Chapter 64: A Difficult Breakthrough
"Where did they come from?!Why did so many Imperial cavalry suddenly appear here?!"
The artillery bombardment was followed by a cavalry charge, a simple and crude but effective tactic that blinded the Visigothic army on the opposite side. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Freya went into battle herself, and the duchess's battlefield insight was indeed superhuman, and she easily observed the enemy's weak points.
With too many forces thrown into the siege ahead, the positions of the three Visigothic legions were now extremely empty. And of course, in the face of the attack of the cavalry unit with the strongest assault force in the world, they have no chance at all......
That is, in an instant, the fast ones don't have time to react. The two positions of the Visigoths collapsed in an instant and were lost.
The armies of the Russian Gothic Empire, in the shortest possible time, overwhelmed the positions of both corps. Crash into the ridiculous wooden fences, the tents, and the rest of the mess in the camp. Immediately after, the flames evaporated in the shortest possible time. The cavalry corps of the Russian Gothic Empire continued to advance as fast as possible, continuing to charge forward.
"Damn it, damn it, they must be stopped, or this battle will be lost - you, including me, will be sinners of the revolution!"
Seeing this scene, the Visigothic commander-in-chief of the Western Front was almost completely stunned.
All that could be heard was the sound of the charging hooves of the Russian Gothic cavalry, the almost continuous firing of revolvers, the screams of his own army being defeated and killed, and the loud cheers of the enemy, the pathetic Britton, all that remained was the humming of headaches, the sound of "guilty" pronouncements, and the sound of judges striking gavels.
Perhaps the next thing is the "click" of the guillotine's gate.
It's scary to think about, isn't it?
In order not to make this terrible future a reality, he was almost angry, hysterically shouting at his generals. Hopefully, these bastards will look at the face of the Lord of Radiance - and for the sake of their own lives, of course, and help him win this war well, seriously.
He's not demanding, that's all. It's not a big deal, is it?
If some scum do not want to, are unwilling, and cannot bear to suffer such a miserable fate for themselves and their families, then they should fight bravely, skillfully, and earnestly to repay the great republic and the great people for all that they have brought them.
Otherwise, die.
In fact, there is no need for the commander-in-chief to say this, but every Visigoths present understood that the moment of their fate had come - fate and everything was indeed raised by Bichi. Obviously, it looked like it was sunny all the way before. Seeing that you will be able to break through the enemy's defenses, the Britons, and win this crucial battle. But just then, the damned Imperial cavalry arrived.
This is the unmitigated bad news -- of course, there is actually good news -- and the good news is that if they can defeat this unimaginably powerful cavalry force, they will be able to win the war
Yes, now these Bretons are inspired. They were attacking the besieged, flesh-mill-like fortress in the center—or rather, the ruins of the fortress with much more frequency and efficiency—but it was a small nuisance, a small, insignificant nuisance.
If you can defeat that Imperial cavalry legion, at least push them back. As long as this is done, the Bretons will completely lose the courage to fight the army of the great republic. They're going to collapse in the shortest possible time - absolutely, absolutely.
The question is, what exactly should be done to crush this seemingly near-invincible Imperial army?
Despite all the uncertainties in their hearts, they gritted their teeth and mobilized their army, changing their formation and the direction of their defense as quickly as possible - sending reinforcements to the ruins of the flesh mill fortress was much less frequent. Anyway, just defeat the Imperial cavalry. This fortress is now also a secondary target.
It is precisely for this reason that the Imperial cavalry charged, and the resistance was constantly increasing......
Even to the point where it was difficult for the Imperial Army to accept.
-- The Imperial cavalry is indeed an impressive army. The impact of the Imperial cavalry is indeed the most powerful of all the cavalry at present.
But there are two prerequisites for this powerful shock, or rather, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial cavalry is built on two foundations. One of them was the proud artillery technology of the Russian Gothic Empire. The bombardment of the Empire's most powerful artillery units can make any enemy's defensive line crumbling. The second of these is the revolver that is now the envy and jealousy of the armies of all countries, a pistol that has grown with the prestige of the Imperial cavalry.
However, because this new weapon appeared too late - the technical secrecy of the Russian Gothic Imperial Army was too good. So far, except for the Britons, who are the world's first in scientific and technological strength, and have barely copied some revolvers, the armies of other countries have not been equipped with such excellent weapons.
Even the Bretons are currently producing revolvers that are not at all enough to redress their own army.
Or rather, the Bretons are a little pathetic. Their industrial prowess, with their series of defeats, was lost heavily. Although the local industry and the military industry are increasing their production at full capacity, for a while, they will not even be able to meet the supply of basic weapons and equipment, let alone this new type of weapon.
All in all, at present, the revolver is still the standard equipment of the Imperial cavalry, and it is still the trump card that the Imperial cavalry is proud of.
-- And then there's the issue of bullets for this revolver.
Six-shot revolvers, the Reich was armed with a total of two, which added up to twelve rounds.
Although, said that the revolver reloader, the Imperial Army was already equipped with for every cavalryman. However, changing ammunition in the course of a fierce battle was still a bit of a headache - although it was true that the Imperial army wanted to equip its cavalry with as much ammunition as possible - that is to say, the current standard configuration of the Imperial cavalry - not counting the two Guards regiments with sufficient ammunition and new weapons - each Imperial cavalry carried only twenty-four rounds of ammunition each time he went into battle.
The two revolvers that could supply the cavalry were shot once each, and that was all.
And the weapon with a fast firing speed has such a bad place, that is, the speed of consumption of ammunition is amazing. Even if the Imperial cavalry had paid attention to this problem, it would not be able to solve it in a short time.
It was for this reason that the Imperial cavalry, which had rushed to the forefront, lost these two weapons that they were proud of, and which constituted the fangs and claws of the Imperial cavalry.
Even the speed of cavalry artillery is much faster than that of ordinary artillery. But it was also difficult to catch up with the cavalry group in battle.
No matter how much attention you pay to it, at this point in the battle, the brave cavalry who rushed to the front basically ran out of ammunition.
A dozen companies of the Russian Gothic Imperial Cavalry Corps, which rushed to the forefront, suffered such a problem. They ran out of ammunition, and they had no artillery support behind them.
In such a situation, retreat was the most natural and most appropriate order - however, the Imperial cavalry was now desperate. There was not much chance of a calm retreat, regrouping the army.
They had to go on, to charge, and to charge against the enemy's line of defense, which had sufficient artillery fire, armed with grenades, and flintlock rifles and bayonets, with the help of their slightly lagging swords, which had much degraded saber technology.
The ending is miserable.
It's like the defensive counter-attack tactics that the Russian Gothic Imperial Army was best at. Only this time, the object of attack and defense has changed. The Imperial cavalry were bloodied by their imitators.
Large numbers of Imperial cavalry fell in the way of the charge, and even if they barely survived the enemy's muskets, artillery and grenade attacks, they would be killed in front of the enemy's dense bayonet wall.
Almost instantaneously. It was as if someone had given an order. The Russian Gothic Empire, which had just seemed invincible, collapsed at once. More than a dozen companies disappeared in a short period of time like melting snow that had been poured hot water on it.
"More than a dozen companies. ”
Seeing this, Freya's heart was dripping with blood - just as the Imperial Cavalry Corps was charging forward, the cavalry infantry and combat engineer units of the Cavalry Corps followed suit, building two lines of defense in the north and south on the positions ploughed by the cavalry, to defend against the Visigothic armies from both sides, possible counterattacks, and possible encirclement operations.
Unlike the original battle against a legion. The Imperial Cavalry Legion is now facing several legions, an army of more than 100,000 troops. If you don't pay attention to the flanks, then the cavalry is likely to rush in, and then be tightly surrounded by the other side, and then unable to climb out.
The enemy, of course, the Visigoths also noticed this and expected to implement this strategy, so the cavalry infantry and combat sappers were fiercely attacked by the Visigoths.
This also forced the Imperial Army to mobilize some artillery to cover it - as a result, the artillery power that could supply the Imperial cavalry to provide cover was reduced again, and at the same time, counting the battle engineers and mounted infantry units killed, the Imperial Cavalry Corps had lost nearly 3,000 soldiers! )