Jamie Warren, Elena's land reform worker in Aries Village, is facing a painful choice. His Majesty's troops surrounded the village of Baiyang, drove all the new peasants out of the village, and gathered on the Yanggu field. They demanded that everyone put their fingerprints on the serf contract and become serfs again. Some resisted and were killed, and one by one the remaining people got the contract. But even so, the soldiers did not give up, and pointed their guns at the surrounding peasants and asked a question.

"Say, among you, who is the land reform worker sent by Elena?"

Jamie Warren asked himself if his job in Aries Village was good, and his popularity was good. When everyone heard this question, they didn't betray him at the first time. But the silence in the crowd made Jamie feel uneasy, knowing that although these new farmers could protect him for the time being, if they put a little more pressure on them, they would be exposed.

After all, the vast majority of people do not have the desire to sacrifice their lives and all their consciousness for a noble cause.

This is what Gastens said when he came to give a lecture during night school, and for some reason, Jamie was particularly impressed by this sentence. He watched as the soldiers picked up their guns, grabbed two random men from the crowd, and shouted at all the serfs who were watching them.

"If we don't tell us who that worker is, we'll start killing people! If you don't say anything, we'll kill you all!" You know what? Elena's communists are all killed, and any attempt to protect them will be considered communists, and the same will be done, understand? ”

The crowd was still silent, but Jamie knew there was not much time left for him. He stepped up before everyone could do anything.

"It's me."

"Oh?" The leading officer stepped forward, holding the back of a long knife against Jamie's chin, forcing him to look away from his gaze.

"Yes, what's your name?"

"Jamie, Jamie Warren", Jamie Warren could feel the chill coming from the back of the knife, "What about you?" ”

"Yo?" , the officer smiled, "What's my name, you are a, is it necessary to know?" ”

As he spoke, he struck the back of his knife on Jamie's face, marking his face in patches of red. Jamie gritted his teeth, but the pain on his face made him a little unable to control his expression.

"You communists, ah, all have the same face", the officer was still knocking. Then, the tapping turned into a whipping, "All fucking unrepentant!" ”

"Smack!"

With the last few words, the officer's command knife slammed into Jamie's face, and it hurt fiercely. Jamie tried to open his mouth, and found that his cheekbones seemed to be shattered or cracked, and every movement of his mouth was painful.

"Get the fuck on my knees!"

The officer scolded and kicked Jamie down. But for some reason, Jamie, perhaps stimulated by the pain, came up with his strength. He immediately got up and continued to glare at the officer.

"There's a ...... You're killing me! ”

The officer did not speak, drew his saber and stabbed Jamie in the stomach. The moment the saber entered his abdomen, Jamie's feeling turned out to be warm, and after that, it hurt.

"You're all showing me!"

The officer was still shouting, "Whoever the is following Elena, this is the end!" ”

"You...... Elena ...... Gastens will give me ......"

Jamie clutched the officer's knife tightly in both hands, completely ignoring the blood between his fingers and fingertips, "...... They...... Will give it to me...... Revenge ......"

"Killed."

The officer calmly waved his hand, and the soldier standing behind him stepped forward, raised his gun, and aimed it at Jamie, who was lying on the ground and bleeding from his stomach.

"Bang bang bang-"

A coherent and dense burst of gunfire came from outside the village. The soldiers surrounding the villagers seemed to have been stung by a wasp or something, and they looked around with their guns on their faces in horror, as if they were hiding from some enemy they could not see.

"Enemy Attack !!!!!"

A shrill warning sounded, and the officer took one last look at Jamie, who was lying on the ground and looking at him with a smile, and smiled too.

"Why are you still stunned! Kill him! ”

"Bang-"

The dull gunfire was followed by an even more dense, another gunfire. The sound of the gunfire was like a plantain or a tile under a rainstorm, making a dense and ominous sound. Ignoring the corpses on the ground, the officers and soldiers picked up their guns and began to line up.

"Listen to me! The enemy is Elena's army, and it is also our target this time, and there are brothers from the 4th Regiment outside to help us with, we have two regiments, we will definitely be able to destroy them! Now, line up!! ”

The 5th Regiment, which had occupied the village, stood in a phalanx, and the steam rifles of all the soldiers remained ready to be activated. Ironically, most of them were using Honor rifles produced by Elena.

The gunfire outside the village stopped shortly after the soldiers had formed up. The officer thought for a few seconds and ordered his troops to begin moving in the direction of the 4th regiment. The Fourth Regiment also has a thousand men, some of whom are veterans, and they should be able to hold out for a while, and after this time, they can probably be able to wipe out the enemy here.

While marching in formation, the officers also waited for an opportunity to set off a warning firework at the request of Prince Eliot. In this way, the surrounding troops who saw the fireworks would concentrate on him. In case the enemy is too strong, he can also form a formation to protect himself and wait for reinforcements.

But things were not what he imagined, and his troops were attacked by snipers on the march. The enemy rained down a rain of bullets from both sides of the road, knocking them out from within range of his soldiers. And at this time, the officers did not even find out where the enemy was.

"Formation, formation, defense!!"

Although it was hectic, the officer gave the order according to the requirements of the training. However, his orders were destined to be carried out and carried out. Bullets fired from around the road quickly broke down the formation of the soldiers. Everyone died and fled, and after a while, they disappeared from the battlefield without a trace. And the officer, unfortunately, because he was on a horse, had a clear target, and in the second wave of attacks, he was killed by the enemy.

When the officer was shot and fell off his horse, he suddenly thought of the man he had just killed.

Gastens will avenge him, he said.

Really, revenge.

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The battle of the enemy troops in the raid on Baiyang Mountain went well, and the Sharp Knife Regiment abolished two enemy regiments with zero casualties, killing more than 1,000 people, while the remaining soldiers fled into the mountains. When Gastens and his troops drove away the enemy and entered the village of Aries, they happened to see the peasants who were still gathered there. And not far from them, there were several corpses lying in the middle of the line.

"Here, what's going on?"

Gastens asked, and the peasants, who knew that it was Elena's troops, stepped forward to explain, and with a few words, Gastens understood what was going on. He walked over to Jamie's body and saluted.

"Sorry, I'm late."

After this, Gastens did not tear up the serfdom contracts of the peasants, and he told the peasants very honestly that it was a critical moment for Elena, and they were not able to protect them for the time being. The peasants could take the contract and endure it for a while, and when they won the battle, they would come and break their serf contract. And for the request of many serfs to join the army, Gastens did not stop it. He asked these serfs to go directly to Elena, find the checkpoint at the crossing and explain their intentions, which can be regarded as giving these people a second choice. To his surprise, although it was only a temporary serf contract, more than 60% of the new peasants resolutely stopped becoming serfs. Some of them dragged their families with their mouths, and some of them went on the road alone, and went straight to the plains of Elena.

"My lord, we are no longer serfs, and we will never be serfs again in this life. We're going to join the army so that if those people come, we can kill them!" ”

Before leaving the village of Aries, a certain serf told Gastens what he said. Gastens was a little moved, but he didn't have much time to be moved. He sent them to the entrance of the village and left the village with his team.

Environments like Aries are hard to come by, and Prince Eliot's strategy is noticeably more cautious, which also compresses Gastens' space. So, Gastens decided to take the Sharp Knife Regiment back to find the production brigade, and then, choose the right time and place, fight a wave of battles with the enemy, and play the momentum of Elena.

For the Sharp Knife Brigade, which has popularized the tactics of the skirmish, the requirements for the terrain are not as high as those for shooting in line. Gastens and his officers soon set the battle area at Black Bend. It is the bed of an ancient river and the main artery connecting the eastern part of the province of Enspan. According to the custom of Prince Eliot, some of his troops would advance along the communication routes, and some of his troops would advance in sync on the off-road plains, taking care of each other. But the natural subsidence terrain of the Black River made it difficult for the surrounding troops to rush in for reinforcements. At the same time, the width of the Black Bay was limited, the enemy's line of shots could not be fully deployed, and the width of the front was not long, which reduced the danger of the production brigade. Coupled with the fact that the bay is surrounded by half-man-tall grass, it is more suitable for a beautiful ambush by the production brigade of skirmisher line tactics.

"This time, our aim is to destroy the enemy's living forces as much as possible through a battle of moderate scale, create a psychological shadow on them, lower their psychological expectations, and even force them to make mistakes. Once we make a mistake, we can seize the opportunity and take out them! ”

At the final preparations, Gastens said. All the officers who attended the meeting applauded in unison, and everyone's face was full of confidence and expectation.

How can a production brigade with such weapons be understandable by an army of the enemy's bell level!

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For Gastens, his advanced weapons and tactics often work best the first time when large-scale ambushes are used. He hoped to catch a big fish for the first time, but in the end, it was only the Second Division of the First Army of the Western Theater of Operations that entered his ambush circle, a second-line division loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, but with average combat effectiveness. The closest to the 2nd Division was the 6th Division of the 1st Corps, and the task of both armies was to capture the city of Redkos at the front. The opportunity to walk the river was seized by the commander of the 2nd Division. For these troops, taking the ready-made transportation road, which is fast and trouble-free, is naturally the first choice.

"Head, they're in an ambush!"

Ivan's voice was agitated as he watched the enemy's vanguard pass in front of him.

"Wait, we'll start when we look at half of the people."

Gastens commanded as he stared at a scout who had just walked short of him. Perhaps their previous attack on the Western Theater of Operations had gone too well, and Prince Eliot's troops were on increased alert during the march. There were quite a few scouts around the large army. However, the scouts don't seem to be aware of the presence of massive enemies in such half-human-tall grass. Their understanding of the enemy was still limited to whether there were large enemy forces in front and behind and above the river valley, and they did not use much energy to observe the grass under their feet.

It was thanks to this that Gastens was able to achieve his tactical intentions. Waiting for the enemy to go halfway in front of him, he gave the order to attack. For a moment, a torrential rain of bullets poured down on the enemy's head, and the enemy's reaction, like that of those who had never encountered a steam machine gun in this era, was completely blinded.

The short battle lasted more than ten minutes, and the attacked 2nd Division was scattered. Seeing this, the production brigade immediately left the river and disappeared from the enemy's field of vision. Although there was a delay in leaving the river, the enemy reinforcements did not arrive in time. They also put up a battle formation reinforcement, and their speed naturally couldn't go up. Gastens led his production brigade and successfully completed the first medium-sized battle.

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"Now we have a lot of intelligence", in the mobile headquarters of the three guards, he just asked Elliot, who was ambushed and passed, and was studying Gastens and his old subordinate.

"Yes," Vincent, Chief of Staff, stood beside Prince Eliot as always, "a heavy weapon capable of firing many rounds in bursts, a steam rifle more advanced than the Brave, and a combat habit that has completely abandoned formation advances, we are going to fight against an enemy with great force and new tactics that has never appeared before." ”

"You're right," Elliot nodded, "but this enemy is not invincible!" ”

Because it was a combat meeting after the ambush, most of the generals attending the meeting were silent. They listened to Prince Eliot and pondered their strategy against the enemy.

"Does that mean there are fewer of them?" , someone asked.

"It's not just that," Eliot didn't sell, "the lack of people is really their biggest problem." This ambush, although the 2nd Division was scattered. But more than half of them ran back afterwards, and the loss may be more than 2,000 people, which is still counted without any precautions. When we have the experience to deal with it next time, we can naturally reduce casualties and even take away the lives of the enemy. ”

The generals nodded, and Elliot smiled reservedly and placed the long pole on the sand table.

"And, no matter how slippery they are, there's a place they can't escape."

The eyes of the generals followed the long pole of His Royal Highness the prince and saw his purpose.

Elena.