Langman's eyelids twitched violently, and his face instantly turned a shade of iron blue.
The unexpected intensity of the Chuckna people's resistance had long since made him sense that something was wrong. Poro's words confirmed his judgment.
And this also meant that relying on the dozen or so divisions in his own hands, taking the Sunset Mountain Defense Line would be far from as easy as he had originally envisioned.
Or rather, it had never been easy to begin with—and now it was even harder!
Since their troops were only half again fewer than his own, the Chuckna people were fully capable of holding out for two days.
This was a very simple calculation. Typically, when the combat capabilities and other factors are roughly equal, the attacker's losses will be twice those of the defender. That meant that when the Chuckna people lost fifty percent of their strength, he would have to lose six divisions on this position!
