Murield and Diaverde stood dejectedly in front of Claude. They were greedy for success and commanded their men to rush into the last tent area in the camp where the enemy was stubbornly resisting in the final mopping up stage. As a result, they were defeated by the enemy.
The shotgun shells fired by two light infantry artillery pieces obtained from unknown sources swept away the enemy, causing nearly a hundred casualties in one fell swoop, adding one-third to the casualties in this battle that could be considered a complete victory.
The pleas and curses of the dying enemies could be heard in the distance, but none of this could change their fate. The last batch of recalcitrant retired soldiers from the Principality of Karrnath who had laid down their weapons and surrendered with their bare hands faced the angry victors.
With guns and bayonets, they could only watch themselves and their companions being massacred. Apart from protesting, begging and yelling, they had no way to stop them from going to death.
Claude gave the order, and all the last batch of surrenderers were executed on the spot. This was not a revenge for the heavy casualties of the Thunder Division soldiers caused by their last stubborn resistance. The main purpose was to kill chickens and scare monkeys without execution.
They were unable to deter the more than 5,000 retired soldiers and prisoners of the Principality of Karrnath who had surrendered.
Because Claude was about to lead a large force to continue attacking the bison herd's eastern side at the camp of the other two regiments of the volunteer light cavalry regiment formed by retired soldiers from the Principality of Karrnath, there was no way to leave too many people there.
The prisoners are guarded here. Therefore, the prisoners with the strongest will to fight and resist are killed first to ensure that there will be no trouble after the large army leaves.
If the Kingdom of Nasseri is the first mortal enemy of the Kingdom of Orvilas, then the Principality of Karrnath is the second mortal enemy. This can be seen from this offensive battle. After losing the camp wall,
After the defensive line and the camp gate, which determine the outcome, were captured, if they were the soldiers of the Hicks Kingdom's standing army, they would have surrendered obediently to save their own lives.
But this so-called volunteer light cavalry regiment composed of retired soldiers from the Principality of Karrnath was caught off guard by the Thunder Division with grenades. They were shocked by the heavy casualties around the wall. However, with the Thunder Division's advance,
The soldiers rushed into the camp, but these retired soldiers from the Principality of Karrnath still resisted, causing more than 200 casualties to the attackers.
In particular, these resistances and casualties were caused spontaneously in the camping tent area by individuals or teams without orders from superior officers. Of course, Claude had ordered that all resisters would be executed on the spot even if they surrendered.
There is no doubt about this. And the last group of veterans who used two light infantry artillery to set up an ambush in the tent area and severely damaged the troops commanded by Muriel and Diavid laid down their weapons as soon as they surrendered.
, Claude gave the order to kill them all!
There were more than 12,000 people in the two regiments, and by the end of the battle, more than 5,400 people were prisoners. One can imagine how fierce their resistance was. In addition to the more than 700 stubborn enemies who were massacred, there were also
More than two thousand wounded retired soldiers from the Principality of Karnas were ordered by Claude to send them away. Whether they were slightly injured or heavily rewarded, the Thunder Division had no need or energy to treat them. As for the more than five thousand who were massacred
The prisoners were so frightened that they fell silent, and Claude prepared to send someone to escort them back to Lanhu Town to become free construction labor.
"Lieutenant Colonel Andrewk." Claude spoke out a name softly.
"Here, general, please give me instructions!" Standing behind Murield and Diavid, the commander of the 1304th Regiment of the Thunder Division, who was not criticized, Lieutenant Colonel Andreuk hurriedly strode forward.
Take two steps, stand at attention and salute. In fact, the massacre order issued by Claude not only frightened the more than 5,000 enemy prisoners, but also most of the officers and soldiers of the Thunder Division were frightened by Claude's ruthlessness.
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The sound of gunfire was still echoing, and the last screams of the dead were still in my ears. But Lieutenant Colonel Andreuk clearly heard the order issued by Claude: "Your regiment will mobilize two battalions of officers and soldiers, gather them with the logistics battalion, and escort them
Capture the prisoners and escort the wounded back to the territory of Robisto, and hand the prisoners and the wounded to Major General Bolognik of the 1st Pandan Division. Then you take my warrant to Mr. Veblen and ask him to bring the iron ore workshop that has been produced
All the grenades that come out will be handed over to you and transported to the front line. Do you understand your mission?"
"Yes, I understand." Lieutenant Colonel Andrewk answered loudly.
The adjutant next to him, Major Anders, immediately took out a pen and paper from his briefcase. Claude put the briefcase on his back and wrote a warrant directly. After signing, he first stamped it with his official seal, and then stamped his private seal with his ring.
Give it to Lieutenant Colonel Andrewk.
"Okay, I'll leave this to you next. If the prisoner does something wrong during the escort, I grant you the power to make an emergency decision." Claude said to Lieutenant Colonel Andrewk, then turned his head and looked down at
The two leaders, Muriel Ed and Diavid, each kicked him: "Go back and pack up the troops. Give you half an hour. We will set off immediately to the camp on the east side where the prisoner confessed. This time we will give you a kick."
I’ll be careful!”
"Yes, General, we will not let you down again this time." Murieled and Diaverde were overjoyed after each received a kick from Claude, because Claude expressed his forgiveness by doing so.
After meeting them, he stood at attention and saluted, and then ran off to gather his troops.
The two regiments of the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnars were deployed on the east side. They did not know that the two regiments on the west side had been completely wiped out by the Thunder Division. They were still busy hunting bison as the vanguard.
When the guerrilla battalion led by Mai Jack appeared in their field of vision, the enemy thought it was a small reconnaissance cavalry team from the Overseas Territory of the Overas Kingdom that was conducting reconnaissance and accidentally touched their place.
Although it was a bit strange how the enemy's light cavalry reconnaissance team passed through the friendly blockade on the west, they still did not recall the personnel who were hunting bison. They just rushed out of a large group of light cavalry from the camp and fiercely charged at McJack.
Others rushed towards him, trying to drive away the scouts from the guerrilla battalion led by Mai Jack.
McJack was very alert at this moment. He immediately turned around and left with a dozen light cavalry scouts, and at the same time lured the large group of light cavalry from the Principality of Karnas to follow.
When the dozens of officers and soldiers pursued by the light cavalry brigade of the Principality of Karnas rushed up the gentle slope in front of them, what they saw in front of them made their whole bodies stiffen. Just below the gentle slope, more than a thousand
The men and horses were forming a neat military formation, and everyone's guns were pointed at them. The distance between the two was less than forty meters...
In the distance, there is a large army coming. Looking at the size of the long team, there are no less than 20,000 to 30,000 people...
"Enemy. Enemy attack..." An officer from the Principality of Karnas, who was leading the charge on the gentle slope, roared from his throat. He thought the sound was very loud, but in fact only a few soldiers next to him could hear it.
get.
The light cavalry chasing after them had rushed up the gentle slope in a swarm, but what they saw made them almost as stunned as their companions in front.
"Let it go!" Michael Jack waved his hand.
The gunfire exploded continuously, and the flash of fire and white smoke rose from the neatly arranged military formations. The light cavalry of the Principality of Karrnath crowded on the gentle slope were almost swept away, and all of a sudden on the gentle slope,
There were piles of corpses of men and horses, as well as wounded men and horses. The screams and neighings of the horses merged into one. Only a few lucky ones reacted, turned their horses' heads and ran back.
"Follow me!" Michael ordered.
The soldiers in the first, second and third rows who had already discharged their rifles put their muskets behind their backs, drew their sabers and rode in pursuit. The soldiers in the fourth and fifth rows followed McJack up the gentle slope and on the ground.
Naturally, there were people to deal with the enemy's wounded, but most of them were given a happy life.
A light cavalry brigade from the Principality of Karnas only has about 200 people. More than 100 of them have been defeated on the gentle slope. The remaining 50 or 60 cavalry are galloping towards their campsite, shouting as they run.
: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
There was so much noise that even the light cavalry who were hunting bison stopped hunting, turned to look at the fleeing soldiers, and finally understood something from their dancing movements. They didn't even bother to take the bison carcasses on the ground.
, rode directly to the campsite...
When Claude arrived with a large force, the enemy's two regiments had already huddled in the camp and were ready for defense. Fortunately, this volunteer light cavalry regiment came to hunt the bison and did not bring any
A lot of artillery came over. According to the capture statistics from the camp on the west side that had been attacked, the two regiments only had twenty-four light infantry artillery pieces, which was about half less than the normal artillery equipment.
"Let's carry out the attack according to the plan. We only need half a day at most to capture the enemy's camp," Claude said.
It's daytime now. When the enemy sees the Thunder Division attacking them, they will definitely send a hawk message to notify the large force that is coming later. If they still can't capture this camp in half a day, they will have to let Belklin try to hold it back.
Or block the schedule and time for the subsequent large forces to arrive for reinforcements.
The entire camp has been surrounded, artillery has been deployed, and one hour of preparations for the attack have been completed. Claude waved his hand to signal the attack to begin.
First, the light infantry field artillery equipped by the Thunder Division opened fire from a distance of 800 meters, smashing solid iron projectiles as big as fists against the wall of the enemy's camp. Compared with the enemy's light infantry artillery, the Kingdom of Ovelas
The standard artillery produced should be the most powerful and longest-range of all light infantry artillery. For example, it can now hit the enemy's camp wall at a distance of 800 meters, and the one equipped by the Principality of Karrnath
The maximum range of light infantry artillery is only about 700 meters, so it can only be passively beaten.
However, the four-round artillery fire did not pose much of a threat to the enemy's camp wall. At most, it could only knock down some dirt from the wall. However, the artillery bombardment was only to cover the approach of the Thunder Division officers and soldiers. Chapter 1
A group of attacking soldiers spread out and crawled close to the camp. This was to avoid being shelled by artillery and musket fire in the camp. They stopped about a hundred meters away, took a small shovel from their waists, and quickly
They dug a hole in the grass, hid in the pit, and set up muskets to shoot at the defenders on the enemy's wall. Suddenly the enemy suffered casualties and did not dare to show their heads on the wall easily.
The army of the Principality of Karnas is also equipped with muskets with precise aiming and shooting performance. The only difference between them and the Obash III standard matchlock guns equipped by the army of the Kingdom of Overas lies in the effective range of this precise aiming and shooting.
.Obaba's Type III standard matchlock gun has a range of 100 meters, but the effective range they have is only more than 80 meters.
Therefore, the main task of the first batch of soldiers from the Thunder Division to attack was to suppress the firepower of the guards on the wall, while avoiding being attacked by shotgun fire from the enemy camp artillery within a hundred meters. When the first batch of soldiers began to suppress
When the enemy's firepower on the wall was blocked, the second group of attacking soldiers also set off. They also crawled to the pit where the first group of soldiers were hiding, then took out their small shovels and continued digging...
Soon, the second batch of attacking soldiers had dug a shallow tunnel in the grass. They stopped about seventy meters away from the wall of the enemy's camp. They no longer dug forward, but worked hard to dig down, heading towards
Digging on the side, the excavated soil was piled on the side of the position facing the camp.
The enemies on the wall of the camp also noticed the movement of the second group of attacking soldiers. Although they thought it was strange that these soldiers were digging holes, they didn't pay much attention. Perhaps they thought that the second group of attacking soldiers were nothing more than the first group of soldiers.
Similarly, if you want to shoot at the soldiers guarding the wall to suppress fire, they are just getting closer to the wall.
This second batch of attacking soldiers was already within the effective range of the enemy's precise aiming and shooting on the wall, so they were shot by the hiding enemy guards. But most of them were in vain, and the bullets were fired on the dirt pile in front.
inside.
The third group of attacking soldiers also set off. They were all veterans of the guerrilla camp. They were in groups of three, one holding a throwing device, and the other two carrying a large backpack containing four grenades. Their target was
The big hole dug by the second group of attacking soldiers.
Most of the 100 groups of the third batch of attacking soldiers successfully entered the pit. More than ten soldiers were hit by enemy fire and fell to the ground on the way forward. However, the soldiers who entered the pit were also the first to do so.
Start digging so that the hole is large enough for a person to squat or kneel upright without being hit by enemy fire.
The enemies in the camp seemed to realize that the 70-meter-long pit in front of the wall posed a great threat to them, so they used light infantry artillery to fire two rounds of shotgun attacks. Thanks to the accumulation of soil in front of the pit, this
The two rounds of artillery shell attacks only caused a few single-digit casualties to the attacking soldiers. Instead, the artillery crews were powerfully sniped by the first batch of attacking soldiers from the Thunder Division, resulting in dozens of casualties...
When the second batch of attacking soldiers lay down on the big pit and started shooting at the enemies above the wall with their muskets, it meant that the grenade-throwing group with them in the big pit was ready to throw. With the rear
A sharp copper whistle sounded, and the grenades in the big pits flew towards the wall of the enemy's camp like rain...
This was almost a replica of the captured camp on the west side. Round after round of projectiles exploded above and inside the wall, which also triggered the explosion of several barrels of gunpowder for artillery launches. There was an extremely violent explosion and an earthquake.
After the shaking like a mountain, a large section of the wall collapsed, and a light infantry artillery with a twisted barrel was thrown high and landed more than forty meters away.
A sharp copper whistle sounded from behind, and groups of soldiers rushed up with ladders. They successfully put the ladders on the trench in front of the wall, rushed across the trench, then put the ladder against the wall, climbed up and mounted the muskets.
Go to the top of the wall and shoot at the enemies who are still active in the camp...
When the walls were densely packed with muskets from soldiers of the Thunder Division, the enemy's defeat was inevitable.
Claude looked at the time and saw that it took a total of three and a half hours. It saved a lot of time, but more grenades were used than attacking the camp on the west side. There were nearly a hundred groups of grenades, and almost every group used them.
Eight grenades were used up, and when the throwing range was extended into the camp, five or six more were supported from the rear. Of the 3,000 grenades brought out before departure, less than 800 were left.
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What Claude needs to consider now is whether to fight the enemy's subsequent large force...