The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 211 The Opening Battle

"..." Chen Er looked at Zhao Yun and said, "Two infantry divisions are already in place, why should I retreat? This time I want to see if Liu Bei is truly worthy of his reputation."

Chen Er did not completely believe Liu Bei's claim that he was a small warlord from the Republic of China. After all, who knows if what Liu Bei said was true? However, if Liu Bei was telling the truth, then Chen Er believed that Liu Bei's command ability in battle was definitely better than his own.

Facing such a person, and an enemy organization with superior forces, Chen Er never considered the word "surrender." Moreover, although he did not have a temporary advantage in troop strength, he had the advantage of technology.

"It seems Yuyang is going to strengthen its industrial development," Chen Er said to Zhao Yun with a bitter face as he looked at his team.

“My lord, everything must be done step by step. A complete industrial system cannot be built overnight,” Zhao Yun said with a smile. “Moreover, business next month may be affected.”

Even after assembling two infantry divisions and cavalry, they still couldn't muster 30,000 men. However, this didn't diminish Chen Er's nature. According to a certain bigwig, Chen Er was born to be a restless individual.

On the afternoon of April 7th, Liu Bei and Cai Mao's reinforcements arrived at Liu Neng's location, forming a large group of over 60,000 people. Liu Bei wanted to see how Chen Er would use his few thousand cavalry to defeat him.

Would Chen Er be afraid? Of course not. When he received the news that Liu Bei and Cai Mao had assembled a large force, he immediately became excited. Although the enemy outnumbered him three to one, hadn't Chen Er fought countless battles like this? Besides, although his forces were outnumbered, Chen Er believed that the firepower of his large organization was definitely stronger than Liu Bei's 60,000 men.

On the morning of April 8th, Liu Bei and Cai Mao received a challenge from Chen Er. The challenge was very brief, simply telling Liu Bei and Cai Mao to prepare for an attack.

On the morning of April 9th, the battle that would later be known as the opening battle of the Three Kingdoms period broke out.

On one side were two infantry divisions and a temporary cavalry regiment under Chen Er, the King of Wei, who had organized his own forces in the north, totaling more than 28,000 men. On the other side were the joint forces of Jingzhou and Ba Commandery, totaling more than 63,000 men. The ratio of the two sides' forces was close to one to three.

The battle immediately entered a fierce stage, with Chen Er's two infantrymen carrying twelve large-caliber general-level cannons and twenty-four small-caliber general-level cannons continuously firing at the Shuang Liu alliance.

Although there were only thirty-odd cannons, this firepower was enough to terrify the Jingzhou organization, which had never experienced a major battle.

Even Liu Bei, a warlord during the Republic of China era, had to admit that he was inferior to Chen Er in terms of artillery.

boom……

With a cannon shot, a deadly shell flew out of the barrel. This one was a little low, and the shell hit a meter or two in front of the Jingzhou organization's formation. But did you think that was the end of it?

No, the shell that hit the ground bounced up and decapitated a soldier from the Jingzhou organization not far away. Blood splattered onto the face of a nearby soldier, who hurriedly wiped the blood from his face because it obstructed his vision.

The instant he raised his hand, another shell came flying, and the soldier fell to the ground. Even in death, he didn't understand why the enemy's artillery was firing so fast.

Under the cover of their soldiers, the well-organized infantry of their district advanced in neat formations toward the Shuangliu Joint Army's position. Although their pace was slow, it was precisely this slow yet orderly advance that exerted the greatest pressure on the enemy on the battlefield.

Only after advancing to within 150 meters did the infantry of their own unit stop, and the first platoon of soldiers raised their Autumn Rain rifles.

They would use their range advantage to inflict damage on the enemy organization first. After the first platoon finished firing, the second platoon immediately passed the first platoon and continued to advance, with the main force following behind.

Xu Jin, the commander of Liu Bei's own district, was too skilled in shooting, which put great pressure on Liu Bei. Although his soldiers in Ba County had also undergone arduous training, they still lacked experience in fighting against such elite troops as those in his own district. Whether they could survive this time was still a question.

This was already the second attack on the district they had been in charge of. In the last attack, due to Cai Mao's recklessness, they were forced to retreat five miles. If it weren't for Liu Bei's 20,000 elite troops from Ba County coming to their aid in time, Cai Mao might have lost the alliance's main camp in the first battle today.

Watching the artillery fire relentlessly at the area he was in charge of, Liu Bei uttered a name: "Frankie?"

As a modern warlord, Liu Bei certainly had this understanding. Chen Er's troops used the Frankish cannons, which explains why there were many rumors that the cannons in his district had an extremely fast rate of fire.

So that's how it is. Today's battle is in jeopardy, but I, Liu Bei, am not one to just take a beating without fighting back. If we can't win with artillery, then let's try another method!

Liu Bei nodded to Zhang Fei, who then waved a flag towards the rear. On the highest hill behind them, Liu Bei had a huge platform, over thirty meters high, erected overnight.

A Bavarian soldier is jumping off from above. Don't overthink it, they're not committing suicide. This Bavarian soldier is carrying a small single-person glider!

What is Liu Bei doing? Is he going to use these gliders to attack? But how can these gliders fight?

Two minutes later, Chen Er suddenly noticed five or six small dots flying in the sky behind the Shuang Liu Alliance. What were those things? Chen Er quickly raised his binoculars to look at them from afar. Gliders! They were actually gliders!

That damned Liu Bei actually brought out gliders! Although somewhat shocked, Chen Er had no idea what kind of damage those gliders could cause him. But why could Liu Bei's gliders fly so far? How strange.

Soon, Chen Er understood Liu Bei's intention: those gliders were there to attack his soldiers. When the gliders flew over the area where he was stationed, Chen Er realized what was going on.

The gliders simultaneously dropped two dark objects onto the soldiers' positions. Chen Er, who had been watching closely, immediately realized they were bombs! But it was too late to warn them.

With each explosion, Chen Er saw that Liu Bei's gliders had destroyed at least five artillery positions. Although these gliders could hardly return to their own positions, they had gloriously completed their mission, laying the foundation and accumulating experience for Liu Bei's larger-scale counterattack.

Fortunately, Liu Bei didn't seem to have many gliders, otherwise he wouldn't have only sent a few, Chen Er thought. However, he soon paid the price for his foolish idea in less than three minutes.