Chapter 1204 Unfavorable situation
With the lesson learned from the last time, Elder Gerald and the three men naturally knew what the forest army wanted to do when they retreated across the board.
Although it was still an unreserved attack, this time, the way the Alliance pursued them had completely changed.
First of all, the united front advance was never used again from the beginning. Although the Alliance army was attacking as a whole, the priorities were very clear.
This time, the alliance's troops were no longer lined up on the battlefield, but marched hand in hand in large columns.
In other words, the Alliance Army gave up the idea of pushing the enemy's front absolutely horizontally this time, and adopted a posture of breaking through point by point.
Moreover, those columns no longer appear in the size of small legions. Each column is at least the size of a normal legion.
This time the alliance army deployed a total of 150 troops and horses, among which there were twelve main forces. The two main forces of the divine cavalry had already entered the depths of the forest in advance, while the remaining ten main forces were arranged in an orderly manner.
Distributed in every direction, as the bearer of the banner, he led the fifteen surrounding legions to advance steadily.
As a result, even if the forest army adopts the water-gathering tactic of gathering water beads, it will not be easy to swallow up the Alliance Army regiments one by one, because from the beginning, the Alliance Army's regiment size is not as small as the last battle.
The stocks and horses can be compared.
Moreover, after the main force is evenly distributed, all the legions have support nearby. Once attacked, the main force will soon come to support.
Shen Chen has naturally seen this kind of war formation from the beginning, but he still responded to the changes by remaining unchanged. During the process of the forest army withdrawing from defense, they once again started to deal with each other and united with each other.
The only difference was that, given that every group of enemy troops was currently quite large in size, Shen Chen did not let the forest warriors attack easily. Instead, he let them see what they were doing, and took this opportunity to increase their efforts to unite.
However, the strategy of the commander of the Alliance Army obviously went beyond this. After comprehensively pressing the border and entering the forest area, many of the Alliance Army's legions separated into groups and quickly pursued the retreating forest warriors.
Those are all cavalry.
This move of the Alliance Army was not only to break the guerrilla tactics of the forest army, but also to continue to be sharp and inflict terrible damage to the retreating forest army.
Despite the fact that there are only a few cavalry in those legions, once the forest armies from all directions stop to fight with them, they will be held back, and then the other legions will immediately attack them.
In fact, because at this moment the major alliance armies were marching separately with gaps between them, if the forest army was slow to react in the confrontation with the cavalry vanguard, it might be surrounded by nearby legions, resulting in the entire army being annihilated.
But now if the forest army retreats blindly, their overall movement speed will be difficult to surpass the enemy's cavalry, and their tail will definitely be constantly harassed by the enemy's cavalry, and there is a danger of being cannibalized bit by bit.
Ever since, after the alliance commander made targeted arrangements, Shen Chen's tactics no longer worked well.
This made the soldiers of the forest army who were retreating and holding a group anxious. Many generals felt aggrieved and worried that not only would they not win today, but they would collapse altogether.
After all, the pros and cons of someone's strategic arrangement are very obvious. In such a tough battle, there is absolutely no possibility of a draw.
In the giant city, Drevens even showed a sneer. It seemed that the boy had underestimated his opponent's strategy. In this battle, his bullshit tactics were thoroughly understood, and there would be no chance again!
"Okay, let the two main forces of the divine cavalry stop going deep. If the enemy's main force does not fight them, let them circle back and form an encirclement against the enemy's main force!"
The high priest of Letav had a cruel smile. He also felt that the other party's commander was too pedantic and actually used the same trick twice. This gave them a huge opportunity to take advantage of.
"More than that, let the generals of several berserker legions also be prepared. Once the enemy's main forces are severely damaged and the entire army collapses, they will follow our original plan and attack the giant city of Green Plains Fortress with one fell swoop. Break the iron barrel fortress of the Kingdom of Nature!" Elder Gerald nodded coldly with the same old eyes.
Although they lost two invincible trump cards at the beginning of the war, they soon recovered their decline after many ingenious plans were gradually implemented.
Now the overall initiative on the battlefield has been firmly controlled by them. No matter whether the forest army retreats or not, they have corresponding follow-up arrangements.
At this end, Shen Chen was not conservative. He ordered the three main intervening forces to attack immediately to fight against the two main enemy cavalry forces.
In addition, several groups of wild beast knights that Shen Chen had been mobilizing before were also going to join the battle, so that the two groups of divine cavalry horses that had entered the depths of the forest would not have a terrible impact on the army that was retreating across the board.
At the same time, Shen Chen also made other adjustments, allowing the main forces of the forest army, such as the elemental guards, natural guards, and giant orcs, to temporarily postpone their retreat and confront the enemy head-on, thereby suppressing the overall momentum of the alliance's attack.
Listening to Shen Chen's series of adjustments, Debbie, Sheila, Lisa and others beside them all fell silent. Although the little thief responded very promptly, there was not much cleverness in this step. , on the contrary, it is full of the flavor of being forced.
Of course, it is not easy for this little thief to be able to change his mind in an eclectic way, but next, he must make eye-catching changes, otherwise the forest army will show signs of defeat in this battle, which is worrying. Uneasy.
Because they can't lose this battle.
In the giant city, Dravens had already stepped forward to ask for help, accusing Shen Chen of using his troops improperly. He had been controlled by others from the beginning. Such a passive response would sooner or later be overturned. He sincerely requested to take over the leadership position and replace him.
However, Artemis obviously could not easily lose confidence in Shen Chen, and becoming more handsome before the battle was a taboo in the military, so she ignored him.
"Hmph! There are already signs of that kid's defeat. Let's see how he can change his formation..." Delevings, who hit the wall again, had a cold face and hissed in a low voice.
If the forest army loses all the battles in this battle, he will not only make the boy suffer without food, but also report all the faults of the three goddesses to the God Emperor.
In fact, at this moment, even Debbie and others can't see how this little thief has any room to deal with. The alliance's attack this time is too solid and smart, and it has completely absorbed the advantages and disadvantages of the forest army's previous tactics. They targeted him everywhere, and from the very beginning, they restricted a lot of room for this little thief to command on the battlefield.
As for the adjustment just now, at most it can only alleviate a temporary urgent need and cannot be sustained for long.
Just when everyone thought that Shen Chen was going to make up for the situation, stop withdrawing all defenses, and order an all-out decisive battle between the forest army and the alliance army, Shen Chen slowly mobilized the air power of the forest army.
A large number of warships, as well as numerous warriors from the Feather Tribe and Bird Tribe, were like clouds, swarming in in droves, on an unprecedented scale.
These days, Shen Chen has focused on upgrading the forest army's air power, and even made huge adjustments in the military configuration.
At this moment, the air power of the forest army is completely different from before, both in terms of scale and momentum.
Debbie and others were stunned. This guy had placed his air power behind the army, which puzzled them. Now he suddenly took it out. What on earth did he want to do?
The next moment, Shen Chen made a surprising statement and issued an order: "All air forces launch an attack and must completely destroy the enemy's air lineup within one stick of incense!"
"What?" Debbie and others thought they heard wrongly, and were so stunned that they couldn't speak.
This guy actually wanted to use the air power of the forest army to fight the enemy's air power in a decisive battle, and he also made such unrealistic demands. Is he impatient?
But reason told Debbie that this little thief was very shrewd and determined. Although the forest army was in a bad situation now, it was not defeated yet and would not use its troops crazily.
"Don't worry, I have my own sense of proportion." Shen Chen smiled lightly and did not explain much.
"But our air power is inferior to the enemy's air lineup. You ask them to fight the opponent and win quickly. How is this possible?" Goddess Lisa said in disbelief.
"Inferior?" Shen Chen raised the corner of his mouth, "That was before, but now it's not certain who has stronger aerial power..."
Hearing this, Debbie and others looked at each other and suddenly realized that this little thief has been torturing the forest army's air power in recent days.
In addition, he seems to have issued many new improvements, designed drawings to craftsmen, and built many strange and weird gadgets. Could this be the source of his confidence?
Secretly, Debbie and others suddenly became excited, hoping that this would become a turning point in the war.
"All-out attack!"
At this time, the general of the forest army's air force had already issued a cold order. In an instant, all the warships and Yu clan warriors advanced in a dark way, flying towards the front line in large numbers.
Facing such a battle, even Gerald and the other three members of the Alliance Army were astonished. What was the commander of the forest army going to do, engage in an air power duel with them?
Soon, seeing the forest army's air combat power overwhelming them, Elder Gerald and the other three were finally convinced that, yes, the enemy was going to take the lead in a decisive battle with them in the air.
"It seems that the commander of the other side is really at his wits' end and wants to turn the tide of the battle through an aerial battle!" the young master of the Holy Ape said with a joking smile.
"What a wishful thinking. Let General McGee lead the crowd to fight. We have never lost to the opponent in terms of air chips. Since they want to die early, we can make it happen!" High Priest Letav also showed disdain on his face.
"General McGee, full battle!"
Elder Gerald gave the order coldly. General McGee is a Ten-Star Angel War General and the current supreme commander of their air force.
Originally, the air forces of both sides played more of a role as coverers and auxiliaries. Even the Allied Forces, which had always had an advantage in this aspect, had always understood that the key to victory lay on the ground.
However, at the moment, the enemy forces have pressed forward with all their air power, which is quite threatening.
In response, no matter what the enemy's purpose is, the Alliance forces can only use air power to retaliate decisively, otherwise the army on the ground will encounter threats from the air.
However, although this seemed a bit forced, Elder Gerald and the other three did not feel uncomfortable. Instead, they were filled with confidence and disdain.
There is no other reason. At any time in history, the aerial strength of Shenzhan Continent has been second to none. This is their advantage, so they are naturally not afraid of their opponents.
Chapter completed!