The idea is beautiful.

Lin Hai did not try to persuade Xia Junao. He even asked Cheng Guorong and Long Qiu to immediately arrange a mixed cavalry and infantry team on the reverse slope of the crater according to Xia Junao's idea.

After all, it wouldn't take much to prepare, but it would be good to reduce conflicts within the alliance. Xia Junao had always considered himself a die-hard supporter of Lin Hai, and Lin Hai needed him to have his own voice. As for the resources consumed by setting up such a team...

I can only say that this is politics.

The cavalry regiment commander and his personal guards took off at lightning speed amidst the flames and explosions, then scattered in all directions. This was the first time that the lieutenant general, who once claimed to love his soldiers like his own sons, truly "spent time with his soldiers."

Yes, jokes always have to be a little bit hellish.

Before Xia Junao was about to go to war, this mid-level general whom he had personally promoted knelt before him and solemnly promised him that he would "destroy the enemy in one fell swoop, even if it means sacrificing his life."

As a soldier of the Daliang Empire, he kept his promise. Although he really did not have the ability to defeat such an armed enemy, he still fought to the death.

Literally.

"Mr. Lin, what kind of weapon is this?"

Xia Junao looked around. Many alliance officials were looking at him and Lin Hai, especially those from the former Daliang Empire. A hint of fear gradually appeared in their eyes. After all, hearing that the enemy was strong and seeing that the enemy was strong were two completely different things.

Trying his best to keep his voice from trembling, Xia Junao asked calmly.

"Oh, that should be a landmine, a weapon buried in the ground that explodes when you step on it."

Lin Hai also replied pretending not to care.

"Oh, so he doesn't dare to confront us head-on, so he's just resorting to some scheming. This will only work temporarily. This piece of land is so small, I don't believe he can lay many mines."

Upon hearing this, Xia Junao quickly raised his voice and spoke without caring whether he understood what a landmine was.

"Yes, Brother Jun Ao's comprehension is indeed beyond the ordinary. Weapons like this must be buried in advance, which means that even if they can be used once, they can't be used a second time. We were simply tricked by them. Starting today, we will send more platoons of soldiers on patrol to prevent them from taking advantage. As for Captain Liao and the fallen soldiers, the Alliance will certainly provide them with more compensation."

Lin Hai saw Xia Junao's intention and raised his voice to cooperate.

After saying this, Lin Hai took another look at the situation on the front line and added:

"But I've said before that this war will inevitably result in heavy casualties. It's normal for one or two units to be completely wiped out. Although we're heartbroken, we can't afford to dwell on the casualties. If there's anything we should care about, it's victory. Victory is the only thing we need to consider. Overthinking other things is truly disrespectful to the soldiers who have already sacrificed."

After saying that, he motioned Xia Junao to come closer and lowered his voice, "Don't hold on. I just checked, and the cavalry probably won't be coming back. We have to let others know that this is the price we must pay."

Xia Junao raised his telescope in shock. In his sight, the remaining cavalry still had not charged to where Mosaic was.

Although they had tried their best to avoid the whistling shells according to the attack route provided by Lin Hai, the shock wave generated by the 155mm caliber high-explosive ammunition still caused huge losses to the cavalry.

This made the situation even worse for the cavalry, which had already suffered heavy losses after passing through the minefield.

Seeing his most elite cavalry being forced to perform aerial maneuvers due to explosions on the front lines, Xia Jun'ao's heart was bleeding. He had to know how much effort and treasure he had invested in training such a cavalry unit. These warriors, once the treasures of the Daliang Empire, hadn't even touched the edge of the enemy's clothes in such a probing operation.

Although the knights had blocked their horses' ears and blindfolded them before setting off, the noise and shockwaves of the high-explosive shells still exceeded their expectations. Although the remaining cavalry tried to calm the horses, the horses, experiencing this kind of battle formation for the first time, eventually lost control.

The cavalry, who ate and slept with their horses every day, treating them as their closest relatives, had to choose a combat method they least wanted. They dismounted, helped the horses find their direction, and then whipped them hard on the buttocks. Yes, they used their full strength, a whipping they had never been willing to do before.

Then the warhorse, with the pain in its buttocks, ran towards the defending army's position without any weight.

“Knock, knock, knock…”

Lin Hai vaguely heard the sound of heavy machine guns firing continuously.

The horses that seemed to be rushing forward madly had entered the optimal attack range of the defense army's heavy machine guns. The heavy machine guns, which were originally firing intermittently, changed to continuous direct fire.

Whether it was the horses that rushed into the mosaic or the remaining knights, they all fell to the ground, and for a moment, broken limbs flew everywhere and blood and flesh splattered everywhere... For the first time, the people watching the battle from the rear truly understood that what Lin Hai had said, "blood and flesh flying everywhere", was not a metaphor, but just the literal meaning.

Yes, if you are hit by a heavy machine gun, your body will basically not be intact.

The gunfire didn't last long.

It’s actually been less than ten minutes since the cavalry set out.

The battlefield gradually became quiet.

Through the telescope, Xia Junao saw his elite cavalrymen lying dead all over the ground, their entire army annihilated.

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