The Revolutionary Era in One Piece

Chapter 38 Counterattack

After formulating the battle plan, the Red Flag Army, which had just experienced a major battle, immediately reorganized itself and was ready to rush to the base at any time.

As for the generals of the combat operations, the commander-in-chief will still be Daomei who volunteered. After all, in the revolutionary army, the person who knows the Kingdom of North best is Daomei.

Little Gus served as the deputy commander and followed the army into battle, while Crow stayed on the battlefield here to handle the follow-up affairs of the Deya Kingdom battlefield.

At this time, at the other end of the Aiya Mountains.

The attack and defense of the pass was nearing its end. The walls and outer positions of the entire pass were all lost. Except for the hundred or so people led by Limestone to break out, the remaining defenders were hiding in the mountains.

Relying on the terrain of high ground and the large number of defensive fortifications built on the mountain, Li led the remnants of the revolutionary army to hold the hillside. There were nearly a thousand people including regular troops and militia.

However, Darius would not waste time on this strong natural fortress. Now, time is of the essence for the Norse army.

Darius must attack the base before the Deya Kingdom army collapses and deal a fatal blow to the Red Flag Army from behind.

Now that the city wall blocking the road has been broken through, the next thing to do is to advance along the road.

However, the remnants of the revolutionary army hiding in the mountains could not be abandoned, so Darius left 3,000 troops to guard the pass.

This army not only had to keep an eye on the remnants of the revolutionary army in the mountains, but also had to ensure the unobstructed retreat of the main army and the safe transportation of baggage.

In order to enhance the strength of the remaining garrison, Darius also transferred a part of the artillery to ensure the firepower advantage of the 3,000 garrison.

The remaining troops, led by Darius and Draven, advanced at full speed along the road.

After Limestone spread the news, the pressure came to the Red Flag Army which had just won the victory. After a short rest, Daomei led 4,000 Red Flag Army officers and soldiers towards the battlefield.

In order to ensure the speed of the march, the Red Flag Army did not carry any heavy weapons in this combat plan. Under the encouragement of the revolutionary party organization, the entire army began to march quickly.

From the party's propaganda, the soldiers of the Red Flag Army knew that a powerful invader was invading their homeland.

At the same time, they also understood what the so-called militarism was, which further strengthened the determination of the troops.

On the land of the base, a determined army, in order to defend the people on the land, is moving forward rapidly with great momentum, like a tiger on the earth.

On the way of march, the Red Banner Army was approaching the end of the march step by step. However, during the long journey, some soldiers gradually left the battle team. Don't get me wrong, they were not deserters, but because the march was too heavy, there were non-combat casualties.

Just like that, although the journey was extremely difficult, Daomei finally led the army to the finish line. After marching 120 kilometers in one day, the Red Flag Army finally reached the other side of the base. Going further, they would enter the Aiya Mountains.

However, when the Red Flag Army reached the end point and was eager to immediately engage in the battle to defend the base, they were surprised to find that the enemy had not yet passed the Aiya Mountains.

At this time, Darius, who was marching in the mountains, was in a very bad mood. After passing the pass, the Norse Kingdom army had several roads to cross the Aya Mountains, the shortest of which was only 60 miles.

Although Darius did not choose to march along the shortest route for the sake of the army's concealment, the other route he chose was only seventy miles away.

It was only seventy miles, and everyone in the Norse army, from the commander to the junior officers, believed that the Norse army could cross the Aya Mountains in one day, and catch the enemy off guard when the Revolutionary Army's defense line was empty.

Unfortunately, the next to be caught off guard were the army of the Kingdom of Norse.

The base had been mobilized long before the war began, and when Limestone returned to the base with news of the unfavorable situation at the front, the mobilization of the entire base was even more thorough.

Women, the elderly, and children all organized themselves spontaneously. There was no other way. All the young and middle-aged people in the entire base, including the militia, had been withdrawn, and the base was in a completely empty state.

After the old hunter who was familiar with the mountain terrain found out the attack route of the Norse Kingdom army, all the women, children, old and young gathered together and destroyed all the supply points and even most of the water sources along the way.

During the march, the people, who had no combat experience, tried every possible means to stop the advance of the Norse army.

However, there was really no place suitable for defense on the road, and even the main force of the Revolutionary Army could not stop the march of the Kingdom of North's army.

The armed civilians could only delay the march of the Norse Kingdom's army for a short time, and through various methods such as fire attacks, traps, and harassment, they bought back a day's worth of precious time.

Although the blocking actions organized by the people did not cause much damage to the invading army of the Kingdom of Norse, they were extremely insulting.

After inexplicably encountering various traps, the marching Norse Kingdom army finally realized that something was wrong and sent out troops to clear them out. It turned out that the weak ordinary people used various methods to block the Norse Kingdom's march.

This made the officers of the Norse Kingdom army furious, and they declared that after they captured the base, they would give the guerrillas who had disgusted them this time a good beating.

Although the results of the people's efforts were meager, it did objectively hinder the progress of the Kingdom of North along the way.

After a whole day of forced march, they only traveled 30 kilometers. Correspondingly, during the one day of delay, the reinforcements of the Red Flag Army had arrived, and they could even rest a little longer before welcoming the battle.

So, when the Norse army finally passed the Aya Mountains, the scouts came to report that the revolutionary army's reinforcements had arrived, which also caused Darius's original battle plan to fail.

Darius had intended to attack the base with all his might while it was empty, but by now, the Revolutionary Army was clearly on guard.

The original battle plan was to take a step forward and focus the main force to engage in a decisive battle with the revolutionary army; or to take a step back and divide the forces to capture the base. All the plans became empty talk.

Now, the two sides were deadlocked on the battlefield, and Darius began to consider retreating.

However, the situation on the battlefield has changed now, and the initiative is in the hands of the Red Flag Army. Daomei's strategic initiative is no longer just to guard the base, but she even wants to launch a bold attack to strike the main force of the North Kingdom's army.

The revolutionary army knew very well that their biggest advantage now was the intelligence gap. If Darius knew that the Deya Kingdom army had been annihilated, he would have retreated long ago.

As the commander, Irelia intends to use this to confuse the army of the Kingdom of Norse, and then strike the enemy with all her might to achieve a great victory.

Irelia has even formulated a battle plan. Although there are certain risks, the benefits are definitely huge.

However, Irelia has not yet made up her mind, and people like Gus who joined the discussion have different opinions.

Just then, Maen's Den Den Mushi came.

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