Chapter 841 The Terrible Meat Grinder
Chen Tai looked gloomy. He was originally very disdainful of Ma Long. How capable can a newcomer who has just been promoted by Cao Liang?
But after the fight, Chen Tai suddenly realized that this guy was far more difficult and difficult than he had imagined. A kind of box truck array that he had never seen before almost made Chen Tai feel anxious, like a dog biting a hedgehog - nowhere to go.
Moreover, in terms of wisdom, Ma Long can be regarded as an opponent, brave and resourceful, and such an opponent is undoubtedly the most terrifying.
At this point, Chen Tai had no way out. Since he could not attack, he simply ordered all infantry to launch a strong attack. During the day, the cavalry attack failed. Chen Tai wanted to try the effect of infantry attack.
Although infantry attacks are not as fast and powerful as cavalry, once they are put into the attack, they are like mercury and their offensive is like tide. And it is precisely because the sword and shield soldiers are equipped with large rectangular shields, they can be afraid of their opponent's arrows during the attack. Although the propulsion speed is relatively slow, they can move forward steadily.
Relatively speaking, the casualties of spearmen without shields were slightly greater. However, in the darkness, the Bingzhou Army could not tell which direction was the focus of Sima's attack. In that direction, the Sima Army had the most densely populated people, so they could only use diffuse methods to defend. Naturally, the waste of arrows was greater and it was not easy to find the focus.
Taking advantage of the night, Sima Jun finally approached the flat box truck, which made Chen Tai, who was supervising the battle behind the scenes, let out a sigh of relief. In people's inertial thinking, cavalry is more useful in fighting in plains, but now it seems that this is not absolute. At least in dealing with flat box trucks, infantry, especially shield soldiers, still have a certain advantage. During the day, the cavalry paid a considerable price and barely approached the flat box truck. Now when the night attacks, infantry attacks more easily. In terms of offensive efficiency alone, infantry is better than cavalry.
It seems that he made some mistakes in command during the day. He could not destroy the defense of the Bingzhou Army by relying on the impact of the cavalry alone. Now the easy breakthrough of infantry has given Chen Tai a great confidence. It seems that if he wants to break through the flat box formation, he has to rely on the infantry he had despised before.
Chen Tai ordered the Sima Army infantry to launch a full-scale attack, not only the spearmen and sword and shield soldiers rushing in front, but also the archers and archers escorting in the back, and provide cover for the attacks of the spearmen and sword and shield soldiers. In this way, the three major troops complement each other and do their best to attack the Bingzhou Army's flat box truck defense line.
Sima Jun did not do anything to destroy the flat box truck this time. His experience during the day has proved that neither the method of chopping the knife and axe or using fire attack, nor the method of attacking the fire. Instead of being futile, it is better to do practical things. So Sima Jun used climbing to attack. As long as he could cross the flat box truck, the defense line of Bingzhou Army would naturally be broken without attacking.
Compared with cavalry, infantry is much more flexible in this regard. No matter how tall the flat box truck is, it is only a little more than one person, and it is less than ten feet long. Compared with any city wall, it is much shorter. Moreover, the frame structure in the flat box truck is Sima Jun able to step on these frames to board the flat box truck.
Seeing the hope of victory, these Sima soldiers suddenly became crazy. They rushed towards the box truck desperately and climbed up hard.
It seems that the flat box truck is very easy to climb, with a not too high body and a frame that can be trampled everywhere, but in the same way, the flat box truck is extremely dangerous and exudes the breath of death. But now these Sima soldiers are as if they were knocked out by victory and cannot detect it.
When designing the flat box truck, Ma Long had already considered the issue of close-fitting defense. Long-range defense can rely entirely on bows and arrows, while short-range defense cannot rely solely on bows and arrows. Therefore, when Ma Long considered close-fitting defense, he designed a large number of spears for the flat box truck. These spears were not equipped in the hands of soldiers, but were hung in the gaps in the car body.
The height of the flat box truck is about nine feet, and the width is about seven feet. The thick flat box truck can resist the strong impact of the enemy. The spears hidden on the body of the car have become hidden spikes of the flat box truck. Usually, from the outside, the flat box truck looks harmless in addition to being tall.
But once the enemy approached, these spikes suddenly showed their fangs under the operation of the Bingzhou soldiers behind. No one could be prepared for such a close-range raid. Only screams were heard. Sima Bing, who tried to climb into the flat box truck, had a blood hole on his body, and he died on the spot.
After the spikes were injured, they quickly shrank back, and there was no abnormality from the outside.
For Sima Bing, such an attack is difficult to guard against. They can use shields to resist the attacks of arrows when they are long-range. However, when they are close to the flat box truck, these elusive spears made them unable to defend against.
Even if someone luckily climbed to the roof, he found in despair that the entire roof was full of spikes two or three feet long, densely arranged, and there was no place to step down.
Moreover, the archers were still eyeing the enemy. Once the enemy emerged, they would shoot the person down without asking for any reason.
Although the Sima army was numerous, like locusts and ants, layer by layer, the flat box truck was like a meat grinder that never knew how tired it was. No matter how many enemy troops rushed up, it strangled it mercilessly.
Sima Jun's body was almost filled with the front of the flat box truck. The blood splashed out seemed to have stained the flat box truck. Sima Jun, who was attacking behind, had to step on his companion's body and acted similar to a moth to a fire.
The previous attack on the front of the box truck made everyone in Sima Jun suddenly have hope. They rushed forward bravely, thinking that they could easily cross this barrier, but after paying the heavy casualties, hope turned into despair. In Sima Jun's eyes, these box trucks were like death fortresses, devouring their lives. Once they approached, they would almost go without returning.
Chen Tai's face was as dark as a pot. He used all the offensive methods he should have thought of, but he could never break through this defense of the box truck. The more he fought, the greater the price he paid. At this moment, Chen Tai was really helpless.
After dawn, Chen Tai finally gave up and ordered to give up the attack and retreat across the board.
Chapter completed!