Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 280: Under the City

Claude was in a hurry, as was Major Scully, and no one knew when the Duchy of Kanas' light cavalry would return. This time, the enemy came only to a small cavalry battalion and found out the details of the first battalion of the Rangers. Both Major Claude and Major Scully believe that the enemy already knows that there is only one battalion in the area, so the next time they come back, it could be a regiment.

But just after Claude had gathered up the entire battalion, built up defensive installations at the entrance to the hills, and sent away the women and children, the young and the young, and the captives, the enemy came too late. Even the reconnaissance cavalry dispatched takes three days and two nights to spot enemy scouts deep in the prairie.

Until September passed, Major Claude and Major Scully did not understand what was going on and it seemed that the enemy had once again forgotten the area. This September, however, the prairie was very lively, and the second battalion of guerrillas, which had been planned to meet, was reportedly repeatedly harassed and attacked by the light cavalry of the Principality of Kanas, with some heavy casualties and had to retreat.

The same is true of the third and fourth battalions of the Rangers in the other two directions, who have now failed the task of the Pioneer Reconnaissance Battalion and have managed to preserve their lives in the constant attacks of the Light Cavalry. It can be concluded from their location on the map that they are not retreating while resisting, as the war paper says, but fleeing in the desert. Because after only one day and one night of kung fu, they returned to where they left a week ago...

A war newspaper from Front Line Command at the end of September said that the Blue Feather Corps, which had been resting in Grand Duke of Braviso for almost two months, had officially entered the Cannes Prairie with two second-line corps. Lieutenant General Edpak, the leader of the Blue Feather Corps, said he was confident that the three regiments would flee to the anti-Olympic coalition forces of the Principality of Kanas to oppress the northern Gulf region, awaiting the arrival of a successor regiment before launching an offensive to destroy the Principality of Kanas.

According to the war papers, Michelle Childers, Chief of Staff of the Blue Feathers Regiment. General K. Priest and Lieutenant General Edpak had a heated argument over this, and General Michelch considered it very risky that the Blue Feathers were now marching into the prairies, while Lieutenant General Edpak believed that the anti-Olympic alliance had lost three principalities and had been frightened. This is the perfect time to hit the dogs, and it can't be delayed any longer.

Due to the arguments between the two generals, which were so heated that Prince Hansburg had no choice but to temporarily suspend General Michelchi as Chief of Staff of the Blue Feathers Legion and allow Lieutenant General Edpak to lead the three regiments into the Kanas Prairie.

This happened a week ago, when Major Claude and Major Scully believed that it was likely that three regiments, including Blue Feather, had entered the prairie, leaving the Principality of Kanas with no choice but to abandon its intention to attack this area abandoned by the aristocracy of the Territory and to respond fully to the impulses of the three regiments. Looks like the Ranger Battalion will still be calm here for a while. The enemy will not attack soon...

Until mid-October, Major Skerry received reports from the Front Line Command that the three Legions of the Blue Feather Legion were advancing towards the northern bay, while the two, three and four battalions of the Rangers had been assembled, and that the light cavalry of the Principality of Kanas was not as rampant as it had been in the past, daring to raid the army formation with squads. Just watched the three regiments from afar and didn't dare get too close.

Claude took the opportunity to return to Squirrel Village in the name of transporting supplies to meet little lover Sheila for an evening. But when Claude returned to Count Claus Castle, he saw Major Scully shaking in Cesar with a falcon in his face.

“What's the matter?” Claude asked.

“Defeated, the Bluefeathers and those two second-line regiments were defeated by the enemy…” Major Skerry replied in a trembling tone.

“What did you say?” Claude took a message from Major Skerry, and if you look closely, it is indeed the latest war report from Front Line Command. According to the above, the Blue Feather Regiment and the two second-line regiments fought a hasty General Assembly battle against the anti-Olympic coalition in the Kanas Prairie, which lasted only half a day, and the two second-line regiments took the lead in defeat, followed by the Blue Feather Regiment's cannibalism, which nearly wiped out the entire army on the prairie after inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.

Now those defeated second-line regiment troops and the falling Blue Feather Legion logistics are fleeing the massive pursuit of the Duchy of Kanas Light Cavalry. Prince Hansburg has urgently ordered a second-line regiment stationed at the border to enter the prairie to receive it, while ordering the PLA to put an end to its unity and rush to the border between the former Duchy of Eskirin and the Kanas Prairie to be stationed...

“How is that possible?” Claude was very surprised that everyone knew that the anti-Olympic coalition forces transferred from the Principality of Rimodra to the Principality of Kanas were up to four corps, one standing in the Kingdom of Nasserley, which was the most elite of the anti-Olympic coalition forces, but only the strength of a second-line corps in the Kingdom of Kambiovirus. Two Corps of Light Cavalry of the Principality of Kanas, and a consortium of aristocratic private militias of the former Principality of Eskirin, which had come together. These four regiments have long been the birds of shock, how can they be capable of defeating the three regiments led by the Blue Feather Corps in World War I.

It took another two days for Major Skerry to learn more about the fighting from his friends at Front Line Command. At this meeting in the Kanas Prairie, the anti-Olympic coalition launched a total of nine regiments. The most unexpected thing about the Royal Auvellas Army is that the two Corps of Light Cavalry of the Principality of Kanas, which assisted in the battle in the Kingdom of Nasri, sometime returned quietly to the North Bay and brought a second-line corps of the Kingdom of Nasri...

This meeting was the standing legion of the Kingdom of Nasri, which was transferred from the Principality of Rimodra to the northern bay, and, in conjunction with this newly arrived second-line legion, attacked the three legions of Blue Feathers face to face. The two legions of the Kingdom of Nasri, when they suddenly encountered each other on the prairie, had arranged an array and pushed towards the Blue Feather Corps, which was in line with the army.

The Blue Feather Regiment, whose enemies dared to engage in large-scale talks, had initially suffered a slight loss, but soon stabilized its foot, while ordering the two concerted second-line regiments to set up on their left and right flanks in order to prevent a two-rib raid by the Duchy of Kanas Light Riders.

It has to be said that the response of the Blue Feathers Legion was perfect, and that the three Legions were struck by the Light Riding Legion of the Principality of Kanas. It was only this time that the Principality of Kanas could be said to have fought to the best of its ability, with a total of seven Light Riders. In addition to the two corps of light horsemen recruited from the Kingdom of Nasseri and the two corps of light horsemen transferred from the Principality of Rimodra, they formed three corps of light horsemen recruited on an ad hoc basis.

The first three cavalry regiments, all composed of older pastoralists and half a dozen boys, were killed in battle and could only move forward and execute as soon as they fled backwards. Thus, the three temporarily formed Light Riders launched an endless assault on the two second-line regiments on both wings, one wave immediately following the other. The positions were filled with human horses' bodies and piled up like mountains...

The two second-line regiments nearly gave red to the cannon tubes they were carrying, when the Duchy of Kanas invested in those four elite Light Riders. The two wings of the Blue Feather Legion were thus breached, and countless light cavalry troops stormed into the soldiers' arrays of the two second-line regiments, which were soon swept apart by the enemy's crowded light cavalry into defensive formation and collapsed.

Then the light cavalry of the Principality of Kanas struck the Blue Feather Regiment from both sides and the back road. The Blue Feather Regiment was enemies on all sides. In the evening, the last group of resistant Blue Feather Regiment officers died in the sand. With the exception of the last regiment logistics and treatment, the entire Blue Feather Regiment was almost completely wiped out on the prairie. Lieutenant General Ed Parker, the leader of the regiment, was killed in battle by nearly 50,000 troops, injuring an estimated more than 6,000 prisoners...

With more than 60,000 troops in one Blue Feather regiment and nearly 110,000 troops in two second-line regiments, the battle, known by the anti-Olympic coalition as the Kanas Daejet, resulted in nearly 150,000 casualties in the Kingdom of Ovilas. Although not all of those two second-line regiments were eliminated, the deserted soldiers could not escape the pursuit of the light cavalry of the Principality of Kanas on the vast prairie, and fewer than 5,000 could eventually escape.

This great defeat was like a self-proclaimed victory on the head of the watchful kingdom of Orvillas, remembering the harsh stubborn stick, causing intense turmoil throughout the kingdom. When Sterling X heard the news of this great defeat, he threw up blood and fell asleep. The first thing after awakening was to send a message to the great prince of Hansburg, scold him with anger, and ask him to learn his lesson, not to make the mistake of a minor enemy, the kingdom no longer has the extra strength to make so many more big defeats.

“Baker is at Ranger 2nd Battalion and I don't know if you've escaped..." Diavid said to Claude worried. After Baker, one of the four noble brothers, seized the Weaver post, the Grand Prince decided to form three more guerrilla battalions, and Berlin was transferred to the second guerrilla battalion. This time, he also entered the Kanas Prairie, and so far has no message.

“Don't worry, Baker's not a fool. He'll be fine. And don't forget that old soldier Oil Hassley, who used to call himself number one in the Ranger Battalion, was also transferred to Ranger Battalion 2, with Baker in a battalion, with him in his care, Baker will be fine.” Claude can only comfort Diavid in this way.

At the end of October, the area reappeared as a reconnaissance of the Principality of Kanas, and a very aggressive three or four horsemen approached the Castle of the Count of Krillause, shouting out loud what you had done. Surrender and spare your lives. Claude was angry, but he personally took someone out at night to ambush them. When these scouts came back the next day, they burst into distress and annihilated three or four enemy scouts in a row, which made the scouts a little taboo and didn't dare to get too close to the castle.

Though small, both Major Claude and Major Scully understood that the enemy's reconnaissance meant that they would soon attack the castle.

“I finally understand why the September enemy must scout the area for the main reason.” Claude's perceived pat on the head: “The enemy wasn't trying to reclaim the area, they just wanted to know how many people we were stationed here and if it would have an impact on the prairie battle they were planning. So we waited so long when we were ready, and none of the enemies came. Now that they have won the battle, they have freed their hands to take care of us...”

Major Skerry laughed bitterly: "We have not been ordered to retreat. We must remain here. No matter how many enemies we have, we have to guard this castle. Perhaps we will never return..."

Captain Codwalker, Captain of the 4th Battalion, said: "We have enough in the castle to hold on to supplies like grass and ammunition for three months, and I hope the enemy will retreat by the end of the year, when it is cold winter, and I don't think the enemy will last that long outside the castle. ”

“I hope so. Major Skerry said:" Now that there are more and more enemy scouts out there, I expect the enemy's army to arrive in two or three days. Check the equipment of your respective battalions to inspire morale and avoid any leaks in defense. ”

Major Scully was right. On 2 November, a large group of enemies appeared under the castle.

“My God, a regiment of light cavalry of the Principality of Kanas, a regiment of infantry. Wait, am I right? This infantry regiment is still fighting the flag of the former Duchy of Eskirin, who has been exterminated by us?” Markie stood on the wall with a single telescope screaming.

“Not surprisingly, after the surrender of Grand Duke Eskirin, the nobles of the territory of the Principality of Rimodra were unwilling to destroy the Principality of Eskirin, bringing together their own militias and those who were unwilling to surrender, and reconstituting this Eskirin regiment to serve the anti-Olympic alliance. The Grand Duke of Rimodra, who fled to the Gulf of the North, is said to want to follow their example and prepare for his country's return by forming his own army in exile. However, after the formation of the three regiments, he shouted and spent too much to get the anti-Olympic alliance to pay for the military, which is currently being peeled by both sides. ”

Claude said all of this was seen in a war paper sent by Front Line Command by Eagle, who also asked Major Skerry to contact his friends at Front Line Command to find out if there was any news of Berkelin.

Looking at it with one of his own binoculars, Claudecchi said: "Looks like this newly formed Eskirin Legion is really nervous. It's actually mercenary to the nobility of the territory in this area, sending a regiment of troops over. It looks like the nobility of the territory here is going to bleed a lot. Mike, will you help me see if the family emblem flag of the nobility of the 14 territories here is raised with the flag of the Eskirin Infantry Regiment? ”

McJackie took over the single-binoculars, pulled out a book from a small backpack next to him, opened it and began to control it, reporting shortly: "Sir, yes, the family emblem flag of the nobility of the fourteen territories was raised with the flag of the Eskirin Infantry Regiment. It seems, as you said, that the nobles of these territories hired the Eskirin Infantry Regiment to reclaim their family territory. ”

“Sir, look, that's a light infantry cannon equipped by our Royal Army.” Markie pointed at the distance and said.

The Light Cavalry Regiment of the Principality of Kanas was divided into four battalions, each carrying two light infantry artillery of Royal Auvellas Army-style equipment to begin camping on the four sides of Count Clerus Castle, while soldiers of the Eskirin Regiment set up camp about two miles from the front of the castle.

“Those light infantry artillery may have been captured by the enemy.” It looks like the enemy won't be attacking today, "Claude said." Tomorrow is our defensive battle time. Let the soldiers rest early in the evening so that there will be a spiritual battle tomorrow... ”

“Yes, sir.” McKee said.