After returning to the camp, the territorial nobles prepared to hold a banquet to celebrate. Although they suffered a series of defeats and lost nearly half of their troops, they had forced the enemies stationed in Squirrel Village back to their own camp.
It should be considered a joyful thing. Even if the enemy builds their camp like a small fortress, it is better than using their mobile defense outside to use endless conspiracies to constantly deceive the territorial noble coalition forces.
There are so many...
It's like a mouse falling into an oil urn. Although it took a big advantage by eating the oil, the mouse can't climb out of the oil urn. The rest will depend on when it will be killed. The territorial nobles were excited.
The reason is this. You can finally sleep peacefully at night. You no longer have to worry about being harassed by the enemy at night. As long as the noble private soldiers guard Squirrel Village, the enemy will not be able to leave their camp. The funny thing is,
The enemy still trapped himself inside, like a turtle in a urn.
After celebrating for a while, the territorial nobles began to discuss how to capture this small fortress-like camp.
Baron Kunrona of the Principality of Karrnath, who was born in the army, became interested. He made the enemy's mud wall and log fence out of white bread and placed them on the table. He began his long speech: "Everyone, I discovered something today.
One disadvantage of the enemy's wall is that it is straight. That is to say, the enemy can only attack the attacker from the front when defending, and cannot respond or shoot from the side. This will reduce a lot of casualties in our attack.
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Many knowledgeable territorial nobles nodded their heads. Baron Kunluo was indeed right, but perhaps this had something to do with the fact that the wall built by the enemy was only about seventy meters long. The distance was too short and there was not enough space to set up protruding horses on the left and right.
Perhaps it was because of the lack of manpower and time that it could only be built this way temporarily. But this had nothing to do with the territorial nobles. They only cared about when they could capture the enemy's camp.
"Although we have suffered a lot of losses and are not as good as the enemy in terms of weapons, equipment and soldier training, our greatest advantage lies in our strength. Now we have learned that the enemy we are defending only has more than a hundred points, and they
The real reason for abandoning the field positions and dealing with us is that the garrison strength is too small. Even if we exchange ten men for one of their casualties, they will not be able to continue because they are afraid that there will not be enough soldiers to guard their camp."
Baron Quinluana continued to express his high opinion: "The difference in strength between us and the enemy is still more than 20 to one, so I am confident in capturing the enemy's camp. But what we need to consider is reducing our casualties.
And try to destroy the enemy in the shortest possible time. So I think that starting tomorrow, all the conscripted citizens will be sent to cut down the trees and transport them to Squirrel Village to make wooden carts, ladders and other equipment for siege for later use."
A territorial noble raised his head and asked: "Are we sure we want to make these things in Squirrel Village? The enemy is equipped with two standard infantry artillery pieces of their kingdom. I remember that the range of this kind of artillery can reach 700 meters. If our private
If all the soldiers and conscripted citizens are concentrated in Squirrel Village, I'm worried that the enemy will fire and cause unnecessary losses to us..."
"Don't worry about such a problem." Baron Quinluana laughed and said confidently: "Actually, I considered this issue when I was observing Squirrel Village on the hillside in the afternoon, but I think that the enemy will abandon Squirrel Village and retreat to their garrison.
The camp was a helpless move because they didn't have enough troops to defend such a huge squirrel village.
For us, Squirrel Village is a very ideal starting point for forward attacks. First, it is close to the enemy's camp. Second, from Squirrel Village to the enemy's defensive wall, there is flat land in between, so we can go very smoothly.
This ensures that the siege equipment can be pushed under the wall in a short time while maintaining the physical strength of our soldiers without consuming too much strength.
It is true that the enemy's artillery range does cover the entire Squirrel Village, but I don't know if you have figured out one thing. If we only need to stay in the back half of Squirrel Village and avoid the 300 meters in front, the defending enemy will be
There is no way to use cold guns and artillery to cause damage to our people, and even if the enemy fires, they can't do anything to our people."
"Why?" A territorial nobleman next to him who didn't know much about military affairs asked this question appropriately, and received an approving look from Baron Kunluo, so that he could continue the topic.
"It's very simple. The infantry artillery equipped by the enemy is a well-known light standard artillery from the Kingdom of Overas. Our principality has also conducted tests, but I happened to know the results of the tests through a military connection.
." Baron Quinrona showed off his military connections. In fact, there is nothing to keep secret about this test. The weapons equipped by the enemy, as a member of the anti-Ovilais Kingdom Alliance, Eskiline
The military of the principality naturally needs to understand its power, advantages and disadvantages, so that it can be well understood when facing off on the battlefield.
"This kind of infantry light field artillery is mainly used as a fire support point to accompany the infantry during offense and defense. Its main feature is that it is relatively light in weight and can be maneuvered in mountains and field battles. Although the range can reach 700 meters, it is really
But its power is only within two to three hundred meters. For example, this kind of artillery can only smash or scatter a wooden platoon used as a shield within two to three hundred meters. Beyond this distance, unless it hits several consecutive shots
If they hit the same landing point, it is possible to cause damage.
After the artillery test, our principality’s military believes that the biggest feature of this light infantry artillery is that it can fire shotgun shells during defense, with a range of one hundred meters, and can cause great damage to unprotected soldiers. I think we all agree on this.
We have learned that yesterday the enemy's two light infantry artillery bombarded our camp in the defensive position yesterday, and in the afternoon, luring our private soldiers to attack, we all saw the power of its shotguns..."
Baron Kunluo's words brought back the unbearable memories of yesterday among the territorial nobles. More than 1,200 people were lost in one day. It was the most painful failure experience. Many territorial nobles suffered because of their own vital interests.
He gritted his teeth and cursed the enemy.
"I proposed building a log platoon in Squirrel Village for two purposes. First, it is close to the enemy and the ground is flat, suitable for our attacks. At the same time, the existing village houses in Squirrel Village provide cover for our people. Although these houses are dilapidated,
But as long as we are in the back half of the village, three hundred meters away, the enemy's artillery will not be able to cause harm to our people. We can make wooden carts there, and once we have completed one, we will block it in the open space to shield the shelling, and wait for the number
As soon as there are more, we move forward to give our manpower more room to move.
The second purpose is to attract the enemy to bombard the wooden platoon vehicle we made. The harder they shoot, the faster the gunpowder reserves will be consumed. I would like to know whether it is faster for them to destroy the wooden platoon vehicle by bombardment or for us to make the wooden platoon vehicle.
Hurry, when their gunpowder reserves are almost exhausted, we can launch an attack and capture the enemy's camp easily without paying too many casualties."
Baron Quinluana proudly explained the origin and purpose of his proposal to build a wooden cart, and received echoes and compliments from many territorial nobles. This was because this was a truly effective offensive strategy against the enemy's stubborn resistance.
"But what if the enemy doesn't fire on these wooden carts?" There are people everywhere who don't see others' glory, and there are many such people among the territorial nobles. Some territorial nobles immediately raised questions.
"Haha..." Baron Quinluana laughed: "I used a conspiracy. In the end, the enemy had to compete with these wooden platoon cars. Because if the enemy did not bombard these wooden platoon cars, then when we launched the attack
These wooden platoon cars can withstand the shot attacks of their two artillery pieces and cannot cause harm to our attackers. You should have carefully observed the enemy's defensive walls this afternoon. They even built wooden logs to protect them from the rain.
The shed would prevent us from lining up behind the cart and firing in unison.
Although the muskets equipped by our soldiers are not as advanced as those in the hands of the enemy, they have a long range and can be accurately targeted and fired. But the muskets in the hands of our soldiers are not fire sticks. If there is the cover of a wooden platoon car, we can line up in a queue to attack.
Fire shooting caused damage to the enemy. However, the enemy was very insidious and thoughtful. He deliberately built a wooden shed on top of the log fence for protection. This shows that the enemy has foresight and defensive experience. He will not be unaware of those wooden rafts.
If the cars are dangerous, they will definitely be destroyed by fire.
Also, I found that there are a lot of wheat straw and dead branches in Squirrel Village. These are weapons that we can use to attack. As long as we push the wooden cart in front of the enemy's wall, we can collect some firewood and pile it up there to light it.
, and then pour some water on it to make it smoke, and use the smoke to obscure the enemy's shooting field of view, which can also greatly reduce the casualties of our soldiers."
This time, almost all the territorial nobles applauded and cheered for Baron Kunluo's words. After his analysis, no one felt that the enemy's small fortress-like camp was difficult to conquer. So everyone
They all came up with suggestions on how to conquer the enemy's camp faster and with less casualties.
"We may be able to divide our troops into two groups, continue to fill in the traps along the mountain road, and involve the enemy's defense forces from the mountain road. We all know that the enemy is short of manpower, so this may make the attack from Squirrel Village less laborious.
Some..." suggested a territorial noble.
However, after discussion, everyone decided to shelve this suggestion for now, because even if the big trap on the road is filled in, we still don’t know how many big holes are waiting on the mountain road ahead. Even if the trap is found, we will lose money every time.
A pack horse. For the territorial nobles who now have a complete plan to capture the enemy's camp, these pack horses are also their wealth. No one wants to lose them easily in a trap.
"What if the enemy launches a surprise attack while we are making the wooden cart?" Another noble asked the question.
This time Baron Kunluo did not need to answer. Soon other nobles stood up: "Our family's armed forces are not vegetarian. Although Baron Kunluo gave up three hundred meters, the rags of the villagers in front
We can still make use of the house and station a group of elites to guard against enemy raids. Although the muskets in the hands of our soldiers are not as good as the enemy's equipment, we can still kill the enemy at close range.
Our soldiers made a big mistake yesterday afternoon. They were so eager to capture the enemy's two artillery pieces that they forgot the muskets they were holding. If they could have fired a chaotic attack within a hundred meters of pursuing the artillery pieces,
Gun, kill a few soldiers who fired the cannon, maybe they will not be deceived and attacked by the shot fired by the artillery, resulting in the annihilation of the entire army..."
This is a fact. Yesterday afternoon, the two to three hundred noble private soldiers who were chasing two artillery pieces only ran as fast as they could, forgetting the muskets in their hands. As a result, they were ambushed by the enemy in conjunction with the artillery pieces. None of them ran back.
The territorial nobles were so angry that they vomited blood.
After discussing for most of the night, the territorial nobles finally decided to make preparations for the attack in accordance with Baron Kunluo's suggestion. Tomorrow, all the recruited citizens will be sent to cut down trees and then be transported to Squirrel Village to make wooden carts. As for those
The private soldiers of the nobles left one group to guard the camp here, and the rest were divided into two groups. One group supervised the work of the recruited citizens, and the other group was stationed in Squirrel Village to prevent the enemy from sneak attacks and surprise attacks.
So in the next two days, Squirrel Village was very busy, and trees were cut down and carried to the village. If the cherry tree on the hillside behind the village was not too big, it might be cut down like other trees in the grove.
Cut it down.
A wooden cart is very easy to make. The branches are cut off from six or seven trees, and the trunks about five or six meters thick in the middle are connected in a row. The body and two wheels are added to the back. They are all disposable things anyway.
The craftsmanship needed to be so delicate. On the first day, dozens of volunteers who knew carpentry skills made more than ten wooden carts, which were set up in the open space of the village as a protective shield.
The enemy did fire at these wooden platoon vehicles, but after firing several times, they found that it was useless and stopped the bombardment. The next day, there were forty or fifty more wooden platoon vehicles in the village, and their positions were moved forward nearly a hundred meters.
The enemy in the camp opened fire again, but only destroyed five or six vehicles before stopping the bombardment.
On the third day, the village was almost full of wooden carts, and the front ones were pushed to the entrance of the village, which was only more than 100 meters away from the enemy's camp. This time the enemy's artillery fire was more intense, and the shelling lasted for more than half an hour before it stopped.
However, only about 30 wooden carts were destroyed, and they were quickly replaced by new wooden carts.
"Initiate an attack tomorrow morning!" The territorial nobles issued the order to attack with satisfaction, and allowed the noble private soldiers and enlisted citizens to have a good meal and drink. They had been working hard these past few days, so they were allowed to stay in the evening.
Squirrel Village had a good sleep and recharged his energy to capture the enemy's camp in one fell swoop tomorrow.
The enemy still did not give up the plan of shelling, and fired several times every half hour. The territorial nobles told the noble private soldiers and the conscripted citizens not to care. Anyway, even if the row of wooden carts at the entrance of the village was destroyed, it would be fine. At worst, they would replace it tomorrow morning.
Approval of new ones. They want to see how much gunpowder the enemy wastes on these wooden carts. As long as the noble private soldiers on guard at night pay more attention and don't let the enemy jump over the wall to sneak attack.
At midnight, while stationed in the camp, Claude looked at the three light infantry artillery pieces and asked: "Are you all ready?"
There was a charcoal fire burning in the iron basin next to it, and several iron pellets and cannonballs were burned red in the fire.
Muriel replied: "Don't worry, boss, it's great that it hasn't rained in the past three days. I observed on the wall and the enemy did not notice that we had poured kerosene on the thatch on the shacks, and that in the village.
They didn't even notice the dry firewood and gunpowder powder in the trenches, or the kerosene on the log fence..."
"Okay, Markchi, let's fire the cannon and let the enemy have a barbecue party." Claude ordered lightly.