Perhaps for the Hicks people, the floating trestle in the fishing port town is their confidence to confront the Thunder Legion outside Lanhu City. As long as there is that floating trestle, whether it is the subsequent support of troops or the replenishment of military supplies, they will
They were continuously transported from far away. So after learning that the fishing port town was burned to ashes and the floating trestle was also burned, the Hicks in the camp outside Lanhu City immediately started a commotion. Everyone knew that they had no way out.
For the territorial war zone, these nearly 100,000 Hicks have become turtles in the urn and have lost their threat. Especially their senior officers and commanding officials don’t know what they think, but they actually want to go to the Mormali Territory.
Retreat. Claude later asked several senior prisoners to learn the reason. The Hicks wanted to retreat to the Mormali Direct Territory, and build a pontoon bridge from the beach area on the seaside to the deep sea to give the trapped eight or nine
Thousands of people found a way out.
One of the two local garrison regiments in the Mormali Direct Territory was dispatched to the command of General Beach Kerin and is fighting in the eastern frontier mountains. The other received an urgent transfer order from Claude and went to the test in the Tiersim Direct Territory.
The Port of Bichus assisted in the defense of the city. There was no longer a defender in the Mormali Territory. The Hicks only sent two light cavalry field regiments and successfully occupied the entire territory. Perhaps this was the decision of the Hicks to all
The reason why the army retreated to the direct jurisdiction of Mormali.
Claude can only feel sad for the nearly 100,000 Hicks. If he is the frontline commander of the Hicks, then there is only one option, which is to retreat to the fishing port town, cut down the trees again, and build a floating trestle.
So that the troops can escape. After all, the fishing port town is much closer than the seaside town in Mormali Direct Territory. Even though it was burned to a white ground, there are many mountains and forests around the village. Building a
Temporary floating bridges are still possible.
But the senior officers of the Hicks decided to evacuate to the seaside town of Mormali Direct Territory and build a pontoon bridge on the beach there. They did not care about reality and commanded blindly. It is very simple.
After the Thunder Legion arrived in Lanhu City, the Hicks no longer had the possibility of any infantry unit leaving the camp. The roaring light cavalry of the Thunder Legion had already taken the initiative on the entire battlefield.
Especially at night, for the Hicks in the camp, the Thunder Legion has almost become a nightmare for all Hicks officers and soldiers. They launched attacks from all directions of the camp, bombarding the camp with grenades, and the Hicks
It was the exhausting efforts of putting out fires and resisting everywhere that prevented the Thunder Legion from breaking through the camp. Many Hicks officers and soldiers never slept well after the Thunder Legion arrived in Lanhu City. The two black eye sockets have become their most conspicuous
's logo.
As for the light cavalry of the Royal Knights Reserve Corps, they were so frightened by the Thunder Legion that they could not leave the camp's grenade throwing range even during the day. Countless light cavalry sent out for reconnaissance fell into disarray as soon as they left the camp.
They became the target of an ambush by the Thunder Legion. The clear gunshots meant that each of the Hicks light cavalry fell under their horses.
If Claude hadn't discovered that the Hicks were still fighting, and attacking the camp would have caused relatively heavy casualties to the Thunder Legion soldiers, he would have defeated the Hicks camp long ago. Now that the war is under his control and rhythm
Among them, Claude didn't mind letting these Hicks survive for a while, and then destroy them in one battle when they ran out of ammunition, food, and morale. That would be much easier and wouldn't cost a lot of casualties.
So after McJack and Blovik led the 131st Battalion and the Wolf Fang Squadron to escort the prisoners back to life, Claude ordered the release of several officer prisoners and let them bring them to the Hicks in the camp to cut off their escape routes.
news, in order to speed up the desperate psychological process of these Hicks, and at the same time see how these Hicks who stick to the camp will respond. Continuing to stick to the camp will only lead to death, but leaving the camp will give the Thunder Legion
Bringing bigger fighters...
Claude did not expect that the Hicks in the camp would decide to evacuate to the Mormali Direct Territory. Perhaps the towns they occupied gave the Hicks a false sense of security, thinking that it was their territory.
. Or maybe it was because they could get sufficient supplies of food and grass in the direct jurisdiction of Mormali, so on the third day after learning that the fishing port town was burned to the ground, the Hicks broke out of camp and withdrew to Mormali.
The demesne of Almali.
With ten thousand people and boundless territory, the Hicks' 70,000 to 80,000 men and horses who were guarding the camp retreated with great force. The remaining five light cavalry regiments served as pioneers and broke through the peripheral ambush set by the Thunder Legion regardless of casualties.
line, leaving the bodies of nearly a thousand men and horses behind, opening the passage to the Mormali Direct Territory for the following infantry units. Then the Hicks light cavalry turned their horses and guarded the two wings of the evacuating troops.
Started a desperate fight with the light cavalry troops of the Thunder Legion who came for reinforcements...
Claude was almost shocked when he heard the report that the Hicks army had evacuated the camp and headed to the Mormali Direct Territory. He could not figure out the reason why the Hicks did this. Because from outside Lanhu City,
It takes seven days to travel from the camp to the Mormali Direct Territory on foot, and the Thunder Legion is a light cavalry legion. How are the Hicks prepared to use these seven days and nights to resist the successive attacks and attacks launched by the light cavalry?
?
Claude ordered not to block the direction of the Hicks, but to deal with the remaining light cavalry units of the Royal Knights Reserve Corps first, so as to reduce unnecessary trouble for subsequent attacks. Two days ago, the Hicks evacuated
The troops were relatively organized. They were divided into divisions. The front division built a simple defensive position on the spot after walking for half a day, dug trenches and built artillery forts, guarded the light cavalry on both sides, and responded to the subsequent evacuating troops.
The defender of the rear.
The same thing happened the next day. The division that set off first stopped building a defensive line after marching for half a day. Although this would delay the retreat, it was able to preserve most of the evacuated troops. This is also the military practice of various countries in Farea.
Common sense. At the same time, in the ranks of the evacuated infantry troops, vehicles are always outside, and the troops are marching among them to prevent being attacked by the enemy...
Claude observed for two days and quickly decided on tactics. First, he separated the first and second divisions of the Thunder Legion, and took turns harassing and night attacking the Hicks' evacuated troops. Secondly, he ordered the troops to attack
Taking the battalion as a unit, it only attacks on the periphery, using grenades and infantry light field artillery to conduct long-distance attacks, and lures the pursuing enemy into its own ambush circle to annihilate the pursuers. It also uses the large-scale transfer of light cavalry and
The ability to march long distances and conduct a comprehensive attack on the entire Hicks evacuation force...
In less than three days, the Hicks faced the collapse of their entire army. While most of the Royal Knights Reserve Corps was still there, the march of the evacuated troops was relatively normal. After all, the light cavalry of the Thunder Legion came to attack and harass the troops.
They were always blocked by the Hicks light cavalry. But as the number of light cavalry in the Royal Knights Reserve Corps became less and less, with only about one regiment left, the senior commanders of the Hicks people were reluctant to send any more.
They went to die, but the retreating infantry units were attacked day and night, all the time.
Just when I was about to drink some hot soup during the meal, the enemy came, and a few grenades or solid projectiles flew into the queue of people, taking away the lives of a few unlucky people and often making the entire queue jump. It was not easy.
The enemy's light cavalry withdrew and turned around to see that the hot soup was gone. It was either poured or stained with blood or mud, and they couldn't drink it even if they wanted to...
Just when I closed my eyes at night, there was an explosion somewhere again, and the enemy's night attack troops were circling around the position again. A good night's sleep and some hot food became a luxury. Within three days, they were still marching on the road.
All the Hicks soldiers were staggering and numb. Even when the light cavalry of the Thunder Legion attacked again, some people expected to be killed by a shot of a gun, which was better than suffering on the road without sleep.
On the sixth day, Claude issued the order for a general attack. The Hicks infantry troops at the rear had lost their determination to resist. They just stood there in a daze, watching the light cavalry of the Thunder Legion leaping towards them with their swords.
The team rushed forward, but even if there were Hicks soldiers who wanted to resist, they were slow to react and were chopped down by the enemy like wooden stakes. When the light cavalry of the Thunder Legion shouted to surrender their guns and not kill, more Hicks soldiers
As if relieved, they threw down the muskets in their hands and fell to the ground and fell asleep. For them, the war was finally over.
Not all Hicks are like this. The Hicks unit located in the center of the army should be considered the most energetic one. Here are gathered the Hicks' senior command and elite guard troops. They were located in all locations during the evacuation.
The center of the army received the least attacks and harassment. Therefore, when the Thunder Legion launched the general attack, this part of the Hicks responded the fastest. They abandoned all the heavy supplies, collected a large number of pack horses, and gathered the remaining light troops.
The cavalry left the infantry behind as a block, and then broke through with all their strength towards the Mormali Direct Territory.
The light cavalry of the Thunder Legion gathered most of the Hicks prisoners and followed them all the way, but they still couldn't catch up. The Hicks who fled to the Mormali Territory were gathered in every town they arrived at.
Their garrison evacuated all the way, and when they finally retreated into the seaside town of Popbia, a town under the direct jurisdiction of Mormali, they were overtaken by the light cavalry of the Thunder Legion. The Hicks had no choice but to close their doors in Popbia.
To defend themselves, their total troops at this time only amounted to more than 10,000 people.
Although the town of Popbia is close to the sea, it does not have a port topography like a fishing port town. It is five hundred meters away from the sea. It is a beautiful brown sand beach, which is a thousand meters away from the shallow sea to the deep sea. Sigg
Several warships of the Sea King Fleet of the Kingdom of Hicks were wandering in the deep sea area. They could see the flag of the Kingdom of Hicks flying over the town of Popbia and the fireworks signals warning for help, but there was nothing they could do.
A light cavalry battalion that was the first to arrive from the Thunder Legion has surrounded the entire town of Popbia. They are only responsible for monitoring the movements of the Hicks in the town, so as to avoid giving these Hicks time to go to the beach to build any floating bridges, and at the same time
Send troops to set fire to the small fishing boats of the town residents placed on the beach, so that the besieged Hicks people lose the opportunity for senior officers to abandon the large troops and board the boats to escape...
Although the strength of the light cavalry battalion of the Thunder Legion outside the town was ten times greater, the Hicks who occupied the town of Popbia had no intention of leaving the town to fight. The escape along the way had consumed too much of their energy, and they entered the town.
Afterwards, most of Hicks' senior officers just ate something and found a place to fall asleep. Only a few troops were arranged to set up a defensive cordon outside the town.
The next day, a regiment of Thunder Legion light cavalry arrived at the town of Popbia. By this time, the senior officers of Hicks, who had regained their energy, were already unable to escape. They stood on the wall of the town and looked at Hicks on the sea.
The kingdom's warships were crying without tears. Nothing was more desperate than the scene before them. The few hundred meters from the town to the beach had become a chasm for them to escape from the predicament. The light cavalry of the Thunder Legion set up a trap here.
Ambush positions, anyone who wants to go to the beach will become their shooting target...
When General Albert led the two light cavalry field regiments of the Second Division of the Thunder Legion to the town of Popbia, the besieged Hicks no longer had any hope of escaping. After two days of negotiations, these
After the senior officers and commanders of the Kingdom of Hicks obtained General Albert's promise to allow their families to come to redeem their return to the country, they simply ordered the troops to lay down their weapons and raise the white flag to surrender.
Then, under the watchful eyes of three Hicks Kingdom warships at sea, the Hicks Kingdom military flag over Popbia Town fell, and the national flag of the Overas Kingdom and the military flag of the overseas territorial war zone slowly rose...
The recapture of Popbia Town meant that the Direct Territory War Zone annihilated the three standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks that were deep inside the war zone, shattering Hicks' strategy of attacking from the east to the west. But at the same time, this war also brought consequences to the Direct Territory War Zone.
Very heavy losses, with casualties as high as 30,000, of which nearly 10,000 were residents killed and injured by the Hicks. Property damage was about 20 million gold crowns. Lanhu City needs to be rebuilt, as well as fishing port towns, and those
The residents injured by the Hicks and the property losses plundered require pensions and compensation from the war zone.
Nearly 200,000 Hicks landed in the fishing port town. The three standing legions suffered nearly half casualties and only about 80,000 prisoners. But this is not surprising, because among them there is the Second Legion of Avenge, which is composed of captured veterans.
The legion was almost completely wiped out. During the attack on Lanhu City, they suffered more than 40,000 casualties. It was these veterans who resisted the most during the evacuation. They would rather die in battle than be prisoners again...
Claude finally solved the mystery in his heart. After questioning the senior Hicks officers who surrendered, he realized that the Marquis Clario de Xirios who had succeeded the previous frontline commander had arrived.
After colonizing Rodex Bay, he became unaccustomed to the local environment. After formulating the plan to land in the fishing port town, he was vomiting and was sent back to the kingdom. He didn't know if he could be rescued.
The senior officers of the three standing corps who implemented this plan received orders from King Medid III, requiring them to completely destroy the administrative center of the theater and the seat of the theater headquarters, Lanhu City, in order to vent their anger at the failure of the previous four colonial wars.
.In addition, according to the traditional rules of war among various countries in the Farea continent, capturing the enemy's royal capital means winning the war, and Lanhu City is also equivalent to the royal capital of a direct-administered territory, so the Hicks are focused on fighting Lanhu City.
Fight to the end...
However, this victory does not mean the end of this colonial war. The Sea King Fleet and the United Fleet of the Hicks Kingdom are still cruising in the waters of the territorial war zone, watching with eager eyes. There are still four Hicks in Rodex Bay Colony.
The standing legions of the Kingdom of Sri Lanka, Claude's Thunder Legion, can only stay in the two direct territories of Mormali and Amphiston to maintain order and clean up the mess. Next, the garrison forces along the coastal areas of each direct territory must be rearranged.
To prevent another landing sneak attack by the Hicks...
When Claude was very busy, it was already the end of the year, and the 593rd year of the Holy Light Calendar was coming to an end soon. However, the arrival of this New Year's Eve was not very festive. The ruins of Lanhu City showed the war.
The cruelty and post-war trauma. The Falcon message sent by General Beachlin said that after receiving the news that the three standing regiments that landed in the fishing port town deep inside the war zone were completely destroyed, the Hicks were no longer able to
Instead of attacking forward, we shrink our troops and strengthen the defenses in the frontier mountainous areas, switching from offense to defense...