Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Long Confrontation
Surprise, surprise, followed by disbelief. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info followed by hysterical anger and indignation. And then there's the almost desperate idea of attacking. There is also the helplessness of returning to reality.
Because the combat effectiveness of the elite legions of the Russian Gothic Empire is really a bit outrageously high. If these guys continue to attack the standing army units of the Russian Gothic Empire, then ......
For now, at least, the Russian Gothic Empire's army, with its excellent artillery and elite cavalry units, is an unsolvable problem for the scum. Several legion commanders consulted with each other and argued for a long time, but in the end they could not come up with anything.
And their commander-in-chief, the eldest son of a large capitalist family of minor aristocratic origin, was certainly an activist, and there was nothing he could do.
In fact, the vast majority of Legion Commanders don't think this guy is the right character.
However, what is not suitable militarily is what is appropriate politically. In the vast majority of cases, the "big guys" ignore the former and consider the latter to be more important. Especially in the modern era when people's hearts are very sinister, the price of betrayal, especially the betrayal of one's own country, the price of the nation is not very high.
However, this situation has also caused considerable difficulties. It's like this is the case.
If he had a commander-in-chief with enough authority and ability, he would never have allowed his legion commanders to make such a big noise. And not pay attention. There's even a kind of "It's not bad to just let these bastards just keep it going on like that." That way, these bastards probably won't be giving me any trouble."
All in all, the Visigothic army, after quarrelling, reluctantly made a decision to continue the offensive. Attack once.
At least once.
Although from a military point of view, this is really not a very good tactic. Because now the news has come in. The "strong" fortresses of the Western Front were crumbling in front of the army of the great, powerful, and incomparable Visigothic Republic.
Attacking a city doesn't require breaching all four sides of the city's defenses, as long as one side can be breached, victory can be declared - at least until the advent of the unbearable meat grinder of street fighting.
But yes, but.
But in this way, these Visigothic commanders who are in charge of the eastern direction are a little unlucky.
Seeing that his colleagues can beat even (theoretically) stronger enemies to the point of stupidity. And he lost his troops under the counterattack of the other party...... That's not a good thing.
In every sense of the word.
Especially in this context. Almost everything will be associated with a revolution. That is, if you can't show enthusiasm in any area you afford, then you're a traitor.
Or, if you can't show that positivity, then you're ***.
And the way to express one's positivity, of course, is simpler than action.
This is also when the commanders of the legions were discussing, shouting louder than the slogan, and finally finalizing the decision "We will continue to fight with the evil empire of ***", in the specific "how to attack"
But for the sake of being very humble.
If you attack at this time, it will naturally be manifested as "loyalty to the revolution". But if these attacks fail, then things are likely to turn around, especially if your own army has lost too much and you don't have enough strength yourself.
So everyone is looking at others, hoping that at this time some idiot will stand up and take the initiative to take on this great and glorious idiot-like task.
If that were the case, then everyone would have used all the praise in the world on him, and at the same time in their hearts all the words that the world would use to describe this idiot. And after the failure of this idiot, he did not hesitate to express some foresight, and knocked this guy to the ground at the next criticism meeting, and then stepped on ten thousand feet.
Well, yes, that's it. They can do that, no one can doubt that.
Because of the pathetic nature of not being able to do that kind of thing, the weak guys are all dead.
It is precisely because of this that this group of guys are hard-hearted one by two, and in a short period of time, they have no way to complete a series of coercion, temptation and other work. In this case, time is constantly being lost. As time continues to slip, so does the warplane.
In this case, the group of guys finally had to decide that there was no point in them arguing like this. So in the end, they managed to come up with the worst, and the worst, solution. Or rather, tactics.
Seven corps responsible for attacking the eastern line of defense, each with two regiments of infantry. If there is no infantry, take out a regiment of cavalry. In addition to this, all the artillery should be concentrated.
In this way, it is possible to put together the strength of a legion on the fly.
With such a corps as a front, launch a round of attacks on the lines of the Russian Gothic Empire. If we can make a breakthrough, then we will quickly increase our forces, press all seven legions, and defeat the most evil and reactionary country in the world in one fell swoop.
That's the way it is. In a very short time, the Visigoths had all this ready - that is, the next day. This made Freya a little surprised, and even vaguely felt a burst of fear.
Originally, according to Freya's experience, after suffering such a heavy defeat, the Visigoths would need to slow down for at least a week or so before they could reorganize an attack of sufficient size and power.
Unexpectedly, in just one day, they launched their army.
Although the Cheka agents of the empire are excellent, they have indeed infiltrated the Visigothic army, which is now in chaos. But because it was not very long, and because the previous chaos destroyed the intelligence network that had been painstakingly managed, the new intelligence network was now being built at a very rapid pace, albeit after a large blood transfusion in Moscow. However, the empire still failed to penetrate into the deepest, and of course it was among the highest.
Back then, what the Visigothic king ate three meals a day, who he met, and what he said, could appear on the table of His Majesty the Emperor in less than a week...... Such a good thing is already an unattainable dream. Come to think of it, it's a terrible thing.
All sorts of bad in every sense.
So, this time, Freya didn't know what their sinister Legion Commander was trying to do and what he was doing. Although she was very suspicious of which idiot would bring her own army to her death, she still did not expect that the enemy would dare to put together his own army. This is completely illogical.
However, the war is still a war, and the war continues. The artillery and muskets of the Russian Gothic Empire could still beat the enemy to the point that his mother didn't even know him.
As for cavalry shock tactics, Freya felt that now was not a good time to use them.
The reason for this is mainly because the cavalry of the opposing side is equally in good faith.
Although Freya believed that these Visigothic cuirassiers were definitely no match for the Imperial cavalry. But it will definitely take some time to get entangled with these guys. If the enemy's forces are elite enough, then they must be capable enough to reorganize their infantry.
Perhaps, if they continue to use hollow phalanxes as clever as they do, then the Imperial cavalry of the Russian Gothic Empire will teach them what is the mainstream cavalry of this world. But if these men fought the Imperial army in columns, then the Imperial cavalry would have paid considerable losses.
After much consideration, Freya decided that the preservation of her army was the most important thing.
Frisia was important, but for the time being, at least, William had not thought of bringing this important, Ostrogothic component of the Ostrogothic empire under his rule.
As he said before, he needed this torrent to wash him of things that he couldn't quite get rid of with his own hands. to facilitate his rule over the region.
Well, yes, that's it.
As a result, the ensuing battle became a little uninteresting.
Compared to yesterday's artillery roar, the strength and excitement of the cavalry assault. The sight of the musketeers bombarding each other also resulted in a large number of deaths. But there was no bloody scene, trampled into flesh, or blown into slag - although the most traditional echelon firepower of the Russian Gothic Empire still caused many casualties.
Artillery positions, regimental artillery, continuous organ guns, musket volleys, and then grenade throwing...... The resulting network of fire is enough to turn forty percent of the enemy into corpses on the ground.
The rest will be turned into garbage under the bayonet charge of the Imperial army.
Of course, the situation is a little different from the original days of the Russian Gothic Imperial Army.
In this day and age, few armies provide their soldiers with weapons such as long robbers, spears, or halberds.
Although the manufacture of sleeve bayonets requires certain industrial skills. But in this day and age, it's true that almost all countries have similar technologies.
As for the more striking wooden-handled grenades of the Russian Gothic Empire, it has rightfully become the new darling of the armies of other countries.
It can be said that apart from the differences in the explosives that exploded, the differences in the models and capabilities of the muskets, and the differences in the support weapons of the companies, there was no difference between the armies of other countries, and of course the army and the imperial army of the Visigothic Republic.
(To be continued.) )