(347) Brotherhood
At this time, he was still 120 meters away from the enemy line, he drew his saber and shouted:
"I'm Colonel Ravan Kaliska! Now temporarily serve as your new division commander, and the company commanders will obey my orders, and let your company advance another twenty steps and then stop! ”
In an instant, everyone realized what had happened, the division commander was killed, great mourning spread, sadness gradually turned into courage, courage turned into anger, and the officers and men of the 7th Infantry Division of the Reich had only one wish in their hearts - that is, revenge!
With only 100 meters left, the warriors stopped.
The infantry of both armies lined up in a dense multi-lane horizontal formation, with King Solan on one side of the red uniform and Valstadi on the side of the black uniform**.
They were close enough to read each other's expressions, and Colonel Lavan Lariska knew well what Commander Gavin had planned before his sacrifice - to demoralize the enemy with a salvo of rifles at close range, and then to see the bayonet red.
Colonel Ravang shouted: "All of them! Attention! Raise your gun...... Aim...... Fire! ”
The veterans of the 7th Division shot calmly, and the first salvo caused a large number of enemy casualties.
The experience of past wars and the arduous training in peacetime played a role, they turned into ruthless killing machines, quickly reloading ammunition with expressionless faces, and then raising their guns to aim and shoot, while their comrades next to them wailed in pain, they turned a deaf ear, it didn't matter if their blood and brains were splashed on their faces, as long as they still breathed, they had to obey the order to continue loading and shooting......
This cycle repeats itself, and the output of rifle firepower is extremely impressive.
After three rounds of approaching volleys, as many as 1,000 people were killed and wounded by the soldiers of King Solan**, and the soldiers in the back row looked quite hesitant when filling their positions.
Obviously, these inexperienced recruits have been frightened by the tiger and wolf army in front of them.
"Look at those gringos! So many people actually flinched! What a group of hopelessly cowards! We've won! Colonel Lavang snatched the flag from the flag bearer and shouted:
"For the revenge of our General Gavin! Revenge for your comrades-in-arms and brothers! With our bayonets, teach those gringos a good lesson! Rush, brethren of the Seventh Division! ”
"Long live the Emperor!" The grenadiers of the first platoon took the lead in rushing over, and the line infantry in the back followed closely.
From the enemy's point of view, this is a rather terrifying scene, a group of fierce men with bayonets roaring close to him, if it is not for the good training and experience of large battles, the average person will definitely be frightened and panicked, the bolder ones have already trembled their legs, and the brave ones have begun to think about how to escape.
"What are you doing? Keep shooting! ”
Despite the hoarse command of the officers of the Kingdom of Solan and the Warlords blocking the deserters, all these efforts were of little avail.
There are very few soldiers who still have the courage to shoot, because of the excessive tension in the process of reloading, many rifles are silent, and some people even fail to fire a single bullet the whole time, because the firing failure, their barrels are clogged with spherical projectiles, but they are still repeating the reloading action meaninglessly.
"Don't hesitate to open fire on the enemy! Don't think you'll survive as a deserter, whether you're caught by the enemy or ourselves, you'll only die! ”
Under the pressure of the officers, these new soldiers of the Solan Kingdom in red uniforms stubbornly stayed where they were, they were still very young, half of them had just reached adulthood, and they had not yet experienced brutal white-knuckle combat, and they were already frightened and helpless in the face of the enemy's bayonet charge.
Due to the trembling fingers, many of the ammunition were separated from the ground, and the ammunition pouches were lost in the panic.
The sharp three-edged bayonets of the Valstadians mercilessly pierced the corpses of the enemy, blood spurted down the blood tank, and the first line of horizontal troops was routed after only a dozen seconds, and they seized all the artillery positions, nailed the ignition ports of the cannons with the hammers and nails they carried with them, and turned these cannons into a pile of scrap metal to prevent the enemy from continuing to use them.
The soldiers of the 7th Division paused for a moment, and after a short volley of close fire continued to charge with bayonets, and the enemy had become vulnerable without frontal artillery support.
They successfully broke through the two adjacent infantry lines, and then the third...... The fourth, like a tyrannical tornado, was littered with corpses everywhere it went, and no one could stop the anger of these veterans.
At the same time, the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division followed up in time, taking over from their brothers in the 7th Division, who had already suffered heavy casualties, and the acting division commander, General Poigni Faris, brandished his saber and commanded the battle at the forefront.
"Heart! The enemy cavalry came to support and formed a phalanx! Fast! ”
A regiment of lightly armed dragoons from the Kingdom of Solan began to harass their flanks, and in the face of the infantry phalanx, the dragoons abandoned the charge and only rode on their horses and exchanged fire with their carbines.
General Poigny, who was standing in the center of the phalanx, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his left ear, and when he reached out to touch it, he found that half of his left ear was gone, and his hands were full of blood.
His nephew, Captain Gosley, hurriedly bandaged his uncle's wounds and quipped, "Uncle Poigny, your handsome face is finished this time!" I think you'll be single until you die of old age! ”
"Aha! Bastard hell! See I don't smoke your big mouth! Poigny laughed loudly, pressed his nephew's shoulder, and said, "Gosley, your son is doing well today, and when I go back, I will definitely apply for a medal for you in front of the emperor!" ”
The adjutant next to him brought bad news: "Your Excellency, the Seventh Division has received sad news, your friend General Gavin has died a heroic death, and now the deputy division commander, Colonel Lawang, is temporarily acting as the division commander, and their herald has come to inform you. ”
General Poigni Farris's smile froze on his face, then became painful and distorted: "What...... Jiawen he? He's dead? It must be a mistake, right? It's not fucking real! ”
He grabbed the lieutenant by the collar and glared at him viciously.
"Your Excellency...... I'm sorry...... If you don't believe me, you can take a telescope and see that Colonel Rawang over there is regrouping, and General Gawen's body has been transported back to the rear. ”
"Jiawen...... This bastard! Okay, after the war, I'm going to his house for a salon banquet! He...... He lied! General Poigni gritted his teeth, tears and blood mixed and dripped near the medal on his chest.
His nephews and adjutants came up to dissuade and comfort them, and they all knew very well that Commander Dali of the Third Army, Jiawen and Puwani, were quite well-known three brothers on the battlefield, and the three of them were classmates in the military academy, and they had spent twenty years of military service together, and their friendship was comparable to that of their own brothers.
"Alright...... Don't persuade me, I'm not a child...... It's a fucking shame to cry in front of you! ”
General Poigny gave a military salute in the direction of the 7th Division, and muttered: "Old friend, you go first, and from now on, no one will quarrel with me again......"
Puigny Farris's heart suddenly became empty, but he could only swallow the bitterness and tears in his stomach, he clenched the hilt of his saber, and said to the officers in the center of the phalanx:
"Well, the enemy Rao dragoons have been repulsed, the Ninth Division! Cancel the phalanx formation! Restore the horizontal team! This time we are in the front! Advance! ”