Alien Empire Total War - Chapter 210

On October 3, 1754, at four o’clock in the afternoon, the unknown plain on the side of the Enclave frontier.

The three infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions of the Borsland Empire surrounded the Enkland Republic one division and one brigade on this flat and open plain, which made the latter face the enemy and had to form a double line to prepare for the enemy. .

“We are surrounded, what should we do?”

The Enkelan soldiers fell into despair. They looked at the enemies who were in an offensive formation in front of them and behind them. They only felt that there was no hope of breaking through, and they were likely to die here today.

Even knowing that reinforcements were on their way, Harper, commander of the 6th Division, was troubled by anxiety and worry. In the past few hours, the enemy in front of them had gradually increased from the initial two or three thousand cavalry. To five or six thousand cavalry, and later joined two infantry divisions lined with military flags – if you just look at the number of troops on both sides, the imperial army is obviously more than twice theirs.

That’s a scary number.

Harper’s inference of the difference in strength between the two armies was not too wrong. In fact, the Imperial army that surrounded the Enklan had nearly 30,000 soldiers, and the Enklan who were trapped in the siege had no more than 30,000 soldiers. There were only thirteen thousand soldiers.

This is different from Brennan’s previous prediction of the number of enemy troops, but it is also innocuous to the direction of the entire battle. The only difference is that they will lose some more people.

After the entry of the enemy infantry divisions, the Enklan army began to slowly change its formation, from the hollow phalanx of anti-cavalry at the beginning to a long line, and five of the few eight artillery pieces in the army were also destroyed. Pushed to the front of the formation, loaded and adjusted the shooting angle, ready to shoot.

The other three were deployed behind them to fight against the 5th Division, which had been chasing them. Perhaps they felt that the 5th Division had fewer people, so they could deploy fewer artillery pieces. However, the 5th Division was ridiculous. With all their artillery, the number of artillery was far higher than the Enklan, and the two infantry divisions in front of the latter did not bring any artillery, they could only resist the Enklan with their flesh and blood shelling.

After besieging the Enkelans, Ackerman and the others did not rush to attack, but held a brief military meeting to discuss the next tactics.

As the commander of the cuirassiers, Major General Brennan Lizhu personally led the heavy cavalry under his command to launch a frontal charge, opening a gap for the infantry, but his proposal was quickly rejected by Ackerman and the commander of the 3rd Division, Lorenzo Haddad dismissed it together. Let the cavalry charge from the front while the enemy infantry still maintains a complete formation. Even if the enemy front line can be torn apart, it will only pay a painful price, and the gain will not be worth the loss.

Instead of expensive cavalry, they preferred to let cheaper infantry take on the main task.

Soon, they made a decision to let the two cavalry divisions detour to the flank to stand by, and after the attacking infantry had engaged the enemy, the cavalry would charge from the flank, and the two cooperated to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Before launching the attack, they first sent messengers to convey the offensive opinion to the friendly forces of the Fifth Division – when the artillery sounded, the Fifth Division entered the attack, attacking the enemy back and forth.

“attack!”

At 4:20, the attack began. The second and third divisions of the Imperial Army marched forward with rhythmic snare drum beats in the blaring of horns. The infantrymen in blue-blue military uniforms lined up neatly Column, with a resolute and serious expression, his eyes full of self-confidence of victory.

As soon as the imperial army began to move, there was a commotion in the Enklan army formation. The soldiers in the queue looked at the dark enemy on the opposite side in panic. The tension in their hearts was self-evident. Holding the rifle, the Adam’s apple kept surging up and down, swallowing the saliva secreted from the tension.

The officers in the army quickly sensed the nervousness of the soldiers, and they hurriedly encouraged their subordinates, hoping to relieve the soldiers’ psychological pressure. However, their trembling voices also revealed their equally nervous hearts. In a situation where the enemy is facing the enemy, no one can maintain a calm mood.

Rumble-

As the enemy approached, the five artillery pieces deployed in front of the formation opened fire first, and the five solid bullets flew over a distance of several hundred meters at high speed and landed on the ground dozens of meters in front of the soldiers of the Imperial Army, smashing a A large area of ​​mud did not kill anyone.

After the sound of the cannons, the horns of attack sounded in the army formation of the Fifth Division, and the line infantrymen, also dressed in blue-blue uniforms, rushed towards the Enkelan army formation like a tide. A 12-pounder gun followed suit, moving forward under the tug of a packhorse.

“Check your weapons and prepare for battle!”

On the Enkelan front, the officers shouted and ordered the soldiers to prepare for the battle to ensure that each soldier had a bullet in his gun. Although the soldiers had experienced an offensive and defensive battle before, there were some battles. experience, but under the unprecedented pressure, the previous poor combat experience was thrown into the clouds.

The time waiting for the enemy infantry to enter the range is boring but full of tension. The Enkland soldiers stared at the enemy walking towards them in front of them, and their ears were filled with the heavy breathing of their comrades and the occasional cannon fire. , Some soldiers with weak psychological endurance have already weakened their legs, and forced themselves to prevent themselves from falling to the ground.

During this long wait, a faint smell of urine gradually filled the air. An officer standing on the flank subconsciously smelled the smell and looked at his subordinates, his eyes just meeting a pair of uneasy eyes. He looked down again and found that the man’s crotch had turned dark, and a pool of unknown liquid had overflowed under his feet.

He didn’t blame the poor soldier~www.mtlnovel.com~ He saw a lot of people like this after he enlisted in the army, and he also became numb. It’s not shameful to pee his pants. Go to the battlefield and become a deserter.

Moreover, according to his experience, such soldiers usually die in the ensuing battle, and those who are lucky not to die in battle will be transformed into mature and qualified veterans.

Facing the bombardment of the enemy’s artillery fire, the imperial infantry finally marched to a range of about 200 meters. They did not rush to shoot immediately, but after advancing another 50 meters, they stopped with the silence of the snare drum, and then, The first platoon of soldiers raised their rifles to the officer’s roar, and pulled the trigger under the terrified eyes of the Enkelan soldiers!

clap clap-

The flames and white gunpowder produced by the black powder being ignited spewed out from the muzzle, and the deadly projectile rushed out of the muzzle, spinning and flying forward. In the next second, there were dozens of people in the Enkelan infantry line. Screaming and falling down.

Although there are rifled guns in the Enklan army, the sixth division and the first brigade are obviously not equipped, they can only watch the enemy shoot at them from the effective killing distance of the musket!