Chapter Ninety-One: The Secret Weapon of the Britons
At the same time that Freya lowered her strategic expectations, her enemies were roaring loudly. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Why?!Why can't it be breached?!"
Seeing the embarrassment of his own troops suffering heavy losses, but still unable to break through the enemy's defensive line, the consul Leopold on the opposite side was pale and embarrassed.
- Of course, when he said breach, he didn't mean breaking through one or two lines of defense, but he was talking about crushing all three legions of the Russian Gothic Empire's vanguard and breaking through Lorraine, the capital of Lotyrnia, which they were defending. In this way, we will be able to gain a certain advantage when the enemy's main force is coming. Only in this way can the Visigoths be encouraged by the declining morale of the Visigoths.
Otherwise, even a partial division of such a weak chicken as the enemy would not be an opponent, and there would be no need to count on mutual harm with His Majesty the Emperor of the Gothic Empire in Russia.
It's a desperate ending when you think about it.
Seeing that the Russian Gothic Empire still has three lines of defense, the Gothic Empire, which has lost such a few troops and technical weapons, still has a strong will to fight and high morale. It is very difficult to break through their defenses on the battlefield again. Visigothic army, on the other hand. They suffered heavy losses under the powerful fire of the Imperial Army. In particular, every time the cavalry units of the Russian Gothic Empire launched a counter-charge, the Visigoths suffered heavy losses and suffered a serious demoralization at the same time.
The most serious of them was, of course, the wild cavalry of those dark elves, no, it should be said that it was a crazy charge.
Such a frantic charge dealt a considerable blow to the morale of the army of the Republic. They began to wonder if the war could really be won.
It's sad, it's sad. The spirit of these revolutionaries began to waver after being shocked by these madmen.
They are not loyal!
Although I thought so in my heart. But with the exception of His Excellency the Archon, who was in high spirits, or had become a little mentally abnormal, the vast majority of people thought that they had tried hard enough.
In other words, in the face of such a powerful firepower of the Russian Gothic Empire, it is quite good that they can do this, and there is no need to be harsh on them.
Although I want to say this, but thinking about the result of the defeat of this kind of battle makes people even more unhappy, unhappy to the point of wanting to kill people.
"That is to say, my dear friends, my companions, the brightest military strategists and the bravest generals in this country, you have no way to save the war, is that right?"
Saying such things that made people look up a little uncomfortably, Archon Leopold shook his head a little helplessly: "Well, then. I don't want to, though. But now it seems that we can only go further, using this weapon. ”
"That kind of weapon?!"
After the consul Leopold said such words, the expressions of the generals around him became very complicated.
It's uncomfortable, but it's more helpless.
That is, they also understand the capabilities of that weapon, and the lethality - among other things, that is to say -
"There's no need to do that just yet. ”
Around them, there were still people who maintained the last shred judgment of their senses. When the others gave him a look as if they were going to kill someone, he said weakly, "I think we still have a weapon to use." Even more powerful than the wicked Briton Royalists. ”
"What do you mean...... Well...... Truly. ”
After this, Archon Leopold thought for a moment, then smiled.
It is indeed a weapon that is not very advanced. But it doesn't matter what that kind of thing is. Some things aren't always better the more advanced, are they?
After that, the time of the day. New changes soon appeared on the battlefield. The change made the soldiers of the Russian Gothic Empire army on the opposite side feel very unhappy and very unhappy.
That is, two ironclad trains appeared—on the battlefield, speeding on the newly built makeshift railroad that seemed shoddy to the Empire's combat engineers. It has become two sharp weapons to cover the army of the Republic.
"These bastards have dropped this thing. ”
Seeing this kind of ironclad train, Freya on the other side was angry and gritted her teeth, and couldn't help but join the officers under her command to curse at the enemy - and the enemy's enemy.
That is, the bastards Britons - yes, for an emerging country like the Visigothic Republic, the ironclad train that belongs to the mass murder weapon has no physical objects and no technology. These two ironclad trains were all "friendly sponsorship" by the Britons people. One of them was the trophy of the Battle of Normandy, when the Normandy family tried to escape as fast as they could. Because I was in too much of a hurry, I forgot about the existence of this ironclad train.
Or maybe it's for some other reason.
In short, these two ironclad trains, which played a great role in the Normandy War, became a precious trophy of the Visigoths.
There is also one from Frisia - if there is a chance in the Normandy War, then the Battle of Frisia is absolutely Bretun with absolute ill intentions. This group of bastards left the ironclad train behind, deliberately not sabotaging it, definitely in order to pit their own allies. This is true that all the people of the Empire dare to guarantee.
"These bastards. ”
Of course, such an act made the soldiers of the Russian Gothic Empire feel the same hatred for the enemy, and at the same time, they were more or less worried.
Although the enemy is a brazen bastard. But the power of the enemy is not diminished by the fact that he is a brazen bastard.
Two ironclad trains with seven cars joined the battlefield, making the battle even more intense.
Relying on the defensive assistance of the ironclad train, the Visigoths became somewhat unscrupulous in their onslaught.
Two ironclad trains with a lot of artillery on board, not counting their attack power - after all, this thing needs to be close to each other to be effective. And even if there is more artillery on the ironclad train, it is unlikely to be more than the artillery on the artillery positions of both sides.
There were no ready-made railways to use, and only makeshift military railways were used, which further limited their mobility.
However, the defensive power of these two ironclad trains alone is excellent enough - relying on these two ironclad trains, which can be called active fortresses, the Visigoths will no longer need to use their physical resistance to shells when they charge again.
Although casualties are still inevitable, such casualties have been reduced from miserable to acceptable.
Ironclad trains, artillery and cavalry were used as means of attack. After several successive rounds of charges, the third line of defense of the Russian Gothic Empire reached a precarious level.
"In that case......"
After gritting her teeth, Freya made up her mind that night, a total of two brigades of combat engineers, and four battalions of barely assembled Imperial cavalry, launched a night attack on the enemy under the cover of Imperial artillery fire.
Although it is said that there are no tactical mistakes. However, the republican army on the opposite side was not unprepared.
Although he had not known beforehand, Leopold, as a veteran commander, certainly understood the need to be vigilant and to guard against night raids, which had already suspended their attacks on the Imperial army. Then, in front of the ironclad train, the engineering units were used to create defensive fences, trenches, etc., and a large number of troops were stationed to defend them.
Although these armies were not on high alert due to the superiority of the battle situation, they still caused great damage to the surprise attack of the Empire.
At midnight, the silence was broken by the first gunshots, followed by a continuous burst of gunfire like beans, and the sound of explosions one after another, and the Imperial army, which could not succeed in the surprise attack, immediately changed to rush to attack. After the two flares were in the sky, the Empire's mighty artillery group was the first to strike, and after a salvo of hundreds of artillery pieces of various types, the cavalry battalion did not hesitate to charge—followed by a series of explosions.
In a frenzy, the Visigoths planted mines in front of their positions. The unconscious Imperial troops stepped on it, and it detonated—followed by a barrage of gunfire—
Such a noise is certainly not normal, and of course it will attract attention. Of course, the Visigoths will wake up immediately.
Almost all the Visigoths stationed behind the defensive line, lying on top of the ironclad train, and the train carriages woke up. After that, it's a vicious battle.
"Keep charging!"
Yan looked at this scene, the front-line commander of the Imperial Army gritted his teeth, and directly ordered like this-even though the next battle was not easy to fight. But even if it's hard to fight, it's going to happen. Otherwise, when he returns, it will be good to be shot.
In an instant, the cavalry suffered a heavy defeat, and more than a third of the four battalions of more than a thousand cavalry fell in an instant, in contrast to the shorter combat engineers, who were better
Of course, it is more important that this group of combat engineers know how to crawl forward, which is a miracle in the current war - although these guys still have to wade through mines. In any case, however, it is much stronger than the cavalry troops, which cannot advance or retreat.
After forcing their way through the fence ahead, as well as rushing through the trenches, the remaining Imperial cavalry found themselves in a dilemma.
In front were the Visigoths who relied on the ironclad train as a line of defense - whether it was a revolver or a carbine, the bullet hit the train armor plate meaninglessly. In the dark, it is quite difficult to look at the light of the fire and then shoot at the shooting hole of the train, killing the enemy inside or something. And these cavalrymen riding the horses of the gods are the best targets for the Visigoths......