Chapter 218: Entanglement

When Anthony's words reached the ears of the low-level soldiers, the soldiers were already grateful and excited without the deliberate processing and instigation of the officers.

A good officer who loves the people like a son is a good officer, and a commander who attaches importance to loving the soldiers is naturally also a good commander. How miraculous those healing pills were, the warriors could see if they hadn't experienced it themselves. Don't talk about using this kind of wound medicine before, I haven't even heard of it.

Good wound medicine is often equivalent to another life, how precious it is, these soldiers who lick blood on the edge of the knife naturally have a spectrum in their hearts. Unexpectedly, now it is one per person, three per person, and you can get it again when you run out.

Just because the general said: Be prepared!

With such a commander, what else is there to say, only by fighting hard can you repay the general's care and expectations.

Some of the soldiers with ambitions and ideas, after listening to Anthony's last words, their eyes lit up, and they thought deeper and farther.

Listening to the general's meaning, it is to build a peerless and strong army. According to the endless miraculous means of the great generals, who would doubt the possibility of its realization now. And the foundation or backbone of this strong army, the general obviously belongs to his own group of people.

How to occupy a high position in this army, which is destined to attract the attention of the world and shock the world? Of course, it can only be to kill the enemy bravely and make meritorious deeds as soon as possible.

So it stands to reason that the Riga soldiers, who fought these blood-surging warriors and had nowhere to vent, fell into blood mold.

"The general cherishes us, we can't treat ourselves as treasures. If you don't give up your life when you go to the battlefield, you are a bad seed, and I don't have the face to go back to see the general! ”

That's what the fighters think, simple, direct, and deadly.

For the lives of the Riga soldiers!

General Schindler clutched the post-war statistical report in his hand, his face sank like water, and he was speechless for a long time.

The generals below stood like stone piers, bowing their heads slightly, and they didn't dare to make a sound.

Since General Schindler ordered the retreat, the enemy took the initiative to pursue him, and there were no less than ten small battles between the two sides. Cumulatively, more than 500 casualties were added.

A small half of them were the result of a small but fierce battle that had just ended.

In fact, on average, each battle is the death and wound of dozens of soldiers, and such battle damage data does not need to be paid too much attention to.

But no matter how good or bad things are in this world, what I am most afraid of is comparison.

There are more than 500 people on their side, but what about the small army on the other side?

There are not many of them, and if there are five hundred people missing, the size of the lineup will immediately shrink significantly, which can be seen at a glance. But when Schindler went up to the top to watch the game, he didn't see any change at all.

On his side, the soldiers are strong and strong, and they can take turns to fight, so that all the troops can get enough rest and calmly treat the wounded.

Although the opposite side is also divided into two teams to attack in turn, the frequency of combat is so high, how can it be done in two shifts to take turns? Not to mention healing, even after retreating, there is not much time to sit down and catch your breath.

But not only do they not get tired, but they never seem to get hurt. As long as you withdraw and take a nap, you will immediately be resurrected in a state full of blood, and you will come to provoke and invite the battle again in good spirits.

What kind of monsters are these people!

Schindler's hand clenched the battle report tightly, as if it was about to be pinched out of the water. He pondered and meditated, racked his brains, and still didn't know the point as to why the enemy suddenly went crazy like a drug, and he couldn't figure out the slightest clue.

In desperation, Schindler had no choice but to give up looking for answers on his own and turn to his subordinates to ask questions.

"Other battlefields, what unusual circumstances have come from?"

The general who was asked secretly called unlucky, knowing that the coach was in a bad mood and didn't want to touch this bad head, but he couldn't help but answer.

"Report to the general, the battle at Huaishui Pass in the east is fierce, and no substantial progress has been made for the time being. Aberdeen on the Western Front took the initiative to shrink the defensive line, and General French marched smoothly, but did not dare to advance, and the main forces of the two sides did not contact for the time being. On the southern Burgundian front, the Brussels army remained unmoved. ”

The hapless general couldn't figure out what kind of situation was considered "abnormal" by the boss, and only briefly explained the battle situation on each front to avoid mistakes.

General Schindler didn't pay attention to the careful thoughts of his subordinates, but wondered in his heart: since it wasn't a sudden change in the situation of the battle, what was the enemy's sudden convulsion like his own woman had been robbed?

Unclear left and right, Schindler had to put the issue on hold for the time being.

Anyway, he has a strong army in his hands and occupies the absolute initiative. Whatever Anthony had in mind, he had no reason to be afraid of him.

"I ordered you to pay attention to the collection of the enemy's armor and equipment, and now you have a harvest?"

Schindler changed the subject, and before the hapless general could rejoice, he was almost out of breath when asked.

"Not yet, not yet ......"

This answer is obviously not satisfactory. General Schindler looked up suddenly, his eyes wide.

"The enemy and us have been fighting incessantly for several days, and the battles of all sizes are innumerable, and the total number of soldiers lost by our army has reached more than 3,000 and nearly 4,000. In such a situation, not only can you not capture a single prisoner, but you will not be able to keep even a single corpse of the enemy? What do I want you to do with this shit?! ”

Schindler was furious, and the hapless general was submissive, but he couldn't say a complete sentence, and he couldn't deal with it at all.

The other generals below were silent, hanging their heads and shrinking back as much as possible, for fear that the coach would see them and become the next unlucky guy.

Schindler was furious, but he slowly calmed down and sat back in his seat.

The generals under his command failed to complete the tasks assigned to him, and they deserved to be scolded. But Schindler knew in his heart that this task would not be easy.

That Anthony was very cunning and very cautious. and that little President Tang Feng, who is all the way with him. If there is no good opportunity, they would rather hang far behind the army than give the order to attack. If you send a large force to chase after you, you will run away in an instant.

As for deliberately exposing flaws to lure you, or setting up an ambush and encirclement in advance, it is useless. Those two are people with vicious eyes and an extremely keen sense of smell on the battlefield, and they have never been fooled even once.

After testing each other a few times, the two sides silently formed a tacit understanding, and only fought with roughly equal forces.

Unexpectedly, in such a situation, the Riga Empire still could not take any advantage. The opponent is well-equipped, the array is neat and thick, and the soldiers are even more high-spirited and dare to fight hard. After so many battles, the Riga army had never tried to penetrate and break up the enemy's formation once.

Especially when Anthony personally commanded, the formation of 2,000 people under his command was flexible and changeable, interspersed with transposition, and cooperated with each other, which was dazzling.

There are generals who are in a hurry, too superstitious about the strength of their own troops, and plan to force a hard push regardless of it, and as a result, they suffer a big loss. If Schindler hadn't seen the situation and sent a large army to rescue without paying attention to the "rules", the reckless general would have been wiped out along with his troops.

The enemy was so cautious that despite the frequency of the battle, the battle never seemed to be tragic. It is also obviously impossible to capture enemy soldiers or snatch the bodies of dead enemies.

General Schindler only felt that everything was not going well, and his heart was depressed, but he could not think about it.

He lowered his head and looked at the large mate's marching map spread out on the table. After a while, he suddenly laughed coldly.

The unlucky general looked at his words and looks, and seemed to have guessed a little of his thoughts, and hurriedly opened his mouth to make up for the loss of points just now.

"Then Anthony prides himself on being clever and pretends to be a genius, but he only thinks that through repeated harassment, he has dragged the trip of our army. No matter how much he wanted to break his head, he couldn't guess that the real target of the battle plan formulated by the general was actually the elite troops under his command. ”

General Schindler, with a straight face, continued to look down at the map of the march, as if deaf to his words.

But he did not open his mouth to reprimand, but adopted a tacit attitude, which already clearly revealed his thoughts.

The unlucky guy was overjoyed and was about to make persistent efforts. But how can others allow him to be beautiful alone?

These generals have the ability to fight, and the skills of seeing the wind and flattering the horses have not been left behind.

Someone had already stepped forward and picked up the topic.

"The terrain of this wilderness is complicated, and it is not suitable for our army to exert its strength. On the contrary, the enemy is familiar with the terrain and is like a fish in water. If you want to deal with them, you need a battlefield with flat and open terrain after all. The general's far-reaching layout, pretending to be held back by their harassing tactics, slowly deviated from the original route of the march to the provincial capital of Burgundy. The enemy thought that he had a plan, but he did not notice that the two armies were entangled, and he was slowly advancing towards a battlefield that was conducive to our army's operation. ”

General Schindler finally raised his head and said approvingly: "Yes! ”

The current stalemate between the two sides is the result of each other's psychological games.

Anthony's combat purpose is to contain and must take the initiative to lead the army to attack. But if the strength of the enemy's troops is too strong, he will never hold on to it, even if he allows the Riga army to leave.

In General Schindler's case, his aim was to destroy the small group of enemy troops. But if Anthony keeps hiding from him, he will carry out the guerrilla war to the end. He had no choice but to revise the battle plan and really lead the army to leave.

In general, Anthony, who is in a weak position, suffers a little. The plan of the Riga army, if not achieved, would be a waste of time at best. But Anthony is like walking a tightrope, every time he goes to war, it is like risking his life, and the slightest carelessness will end up in the annihilation of the whole army.

It's just that when General Schindler was planning and calculating the other party, Anthony was also preparing a big surprise for him. As for who will succeed in calculating who in the end, the results will soon be revealed.