Chapter 234 A very smooth battle
Jing Lan's face looked a little ugly, and he was evaluating the strength of both sides. In fact, he was quite satisfied with this 4,000 guard team. Three thousand veterans and one thousand powerful combat soldiers. If he was in the plains, he would look down on him at all.
Thinking back to the beginning, Luo Yi brought a thousand Yulins to protect the Ninth Princess's wedding convoy, and could only send half of the troops at a time, so he could kill the Sha Thief and dare not get close. Now that the gap is only three times the strength, Jing Lan is confident that he will defeat the Nanzhao bandits within one hour.
The problem is that this place is not a plain, a desert area, but a dense forest. Although it has not yet entered the southern area, the trees here are already very lush.
Fighting in the dense forest is a taboo in the army. No general dares to lead a large army into the deep mountains and dense forests. Only the Rainforest Legion of the past dares to do this.
Even if the rainforest army that had been carefully built from the whole country of Da Chu, the rainforest army was killed and killed all the indigenous people in the south, and the casualties were too great.
Nanzhao bandits have the right time and place. They already live on this land and know the situation in the forest well, so they have long been adapting to the battles in the dense forest.
The Desert Legion is a regular cavalry. Whether it is deserts, grasslands, plains, or even plateau areas, it has quite strong combat capabilities. If it is placed in the dense forest, it will have no ten combat power.
In the battle between the jungle, the cavalry was first abolished. It was impossible to gallop in the jungle. It was impossible to jog, so it could only rely on both feet. The cavalry was used to riding horses, and when they got off the horse, half of their combat power was destroyed. In addition, the restrictions on crossbows and weapons in the jungle combat, this guard with more than 4,000 people could exert any combat power. Jing Lan had no idea how much combat power could this guard team of more than 4,000 people exerted.
Even so, Jing Lan was still confident of defeating the Nanzhao bandits, but he couldn't judge how much the price would be.
At least half, this is his bottom line. Obviously, he can't afford such losses, not to mention that the gentleman would not agree to it. There is no legion in Da Chu that can continue to fight with a loss of 50%.
If there were such a big loss, those veterans could rebel.
"Jing Lan, the fighting style of our Shengong Temple Guard is unique. This is an experimental team." Renault said softly. A few days ago, he wrote several boxes of plans, but now few can be implemented, but in his mind, he slowly formed the prototype of the army.
"Old Song, ordered the flight brigade to be divided into two batches, bombed in turn, and the reconnaissance aircraft monitored the entire process." Renault issued an order.
"Okay." After Song Zhe said that, he turned around and left. In less than a quarter of an hour, twenty planes loaded with ammunition took off, and three other planes were used as reconnaissance planes, which also took off at the same time.
It took less than a quarter of an hour for the aircraft group to reach the sky above the dense forest. The bomb droppers ignite the fire and throw the bombs without precision. Ten thousand bandits in the southern part need to occupy a large space in the dense forest.
Twenty planes were loaded with more than 300 bombs weighing ten kilograms, and they were thrown into the dense forest like dumplings. Only one-third of the bombs fell to the ground and exploded through the branches. More bombs were blocked by the branches and exploded in mid-air.
Don't think that hanging on branches has little lethality. In fact, these bombs are more powerful than those falling on the ground. The blown branches are sharp and broken, like hundreds or thousands of sharp arrows, shooting in all directions, with no dead corners at all, and the range of killing is more than ten times higher.
The lethality of ten kilograms of black gunpowder is actually very limited. For ordinary people, the damage is not small within a range of more than ten meters. If the ground fluctuates, the range of killing will be further narrowed. Not only does the warrior have strong reaction ability, but his defense ability is not weak. As long as it does not happen to fall within a range of a few meters, it is difficult to hurt the warrior.
But hundreds or thousands of branches are unprepared for defense. Even wearing iron armor, there are many places where they cannot defend themselves. What's more serious is that the high temperature generated by the bomb also ignited some branches. The fire was not big, but it brought out thick smoke.
For a moment, in the woods where the bandits in Nanzhao were, there were ghosts and wolves howling, and screams were endless. They were originally bandits, but they were composed of many families, and they had no discipline at all. When they encountered such natural disasters, they were afraid and painful on their bodies, and they immediately exploded.
The first batch of planes had just dropped bombs, and the second batch of planes came again. The dense bombs blew up several miles apart. The thick smoke rushed straight into the sky, and the flying branches turned into rain of arrows.
At this moment, except for the followers around them, they were closely guarding them and escaping from afar, the others had long been reluctant to take care of them.
"Cabinet attack." Renault smiled and gave an order. He found that the effect of the plane bombing in the dense forest was much better than in the desert.
When the Green Wolf was bombed, the effect of the first round was not satisfactory. In the second and third rounds, there were almost no casualties, and even a bomb could not kill a sand thief.
Here, in two rounds of bombing, the deaths and injuries of the Nanzhao bandits exceeded 3,000, and the number of people who trampled in chaos and killed each other in chaos exceeded 1,000.
From the beginning of the first round of bombing to the end of the second round of bombing, in just a quarter of an hour, the Nanzhao bandits were finished. More than one-third of the casualties were over, and the rest were all running for life. Even the leaders of several largest forces were fleeing to the distance frantically.
The directions of escape vary, and some of them are frightened, and they are walking directly into the deep forest. More bandits in the south fled to the small valley where horses are stored.
After all, Nanzhao is also a vast and sparsely populated place. After entering the forest, he can only walk. If he wants to escape, he should ride a horse faster and escape further.
The guards do not need to go into the dense forest to chase and kill. Even if those who escape on foot can survive, they will not be able to become a climate. As long as they kill the big gangs, rob their horses and food, and finally escape back alive, half of them will be fine.
The reconnaissance plane guided the direction in the sky, and the three thousand light cavalry rushed towards the camp of the Nanzhao bandit like a torrent. The God of Wealth did not need to take action. The camp of the Nanzhao bandit had nowhere to escape under the reconnaissance of the Flying Brigade.
The bomber has returned to load and is ready to take off again. If a large number of Nanzhao bandits gather, they will be blown up directly.
The entire battle process was less than three hours. In addition to the bombing, it was just chasing and rushing. It was not until the last head was cut off that Jing Lan breathed a sigh of relief. The war horses under her climax were soaked, and the continuous running made the best war horses in the southwest unable to bear it.
Gai Yong's body was covered in blood, and the black charcoal horse turned into a fire dragon horse. He was holding not the Great Chu halberd at the beginning of the war, but a mace, and iron thorns on the stick, and meat scraps were hung.
"General, please feel free..." Gai Yong said with a big laugh.
"General, have you sent someone to continue chasing?" Chai Jun's appearance was obviously much stronger than Gai Yong. Although he was covered in blood, he was at least not as disgusting as Gai Yong.
Jing Lan shook her head: "No need, let the brothers gather, clean the battlefield, and treat the wounded."
"General, the sir has sent people here long ago. In addition to hundreds of slaves, there are dozens of female officials and injured brothers, who have received the best treatment." Chai Jun seemed a little excited.
He had experienced countless hard battles in the Desert Legion, and he could not even imagine how much logistics work to the level of the Divine Works Hall.
No matter where you are injured, the two slaves pressed you directly on the stretcher and stuffed a samsara pill into their mouths. If the injury is serious, a female official will come over immediately and replenish a life-saving pill. Carry it back to the camp where a doctor is ready.
"How are our casualties?" Jing Lan asked. There is no need to doubt that this is a big victory, but nowadays, no matter how big the victory is, there will be casualties, and usually there will be no shortages.
When he fought for the forty-eight countries last year, the general had a proper plan and slaughtered the army of the forty-eight countries. His husband used casting techniques to prepare countless arrowheads. Even so, there were still thousands of casualties in the Desert Legion.
"Three people died, they ran too fast and were caught off guard." Chai Jun said, with a speechless look on his face, and he was not sad at all. He was in the army, and he fell off the horse and was trampled into meat paste by the horse team behind him. Such a way of death is so embarrassing.
Of course, the most important thing is that the three dead are not veterans of the Desert Legion. Even if they are incomplete in this kind of pursuit, they will not make such a low-level mistake. Two from the rainforest and one from the black phoenix.
In addition, several Liuyun's people also fell off their horses. Fortunately, Liuyun's people were all warriors and soldiers, and they were good at it. Although they fell off the horses, they could avoid them in a hurry.
"There are not many injuries, more than thirty." Chai Jun continued, and the reasons for the injuries were varied. There were only four people who were injured when they were actually fighting with the Nanzhao bandits, and they had received the best care.
Among the bandits in Nanzhao, there are not without warriors, but there are dozens of people from the ninth grade. These good-looking men are fleeing the fastest when they see the situation is out, so those who are chased are often ordinary war soldiers.
"Well, it's not bad." I heard that it was not his brother who died. Jing Lan was in a good mood. In this one-sided pursuit, if his brother was caught and trampled to death by his own people, he would really not be able to afford to lose this person.
"What is the result of the battle?" Jing Lan continued to ask.
"Kill three thousand people, and just sent one thousand people to clean the battlefield in the dense forest. After half an hour, there will be a result. More than 2,600 prisoners were captured. The Nanzhao bandit camp was occupied and 8,000 war horses were seized, and there was not much food or grass." Chai Jun said.
Gai Yong and Chai Jun are both generals of the Central Army, but their abilities and personalities are very different. Gai Yong is as famous as his own, and he is the best of the three armies. Killing generals and winning flags is no problem. Commanding and coordinating are not his strengths.
Zhu Chongjiu is not just a casual person, he gives Renault all the money, and that is not helping. Jing Lan has strong command and combat capabilities. Even if he loses an arm, he is actually a good general in the Desert Legion. The two generals of the Army also have their own characteristics and can complement each other.
"How is the convoy camp?" Jing Lan continued to ask.
"It's as stable as a rock." Chai Jun replied, this is something that must be asked after the war. Even if you know it's okay, you still have to ask more questions.
"Very good, send orders to clean the valley, and send someone to ask the gentleman whether he was camping in the same place or going to the valley?" Jing Lan ordered.
"Yes." Chai Jun turned around and gave the order.
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