Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 222 Wilfgang

“What do you say? The Grand Prince himself went to the front to supervise the war and brought his guard camp?” Claude was shocked.

Just back to mobile battalion, Claude heard an unbelievable message from the head of the logistics department, Lederman.

“He is the big prince! How can you let him go to the front line? If anything happens to him, then no one can escape this responsibility…” Claude felt that the attendants were crazy, how dare to let the Hansback Prince Go to the front line.

If you encounter a stray bullet that doesn’t last long, it would be a victory for the Kingdom of Aueras to win the Battle of Dukedom. To know that the Great Prince is not only the first heir to the throne, but also the chief commander of this battle. He went to the front line to supervise the war. It does not mean that he has to stand on the front line to face the enemy’s artillery.

“We can’t stop anyone. The great prince is very angry. The three regiments of the Kingdom of Nasri, surrounded by our seven regiments, pieced together the strength of a division to force us to attack. The miscellaneous camps simply Can not resist their offense, the big prince had no choice but to go to the front line to execute the death order, which stabilized the front.

But this morning, Kingdom of Nasri dispatched a cavalry regiment, ignoring the casualties and slashing through the second line of defense to capture Wilfgang. A local battalion battalion in Wilfgang was killed and all the princes were now mobilizing troops to attack the Welfgang. If you can’t retake Wilfgang, the defense forces in the first four hills will not be able to get reinforcements and supplies. They can’t stay too long under the enemy’s attack…”

Lederfonte Captain pointed to the map and explained to Claude. On the map, a curved black thick line leads to the plains of Emilia, the national road from Emys to Ivanus Dukedom. Most of the wars in this era are carried out around waterways and national highways, so as to ensure the logistics and heavy traffic of the large units. If the three legions of Kingdom of Nasri are trapped in the direction of Emys City, it is most convenient to assault from this national road. This is also the focus of defense line defense.

From the map, the top few hills have been marked with red crosses, which means that the top hills around the national highway have fallen. While the four highlands on either side of the National Road are still in the hands of the Kingdom of Aueras, the last irregular ellipse is also marked with a red cross. This irregular oval is marked with Wilfdon. The words.

There is also a red slash on the map. This is the route of the Cavalry Corps of Kingdom of Nasri that raided Welfgang. Obviously, the military commanders of Kingdom of Nasri are not idiots. They know the key points of playing snakes and playing seven inches. They are not willing to carry out a mountainous offensive and defensive battle with the defense of the Kingdom of Aueras, which is not only a huge casualty but also After the delay, there were two sides behind them and they were being attacked by the Seven Legion of the Kingdom of Aueras.

So the adventure was desperate, and a patchwork of cavalry regiments captured Welfgang, cutting off the supply reinforcement lines of the four hill defense forces in front of Wilfgang. As long as the cavalry regiment can hold the Welfangang, the rear troops successfully conquer the four hills, then the national highway will be unimpeded under the city of Emys, and the horse will be flat.

“Why did the prince not order the troops to withdraw to the city of Emys, where the defensive line was complete, and even if the forces of Kingdom of Nasri broke out to the city of Emys, they could not escape the fate of the whole army…” Claude asked.

“No, there is still a blank in the north line of Emys City,” said Lederfonte Captain.

“Northern line, that is the seaside, where do they run?” Claude did not understand.

Lederfonte Captain shook his head with a wry smile: “You forgot their joint fleet, the waters there are still the site of the combined fleet. If they let them break down to the city of Emys, they can run to the beach and leave. Even big. The troops can’t run, but the commanders of the legions will definitely slip away. So the great prince insisted on setting up a defensive front in the hilly area, trying to close the door and fight the dog, and not let a senior officer of the Kingdom of Nasri run away.”

Claude understood: “What should I do now?”

“What to do? Going to the front line, this is a good opportunity for you to perform.” Lederfonte Captain said: “I heard people talk about the field attack and defense drill of the Blue Feathers 11th Field Camp. You use one. The squad broke a squadron’s defense position. In the morning, the prince has commanded the troops to launch four attacks, and the casualties are very large, but Wilfgang is still in the hands of the cavalry regiment of Kingdom of Nasri. You are now, look Can you use your method to attack and retake Wilfgang…”

Claude and Lederfontein Captain handed over the captives and wounded, and after adding the ammunition, they took the squadron to the front. The closer you get to Wilfgang, the more you feel the battle is imminent.

Less than half a mile from the front line, Claude saw a hillside filled with dead bodies of dead soldiers. Only a small part of the body was covered with white cloth, and the rest was placed on the hillside, giving one A very shocking feeling. On this hillside, it is estimated that there are two or three thousand dead bodies of soldiers…

It was hard to find a meeting place for mobile battalion, and Claude found that the morale of the soldiers was very low. I caught a familiar Sergeant Chief and asked about it. It was only in the morning until noon that the prince commanded the mobilized troops to launch five attacks on Wilfland, but failed five times, and the number of casualties exceeded half. Even the mobile battalion has been pulled up twice, and now there are fewer than three hundred soldiers surviving…

“How did you attack?” Claude was surprised. Although the mobile battalion was not full, there were always more than 700 people. Now less than three hundred, how is the casualty rate so high?

The Sergeant Chief snorted to the ground: “The damn Rosul Lieutenant Colonel volunteered to fight for the big prince, let us mobile battalion also attack, lining up in a queue, he wants to rush to the enemy position before firing. Every time we were bombarded by the four guns above, almost none of the first few rows were able to come back…

The ridiculous thing is that the four artillery pieces were arranged by us. After the positions were occupied, the enemy turned around and used these four artillery pieces to bombard us. Within a hundred meters, we could not get close. The shots they fired had enveloped the entire frontier. position. The damn Rosele Lieutenant Colonel is forcing us to die, asking us to take a gunfire to reach the enemy in front of 50 meters and fire again, then take the bayonet to launch the charge…”

If the enemy only has a musket and no artillery, then this offensive strategy of Rosler Lieutenant Colonel is correct. Enduring the casualties of the soldiers and approaching the enemy 50 meters before firing, and then launching a white-bladed impact may make the enemy feel sorrowful and have no courage. Take resistance. But the problem now is that there are still four artillery pieces on the ground. As long as the missiles are fired, they can cover the entire front line position within a distance of 100 meters. At this time, the soldiers are striding forward and it is indeed dead.

Claude turned and looked at Wilfgang. The distance to Wilfgang was not high. It is estimated to be forty or fifty meters. The slope facing this side is still very gentle. The left and right sides are still rock cliffs, which prevent the attack from these two sides. possibility. Now in the middle and upper sections of the hillside, there is a large corpse of Kingdom of Aueras lying there and not tidy up. The hillside is already packed up, but there are still a few artillery slanted to the ground.

“What happened to the artillery?” Claude asked.

“It was the big prince who sent people, but the height was not enough. I couldn’t hit the position. I had to move forward. There were four artillery pieces on the enemy side, as well as the god gunners. They were condescending and quickly gave these artillery pieces. It’s rotten,” Sergeant Chief replied.

“How many enemies are there?”

“Not very clear, it is estimated to be more than four or five hundred.” Sergeant Chief shook his head: “I heard that there are more than a thousand in the morning, but we attacked five times, and the guard battalion of the big prince launched more than twenty. The round fire shot, I guess they have to lose half of the horses.”

The artillery can’t be used. The enemy can see it far and clear. Only one side of the hill can launch an attack. Maybe you can lead the squadron to lurk in the past. As long as the guns of the four artillery pieces were scrapped, there was no threat of artillery, and the people behind it would rush straight up, and the attacking position would become a reality. Claude looked at Wilfgang and wondered in his heart…

A sharp copper whistle interrupted Claude’s thoughts, and looked up, but saw that Rosler Lieutenant Colonel was blowing a copper whistle. When he got closer, he put down the copper whistle in his mouth and snorted loudly. Mobile battalion collection!”

“He’s a horse, and he has to launch an attack. I don’t know if I can still come back alive this time…” Sergeant Chief, who was around, said with a downcast.

Claude took him: “Our mobile battalion is left now and people still have to continue to attack?”

“Paralyzed, people don’t die. This damn Rosler will never give up. The first two old boys have returned completely intact. I cursed him to die at the forefront.” The war is coming, I don’t know if I can The Sergeant Chief who had survived this attack no longer cares about the ranks of the upper and lower ranks of the army. Even the rank of Lieutenant Colonel is not willing to mention him. He is only called the old boy.

At this time Rosler Lieutenant Colonel also saw Claude, he strode over: “Claude, you are finally back, let your soldiers line up, we have to attack!”

Claude stands upright: “Sir, can you let me lead the battalion brethren to launch a tentative attack, maybe I have a way to overcome the enemy’s position…”

Rosler Lieutenant Colonel Fury: “Claude, immediately line up! This time you are in the first row! Don’t want to use your tricks to deceive me, what tentative offense, do you want to fool us as before! The war is imminent, I am not The work is entangled with you. The front line has been captured by the enemy. If we don’t take this Welfgang as soon as possible to support the front line, the besieged enemy will break out from here!

Do you understand the tension in the situation? We don’t have much time! Don’t think about playing your little cleverness, let your squadron soldiers line up with me right away, you are in the middle! If you do not obey the order, I will immediately authorize the law enforcement team to execute you on the spot in the name of deserters! just now! Immediately! Give me the queue right away! ”

Claude wanted to swear, but he looked at Rosnel’s Lieutenant Colonel’s red eyes and forcibly endured it. It’s hard to tell the truth with this wooden head bag. He only knows how to use his habits to get the soldiers in a queue to die. If Claude really continues to argue with him, he will surely invite the law enforcement team to execute Claude on the spot in the name of disobeying orders and refusing to go to the battlefield and as a deserter to warn other soldiers…

Claude had no choice but to go up and let the soldiers of his squadron line up along their sides, and more than 50 people would be sent to one line. The remaining surviving soldiers of mobile battalion lined up behind Claude, and they only had five lines.

Behind the mobile battalion are other units, mostly arranged in a single battle camp, but Claude’s left side soon has a queue, which is a queue of more than forty people. The gentle hillside of Wilfgang can accommodate these two queues, and no more can be drained.

It took half an hour, all the offensive teams were neatly arranged, and the anxious Hansback prince told a soldier with a tin horn. The general idea was that the rise and fall of Kingdom would see if the attack could capture Welfgang to destroy the enemy. Say a lot of morale, and even made a big reward. But the soldiers who listened to the speech are still low morale, no one can believe that this attack can rush to Wilfgang.

Claude estimated the queue behind him. It seems that the soldiers who participated in the attack were nearly 2,000. The guards of His Royal Highness were at the end. They did not participate in the attack, but they fought and supervised the war. Anything fled. The soldiers will all be killed by their squad.

After the big prince finished speaking, Rosler Lieutenant Colonel stood on the upper left side of the queue, about three meters away from the queue, blew the copper whistle in his mouth, and pushed the right hand saber forward, left hand I took the bronze whistle and shouted: “Offensive! Stride forward!”