Rise of the Empire Total War

"Captain Norman, this is the frontline battle report from the past few days, please have a look."

The Second Regiment of the Second Brigade of the Fourth Army was stationed. Looking at the battle report handed over by the adjutant, Norman reached out to take it, unwrapped the wax on the seal, and then took out the paper inside.

The military situation on the front line is not urgent, which can be reassuring. Although the Nine-Nation Allied Forces are menacing and mighty, they are still thunderous and rainy after all. Let alone driving the power of the empire into the sea, even if it is one of those The trenches could not be crossed. Facing the dense firepower network of the imperial army, their soldiers often retreated before they even reached the trenches.

Four days have passed since the start of the war. During these four days, the number of deaths in the imperial army did not exceed twenty, most of them were killed by Liu Ya, and none of them died under the enemy's sword or gun. On the other hand, The enemy troops, one after another, fell on the road of charge. They were either shot by muskets, smashed by shells, or shot into sieves by overwhelming scattered bullets.

After reading the battle report, Norman casually threw the battle report on the table, and asked easily, "How about the ammunition reserves on the front line?"

"It's enough at the moment." The adjutant replied, his tone was somewhat contemptuous, "Each attack by the enemy will only consume very little ammunition of our army, because the soldiers only need to fire a few rounds of salvos to kill Vicki." The morale of the Niyans collapsed, thus ending the fighting."

"It's a pity." He changed the subject, with regret in his tone, "If every line of defense can be equipped with cavalry, we can rush out to chase down the rout when the enemy retreats, and expand the results of the battle."

Norman smiled and said, "Why don't I know this, it's just that we don't have enough cavalry to distribute."

Just as the adjutant was about to continue to say something, at this moment, the warning horn bell outside the camp suddenly rang, interrupting his words. The two commanders were startled, and rushed out of the tent one after the other. After rushing out of the camp, they saw a cloud of smoke and dust rising from the distant horizon, and a large number of red battle flags could be seen faintly in it. Norman immediately understood what happened. It must be the main force of the Viginia people!

"Enter the combat station! Enter the combat station!"

"The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming!"

"Assemble! Assemble!"

"..."

The shouts of the officers sounded one after another in the garrison. Soldiers in military uniforms hurried down the passage between the camps with their guns, towards the trenches and parapets surrounding the camps. Norman and the adjutant looked at each other. , They all saw a trace of solemnity from each other's faces.

"Sir, according to the intelligence sent back by our scouts, there are more than 5,000 Viginia troops attacking, including 800 cavalry. This is the main force of the Viginia people!" At this time, a The captain ran over and reported to Norman and the adjutant in a slightly hasty tone, which surprised the two regiment commanders again. Although a regiment has 3,900 soldiers, almost half The soldiers were apportioned, leaving only 900 line infantry, 600 carbine cavalry, 300 artillery (20 cannons), and nearly a thousand auxiliary soldiers using arquebus.

The 300 artillerymen who operate the artillery are completely incapable of fighting, and the nearly 1,000 auxiliary infantry let them use the matchlock guns, which is nothing but a sound, and it is better to use the round shield and spear to participate in the battle.

While thinking, most of the soldiers had already entered the combat positions. They stood in the trenches or behind the parapet, and loaded the muskets in their hands. Box after box of ammunition was transported to the front line by slaves to ensure that every soldier had sufficient ammunition.

Norman and his adjutant looked at each other again, and then they passed through the soldiers who were still running and walked to the front line. He could clearly see the appearance of the Viginia army on the opposite side.

The total number of Viginia's army is more than 4,000, which can be seen only from the naked eye. There are about 2,000 light infantry in their army. Those light infantry all hold a small wooden round shield. Holding a simple javelin in their hands, most of them were wearing a worn-out leather armor. Norman guessed that it wasn't brought by the soldiers. It should be armor that the army found from some warehouse that had been placed for a long time.

Behind the light infantry were more than 2,000 heavy infantry, all of them were covered with a burqa with the logo of the Republic of Vigna, so they couldn't see the covered armor, but Norman could infer that they were very It is possible to wear chain mail. In this continent, chain mail is very common, because it is cheap to manufacture and has acceptable protection, so it has become the standard equipment of the regular army. In addition to armor, their weapons and equipment are also the most common spears and metal round shields. There is an additional dagger inserted in the waist, and their helmets are covered helmets. The densely packed breathing holes will make trypophobic patients feel dizzy when they see it.

This Orsa helmet is so ugly that not even the sideburns on top can save it.

On the two wings of the infantry, there are heavy cavalry, both men and horses wear armor. Their horses wear a piece of light armor, which can protect against the damage of arrows. The knights either wear ordinary chain mail and a burqa. , or wear a piece of thick scale armor from the land of the Eastern Hammer. This scale armor can resist most melee attacks and defend against long-range attacks, and is expensive.

The Land of Hammers is a large peninsula across the sea to the east of the Osa Peninsula. According to legend, there is a group of people with high smelting skills living on it. They can forge the deadliest weapons and the strongest armor. People are strong and strong (aren't blacksmiths all tall and strong?), with infinite strength, they are very suitable candidates for military service, and the weapons and armor they forge are a perfect match. However, due to the fact that this nation is not good at sailing, most of them are landlubbers, unable to expand outwards. The land of death in the north claims that no one can pass through, which restricts their expansion plan.

As a result, such a nation that was most suitable to be a fighting nation was forcefully forced to forge iron and equipment at home, and then wait for the sailing merchants from the Osa Peninsula on the other side to come to trade.

Keke, far away.

Facing this legendary armor with overwhelming defensive power, Norman was also a little nervous. If the scale armor could really block bullets, it would be disastrous for them—eight hundred heavy cavalry rushed into the barracks. Line infantry without anti-cavalry ability, the latter naturally only has the end of passive massacre.