"Report, the Wolf Fang Squadron returned from the attack. They eliminated three Hicks reconnaissance light cavalry teams, brought back thirty-one soldier nameplates, and captured twenty-six war horses. Only one of their soldiers was slightly injured...
..." Captain Mason Hughes brought Claude a report on the results of the Wolf Fang Squadron.
Claude was furious: "Call Lieutenant Blovik over to me. I'll ask the Third Regiment to send a team to ambush the enemy's light cavalry reconnaissance team. He took the Wolf Fang Squadron to join in the fun and attack without orders.
, does he still have me as the legion commander in his eyes?"
His younger brother Blovik soon appeared in front of Claude, and was scolded so badly that he was finally imprisoned for five days. But in this way, Lieutenant Blovik had no order to lead the Wolf Fang Squadron to attack.
The fault has been passed over, and no one can hold it accountable in the future.
In fact, Claude knew in his heart that his brother Brovik led the Wolf Fang Squadron to attack without orders this time because he was instigated by Diavid. Since bullets were once again delivered from the rear to allow Diavid's third regiment to obtain supplies,
Claude then ordered his three regiments to attack in small groups to annihilate the police posts, reconnaissance light cavalry teams and patrol teams deployed by the Hicks outside the northern mountainous border, leaving the Hicks blind and deaf.
It's just that the executor of this order, Colonel Diavid, was in trouble. When he, Belklin and others followed Claude in the ranger camp, he was the one who didn't like to use his brain the least. Anyway, Claude was in charge.
He was the one who made the decision. He only had to fulfill Claude's instructions. As a result, he had not learned enough about Claude's method of ambush, hiding, and analyzing the enemy's whereabouts, and he only had a limited understanding of it.
Now Claude asked him to send out a small team to ambush the enemy's light cavalry reconnaissance team again like he did in the ranger camp. He didn't know where to start. He wanted to discuss it with Belklin, Muriel and others, but he was afraid
They laughed at them. In the end, they simply called their four battalion commanders and asked them to send two teams from each battalion to the mountainous border to perform this task. They casually explained the methods of digging holes and covering them with weeds, and then let the four battalions do it.
It has been going on for a long time.
There were just some problems with the completion of the mission. Eight squads were dispatched. Four of them did not encounter the enemy for a day. Although the other four squads encountered the enemy, the results were not optimistic. Even though the soldiers of these four squads were equipped with
They had a new rifle and a hundred rounds of newly supplied ammunition, but when they ambushed the enemy's light cavalry reconnaissance team, they were not only easily discovered by the enemy, but in the end they only defeated the enemy, and they also paid the price of two deaths and fourteen injuries.
cost.
So Diaverde was severely scolded by Claude and ordered to train the soldiers of the third regiment to familiarize themselves with ambush tactics and concealment ambush and other tricks, and to deliver satisfactory results. Belklin was even more gloating,
On the side, they made some harsh remarks about the new rifle equipment of the Third Regiment, which was really wrongly equipped. In the end, for the sake of friendship with an old friend, Murray Ed reminded him that there are people in the entire legion who are more proficient in these ambushes than the Wolf Fang Squadron.
Covert tactics?
If Diavid invited Brovik to take the Wolf Fang Squadron as instructors and train the soldiers of the Third Regiment in these ambush and concealment tactics, there would be no problem. But Diavid couldn't help but remember what Claude said.
Ten training sessions were no match for one actual combat experience, so Brovider took the Wolf Fang Squadron directly to the mountain border to ambush the enemy's light cavalry reconnaissance team, allowing the selected soldiers of the Third Regiment to be trained to witness it with their own eyes.
How they fought.
However, most of the ambush points did not wait for the enemy. At the end of the day, they encountered three Hicks reconnaissance light cavalry teams. These three light cavalry reconnaissance teams were all wiped out without incident, except for the five Hicks who were killed.
In addition to those who were killed because their feet were stuck in the stirrups and their bodies were dragged away by their horses, the nameplates of the remaining thirty-one Hicks cavalrymen were captured. The only injured soldier of the Wolf Fang Squadron was to collect those enemies.
While riding, I was accidentally kicked by a fierce war horse...
Although the results were good, Blovik made the big mistake of attacking without orders. In the end, he was punished by Claude and sentenced to five days of confinement. Then Claude gave the order to the Wolf Fang Squadron.
In the next half month, the soldiers of the 1303rd Regiment were taught and mastered various ambush and concealment tactics. At the same time, the Langya Squadron was allowed to conduct practical teaching exercises, which was to take the soldiers of the 3rd Regiment directly to the mountainous border to ambush the enemy and clear out the police.
post.
It only took less than ten days for the Hicks to be unable to stand this little beating. They lost an average of three men and horses from the light cavalry squad every day. The total number of men and horses in the ten days was already more than one brigade. Now it is their turn to go out on patrol every day.
When the reconnaissance team left the camp, it was as if they were going to die. They all looked sad and fooled around the camp for a while. When the time was up, they couldn't wait to return to the camp. When asked about the surrounding developments and the situation at the mountainous border, everyone shook their heads.
Don't know anything...
It's not that the Hicks didn't think about clearing out these fly-like hunting and ambush teams surrounding the military camp, but the camp was too close to the border of the mountainous area. It was easy for the ambush teams to evacuate immediately when they dispatched a large force.
Once, a large group of Hicks light cavalry caught up with an ambush team and trapped them on a small hillock. They were about to ambush the team with a horse attack. However, two more ambush teams rushed over next to them, carrying more than thirty new weapons.
The rifles opened fire at the same time. The conspicuous target was less than fifty meters away. Within five minutes, seventy or eighty of the light cavalry brigade of two hundred people fell, and the remaining Hicks light cavalry were frightened to move their horses.
Just run away, no one wants to rush forward and fight...
Hicks's two and a half standing regiments, who finally gathered in the fire-burned camp, had no choice but to retreat ten miles and rebuild a defensive camp. Claude also accepted the opportunity and ordered the third regiment
The ambush team was not to cross the distance of ten miles from the mountain border. Both sides used the abandoned Hicks Camp as the boundary, each guarding one side.
Claude knew very well that if he ordered the ambush team to move ten miles forward to ambush the enemy, he would fall into the Hicks' plan. Ten miles away from the mountain border could guarantee that the attacking team would be able to withdraw, but it would be difficult to tell if it was twenty miles away.
Well, the Hicks sent out the light cavalry brigade to seal the retreat, and then sent the Hicks veterans to clear out the ambush team, so the attacking team would never return.
About half a month later, General Bichklin came. He told Claude the news that the Nikancha armed forces guarding the eastern mountain front had also withdrawn, on the pretext of returning to their new territory to celebrate the New Year with their families.
General Bechklin said that in this battle with the Hicks, the Nikanchas suffered heavy casualties. One hundred thousand young and strong armed forces were handed over to the command of the war zone. Now that they have withdrawn to the new territory, only about 40,000 people have been killed, and the casualties have exceeded 60,000.
Wan, no one expected this.
The Nikancha battalions that were initially guarding important areas in the eastern frontier mountains were beaten to a pulp by the Hicks using iron pumpkins. They abandoned their positions and evacuated in embarrassment, losing three to four thousand people. Then the first attack on the Eastern Front
When the Tao defensive front fell, more than 10,000 people were lost. What is worth mentioning is that all the Nikanchas who fell into the hands of the Hicks were young and strong, regardless of whether they were injured or not, they were all executed. Perhaps the Hicks
He believed that any Nikancha who took up arms was no longer a good slave, so it was better to kill them all.
When they retreated to the second defensive line on the eastern front, the Hicks were already unable to succeed. In addition, Claude led the 131st Thunder Battalion to sneak into their rear and annihilate the two main field regiments. Therefore, the Hicks had no choice but to attack the second defensive line.
The attack by the second defensive line was loud with loud thunder and light rain, and even the Nikancha armed forces could easily repel the small group of Hicks attacking troops. During that time, the casualties of the Nikancha were very light, only one
There are about a thousand people.
Then Claude led the Thunder Legion to attack the Hicks General Logistics Base Camp in Rodex Bay Colony. After receiving the news, the two standing legions of the Hicks on the eastern front quietly began to evacuate. Before leaving,
They also deliberately launched a very fierce attack before, successfully confusing General Beach Green. It was not until a day later that General Beach Green discovered that he had been fooled. The Hicks had evacuated, and their camp was empty.
Empty.
General Bichklin decided to pursue the pursuit and dragged the Hicks in the eastern frontier mountainous area. At this time, the Nikancha people did not obey the command again. Everyone thought that victory was in sight. The Hicks fled in confusion and were beaten severely.
A good opportunity for a drowned dog. So everyone rushed to be the first, ignoring General Beachlin's pursuit and deployment, and swarmed away like a swarm of bees...
The Nikancha people thought too simply of pursuing victory, thinking that they could retaliate happily by catching up with the enemy's evacuating troops. As a result, what awaited these Nikancha people was a painful ambush experience. More than 30,000 Nikancha people were young.
The strong armed forces ran headlong into the ambush of the Hicks' rear troops. It was a large valley, the exit route was blocked, and iron pumpkins fell like raindrops. In addition, the light infantry field artillery shot attack and the Hicks veterans had a good time.
With precise aiming and shooting, these Nikanchas encountered a nightmare massacre.
Fortunately, General Bichiklin's troops arrived quickly and attacked from behind. The Hicks were defeated and evacuated, finally saving more than 10,000 Nikancha lucky men and thousands of wounded soldiers who had lost their souls.
.It’s just that this ambush battle took away the courage of all the young and armed Nikancha people. The remaining more than 30,000 Nikancha people were trembling with fear. They were frightened at the slightest sign of trouble, for fear of being attacked by something similar again.
of ambush.
General Bichklin had no choice but to place these Nikancha people on the back road and be responsible for the transportation of logistical supplies. He led the troops of the Rock Army to continue the pursuit.
At this time, General Beachlin only had three regiments and one battalion directly under the division headquarters as the main field force. In addition, the Thunder 131 reinforcement battalion sent by Claude and commanded by McJack later fought with the enemy in the eastern frontier mountainous area.
The pursuit battle that took place between the Hicks was conducted by these troops. The Nikancha people acted as soy saucers throughout the whole process and did not contribute any. They even lost part of the logistics materials they were responsible for transporting because they were accidentally dropped.
Went to the bottom of the cliff...
In fact, the Nikancha people also had the idea of new rifles and bullets, and General Bichiklin knew it well. The Nikancha people saw the power of the new rifles, so they sent several of their elders to ask the war zone to provide them with the new rifles.
Rifle, he was even willing to pay a high price of two hundred gold crowns for a new rifle, but was rejected by the war zone without hesitation.
However, considering that during the war, the frontline troops still needed the cooperation of these Nikancha people, General Bolognik and General Skrein discussed and asked Master Bird to act in a play for the Nikancha elders.
In a mysterious-looking room near the theater headquarters, Master Bird used the alchemy magic talisman array to refine the gun barrel and various accessories in front of these Nikancha elders. It took him a day to refine the gun barrel and various accessories.
Assemble a new rifle and ten rounds of ammunition.
General Bolognik and General Skri told these Nikancha elders that all the new rifles in the war zone were refined by rune mages from alchemy magic talismans in this way. If it were not for the purpose of resisting the attack of the Hicks
, there is no way to equip the troops with such precious magic items. This is all the result of the hard work of the rune mages in the war zone in recent years. Now even half of the troops directly under the war zone cannot equip them, let alone the Nikancha people.
It's two hundred gold crowns, that's two thousand gold crowns, uh, this price war zone needs to be carefully considered...
Although they fooled the Nikancha elders away, General Bolognik and General Skerry knew the nature of the Nikancha people very well. They would not give up so easily, so they sent a falcon message to remind Crow on the front line.
Generals De and Bychklin were wary of the Nikancha people's secret tricks and obtained new rifles from troops equipped with new rifles.
Claude's Thunder Legion was naturally fine. Except for General Albert's tricking Nikancha into attacking the Hicks camp with the Second Division, the 3rd Army, which was under the command of General Albert and was equipped with new rifles,
The battalion of the third regiment was regarded as the lifeline by General Albert, and it was closely watched. The Nikancha people could not get close to it at all.
It's a little more complicated on General Bichklin's side. They are all on the same defensive front. The Nikancha people especially like to circle around the regiment equipped with new rifles. Why did you go to the wrong camp and find someone to give a gift to a friend?
Various reasons emerged one after another, finally forcing General Beachlin to learn from McJack. The 131st Battalion of the Thunder Corps, which was also equipped with new rifles, refused to deal with the Nikanchas, and any Nikancha who approached the 131st Battalion
The Kamchat people all received the same treatment. They were given three warnings, and if they continued to approach, they would be shot and wounded immediately before being arrested...
All soldiers equipped with new rifles received a stern warning. They must sleep with the new rifles. Patrols at night are even stricter. Even if they go to the convenience, they must carry the new rifles or leave them to their comrades for safekeeping. Such severe measures have finally come to an end.
To avoid the bad news of the new rifle disappearing for no apparent reason, he stayed on the second defensive line for a month and captured the Nikancha thief Bi, who was said to be a repeat offender, from the camp of the regiment equipped with the new rifle.
Other groups have several times more.
After the pursuit began, the regiment equipped with new rifles was moved to the front and finally avoided the entanglement of the Nikancha people. Even if there were casualties in the battle, it was the first time to control the new rifles equipped by these casualties. Even if
The supply and transportation of those bullets are all personally escorted by the troops of the Rock Legion, so that accidents such as falling off the cliff will not happen...
Bichklin lamented that he actually spent more thought and energy on the Nikancha people than dealing with the Hicks. Just like the combat staff he sent to those Nikancha battalions to serve as officers in charge,
For a while at first, the Nikancha people obeyed the orders, but soon they stopped listening and left it to their own leaders to make the decision. So these combat staff officers who were responsible officers really became staff officers and could only provide advice.
In the end, the leader of the Nikancha people would rather come back than stay in the Nikancha camp.
In this pursuit, the one thousand mines that Claude gave to the 131st Battalion of Thunder made a great contribution. Originally, it was planned for McJack to lead the 131st Battalion to sneak into the Hicks' backroads and destroy them.
Logistics and transportation people did not expect that the Hicks would evacuate the entire army. Michael led the 131st Battalion on a rapid march to get in front of the Hicks' retreating troops, and successfully delayed their journey by relying on the mines they laid.
, in the end General Beachlin led the pursuing troops and successfully annihilated the remaining division of the Hicks.
The Hicks originally sent troops to rescue the besieged Duanhou troops, but they suffered heavy losses from the minefields planted by Mai Jack. They had no choice but to retreat and watched helplessly as the Duanhou troops were annihilated.
However, this was already the best effort of General Buechlin. If one of his regiments was not equipped with new rifles and was flanked by McJack's 131st Battalion, which finally wiped out the enemy's tenacious resistance, General Buechlin would still have done better.
There was really nothing we could do against the veteran Hicks who had an extremely tenacious fighting will in this division. Because the pursuit force he commanded was even at a disadvantage in terms of strength, the rear-cutting force formed by this veteran Hicks was eliminated, and the Rock Army also paid a great price.
The cost of nearly 10,000 casualties...
Another thing happened during this period. Because new weapons such as landmines are not as strictly monitored as new rifles, a box of four landmines entrusted to the Nikancha people to be transported to the front line was naturally included in the transportation process.
There was a list of losses caused by falling into the cliff. Even the Nikancha people who transported it cursed and swore that it really fell, and they even lost a donkey.
This was obviously a lie, because no donkey had ever carried only one box of land mines. There was no logic for these Nikancha people to lie. But General Bichklin thought that weapons like land mines were not as confidential as new rifles, so he decided
Forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with these Nikancha people.
As a result, these Nikancha people immediately asked for trouble and reaped the consequences. Two loud noises in the temporary camp at night almost startled everyone, thinking that it was the Hicks who had launched a night attack. However, after inspection, they discovered that
The explosion came from the camp of the Nikancha people. When I looked over, I found the two missing landmines. I also learned from a Nikancha man who was injured at the scene that it was the explosion of the other two mines.
the consequences caused.
The truth of the matter is very simple. After the Nikancha people accidentally planted a box of four landmines, several leaders held a banquet to celebrate in the evening. During the dinner, they took out the landmines to admire them. It was just that they regarded the landmines as grenades and thought they were with Xi.
The iron pumpkins produced by the Kes people are like ordinary. These four mines are pressure mines. These Nikancha people didn't know it. They looked around for match ropes or pulled the match ropes, but of course they couldn't find them.
Several leaders got together to study, and one of them accidentally pressed the compression spring on the mine. He was overjoyed and said that the trap was here. The other leader also picked up a mine and pressed it down, but still found no match rope or fuse.
He threw it on the table impatiently. Then, the mine exploded, and the mine in the hand of the other leader also exploded...
These two landmine explosions killed seven armed tribal leaders of the Nikancha people and a dozen Nikancha people who stayed in the tent to participate in the banquet. The Nikancha people who confessed all this were not standing at the entrance of the tent, which was a bit far away.
, maybe he would have died long ago.
Claude was speechless. He had known that the Nikancha people were strange, but they had never been so strange. Because of this incident, General Bichikerin even had a big quarrel with the four Nikancha elders who came to deal with the aftermath.
These four Nikancha elders actually put the blame on the war zone, believing that if the war zone had told them about landmines earlier, such a tragedy would not have happened. The deaths of seven tribal leaders have now fully proved
After entering the war zone, they did not trust the Nikancha people who cooperated with them.
"Claude, we won this battle with the Hicks by luck, but I can't bear to work with these Nikancha people next time. They are more worthy of our attention than the Hicks. This time I will return to the theater to take command.
The Ministry is holding a post-war summary meeting. I hope you will support my point of view. I would rather the Nikancha people become our enemies than our allies..." General Bichklin said.