Alien Empire Total War

Gilfi Dole didn't recognize Charlie until the latter took the initiative to call out his name, and then he saw the aloof victor.

Looking at the young nobleman who was also dressed as a general, Dole only felt that the other person's cheeks were inexplicably familiar, but he didn't know where he had seen each other.

"You know me?" Dole asked suspiciously, standing on the spot.

"Of course, Gilfi Dole from the Artillery Division, the third runner-up in the speech contest of the Royal Military Academy in 1748, I have witnessed your heroic appearance in the competition." Charlie replied with a smile.

"Oh, let me introduce myself first. I'm Charles Close, Commander of the Seventh Brigade of the Republic."

"Are you Charlie Close?" Hearing his self-introduction, Gilfi Dole was surprised. He was no stranger to this name. When Charles was an officer of the King's Army who was still resisting in the capital during the Great Revolution, his name was already there. It was spread, and a few days ago, Charlie's name was mentioned again as the commander of the enemy's reinforcements.

After being surprised, he quickly reacted and continued: "Hey, although I have become your prisoner, it doesn't mean that I will reveal the information of our army to you. Besides, I ask you to treat me reasonably as a noble!"

"Mr. Dole, the Constitution of the Republic promulgated two months ago has declared that everyone is equal. Even if you are a noble, you can only accept the same treatment as an ordinary prisoner of war." Charlie's adjutant of staff Siller reminded.

Charlie glanced at him approvingly, then looked at Dole again, and said: "Mr. Dole, I know that you and your family were coerced into joining the rebels, and now there is a bright path in front of you, and that is to abandon the darkness to the light. , join the Army of the Republic, and when the Army of the Republic goes south, you and your family's property will be protected by the Holy Constitution."

He wanted to bring Gilfi Dole under his command. After all, the other party was an officer who graduated from the artillery department and had some practical experience. It would be a good choice for him to be his artillery commander.

After unlocking the 7-pounder howitzer and the 6-pounder infantry gun, Charlie had the idea of ​​forming a separate artillery regiment. Although generally speaking, only corps-level units have a large-scale artillery unit, but Charlie only has a large-scale artillery unit. Well-trained artillery and artillery can be recruited for money, why should he waste this good opportunity to stick to the rules?

He also found an excuse. He captured a lot of enemy artillery during the battle, and the captured artillery was used to form an artillery regiment. When the time comes, he will dredge the people from the War Department, so that no one will interfere with him.

Listening to Charlie's bright solicitation, Dole hesitated for a few seconds, but still rejected him. Although Charlie's side has won a small victory, in his opinion, the current war situation is still dominated by his camp, because An The government of Keton City has to face the siege of enemies from both directions at the same time. Even if they can persist in a short time, they will fail sooner or later.

Dole's refusal was expected by Charlie, and he was not disappointed. He just said regretfully: "It seems that you made a wrong choice, so I can only hope you don't regret it."

"Regret? Why regret?" Dole sneered at this.

Seeing that Dole was not willing to join him sincerely, Charlie could only sigh regretfully, and turned to another method—to gather Dole and other prisoners of war who had received military training to convert them into system soldiers, and let them in the system. Forced allegiance to oneself under constraints.

Please don't get me wrong, Charlie didn't use this method specifically for Dole. Through tonight's battle, he realized the importance of forming a vanguard commando, so he gave birth to convert prisoners of war into a systematic regular army to act as the vanguard. idea.

His thinking was very clear. The reason why he used prisoners of war instead of soldiers under the Seventh Brigade was mainly because after the latter died, he would have to pay pensions to the families of the deceased, while the former was a prisoner of war, and Charlie only had to pay the recruitment fee. And upkeep (if they live to that point) can drive them to death.

Just like recruiting militiamen in Ankerton before, but the difference between them and the militia converted from armed citizens is that they can also provide Charlie with intelligence about the enemy's interior - with the system conversion function, mother no longer has to worry He was misled by false confessions!

Poor Dole didn't know that he had been eaten to death by Charlie. When he was taken by the soldiers to the temporary prisoner of war camp where the prisoners of war were being held, there were already densely packed rebel prisoners of war. The subordinates felt bitter in their hearts. No commander would like to see their soldiers captured, let alone locked up with their subordinates.

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A few hours later, the sky was bright, and the 3rd Infantry Regiment, which was sent to guard, also withdrew, and under the deployment of Charlie, together with the 2nd Regiment, they built a position around the south of Nawa Mountain to prevent the enemy from counterattacking. The first hussar brigade to come to support had already been ordered to withdraw, so the third regiment was able to withdraw smoothly.

On the other hand, Uncle Gunila in the Nawa City Hall got the good news that Nawa Mountain changed hands a few hours ago. He asked his cronies to go to Nawa Mountain with an award order. , After the cronies came back, he was pleasantly surprised to find that not only his cronies came back, but also the prisoners of war escorted back by the soldiers, six artillery pieces and more than 2,000 rifles that were captured.

Looking at the piles of rifles and six heavy artillery pieces, Gunilla felt relieved. Although this was only a small victory, in his opinion, it was already a good start.

His good mood did not last long. The rebels in the south were not reconciled to this defeat, and they immediately mobilized several troops to rush to Nawa Mountain in an attempt to regain the fallen artillery positions. According to the report sent from the front line, the enemy's 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division, the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Division and the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Hussar Division participated in the attack, totaling more than 7,000 infantry and 900 cavalry, and Five 6-pounder infantry guns and two 12-pounder infantry guns.

After receiving this information, Gunilla immediately sent the information to Mount Nava and asked Charlie to immediately enter the operational deployment to prepare for the enemy's counterattack. At the same time, he also ordered Colonel Blanca Lanlu of the National Army to assist Charlie. .

When Charlie received the information, the rebel cavalry had already appeared in the direction less than 700 meters away from Nawa Mountain. The second and third infantry regiments stationed at the foot of the mountain were also in a state of preparation. The regiment belonged to artillery. Deployed in temporarily excavated gun emplacements, they would face the enemy in battle alongside infantry.

The 1st Infantry Regiment was deployed on the mountain as a reserve, and its regiment artillery and two 7-pounder howitzer companies newly recruited by Charlie through the system were deployed in the artillery position on the mountainside.

Standing in front of the artillery position and observing the silhouette of the enemy infantry on the distant horizon through the monocular, Charlie slowly put down the telescope with a solemn expression.