell them to be careful, there is a very powerful Warcraft cavalry in their hands! Let them not underestimate the enemy."

The cars behind him are painted with 12 letters. The black sword vine king flag is fluttering in the wind not far away, and the engineers are laying barbed wire for defense nearby.

In the position three kilometers away, dark shadows crossed the dug trenches. The war drums had sounded, and the sound of armor hitting was as pleasant as a breeze brushing the wheat field. The human soldiers in the trench watched the dark shadows gather in front of the position and turned into a neat phalanx under a command.

"The Beast God is on top! The whole army is ready!" An orc commander rode on the weak and broad wolf's back, and the long knife in his hand flashed coldly: "Combat purpose! Destroy the enemy's attack! Fight back! And destroy all the enemies of the beast gods!"

"Destroy all enemies of beast gods!" The wolf knights in front of him held the cavalry spear and shouted loudly, "Long live the Beast God!"

"Hung be to His Majesty St. Rudolph! Go ahead!" With a wave of the commander's long knife, the wolf knight began to slowly move towards the high ground not far away.

The phalanx was next to each other, and the roars of the giant wolves came one after another. In the rear of these wolf knight phalanx, the Bimeng giant beast dragged the magic guide cannon to follow up slowly. The black phalanx was like a stream, which converged little by little and finally turned into an ocean, covering the earth like fish scales.

"Report! The Sword Empire took the initiative to attack!" In the tent of the central army of the Holy Empire, a general reported what he observed: "It seems that they want to defeat us on the flank and then cut off our contact with the left wing."

"They are so naive! We just need to take their position and break out to Stark! So what if the 30,000 infantry left behind? John stared at the map and said, "Order the cavalry of the middle army to start attacking!" I will seize the enemy's defensive position in the morning! After noon, throw yourself into the bright battle cavalry! Break through the enemy's defense line in the afternoon!"

An officer ran in in a panic: "General! News came from the scouts that the enemy's cavalry were moving towards the two wings, and a large number of magic cannons were also among them! It seems that they want to defeat our wings first!"

"What about the middle? Which army is deployed on the enemy's central defense line? How many tanks are there? A general stood up and couldn't wait to ask.

"Report, there are enemy infantry in the middle! The quantity is unknown! But our scouts found that they had a considerable number of heavy infantry. The officer was excited to report the great news.

"Do not measure yourself! How dare you want to rely on infantry to block our attack? The infantry that can withstand the bright battle is not born yet!" A general laughed and said, "Lord John! We should attack the whole army! Break through the enemy's defense line.

At 9:30 a.m., the army led by John of the Holy Empire began to attack the central defense line of the 12th Army of the Holy Sword Empire.