"We failed..." The legion commander's face was very pale and haggard. As the day and night passed, he seemed to have aged twenty years suddenly, like a dying old man in his seventies or eighties: "We have failed from the beginning.
After being calculated, the enemy commander was a conspirator who was proficient in tactics. He used the defensive position initially against our light cavalry assault to force us to give up our strengths. At the same time, he used our captured prisoners of war to dig trenches and attract our attention.
, let us also use the method of digging trenches to dismount and fight, so that we unknowingly stepped into the trap.
Only now do I understand that the enemy has invested so many troops in the trench defense circle for more than half a month, even at the cost of so many casualties, in the hope that we will mistakenly believe that we can defeat them as long as we work harder.
, captured the camp, and put all the combat readiness into this trench warfare, no longer paying attention to the defense of the base camp, creating opportunities for sneak attacks for their ambush troops outside. I have to admit that the enemy's layout is perfect,
We didn't notice it at all. Instead, we always thought that all the enemy's troops were in this camp.
We captured the enemy's camp, but the whole army was annihilated. Is there any more ridiculous victory than this? It's not that our soldiers are not brave in fighting, nor that our officers are not decisive in command, it's just that all of this is
As the enemy expected, they abandoned their position and evacuated neatly, leaving not a single body or a single wounded person. The entire camp was swept away, and not even a single useful thing was left except the tents.
While our soldiers cheered for capturing this empty camping ground, the enemy turned around and captured our base camp where supplies were stored.
Admit defeat! We are now out of food and ammunition, and all the warriors who were unwilling to be prisoners have died in front of the trench walls of the base camp. Unfortunately, they did not achieve their last wish and counterattacked the camp to regain our reserves...
...The remaining children have been hungry for a day and a night, and the muskets and artillery in their hands have run out of ammunition. Send someone to surrender. As long as you can save your life, you will always be able to return even if you do hard labor for several years.
The hope of my hometown... It is better to live than to die here. It is me, the incompetent legion commander, who has led them to this point. It is all my fault..."
The legion commander took one last look at the dejected officers around him, then turned around and walked down the wall resolutely. There was an atmosphere of sadness and despair everywhere in the camp. The injured soldiers were placed in the corner with bandages on their wounds, but the cries and
Screams have been echoing over the camp. They can only pray for the blessing of the God of War, because they have no healing potion and cannot get any treatment.
Ten minutes later, a faint gunshot rang out in the camp. Soon, the legion commander's orderly ran to the wall in panic and told the officers who had been staying on the wall the unfortunate news. Just a few minutes ago
, the legion commander who returned to the big tent put his beloved ivory-handled blunderbuss into his mouth and pulled the trigger...
The senior officers of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps were relieved when they heard the unfortunate news. In fact, everyone had a clear understanding when the regiment commander left the wall, but no one was willing to come out to dissuade him. Now the regiment commander committed suicide, which is perfect.
If the entire army is wiped out and is the one who takes the blame, then surrendering to the enemy Thunder Division can be said to be the legion commander's last order, and the rest of the legion officers will not have to shoulder the crime of fear of death and the responsibility of surrender.
On August 23, 589th year of the Holy Light Calendar, after a month of fierce fighting, the Thunder Division of the Overseas Directly Administered Territory of the Nubisia Continent of the Kingdom of Ovilas, the supreme commander of the theater, Major General Claude,
Under the leadership of the Honorable Baron Han Field, they fought three battles and three victories, annihilating more than 62,000 volunteer light cavalry regiments hired by the Kingdom of Hicks and formed by retired soldiers from the Principality of Karnars on the Albato Prairie.
Note: More than 3,000 of them are hired servants and are not included in the legion's combat effectiveness.
This is recorded in the history of the Faslan War: This victory, known as the Battle of the Buffalo, demonstrated General Claude's military talent and proved the correctness of Marshal Michelchi's recommendation of him to succeed him as the supreme commander of the theater.
At the beginning of the battle, General Claude commanded the Thunder Division to use sneak attacks and storming tactics to capture two camps set up by the enemy to hunt the bison herds migrating from the Albato prairie with very slight casualties, and eliminated and
They captured more than 24,000 troops from the four main field regiments of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps.
But at the same time, the follow-up troops of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps arrived and blocked the Thunder Division, which was carrying a large amount of loot and 7,000 prisoners, in the camp on the east side. At that time, the strength of the two sides was 37,000 to 22,000.
Thousands, the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps had the upper hand.
General Claude commanded the Thunder Division to set up trench defense positions with the camp as the defense center, and made special defense arrangements for the light cavalry assault tactics of the Principality of Karrnath, making the first light cavalry trial launched by the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps possible.
The offensive failed with no success and suffered heavy casualties. Later, a large number of prisoners were sent to dig trenches, which stimulated the commanders of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps to make the decision to dismount and fight on foot and dig trenches to advance.
In the trench warfare that lasted for more than half a month, Claude insisted on investing a large number of troops in the trench warfare. With brutal melee and heavy casualties, the commanders of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps were convinced that the Thunder Division in front of them was
The whole regiment is here. In order to win the victory and finally eliminate the Thunder Division, the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps put all its reserve forces into the attack step by step, advancing step by step towards the camp occupied by the Thunder Division. At that time, all
The officers of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps were very convinced that victory in this battle was close at hand.
It was just that when the commanders of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps put all their combat readiness into the attack, they unknowingly relaxed the defense of their base camp. At this time, General Claude had already made all the preparations before the attack.
He ordered the hidden 1301th Thunder Regiment to join the 131st Guerrilla Battalion, the most elite assault force of the division, to wait for an opportunity to launch an attack on the enemy's camp. While he stayed in the camp to command the defensive operations and provide support for the division's logistics department.
Move all excess supplies, wounded, and prisoners to buy time.
Two days later, Claude commanded the defense troops to take away the wounded and dead soldiers' bodies, mount their horses and evacuate the camp, leaving the defensive position that had been held for more than half a month. The officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps successfully climbed onto the wall of the camp.
As they celebrated their victory in this heavy-casualty battle, they did not know that they had only occupied an empty bivouac.
Just as the soldiers of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps on all battlefields were flocking to their campsites to celebrate their victory, the ambush troops of the Thunder Division raided the base camp of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps. They sent a small team to pretend to be members of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps who were out for reconnaissance.
The scouting light cavalry team successfully sneaked into the enemy's camp, easily cleared out the outposts and patrol teams in the rear camp, and opened the camp gate wide to allow the follow-up troops to enter the camp.
The result of this was that the entire rear camp of the camp was occupied by the ambush troops of the Thunder Division, but the remaining troops of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps in the front and middle camp were not aware of it at all. As a result, when the ambush troops of the Thunder Division were integrated and launched a surprise attack on the forward middle camp, the remaining troops were left behind.
The troops were caught off guard and had no resistance at all. They easily occupied the entire base camp and left all the supplies, grain, ammunition and horses to the Thunder Division.
The loss of the base camp meant that the victory of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps became a big joke, because except for the tents that had not been dismantled, there was no useful thing in the camp they occupied. The Thunder Division
The logistics department of the camp cleaned the entire camp very clean when they evacuated, and not even a broken can was found.
So much so that when the volunteer light cavalry regiment was preparing to launch a counterattack on the camp the next morning in an attempt to retake the base camp, the brave soldiers who were preparing to fight could not even drink a piece of horse meat soup, and could only drink a piece of horse meat in cow dung.
He roasted it casually on the campfire and stuffed it into his mouth. He drank a few mouthfuls of ground water to satisfy his stomach and then went to the battlefield. Finally, he collapsed in front of the camp.
The most exciting part of this battle is the time General Claude chose to evacuate the camp and capture the enemy's camp, three in the afternoon. For the attackers who had been fighting fiercely for a day, this time was like a tube of stimulant, and the enemy fled.
, finally captured the enemy's position and won the victory. For the soldiers of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps, they didn't care about anything. They only wanted to celebrate and cheer on the position, so they swarmed to the camp.
But after the celebrations and cheers, they were physically exhausted. The bad news that the base camp had been captured by the enemy was like a heavy blow to them, and it was easy for the soldiers to fall into a state of depression with very low morale. In this situation
Under such circumstances, even if the legion commander wants to organize his troops for an immediate counterattack, not many soldiers can handle it. They need a good rest to restore their energy and physical strength.
However, the captured Thunder Division camp did not have any food, grass and ammunition. However, there was no pollution in the camp. Even the wooden barrels for fetching water were there. Unfortunately, there was not a pot or a jar in the entire camp.
, the soldiers could only drink some cold water to sleep.
The Thunder Division, which captured the base camp of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps, avoided the enemy's immediate counterattack and had enough time to arrange night defenses, clean up the entire camp, and eliminate hidden dangers. As the Thunder Division
The remaining troops of the regiment moved to the main camp overnight, making the defense of the entire camp even tighter. The balance of the entire battle has been fully tilted towards the Thunder Division.
Early the next morning, only a small force of the Hope Thunder Division attacked the commanders of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps who had captured the base camp, slaughtered more than a hundred of their horses, and gathered more than 3,000 of the most elite soldiers and grassroots officers.
Each person shared a piece of horse meat, roasted it on the campfire to satisfy their stomach, and then launched an attack on the base camp occupied by the Thunder Division. But their hopes were dashed, and most of the more than 3,000 soldiers fell in the camp.
In front of the fortress, no one could rush in.
The disastrous defeat in this battle meant the end of the entire Buffalo Campaign, and the complete annihilation of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps was inevitable. In addition to the lack of food and grass, most of their ammunition reserves were in the base camp, and many soldiers only had one musket left in their hands.
Two rounds of ammunition were gone. Although there was water, there was a lack of food. Even the bison herds had long gone away due to the battle for more than half a month, leaving only a mud-like wilderness with very little grass.
The most painful thing is that in order to attack the camp, the volunteer light cavalry regiment changed from cavalry to foot. Without the horses, everyone was trapped in the camp. The Thunder Division reverted to light cavalry and could monitor from a distance until
Until all volunteer light cavalry regiments starve to death.
Therefore, after the commander of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps committed suicide, the remaining army officers led more than 26,000 soldiers to surrender to the Thunder Division. The Battle of the Buffalo ended with the complete annihilation of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps. This battle
, the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps suffered more than 17,000 casualties, including more than 6,000 killed in battle, and more than 10,000 were lightly or seriously disabled. The Thunder Corps suffered more than 8,000 casualties, with more than 3,000 killed in battle, and nearly 5,000 injured. Both sides
The casualty ratio was 2.2 to 1.
For Claude, the Thunder Division is also close to being severely damaged. Although it is an enhanced division with a full strength of more than 32,000 people, the combat force strength is only four regiments and six battalions of nearly 30,000 people. The remaining
Although the more than two thousand soldiers were soldiers, they were civilians and auxiliaries and had little combat effectiveness. From the sneak attack on the enemy's camp to the forced landing of the enemy's follow-up troops, the Thunder Division suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, almost losing one-third of the battle force.
force.
However, the harvest is still quite rich. Needless to say, food, grass and ammunition, more than 50,000 war horses and draft horses alone are an enviable huge asset. If Claude is willing to sell these draft horses and draft horses, he can immediately
Obtaining a sum of more than 200,000 gold crowns can also meet the needs of civilian transportation capacity in the entire theater.
But Claude also felt from this battle with the volunteer light cavalry regiment that his side's biggest shortcoming was that the combat power was very different from that of the previous Ranger Division. This was inevitable, the Ranger Division was originally
It is composed of elite armed forces who fought in the eastern region for five years.
Although the current Thunder Division has transferred to the 131st Ranger Regiment as the backbone, most of the subsequent personnel who joined are soldiers of suitable age selected from the overseas field corps and retired soldiers who immigrated. Even after half a year of training, their
The military quality is much worse than that of the elites who join the Ranger Division.
In serious comparison, Claude believes that the current combat power of the Thunder Division is on the same level as the kingdom's four ace field legions, perhaps a little worse than the Guards Corps. That's why the casualties in this battle were so high, Commander
When defending, there is often a feeling of insufficient strength.
So what Claude is currently thinking about is whether to detach another division from the war zone and organize it into the Second Thunder Division. In the past, when Marshal Michelchi formulated the defense plan for the five divisions, it was limited to the Ranger Corps.
The equipment, that is, the number of war horses can only equip one division. So he named this division Thunder and gave it to Claude because Claude was the best at attacking.
The 1st and 2nd Rock Corps are the guarantee used by Marshal Michelich to carry out positional defense and bring down the Kingdom of Hicks, while the 1st and 2nd Reserve Divisions are used to supplement the reserve forces lost in battles on the front line. They are just two
The division commander thought the reserve names were not good-sounding, so he changed them to the 3rd and 4th Panshi Corps, but in fact they were still reserve forces, playing a soy sauce role.
Claude has now captured nearly 50,000 war horses and pack horses from the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps. He can completely form a second Thunder Division to cooperate with him in fighting and make up for the lack of combat strength. But this needs to be gathered first.
The four division commanders will discuss to see which division is more suitable.
At this moment, McJack came in, holding a Falcon message in his hand: "General, Colonel Andrewk is back, bringing 5,000 grenades, and the Third Rock Division has also followed him."
Claude was startled: "The Third Rock Division? General Albert? Why is he leading the team here?"
McJack replied: "The Falcon message said that General Albert was leading the Third Rock Division to conduct long-distance training."
Claude curled his lips and said, "What the hell, this guy just came here to see if there were any bargains to be found. He was bored at the back and just wanted to join in the fun and gain some military exploits."
McJack laughed: "General, it's actually a good thing that they're here. We can just hand over the prisoners to them, and then take the troops to the Crowell Direct Territory to have a look. Didn't those senior officers of the Principality of Karnas confess?
, didn’t the volunteer field regiment of the Nasseri Kingdom also arrive at the ruins of Wickham Castle and prepare to re-establish a logistics supply base there?”