Chapter 175: The Road to Destruction (I)
The battle for the Neva fortress intensified, and the heavy and brutal fighting between the Rus' and the Teutons continued, with neither side ready to retreat.
The Teutons were also fighting more and more difficult at this time, because of the melee, the Teutons and the Rus did not dare to shell each other with heavy artillery, but this gave the Rus the opportunity to gain the upper hand, although the weapons were inferior, but in terms of bravery, the Rus were no worse than the warlike Germanic nobles.
The entry into the battlefield of Kesman's mecha legion has completely changed the balance of power. Although the infantry of the Teutonic Knights are equipped with powerful armor-piercing weapons, and the T-type mechs are far less powerful than the mechs of the Teutonic Knights, it is impossible to resist the torrent of steel machinery with their flesh and blood.
"Tsk-go like this!" Maximilian looked at the scene in front of him with a more solemn expression, if it continued like this, it was only a matter of time before the rout was defeated.
"Let me play! If we continue like this, we will surely lose! Lucas, on the other hand, insisted on persuading the two district captains to allow him to lead the attack. Now only by concentrating on the destruction of the opponent's mecha troops can we change the dilemma of the bitter battle.
And now this situation really makes Wiggins and Maximilian unable to continue.
"Let him fight, after all, it's just a rabble, we still have auxiliary mechs to fight, plus Vincent's words shouldn't be a problem." Wiggins said.
"Vincent?" Maximilian muttered to himself.
There was no way around it, in fact he was not optimistic about the Knights' reuse of the Livonians, let alone the defeated Prussian Vincent. Despite Vincent's great achievements, his achievements in the past few years, and more importantly, he is a rare gifted knight, completely different from these main knights who suppress the counterattack through drugs and technology, but the traditional Prussian faction has always insisted on the orthodoxy of the Teutons, they conquered Prussia and Estonia, but it does not mean that those people can be of the same mind as them.
But now for the safety of the young commander, he has no choice.
"Make a decision!" Wiggins was also waiting for Maximilian to give orders.
"Okay!" And in the end, Maximilian finally nodded and made a decision.
"Vincent, get ready." Maximilian looked at the idle man on the side and said coldly.
The man, Vincent, just nodded and retreated.
"Capable people are always a little unruly, aren't they?" Wiggins looked at Maximilian beside him and smiled.
And Maximilian just snorted coldly and said, "I hope so." ”
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The Teutonic Knights, marching through the snowfields, were attacked by surprise. And they couldn't find the attacker at all, their eyes were white, and the Rus army was completely at one with the environment.
"There's an ambush!" Caught off guard, all the knights were a little panicked.
The Rus' army took the opportunity to pour its saturated firepower completely into the mecha iron stream.
Although artillery fire is difficult to pose a big enough threat to the main battle mech, it will be a mortal threat to those auxiliary knights with light armor, and the mobility of conventional mechs is not comparable to that of high-level mechas, and several mechs are engulfed by cannon fire in an instant when they are covered by artillery fire.
"Shield!" Kniprod reacted immediately, and with an order, all the main knights blocked the auxiliary knights in the center, and the huge shields immediately protected them, making the heavy artillery fire no longer threatening.
"It's him! I reacted immediately! "Looking at everything down the hillside, Alexander ordered his men to stop the shelling." Let them act! All the rest of the knights are ready to fight! ”
The herald immediately understood the signal, and the new army and Vasily's men immediately took off their disguises and opened fire, and these sergeants armed with new muskets and armor-piercing guns were enough to pose a threat to the Teutonic Knights in front of them, and the fire of the guns immediately attracted the attention of the Knights.
"Is it an ambush?"
"It seems to be just some infantry, could it be that Alexander sent some cannon fodder to stop us."
"Damn Novgorodians!" Although the loss of a few knights did not break the Knights' bones.
At this time, the sound of artillery fire was much quieter, and the small arms in the hands of the new army posed no threat to the Teutonic Knights.
"Assault the whole army, destroy them!" Kniprod suddenly shouted.
At this time, a knight reminded him.
"Grand Master, this could be a trap!" The sudden encounter with a Novgorod army in the snow was too coincidental to guarantee that it was not a trap of the other side.
However, Kniprode's confidence in the Teutonic Knights and his eagerness to destroy Alexander made Kniprod listen to him. At this time, his heart had never been so annoyed, for ten years, he had swept through Rus, but today he was completely in the hands of Alexander, and every plan of his was completely as if the other party had grasped it, and there were no secrets to speak of. Even if this is, this time Kniprod will rely on absolute strength to wipe out Alexander and his army!
"Even if it's a trap, don't forget that you are knights, and the cunning fox is definitely no match for the lion even if he uses all his tricks! Will you be held back by the Rus'? Have you forgotten the glory of the Order? Today you are carrying the fate of the Knights to collide with the fate of the Rus, and this battle alone can determine the next hundred years. Use your blood and fighting to bury the Rus! ”
Kniprod's words seem to have infected a lot of knights, the Livonian knights have always had a fanatical hatred for the Rus, while the Teutonic knights are proud of the holy war, and for a time all the knights launched a violent attack on the Novgorodians in front of them.
Fierce artillery fire rang out again, but it couldn't stop the black torrent in front of him. But it was Alexander's carefully trained new army, and even in the face of danger, they did not break up, but retreated in an orderly manner according to the original plan. The rear army boarded the chariots to provide fire support, while the front army held back the Teutonic Knights as dead soldiers.
And all this was in Alexander's eyes, and the Teutonic Knights finally fell into his trap.
"Look, Lord Cons, this is their path to destruction, and the Teutonic Knights will henceforth remember this day when I destroyed their fate once and for all." Alexander sneered slightly, and at this time the new army also began to retreat, retreating in the direction of Lake Chud, the frozen lake can withstand the soldiers, but not for those mechs.
As Alexander said, the Teutonic Knights were on a path to destruction. (To be continued.) )