162 Battle of Dunkirk (2)
Kane, in the first row of the regiment, his commander was not far behind him, and the 11th regiment, the chief force of the attack on the Dunkirk bridge. Kane's sense is very keen, he is also very smart, the plan of the base camp, to put the 11th Regiment, a newly formed border regiment, on the front line, is the idea of fighting a long-term war of attrition.
And the 11th Regiment is the cannon fodder selected by the base camp.
But for the soldiers of the 11th Regiment of the Desikxi Frontier Army, blood and glory were the goals they pursued, and at this time, Kane felt that he had been drowned in a frenzy, and all the people around him, surrounded Kane at the head of the line, roared and rushed towards the bridge on the other side.
"Damn, what kind of medicine did the emperor give these people!" Kane was secretly shocked.
The east side of the Dunkirk Bridge is normal, but when you advance to the west side, a large number of blockages begin to appear on the bridge deck, which should be all debris created by the Shang Allied forces on the bridge deck to affect the attackers. Kane, the first to burrow into the blockage, and the soldiers behind him, entered in twos and threes.
Kane panted and hid behind a horse rejection (Note 1), the last blockage to break through the bridgehead, and not far in front of him was the bridgehead fortress of the Shang Allied army. Under the dark night sky, the frenzied shouts of the Desiks compared to the quiet in the opposite wall, Kane hesitated.
The soldiers behind him followed, and about a hundred Desiks had already arrived behind Kane, as did the regimental commander. "We can't wait, there are too many rejections here, we can't go over, and the people behind can't come up!" The regiment commander was already excited and took off his military uniform, "Kane, take the lead, go up!"
A group of people, over the last rejection horse, quickly ran towards the wall, everyone, has forgotten the tension, in their eyes, only the wall in front of them. The General of the West has already said that the first person to establish a foothold in the bridgehead fortress will be able to obtain a fertile farm in the East.
However, the reality is so cruel.
"Whoosh", "Whoosh", "Whoosh", "Whoosh"! Several sharp arrows pierced the night sky, and the arrows flashing with cold light flew rapidly, only a few "poofs" were heard, Kane heard the crossbow arrows pass through his ears, and then there was a scream behind him, Kane looked back, only to see that there was a large piece of space behind him.
At the same time, the originally black bridgehead fortress was instantly lit by more than a dozen torches, and a group of soldiers wearing Shang League armor leaned out from behind the wall, and a wave of feathered arrows flew by, and then another wave. Kane involuntarily slowed down his pace, and a large number of Desik soldiers crossed Kane and rushed forward, including the commander of the 11th Regiment, who also carried his own saber and blended in with the charging crowd.
Oude looked at the crowd rushing over from the opposite side and commanded loudly, "Archer, extend the shot, hit me in the back of the opponent, spearman, raise the spear!"
More than a hundred spearmen, raising their spears, leaned out of the wall, and waited quietly for the Desiks to rush over the last few tens of grams.
Behind them, more than a dozen squads that were resting in rotation had also been awakened by the shouting of killing, fortunately, for this battle, the soldiers of the Shang Alliance were ready, whether it was a mercenary corps or the new second army, although the commander general was not there, everyone was still able to devote themselves to defense according to the predetermined plan. The soldiers of the Shang Alliance, who woke up, were armed as fast as they could and rushed to the bridgehead fortress.
At the same time, the first row of Desik soldiers had approached the bridgehead fortress, and on the wall, rows of spears stabbed at a rapid pace, and the soldiers who reacted quickly raised their weapons to block. And the soldier who was slow to react was pierced by the spear, and he couldn't live when he saw it. But there were also some Desik soldiers who were extremely brave, even if they were pierced by the spear, they grabbed the spear regardless of the danger, and with a strong pull, they dragged a merchant soldier off the wall, and in an instant, several steel knives slashed up, and the soldier was cut into pulp.
All of a sudden, flesh and blood flew in front of the bridgehead fortress, shouting to kill the heavens.
In the Dunkirk Bridge defense line, or the defense line near the border Wulian Bridge, such a bridgehead fortress is the first line of defense, and the Shang Alliance soldiers who defend the bridge naturally do not dare to give up this high defense line easily, and there is a wall to protect it, and the loss of the Shang Alliance army is much smaller than that of the other party. At the same time, the Shang Alliance soldiers in the rear were rapidly reinforcing here, and in an instant reinforcements were crowding the fortress, and at the same time, more people were pouring towards the front line.
The Desik soldiers were much more uncomfortable. They were blocked by the blockage on the bridge, which greatly limited the speed of their deployment, and at this time, they felt that the officers and soldiers of the 11th Regiment of the Western Frontier were extremely inexperienced, and as if they were fueling, they rushed across the bridge in a small group, and then were shot into a sieve by the archers on the road of death from the bridgehead to the bridgehead fortress. Finally rushed to the bottom of the fortress, and they were greeted by spears that kept stabbing them.
There were so many Desik soldiers who died that in a short period of time, many front-line spearmen could not lift their tired arms, and archers were also in the same situation. Fortunately, the reinforcements of the Shang Alliance have squeezed into the bridgehead fortress, and once someone is injured or overwhelmed, someone will quickly fill the position. Under the fortress, gradually the Desik soldiers could not even stand on their feet, and the blood of the dead Desik became a small river, soaking the ground into a slippery one.
Kane, the battalion lieutenant who led the charge across the bridge, was mixed in the crowd of the second wave of charging at this time, watching the first wave of soldiers go up to their deaths, including the regiment commander, who was shot in the face with an arrow, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
And a steady stream of Shang Alliance soldiers have begun to climb over the wall and launch a counterattack.
When Captain Kane slipped and fell in the middle of the group of Desik soldiers at the right time, and was accidentally covered by other dead soldiers, thousands of men of the 11th Regiment of the Desik West Frontier had been fighting in front of the bridgehead fortress all night. The ground was also covered with the corpses of the Shang League soldiers, who had been thrown off the wall by grabbing their spears, and the corpses of the Shang League soldiers who had died from their crossbow arrows were also piled up in the open space behind the bridgehead fortress, surrounded by more reinforcements.
This fortress was built so cleverly, surrounded on three sides in the direction of the bridgehead, supplemented by blockages such as rejecting horses, resulting in the Desik army being blocked on this side of the bridgehead and unable to advance an inch, and a large number of Desik soldiers died meaninglessly at the bridgehead.
Captain Oude's squad has successfully retreated to rest, and there are probably more than twenty of the fifty soldiers who came back alive, whether they are spearmen or archers, at this time they are a little unwilling, this night can be called torture, mentally and physically.
And when the red sun and the blue sun rose into the sky, the Desiks, who had fought all night, seemed to show no signs of fatigue, and the horn of "woo woo" kept ringing, and wave after wave of Desik soldiers crossed the Dunkirk Bridge and stepped into the trap of death.
Naturally, the Shangmeng people did not dare to slack off, and a large number of troops began to mobilize from the defense line near the bridgehead to the bridgehead, and the attention of the entire New Second Army was attracted to the vicinity of the Dunkirk Bridge.
And on the east side of the Dunkirk bridge, a large group of troops was surrounded by several high-ranking officers.
"General Florian, the eleventh regiment is almost depleted, the twelfth regiment has gone up, and the plan is going very well. Next to the Western general was General Alvin, and next to him was Hans, the chief of staff (Note 2) from White Rock City, and the three of them were the commanders in chief of this battle, and it was General Alvin who spoke.
"Chief, what do you see?" The same five generals, the Western general Florian still respects Hans, Hans is a big fat man, and his fat belly does not look like a soldier at all, which makes people wonder how he climbed on horseback, but the hairless head seems to indicate that this is an extremely intelligent man.
"Cannon fodder is cannon fodder, three thousand people, and it will be consumed overnight, but I think the nerves of the Shangmeng people are also quite nervous, let them be nervous for another morning, and at noon, I think it is the nerves of iron, and they can't stand it." Hans pinched the beard on his chin, the only few whiskers on his face, "Unfortunately, it took advantage of the glory of our Desik soldiers. Although they are soldiers under others, those officers who lead the team are really trained by your border guards, it's a pity. ”
General Florian laughed, "Not really, many of them are promoted in the line of fire, and elite officers are all in front of us." As he spoke, the Western general raised the horsewhip in his hand and pointed at the crowd in front of him.
This group of soldiers is much more elite than the group of soldiers who attacked the bridgehead, most of them are actually wearing chain mail, the leading row, and also holding heavy shields, and some of them, even carrying Desik scimitars at their waists, are clearly wasteland warriors who did not ride Steppenwolf.
"20,000 people, all scattered in various armies, in a short period of time, according to His Majesty the Emperor, in a short period of time, for example, within three days, to be consumed, at the same time, to cause the greatest consumption to the giants of the Shang Alliance, but also to paralyze the enemy's nerves. I think our Emperor really values the integrity of the Desik soldiers. Hans smiled slightly.
Battalion General Alvin secretly thought in his heart, "Fools know that those are the Central Garrison, and during this time we have been transferring them to the new regiment of the Western Frontier Army, and the soldiers of the new regiment and the original frontier regiment have been transferred here to prepare for the attack. The plan of the base camp is really ruthless enough, these 20,000 central garrisons are fat meat for the Shang Alliance. ”
Note 1: A barrier made of wood and steel, originally used to block the line of cities to hinder the charge of the Desik wolf cavalry. Here, the merchant alliance used a horse to block the Desiks on the Dunkirk Bridge.
Note 2: The Chief of Staff is a high-ranking officer in the Desik Military Coalition, and the Golden Wolf Head General. The chief of staff in the military joint is responsible for the development of tactics, including actual operational plans and operational readiness. Sometimes, as the golden wolf-headed general, the chief of staff will also go to the front line to direct the battle according to the emperor's orders.