MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 513 Battle of Polynesia (1)
Chapter 513 The Battle of Polynesia (1)
"... Here we can't get help from the defensive position." Colonel Driwick smiled to his lieutenant Lieutenant Widalek with a grin, "Although our weapons and soldiers are more powerful than the Nasaris Several times, but here in Durmelle, the terrain does not help us. The enemy ’s military advantage is too obvious. Let the 28th Battalion of the front line be withdrawn and let the prepared 7th brigade come forward. ... "
The 7th Regiment of the Second Thunder Division has been under siege by a regiment of the Kingdom of Nasseri since the morning of October 17th. If the enemy has only one division, the 7th Regiment should be able to defend itself even on flat ground. Position. However, as soon as the enemy came up, they used the strength of a legion, and they swooped in from the front and left and right wings. It was like a rising tide, and wave after wave launched attacks, which put a lot of pressure on the defense position of the seventh regiment. .
The so-called defensive front was nothing but a few trenches excavated on flat ground and built on a small river half a meter deep. From the perspective of terrain, such a defensive position did not bring additional defense bonus to the 7th Regiment. It was nothing more than reducing the casualties of soldiers. There was a place to evade before the enemy's throwing bombs and artillery bombardment. But in the face of the enemy's endless wave of attacks, the soldiers defending the position still paid a lot of casualties.
I have to admit that Prince Daklind was more courageous and better commander of the military than Prince Vedario who had fought against the Thunder. The attacking Nasri Kingdom army no longer adopts the traditional parade marching mode. Instead, it forms a line of casual forces to attack the defensive position, and begins to lie on the ground at a distance of two hundred meters. Advance, only to climb within seventy to eighty meters, and then begin firing with the Thunder Corps officers and soldiers in the defensive position.
The Nasseri Army, which launched the attack at the same time, abandoned those wooden platoons and shield vehicles, but arranged the throwers and those light-brewed artillery behind the charging infantry and approached the defensive position. As soon as they reached the range, they started firing or Throwing throwing bombs against defensive positions is also the biggest cause of guardian casualties.
The war will make the fools become smarter, and the Alliance's offensive plan, which has suffered from the loss of the Rock Corps, has now greatly improved. Although the new rifles and new artillery equipped by the Thunder Corps are indeed very powerful, the offensive method adopted by the Nasri Kingdom now also allows the seventh regiment in the defensive position to lose sight of it.
The offensive line attack made the new artillery bombardment lose more lethality. One cannonball explosion can only kill single-digit enemies, and the enemy's strength can now afford such casualties. The puppet attack at a distance of two hundred meters from the defensive position made it difficult for the soldiers in the trenches to aim and shoot. And some Nasseri soldiers even piled their comrades' bodies in front of themselves for cover, and shots at a distance of 70 to 80 meters, even with firearms, still caused a deadly threat to the officers and men of the Thunder Corps guarding the defensive position.
There are also throwers and light artillery mounted behind the assault infantry. They are scattered widely, which makes it difficult to aim and fire the artillery. Several artillery shells can hit a target. At the same time, the enemy must be prevented from throwing. Solid iron projectiles fired by slingshots and artillery. Even if the legion of the Nasri Kingdom had paid several times more casualties than the seventh regiment during the offensive, it was still a negligible amount of damage for its huge strength ...
The Seventh Regiment of the Second Division of the Thunder, which was under the command of Colonel Driwick, could only withdraw and withdraw, slowly eroding the offensive spirit of the Naseli Corps. Anyway, the order issued by Claude did not make them obliged to stand still, but made them seduce the enemy under the royal city of Polydivia ...
From morning to evening, the seventh regiment finally broke out of contact with the enemy. According to calculations, the enemy should have suffered two regiments today, and the seventh regiment's casualties were close to a battalion, which was almost a quarter of the military damage. Colonel Driwick was very distressed. He didn't know how much of the full power of the Seventh Regiment was left after completing the five-day mission issued by Claude.
Today the task of the Second Division of the Thunder Corps is to block. All four main field groups are the same as the Seventh Regiment. They open the line of defense to block the enemy's attack. The mission of the 7th Regiment is to defend the left wing of the entire line of defense, and to face the attack of an enemy corps alone. The pressure experienced by the 7th Regiment is greater than that of the Fifth Regiment and the 6th Regiment. However, Colonel Driwick completed the task satisfactorily, keeping in step with the gradual withdrawal of the entire line of defense.
In the evening, the Thunder's First Division under the command of General Belklin attacked, giving trouble to the enemy who had captured the line of defense, at least not to let the enemy rest in peace. Just as Claude said, although they are our enemies, we must also care for their physical and mental health, and fire a few shots at night to remind them to make them remember to pee ...
During the day of the Second Thunder Division ’s blockade, the First Thunder Division continued to dig trenches in the rear as the second day Thunder ’s Second Division continued to block enemy defenses. At the same time, it is also necessary to send a main team of light riding to monitor the movement of the enemy, and to prevent the three light horse divisions of the Principality of Kannas in the Alliance army from encroaching and sneaking in from the rear.
However, at the division headquarters in the evening, Claude praised Colonel Driwick because his seventh regiment had the smallest combat casualties today, while the other three regiments also faced the attack of an enemy's legion, and the soldiers They surged in blood and even launched several counterattacks. Although the enemy was severely wounded, his own casualties were also greater. The Sixth Regiment injured more than 2,000 people, and was almost half disabled.
Claude was very angry: "This is the territory of the Nasser Kingdom. Enemy casualties can be replenished even if they are large. Our soldiers have one casualty and one less. Every soldier is a valuable combat force! Do n’t forget what we said when we came out of the Dominion, and try to take our soldiers back to life instead of the cold ashes. ”
After the fire broke out, Claude began to discuss and summarize the experience and lessons of today's blockade with the senior officers of the Second Division.
"We lack the weapons to deal with the enemy's scatter line." Colonel Driwick first spoke: "Although the new artillery is good, it cannot fire a shotgun, so there is no way to hedge against enemy infantry within a hundred meters of the front. In addition, we Although the soldiers were equipped with steel helmets, they effectively reduced casualties in the shooting, but this did not leave us unscathed. In addition, the enemies also learned to cover, and they used their companions' bodies and soil bags to pile up the front guns. Sometimes we need to use throwing bombs. But the trenches are too small to fit the thrower ... "
Speaking of which, this is indeed too much for the Thunder Corps, because no one would have expected the enemy to adopt such an offensive method. At first, everyone thought that they could lie in the trenches and easily hit the enemy as a target, so that the enemy could not be close to the line by 100 meters. However, it was not expected that the enemy would also learn from the experience on the battlefield. Using this method of attack, it was clear that the strength of the Thunder Corps was used to consume the combat power and ammunition of the Thunder Corps, and at the same time, it could reduce the casualties of some offensive forces.
"We should have old-fashioned light-loaded artillery on the front line to counter the enemy's skirmish line attack. In addition, we also need to set up light throwers in the trenches to bombard the enemy infantry that advances. The new artillery should first be Deal with the enemy's throwers and cannon-loaded artillery, and eliminate the threat to our defensive positions. "Another commander spoke and received the approval of the senior officers present.
Claude nodded: "We have improved these. At present, the Army Field Corps is watching more than 30,000 captives to improve your position to be guarded tomorrow. I believe that the enemy will regret tomorrow if they use today's attack again Yes, my request is that while your defense tomorrow will cause a lot of damage to the enemy, you will also reduce your own casualties.
By about three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, you can retreat, and we will set up defensive positions thirty miles away. Remember, while fighting and retreating, the final battlefield is under Wang Cheng. And the enemies we really have to deal with are the last five Hicks standing corps, not the cannon fodder corps of the Nasri Kingdom now ... "
If it were not for the first contact and night strikes, the 30,000-40,000 leading troops of the Alliance Army would have been wiped out, and the Thunder Corps would have added more than 30,000 captives. In the face of the imminent approach of the coalition army, Claude may indeed lead the Thunder Corps to take the best policy and look for opportunities to annihilate the enemy in the movement. After just adding more than 30,000 captives, Claude thought it might be useful to use these captives as a labor force to fight a few resistance fights with the Alliance army.
The first is to use the powerful power of new weapons to kill and reduce the enemy ’s strength, and at the same time, test the decisive determination of the Alliance army. Sure enough, as expected, the Hicks Kingdom placed the five Legions of the Nasseri Kingdom in front of them as cannon fodder. As the winner of the two princes' struggle for the throne, Prince Daklind naturally worked very hard, occupying the defensive position of the Thunder Corps in a hurry.
One day of offensive and defensive battles, the only thing that dissatisfied Claude was that the Second Division of the Thunder had a relatively large number of casualties, adding up to more than 5,000 casualties, which was almost one less. Although there were more injuries and fewer deaths, the impact on the combat effectiveness of the Second Division was still a little big. As for the five standing regiments that launched the offensive, there should be nearly 70,000 casualties and a one-fifth casualty rate. I believe that their offense will be less aggressive tomorrow.
There was a thunderous sound of cannons in the distance, and hundreds of long rocket rockets with flames flying across the sky. Claude knew that this was the first Thunder Division led by the attacking Belklin to launch a night raid against the forces of the Nasri Kingdom that occupied the defensive position. But what made Claude strange was that the gunfire stopped quickly, and the long-barreled rocket did not fire anymore, but a fierce gunfire sounded ...
Not long after, Crowd was broken into the tent by Lieutenant Colonel Mason Hughes, who broke into the tent and reported the bad news that the Thunder First Division that had attacked enemy positions at night was suddenly attacked by three Hussars in the Principality of Kanas. , Now fighting.
What's more, the enemy had already planned, and used the night to cover, and the Kanas light cavalry was ambush to one side early. When General Berklin led the Thunder's First Division to attack, he divided his troops into battalions, so when he was attacked by an enemy brigade, he couldn't assemble his forces at all, causing great damage ...
Claude knocked his head with his fist, and then he went to attack the enemy every night, even the stupid enemy would react and be ready. The soldiers of the Thunder Corps habitually believed that the enemy would only stay in the battalion and be beaten passively. They never expected that the enemy would set up traps to fight back. This time it was really a big loss.
After the second division of the Thunder was dispatched urgently, and after the return of the first division of the Thunder, it was discovered that the first division of the Thunder had suffered more than 12,000 casualties. Almost two main battlefields suffered damage, and even Berklin suffered a left shoulder. A knife, covered with blood.
Fortunately, Dr. Perente rushed over and said that luck was good. If the knife was tilted a little further down and harder, General Belklin would become a one-armed general from then on. Fortunately, the guards around Belklin rescued early, and the Kanas Hussars who had rushed to the front of General Belklin's horse slashed the Malay to save General Belklin's arm.
After bandaging, Dr. Perente said that in order to keep the arm, General Belklin needed to rest for half a year and could not use force to restore the wound on the left arm. This means Belklin must be sent to the rear and can no longer stay on the front line. Claude was very depressed. The night attack was ambushed and the younger brother was injured.
The only thing that made Claude happy was the timely rescue of the Thunder Second Division, which killed a large number of Kansas hussars with fierce firepower. It is currently counting the number of enemy casualties, and it is estimated that no less than a division's loss. There are two other bad news, because the three Hussars in the Principality of Kanners came suddenly and suddenly, and the unprepared Thunder First Division suffered a big loss at the beginning and was directly wiped out by two. Battalion, lost many new rifles and several new artillery ...
Claude could only wave his hand. It would be impossible for the new rifles and new artillery to not lose on the battlefield, but the losses tonight were unexpected. However, the new rifles and new artillery can not be copied by the enemy. The key is to see if the enemy can prevent the gunpowder invented by Mrs. Sonia. There is not much research in chemistry and physics in this world. It is more about the experiments and self-exploration of Rune Mage in the Alchemy Magic Rune. Therefore, some secret materials, if you do not know the details of the formula, it is difficult to imitate the exact same materials.
This may be the quirk and selfishness of this world of Faslan. It is not as science and exploration discovery as the modern history of the previous world. It is precisely because of this that there is a table of chemical elements, various physical and mathematical theorems and formulas, and subsequent scientists will step on the shoulders of these scientific giants and lead the development of civilization and technology ...
And here, every runic magician hides his discovery and invention in his own mind. The law is not easily passed on, plus the monopoly of knowledge of upper classes in each country, and little knowledge like physics and chemistry. It will be taught to students in the school. Like the Kingdom of Ovilas, even if it promotes universal education, the policy of fools is really implemented. No wonder countries in mainland China have been playing with rapiers for more than 600 years. Scientific research seems to be stagnating in space and time.
After returning to God, Claude began to ask how the Thunder Division 1 was attacked at night. In fact, it was very simple. Bellklin habitually ordered his four light riding field groups to be divided into four directions, and then used a battalion as a combat unit to bombard enemy positions and camps with artillery and cast a long rocket to harass the enemy camp. No one expected that the three hussars of the Principality of Cannes had been lying aside for a long time. They divided into three arrows and raided to the left and the center of the Thunder Corps.
The night made the soldiers of the Thunder Corps ignore the whereabouts of the Principality of Kanas. When the enemy's raid was found, the distance between the two sides was very close. The soldiers of the Thunder's First Division based on the battalion could not resist the enemy at all. The brigade swept the attack. After a bullet of a rifle has been fired, it is too late to reload, and more is to pull out the saber directly to chop each other.
That's how General Belklin got involved in the battlefield, and he didn't even have the time to signal the two right-handed forces to gather. And the light cavalry of the Principality of Kanners used the night to mingle with the officers and men of the Thunder Corps. Without the fear of being a target of the gun, the killing was extremely fierce. The Thunder's first division was the worst casualty at this moment. Fortunately, the Thunder's Second Division rescue came quickly, using rifle salvos to cut off the subsequent reinforcements of the Kanas Hussars, and then let the enemy retreat.
Perhaps it was the victory of the Kansas Qingqi ambush raid last night that inspired morale, or perhaps the rewards offered by the high-ranking troops of the Alliance were particularly generous, and the offensive launched by the Nasri infantry the next day was even more frantic. It ’s just that the Second Division of Thunder has long been prepared to deliberately seduce the enemy to attack, giving up a line of defense whenever the enemy ca n’t hold back and retreating, and has always made the enemy think that if they work harder, they can capture all the defensive positions and ignore To their own casualties.
After the Thunder Corps finally gave up the entire defensive position and evacuated, the senior officers of the Nasri Kingdom discovered that their four legions had already suffered more than half of their injuries and were unable to fight again. More than 200,000 troops were devoted to the crazy attack. After a day of fighting, after occupying the enemy's defensive positions, it was found that the remaining troops were only about 100,000. The battlefield was full of the bodies and wounded of Nasri soldiers, but the enemy took The remains of all their wounded and killed soldiers ...
After this blocking battle, the Nasser Kingdom was unable to fight again, and their remaining troops could only be formed into two dissatisfied legions. Now it ’s only the five standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom to go into battle, but it was surprising to find that the Thunder Corps did not set up a defensive position to block the advance of the Alliance army, but quickly evacuated to the royal city of Polydivia. Even the more than 30,000 captives were abandoned. However, more than 30,000 captives were also cut on the thighs, which not only could not help the alliance army, but also put a burden on the alliance army.
The commander of the Hicks Kingdom and the senior officers of the Alliance Army agreed that the Thunder Corps should consume too much ammunition and have the same heavy casualties, so they had to give up the plan to evacuate to King City as soon as possible. This is the best fighter for the Alliance Army. It must be caught up as soon as possible to avoid being evacuated by the Thunder Army to clear the property ...
