Volume 1 The Storm Chapter 21: The Battle of the Rhine (I)
According to the official history books of later generations, on the winter frost day of 1900 in the holy calendar, after arriving at the predetermined position, the coalition forces formed a triangular formation relying on the simple fortifications composed of the horse barrier. The outer layer consisted of a combined knight, and in the rear were the battle knights, the Teutonic knights, and behind them were a mixed formation of chariots and some infantry. The enemy reached the edge of a safe distance at eight o'clock in the morning and stopped to repair, and the clouds of war came here. Subsequently, the Battle of the Rhine began.
In the makeshift camp of the Cang Dynasty's army, Messraf was using a captured telescope to observe the formation of the Middle-earth army, and his retinue was holding a wooden board and carving knife to record information.
In the language of the Cang Dynasty, Maiti is the commander of the army, Rabush is the centurion, Rada is the commander of the thousand, and Komodo means the general.
After experiencing the wars of the Duchy of Turin, he became familiar with the methods of the Middle-earth army. The tall, man-controlled knight's armor was a real headache. But he still has a way to deal with it.
Perhaps, though, the Knight of Unification will give him an unexpected surprise. After all, he has not yet encountered such an enemy.
The forward force consisted of more than 10,000 heavy cavalry and about 5,000 infantry. There were also a number of highly mobile auxiliaries pushing supplies behind the army, not only to help the vanguard, but also to start building a camp to receive the army.
Rashraf was an excellent general of the Cang Dynasty, born in a family of generals, and studied in the military camp with his father since he was a child.
When he grew up, he began to lead the army. In the face of the army of the Daohuang Dynasty, he was often able to maneuver and detour in depth to win more with less. Because of his exploits in the national war, he was trusted by the current emperor and took on the great responsibility of the striker.
However, in the face of the distance of technology, he has no good way but to use flesh and blood to make the pace of progress, and use the lives of the cavalry to win the war.
He even felt that he had no need to be a commander, but only to use his reputation to boost morale, so that the soldiers would not be unable to regroup after being crushed after heavy losses. If it weren't for that, anyone would probably be the same commander.
Looking at the information recorded on the board, he summoned the military advisors of his own troops to discuss the way to attack, in order to break through the front line of defense in the shortest possible time.
In heated discussions, they came up with a costly solution and began to prepare the troops.
"Start attacking." After trimming for a while, he began to order the troops to act according to his plan. The trumpets began to sound, and different sounds and lengths represented different commands.
A thousand heavy cavalry, draped in heavier armor, began to charge.
It was a legion of death, and they had been injected with a potion known as "Pale Blood" before charging. It is a drug that, at the cost of life, brings out all the potential of people and warhorses.
On the Eastern Continent, there are also some strange monsters in the Far North region of the North and the deep mountains and forests of the Central Plains. In the past, the Great Wei Dynasty had a Pale Cavalry Regiment created by the "Pale Blood" developed by the shamans to deal with these monsters.
This is a forbidden drug, and according to legend, the Great Wei Dynasty got the cultivation method of ten thousand enemy soldiers with the help of the gods somewhere.
When the Cang Dynasty attacked the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, it was blocked by a hundred pale knights, and tens of thousands of troops plus the Janissaries of the Cang Dynasty were almost wiped out.
The later successor, the Cang Dynasty, also possessed the drug.
It was also used in the battle between the Cang Dynasty and the Daohuang Dynasty, but it still failed to help the Cang Dynasty defeat the Daohuang Dynasty. The Daohuang Dynasty also had its own hidden troops.
These drugs allowed them to gain a stronger physique and be equipped with heavier armor, which was even twice as thick as the heavy cavalry.
They lose their sanity in their brains and gain a crazy sense of war and explosiveness.
They lost their sense of pain, but in exchange for gaining a longer distance to charge, they were able to continue charging despite their physical injuries.
Of course, the life span of the user will not be long. After all, any gain has its equal pay. The drugs used are essentially overdrawing lives.
Yes, this is a bloody path paved with blood and flesh, they are the shield of the entire army, and they will use their lives to become enough to withstand all long-range attacks from the Middle-earth coalition forces, so that the follow-up troops can approach and exert their true strength.
Following these death squads was the symbol of the Cang Dynasty's army, the heavy cavalry. The horses are combined with the steam engine technology they have learned through special handling, and they have greater power and defense, which is why ordinary guns in Middle-earth cannot penetrate their armor.
The cavalry in front quickly accelerated forward, while the cavalry in the rear did not speed up with them, and there was a certain gap between them and the troops in front. This is to give full play to the kinetic energy carried by the charge to achieve the best attack effect, forming a wave-like wave impact.
As the Cang Dynasty cavalry approached, the front of the Middle-earth soldiers clenched their hands began to tremble involuntarily with the vibration of the ground.
The visual impact of the cavalry charge was still underestimated by these soldiers, but fortunately, with the usual training discipline, they did not shoot uncontrollably.
After the cavalry approached two hundred meters, the commanders of the Middle-earth coalition blew their whistles, and the Middle-earth troops began to shoot, and the curtain of death made of scorching steel headed towards the cavalry in front.
However, after the calculations of Mashraf and his advisors, the price of 1,000 heavy cavalry was enough to escort 5,000 heavy cavalry into the positions of the Middle-earth coalition.
However, there is a defensive line that the enemy has to defend to the death, and there are many uncertain factors. The enemy's hole cards, the enemy's sudden outburst of tenacious will, these are not calculations.
For this, part of the last four thousand knights were armed with a large amount of explosives, which were hidden under the armor. As long as there are enough explosives and shocks, it will be enough to make up for the gap in technology between the two sides.
The artillery positions located on the city wall, some of which could barely attack the army of the Cang Dynasty. These urgently constructed batteries barely fit the heavy artillery, and under the command of the commanders of the defenders on the city walls, the artillerymen began to load the shells, calibrate, and the heavy artillery began to attack.
The huge cannonball was endowed with powerful kinetic energy by chemical energy, and headed towards the Cangchao army in the distance.
However, in the face of the charge of more than 10,000 heavy knights, this artillery bombardment was just a few waves. However, the visual effect produced by these shells still effectively boosted the morale of your side.
A mixed force of knights, infantry and chariots shot as best they could, however heavy knights, injected with "pale blood", needed several shots to bring them down.
They lower their bodies and try to reduce the area of the projectile.
These "immortal" cavalry took a toll on the newly raised morale of the coalition forces. Commanders had to shout at soldiers who were too scared to hold their guns or who wanted to run away.
The cavalry collided with the bar, and the huge momentum made the place flesh and blood fly, although it looked very tragic, and the wooden iron-clad barn was quickly broken through by these cavalrymen.
The cavalry threw out piles of straw on their horses to fill the ravines dug by the Middle-earth coalition.
After paying dozens of cavalrymen, they broke through the barrier and came to our front.
I raised my shield and lowered my center of gravity to be level with the shields of my comrades around me.
The cavalry rammed into it hard.
The huge impact almost knocked me over, but the dense formation ensured that I wouldn't fall, and the impact spread to everyone around me, and everyone couldn't help but yell out.
Taking advantage of the gap, I slammed into it and slashed it horizontally, instantly taking the life of a cavalryman.
His hot blood was splashed in the air, and both men and horses fell to the ground, but the horsemen, who had no sense of pain and no reason, only roared and scrambled to their feet, and slew me with their own sabers. The cavalry that followed instantly drew my attention back.
The cavalryman trampled over his fallen comrades and silently attacked me, like a wall, coming unstoppably towards me. I took a deep breath and continued to slash.
The unified knights began to wield their swords under their command, fending off the cavalry charge with difficulty.
Although it was armor up to three meters high, it was still a little fragile in the face of the charge of these heavy cavalry who had been injected with "pale blood", and besides, the spiritual link had not yet begun. Part of the heavy cavalry rushed through the line of the united knights and fought with the troops in the rear.
There were wails from the positions in the rear, but we had no time to pay attention to them, and could only pray that they would be safe and sound. In order to relieve the pressure and boost morale, the commander decided to have the unified knights launch a counter-charge under his command, which was countered by the 5,000 heavy cavalry that followed. Each had its own losses, but it stopped the offensive of the 5,000 cavalry and temporarily relieved the pressure on the position.
Just as I was about to open the spiritual link, the butler and Mr. Reinhardt suddenly came to me with their shields on their shoulders.
The ensuing 4,000 cavalry wounded the knights of the United Forces, who had just fought bloodily. They rushed to the Knight of Unity, pulled the fuse on their bodies before they could swing their swords, disrupting the formation of the Knight of Unity, and then rushed into the Coalition position and launched a suicide attack.
A succession of explosions was created in the Middle-earth coalition forces.
These more than 10,000 heavy cavalry, as only half of the remaining cavalry of the Cang Dynasty, completed their mission.
The coalition forces were heavily damaged. No one expected such a deadly attack. The Combined Knights lost half of their troops in this attack. Not to mention the army in the rear. Most of the knights died, the Teutonic knights were no better, and the infantry was almost completely wiped out. The coalition forces had to retreat into the city. The need for more troops spread to all directions.