Chapter 60: Weaknesses (I)
What is the new army, isn't it another version of the turtle shell phalanx, the Rosevians really love to play this set, and this governor is really well inherited by their ancestors.
Mursi, the centurion of the first regiment of the guards, secretly scolded himself, looking at the row of bayonet guns in front of him, and his heart suddenly swelled with an inexplicable powerlessness.
Although he was only a senior mercenary before, and had no experience in marching and combating, he still had brains, and when he saw this scene and thought about his situation at this time, he already knew that he was afraid that he would be used as cannon fodder by the white-bearded old man (Pompey).
"Throw the spear! Throw the spear!"
While yelling to boost the morale of his subordinates, he drew the short spear he was carrying as he ran, tensing the muscles of his right arm, and the wooden short spear was removed from his hand, tearing the air with a clatter, turning into a blurred straight line that stretched rapidly.
Click——!
The spear flew forward, striking one of the recruits in the chest, and the warrior let out a terrible howl as the tip of the spear struck the plate armor and shattered to pieces—a stab from the spear was considered dead.
Whoosh——!
The centurions who were charging forward gave the same order, and all of a sudden, the spears were like flying locusts, pressing down on the new army like a huge dark cloud.
"Launch!"
At the same time, the new army stubbornly carried the damage caused by the rain of spears, and finally began to counterattack after the guards sprinted into the attack range.
Bang——!
The star-like flame of light instantly broke away from the muzzle of the cannon, setting off a wave of scorching air on the ground, and the white pillars of light that flew in the air formed a row of cannon walls, and swept towards the charging guards.
Boom ——!
A large number of first-row guards slammed into the gun wall, and their bodies were instantly smashed out by the whistling light cannons, and then the second row crashed into the first row, and the huge inertia made them squeeze together. Then the third row followed. Roaring angrily, they smashed through the "corpses" of their colleagues, ignored the artillery fire and continued to charge, and they were greeted by a row of artillery walls......
Mursi, who had narrowly escaped from the ground, got up, spit out the weeds he had gnawed on, held his shield in front of him, and continued to roar and charge:
"Don't be cowardly, everyone! Rapid-fire guns are not available to everyone. These second-order rookies only have the physical strength to fire three shells at most, so let's fight to break through their firepower and win!"
Since it was an exercise, and there was a supreme commander watching from above, the training level of the guards was not low, so it naturally echoed and let out a roar like a landslide and tsunami.
Bang——!
Another row of light cannons smashed over, Mursi himself is a third-order warrior, and his reaction is naturally more sensitive than most guards, and his body's instinctive reaction is even higher than the brain circuit, and in an instant, he is kneeling in the mud...... However. This time he couldn't dodge the attack.
This is because the new army fired artillery this time was the front-row fighters who were squatting on the ground and shooting, and they were the opportunists who thought they could dodge the offensive by lying down.
Perhaps it was a mental state similar to "returning to the light", the moment this centurion was blown out by the artillery fire, his mind suddenly cleared up a lot. He looked at the rows of white metal muzzles in front of him, and suddenly realized that the three shells were just one round of attacks from each of the three rows of the opponent's horizontal team.
According to the physical strength of each person with three hits. The charging guards will have to resist nine waves of artillery fire and tear through the frontline of fire. I also have to face the hollow phalanx like a turtle shell, which ...... Can the Guards really win?
Just when Mursi was worried about the uncertain future of the Guards, Pompey, who had taken the battle situation into his eyes, also shook his head again and again, although the Guards of the four legions were still charging, but the discerning people knew that their side had lost.
The difference between actual combat and exercises is. The casualty bearing capacity of any unit is limited, and relying on the current training and organization of the guards, it simply cannot support such a tragic tactic as charging under artillery fire.
A modern army in the traditional sense can withstand 30% casualties without collapsing, that is already elite. If it can withstand more than half of the casualties and still maintain its combat effectiveness, it is an ace army. Only on very special occasions and with very special historical conditions can an ace army endure endless attrition, fight to the last soldier, and continue to fight in an organized and tactical manner.
Such a legion, such a soldier, only a great country deserves it.
Religious countries are not among them, although fanatical believers can fight to the annihilation of their entire army with the blessing of faith, but as soon as this kind of army is at a disadvantage, it will rush to launch a death charge (there are girls in heaven, in order to lick locusts and blind), and there is no comparison with the legions blessed by nationalism and patriotism.
And the Guards' Army in its current state is a legion with unlimited morale, but the New Army is the same. The reason why the latter now has the upper hand is only because of the advanced weapons and tactics...... However, isn't that what wars are fought for?
"Your Excellency, our army has suffered heavy casualties at the front, will the Fourth Army continue to charge?" a herald noticed the flag from the front-line corps, and quickly turned his head to report what he understood.
"Inform the Fourth Army Corps to continue the offensive, and let the reserves of the Seventh and Eighth Army Corps also be on top. ”
Even though he had already lost the exercise, Pompey still chose to continue the exercise, and he wanted to see with his own eyes how the new army on the opposite side, trained by Black Hawk himself, could resist such a frontal assault.
Bang - bang - bang!
The light cannon roared out continuously, harvesting the "life" of the guards like mowing grass, but the physical strength of the soldiers of the new army had reached the limit, and many soldiers with low physical fitness had already fallen to the ground after firing the last shelling.
The new army, which was on the left flank of the battlefield, was about to fill the gap, but there was a rumbling sound beside it—it was the sound of the legions charging in groups, rumbling, like rolling thunder from the depths of the earth, and the ground gradually trembled.
At this time, the 5th and 6th Corps of the Guards, which had detoured back to the enemy's left flank from the mountains, finally arrived, and immediately followed the terrain and launched a condescending charge.
"Two-line flanking......"
Yalei looked at the frontline array that had completely collapsed, and waved his hand in exchange for the herald: "Tell me to let the 123rd Army on the right flank abandon the hollow phalanx, attack forward, and block the Weisho army that is attacking the front line...... Don't let them run. ”
"Yes!"
The herald immediately ran to the edge of the platform with various small flags, and it was obvious that the loudspeaker sounded for a long time. Then there is a complex set of flag words.
Seeing this scene, the black-haired knight had to have another headache for his team's lineup, when he was in the Obelisk, why didn't he find a lookout as a partner, and now he can't afford to spend money.
"Attack, attack, crush them!"
Clark, the commander of the Fifth and Sixth Legions, took the lead, holding a thickened metal shield and sprinting at great speed. The dirt under his feet was scattered and splashed by him, and he dragged out a steaming wave of air from the shelling, and the whole person was like a locomotive running in the desert.
Clark knew very well that it was obviously impossible to eat the three hollow phalanxes on the left flank with his two legions, so he chose to deal with the one on the front line first. After killing it, join forces with the guards behind you, feign an attack to the right and withdraw from the battlefield at the same time......
That's right, it's the withdrawal, and the exercise has been going on so far. According to the damage ratio, the Weisuo army has already lost, but the loss is also divided into grades, the annihilation of the whole army is a loss, and the escape with the remnants of the army to preserve its strength and escape in victory is also a loss.
There is no shame, although the quality of the individual soldiers on his side is a little higher, but the new army is holding expensive high-end weapons, and has been receiving new training for the highland kingdom, it is normal for the Weisho army to lose.
Bang——!
Another row of white light cannons swept over. Clark took a large leap forward, and shot into the air with his shield in hand. The dull roar that was waiting to break through the air flow smashed like a cannonball into the left line of the hollow phalanx.
"Break it for me!"
Bang——!
The heavy shield that represented the Scourge Knight's defensive power smashed into the Forces New Army like a wall, and the air was torn apart first, and the oncoming air currents made the Forces almost unsteady on their feet.
In the face of this suppression from the life energy level, which was completely different from the previous offensive, there was not much fear on the faces of the soldiers of the new army. Instead, he quickly raised his gun and stabbed in an attempt to make a final resistance.
Bang——!
The resistance, of course, was futile, and the heavy shield smashed away the bayonet and flew into the air with the bodies of five warriors, allowing them to enjoy the pain that the guards had endured.
"Get out of the way!"
After tearing the front. Clark swung his heavy shield and spun it like a spinning top, instantly carrying a whirring tornado, and one after another figures flew into the sky with the sweep of the giant shield, and the entire defense line quickly became scattered.
At this moment, the other three lines of the hollow phalanx reacted suddenly turned their guns, and the barrels of the guns were facing the cracked front in a row of dense shelling, and the white pillars of light formed an impenetrable net, which instantly submerged the figure of the corps commander.
"It seems that no matter what tactics you have, it will not be easy to deal with the Scourge Knights......"
After watching Clark single-handedly tear apart an army, Arley sighed, but then smiled again, for the mighty general had already died a heroic death in the phalanx's counter-offensive.
"I'm lucky, I met this relatively slow Scourge Knight, and this time I made a lot of money!" "Sometimes life is so unfair, even if a team of 1,000 people is exchanged for a Scourge Knight, it is a surefire business.
it! it! I'm dead!
I'm a defensive Scourge Knight, and I'm actually being given seconds by a few rows of small soldiers, which is not scientific!
At this moment, Clark was indeed full of collapse, he looked at the heavy shield that represented his life, which had now shattered into a ground, blinked his eyelids sluggishly, and suddenly fell on his back like a detachment, stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust.
"It's Mistress Clark! We're killing Mistress Clark!"
The new army was also tossed by Clark, so naturally they knew this Scourge Knight, and when they saw the legendary figure fall in front of them, their morale suddenly soared.
The individual ability of each of them, in front of the Scourge Knight, is ugly to say is an ant, just like the first time Yalei fought against Geneviv, he couldn't take a single move, but he could hunt such a strong man when he formed a legion.
This shows that the painful training that I have been receiving is right!
The Governor didn't lie to them, this new Celtic army can really make a name for itself, and the future is great!
Although it is a little more bitter......
"Gunner, charge!"
The formation shattered by the Scourge Knights was impossible to recover in a short time, and the enemy was close at hand, so the new army immediately abandoned the idea of restoring the formation, and with the help of hunting the Scourge Knights to boost their morale, they decisively raised their soft metal bayonets and began to charge in reverse.
The fact that they were so tall that they did not hesitate to organize a counter-charge was doubly gratifying to the black-haired knights, and then they were quickly overwhelmed by the same number of enemies, which was an obvious fact that the new army would never be able to defeat the defenders in a white-knuckle battle, and no matter how demoralized it was, it would be useless.
Although the Clark man has been hung up, his strategic goal has also been achieved, not only has he eaten a hollow phalanx, but also successfully joined the remnants of the Guards, if he continues to let this man command, then he should be able to achieve a victorious turnaround.
However......
"What? Clark is hanging!"
Nicole, who was also holding a heavy shield, was wondering why she didn't see her lover after collecting the remnants of the Fifth and Sixth Legions, but she got the sad news when she asked.
"Oh my God!"
The female knight cried out in a cry, and then stared at the other two phalanxes with fiery eyes, and was about to lead the troops to eat them. Just before they were about to launch an offensive, they suddenly found that the other three hollow phalanxes had turned into a one-sided front, and they were slowly advancing towards the Weisho army in an inclined plane.
"Let's fight!"
She gritted her teeth and prepared to lead her troops to continue to charge, ashamed of her husband.
"I can't fight!"
According to the rules, Edith, who was already dead and was currently lying on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes and said in a hurried tone:
"It's too late, the opposite side has already completed the change of formation against us, the flanks are completely exposed to their firepower, and if you don't retreat, it's a dead end. ”
"Retreat is also a dead end!"
Nicole is well aware that in wars throughout the ages, an unprepared retreat represents the collapse of the troops, because the enemy is not stupid enough to let you get out of the way without taking the opportunity to explode.
"They can't catch up, this force is unlike any legion we've seen, the fire is fierce, but it's slow, and—no other troops are cooperating!"
This man can be regarded as a vicious eye, and he is not wrong at all, the new Celtic army wearing heavy armor and holding guns is very burdened, so the march speed is super slow.
Without the cooperation of other troops, they will definitely not be able to catch up with the guards, and they can only follow their butts and eat ashes.
"They had the advantage in firepower, but we had the advantage in mobility, and it was a mistake for us to choose a frontal attack from the beginning. Captain Nicole, please retreat with our men and leave some seeds for the Guards!"
I don't know if it's too deep into the play, Edith's words are hoarse and tearful, and people can't help but look sideways - another actor. (To be continued.) )