Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 352 Battle of Bering Ghana (China)

The war of this era is a bit of a chess game, and the biggest mistake of the Hicks kingdom is that as a player who hasn't competed in more than 40 years, he picked the last champion to be his opponent for the first time, and was defeated as he wished. The problem was that he refused to accept the loss and insisted that he had a chance of winning, so he increased the chip once again, tried to duplicate it, and lost a refinement.

Sometimes confidence does not mean strength, just like the five standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks, which they believe are enough to sweep across the seven overseas territories of the Kingdom of Auvellas. But they ran into the Rangers, two big slaps in a row, and two standing legions were destroyed. So while they were turned blind by these two slaps, they lost confidence, became suspicious ghosts, felt weak and frightened, and imagined the enemy to be mighty...

Although the scouting scouts sent out did not return, and even if they did, they could not detect any news of the enemy, by turning the information transmitted from the mainland of the Kingdom of Orvilas on the other side, the three remaining standing legions of the Hicks knew who their opponents were. Royal Sterling of the Kingdom of Orvilas newly formed close guard army, the Rangers. It was also allowed to expand into regiments for the destruction of two regiments, Pancrat and Clado, to recover all lost ground, and two others recruited locally to guard armed and civilian overseas field regiments.

Before the beginning of the war, it can be said that the five standing regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks were all confident and self-assured that each regiment was no less powerful than the Rangers of the Kingdom of Orvilas. As for the other two so-called overseas field regiments of the enemy, they were not in their eyes. This newly formed regiment in time of war was nothing more than cannon ash on the battlefield and a tribute to the door.

In the pre-war reasoning of those staff officers of the five Standing Regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks, they estimated the strength of the Rangers to be one, just like the five Standing Regiments. At the same time, the battle strength of those two overseas field regiments was overestimated and set at zero point five to show that they had no light enemies. In such a statistic, the total strength of the five Standing Regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks is five, while the total strength of the Orvillas Army is only two. Obviously, the enemy is not his opponent at all.

The pervasive orientation of the Cromwell administration and the direct entry of the head of the Bering Ghana administration have deepened the impression of the five Standing Army Staff Officers of the Kingdom of Hicks that their pre-war reasoning and strength estimates are correct and victory is on the horizon. Then, Tanya, two legions of Kudzoya were lost, and they slapped almost all the staff officers...

Once again, the staff officers of the three regiments, Vikron, Seiburg and Ferbert, retrieved all the information they had sent about the rival Rangers before the war and finally found the key points they had overlooked. Intelligence suggests that the Guardian Corps, the first Ace Field Corps in the Kingdom of Orvilas, admitted that the Rangers were no better than they were, and that the Guardian Corps had all failed in four field confrontation exercises, even in a battalion-sized military exercise.

No wonder Tanya, Kudzoya and the two regiments will be wiped out, underestimating the enemy's power. If they fought the Jailguard Corps, they would estimate the enemy's battle strength at 1: 5, the shadow of a man's famous tree, as the first Ace Field Corps in the kingdom of Orvilas, and none of the Hicks' soldiers would despise their opponents.

By changing the names of the unknown rangers, these staff officers inevitably made minor enemy mistakes. Now that the Guardians acknowledge that the Rangers are not weaker than themselves, it is clear that the Rangers' strength should also be 1: 5. Now that the Rangers are enlarged into legions, they should double their fighting power, which is three. And the enemy's two newly formed overseas battle regiments should be similar in strength to the standing regiments on their side, which should be one, so the enemy's total battle strength is five.

Finally, Tanya was found, the reason for the collapse of the two regiments, and the staff officers of the three remaining standing regiments in the Kingdom of Hicks took a long breath. Simply put, the Ranger Corps plus an overseas field corps attacked the Tanya Corps first and then annihilated the Kudzoya Corps, which was a force of four against one, and the two Hicks kingdoms' standing regiments could never be rivals, and it was only natural that they should be wiped out.

According to the calculations of these staff officers, even if the enemy was injured in the fighting surrounding Tanya and Kudzoya, the total current strength would remain around four. In other words, the three standing regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks are currently in a vulnerable position and they must unite closely so that the enemy is not given the opportunity. Not to mention the division of the army. That would only allow the three standing legions to repeat the mistakes of the two legions that were completely destroyed...

So the three regiments, Vikron, Seiburg and Ferbert, were only able to warm up by the Dolinibara River, and the result was that they were in trouble. Following repeated attacks on logistics convoys in the rear, which prevented them from reaching the battalion, a fielder dispatched to escort supplies was ambushed by the Rangers and returned to only a few hundred light cavalry soldiers. Together with the light enemy cavalry around the battalion, this confirms that they have fallen into the enemy's trap, surrounded by heavy enemy soldiers, hiding in the dark to spy on the battalion and want to bite them hard at all times.

At this point, the wisest strategy for the three regiments, Vikron, Seiburg and Ferbert, was to pull out the battalion immediately. The three regiments echoed backwards and forwards, and were perfectly able to withdraw to the capital of Wickham Castle under Cromwell, where they had a choice between rebuilding the flag drums before planning, offensive or defensive.

No senior officer of any regiment has proposed this strategy, and even if everyone knows that it is the best option, no one is willing to shoulder this responsibility, whether it is proposed or decided to carry it out. The three regiments were nearly 200,000 troops, so they went to the Dolinibara River. After looking at the scenery, they turned back. There was no battle with the enemy. Instead, they were all killed by the enemy in the process of entering the army. They could be said to have been scared back by the enemy. So, when you get back, who's going to take the responsibility?

While this would preserve the three Standing Regiments, none of the senior officers of the three Standing Regiments would escape accountability. Failure to fight and the title of coward will be a disgrace to their families and, more seriously, they may be deprived of noble titles and even condemned to prison...

So for the senior officers of the three standing regiments in a group, they were eager to hope that the enemy would attack them on their own initiative, like two ancient knights throwing white gloves at each other to fight, and they agreed to hold a congress of hundreds of thousands to decide who was the winner, which was the only way they could defeat the war and remain safe at home.

The problem is that the Rangers have no interest whatsoever in engaging in old-fashioned games with these three standing regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks, nor do they intend to take the initiative to attack their heavily guarded camp. Even though, according to the algorithm of those staff officers, the Rangers had the same strength as the three Standing Regiments, the Rangers had sent only reconnaissance cavalry to snoop around the battalions of the three Standing Regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks and refused to initiate an offensive.

This is not going to work. The senior officers of the three Standing Legions of the Kingdom of Hicks decided to send troops to attack on their own initiative to lure the Rangers to attack, and then use the refueling tactics to expand the battle and form a decisive posture. Unfortunately, the Rangers did not fall for it, they simply surveilled the area with reconnaissance and did not care about the provocation of the attacking forces. The problem then returned to the three Standing Regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks, where the attacking forces could not be too far away from the battalion, otherwise they would not lure the enemy but would go out and die.

The senior officers of the three Standing Regiments decided to send a group of light cavalry soldiers to sweep the battalion around those nasty fly-like enemies, and unfortunately they saw with their own eyes that the group of light cavalry soldiers sent out to chase the enemy's reconnaissance a little farther away, and were cut off by the light cavalry of the enemy, which was completely neutralized.

Had it not been for the battalion to immediately send troops to receive half the men and horses, perhaps even one of the more than 4,000 light cavalry regiments would not have returned. And the Ranger Corps' light cavalry found the troops coming out of the battalion and did not hesitate to let the surrounding group of light cavalry retreat, leaving them to flee back to the battalion. It follows that the Rangers will not fight the enemy at all.

It's like sitting in a sad city, waiting to die. Senior officers of the three Standing Regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks are all aware that while there is now almost a month or so of grain reserves in the battalion, saving some time can last longer. But the supplies in the rear can't be delivered, and this side is sitting on the mountain sky, waiting for the reserve in the battalion to run out, which is the end of the three standing legions...

The detachment of troops to deliver logistical supplies made the road impassable and vulnerable to further enemy raids and ambushes. Unless the three Standing Regiments pull back together, no one can shoulder that responsibility. In the midst of a dilemma, a staff officer presented a very complete genius plan. According to his analysis, it is clear that both the Rangers and an overseas field regiment were ambushed around the three Standing Regiment battalions and kept an eye on the battalion. The battalion on its own side is heavily guarded and the enemy cannot find the opportunity, so the current situation should be in a state of confrontation between the two armies.

Since both the Rangers and an Overseas Field Corps are on the direct side of Bering Ghana, it is clear that Robisto's territorial defenses on the banks of the Dolinibara River must be poorly prepared, arguably very empty. It is likely that another casualty, some large overseas field corps, is in charge of defense.

Then, if the three standing regiments on their side can cross the river, they can become passive, blocking the Rangers and that overseas field regiment from this desolate land across the river, and the three standing regiments can sweep the remaining overseas direct authority of the Kingdom of Ovilas across the river, completely laying the foundation for the colonial hegemony of the Kingdom of Hicks on the continent of Nubian...

As for the Rangers of the Kingdom of Orvilas and the Overseas Field Corps, there was simply no material supply in the rear of Bering Ghana's administration, so that they cleared themselves of the firm walls. As long as the three standing regiments on their side crossed the river and cut off the logistical supply route from Robisto's direct administration across the river, the only option waiting for the Rangers and that overseas field regiment would be to surrender with their hands up and there would be no other way out.

This is simply a plan to win the defeat, passively turning it into an initiative that will allow these three standing regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks to regain control of the battlefield, rather than shrinking from the battalion and watching the light cavalry of the enemy from the outside. However, there is still a problem with the plan, which is how the three Standing Regiments cross the river...

The Dolinibara River is the largest river in the continent of Nubicia, with a width of more than 2,000 metres and a narrowest of five or six hundred metres, generally around a thousand metres. Unfortunately, the river at which the three Standing Army Regiments camped was 1,500m wide and the water surged. If the three Standing Regiments want to build their own floating bridges across the river, they will have to pull out camps and find suitable crossing points.

The disadvantage of doing so is that it is likely that the Rangers will find their intention to cross the river, be prepared well in advance, even ambush the river across the bank, and strike a halfway across the river or something. That will only turn all the plans of the three Standing Regiments into a shadow, and the river crossing will not suffer a major defeat.

So the best way to do this is for the three standing legions to hold still and confuse the Rangers. Put hope of crossing the river in the kingdom of Hicks' naval fleet. As long as the entire naval fleet is deployed, the blockade of the entrance to the Dolinibara River will be broken in the port of Patres, the capital of Robisto, and the waterway of the Dolinibara River will be restored. Then the Neptune fleet can go up the river, straight to the camp of the three Standing Regiments, and it is easy to move the three Standing Regiments across the river.

In this way, not only the enemy's unexpected, but also the Neptune fleet could be allowed to block the entire Dolinibara river course and prevent the Cavalry Regiment and the Overseas Field Regiment, isolated in Bering Ghana, from forcibly crossing the river back into the army for rescue...

This is by far the best river crossing strategy, and the key to the victory of this colonial war lies in the ability of the Neptune fleet to break the blockade of the entrance to the Dolinibara River in the port of Patres, the capital of Robisto. The senior officers of the three Standing Legions know that with this approach, the Neptune fleet is the best target for everyone.

If this war fails, then all responsibility lies with the Neptune fleet. The Kingdom of Hicks has invested so much in the development of the Navy fleet over the past two years that it has been unable to restore even the waterway of the Dolinibara River and to break the blockade of the entrance to the Dolinibara River at the port of Patres. So what's the point of this Neptune fleet?

The heroic three regiments of the Kingdom, Vikron, Seiburg and Fabert, after their mighty enemies had besieged the Tanya and Cutroya regiments, remained fearless and fought to the death, finally forming a confrontation with the enemy despite the heavy toll of casualties and gaining an opportunity for victory. The result was a failure due to the inability and inability of the Neptune fleet to defeat and defeat. Then it is obvious who is most responsible for the failure of this war. The wrench will never hit the senior officers of the three Standing Regiments...

As a result, senior officers of the three Standing Regiments deliberately joined forces to highlight the importance and urgency of the river crossing strategy, in addition to sending the plan and the river crossing strategy back to Port Vibato for implementation by the Neptune fleet. Then they closed the camp and stopped shooting, waiting for the arrival of the Neptune fleet.

In January of the year 587, the Holy Lights appeared to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. Bering restored a state of peace rarely found under Ghana's direct administration, and few gunshots were heard, even in the frontline...