The clouds of war have actually been floating over the castle for a long time. After learning that Mayne was breached, the castle's lord, Dom Brann, was already wary of his neighbors.
This castle lord who is nearly sixty years old is also a powerful character, not comparable to the two idiot city lords of Mayne and Fukou. The castle is also a rich territory, with many mineral deposits, and he lives a good life.
There are 1,000 cavalry in the castle, which is the proudest thing about the castle. These cavalry have the best horses, are well-trained, and can fight well. Even when facing the nomads in the north, they are powerful and win more than they lose.
exist.
Moreover, he formed an alliance with his neighbors to the east, Beijun and Hanhai, half a year ago, in order to target the Principality of Ellenhill, which had already acquired three territories.
On the other hand, he also increased the price of steel sold to the Principality of Ireland, strictly limited the total amount of steel sold, extorted more than 150,000 gold coins, strengthened himself, and weakened Ireland to a certain extent.
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As a result, just this morning, this city lord with some skills received a declaration of war from Eiland Hill. After the messenger from Eiland Hill handed the declaration of war to the minister of the castle, he never looked back.
Left here quickly.
"Inform Beijun and Hanhai, the two city lords, to gather their troops! I want that idiot Chris to see how powerful an army of 2,500 cavalry can be!" The city lord of Dongbulan waved his fist and told his men.
commanded,
"Blow the horn! Assemble the cavalry! Let's attack the territory of Eiland Hill first, burn, kill and loot, so that the cowards in Eiland Hill can see what real war is like!" He said from his own side
He stood up from his seat and stretched out his hands.
The waiters on both sides came forward and put his armor on his body. The heavy cavalry of the castle was famous in Arant, and a frontal charge was enough to penetrate anyone's defense line.
"Do you want to wait for the cavalry from Beijun and Hanhai to arrive?" a minister asked in a low voice.
Dongbulan waved his hand and said: "Soldiers need to be quick! If I don't take the opportunity to bite back, I will let the infantry of Elan Hill come to the city. No matter how we fight, our bunker will have to pay a heavy price. This is not
A good deal.”
As he spoke, he had already put on his armor: "I will use the mobility of the cavalry to block the attacks and kill those clumsy infantry on the plains! ... You don't have to worry, I am a cavalry, I can't beat them, I still have to retreat.
It can be done.”
On the other side, on the original border between Seris City and the Citadel, Chris's soldiers crossed the boundary marker and marched toward the distance in a mighty manner.
"I can't imagine that our soldiers didn't even have armor... and just went to the battlefield like this." Standing next to Chris, Waggron said with a wry smile.
Before the war started, he had been reporting to Chris the problem of too little armor and equipment in the army. But to this day, this problem has not been completely solved.
Among the entire 1st Regiment that participated in the war, only the officers were equipped with breastplates, and the other soldiers only had the new military uniforms issued uniformly.
These new military uniforms are composed of regular uniforms and armed belts. Each soldier carries 10 rounds of rifle bullets in the bullet bag around his waist. This is the maximum number that the arsenal has worked overtime to assemble before the expedition.
Every soldier is equipped with a long spur. The triangular spur can maintain the length while ensuring the strength of the bayonet. This design is the least dependent on technology and can be said to be the cheapest and most labor-saving design.
However, the military spur is not without its shortcomings, that is, this weapon can only perform stabbing actions and does not have chopping and other functions. This is also an important reason why the modern military spur has been completely eliminated.
But now Chris doesn't care about these. What he wants is the length of the military spurs, so that the soldiers can have more security and increase the troops' advantages in close combat: he wants to use the length of the military spurs to make up for the shortcomings in the length of the Mauser 98k rifle.
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On the other side of the waist, there is a hanging hand grenade ammunition bag: this thing is Chris's "on-the-spot performance". It comes from the creative invention of the Chinese army, which to a certain extent solves the problem that there is no place to carry wooden-handled grenades.
The problem.
This thing is still very practical. On the one hand, it takes advantage of the lack of bullets in the early Airan Hill army and the unused space in the ammunition bag on one side of the waist. On the other hand, it also has a little protective effect. Three of them are erected on the chest.
The wooden handle on the front can play a little defensive role which is better than nothing.
In order to increase the marching speed of the troops, each soldier was distributed specially designed long leather boots. In the past, these shoes were only issued to officers, but now, because of the cost-effectiveness, they have become a part of the Airanhill army.
Standard configuration.
Luggage has become something that every soldier must carry. A well-designed backpack is very convenient. It contains bedding for rest and some important personal items. In more than a year, Ireland's industry
Almost all the gadgets produced on the production line are in this suitcase.
It includes a small piece of soap for hand washing, a printed weapon maintenance manual, a small round mirror that looks good, a small candle that can be used in the field, two boxes of matches, a wooden comb and a shaving tool.
Knife...
It can also be seen from the things carried by these soldiers that Airan Hill's products have been quietly changing the world and changing the lives of ordinary people in Airan Hill.
What makes people laugh or cry is that although they are not equipped with armor, everyone in this army is issued with a steel helmet, a defensive tool that looks very majestic but is very simple to process. Waggron doesn't understand Chris's behavior at all.
As a method, he felt that it would be more appropriate to issue breastplates to every soldier.
This m42 type helmet is easier to process and provides better service. What’s more interesting is that this kind of helmet suddenly makes the ordinary Airan Hill soldiers become energetic and looks handsome.
the taste of.
After such modifications, the image of a well-known early grenadier from Elland Hill was ready to emerge: wearing a Y-shaped armed belt, an ammunition pouch hanging on the waist, a long spur scabbard, and a spear sheath hung on one side of the chest.
Three wooden-handled grenades, a bag on his back, a water bottle and a ration bag hanging behind his buttocks, an M42 steel helmet on his head, and a pair of long leather boots on his feet...
No matter how you look at it, this unit already has the charm of a modern infantry. From a certain perspective, their weapons and equipment are even as good as the German soldiers in the early World War II.
It's a pity that this unit is definitely a typical example of being strong on the outside but capable on the inside. Just like the well-equipped Chinese German armorers during the Songhu Battle, their ammunition is not sufficient, and their logistics supplies can only be described as shabby.
This time, the troops mobilized by Siris were not the originally expected 1,500 men per full regiment, but a full 2,400 men, which was almost the main force of the two regiments.
Because Chris discovered before the expedition that the original troops could not guarantee the reconnaissance and logistical support of the entire campaign, he could only transfer some troops from other troops to ensure that the entire army could operate normally.
He transferred 500 cavalry from the 2nd regiment, the cavalry regiment, to be used as a reconnaissance force to avoid being surprised by the opponent's cavalry in the wild. These cavalry do not need to fight the enemy head-on, they only need to provide the early stage of the troops.
Just give an early warning.
The other 400 people are to strengthen his artillery and transport detachment. Two hundred of them are actual transport troops, responsible for transporting supplies and materials for this expedition to the bunker. They are drawn from the cavalry unit.
Responsible for driving carriages to ensure the supply of troops.
There are also 200 people who are a reinforced artillery team with 10 artillery pieces. They are also drawn from the artillery of the 2nd Regiment. They are equipped with old-fashioned 90mm caliber howitzers that were brought up to make up the number. That is, Chris was in the conquest of Mayne earlier.
Old-fashioned artillery used at the ferry crossing.
In fact, in this way, the 30 cannons actually have two calibers, which makes Chris's supply of artillery shells more complicated. However, the problem is not actually outstanding, because there are not many artillery shells, and all the artillery shells follow the large troops.
Yes, there are no logistical supply difficulties.
As a result, Ireland's first active attack on the outside world started very unexpectedly during the autumn harvest season. The reason for choosing this season was mainly because of the unexpectedness and the industrial needs of Ireland's own industry. Chris believed that he had
The ability can be resolved quickly, so there is no need to worry about dragging the war into winter.
Similarly, Lord Dombrand, who believed that his troops had a mobility advantage and was ambitiously preparing to deal with the opponent before the main force of Eiland Hill arrived at the core area of the castle, assembled a temporary assembly at almost the same time.
More than 800 cavalrymen went south.
The wily Dombrand never thought that his opponent, the cavalry of the Principality of Eilandhill, would turn into rangers, determined not to collide with his main cavalry. After the opponent learned that his cavalry was heading south, they did not even bother them.
After proceeding, he immediately retreated.
Those cavalrymen who fell in the distance were like ghosts. They did not engage in a decisive battle with Dongbulan at all. They turned around and left without waiting for contact. This made Dongbulan always have a very bad feeling. He also once sent cavalry to fight with the opponent on a small scale.
Youdou, but the effect is really not ideal.
On the one hand, the opponent was not interested in fighting at all, and was not equipped with any armor. He had no intention of fighting at all. On the other hand, after more than a dozen small-scale conflicts, he only killed more than 30 Ailans.
Hill's cavalry, however, made more than 100 cavalrymen on their side sleepy and exhausted, and almost lost their combat effectiveness——
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