I Will Be The Crowned King

"I will be crowned king (!

Just when everyone thought that this attack was just a repeat of the past few days and would end in a light-speed rout of the vassal army, the reality was a big joke.

A group of defeated vassals composed of mercenary regiments fled in the smoke like headless flies. They fled in the opposite direction and shot a carbine from the back of the defenders.

The Heijiaogang militia, who thought the battle was over, had no defenses, and even the reinforcements who had come to support had already withdrawn at this time; it was not until the sound of gunfire and the screams of their companions behind them that the defenders realized that they had been attacked. To the backstab.

But at this time, the vassals have broken into the bunkers and fortifications, and everything is too late... For this group of mercenary-born guys, a dozen people, dozens of people in a small space, street battles and encounters, they are best at thing.

And the Black Reef Harbor militia, who had just received three months of recruit training and had only learned line and shooting, had no experience at all in this kind of combat.

A battle that broke out hastily quickly turned into a one-sided slaughter.

The vassal army who found himself breaking into the bunker, first used the terrain to block it, and then continued to lure the defenders who were trying to retake the bunker to swarm into the interior. The defenders exploded into the sky.

After successfully taking down a defensive stronghold, in order not to let himself become the object of being surrounded and beaten by the defenders to vent his anger, he urgently raised the military flag that was hidden before (to facilitate escape) from the ruins and called for support from the friendly troops behind him.

Looking at the golden irises fluttering in the wind in the gunpowder smoke, the stunned Bernard was stunned for half a minute, then turned around abruptly and pressed the same blank-headed messenger: "Blow the assembly call, The whole army attacked immediately, targeting the high ground on the enemy's right flank!"

"Li, immediately?!"

The herald was taken aback. The battle was over before launching an attack. Just to regroup the troops that had already withdrawn from the battlefield, even if the officers at all levels could faithfully obey the orders; Getting to the high ground before dozens of people were killed - or escaped - was unknown.

"That's right, right now, right now, and I want to attack the whole army!" The excited Bernard pointed behind him and roared:

"Tell the artillery, don't think about the issue of ammunition, and give me all the power to suppress the enemy on both sides of the highlands! The Hussars and the cuirassier company directly under the regiment will take the lead to support, the front-line troops will be put into battle within half an hour, and the rest of the corps will be pressed in steps within an hour. "

"In an hour, in an hour, I will see 3,000 Imperial soldiers appear on a high ground and establish a solid artillery fort and a forward position!"

Although I don't know exactly what happened, mature experience tells Bernard that this is definitely a godsend opportunity; if you are lucky, you can even conquer Black Reef Harbor in one go.

Nearly half the bottom of the basin, the terrain of the surrounding hills and central plains gives Heijiaogang a natural defense system, but it is also her most fatal weakness - as long as the enemy can attack a high ground and set up cannons, they can bombard every city in the city at will. corner.

Even if everyone in Black Reef Harbor is tough, they would rather die than give up under artillery bombardment; Bernard still has a last-ditch killer, a deadly trump card that can directly attack the weakness of Black Reef Harbor.

The frightened herald didn't know that the minister was insane, but he carried out the order earnestly.

Ten minutes later, the artillery and cavalry units that had been instructed to assemble quickly and entered the battle five minutes earlier.

After all, the most proud of the imperial army is the cavalry and artillery units; compared with the localized and "warlordized" infantry, the cavalry and professional artillery that retain a high degree of knightly tradition are influenced by factions and upper-level power struggles Be smaller and more loyal to your superiors.

The price is that apart from the emperor, it is difficult for others to gain their loyalty. In internal struggles, they will always remain neutral and only loyal to the victor.

"Boom-boom-boom-!!"

The furious sound of cannons struck the ground again. Hundreds of iron hooves in the smoke passed across the devastated battlefield, with a dull roar, rushing towards the heights shrouded in the explosion of fire.

Behind the arrow-like cavalry, the real imperial army rushed out into the position with a gorgeous sword that fell into a blue and white wave, and thousands of golden irises screamed in the sky. blooming grandly.

It was not until the thunderous artillery fire fell on the head that the defenders of the Black Reef Harbor finally realized what had happened, and began to assemble the reserve and the two-wing defenders to try to regain the high ground and pull out the iris flag.

But it was already too late... With the order for the general attack, the hussars and cuirassiers as the vanguard had already charged up the heights; several hundred cavalry dismounted, with sabres on their backs drawing out their revolvers, carbines and shotguns, Go into battle as a dragoon.

The reserves urgently assembled at Heijiao Port launched a counterattack. Although they successfully regained some positions, they still failed to drive the enemy out of the fortifications. Instead, cavalrymen armed with revolvers and shotguns were at various corners of the ruins and trenches. Mass murder, heavy casualties.

The defenders on the two flanks of the highlands tried to rescue them, but were blocked by the oncoming artillery fire; the unfolded line was penetrated straight from left to right by solid bullets; the survivors saw the entire row of fallen comrades in front of them, and their morale collapsed.

Just when they were still hesitating whether to rescue or not, the main force of the imperial army had already overwhelmed the entire line and rushed towards their line of defense.

The main force of nearly 10,000 people all entered the battle, so that the last reserve of the Heijiaogang Militia Company, who was tired of dealing with it, had to participate in the blocking battle. There was no extra troops to support the fallen bunker, and they could only watch the gap. Getting bigger and bigger, splitting the entire line of defense in two.

At the same time, the follow-up imperial troops were still pouring into the highlands—as if realizing that victory was imminent, the officers who had originally planned to wait and see, and just thrown a little cannon fodder to deal with the matter finally began to get serious and spare no effort. Carry out the orders of the Colonial Governor.

Ninety minutes later, under the cover of infantry, the cavalry artillery unit swaggered into the right wing highland, took the six-pounder cavalry artillery off the trailer amid the ruins of corpses, and calmly began to build a temporary artillery position to the chaotic Black Reef Harbor. The line of defense poured out shells.

The sound of roaring artillery fire echoed throughout the entire defense line, and the cry of death resounded in every corner; the outer defense line of Black Reef Port, which had stubbornly resisted the siege of the imperial army for more than ten days, had now completely become a slaughterhouse for the attackers. .

As the lines of the defenders were torn apart bit by bit, the battle situation gradually became clear.

However, because of the hastily launched all-out general offensive, and the officers of each unit trying to grab credit, the entire order of the imperial army's attack can only be described as "chaotic".

Except for the cavalry who were in charge of support at the beginning, the subsequent troops were trembling at first and only dared to invest a little tentative cannon fodder. Man stationed defense line gap.

Such chaos also gave Heijiaogang defenders room to breathe. Even if they couldn't retake the captured bunkers immediately, they could at least control other lines of defense steadily and build new defensive positions behind the gap.

And these new fortifications are all on the back of the hills, making the original artillery positions on the imperial side completely useless, leaving only two six-pounder cavalry guns that can pose a threat to them, leaving the attacking army with a dilemma: whether to use Will these two guns destroy the defensive lines on the flanks, or will they continue to break through?

"Break through the defense line of Black Reef Port as soon as possible, don't care about those cowards hiding in the fortifications!"

Just when the front-line troops were hesitating, Bernard Morwes, the Colonial Minister, suddenly appeared in the breach of the defense line: "The most important thing now is to break into the city in one go, and let the shells fall on the people of Black Reef Hong Kong. The top of the head - as long as the arrogance of these rebels is completely eliminated, we will win!"

Standing on the "mound" of corpses, Bernard shouted at the confused-faced officers.

At this moment, he was extremely high-spirited. Although he believed that the Clovis people would never rescue Black Reef Harbor, it would not matter even if the siege was fought for a month or two; but it was a big surprise that victory could come so easily. his expectations.

More importantly, he was convinced that Anson Bach would definitely give up the Black Reef Port, but the possibility of the other party launching a surprise attack while the army was weak... Although it was very small, it could not be completely ruled out.

Now that there is an opportunity to seize this important town before the enemy is aware of it, how could Bernard miss it?

"But...Lord Bernard, even if we can tear apart the enemy's defenses and invade the city, can we really win?"

Compared with the confidence of the Minister-in-Chief, the officers seemed very worried: "This group of rebels in Black Reef Harbor is quite stubborn, and no one has surrendered since the battle; such an enemy, we don't think we rely on deterrence alone. can…”

"This is not something you should be worried about, all you have to do is execute orders!"

Bernard didn't bother to talk to these cowards at all. The longer he was the commander in chief, the more he could understand how the irritable temper of the old General Caspar Herred came from. Gradually disappeared from him, and was replaced by a "gentle and easy-going" colonial minister in another sense.

"Attack! Attack, give me attack! As long as we break through the Council of Black Reef Harbor, victory is ours!"

Under the constant urging of the chief minister, although the officers were still worried, they had to carry out the order and organize the army to launch a new round of offensive.

The sound of the cannons that had been stopped for a long time sounded again, easily smashing the defense facilities temporarily piled up by the defenders of Heijiao Harbor; the militiamen of Heijiao Harbor, who were standing on the ground, had to step out of the fortifications, spread out the lines, and completely exposed themselves to the two gates. Under the muzzle of a cavalry gun.

The imperial army occupying the gap unhurriedly blew the horn of attack, and a full infantry regiment was divided into six columns, advancing towards the defending positions under the sound of artillery.

Relying on superb technology, the two cavalry artillery still fired crossfire even when their positions were limited; the number of casualties had already soared rapidly before the militiamen of Heijiaogang, who had held their positions, had to wait for the battle to begin.

Facing the robe next to him, whose hands and feet were broken from time to time by shells, his head was wiped off, and blood spurted down to the ground and howled;

But... no one stepped back, not one.

When the gunfire stopped and the smoke cleared, looking at the oncoming golden irises and blue-white "waves", the militia company commander, whose leg was broken by the cannonball, leaned on the flagpole and took out his homemade horn gun and pointed straight ahead:

"Prepare—fire!"

"boom-!!"

Gun flames flickered under the hills, and in the thick white gunpowder slowly rising, more than a dozen people in the lines on both sides fell to the ground and wailed.

"For the glory of His Majesty Herrid - take the bayonet and attack!"

The first shouts broke out in the imperial line, and they charged the defenders one after another, and slammed into the array of the defenders of Black Reef Harbor; the militia leader leaning on the flagpole disappeared in the blue and white sea in an instant. .

Despite their relative strength, the Imperial soldiers rushed into the interior of the position in just one charge, but that was all; relying on the front, the Black Reef Harbor militia began to devote their few reserves.

At the same time, the defenders on both sides of the high ground on the right wing noticed that the enemy's artillery fire was starting to gradually weaken, and they tried to regain their positions again, restraining the pace of the subsequent attack of the empire's troops... The imperial army, which originally thought it could be powerful, was like a kick. into the quagmire.

From any point of view, the Empire's takeover of Black Reef Harbor was not as easy as it seemed.

But Bernard Morwes didn't think so, and he never left his face with a smile so confident that he seemed to have everything under control.

Especially when he clearly saw that on the sea level in the distance, the looming four barques were speeding towards the Black Reef Harbor, the complacent expression became even more obvious.

Stormy Sea Pirates - that's Bernard's trump card for Black Reef Harbor.

As an unstoppable port colony, Black Reef Port does not have its own ocean-going fleet like Sail City or Beluga Port, so the port it relies on for survival is the weakest link in her defense line: it has assembled all forces to defend itself They were besieged, and there was absolutely no extra force to resist the backstab from the direction of the port!

As the four barques approached, there were cheers from the Imperial soldiers on the ground—especially when they saw the gold heraldic flag on a blue background.

But at the same time, Bernard, who was originally meant to be flamboyant, showed a somewhat confused expression, holding the monocular to look in the direction of the port.

Um? Why do those pirates fly the star-ringed flag on a blue background... is this the family crest of an imperial family?

Why are they all so close to the port and haven't fired yet, what are they waiting for?

Why are they raising the muzzle upwards, are they going to attack a very tall building?

Why does the direction of this cannon seem to be heading towards him...

Um? !

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