What was the battlefield like for 300,000 people?

The San Josens and Desikhs used their current performance to tell everyone on the continent that more than three hundred thousand people were strangled together, that all officers and command structures seemed to be out of service, and that all were fighting selflessly. On the staggered position, countless swords, shields, and spears were scattered everywhere, broken trebuchets and crossbows could be seen everywhere, and the ground was black after the fire oil bottles were burned, and some could even see human shapes.

Count Mosik stared at the small flags on the military map in front of him, the number of small black flags was only increasing, and the small golden flags were gradually shrinking.

"My lord, we have lost thirty percent of our front-line positions, and the Guards have been at the forefront, and they are exhausted. General Montgomery whispered softly in Count Mosic's ear.

"It can't be said that by giving up the three-percent defense line on the periphery, we can better concentrate our defensive forces. Just like this line of defense on the eastern side, the Guards lost two squadrons of men, but they did not hold it. Holding on any longer is just increasing losses out of thin air. On the contrary, it is the position behind it, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. "Viscount Slim was not at the front today, he had a bandage hanging from his arm, and it seems that he had been injured not lightly in the previous day's fighting.

"Montgomery, how many reserves do you have in Lausanne?" asked Mosik, looking back.

"The 50,000 reinforcements that you brought back from Kyoto Castle were all sent to the battlefield yesterday. The garrison of about 70,000 people was replaced, most of which were garrisons from various places. I'm already doing the reorganization as fast as I can, probably into a full twenty infantry regiments. Tomorrow at noon, we will be able to return to the battlefield. ”

Count Mosik nodded, reached out and pulled out 6 small golden flags, placing them at the rear of the position.

"And what about today, my lord?"

Count Mosik picked up his baton and pointed to the map: "Look. The Desik have six main attacking directions at the moment, but I don't think they have much confidence in a few of them themselves. More difficult is the position on the eastern flank, which is the direction of attack of the Desik heavy infantry regiment, especially this 'Kurdan outpost' between the town of Red Leaves and the Kursk plain. It was supposed to be a simple guard post, but when the war began, we had six infantry regiments in the area, as it was a connection between several of Desik's attack points. ”

Now that the war has been fought, the Desiks are also adjusting their deployment. In the face of the frontal line of the Guards, the Steppenwolf Cavalry kept fighting them, forcing the Guards Cavalry to not dare to leave their positions, while on the eastern flank, the defensive force was not so strong, and the Desiks threw a large number of light infantry regiments and Rangers into it, which was also the part of the battlefield with the greatest casualties.

Count Mosik continued, "In fact, from the beginning of the war, the terrain here in the Kursk Plain determined our defensive strategy, and at the same time determined that the Desik had to attack from the east, center, and west. In the three battles before and after, the eastern defense line was under the greatest pressure. ”

"Yes, there has always been a weak point in our defense on the east side, there is no way, the combat effectiveness of the garrison is still a little worse. ”

The Kurdan Outpost, the easternmost part of the Kursk Plain, not far from the town of Momiji, is opposite him a series of Desik bases, which the Desik have strengthened after Viscount Slim's raid. In order to deal with the Desicks, San José also built a series of guard posts. These posts are tens of miles apart and are generally garrisoned by one or two squadrons.

The Kurdan outpost, the westernmost one of this row of posts, was originally an inconspicuous small outpost, and its location is a slightly higher place, which can basically overlook the surrounding dozens of miles. As a result of the all-out assault launched by the Desiks, the surrounding defenders had to withdraw from the defensive line, and the Kurdan outpost became their preferred meeting point.

Before the command could react, more than 5,000 defenders who had evacuated their positions nearby automatically chose the Kurdan outpost. Before they could form a complete defensive line, the Desiks swarmed over and surrounded the more than 5,000 people in this outpost.

Ah Wei, who was originally the squadron leader of the defenders here, is said to have been named Chen Yiwei, and his name is quite strange. I heard that his family has a very long history, and has lived in the southern part of the continent almost since ancient times. The life of his family still comes from the old saying. Wei was a member of San Jose's Northern Border Guards, and after the Battle of Kursk, he was assigned to lead his squad to be stationed at the Kurdan outpost.

Garrisoning a sentry post was an easy task. The role of these posts was basically to provide logistical supplies and resting bases for the Guards who were out to attack, as well as to guard against surprise attacks by the Desikhs, and to provide a guard for the rear line of defense. Unexpectedly, this time the sudden attack of the Desiks, the defeated San Jose soldiers around the periphery, even including the east and west defense lines, had nowhere to go, and automatically chose the favorable terrain of the Kurdan outpost to assemble.

Ah Wei could not give up the task of guarding this sentry, nor could he watch his comrades run around like mourning dogs by De Sik soldiers. In the case of no choice, I had to open the gate of the sentry and let them in for refuge.

More and more San Jose defenders withdrew to the Kurdan outpost after abandoning their positions, and by the time Ah Wei could react, more than 5,000 people had poured in to the small camp. On the periphery of the camp, thousands of Desik Rangers also surrounded the outpost.

So naturally, there was nothing to say, and the San Jose soldiers, who had to take up arms, walked up to the camp wall of the sentry post and fought against the Desik army behind the rudimentary camp wall.

The Desik army on the opposite side was mainly the Desik Ranger Division, the same Ranger that was broken up at the Battle of Kursk, and their division commander Kimmich was even beheaded by the enraged General Hans. In this battle, the soldiers and officers of the 1st Cavalry Division swore to wash away their shame in front of His Majesty the Emperor. Therefore, in the first wave of attacks, they were also in charge of the eastern front, and they behaved exceptionally actively.

By chance, either the San Jose soldiers who were killed and scattered may have regained their courage after being protected by the camp wall, or the Desik people were unhappy with the outpost, which was originally just an ordinary guard post, but broke out in one of the most exaggerated local battles since the war.

As a guard post, the Kurdan post was also tasked with supplying the attacking troops, so a large amount of supplies were stored inside the outpost, including but not limited to weapons, armor, etc., especially a large number of cavalry crossbows (Note 1). As soon as some of the troops withdrew to the camp, they took their crossbow arrows from the camp warehouse, and despite the resistance of the defenders, they rushed up the city wall and fired at the Desik soldiers who were chasing closer.

Then things changed. Many of the Desik troops were frustrated here, causing the San Jose deserters to find out about the situation here, and they also fled to the sentry post, and the defenders in the outpost opened the camp gate to escort them in, and then gave the Desik defenders outside a head-on blow.

Ah Wei is very uncomfortable now, he was basically the main commander of this camp as the squadron leader, but he didn't expect that there were officers at all levels in the San Jose army who retreated, and there were several squadron leaders at the same level as him, as well as several regiment commanders, and even, Ah Wei also saw a deputy division commander with a general star.

The chaotic Kurdan outpost, where the troops were under the command of their own commanders and guarded a camp wall, showed very good results, a large number of Desik rangers were blocked in front of this outpost, and the corpses of the dead Desikhs were almost piled up in the open space outside the camp.

"I'll your grandma!" a San Jose soldier shot his crossbow and watched as the bolt sliced through the air and into the breastplate of one of the Desik rangers on the periphery, who fell from his horse and caused a chord of exclamations.

By the time the San Jose command got the news, the fighting was already heating up. The Desik were not fools, knowing that the fighting was so fierce here, that the strength of the two infantry regiments was also transferred here, and the rangers of the 1st Cavalry Division, the main force of the attack, were assigned to continue to pursue the fleeing San Jose soldiers.

With the replacement of infantry regiments, the pressure on the Kurdan outpost is greater, and these infantry regiments bring a complete set of siege tools, which is not a small sentry camp wall that can be low-grade. Within a few hours, the walls were breached several times, and in one case, the warriors of the Desiks even cut a hole in the wooden wall more than five men wide.

The San Jose people who were trapped in the sentry also went crazy at this time, and when they saw the Desik infantry pouring in, those San Jose people who were still on the run a moment ago, really regarded this sentry post as their last shelter, and rushed towards those Desiks without their lives, stabbing with the long sword in their hands, completely ignoring the Desik's steel knife slashing at their side.

A full day passed, and almost half of the 5,000 San José soldiers at the Kurdan outpost were killed, and a large number of wounded soldiers were sheltered in the outpost camp. Ah Wei looked at these wailing wounded soldiers worriedly, helpless. Now that the command of the sentry is no longer in his hands, he has no way to command such a large-scale battle. The deputy division commander was taking the lead in organizing the fight.

At this moment, the originally noisy front line suddenly quieted down, Ah Wei was a little strange, got up to check outside the tent, only to see that in the sky, a large boulder of black pressure crossed the sky above the camp and flew towards the team of the Desiks.

"Watch out for trebuchets!" came from the De Rec's side, and San Jose's side cheered, and reinforcements were finally sent from the command.

Behind the Kurdan outpost, fifteen giant trebuchets were lined up in order, throwing deadly stone projectiles at the Desik ranks.

Note 1: The cavalry crossbow is a type of crossbow arrow, which is different from the infantry crossbow in that it is smaller and has a short range. However, San Jose's cavalry crossbows were mechanically modified to make the bolts wound faster. At this time, the Kurdan outpost was used as a material reinforcement node, and it was understandable that a large number of cavalry crossbows stored were moved out by those San Jose soldiers as defensive weapons.

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