Chapter 375: A Duck with a Hard Beak
The flames on the Blue Mountain Pass had been extinguished, and the shouts of killing had ceased, but the military operations on the Lorraine side had only just begun.
In front of Charles was a simple map without any accuracy, and a dozen military commanders gathered around to listen to Charles's assignments.
"Lund, Nelly, Matthew, each of you three chooses an elite team to bypass the Blue Mountain Pass and enter the territory of Lucerne, draw a detailed military map, and destroy the supply lines of the Lucers!"
"Remember, your mission is to destroy, not to fight the enemy, and you are not allowed to touch any armed forces that threaten you, and destroying an important bridge and burning a stockpile of food is more valuable than killing dozens of Lucerne soldiers, understand?"
The three hunters nodded their heads one after another, and this kind of work is very much in line with the talent characteristics of the hunter system.
"Neo, Passel, let your five battalions come up! take turns to disturb the defensive positions in front, so as not to give the Lucernes on the opposite side a moment of rest, and also let the soldiers get used to the atmosphere of the war. ”
"Doodoo"
A sharp and piercing whistle sounded over the dark wilderness, and the soldiers of the Lorraine Regiment marched forward in formation according to the usual night training subjects, and in the darkness their vision was blurred, and the clear and regular whistle was an invisible baton, barely keeping these clumsy peasant recruits in basic order.
"Spread out in infantry companies, close to two hundred meters to shoot in formation, and retreat from both sides after three rounds of firing!"
The officers of the infantry battalion, in accordance with Charles' orders, smeared the barracks close to the Lucernes, stood at the maximum killing distance of rifles of two hundred meters, and hurriedly began to fire their guns.
After all, their training time is only a few months, and most of them are recruits who have never touched a gun, although the training intensity is very high, but in this kind of dark night, facing the brightly lit enemy position not far away, I can't help but feel a little panicked.
"Don't panic, soldiers aren't allowed to speak, how do you usually train?
"Which idiot is this guy who shot the strip out? Bastard, what are you going to pick up? Don't you want to get me back?"
The grass-roots officers kept shouting loudly, scolding the reckless and flustered soldiers, but with their rude scolding, the soldiers gradually regained the feeling of their usual training, and loaded their heads, aimed, and shot.
Seeing that the soldiers were getting more and more adapted, Charles said coldly: "Let them advance to one hundred and fifty meters, and be careful of the Lucerne counterattack!"
"Toot toot!"
The sharp whistle became more and more urgent, and the 3rd Infantry Battalion, which was moving forward in unison, did not receive the order to stop firing at the predetermined firing line, and the soldiers were suddenly a little flustered, but the Lorraine Regiment usually did not allow the soldiers to speak at will in order not to affect the officers' orders during training, so they did not dare to ask, so they could only follow the officers in front and their companions with anxiety.
When the fighters reached a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, they finally heard the order to "stand and prepare to shoot".
But at this time, the Lucernes, who had not moved all this time, suddenly shot out from the position, and several unlucky ghosts were immediately shot and fell to the ground, letting out a loud wail.
The wailing intensified the fear in the hearts of the others, and the companion who had been fine just now suddenly fell to the ground and bled out, and no one could not fail to react psychologically.
The Lorraine legionnaires, who had not yet formed their formation, showed signs of commotion, and a few "smart men" had even taken advantage of the darkness to slip backwards to avoid the stray bullets that occasionally came close.
"Soldier, shut your foul mouth, don't be like a! Obey the order to aim and shoot, there will be a pension for the dead in battle, the deserter will be executed, the land will be confiscated, the labor allowance will be cancelled, ........."
The company commanders and counselors of each infantry company began to read aloud the strict military discipline of the Lorraine Legion, shocking the hearts of those who were fluctuating because of fear.
At this time, several welfare policies promoted by Charles in the army played a good role, in the past, the military law of desertion could not completely eliminate the phenomenon of desertion, and it was possible to live a bad life if you left your hometown incognito, but Chargar's two benefits are really difficult to give up.
Because the family joined the army and divided the land, the parents, brothers and sisters no longer starved, a capable subsidized worker can still work for himself, every time the family letters, he will treat himself as a hero, and the girls in the next village who have been ignoring their love have begun to come to the door to propose.
If all this is lost, will he go back to the bitter days of starving and playing with his fingers at night?
"Lao Tzu fought with you!"
The vast majority of the Lorraine Legion soldiers had the same cruel words in their hearts.
The boring training sharpened the mechanical inertia of the limbs, and the soldiers of the Lorraine Legion began to reload, shoot, and reload non-stop, and the whistling of projectiles in the night became more and more dense.
It was the first combat exchange of fire in the history of the Lorraine Legion, and although the Luxon rifles and bows were terrible, and it was not accurate to shoot at night in the pitch-black field 150 meters away, there were occasional unlucky guys who were shot and wounded.
Wounded soldiers were dragged down by medical guards for treatment, and brave soldiers began to fight back under the leadership of experienced officers. Moreover, as the mood of the soldiers of the Lorraine Legion gradually stabilized, the new rifles in their hands with shooting accuracy that were obviously superior to those of the Lucernes gradually gave full play to their advantages, and their hit rate quickly increased to a higher level, and they actually formed a suppressive posture against the Lucernes on the position.
With the Luxon casualties, the "farmer recruits" on the side of the Lorraine Legion gradually entered a state of excitement.
The first time of anything is the most exciting and apprehensive, and the same is true for shooting, some people loaded gunpowder without lead bullets, tinkered for a long time and set off a cannon, and some people caught the whole strip and stabbed it hard to hit the right place, but when the white flame was finally released smoothly, and the target was groaned and screamed, the fire of fear held in his heart was also completely released, bringing an indescribable sense of coolness.
"Be careful, the enemy has artillery !!"
The two field guns were pushed by the Lucernes to the gun emplacements at the front of the position, and the sentry in charge of the guard immediately tore through his voice and shouted warnings.
"Boom..... Boom!"
More than a dozen orange-red fires suddenly erupted from the dark field, and Shire's "crash course artillery team" hid in the darkness for a long time, finally seizing the opportunity to perform.
The twelve-pound metal cannonball flew over a distance of several hundred meters and smashed into the two gun emplacements that the Lucernes had not yet set up, and the huge impact force directly carried half of the Lucerne artillerymen who were busy setting up the cannons, and their brains, intestines, and eggs were all over the place.
"Boom... Rumble... Boom"
Since several of Charles's artillery batteries appeared on the scene, they were naturally unwilling to step down with just their faces, and adjusted their guns to face the forward positions of the Black Oak Legion, and the twelve-pound shells smashed against the wooden fence wall, creating a devastating momentum.
"Dewar, go and inform the greedy artillerymen that it's time to evacuate. ”
Charles' personal knight, Little Dewar, flew away, and a few artillery companies that were enjoying the fight reluctantly packed up and retreated.
"Boom!"
"Whew!"
There was a sudden flash of fire on the wall of the Blue Mountain Pass, and then a dull whistling sound streaked across the night sky, and it smashed into the dark field with a life-threatening "whining" sound, plowing a deep ditch several meters long, and swinging up large swaths of splashed earth.
"What a tough opponent!"
"Blow the trumpet, retreat!"
Seeing how quickly the 36-pounder fortress guns on the Blue Mountains Pass reacted, Charles knew that the commander of the Black Oak Legion, Lecro, was not a mediocre person, and he immediately ordered his infantry battalion to retreat.
The purpose of tonight is to let the recruits feel the atmosphere of war, and the effect is not bad from the current situation, if they encounter the shelling of heavy fortress guns at this time, they may have a psychological shadow of war prematurely because of their lack of psychological endurance.
"Boom!"
"Whew!"
"Boom!"
“.....”
Six thirty-six-pound shells in a row smashed into the field, depleting the powerful kinetic energy in the dirt.
On the fortress artillery position of the Blue Mountain Pass wall, Lecro, the commander of the Black Oak Legion, looked at the wilderness below the pass that suddenly fell silent, and his frowning brows were twisted into pimples.
Just now he commanded the fortress artillery for a long time, in order to destroy the artillery units that the Lorrainians might have, but now it seems that there is no warring state.
"What a tough opponent!"
"Dawson, where is the Red Oak Legion now?"
"Their vanguard has arrived at Qingshui Town, fifty miles away, Legion Commander, do you need to tell them about the situation here, and let them speed up their march towards the Blue Mountain Pass?. ”
"No, if we know the real situation here, when the last of our Black Oak Legion is dead, that timid guy from Porter may not be able to reach the Blue Mountain Pass. ”
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The Lorraine retreated back to the camp to sleep, but the Lucers did not dare to slack off, and the warriors of the Black Oak Legion cursed and watched cautiously, for fear that the pesky Lorrainians would come to the door again to cause trouble.
But right under the noses of the Lucernes, a big cat with a long tail ghostly entered their barracks, crept up behind a vigilant hound, and swooped in with a sharp claw.
"Poof!"
The poor dog didn't even have time to "woop" and whined for his life.
The main battle legion will keep a certain number of special hounds in the barracks, the purpose of which is to prevent hunters and assassins from infiltrating enemies, and some special hounds can see through the hunter's "hidden" skills with their sense of smell and vision, and even detect "stealth" assassins.
Charles wanted to enter the Blue Mountain Pass to investigate in person, so he naturally didn't want to make himself uncomfortable, so he let the little tiger cat go in in advance to clear his troubles.
Although he awakened a "true transcendent assassin", he may not necessarily be detected, but in the barracks of thousands of people, the power of an individual is small after all, in case he is surrounded by thousands of people, it is not fun, it is better to be careful.
The little tiger cat slaughtered the hounds in front, and Charles sneaked behind, and one man and one cat quickly climbed down the ridge into the walls of the Blue Mountain Pass and entered the central military camp of the Lucernes.
"Leclo is really a duck with a hard mouth, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have thought that the second-rate army of the mainland would be so miserable?"
When Charles infiltrated the central camp of the Black Oak Legion, he did see the elite side of these Lucerne soldiers, but when he arrived at the central camp, he realized that they were actually strong outsiders.
A lot of tents were set up in the square and open space in the Blue Mountain Pass, and a large number of light and serious wounded were lying in the tents, and the sound of moaning and coughing continued, and the smell of blood and fishy smell wafted in the air and was disgusting.
The tent was guarded by soldiers, who were forbidden to enter and leave the wounded freely, and the soldiers who were in charge of guarding were not healthy. In the spiritual vision of the Charles, they all have a faint spiritual power disorder on their bodies, which is a chronic poison for an ordinary person who is not an extraordinary person, which can cause serious consequences of qi and blood loss.
Next to a campfire, several officer-like Luxanes were drinking and complaining.
"Damned ascetic, let us drink that damn holy water, and now I feel like I'm dying like I'm dying......."
"Well, if I had been cautious and refused to drink the holy water like Prio, I heard that Prio will soon be promoted to lieutenant commander......."
"Don't be envious, now our Black Oak Legion is relying on Prio's Third Brigade to support the shelf, why haven't the guys of the Red Oak Legion come yet, I'm really afraid that those Lorraine will attack the city tomorrow........"
"If I were to see that light ascetic now, I would strangled him alive......"
Charles listened for a while, and after getting no further information, he turned to other directions, carefully counting and estimating the true combat strength of the Black Oak Legion, and finally determined that there were less than 4,000 combatable troops left in this second-rate army on the mainland.
"Let me help you again! ”
With the help of his superior perception ability, Charles quickly found the place where the Black Oak Legion stored military rations.
Due to the arson chaos launched by the "Free Knights" tonight, the Black Oak Legion has deployed a heavy force in this important area, and the Charr estimates that there are at least a thousand of them, including almost 300 heavily armored men.
If it were an ordinary hunter or assassin who came today, even if he touched this place, he could only sigh gloomily, because no matter how awesome the hunters and assassins were, they could not kill through the dense team of thousands of people and rush a few hundred meters to set fire, even if they used rockets, they could not instantly cause a fire that was difficult to extinguish.
But Charles happened to have a "dragon roar" given by Her Majesty the Queen, which could solve this problem perfectly.
Charles drove the spiritual power of the warrior system in his body, and the fiery red bow suddenly emitted wisps of flames, and the scorching spiritual power arrows quickly formed on the bowstring.
Her Majesty may have taken into account that the Charr was "too weak", and unlike the Moon Shadow Bow, which requires a large amount of spiritual power to activate, the bearer can adjust the power level of the spiritual arrow at will.
"Whew!"
"Whew!"
"Whew!"
Charles controlled his spiritual power at a medium intensity, increased the rate of fire and fired three shots, and the three dragon-like flames roared and fanned towards the granary a few hundred meters away.