Chapter three hundred and forty second fire strategy
Chapter 342 of Rebirth: The Glory of Black Iron Text Volume Chapter 342: The Strategy of Burning Chapter 342: The Strategy of Burning
The continent of Nubisia, the direct jurisdiction of Beringana, Kingdom of Overas.
On November 7, 584th year of the Holy Light Calendar, Claude led the 131st Ranger Battalion to recapture the town of Ferru and completely annihilated a garrison of the Colonial Garrison of the Kingdom of Hicks, the Krado Corps.
On November 15, Claude led the 131st Battalion of Rangers to attack the enemy's guard camp stationed at the pontoon bridge on the Dolinibara River at night, burning two pontoon bridges, cutting off the enemy's logistics supply channel of the Crado Army, and annihilating the enemy.
After a battalion was stationed in the security camp, an ambush was set up, and an enemy mobile battalion that came for reinforcements was once again surrounded and annihilated, and a large number of pack horses and four-wheeled freight carriages were captured.
Affected by these two great victories, Claude led the high-morale 131st Ranger Battalion at 11 o'clock in the evening on November 19th to attack the town of Ginco where the enemy's logistics and military supplies base of the Crado Army was located, trying to
Capture or burn down the enemy's reserve material warehouse. However, the enemy was prepared for it. The fierce battle lasted for nearly eight hours. When he learned that reinforcements from the enemy Crado Corps had arrived, Claude had to lead the 131st Ranger Battalion to withdraw from the battlefield.
Although the operation was unsuccessful, the 131st Ranger Battalion still dealt a heavy blow to the enemies guarding the town of Gianco. The defenders suffered casualties of about one regiment, and three of the four lines of defense set up were breached.
Five warehouses of armament supplies were also burned down, forcing the enemy to dispatch two regiments to the town of Jiinko to set up key defenses to prevent another raid...
Claude regretted it very much. In his opinion, this operation was not worth the gain. The 131st Ranger Battalion suffered 352 casualties in this battle, almost losing one and a half of the brigade. And the 131st Ranger Battalion, which was directly under the Second Field Battalion, suffered 352 casualties.
The captain of the group, Captain Diaverde, rushed too hard and was hit by shotgun shells from the enemy's defensive artillery. He was seriously injured and was rescued with great difficulty.
As the saying goes, war is the best teacher for soldiers. Claude admitted that he underestimated the enemy and underestimated the enemy's combat effectiveness because of the first two major victories. But the fact gave him a slap in the face. The enemy was not stupid, and
They were very aware of the difference in combat power between the two sides. They set up four lines of defense in the town of Ginco, acting like a bait to attract the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion to go deeper and get entangled with their defensive firepower.
Successfully delayed the arrival of reinforcements.
Claude reflected after the war that he made several command errors during this operation. Because the raid on the enemy's outer defense line went so smoothly, he and the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion overestimated the enemy's combat effectiveness, even if
The enemy consisted of two garrison regiments, but Claude and his officers and soldiers still did not take them seriously.
No one expected that the enemy would concentrate most of the artillery as a defensive fire support on the last line of defense. Only a small number of artillery was deployed on the first three lines of defense, and they also hid the artillery in residential buildings to attack by surprise.
The officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion caused huge casualties...
When they broke through the first three lines of defense, the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion thought that the enemy was nothing more than this. When attacking the fourth line of defense, they used muskets to suppress the enemy's artillery positions on the surface, and then launched an assault. But who could have expected it?
There was an artillery installed in the residential house next to the artillery position. The sudden shot of shotguns caused more than a dozen of the assaulting soldiers to fall down. This is how Diavid was injured. He was lucky and was only hit by two shotguns.
son.
It is like this every time, and it feels like if you work harder, you can break through the defense line and rush into the storage area, but every time there is always an unexpected firepower point. When Claude came back and reviewed the battle, he discovered that the enemy was in the third battle.
The firepower settings on the four defensive fronts are very hierarchical, and the coverage of shotgun shells fired by all defensive artillery has been carefully calculated. Even if a defensive artillery in the front is suppressed or eliminated, the coverage of the defensive artillery hidden in the side and rear
Shotgun coverage can immediately cover this area...
Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion have been trained for a long time and understand the key points of not crowding into a group when charging. This has reduced casualties to the greatest extent, and the injured officers and soldiers were immediately snatched away for field first aid.
, saved the lives of most of the wounded. However, as the casualties of their companions increased sharply, all the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion became red-eyed. This led Claude to order a retreat when he learned that enemy reinforcements were about to arrive, and also
There are many officers and soldiers who hope to hold on for a while longer and launch another attack...
The sacrificed warriors were incinerated to ashes and placed in an urn, while the injured were sent to the Amphiston Territory to recuperate at the rear. Claude reflected on it and picked himself up again, but he had made up his mind and was not 100% sure.
I am sure that I will never take the 131st Ranger Battalion to attack the enemy's heavily defended stronghold.
The weather in Nubisia Continent is warmer than that in Farea Continent. It’s almost December and it hasn’t snowed yet. The weather is actually getting colder, especially the cold wind blowing through the wilderness, bringing with it a chill.
It was a bone-chilling feeling that it was easy to freeze your hands and feet while riding on a horse during reconnaissance, which caused great trouble to the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion.
"Sir, the Krado Army under Bricaman City has slowed down its siege. This should be related to the fact that we burned the pontoon bridge and cut off its logistical supplies. I don't think the enemy is in short supply of ammunition, food and grass. In Jiinko Town
They have a lot of reserves at the logistics base. But I found that their soldiers are still wearing single clothes on duty. I think they probably lack clothing to keep out the cold. In addition, they have slaughtered all the foreign herds grazed by the Kingdom residents in Jiinko Town.
Now, the tanned sheepskins are drying in the open spaces of the town..."
Belklin reported his reconnaissance results to Claude: "The enemy stationed a regiment of troops at the pontoon bridge, re-excavated trenches around the original security camp, built half-height walls, and strengthened the defense strength.
There were five or six ferries moving on the river. I saw through the telescope that they were probably preparing to repair the two pontoons that we burned. Because there were a lot of wooden planks and ropes piled up on the other side, and there were many carpenters making something.
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Want to restore a pontoon? Dream on…
Claude will never allow the Crado Army to restore its logistics supply channels. Winter has come, and the weather is getting colder. The enemy is hungry even if they have food and grass, and they are thirsty next to the river. They have sufficient ammunition reserves to maintain their combat effectiveness, but they have no means to keep out the cold.
The enemy who wears clothes cannot go out and move around. In Claude's eyes, if he loses his ability to move, he will be a target that stays still and can be beaten. The initiative on the battlefield is in his own hands.
Some things are very simple. If the enemy does not have warm clothing, he must take advantage of the opportunity to cut down wood for firewood and store more fuel to keep the soldiers warm when the heavy snow comes. Claude has ordered Muriel to lead three squadrons of soldiers to carry out a cold-blooded attack.
The artillery operation is specifically designed to deal with enemies who go out to chop wood. After several losses, the enemy now has to be guarded by a regiment of troops when they go out to cut trees. Even so, dozens of people will be killed or injured every time, and the Rangers One or Three
The soldiers of the first battalion were hit and run, and the enemy often chased them into traps, resulting in heavy casualties.
Dozens of casualties a day can accumulate to over a thousand casualties in a month. Claude is not in a hurry. The little he adds adds up, and he takes his time. Using this attack method, he can fully utilize the strength of the 131st Ranger Battalion.
Combat ability and maneuverability, and the casualties are very slight...
But now the enemy is planning to repair the two pontoon bridges, and Claude is determined not to agree. If the pontoon bridges are repaired, then the efforts made by Claude and the 1st Ranger Battalion these days will be in vain. Take advantage of the cold weather to reduce
The enemy's combat power may really be able to swallow up this Krado army once the follow-up divisions arrive.
Mike walked in: "Sir, there are still about a hundred households in the town who are unwilling to move. In addition, the people we are following in secret have found that they have close ties with the officers of the Hicks Kingdom. There are many or more families in their homes.
It is rare for a young woman to become the lover of an enemy officer. I think our move to persuade the residents of the town to move out has been discovered by the enemies in the town, and they have stepped up their defenses..."
Claude nodded: "Forget it, we don't need to care about the life and death of those who seek their own death, and their actions have already constituted evidence of treason, so we don't need to worry about their safety, life or death."
What Claude asked Michael to do was to persuade the Kingdom residents who had not yet evacuated from the town of Ginco to leave the town and go to Feru Town or the direct jurisdiction in the rear. The excuse was very simple. The Kingdom's army was about to launch another attack on Ginco.
The attack on the town. Considering that the intensity of this attack is larger and more violent than the previous night attack, the residents of the town are told in advance that it is best to leave the war zone to ensure the safety of their families and property to avoid accidental injuries...
There are only more than 3,000 Kingdom residents and about 500 households remaining in the town of Jienko. After the war broke out, half of the residents fled into Fubrikaman City, and the remaining half went to the directly-administered territories in the rear.
Seeking relatives and friends, and some left after the Krado Legion of the Kingdom of Hicks occupied the town. Those who are still in the town are those whose families have a big business and cannot leave, because their property belongs to the town.
All real estate will be lost as soon as you leave...
Claude asked McJack to persuade the remaining residents to leave the town of Ginco, not really to attack again, but to prevent enemies who lacked warm clothing after the heavy snowfall from attacking these residents, thus causing harm to these kingdom residents.
harm.
Compared with the heavily guarded northern part of the town, it is much easier to sneak into the residential areas in the southern part. The first two times, McJack personally went to persuade the residents of the kingdom, and then entrusted reputable people in the town to persuade them. Because the ambush was in
The lurking outpost in the town was discovered, and someone notified the enemy garrison in the town. The enemy sent a small team to ambush the house of the resident who had tipped off the information, preparing to catch McJack who came to persuade him. Of course, they only waited for two nights in vain...
Before the Kingdom residents in the town evacuated, Claude instructed not to exchange fire with the enemy in the residential area in the southern part of the town, so as to prevent the enemy from becoming angry and passing the harm they suffered on to these Kingdom residents. Although the two warring parties in Nubisia Continent
They all consciously abide by the unspoken rules of not harming their own civilians, but if the enemy really gets angry at the civilians, you have nothing to do except retaliate afterwards.
Snowfall days in Nubisia Continent usually occur from late December to the end of January. It is said that this period is the coldest. The rainy season in March is not as long as that in Farea Continent. It only rains for about ten days.
The amount of precipitation is not very heavy. However, there is a rainy season of about fifteen days from mid-June to early July, and the rain is heaviest at that time.
Since all the residents of the kingdom who were willing to evacuate had already left the town of Guinco, Claude didn't care about the hundreds of residents who stayed behind and defected to the occupying forces of the Kingdom of Hicks. He thought for a while and said to McJack: "
Then let’s carry out the barbecue plan.”
Barbecuing requires fire, and Claude wanted to burn the residential areas in the southern part of Guinco Town to ashes, so that the enemy would not be able to use the residences of these kingdom residents to make fires to keep out the cold on heavy snowy days.
At the same time, Claude also hopes that with the help of fire, he may be able to burn down the enemy's logistics storage area in the north of the town. If this is possible, then the enemy Clado Legion, who lacks food, clothing, ammunition reserves and warm clothing, will become Claude
The fish under the knife can be slaughtered however you want...
At 10 o'clock in the evening on November 27, Mai Jack took the big man Gemie and the guard squadron to sneak into the residential area in the southern part of Ginco Town, poured kerosene on the residential buildings where the military and civilians had evacuated, and then set fire to them.
Burn down entire residential areas.
Claude led the remaining officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion in an ambush in the north of the town, hoping that the fire would spread to the north of the town, causing chaos in the enemy's defenses, burning the warehouses storing supplies, and forcing the defending enemies to evacuate the town.
At that time, the 131st Ranger Battalion could launch a fatal surprise attack on the enemy.
But unfortunately, Claude's hope came to nothing. The town of Ginco is located in the area near the Albato Prairie and the Dolinibara River in the Nubicia continent. The residents mostly use stone when building their houses.
And build walls with sand and soil to increase defense. It is said that when the first generation of immigrants built the town here, there were many wild beasts and wolves around, so they had to consider the sturdiness and defense of the house.
Because of this, the fires burning in these residential houses do not seem to be very big. The flames mostly spit out from the roofs, windows and doors, and are not as fierce and hot as those houses made entirely of wood. The stone walls play a role in keeping the fire away.
Claude was very depressed about the fire prevention and isolation effect. If the fire oil had not been poured in advance, the fire might not even be able to spread into one piece.
The fire was very strong, and those residents who refused to heed the advice to evacuate were in worse condition. They woke up in their sleep and hurriedly fled the burning houses and residential areas with their families. Although the fire ignited the houses in the entire residential area, the enemy in the north of the town
The reaction was faster. Groups of soldiers rushed to the streets, demolished houses, and soon set up a very wide fire isolation belt. At the same time, they kept passing buckets over and poured water on all the roofs and roofs of the storage area.
wall……
Claude and the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion could only lie on the ground and watch blankly as the fire in the south of the town gradually dimmed. What made Claude painful was that the fire was almost extinguished.
The southerly wind blowing to the north has just arrived. If it had been two hours earlier, this southerly wind would have brought a large number of sparks to the north of the town. Then the enemy would not have been prepared for fire prevention at all. As long as a few warehouses were set ablaze
, the wind assisting the fire will definitely fulfill Claude’s wish...
"Go back to camp, it seems there is no chance." Claude could only shake his head and told Belklin beside him: "Go to the river tomorrow to see if there is a more suitable place to cross the river."
"Sir, do you want to cross the river?" asked Belklin.
"Yes, didn't you report that the enemy's security camp on the river bank is now a regiment of garrison troops and is heavily guarded. We can no longer attack them like last time." Claude thought and said, "Since the defense here is
It's very strict, so we can cross the river to have a look. The enemy thinks that we can't cross the Dolinibara River, so I think the pontoon warning camp on the other side of the river must be very relaxed and cannot attack this side, so we can cross the river.
Attack that camp and burn the materials piled there. The result will be the same for us and the enemy. They will not be able to repair the pontoon bridge."