Chapter 982: Battle for the Tower (17)

Taking history as a mirror, one can know the rise and fall. Many social problems facing humanity now and their answers can be found in history.

Humanity is a race that is good at repeating but never learns lessons, but this is not entirely a bad thing. When a problem has been answered hundreds of times, later generations can always find the one most suitable for themselves from all the answers.

Looking at the long river of human history, there are not a few wars of winning against the strong with the weak and turning the tables against the wind. If we talk about the greatest gap, the largest scale, the longest time, and the most miraculous, Batman can only think of that war.

Batman is more proficient in small-scale tactics. If we talk about his personal preferences, he is not inclined to large-scale operations, but this does not mean that he hasn't studied this aspect.

For a person with persecution mania, he is always prepared for aliens invading Earth, and he must lead humanity to resist.

Under such hypothetical conditions, Batman will think of the situation very extremely, for example, the physical fitness of the aliens is much stronger than that of humans, the technology is more developed, they are more organized and disciplined, and the gaps in all aspects transcend the era.

And if one wants to think about how this kind of battle can be won, Batman, who has never experienced war personally, has to turn to human history.

And after turning it over and over, there is only one battle that can meet such extreme conditions, so Batman also focused on studying this war.

And the more he studied, the more he discovered that, in fact, the larger the scale of the war, the less important the external factors are, and it will eventually return to those three classic conditions: Heaven's timing, Earth's advantage, and Human harmony.

The reason Batman feels that he can also win this battle is because his current conditions just happen to meet some of the conditions of the war he studied, that is, in the situation where Heaven's timing and Human harmony are not very favorable, the Earth's advantage factor is the magic weapon for success.

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The so-called Heaven's timing, which is the timing of the war, is indeed not a very good timing for the Central Mine now. General Fuxin's elite troops are staying at the edge of the Seven Mountains Mine, he himself is in good condition, and the high-level management has no vacancies.

The timing of the move was too urgent, no pre-war preparations were made, the opponent's reaction was quite rapid, and there were basically no major mistakes in decision-making.

And in terms of Human harmony, it goes without saying. This army composed of mining slaves cannot be said to be terrifying, it can only be said to be gasping for breath, and even building defensive fortifications is a bit strenuous.

In terms of the degree of education, the vast majority of demons cannot pass on orders well. As long as an order passes through the mouths of three demons, it will be unrecognizable.

Batman tried to use the materials in the mine tunnel to hand-craft large traps and machines, but the problem is that these things need people to operate, and almost no demon can accurately complete the actions Batman said.

Heaven's timing and Human harmony are basically rotten, so the only breakthrough is just like the one in the war he referred to, which is Earth's advantage.

According to the number of people on the opposite side and the number of people on his own side, the entire Central Mine is already a large enough strategic field, and the strategy of exchanging space for time can be implemented.

Moreover, Batman feels that the strategic space he possesses is even larger than the war he referred to. After all, demons don't need so many survival materials, and there is no need to consider logistics when transferring.

And the location is in the mine tunnel. There are not so many locations with strategic value here. The more average the importance of the location, the less things need to be thought about when making tactical arrangements.

If the difficulty of a large-scale war with a country as a unit is about advanced mathematics and calculus, then the difficulty of a war with a mine as a unit is about two-digit addition and subtraction. The foundation and principles are similar, but the difficulty is vastly different. Both are Hell-level difficulty, but they are also divided into novices and veterans.

At the same time, all the mining slaves still in the mine tunnel can be said to know every speck of dust in the mine tunnel where they work every day.

After one day of statistics, the entire Central Mine has more than 60 large mine tunnels, more than 30 abandoned mine tunnels, and many small and medium-sized mountain body hollows formed by natural reasons, totaling more than 100. Most of these caves are connected by narrow stairs or passages, and the terrain is very complex.

This mine started development more than 1,000 years ago. General Fuxin has taken over the mine for no more than 300 years, and according to the native races in the mine tunnel, General Fuxin's elite troops simply won't enter here. They hate this group of smelly slaves and haven't even entered to take a look.

Those complex passages, sometimes, even old miners will get lost, and even if they take a mine cart, they don't know which way to turn. This achieved one of the most important conditions in the strategy formulated by Batman, which is that the enemy does not know me.

Of course, the internal structure of the mine is a matter for later. What they have to do first is to defend against the vanguard troops of the attack outside the mine.

The Central Mine as a whole presents a spindle shape, high in the north and low in the south. The highest point is located at the peak of the northern large mountain. The two large mountains each have two large gates and two small gates, all of which have been blocked.

Between the northern large mountain and the southern large mountain, there is a gully. The mine cart passes through it, and the mine cart tunnel has not been blocked.

Batman's main tactic is, since he is defending by the mountain, he must fully exert the advantage of high hitting low. New rock caves have been excavated above all the large and small gates to attack the troops rushing the gates. And the mine cart tunnel in the gully is also deliberately left unblocked. Once the frontal attack is frustrated, they will inevitably have ideas about the tunnel.

The tunnel is located between the two mountains, with mountain slopes on the left and right sides. That is to say, as long as they dare to pass through the tunnel, they will inevitably be at the lowest point of the mountain peak. At this time, standing at every point on the mountain slope has the advantage of high hitting low.

Because the physical fitness of the demon mining slaves is generally weaker than the demon soldiers on the opposite side, and the number of people is also smaller, they cannot afford consumption. So Batman simply doesn't fight frontally at all. The thing that is least lacking in the mine is heavy rock blocks and sharp minerals. For the first wave of attack, throw as many as there are.

Although the demons of the vanguard troops are strong, not everyone has armor protection magic. Their heavy armor can withstand the stabbing of spears or the swinging of big knives, but they cannot withstand the huge stones rolling down from a height of several hundred meters.

Facts have proven that as long as there is gravity, throwing stones is a universal tactic. As long as the starting point is high enough, it will definitely give the other side a head-on blow. Under gravity, all things are equal.

Batman stood at the top of the northern large mountain, directing the demons to throw one huge rock block after another that had been prepared long ago down from the mountain top. The reason the Central Mine is called a large mine is because the mountain body is large and the mountain peak is high, so the stone blocks have enough energy storage time.

Countless giant stones rolled down from the mountain peak. Row after row of strong demon heavy armored soldiers raised their weapons and charged toward the gate. When they saw the falling stones, it was already too late.

Their body size and the weight of their equipment did not allow them to disperse and turn back quickly like light armored soldiers. Most of the demons were knocked down by the stone blocks. Although they didn't die, this wave of charging could be considered a failure.

During the second wave of charging, they wanted to adopt a flanking encirclement, dividing into several small teams, rushing up to the large gate from the side slope. But as long as there are enough stones, there will always be unlucky ones who are smashed down. And even if they rushed to the gate, they had to find a way to break the gate. When standing at the gate, they would still be impacted by giant stones.

The commander on the opposite side was not a good person either. After two waves of charging failed, he quickly made a response. Many flying insects flew up from the troop station. Batman narrowed his eyes and looked carefully, discovering that there were things like bombs hanging on the feet of the insects. It seemed that this was the enemy's bomber.

Indeed, during the bombing, the mining slaves couldn't show their heads to push stones, and Batman didn't have any flying cards to play in his hand, but this didn't mean he couldn't use interference tactics.

In the mine, besides not lacking stones, there was also no lack of wood. There was a large amount of logs stored here for constructing support structures. Batman had long ago let the demon miners cut the logs well and stack them in designated positions.

When the insect bombers approached the mountain peak, they suddenly saw one after another thick smoke rising from the opposite mountain top. Soon the entire mountain looked as if it was on fire, with smoke lingering, as if it were a fairyland.

Batman hit the mark by mistake. The weakness of this kind of insect bomber is smoke. This is also why the flying thorn army of Astro could make him proud. The flying thorn demon is the only one among all flying soldiers in Hell who is not afraid of smoke and dust.

However, even if the insect bombers were not afraid of smoke, it was useless, because due to the long-term stable situation, the intensity of large-scale war in Hell is not high. Many wars, besides having magic assistance, basically remained at the level of charging each other in the Middle Ages.

And because the demons in Hell have strong bodies and don't need so much assistance, they don't have weapons and vehicles that are rolled out like humans because they are weak themselves.

Insect bombers mainly rely on their eyes for positioning. There is no thermal imaging, no infrared sensing, no radar scanning, no command post positioning. Once smoke and dust rise, nothing can be seen clearly, and naturally, they can only draw lots by chance.

Many insect bombers also found a way, which is to lower the altitude as much as possible. As long as it is close enough, they can also see clearly. But as long as it is close enough to the ground, the demon miners' weapons can also be thrown onto their heads.

Trolls have developed upper limb strength and are the best spear throwers. Insect bombers cannot wear heavy armor. As long as they are grazed by a little bit, they will crash. Their vision was already not good, and they couldn't see the actions on the opposite side to predict in advance. Within ten minutes of the air charge, two-thirds of the insect bombers lost their tactical role.

Afterward, it was like a turn-based battle. The commander on the opposite side tried every method to break through the gate, while Batman used his tactical brain to formulate various methods to break the attack, utilizing the resources in the mine tunnel to the extreme.

Discovering that the frontal breakthrough was difficult, they transferred to the side gate. Discovering that the side gate also had arrangements, they had ideas about the mine cart tunnel between the gullies.

And just as Batman had anticipated, here, the advantage of the terrain was utilized to the extreme. Not only did they have the high ground, but they could also attack from both sides, with sufficient flanking fire from both the front and rear sections. They finally caused the enemy's first actual casualty.

The more ancient the war, the harder it is to fight the siege and mountain attack battles. On one hand, without the cooperation of the air force, low hitting high is very difficult, and the attrition of personnel will be much more than that of the defensive side.

On the other hand, in the case where resources in the city are not in short supply, it is normal for ancient siege battles to be fought for a year or two. The defensive side is not in a hurry. As long as the city is in hand, it is their advantage. But the offensive side is very anxious because if the attack is not successful for a long time, it may slow down the rhythm of their all-out war.

Next, it entered the link of endurance comparison. General Fuxin's elite troops rushed up wave after wave and retreated wave after wave. The mining slaves emerged wave after wave and drilled back wave after wave. It was a comparison of whose physical strength was exhausted first.

And Batman knew that in this aspect, the situation was completely not optimistic. The number of mining slaves was originally small, and their physical fitness was weak. The back-and-forth carrying of stones, lighting of logs, and throwing of spears had almost exhausted the physical strength of all the soldiers who could fight.

And without any accident, after about two days and one night of defensive fighting, the gate of the mine was finally broken.

But in Batman's view, the real battle had just begun. ===== CHAPTER 983 =====