Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 222 Wilfgang

"What do you say? The prince himself went to the front to supervise the war and brought his guard camp?" Claude was shocked.

Just back to the battalion, Claude heard an unbelievable message from the squad of the logistics department.

"He is the big prince! How can you let him go to the front line? If anything happens to him, then no one can escape this responsibility..." Claude felt that the officers who were obedient were crazy, how dare he let Hansback The big prince ran to the front.

If you encounter a stray bullet that doesn't last long, it would be a win-win situation for the Kingdom of Ovilas. To know that the Great Prince is not only the first heir to the throne, but also the chief commander of this battle. He went to the front line to supervise the war. It does not mean that he has to stand on the front line to face the enemy's artillery.

"We can't stop anyone. The great prince is very angry. The three corps of the Nasri Kingdom, surrounded by our seven regiments, have pieced together the strength of a division to force us to assault. The miscellaneous camps are fundamental. As long as they could not withstand their offense, the Grand Prince had no choice but to go to the front line to execute the death order, which stabilized the front.

But this morning, the Nasri kingdom dispatched a cavalry regiment, ignoring the casualties, and slanting through the second line of defense to capture the Welfangang. A local battalion battalion in Wilfgang was killed and all the princes were now mobilizing troops to attack the Welfgang. If you can't retake Wilfgang, the defense forces in the first four hills will not be able to get reinforcements and supplies. They can't stay too long under the enemy's attack..."

Captain Lederfonteer explained to Crowd pointing at the map. On the map, a curved black thick line leads to the plains of Emilia, the national road from the city of Ames to the Eifinsburg of the Duchy of the State of Sidings. Most of the wars in this era are carried out around waterways and national highways, so as to ensure the logistics and heavy traffic of the large units. If the three legions trapped in the Kingdom of Nasri want to break out in the direction of the city of Emis, then it is most convenient to assault from this national road. This is also the focus of defense line defense.

From the map, the top few hills have been marked with red crosses, which means that the top hills around the national highway have fallen. The four highlands on either side of the middle national highway are still in the hands of the army of the kings of Ovilas, but the last irregular ellipse is also marked with a red cross. This irregular oval is marked with aville. The words of Fu Gang.

There is also a red diagonal line on the map, which is the line of the cavalry regiment of the Nasri Kingdom that raided Welfgang. Obviously, the army commanders of the Nasri Kingdom are not idiots. They know the key to playing the snake seven inches. They are not willing to carry out a mountain attack and defense battle with the defense forces of the Kingdom of Ovilas. It was huge and it was delayed. There were two sides behind them and they were being attacked by the seven legions of the Ovilas Kingdom.

So the adventure was desperate, and a patchwork of cavalry regiments captured Welfgang, cutting off the supply reinforcement lines of the four hill defense forces in front of Wilfgang. As long as the cavalry regiment can hold the Welfangang, the rear troops successfully conquer the four hills, then the national highway will be unimpeded under the city of Emis, and the horse will be flat.

"Why did the prince of the prince not order the troops to withdraw to the city of Amy, where the defensive front was complete, and even if the troops of the Nasri Kingdom broke out to the city of Amis, they could not escape the fate of the whole army..." Claude asked Road.

"No, there is still a gap in the northern line of the city of Eames." Captain Lederfontein said.

"Northern line, that is the seaside, where do they run?" Claude is puzzled.

Captain Lederfonteer smiled and shook his head: "You forgot their joint fleet, the waters there are still the site of the combined fleet. If they let them break down to the city of Amis, they can run to the beach and leave." The big troops can't run, but the commanders of the legions will surely slip off first. So the great prince insisted on setting up a defensive front in the hilly area, and strived to close the door and fight the dog, not letting a senior officer of the Nasri Kingdom run away. ”

Claude understood: "What should I do now?"

"What to do? Going to the front line, this is a good opportunity for you to perform." Lederfontein said: "I heard people talk about the field attack and defense drill of the 11th Field Camp of the Blue Feather Legion. You use one. The squad broke a squadron's defensive position. In the morning, the prince has commanded the troops to launch four attacks, and the casualties are large, but Wilfgang is still in the hands of the cavalry regiment of the Nasri Kingdom. You are now, look See if you can use your method to attack and retake Wilfgang..."

Captain Claude and Captain Reidfak handed over the captives and wounded, and after adding the ammunition, they took the squadron to the front. The closer you get to Wilfgang, the more you feel the battle is imminent.

Less than half a mile from the front line, Claude saw a hillside filled with dead bodies of dead soldiers. Only a small part of the body was covered with white cloth, and the rest was placed on the hillside. People have a very shocking feeling. On this hillside, it is estimated that there are two or three thousand dead bodies of soldiers...

It was hard to find the meeting place of the battalion battalion, and Claude found that the morale of the soldiers was very low. I caught a familiar officer to ask about it, only to know that in the morning to noon, the prince commanded the mobilized troops to launch five attacks on Wilfgang, but failed five times, and the number of casualties exceeded half. Even the battalion battalion has been pulled up twice, and now there are fewer than three hundred soldiers surviving...

"How did you attack?" Claude was very surprised. Although the battalion battalion was not full, there were always more than 700 people. Now less than three hundred, how is the casualty rate so high?

The sergeant took a sip on the ground: "The **** Lieutenant Colonel Rosler volunteered to fight for the prince, let us go to the battalion to attack, and marched in a queue, and he wanted to rush to the enemy's position before firing. Every time we were bombarded by the four guns above, almost none of the first few rows were able to come back...

The ridiculous thing is that the four artillery pieces were arranged by us. After the positions were occupied, the enemy turned to use these four artillery pieces to bombard us. Within a hundred meters, we could not get close. The shots they fired had covered the entire frontier. position. The **** Lieutenant Colonel Rosler was forcing us to die, asking us to brave the gunfire to face the enemy 50 meters before firing, then hit the bayonet to launch the charge..."

If the enemy only has a musket and no artillery, then perhaps this offensive strategy of Lieutenant Colonel Rosler is correct. Tolerate the casualties of the soldiers approaching the enemy 50 meters before firing, and then launching a white-bladed impact may make the enemy feel sorrowful and have no courage. Take resistance. But the problem now is that there are still four artillery pieces on the ground. As long as the missiles are fired, they can cover the entire front line position within a distance of 100 meters. At this time, the soldiers are striding forward and it is indeed dead.

Claude turned to look at Wilfgang, the Weiergang in the distance is not high, it is estimated to be forty or fifty meters, the **** facing this side is still very gentle, the left and the right are still stone cliffs, put an end to the two sides The possibility of attack. Now in the middle and upper sections of the hillside, there is a large corpse of the kings of the Ovilas Kingdom lying there and not tidy up. The hillside is already packed up, but there are still a few artillery slanted to the ground.

"What happened to the artillery?" Crowder asked.

"It was the big prince who sent people, but the height was not enough. I couldn’t hit the position and must move forward. There were four artillery pieces on the enemy side, as well as the **** gunners. They were condescending and quickly gave these artillery pieces. The rotten smashed." The sergeant replied.

"How many enemies are there?"

"Not very clear, it is estimated that there are more than four or five hundred." The sergeant shook his head: "I heard that there were more than a thousand in the morning, but we attacked five times. The guard battalion of the big prince launched more than twenty. The round fire shot, I guess they have to lose half of the horses."

The artillery can't be used. The enemy can see it far and clear. Only one side of the hill can launch an attack. Maybe you can lead the squadron to lurk in the past. As long as the guns of the four artillery pieces were scrapped, there was no threat of artillery, and the people behind it would rush straight up, and the attacking position would become a reality. Crowder looked at Wilfgang and wondered in his heart...

A sharp copper whistle interrupted Claude's thoughts, looked up, but saw that Colonel Rosler was blowing a copper whistle. When he came near, he put down the copper whistle in his mouth, hoarse and loudly shouted. : "The tour camp collection!"

"He is a horse, and he has to launch an offensive. I don't know if I can still come back alive..." the sergeant around him said with a dejected look.

Clodra lived with him: "There are only a few people left in our battalion camp to continue attacking?"

"Paralyzed, people don't die. This **** Rosler will never give up. The first two old boys have returned completely intact. I cursed him to die at the forefront." The war is coming, I don't know if I can The sergeant who passed the attack no longer cares about the ranks of the upper and lower ranks of the army. Even the rank of Lieutenant Colonel Rosler is not willing to mention it. He is only called the old boy.

At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Rosler also saw Claude. He strode over: "Claude, you are finally back, and immediately let your soldiers line up, we have to attack!"

Claude Lizheng: "Sir, can you let me lead the brethren of the camp to launch a tentative attack, maybe I have a way to overcome the enemy's position..."

Lieutenant Colonel Rosler: "Claude, immediately line up! This time you are in the first row! Don't want to use your tricks to deceive me, what tentative offense, do you want to fool us as before! The war is coming soon, I have no time to entangle with you, the front line has been captured by the enemy and a position. If we do not take this Welfgang to support the front line as soon as possible, then the besieged enemy will break out from here!

Do you understand the tension in the situation? We don't have much time! Don't think about playing your little cleverness, let your squadron soldiers line up in the middle, you are in the middle! If you do not obey the order, I will immediately authorize the law enforcement team to execute you on the spot in the name of deserters! just now! Immediately! Give me the queue right away! ”

Claude wanted to swear, but he looked at the red eyes of Lieutenant Colonel Rosler and he forcibly endured this tone. It’s hard to tell the truth with this wooden head bag. He only knows how to use his habits to get the soldiers in a queue to die. If Claude really continues to argue with him, he will surely invite the law enforcement team to execute Claude on the spot in the name of disobeying orders and refusing to go to the battlefield and as a deserter to warn other soldiers...

Claude had no choice but to go up and let the soldiers of his squadron line up along their sides. More than 50 people were sent to the line. The remaining surviving soldiers in the battalion battalion lined up behind Crowd, and only a total of five lines were arranged.

Behind the battalion battalion are other troops, mostly arranged in the form of a single combat battalion, but Crowder's left side soon has a queue, which is a queue of more than forty people. The gentle hillside of Wilfgang can accommodate these two queues, and no more can be drained.

It took half an hour, all the offensive teams were neatly arranged, and the anxious Hansback prince held a tin horn to tell all the soldiers. The general idea was that the kingdom was in danger of seeing this attack can capture the enemy of Wilfgang, in short. Say a lot of morale, and even made a big reward. But the soldiers who listened to the speech are still low morale, no one can believe that this attack can rush to Wilfgang.

Crowder estimated the queue behind him. It seems that the soldiers who participated in the attack were nearly 2,000. The guards of His Royal Highness were at the end. They did not participate in the attack, but instead pressed and supervised the war. Soldiers who escaped will be killed by their squad.

Lieutenant Colonel Rosler stood on the upper left side of the queue after the big prince finished speaking. He was about three meters away from the queue. He blew the copper whistle in his mouth and pushed the right hand's saber forward. I took the bronze whistle and shouted: "Offensive! Stride forward!"