In the spring of 1840, seven divisions of the Confederacy gathered north and south of the Longjiang River.
War is about to break out.
In fact, the royalist army has been at war with the so-called New Army of the Liberal Party, but the latter placed its most elite troops in the south to guard against the National Army.
After making full preparations, Sean issued a mobilization order to the entire army in the name of the Alliance Commander-in-Chief on February 28, calling on all officers and soldiers of the National Army to march bravely to the north.
The battle began at dawn on March 1.
The National Army used the 1st Army Corps as its sharp sword. After three days of fierce fighting, the National Army broke through two lines of defense of the New Army and recaptured seven towns. It did not come to an end until it encountered heavy enemy encirclement.
At this time, the National Army faced a large number of bunkers and solid fortifications built by the enemy. Although they had expected it, it was obvious that the enemy had done nothing in recent years. They were also equipped with a large number of new rifles, tactics and tactics.
It is also moving closer to the National Army, which has caused inevitable casualties to the National Army.
After the 1st Army annihilated more than one division of the enemy, it also lost one brigade. This exchange ratio was not bad, but it was obviously beyond the endurance of Army Commander Luca Mora.
Facing the enemy's intertwined bunkers, cross-fire network, and large amounts of artillery, Commander Mora realized that the enemy's forces had also been constantly evolving over the years.
The National Army is still a brand-new force. It has been a force with brand-new tactics since its birth. Now the enemy is using this seemingly dull but extremely effective tactics to effectively suppress the National Army's once-tried
Unpleasant tactics.
In a sense, the National Army has been engaged in asymmetric warfare before. Its enemy, the Bliss, not only lags behind it in weapons, but is also extremely conservative in its tactics. This has led to the Bliss being on the battlefield.
I always get beaten passively.
By the end of March, although the 1st Army Corps had inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy, it did not happen as they had optimistically estimated - the enemy troops fled.
After the enemy army adapted to the fighting style of the National Army, they became more tenacious in fighting.
Sean did not blame his subordinates for this. He had been mentally prepared for this. From his height, the massive amount of intelligence about the enemy gave him a sufficient understanding of the enemy's strength. The Holy City had almost exhausted its resources.
Most of it is used to increase the strength of the army.
Under the gloomy sky, the roar of artillery was heard, and the choking smell of gunpowder smoke was everywhere.
A group of National Army soldiers lay on the ground unable to raise their heads. The enemy soldiers were vaguely visible in the ditch in front. Some National Army soldiers threw several grenades at the enemy soldiers, and the grenades exploded in the crowd of enemy soldiers.
Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the explosion, the pair of soldiers stood up suddenly and ran towards the trench. When they jumped down from the trench, they were shocked to find that the enemy had built several hiding holes in the trench that could only accommodate two or three soldiers.
These enemy troops suddenly opened fire, and the National Army soldiers had no way to stop them and fell into a pool of blood one after another.
The National Army soldiers observing from the front issued an order for artillery fire. In less than twenty seconds, a large number of artillery shells were saturating the place where the soldiers fell.
The shells were pouring out like they were free, and the enemy had to find bunkers. When the sound of artillery stopped, it was the time for the National Army to charge. At this time, the enemy troops were like poisonous snakes awakening from the eyes of winter, and they all raised their rifles to fight back.
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For every soldier, war is about life and death, or life and death, regardless of any doctrine.
Every time they fought for a trench or a bunker, the National Army had to pay a considerable price. In many cases, soldiers from both sides fought hand-to-hand in front of the formation.
Sean set up his headquarters less than twenty kilometers away from the front line, and combat reports on the front line were delivered to him like a stream of water every hour.
He rarely interfered with the command of the frontline headquarters. What he did most was to coordinate plans and assess the situation between the enemy and ourselves on the frontline with senior officers.
In the eyes of his subordinates, Sean always looks calm and confident of victory. In fact, he does not have any magic bullet to quickly defeat his opponent.
Before the war broke out, his subordinates had a tendency to believe in quick victory. In fact, this also represented the view of many southerners.
This is understandable, because on the surface, the Nationalist army is well fed and its military equipment is as abundant as boiled water.
One month after the war broke out, the senior officers were overwhelmed by the casualties on the front lines, and the enemy's tenacity surprised them even more. In the eyes of the Nationalist officers, their own soldiers were too precious.
"Soldiers are just a number, especially to our enemies. Obviously our firepower is much stronger than the enemy's, but the enemy has a numerical advantage and spends a lot of manpower and material resources to build strong fortifications. They also pay special attention to it.
The training level of artillery and artillery is not inferior to ours, which largely offsets our advantage in firepower."
Sean said to his subordinates, he looked around and continued:
"The war is not only about the support of the people, nor is it only about the courage of the soldiers, it is directly affected by the amount of war resources. In other words, the war is about the overall strength. At the moment, it is just a dessert before the dinner, at least at the end of the year.
We will see no signs of enemy decline until now. You must give up the idea of quick victory and fight one battle after another until our enemies surrender."
Chief of General Staff Villar Perosa said: "What the commander-in-chief means is that the enemy is far from exhausted. They have been preparing for this war in the past few years and have sufficient supplies. In addition, don't forget
The Assyrian army has not yet moved south."
When the Assyrians were mentioned, all the officers present gritted their teeth. The fact that the nouveau riche of the Holy City colluded with the invaders was enough to make everyone angry.
"This is exactly the meaning of our participation in this war. It is the duty of every Europa soldier to liberate the Europa people and save them from slavery." Sean's eyes fell on Luca Mora, "So
, the situation faced by the 1st Army Corps is insignificant, you have more important responsibilities to shoulder."
"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, I would like to review to you that as a commander, I have underestimated the enemy a bit." Luca Mora lowered his head and said.
Sean shook his head: "No, I don't mean to accuse you. The 1st Army Corps actually performed very well. I want the 1st Army Corps to withdraw first and let other legions take turns to participate in the battle. All troops must truly experience the fierce battle.
It’s so cruel. Because everyone is queuing up, do you have the nerve to occupy the best position?”
All the officers laughed. Before Sean finished speaking, they all raised their hands to speak, sweeping away the previous dull mood.
"According to the order of operations, each legion has one month to serve as the main offensive." Sean finally ordered.