"...We can't get help from defensive positions here." Colonel Derivic said with a wry smile to his adjutant, Lieutenant Widalek: "Although our weapons and soldiers have higher combat effectiveness than the Nasseri people
Several times more, but here in Durmel County, the terrain cannot help us. The enemy's strength advantage is too obvious. Let the 28th Battalion on the front line withdraw and let the prepared 7th Battalion come forward to respond.
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The 7th Regiment of the 2nd Thunder Division has been besieged by a legion of the Nasseri Kingdom since the morning of October 17. If the enemy only has one division, then the 7th Regiment should be able to defend itself even on flat ground.
position. But as soon as the enemy came up, they mobilized a legion of troops, and outflanked them from the front and the left and right wings. Like a rising tide, they launched attacks one after another, causing a lot of damage to the defensive positions of the 7th Regiment.
A lot of pressure.
The so-called defensive front was nothing more than a few trenches dug on flat ground and built on a small river half a meter deep. From a terrain perspective, such a defensive position did not bring much defensive reinforcement to the 7th Regiment.
The success is nothing more than reducing the casualties of the soldiers and having a place to hide before the enemy's grenades and artillery bombardments. However, in the face of the enemy's endless wave-like attacks, the soldiers defending the position still paid a lot of effort.
of casualties.
I have to admit that Prince Darklind is more courageous and knows better military command than Prince Vedario who fought against the Thunder Legion. The Nasiri Kingdom army that launched the attack no longer used the traditional marching pattern, but formed a formation.
The skirmishers attacked the defensive positions in rows, and began to lie down on the ground and crawl forward when they were two hundred meters away from the position. They only climbed to within seventy or eighty meters before starting to fight with the Thunder Legion defending the position.
Officers and soldiers exchanged fire.
The Nasseri Corps, which launched the attack at the same time, abandoned those wooden platoon vehicles and shield vehicles. Instead, it placed the hurlers and light muzzle-loading artillery behind the charging infantry, approached the defensive position, and began to fire or fire as soon as it reached the firing range.
Throwing grenades to attack defensive positions is also the biggest cause of casualties among defenders.
War will make fools smarter, and the offensive plan proposed by the Alliance army after suffering losses from the Rock Legion has also been greatly improved. Although the new rifles and new artillery equipped by the Thunder Legion are indeed very powerful, Nasser is now
The offensive method adopted by the Li Kingdom also caused the 7th Regiment guarding the defensive position to focus on one thing and not the other.
The skirmish line attack has made the bombing of new artillery lose greater lethality. One shell explosion can only kill single-digit enemies, and the enemy's strength can now afford such casualties. When it is two hundred meters away from the defensive position,
The crawling attack made it much more difficult for the soldiers in the trenches to aim and shoot. Some soldiers of the Nasseri Kingdom even piled the corpses of their comrades in front of them as cover. Even with matchlock guns, they could shoot at a distance of 70 to 80 meters.
It posed a fatal threat to the officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion guarding the defensive position.
There are also throwers and front-loaded light artillery arranged behind the charging infantry. They are spread out very far, which brings great difficulties to the aiming and firing of the artillery. It takes several rounds to hit a target, and at the same time, guard against the enemy throwing it.
Throwing grenades and solid iron projectiles fired from artillery. Even though the regiment of the Nasseri Kingdom had paid several times more casualties than the Seventh Regiment during the attack, it was still an insignificant battle against its huge force.
damage......
The 7th Regiment of the 2nd Thunder Division commanded by Colonel Derivic could only retreat while fighting, slowly wearing down the offensive spirit of the Nasseri Corps. Anyway, Claude's order did not tell them to hold on, but to let them defend.
They lured the enemy to the royal city of Polyvisia...
From morning to evening, the 7th Regiment finally broke away from contact with the enemy. According to calculations, the enemy should have paid casualties of two regiments today, and the casualties of the 7th Regiment were close to one battalion, which is almost a quarter of the strength.
Damage. Colonel Derivic was very distressed. He didn't know how much of the 7th Regiment's complete combat strength would be preserved after completing the five-day mission assigned by Claude.
Today, the mission of the Second Division of the Thunder Legion is to block. The four main field regiments are all the same as the Seventh Regiment. They open the frontal defense line to block the enemy's attack. The Seventh Regiment's mission is to defend the left wing of the entire defense line and face the enemy alone.
The legion's attack experienced greater pressure than the 5th and 6th regiments in frontal defense. However, Colonel Derivic still successfully completed the task, in line with the gradual retreat of the entire defense line.
In the evening, the 1st Thunder Division under the command of General Belklin attacked, causing some trouble for the enemy who had captured the defense line. At the very least, it did not allow the enemy to rest in peace and recharge. As Claude said, although it was
We should also care about our enemies' physical and mental health, and fire a few cannons at night to remind them to remember to pee...
When the Second Thunder Division carried out blocking operations during the day, the First Thunder Division continued to dig trenches in the rear as a defensive position for the Second Thunder Division to continue blocking the enemy the next day. At the same time, a main light cavalry regiment also needed to be dispatched to monitor the enemy's movements.
Be careful to prevent the three light cavalry divisions from the Principality of Karrnath in the Alliance army from outflanking and attacking from the rear.
However, at the division headquarters in the evening, Claude praised Colonel Derivic very much, because his seventh regiment suffered the fewest casualties in today's battle, and the other three regiments also faced the attack of an enemy regiment each. The soldiers
They were enthusiastic on the battlefield and even launched several counterattacks. Although they inflicted heavy losses on the enemy in front of them, their own casualties were also greater. The sixth regiment suffered more than 2,000 casualties and was almost in a semi-disabled state.
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Claude was very angry because of this: "This is the territory of the Kingdom of Nasseri. No matter how heavy the enemy's casualties are, they can still be supplemented. And our soldiers will lose one casualty every time. Every soldier is a valuable combat force!"
Don’t forget what we said when we set off from the Dominion, and try to bring our soldiers back alive and kicking, rather than bringing back cold urns.”
After setting off the fire, Claude began to discuss and summarize the experience and lessons learned from today's blocking battle with the senior officers of the Second Division present.
"We lack the weapons to deal with the enemy's skirmisher line." Colonel Derivic was the first to speak: "Although the new artillery is good, it cannot fire shot shells, and it is even useless against the enemy infantry that rushes within a hundred meters in front of the position. In addition, we have
Although the soldiers were equipped with steel helmets, which effectively reduced casualties during the shooting, it did not make us unscathed. In addition, the enemy also learned to take cover. They used the corpses of their companions and earth bags to pile up in front to block the guns.
Sometimes we need to use grenade attacks. But the trenches are too small and not suitable for placing throwers..."
Speaking of which, this is indeed a bit too careless of the Thunder Legion, because no one expected that the enemy would adopt such an attack method. Originally, everyone thought that they could lie down in the trench and easily use the enemy as a target, so that the enemy could not get close.
A hundred meters away from the defense line. But I didn’t expect that the enemy would also learn from the experience on the battlefield. They used this offensive method to make it clear that they were using their strength advantage to consume the Thunder Legion’s combat power and ammunition, and at the same time reduce the casualties of some attacking troops.
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"We should deploy old-fashioned muzzle-loading light artillery on the front line to deal with the enemy's skirmisher line attacks. In addition, we also need to set up light throwers in the trenches to bombard the prostrate enemy infantry. And the new artillery should be the first to do so.
Deal with the enemy's throwers and muzzle-loading artillery and eliminate the threat to our defensive positions." Another regimental commander spoke, and received the approval of the senior officers present.
Claude nodded: "We have already improved these. Currently, the field regiment directly under the legion is guarding more than 30,000 prisoners overnight to improve the positions you will defend tomorrow. I believe that the enemy will regret using today's attack again tomorrow.
Yes, my request is that your defense tomorrow will cause a lot of damage to the enemy while also reducing your own casualties.
At about three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, you can retreat, and we will reset the defensive position thirty miles away. Remember, retreat while fighting. The final battlefield will be under the royal city. And the enemy we really want to deal with is
The five standing Hicks legions at the end are not the cannon fodder legions of the Nasseri Kingdom now..."
If the first contact battle and night attack hadn't wiped out the 30,000 to 40,000 leading troops of the Alliance Army, leaving the Thunder Legion with more than 30,000 prisoners. Then faced with the approaching Alliance Army, Claude might have really
The best strategy was to lead the Thunder Legion and look for opportunities to annihilate the enemy during the movement. However, after adding more than 30,000 prisoners, Claude thought that he might as well use these prisoners as labor to fight a few blocking battles with the alliance army.
One is to use the powerful power of new weapons to kill and reduce the enemy's strength, and at the same time test the alliance army's determination to fight decisively. As expected, the Kingdom of Hicks placed the five legions of the Kingdom of Nasseri in front.
It was used as cannon fodder. As the winner of the two princes' battle for the right to inherit the throne, Prince Darklind naturally worked very hard and occupied the defensive position hastily set up by the Thunder Legion in one day.
After a day of offensive and defensive battles, the only thing that dissatisfied Claude was that the Thunder's Second Division suffered a lot of casualties. The total casualties were nearly 5,000 people, which was almost a regiment less troops. Although there were more casualties and fewer casualties,
The impact on the combat power of the Second Division is still somewhat large. As for the five standing corps of Nasseri that launched the attack, the casualties should be close to 70,000, a casualty rate of one-fifth. I believe that their attack tomorrow will be less vigorous.
Thunderous artillery sounds were heard in the distance, and hundreds of long-barreled rockets with flaming tails flew through the air. Claude knew that this was the attack of the 1st Thunder Division led by Belklin.
The army of the Kingdom of Nasseri, which occupied the defensive position, launched a night attack. But what surprised Claude was that the sound of artillery stopped quickly, and the long-barreled rockets were no longer fired. Instead, fierce gunfire rang out.
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Not long after, Claude was broken into the tent by his adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Mason Hughes, who reported bad news. That was that the 1st Thunder Division, which attacked the enemy's position at night, was suddenly attacked by three light cavalry divisions from the Principality of Karnars.
, is currently in a fierce battle.
To make matters worse, the enemy had already planned and used the darkness as a cover to ambush the Karrnath light cavalry on one side early. When General Belklin led the Thunder 1st Division to attack, he divided his troops into
One battalion after another, so when encountering a surprise attack by the enemy's light cavalry brigade, they were unable to assemble their forces at all and suffered great damage...
Claude knocked his head with his fist, and he was careless again. He attacked the enemy every day at night. No matter how stupid the enemy was, he would react and be prepared. The soldiers of the Thunder Legion were accustomed to thinking that the enemy would only
I stayed in the camp and was beaten passively. I never thought that the enemy would set up traps to counterattack. This time I really suffered a big loss.
When the Thunder 2nd Division was dispatched urgently to meet the Thunder 1st Division, they discovered that the Thunder 1st Division had suffered casualties of nearly 12,000 people, almost two main field regiments, and even Belklin's left shoulder was damaged.
One knife, and his body was covered in blood.
Fortunately, his life was not in danger. Dr. Perrente who came over said that he was lucky. If the knife had been slightly lower, more slanted, and harder, General Belklin would have become a one-armed general from then on. Fortunately, the doctor beside Belklin
The guards came to the rescue early, and with one knife cut off the Karrnath light cavalry who rushed in front of General Belkrin's horse, saving General Belkling's arm.
After the bandage was completed, Dr. Perrent said that if he wanted to save the arm, General Belklin needed to rest for half a year without exerting force, so that the wound on his left arm could recover. This meant that Belklin had to be sent to the rear and could not stay any longer.
On the front line, Claude was very depressed. He was ambushed in a night attack and his right-hand man was injured. It was really a terrible experience.
The only thing that made Claude happy was the timely rescue of the Second Thunder Division, which used ferocious firepower to kill a large number of the light cavalry of the Principality of Karnars. The number of enemy casualties is currently being counted, and it is estimated that the loss is no less than one division.
There are also two not-so-good news. Because the three light cavalry regiments from the Principality of Karnas arrived unexpectedly and unexpectedly, the unsuspecting Thunder First Division suffered a big loss from the beginning, and two of them were directly annihilated.
The battalion lost many new rifles and several new artillery...
Claude could only wave his hands. It was impossible for the new rifles and new artillery not to suffer losses on the battlefield, but the losses tonight were unexpected. However, there was nothing that could be done about the new rifles and new artillery even if they were copied by the enemy.
, the key is to see whether the enemy can prevent the gunpowder invented by Mrs. Sonia. There is not much chemical and physical research in this world, but more about the experiments and self-exploration of rune magicians in the alchemical magic array. So a certain
Some secret materials, if you don't know the details of the formula, it is difficult to imitate the exact same materials.
This may be the weirdness and selfishness of this Faslan world. Unlike the modern history of the previous world, science and exploration discoveries are eager to be known to the world. It is precisely because of this that there is a table of chemical elements, various physics
and mathematical theorems and formulas, only the scientists who come later will stand on the shoulders of these scientific giants and lead the development of civilization and technology...
But here, every rune magician hides his discoveries and inventions in his own mind. The law is not passed down lightly. In addition, the upper class of each country has a monopoly on knowledge. There is very little knowledge like physics and chemistry.
It will be taught to a large number of students in schools. Just like the Kingdom of Ovelas, even though it advertises universal education, what it actually implements is a strategy to fool the people. No wonder countries in the mainland are still playing with matchlocks for more than six hundred years, and scientific research seems to have stagnated.
Normal in space and time.
After regaining consciousness, Claude began to ask about the attack on the First Thunder Division at night. In fact, it was very simple. Belklin habitually ordered his four light cavalry field regiments to be divided into four directions, and then used one battalion as a combat unit.
The artillery bombarded the enemy's positions and camps, and fired long-barreled rockets to harass the enemy camps. No one expected that the three light cavalry divisions of the Principality of Karnars had already been ambushing aside. They divided into three arrows to attack the left and middle of the Thunder Legion.
Come.
The night made the soldiers of the Thunder Legion ignore the whereabouts of the light cavalry of the Principality of Karnas. When they discovered the enemy's surprise attack, the distance between the two sides was already very close. The soldiers of the Thunder 1st Division, which was a battalion unit, simply could not resist the enemy.
The brigade of light cavalry swept through the attack. After the rifle magazine was fired, there was no time to reload, and most of them just drew their sabers and started killing each other.
General Belklin was involved in the battlefield like this, and he didn't even have time to send a signal for the two regiments on the right to gather their forces. The light cavalry of the Principality of Karrnath used the darkness of night to engage in a melee with the officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion, and no one became a target.
Due to scruples, the fighting was extremely fierce, and the 1st Thunder Division suffered the heaviest casualties at this moment. Fortunately, the 2nd Thunder Division came to rescue quickly and used rifle volleys to cut off the follow-up reinforcements of the Karrnath Light Cavalry, allowing the enemy to retreat.
Perhaps it was the victory of Karrnath's light cavalry in the ambush raid last night that boosted their morale, or perhaps it was the reward promised by the alliance's top military leaders that was particularly generous. The attack launched by the Nasseri infantry the next day was even more crazy. It's just that the Thunder's 2nd Division
They were prepared in advance and deliberately lured the enemy to attack. Whenever the enemy couldn't hold on and wanted to retreat, they would abandon a line of defense. They always made the enemy mistakenly think that they could capture all defensive positions with more effort, thus ignoring their own casualties.
After the Thunder Legion finally gave up its entire defensive position and evacuated in large strides, the senior officers of the Nasseri Kingdom discovered that more than half of their four legions had suffered casualties and were unable to fight anymore. More than 200,000 troops were invested in the crazy attack, fighting fiercely throughout the day.
, after occupying the enemy's defensive position, it was discovered that the remaining troops were only about 100,000. The battlefield was littered with the corpses and wounded of Nasseri soldiers, but the enemy took away all their wounded and the remains of the soldiers who died in battle...
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After this blocking battle, the Kingdom of Nasseri was no longer able to fight anymore, and their remaining troops could only be organized into two unsatisfied legions. Now it was only the turn of the five standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks to go into battle in person.
But it was surprising to find that the Thunder Legion did not set up defensive positions to block the advancement of the Alliance army, but quickly evacuated to the Royal City of Polyvisia, even abandoning the more than 30,000 captives. However, these more than 30,000 captives were also
Being cut by a knife in the thigh not only cannot be a help to the Alliance army, but also puts a burden on the Alliance army.
The commander of the Hicks Kingdom and the senior officers of the Alliance Army agreed that the Thunder Legion must have consumed too much ammunition and suffered heavy casualties, so they had no choice but to give up the plan of blocking and evacuate to the royal city as soon as possible. This was a big problem for the Alliance Army.
The best fighters must catch up as soon as possible to avoid being forced to pack up their belongings and evacuate the royal city by the Thunder Legion...