Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 378 Interchangeover

The battalion of the follow-on army of the Principality of Kanas Volunteer Light Rider Corps is about 5,000 metres from the camp occupied by the Thunder Division, but within 200 metres of the camp, soldiers of the Thunder Division and nearly 7,000 prisoners dug out seventy-eight trenches, connected it to the walls of the camp as a defensive position and made the first probationary attack by the Volunteer Light Rider Corps ineffective, instead folding into 7,800 people and horses...

Only the commanders of the Voluntary Light Ride Corps of the Principality of Kanas were not incompetent. When the first probationary attack was found to be useless, and the Thunder Division set up an effective defensive position against the Light Ride Raid, it did not continue the attack. Instead, it withdrew its troops decisively to the battalion and the tiger snaketail ended its first confrontation. From this, it can be seen that enemy commanders possess a wealth of battlefield experience and military command skills that are difficult to deal with.

So when Claude stood on the wall and watched the enemy come out of the camp, digging trenches 1,500 metres from the camp and extending this way, his mouth snapped upwards. The fish bit the hook, and everything was going according to its own vision. Seriously, what's wrong with letting soldiers escort prisoners to dig and repair trenches for two days is that they want their enemies to abandon their horses to dig trenches and mount an attack.

Digging trenches on the grasslands was really easy, taking only four or five days, and four long trenches crossed more than a thousand metres, gradually approaching the trench defensive circle of the camp. In the eyes of the commanders of the Voluntary Light Rider Corps of the Principality of Kanas, the enemy had never expected such a change, with artillery shelling and gunfire, which, while causing some casualties to the Voluntary Light Rider Corps, was very minor for the subsequent forces of the entire Voluntary Light Rider Corps, and no one would see the casualties of one hundred and eighty people.

Only the closer the trenches get to the enemy's defensive circles, the more intense the firepower they suffer, which creates enormous trouble for the exhumed soldiers. After all, the trench is a trench, with no ceiling, and the enemy has begun to build a high platform based on the direction of the four trenches, preparing to strike down the soldiers of the Voluntary Light Riding Corps in the trench.

Faced with this situation, the commanders of the Volunteer Light Ride Corps devised a four-way response. Instead of confining ourselves to four trenches, we invest more troops in digging trenches, turning four trenches into forty or even a hundred, leaving the enemy defenceless and defenceless. As long as there is a trench connected to the enemy's trench defensive circle, soldiers can rush into the enemy's trenches through four interconnected trenches, causing the enemy's defensive priorities to lose each other and become ineffective...

In the next 10 days, the perimeter of the camp was all turned into a trench labyrinth within 7,800 meters of diameter, and the follow-on troops of the Voluntary Light Rider Corps invested in four major field regiments, nearly 24,000 troops, finally connecting the trench to the trench defense ring of the camp after paying nearly 2,000 casualties, and killed the Thunder Division officers and soldiers in the trench labyrinth.

Only when the two sides were at war in the trenches, the officers and soldiers of the Voluntary Light Rider Corps of the Principality of Kanas suddenly found themselves at a loss. The Thunder Division had built a three- or four-metre-high earth platform by the trenches, with light infantry artillery on it, as well as observers using various triangular flags to effectively mobilize troops for reinforcement and encirclement. A dirt platform is able to grasp the surrounding circle of nearly 100 meters, so that the demobilized soldiers of the Principality of Kanas who launched the attack always felt that they were beating more with less, the less people they hit on their side, and the more enemies they hit.

In the three days following the trenches, the four main battalions of the Volunteer Light Rider Corps suddenly found casualties doubling, almost losing more than one battalion a day. While the enemy Thunder Division soldiers also suffered casualties, they also suffered three to one or four to one casualties compared to the Voluntary Light Rider Corps. That is, if all four of the main Field Regiments of the Volunteer Light Rider Regiment were not in the sand, the enemy Thunder Division would simply lose one Regiment's strength.

The commanders of the Volunteer Light Rider Corps had to call a halt to the offensive and renegotiate their response. According to the soldiers returning from the front line, the enemy is very cunning. They often use a small number of forces to lure the officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Light Rider Regiment Battalion to chase them, lure the officers and soldiers into areas covered by dirt cannon fire, hit the pursuing officers with shotguns fired by light infantry artillery on dirt platforms, and take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack and reclaim the lost trench positions...

In addition, the soldiers of the Thunder Division often set up a light infantry cannon at the end of a trench. When officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Light Riding Corps entered the trenches, they fired artillery shells suddenly, leaving no place to hide. The dead and wounded were those in the trenches.

Commanders of the Voluntary Light Riding Corps of the Principality of Kanas seemed to feel a sense of decency, renouncing the light riding raids they were good at, and fought a trench battle with the Thunder Division Corps, all of whom turned into mud monkeys. Unconsciously, the enemy transformed its defensive position of restraint into a trench maze of defensive infantry attacks, killing and injuring nearly 6,000 troops in just four or five days.

However, if it is too late to regret in the future, the position has become a crossed trench maze, this time there is no place to ride the assault horse again. The only benefit is finding that light cavalry machetes in trench battles are better and more lethal and powerful than the short swords used by Thunder Division soldiers. A dozen other captured Thunder Division soldiers confessed that nearly 7,000 prisoners of the Voluntary Light Riding Corps were still being held in the camp, while the Thunder Division in the camp had only two unsatisfactory field corps and three battle guard battalions attached to the Division Command, with a total strength of less than 16,000.

It is precisely because of the confessions of these captives that the commanders of the Volunteer Light Rider Corps did not intend to discharge from the army because of the scorching of the fighting and the heavy toll of the casualties, and even though more than 6,000 troops have been killed and injured, there are nearly 30,000 people left. It has doubled the Thunder Division and has an overwhelming advantage. Commanders are confident that as long as the battle continues, victory will surely come, and perhaps this Thunder Division will be wiped out.

Consequently, the commanders of the Volunteer Light Rider Corps decided, after discussion, to invest more troops, and the Corps Command would send a direct artillery corps and two reinforced battalions into the offensive. They are prepared to destroy the earth platforms built by the Thunder Division by the trenches with artillery and artillery fire in the trenches...

The countermeasure, which the commanders of these volunteer light riders seem to have drugged as a symptom, took only three days to destroy most of the earth platform, successfully seized the two outermost trenches of the camp trench defense circle and approached the camp 100 metres away. Though significant casualties have been paid, the Thunder Division casualties are also small, and the ratio of war losses on both sides has increased to 2 to 1, or even 1 to 1.

Even as the resistance of the Thunder Division grew stronger, it seemed to the commanders of the Voluntary Light Rider Corps that this was a dying struggle. At the sight of the demise of the Thunder Division, the Volunteer Light Rider Corps once again invested two guard battalions to join the offensive halt in order to take over the camp faster, destroy the Thunder Division and play Kai.

“The enemy has just begun to invest in four main battalions, then joined one artillery regiment and two reinforcement battalions, and now two more guard battalions, and I estimate the enemy has invested all its strategic forces in the offensive. Our plan has worked, and the next two days of resistance will allow us to evacuate the camp and hand it over to the enemy, who I'm sure will be very surprised. ”

Claude points to the enemy's camp marked on the map: "According to estimates of our latent scouts, there are now about 3,000 men and horses left in the enemy's camp. With the exception of one logistical battalion, the rest are labourers such as horse servants. For some time now, the men and horses of both guard battalions grazed the meadows with nearly 40,000 enemy horses, and the horses in the enemy's rear battalion did not go out to graze after the two guard battalions had committed themselves to the attack. But imagine what the enemy is missing right now is manpower...

Lieutenant Colonel Berklin's Thunder 1301 has lurked next to the enemy's camp, waiting for orders and codes to launch our offensive. Major McJackie, you are in command of this offensive plan. Remember, the first thing we need to do is seize the enemy's horses, the second is the enemy's grass, and the third is occupy the enemy's camp. If you can't resist the backlash of the enemy, you can abandon the enemy's camp and burn the enemy's grass. But the enemy's 40,000 horses must be brought back. Understood? ”

“Yes, please rest assured that the guerrilla battalion 113 will complete its mission and return with the horses.” Mike was saluting and answering in a sober tone.

Claude nodded: "You leave at 10: 00 p.m. and bring all the remaining projectiles with you, which will help you to take over the enemy's camp. ”

McJackie stunned: “General, here you are...”

Claude laughed, "Don't worry, we're fine here, we don't need to throw a bomb to stop the enemy from attacking. ”

“After the departure of Lieutenant Colonel Diaved, Major McJackie's guerrilla battalion 131, your Thunder 1303 Regiment was responsible for escorting 7,000 prisoners, as well as the Logistics Department of the Corps of Escorts, logistics heavy supplies and the wounded out of the camp, waiting for our notice after the evacuation route arrives at the target before deciding on the following itinerary. If the prisoner is disturbed, you can execute the rioters locally.” Claude gave the order again.

“Yes, General, the 1303 Thunder Regiment will follow your instructions.” Diavid rises to salute.

“Colonel Siegfried, are you ready for Logistics? ”

“General, the Logistics Department is ready to go, and all logistical materiel to be taken has been packed in the wagon. It has been checked three times to determine that there are no omissions.” Colonel Siegfried replied.

Claude nodded with satisfaction: "I wish you all a good trip first. Lieutenant Colonel Muried, the trench line outside the camp will be yours for the next two days, and I'll give you artillery support on the perimeter wall. Are you sure you want to hang on for two days? ”

Muriel Edhaha laughed: "General, don't say two days, a week will do. The Duchy of Kanas is famous for the raids of light cavalry, and when they get off their horses they become crabs, apart from digging trenches, that is, two machetes fighting hard. Don't look at them now approaching the camp wall 100 meters away, in front of the artillery we set up, they are dead. ”

This is a metaphor, and the former soldiers of the Principality of Kanas, who are attacking in the trenches today, do look like crabs, and they often come up naked, naked, waving two machetes. Then the Thunder Division soldiers aim precisely at the next one falling on the ground, or the shotgun fired by a light infantry cannon falling into a trench full of blood.

“Be confident and get ready now.” Claude smiled and let the senior officers of the division leave their big accounts. When everyone was gone, Major Anders, his deputy outside the tent, was ordered to call his brother Browick.

Blovik is now a sergeant, serving in the guerrilla 1131 battalion of Major Jack, serving as a team leader for a reconnaissance team. With the care of Claude and Michael, combined with his own military skills, his promotion has been described as fast.

Soon Blovik appeared before Claude.

Claude looked at his brother and suddenly felt a little sentimental. The little chubby pie that his parents were going to hug upstairs and downstairs is now an adult and an Englishman.

He patted Brovik on the shoulder gently: "This time you have to mix in the enemy's camp, destroy the enemy's dark and open posts, enlarge the troops into the camp, the task is heavy and dangerous, you have to be careful. ”

Browick hummed, impatiently answered: "Okay, Brother, I know the scale, don't worry. Besides, I'm not an ordinary soldier, I'm a magician, and I have the means to deal with the enemy. I'm leaving first, those comrades are still waiting for me..."

The timing of this attack on the enemy camp was not at night, but during the day. So we need a team of men and horses pretending to be the enemy's light cavalry to repel, pre-mix into the enemy's rear battalion, and pull out the enemy's bright and dark outposts so that the Lentil 1301 group in Berlin and the guerrilla 113 battalion in McJackie can approach the enemy's camp and achieve their unexpected surprise effect. This task of mixing up with the enemy camp was passed by Blovik guns.

Two days later, at around 3 p.m., the commander and senior officers of the Voluntary Light Riding Corps of the Principality of Kanas watched their flag plunge onto the wall of the enemy camp and soon fell. Then another battle flag was planted and pulled out by the enemy. But all this has not stopped the enemy from failing. Another flag was planted and never fell again. Then more VLR battle flags began to wave on the wall, waving in the hands of the soldiers, and the front line seemed to send a warm cheer...

We won! Senior officers around the Legion Leader began to cheer, and the Legion Leader smiled appropriately and responded to the compliments of his surrounding subordinates. He lifted his whip and pointed to the camp a kilometer away and said, "Let's go check it out. ”

There was no objection, and under the crowd of guard soldiers, the hundreds travelled very carefully on the flats along the trenches and received cheers from soldiers along the way.

Only three or four hundred metres away from the camp, the Legion Commander heard some noise behind him, who thought it was a soldier's celebration and did not expect it. Until he was caught in a horse's arms by an officer, who made the commander a little uncomfortable by pointing his tongue in the direction behind him. When he looked back, his face turned white, as he saw the flag of the Thunder Division of the Kingdom of Orvillas flying above his camp. Exactly, this is the month I've seen puke on the camp walls, the Thunder Division flag...

In addition to the banners of the Thunder Division, there was a group of deserters running away from the barracks five or six hundred meters in front of the camp, who were running this way, apparently escaping from the camp...

The Legion Leader went dizzy and shook his horse and planted it on the ground. Fortunately, the deputy officer nearby was responsive and held him in his arms before the corps leader fell and bled his head off.

It was an extremely ridiculous battle victory, almost as the Volunteer Light Rider Corps seized the camp occupied by the Thunder Division Corps, as well as the Volunteer Light Rider Corps camp. At this time, the soldiers of the Volunteer Light Rider Corps, most of whom went to the camp, wanted to join the ranks to celebrate victory in the first place, so that the senior officers of the Corps wanted to organize personnel to fight back against the camp without finding troops...