Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 211: The Emergence of Crisis

In commenting on this battle, called the Battle of Avenasburg, future generations of military historians agreed that the biggest mistake of the anti-Olympic alliance was to ignore the strategic position of the city of Amis. If the two regiments of the Kingdom of Nasserli took over Amis City first, they would be able to close the door and beat the dogs, and the Blue Feather Regiment of the Kingdom of Ovilas and the two second-line regiments would die trapped in the Amelia Plains of the Principality of Siddins, and the end of total military defeat would be inevitable.

The warring sides of this era, however, have focused on the viability of annihilating the enemy, and occupying the city is less urgent. For the military commanders of the A5, as long as the Bluefeathers and those two second-line regiments are surrounded, those occupied towns will soon fall into their own hands as if they were ripe fruits. So they don't think it's necessary to draw a legion to attack Amis City and disperse their power for nothing.

The bluefeather army's mistake was knowing that they didn't know each other. They had no idea that the enemies they were facing were not 200,000, but that more than 400,000 enemies were approaching from three sides. In addition to the forthcoming bloody battle between the Blue Feather Regiment and those two second-line regiments on the front line, there is a second-line regiment in the Kingdom of Ovilas in the Principality of Siddins, except that this second-line regiment has been dismantled 708 times, while the five anti-Olympic alliance countries have always believed that this second-line regiment is based in Amis City...

This second-line regiment from Chanyalal County consists of the expansion of local guard battalions and reserves to recruit recruits, and is similarly staffed by four divisions. After entering the Principality of Siddins, however, two divisions were divided into two newly occupied seaport cities to take over defensive tasks, followed by a division to escort the 780,000 prisoners back home, leaving only one division stationed in Amis City.

But the division was dismantled by Prince Widreck, and the formation of the regiment and battalion, led by honorary officers who followed the prince to Amis City, went to towns and cities throughout the Principality of Siddins to collect war taxes. As the goods of a wagon and wagon were transported to Amis City, Prince Widreck sent more and more men and horses, and the distance was getting further and further away, leaving only one battalion of this second-line regiment to guard Amis City in the end.

Had it not been for the Eleventh Field Battalion of the Blue Feather Corps and the Battle Battalion of the Guardianship Corps, which were solely responsible for protecting Prince Widreck's physical integrity and not for his secondment, he might have received orders from the Prince to let them collect war taxes.

The military commanders of the Alliance of Five Against the Olympics, who were unaware of the situation, believed that Amis City should have two divisions of the Chanyalal Legion, so they needed at least one Legion to attack Amis City first. What they fear most is that attacking Amis City will shock the snakes and draw the attention of the Bluefeather Corps on the front line. If the Bluefeather Regiment finds itself surrounded and leads those two second-line regiments immediately, then the two standing regiments in the rear kingdom of Nasserli are really afraid to guarantee that they will resist, and if they are washed out by the enemy, they will lose all their power.

In fact, the A5 does not know that there are only three battalions left in Amis City. Otherwise, sending a division of troops would put Amis City in its pocket and close the door to the Bluefeathers' retreat completely.

And a spy lurking in the Duchy of Siddins in Amis City tried to send out the details of Amis City, and he ran into a squadron of taxpayers on the way back. Because the horse riding was so handsome as to provoke greed among the soldiers, he was robbed in the name of inspection. As a result of the agent's resistance, he was beaten up again, not only severely, but stripped of his clothes and left to die in the wilderness. Luckily, this agent was rescued by a farmer. By the time he was raised and wounded at the farmer's house, the Battle of Avenasburg was over...

On the morning of October 3, the first day of the battle, the Blue Feather Regiment first suffered a series of fierce attacks by four Duchy coalitions and countered with their defeat, retreating the enemy for more than twenty miles before pushing it under the Ephinnesburg. In a war paper sent to Prince Widreck that evening, it was declared that the enemy was unexpectedly weak, lacking in training and combat, and that more than 10,000 casualties were estimated to have occurred in a day of fighting, while the Blue Feathers Corps had died and injured only 2,000. A 1-to-5 casualty rate gives Blue Feather Legion executives the confidence to destroy their enemies and take down Fort Avenas in less than 10 days.

Because of this front line, Prince Widreck deliberately hosted a grand celebratory dance in Amis City, inviting all officers above the rank of lieutenant in Amis City. Prince Widreck raised his glass at the ball, hailed the great victory of the Blue Feathers Regiment and wished him an early overthrow of Fort Ivanos and the demise of the Principality of Siddins. Guest hosts are happy, and most people are drunk.

In fact, Prince Widreck is not just a man who knows how to play with the raw winds, but rather has a very keen gut instinct. When one battalion of the farthest taxpaying Zagnalar Regiment encountered two standing regiments of the Kingdom of Nasri marching on their way to enclose the Blue Feather Regiment, only a few officers on horseback returned.

It was the afternoon of October 4th, when the lucky officers who had fled were angry enough to report what had happened to Prince Widreck, who had just woken up and made a decision less than ten minutes after reading the map of the Principality of Siddins, ordering his servants to pack their bags immediately and informing the Battalion of the Guardians to escort him immediately out of Amis City.

So the officers and soldiers of the Eleventh Field Battalion of the Blue Feather Corps looked at Prince Widreck and the Battle Battalion of the Guardian Corps as if they had caught fire on their asses. They left the city of Amis in a hurry and flew towards the Odin Mountains with nearly fifty wagons full of possessions.

Major Jebson, the battalion commander of the Eleventh Field Battalion, was informed that he had rushed to the gates of the city to stop Prince Widreck's carriage and ask himself if the battalion would follow suit. As a result, Prince Widreck ordered Major Jebson to preside over and defend Amis City, handing over all Amis City affairs to him and escorting the property collected in the name of war taxes back to the country for payment to the treasury...

Fortunately, Major Jebson was a brilliant soldier who, although unable to grasp his head about Prince Widreck's haste away, apparently felt something was wrong. He immediately rode to the four gates of Amis City and, in return for the East Gate guard, knew that several officers had returned to the city in a wondrous manner at 1 p.m., he hurried back to the main city residence and found the officers who were unaware of Prince Widreck's departure.

Knowing what had happened to them from the officers who had fled, Major Jebson immediately understood the reason for Prince Widreck's departure from the map. He couldn't help but scold, not that the prince had fled, but that the prince had fled, packed his belongings and luggage, forcibly requisitioned wagons and horses, wasting an afternoon without thinking of sending a messenger to inform the Blue Feather Regiment. The three regiments on the front line are now unaware of the imminent crisis and will soon be surrounded by the enemy.

Major Jebson immediately dispatched three teams of messengers to the front line, demanding that they pass the situation on to the Blue Feather Legion no matter how hard they died, and this side mobilized, focusing on the Eleventh Field Battalion, to set up defensive positions in Amis City, and dispatched several teams to scout the cavalry, on the one hand to detect the enemy's movements and, on the other hand, to notify the war-tax forces scattered throughout the towns, demanding that they turn back Amis City's defense immediately, regardless of 3721...

After issuing a series of orders, Major Jebson finally relieved himself and remembered the departed Prince Widreck, who had the urge to curse again. At that time, his head flashed and he thought of a problem. He hurried to call his own guard and asked him to take two men on a horseback to the entrance of the Odin Mountains to see if Prince Widreck was on his way.

The eleventh battalion was so busy that four battalions took over the guarding of four gates and four walls, respectively, that Amis City initially gained defensive capability that it could not be overrun by the enemy. Major Jebson also ordered the remaining guard battalion of the Chanyalal Legion to maintain order in the city, while at the same time drawing experienced officers to rehabilitate those returning taxing units as reserves for the 11th battalion…

Claude suddenly discovered that his security squadron at the treatment facility had not received a single task and seemed to be doing nothing. The main reason for this is that most of the officers in the battalion knew the details of this squadron and did not even take Claude into account when arranging defensive combat plans.

So Claude decided to go to the battalion and ask Lieutenant Moster what he should do with this squadron. In Claude's mind, his own security squadron was staffed with an Obash 3 type firerope gun, predominantly precision shooting. Soldiers were also trained in live ammunition for precision shooting and should be able to play a more important role in defensive warfare.

But Claude went to the battalion headquarters and found himself a little less fortuitous, and the battalion commander and several officers were furious, making them so angry that the unreliable Prince Widreck was the one. Because their pedestrian horse ascended the mountain lane, because the wagons loaded with possessions were too heavy to ascend the mountain and lacked manpower, the prince ordered the soldiers of a battalion guarding the Odin Mountain Lane to take care of the wagons and assist them in crossing the mountain lane and abandoned their duty to guard the mountain lane.

Fortunately, Major Jebson thought of this and sent his own guard over to check the situation. As a result, the guard came back and reported that there was no guard at the entrance to the hill. Everyone knew that Prince Widreck was dragging his own people back again. He was a pig teammate! Officers in the battalion who heard the news couldn't help but scold.

Although Amis City is only four or five miles from the Odin Mountains entrance, it also controls the Odin Mountains entrance. But after all, there is still a distance, and Prince Widreck has taken one of the battalions stationed there with him, so there is no longer a guarded soldier from the entrance to the defensive front set up by the two Duchy of Siddins on the hill.

If the enemy sends a squad around Amis City, first occupies the hillside entrance of the Odin Mountains, and then receives the two empty defensive fronts, it will cut off all the exit routes of the Royal Ovillas Army in the Principality of Siddins. At that time, it was the last straw to be overwhelmed. Even if the enemy had little force to guard the Mountain Defense Front, it would be the last straw to overwhelm the ranks of the Royal Army, and there would be little chance that the whole army would be destroyed.

Reconnaissance cavalry returns have been reported, and the regiments of the Kingdom of Nasserli, where the fleeing Chanyalal Legion officers were met, have divided a division of troops towards Amis City. Now that fewer than one regiment has been added up to the rest of the city and the collection and return of taxes, the main force of defense depends on the Eleventh Field Battalion of the Blue Feathers Corps. As for the troops of the Second Line Corps, the Chanyalal Corps, none of the officers consider them to be highly combatant.

It is difficult for battalion officers such as Major Jebson to draw troops from the tenth battalion to defend the Odin Mountain Lane entrance, not even a squadron. As for letting the troops of the Chanyalal Legion go, no one can be reassured. If only this side of the battle is fought, the guards at the entrance of the hill over there will flee first, or they will not be able to resist the attack of enemy squadrons, no one believes that they have reliable fighting power...

At this point, Claude arrived at the battalion and ran into this, watching as he came to Lieutenant Moster's eyes lit up, fingering Claude, yelling: “It's you...”

A number of battalion officers had seen the field confrontation exercise at Fookby Mountain Autumn Camp, when they suddenly discovered that Claude's security squadron was the most suitable candidate. Instead, they were sent to defend the Odin Mountains entrance without counting the security squadron at the facility during the defensive operations.

As a result, Claude received his first official operational order to lead a guard squadron to defend the Odin Mountain Lane entrance, under the command of Lieutenant Moster, in coordination with a squadron of the Chanyalal Regiment.