Daqin: I, Fusu, can summon the undead

Chapter 260: The Fire Nation's Stubborn Resistance
In the central part of the Land of Fire, there is Jiaozuo Mountain, which is more than 300 kilometers away from Tansho Street.

This is the key road leading to the western part of the Fire Country. It is also the main passage covering an area of ​​more than 300 kilometers from east to west, and it is also the widest and flattest passage.

Through Jiaozuo Mountain is Jiaozuo City, an important city in the Fire Kingdom, a large city with a population of 400,000. With the civilians evacuated from the south, the city now has a population of one million.

To the east of Jiaozuo Mountain are continuous hills of varying sizes and lush jungles, as well as many long gullies with drops of more than five meters, which are extremely unsuitable for ordinary people and chariots to advance.

To the west is a steep mountain, and further west of the mountain is a wetland swamp. Although the terrain is relatively flat and the trees are sparse, the soil is loose, there are many waters, and there are many hidden swamps. It is more dangerous than the hills to the east and is even less suitable for the advancement of the alien world's army and chariots.

After the failure of the Tansho Street blocking battle, the Fire Nation repeatedly watched the tank videos and felt that these tanks were too heavy. After discussion, they finally focused their defense here, intending to delay the offensive pace of the alien world army here, and claimed that they could delay it for at least half a year.

In order to ensure the success of the blocking war, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire mobilized 20,000 samurai, 100,000 newly recruited soldiers, and also summoned 2,800 wandering ninjas and non-Konoha ninjas to defend.

At the same time, under the mandatory request of the Fire Country Daimyo, the Sarutobi clan also bit the bullet and sent 300 ninjas to garrison, in addition to 500 ninjas from the Utatane clan, 400 ninjas from the Mitomon clan, and 200 ninjas from more than 1,400 Konoha ninjas.

A total of more than 120,000 ordinary troops plus 4,200 ninjas, even 5,000 newly produced guns and more than 100 mortars.

In addition, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire also recruited a large number of ninjas to destroy all secondary passages except Jiaozuo Mountain or set up a large number of traps to prevent the army from the other world from breaking through by detours.
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At the foot of Jiaozuo Mountain, ninjas, samurai and recruits are working overtime to build defensive positions.

This time, the Fire Nation learned from the failure of the Tansho Street battle and made many improvements to the positions they constructed.

First of all, the width of the trench at the foot of the mountain increased from more than one meter to more than four meters, and the depth increased from about one and a half meters to more than three meters. Soldiers needed to step on ladders to attack, and there were also winding small trenches extending from the back to lead to the rear.

The anti-gun cave is tilted downward, five meters deep into the ground, and the inside is reinforced with a large number of wooden piles to prevent it from being collapsed by cannons.

This is just the first line of defense.

A small trench extending from the first line of defense meandered to the second trench fifty meters to the rear.

In front of the second trench is a thick mound of earth more than two meters high, connecting the east and west directions, which can effectively defend against direct bullets. Behind the mound is a trench of the same width and depth.

Behind the second trench were a large number of earth slopes and scattered large pits. The shortest of these pits was about five meters, the longest was thirty to forty meters, and the width was more than four meters. These trenches were supported by wooden stakes and covered with wooden boards and half a foot thick soil and dust. They looked no different from the surrounding ground, and even horses could pass through them.

Around these large pits are various traps for individual soldiers, including detonating charms, wooden spike pits, nail pits, etc.

Three hundred meters behind was another large trench, in front was a thirty-meter-deep barbed wire and chevaux de frise, behind were scattered large pits and traps, and in the middle were winding trenches that were as intricate as a net.

More trenches and pits were being built in the rear. It took the labor of 120,000 people, 400,000 young and strong men from Jiaozuo City, and more than 4,000 ninjas to build the position here so quickly.

Jiraiya, Sarutobi Hoshiko, Utane Rin, the generals leading the troops of Mitomonsha and the Land of Fire, and spectators from various countries and ninja villages stood on the top of Jiaozuo Mountain, looking at the soldiers and ninjas who were working overtime to build layers of defense at the foot of the mountain, their faces extremely solemn.

They had all watched the video footage of the battle at Tance Street, and it was a complete defeat. More than 70,000 troops were beaten like dogs, with no ability to fight back.

Especially the enemy's steel chariots. Even three or five detonating tags hitting them together could not break their defenses, and even A-level ninjutsu could hardly destroy them. The only way they could think of now was to rely on the terrain to restrict the movement of the enemy's chariots.

Although they had 120,000 troops, millions of civilians from Jiaozuo City to help them, and they had racked their brains to arrange layers of targeted defenses, the enemy would definitely come up with a way to deal with it. Even if they relied on fighting and filling up along the way, the depth of Jiaozuo Mountain was only a dozen kilometers. Even with the defense arrangements in Jiaozuo City, it would still be very difficult for them to hold on here for half a year, or even three months.

And now the enemies from another world are almost here.
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On the other side, after capturing Tansho Street, Hikawa Koban's army left behind a brigade to recruit nearby civilians to build roads, while the main force continued marching after cleaning up the battlefield. They have now marched to a place 50 kilometers away from Jiaozuo Mountain.

In the tank where the command center was located, Rikawa Koban was looking at the real-time images sent back by the reconnaissance aircraft. He was also troubled by the intricate trenches and holes dug into the thousand-meter-wide plain at the foot of Jiaozuo Mountain.

Judging from the battle in Tansho Street, the enemy is already imitating the use of firearms, so they must hurry up and capture as many places as possible, achieve more results before the enemy is ready, and weaken the vitality of this world.

But now the enemy has undoubtedly found the tank's weakness, and the artillery can hardly fill such a large area. The deployment is very targeted at the heavy tanks. Without the tank cover, the infantry will face huge casualties.

If the ground troops alone want to break through in a short period of time, there will undoubtedly be huge losses.

If you take it step by step, it will take at least two weeks to get through, or even longer.

And in future battles, the enemy will certainly use this tactic extensively.

As for detouring, it is not realistic. Not to mention that it would take several hundred kilometers to go around from the east and west, it would be difficult to achieve a large encirclement. After the detour, the enemy here could become a sharp knife to pierce the interior, which could easily cause a huge obstacle to logistics. If they retreat, they could constantly harass the rear, so it is a place that must be taken down.

After careful observation, Richuan Steel Plate immediately convened another video conference to discuss the next offensive strategy.

This time, not only his officers participated in the video conference, but also General Kei Iruma from the headquarters.

During the meeting, Hikawa Kokan even proposed to Iruma Kei that a large amount of air support and engineering vehicle support were needed to fill the potholes and obstacles.

At the end of the meeting, at Hyuga Koban's request, Iruma Kei agreed to provide Hyuga with the air support and engineering vehicle support that they needed.

(End of this chapter)