Chapter 620 Breaking the Cauldron

Compared with the beginning, this army is now dejected and can only advance more than 200 kilometers a day, and it must rest at night, personnel and materials are scattered everywhere, and the whole army is in a mess.

The regimental commander was on his way with a company of troops and could not find other soldiers; there was only one regiment beside the division commander, and the other troops did not know where they were going for a long time.

Many officers command mixed troops, and a company commander reported to his superiors that he had 47 soldiers from 21 units and 22 numbers - several soldiers from the 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion of the 6th Division.

Many troops are tired and unorganized. In the past, a full artillery battalion had 40 heavy guns and 160 light field guns. Now a battalion commander only has more than 20 cannons in his hand, and there are not many shells. Many artillerymen even use mortars previously assigned to infantry as weapons.

Only half of the army's cavalry can still fight. Other soldiers either left their armor on the road or followed the troops by car, but the horses had long been missing.

Even so, the 3rd Army, which was the earliest of all the main forces of the Sword Empire and had a first-class combat effectiveness, still showed amazing combat literacy and terrible adaptability at this time.

Although it was still chaotic and lacked weapons and ammunition, the unit was still under Edward's command and completed the march on time or even ahead of schedule.

On the 12th night, they walked out of the St. Rudolph's defense line of the Elf Forest and launched a fierce attack on Mori North City.

"With such a little magic cannon, taking down Senbei City is simply a fool's dream." A soldier yawned and said that it had been a day since they attacked Senbei City, and the artillery was suppressed by the puppet garrison. The soldiers often fell asleep when they were on standby because of fatigue.

Most of the war horses can no longer fight, and only a small number of them can be called cavalry. Most people can only fight on sabers on foot. The indestructible 3rd Army of the Holy Sword Empire is now not even as good as the 25th Army with the worst equipment.

Desp> Despite this, Edward still put his troops into battle. He completely gave up his intention to capture a strategic goal, but ordered his troops to attack on all sides and occupy all the areas that could be occupied.

On June 12 of the 7th year of the Gregorian calendar, Edward led the sword imperial cavalry to attack the north of the spirit province and attacked on all sides, making the whole north of the spirit province in chaos.

At his request, the entire 3rd Army and other temporarily incorporated troops were zeroed, with divisions and even regiments as units, fighting independently and raiding any target that can be found. This random fighting method makes the puppet troops very uncomfortable, and the losses of both sides are huge, which can almost be said to be a super attrition war of rapid exchange of losses.

In the scuffle, although Senbei City was still in the hands of the puppets, and the human troops that attacked Senbei City suffered heavy losses, all the materials accumulated by the puppets in the area around Senbei were burned by Edward's troops, and a small group of puppet soldiers and some garrisons in the town were also annihilated by human cavalry.

With the end of the long-distance attack, more and more elite troops of the Sword Empire appeared on the battlefield. Wolf knights and unicorn cavalry began to fight, and the pressure on the puppets began to increase. For a while, the battle in the rear affected Sofia's plan to attack Akado's formation in the middle.

"Bastard! I command it myself! Gather troops to get rid of this human force that dares to mess up!" In a combat command room more than 90 kilometers north of Bart City, No. 4 looked at the map and cursed.

"This has been handed over to you. If you want to fight back, just gather troops to kill human beings." No. 6 is still calculating his various data. Now he is going to develop a super virus for the Sofia Empire, and he is not in the mood to manage any military movements.

"Now the ground is very unsafe, and there are human cavalry everywhere. Although they must be defeated, they are still making the final stubborn resistance. You'd better take the Tianlong airship back." No. 4 looked at No. 6 and said, "I can't guarantee your safety by land."

"I will take 3,000 puppet soldiers with me." No. 6 said, "Even if you can't defeat human beings, you can retreat in time, right? Now the Tianlong airship has been concentrated near the Shenguang Fortress to fight against the human air force. It's too late for me to divert one at this time.

"Then go in the direction of Blues City, where our troops are most stationed. Even if you meet human beings, you can retreat calmly." No. 4 said, "Three thousand people are too few. I will prepare 10,000 people for you and try to walk the road as much as possible, so that human cavalry dare not provoke."

He glanced at No. 6 and continued to tell him, "The main force of the human army only appeared near Senbei City and radiated to the whole Lingbei Province, but no human activity has been found in the direction of Kasluer City. It should be safe there."

"Yes, after I see Lord Sophia, I will fully launch the plague spread plan. At that time, as long as a new plague virus is born, the end of mankind will come." No. 6 nodded and thanked him, "I will develop a super weapon for the Sofia Empire to compete with the Sword Empire."

The next day, No. 6 took 10,000 troops escorting him to Leonard. At the same time, the Sofia Empire could not stand the loss of hoarding materials in Lingbei Province and postponed the attack on the Shenguang Fortress. The deputy commander of the front line led a large army of 500,000 to Senbei Province to eliminate the human cavalry rampaging there.

On June 17, the main force of the puppet encountered a cavalry division of the 3rd Group of the Holy Sword Empire. The puppet army surrounded the cavalry division with superior forces and annihilated 13,000 people the next day.

On June 19, the puppet army in the north city of the Sofia Empire launched a counterattack and cooperated with foreign reinforcements to break the siege of the Holy Sword Empire. On the afternoon of June 24, the puppets annihilated more than 20,000 people of the Third Army at the expense of 40,000 soldiers, and the forces of the Sword Empire were forced to retreat.

On June 27, the main force of the 3rd Army broke through the siege, and about 50,000 cavalry broke through the encirclement arranged by No. 4, and some soldiers of the 3rd Army crossed the river called the Kaslure River, a tributary of the upper reaches of the Meran River. However, near Moribei City, there are still 140,000 sword imperial troops surrounded by puppets. They lack medicine and ammunition, and the combat conditions are very difficult.

Because the sword empire troops in the encirclement did not retreat, No. 4 could not draw troops to pursue and find the human cavalry troops that broke through the siege, but he still sent a large number of messengers, hoping to contact No. 6 to remind No. 6 to be very careful of this missing human cavalry.