He even thought that the cavalry on the side of Eiland Hill was here to delay and tire out his cavalry troops. So he simply stopped entangled with these cavalry scouts and led his troops south towards Eiland Hill, which was entirely based on infantry.
Main force.
Dombrand, who was already frustrated to the point of being bored, had been completely annoyed by the Rangers of Ellandhill when he was heading south. All he wanted to do now was to have a good fight with the opponent so that he could show his full potential.
Cavalry has advantages in movement speed and impact.
Although he had heard about the strange failure of Mayne's army in the eastern forest area, he felt that his troops could use their speed advantage to immediately get close to Elanthir's troops, rendering any of the opponent's long-range weapons useless.
In fact, he did what he envisioned and completed his tactical arrangements: when his troops appeared on the horizon, Chris, who hastily learned that the opponent's cavalry had arrived, was completely unprepared for battle.
On the frontal battlefield, his three battalions of infantry had just stood up in formation. The 30 cannons in the rear did not build any firing positions, and the camp was in chaos. Waggron personally restrained these new soldiers, which stabilized the entire 1st Regiment.
Come down.
However, the 1st Regiment, which had just stabilized its position, discovered that the opponent's cavalry had already formed its formation and was crushing them from the front.
Immediately afterwards, both Chris and Waggron, and even the other party's commander, Dombrand, found that the battle situation in front of them was completely beyond their imagination. Even at the beginning of the battle, the commanders of both sides were so shocked that they did not say anything.
a valid command.
On this side, the infantry, which was supposed to dig trenches according to the drill requirements, was completely unprepared for the battle. So under the constraints of all the officers, the entire infantry defense launched its own attack on the enemy cavalry in its own way according to its previous habits.
defense.
Wageron galloped between three huge infantry phalanxes, urging everyone not to retreat, because once the rout began, the maneuverability of the rear would be low, and the artillery that was preparing to fire would be completely exposed to the enemy's blade.
As a result, in the next second, the first row of prepared grenadiers began to attack the enemy cavalry, which was about 150 meters away.
There was chaos on the battlefield, and the consequences of insufficient training of the new recruits made Chris almost lose this most critical battle. But just a moment later, the situation on the battlefield changed drastically.
Seeing the opponent's cavalry a hundred meters away, they were knocked down by 300 modern rifles. What was even more desperate was that the grenadiers in Ireland were not holding ancient flintlocks.
gun.
After firing a round of bullets and making a row of crackling gunshots, these recruits who had been trained twice with live ammunition finally remembered what they were going to do. They got into their own rhythm, and the sound of gunfire emboldened them.
The soldiers in the first row didn't stop at all. They immediately released the palm of their right hand that was holding the trigger, mechanically pulled the bolt on the side, and pushed a new bullet into the chamber.
"Bang!" Before the overturned cavalrymen on the other side could realize that the end was coming, the second infantry volley had completely decided the outcome. The other side's cavalrymen had already been knocked out by about half before they even got close to a distance of 100 meters.
of vitality.
From the beginning to the end, the cavalry of the earthen castle were not able to reach the distance where the bows and arrows they carried could attack the enemy's soldiers who seemed to have no armor protection. At this moment, it seemed to them that they were far away.
No matter how hard they try, the distance of tens of meters is like a gap that they cannot cross. It is a feeling of powerlessness from the heart, a despair that goes deep into the bone marrow.
Chris was really dumbfounded by the sight in front of him: He gave these soldiers advanced weapons and equipment, and also gave them tactics to crush their opponents. But in this war environment, a World War I-level army
The army thus created a battle scene from the Napoleonic era.
The artillery was deployed by Waggron at the very back of the phalanx of soldiers, trying to use the range advantage to destroy the opponent's cavalry before the opponent attacked. However, due to the temporary engagement, these artillery have not performed as they should until now.
effect.
Then, the soldiers equipped with Mauser 98k rifles began to stand on the spot, forming a square formation, picking up the weapons in their hands, and pouring their limited ammunition at the opponents in the distance.
Densely packed bullets hit the enemy in the distance, and the bullets penetrated the opponent's armor. When the opponent suffered heavy losses, the soldiers who were originally in the back row of the phalanx strode forward and passed those who were reloading five rounds of bullets.
The soldiers in the front row were pinched and started a new round of shooting...
It was simply a World War II weapon version of "three-stage shooting." Chris was almost moved to tears when he saw it: the weapons and equipment he provided had evolved into such a nondescript and weird formation under the ravages of the times.
"Bang!" Another volley started while Chris was thinking wildly. Thousands of soldiers stepped forward like rolling wheels, crushing the cavalry in the distance. A miracle appeared in human history, the infantry phalanx.
Moving forward little by little, he rushed towards the enemy cavalry in the distance...
The battle was not over yet. Just when Dombrand finally realized that the opponent's weapons were not something his cavalry could defeat, the 30 cannons behind Waggron were ready for battle.
Seeing his defeated cavalry, the Lord of Dongbulan City lost the courage to continue fighting. However, he still wanted to restrain his cavalry so that these cavalry could completely retreat back to the hinterland of the castle, so that he could
Opportunity to wait for reinforcements and make the final struggle.
However, the 30 shells falling from the sky did not leave any chance for Dombrand. Just when he was waving his sword, hoping to stabilize his defeated cavalry, a round of horrific explosions exploded near him.
The prologue has begun.
It only took about half an hour for the encounter between the 1st Regiment of Eiland Hill and the main force of the Castle Cavalry to decide the winner. Chris did not even give a decent order, and the Castle Cavalry lost at least 500 people.
, completely damaging the combat capability.
The goddess of luck visited Eiland Hill. Although a round of shelling did not kill many of the castle cavalry who had scattered and fled, one shell directly killed the castle lord Dom Bran among the crowd.
This relatively capable lord, without even a chance to retreat, surrendered his life in an encounter. Sadly, he originally just planned to gather troops to test Ailan Hill.
troops, but accidentally turned a trial into a final decisive battle.
Seeing the fort cavalry dismounting and surrendering, the ground piled with war horses and human corpses, wounded enemy soldiers lying on the ground wailing, and similarly wounded war horses struggling and neighing, Chris couldn't believe his eyes.
"We... we can be considered... we have won..." Chris asked Wageron, who had just returned to him with some uncertainty.
Waggron was also very embarrassed. After watching the soldiers' exercises, he knew that the army he was leading now was almost invincible in the mortal country. But he never expected that this army could be as powerful as the one in front of him.
situation.
Almost all the 800 cavalrymen in the castle were wiped out, and he didn't even have a single wounded person. Such a troop was completely beyond his imagination, because in the past, such achievements could only occur when the Magic Empire attacked mortal countries.
Now he felt that what he was leading was not an army of mortals, but an army of magic! This gave him an unreal feeling, lofty and very comfortable.
However... Wagron was really not satisfied with the performance of this unit just now: although the combat effectiveness was extremely strong, the nervousness and panic exposed by these new recruits proved that this unit still has
There is a lot of potential that can be tapped.
Wageron couldn't even imagine how terrifying this army would be if it truly reached its full form. He spat, stood next to Chris on horseback, and said, "Yes... we won the battle.
His Majesty."
"Let the troops take a rest and count the ammunition! Collect all the shell casings..." Chris felt that it was a bit embarrassing for him to command a battle without even giving an order, so he could only reluctantly give an order to clean up the battlefield to save some face.
.
Little did he know that Wageron was also very embarrassed now. He just gave two orders to defeat the main cavalry in the bunker: one order was for the infantry to "advance"; the other order was for the artillery to "fire"...
"All soldiers! Collect bullet casings!" On the battlefield, one squad leader after another and platoon leader loudly urged their soldiers. Hundreds of soldiers lowered their heads, as if looking for money in the field, rummaging for fallen items on the ground.
Cartridge casing.
"Alas..." Carrying their own weapons and holding on to the grenades hanging in front of them, the infantrymen of Eiland Hill complained and began the complicated work of cleaning the battlefield. In their view, defeating the enemy was no longer difficult.
But the job of picking up bullet casings is even more uncomfortable than killing enemies.
Many of these bullet cases are made of copper, which is a very scarce resource. They can be sent back to the rear factory to be processed into reloadable bullets, which can be used several times... There is no way, Chris is shooting now
It is this kind of poor man's war, every detail must be carefully calculated.
On the other side, the castle cavalrymen who were guarded by the grenadiers stared wide-eyed at the opponents in the distance who were lowering their heads to "look for money". They looked in disbelief. They simply couldn't believe it. Those who were watching in the distance were looking at them.