As the saying goes, every wise man must make a mistake. Only now did Claude finally understand the true meaning of this saying in his previous life. Comparing the grenade equipped in the war zone with the grenade equipped in the Kingdom of Hicks, Claude realized that it was himself
The blind pursuit of lightness and maneuverability resulted in the throwing distance of the grenades equipped in the war zone being only half of that of the iron pumpkins equipped by the Kingdom of Hicks, which was equivalent to being suppressed by the iron pumpkins of the Kingdom of Hicks.
Perhaps the Hicks Kingdom uses the bulky trebuchet-style throwers and the three-time-weight iron pumpkin grenades, which really brings a lot of trouble to the transportation and attack of the troops. At the same time, it is also easy for the members of the grenade-throwing team to
It became the most conspicuous target on the battlefield and was targeted by the enemy, causing heavy casualties.
However, the throwing distance of 130 to 40 meters and the greater explosive power make up for the above shortcomings. After all, the mission of soldiers is to destroy the enemy, not to save their own lives on the battlefield. Especially for those hard-hearted commanders
To put it simply, the lives of soldiers are consumables on the battlefield. It is nothing more than whether their injuries have caused the enemy to pay a greater price.
Claude is guilty of being soft-hearted. Fortunately, his soft-heartedness is directed at his soldiers, not his enemies. The grenades equipped in the war zone are the ones originally invented by Claude, and the throwing distance is only
About seventy meters away. Although this kind of grenade and thrower has great concealment, maneuverability, and convenient operation for soldiers when attacking, when defending, the above advantages are all overshadowed by the shortcoming of short throwing distance.
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You must know that when defending, soldiers stay in defensive positions and do not need to be mobile or flexible. Long throwing distance is the biggest requirement. The best weapon to deal with grenades is also grenades. This point has been organized in the war zone in the past
It has been proven in actual combat drills that the defender's grenade can suppress the attacker's grenade attack and cause great damage.
But Claude's stubbornness caused the division of the Rock Legion to suffer unnecessary losses. Back then, my sister Anna and Mrs. Sonia had tried to make a trebuchet-style thrower, and successfully threw the grenade to 200
Many meters away. However, Claude disliked the fact that there were many operators of this kind of thrower. During the attack, it would be easily attacked by the enemy's defensive artillery and cause too many casualties, so he refused to allow the troops to equip the thrower.
So when General Beachlin said that these captured Hicks Kingdom trebuchet-style throwers had become defensive weapons on the battlefield, Claude realized how big a mistake he had made. He
It is completely possible to build two different throwers, one for offense and one for defense, so that the Hicks' throwers and iron pumpkins will not have such a great suppression advantage on the defensive front.
Claude has always wanted to use grenades or mortars to replace grenades. You must know that he invented grenades before. As a result, because there was no way to safely produce nitroglycerin on a large scale to make safe explosives, he had to
The grenade was filled with black powder, and because the explosion was not powerful enough, the amount of black powder was increased, making the grenade bulky and unable to be thrown far. In the end, there was no choice but to create a thrower so that it could be thrown seventy meters away...
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This is also the reason why Claude did not value the grenade and easily sold its production license to the military industry representatives of the old noble families from the Kingdom. Unexpectedly, the emergence of this grenade caused all countries in the Farea continent to
After vigorously imitating it, the Kingdom of Hicks used the trebuchet-style hurler that Claude disliked, causing great damage to the defensive front.
The throwing distance of the grenades equipped in the theater is only half that, making it impossible to counterattack and suppress them. As for the grenades and mortars that Claude had great hopes for, they have been unable to be trial-produced due to technical reasons.
Success. Perhaps the grenade currently equipped in the war zone has become the one with the shortest throwing distance and the lightest explosive power among all the grenades imitated by all countries in the Farea continent.
Fortunately, General Buechlin did not really blame Claude for this. No general can completely predict the changes that will happen to the enemy in the future. Claude will lead the garrison stationed at Monkenard Castle.
Coming over was the happiest thing for him. They were originally his old subordinates, all veterans of the late military service of the Rock Legion. They easily integrated into his command, stabilized the defensive front of the entire eastern mountainous area, and increased the defense.
Grasp the second line of defense.
And Claude brought the 131st Thunder Battalion and the 1303rd Thunder Regiment equipped with new rifles, so General Beach Kerin eagerly proposed a plan to counterattack the first defensive line, hoping to recapture what had been lost to the enemy.
This defensive line inside. However, after careful consideration, Claude rejected General Bechklin's counterattack plan, and even asked General Bechklin to continue to organize the young Nikancha people to build several more lines behind.
Deep defensive front.
Claude's reason is very simple. Just like fishing, the fish will pull up as soon as it bites the hook, which will often cause the fish to escape from the hook. At this time, you must be patient and let the fish swallow deeper, so that you can really catch it.
Fish. And the current first line of defense is the bait that the big fish has just swallowed by the three standing legions of the Hicks. Immediate counterattack to regain the position is likely to alert their cunning commander-in-chief, and maybe it will
Decouple and leave.
Therefore, General Buechlin commanded the troops to stick to the defensive line. After causing heavy casualties to the enemy, he had to abandon this defensive line and lure the enemy deeper. Claude asked General Buechlin to continue to build several more lines in depth.
This is the reason for the defensive front, to keep the enemy from giving up hope when they are exhausted, always thinking that they will succeed if they try harder, but they don't know that they are falling into a trap step by step.
Claude was already preparing to lead his troops to attack, just as planned before the war, inserting a diagonal line into the enemy's rear and disrupting the enemy's logistics transportation channels. If possible, he could use the Hicks veterans of these three standing legions
Surround them in these mountains, let them become prisoners again after running out of ammunition and food, and use their light and heat to build public facilities in the war zone...
Although he persuaded General Beachlin to follow his plan, it was only when Claude led the 131st Thunder Battalion deep behind enemy lines that he discovered that the big fish of the Hicks was not so easy to take the bait. The theater was planning this
When the strategic plan was made, he was prepared to take down a standing army of the enemy, but now Claude discovered that this strategic plan seemed to be impossible to implement. For no other reason than that you arranged a banquet, but three tables of guests came.
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In the frontier mountainous areas of the northern coastal mountainous area, more than a dozen Nikancha battalions deployed by General Bi Chiklin still exist. Due to the lessons learned from the bombing and defeat of the Nikancha battalions in the defensive positions in the eastern frontal mountainous areas, Rock Rock
The legion sent a squadron of legionnaires to these Nikancha battalions. Their main purpose was to train the Nikancha people how to throw grenades.
Claude detoured from the frontier area of the northern mountainous area back to the eastern mountainous area. The officers in charge of the Nikancha battalions stationed there reported that the Hicks did not launch a feint attack in the northern coastal mountainous area, but some time ago
There are many more Hicks reconnaissance teams. The Nikancha battalions stationed in the forward mountainous areas are currently mainly dealing with these Hicks reconnaissance teams. Both sides have suffered certain casualties.
After entering the eastern frontier mountainous area, Claude discovered that the place was densely covered with overt and covert sentinels of the Hicks. There were small teams of Hicks sentries stationed in many high mountain areas. If it hadn't been for the Thunder 131st Battalion passing by,
With certain special training, strong combat effectiveness, and equipped with new rifles, Claude really couldn't do anything to these small groups of Hicks infiltration troops.
Claude also ordered the 131st Thunder Battalion to spread out and clean up the small reconnaissance team of the Hicks in the mountainous area and the warning posts stationed on the mountain. Since it was impossible to sneak behind the enemy lines without being noticed by the enemy, he might as well just
A large-scale attack on the enemy makes the enemy frightened and uneasy. He does not know how many troops are coming to his side. Only when the enemy is hurt and frightened will the enemy automatically shrink his troops and give up a large area of mountain space for him to move...
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Obviously, the Hicks also realized that an enemy force had penetrated behind them. This was an inevitable choice in the directly-administered war zone. The five standing legions of the Hicks were defeated by the Ranger Division in this way.
Logistics supply channels were cut off, and all military supplies and grain reserves stored in Wickham Castle were burned. In the end, nearly 300,000 officers and soldiers who were hungry and cold put down their weapons, walked into the prisoner camps, and began a life of hard labor.
It seemed that the Directly Administered Territory War Zone was up to its old tricks again. The Hicks people had already been prepared. They estimated that the Directly Administered Territory War Zone should only send one or two battalions of troops to sneak into the eastern frontier mountainous area, so they sent two regiments of troops.
Eliminate these troublemakers. However, what they did not expect was the powerful combat effectiveness of the Thunder 131st Battalion after it was equipped with new rifles. The two regiments were routed back without even seeing the enemy, with less than one tenth of the survivors.
Claude commanded the 131st Battalion of the Thunder to launch a night attack and an ambush respectively against the two enemies who entered the mountain area to clear out the enemy. These are the Thunder Legion's specialties. Needless to say, the night attack does not require ignition with a match rope.
Throwing bombs were thrown into the enemy camp like raindrops, and the new rifles were fired like autumn wind sweeping down fallen leaves. Any enemy soldier who lit a match rope and prepared to counterattack would become the most obvious target in the night, and would soon be shot at.
kill.
Originally, the enemies of this regiment wanted to rely on the camp to wait for the support of friendly forces from the rear, but under the thunderous blow, they could not hold on. The most painful thing was that it was difficult for them to find where the enemy was because they could not see the kind of enemy that was like this.
The bright light emitted by the ignition of a match rope like a spark is the basis for anti-night attack warfare, so they cannot fight back.
The Hicks veterans of this regiment only heard the sound of gunfire and the explosion of grenades. The comrades around them were knocked down one by one. They only resisted for an hour and a half before completely collapsing. There were only less than one battalion of Hicks.
Si Laobing escaped from the hellish camp and escaped into the dark night and mountains. It was not until daybreak that they waited for reinforcements to arrive.
In the night attack, the officers and soldiers of the 131st Battalion of Thunder suffered only less than a hundred minor casualties. The main reason for these casualties was the result of veteran Hicks firing guns everywhere and firing shotgun shells from the light field artillery carried by the battalion. Blind Cat
There will always be dead mice. Although the gunners and crew members of the artillery were shot and killed immediately, there were also a few unlucky soldiers of the Thunder Legion who were harmed because they were too close to the enemy's camp.
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After defeating the Hicks camp, Claude had no intention of letting the soldiers of the 131st Battalion of Thunder enter the camp to search for loot and treat the enemy's wounded. Instead, he led the 131st Battalion of Thunder to rush there without stopping.
The camp's back road once again set up an ambush on the mountainside of a valley. It wasn't until all the soldiers had set up their wartime bunkers and removed all traces of exposure that Claude ordered all the personnel to rest.
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The vanguard of the main Hicks field regiment, which finally arrived at dawn, encountered the defeated troops escaping from the camp. From the frightened deserters, they learned that the friendly regiment had been attacked at night in the camp.
After the news of the collapse, the commander of the vanguard battalion became timid and did not dare to move forward. If a main field regiment was defeated in the camp and only a few people escaped, then his battalion would rush over to deliver food.
After waiting for more than two hours, I finally arrived at the regiment headquarters. When I told the news about the deserters, the regiment commander yelled and cursed the commander of the vanguard battalion for being a soldier of the Kingdom of Hicks. It was simple. Since the enemy used night attacks,
It shows that his actual military strength is not much stronger than that of the main field regiment that was attacked at night, so he used such a despicable tactics as night attack. If, as those deserters said, he had at least two or three regiments or even one division,
Then we can completely use force attack...
It was obvious that the main field group was careless at night and did not take much precautions, so the weak enemy took advantage of the loophole. If the vanguard battalion got the news and rushed to the rescue immediately, they might even catch the tail of the enemies who attacked at night. According to general
According to the law, after winning a battle like this, the commander of the army will let his soldiers search for loot on the battlefield and the enemy's corpses. The vanguard battalion rushed over at that time, and might even give these enemies who had relaxed their vigilance a fatal blow.
of blow.
The regimental commander became increasingly angry and dismissed the cowardly battalion commander on the spot, and then ordered the entire regiment to speed up and rush to the camp where the friendly troops were stationed under the night attack. The regimental commander judged that such a long time had passed.
At that time, the enemy who attacked at night should have packed up the battlefield and left the camp. Therefore, it would be safe for them to rush there, which also reflects his eagerness to rescue the friendly forces. No matter how he is evaluated after the war, at least his performance is impeccable.
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So the main field group of the Hicks also dived into the ambush circle set by Claude, and the tragedy happened like this. When they were first ambushed, the leader of the main field group of the Hicks was still there.
He wanted to fight to the death, because he found that the enemy's ambush circle was a hundred meters away, and ordered his troops to launch a counterattack on the spot. But then the regiment leader was shot like a concentrated fire, and several people appeared on his body.
Bullet holes…
Under the continuous suppression of the new rifles, all the Hicks veterans felt the intensive gunfire from all directions. Just listening to the gunfire knew that the enemy's strength was not weaker than theirs. Even if they wanted to fight back, they could not do anything.
Brave veterans will attract the enemy's bullets whether they are loading bullets or preparing to aim. If they stand up straight, they will occupy an honorable death quota.
The sound of gunfire seemed endless. The Hicks veterans who were ambushed became larger and larger in ambushing the enemy. They felt that it was impossible for the enemy to fire so many gunshots with just one regiment because of the matchlock gun.
It takes time to reload the ammunition once fired, but at this time the enemy's gunfire is still so intensive...
The experienced Hicks veterans lying on the ground, behind the rocks, and under the corpses could only silently endure the enemy's gunfire. They believed that the enemy's gunfire would always stop.
In fact, this is indeed the case. In the eyes of the officers and soldiers of Thunder 131st Battalion, almost every one of them has emptied six or seven five-round magazines, and the entire regiment of 1,300 people has fired nearly four rounds.
Thousands of bullets were fired, and on the battlefield, more than 5,000 Hicks veterans from a regiment fell to the ground. Not a single living Hicks man could still stand or sit there...
The gunfire finally stopped. The officers and soldiers of the Thunder 131st Battalion found that there was no target to shoot at, and it was impossible for them to continue shooting at the corpses on the ground. Cheers began to sound. However, Claude ordered the soldiers to continue to be alert.
, and at the same time, let the grenade group come forward and bombard with three more rounds of grenade, instead of ordering the soldiers to go directly to clean up the battlefield.
Claude's caution allowed the officers and soldiers of the Thunder 131st Battalion to avoid unnecessary damage. When the grenade exploded on the battlefield, the officers and soldiers of the Thunder 131st Battalion were surprised to find countless Hicks corpses in the pile.
The Taoist figure jumped up, and these Hicks veterans braved the bullets fired by the officers and soldiers of the Thunder 131st Battalion who reacted immediately, and fled to the rear like a gust of wind. Nearly a thousand people ignored the casualties, and in the end there were still two or three
Hundreds of people luckily escaped from the encirclement...
Claude was also helpless. The performance of the new rifles on the battlefield was dominant, but the officers and soldiers of the 131st Battalion of Thunder, which had the most live ammunition training, still wasted too many bullets. Just like the two men who finally escaped from the ambush encirclement.
The three hundred Hicks veterans, if it were not for their insufficient strength, could completely surround them and fight a perfect battle of annihilation...
Seeing the battlefield littered with casualties and rivers of blood, Claude finally gave the order: "Go clean the battlefield..."