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Unlike the Russian Gothic Empire, which had abandoned the traditional model of circular ammunition in favor of a conical and cylindrical combined model. Today's Visigothic artillery is still the traditional ball. There are even quite a few, or the most traditional solid buckshot. This weapon may be a little more powerful than it can bombard dense infantry arrays or something, but it is too incompetent to fight against the fortifications of the Russian Gothic Empire.

Just like before, during the counterinsurgency war in the New World a few years ago, William invented a combination of breastwork and trenches to minimize the power of enemy shells.

Although the other side was not equipped with more powerful explosive shells, William did not invent the S-shaped trench, let alone move the strange "cat ear hole" in the trench world out to be scary. But in modern warfare, ordinary straight-line trenches are enough.

In this way, there were three rounds of heavy bombardment, which only smashed a few sections of the breastwork and destroyed some lookout posts and firing towers. For the loss of the army of the Russian Gothic Empire, it can be said that it was minimal.

On the other hand, the Briton army stationed in the fortress was a little difficult.

Although, as Freya had previously rebuked, Victoria and all the Britons did not pay attention to the construction of fortresses in the Frisian region. However, after learning that the Visigoths were about to attack Frisia, Victoria built some fortresses to defend Rotterdam in an emergency.

Due to the urgency of the situation, there was not enough time, so in the end, only three of the twelve large fortresses that were expected to be able to defend the whole of Rotterdam in the middle were completed. All located on the west side. The western side, also identified by the Britons, is the most fortified area of Rotterdam. It is also a matter of course that it can survive in areas with a greater probability of survival.

Yes, when the garrison line was allocated, the Russian Gothic Empire was assigned to the Eastern Front, where no permanent fortifications were built, and the Western Front, which had built a total of three bastions and more fortifications, was taken by the Britons.

Before the battle, this had been regarded by the Bretons as a rare victory, and a very rare victory that could pit their teammates.

But their reason is also very valid: the Brituns are poor in combat effectiveness. Isn't it a matter of course to let the Bretons, who are less combative, garrison the relatively safe Western Front? The army of the Russian Gothic Empire was so strong that it was necessary to garrison the more dangerous and important Eastern Front.

There is still a little bit of caution on the part of the Britons.

Since the defense of the Western Front is stronger. Then the other side should attack the Eastern Front. In this way, it is very likely that these people will not even encounter war.

In this way, if you win, of course, it is good, and the Bretons can lie down and win. And even if it fails, the breakthrough of the Visigoths is on the Eastern Front. They can retreat as quickly as they can when they get the news. And it is possible to pin the entire black pot of defeat in this battle on the head of the Russian Gothic Imperial Army.

In this way, the war can be called perfect.

Maybe it's because of repeated defeats on the frontal battlefield. Therefore, during this period of time, the morale of the Briton people has been greatly damaged. When an army is desperately trying to figure out how to defeat its own enemies every day, but how to calculate its allies, the combat effectiveness of this army can also be imagined, how low it will be.

Worse still, there are contractors who make a fortune, a lax inspection system, and a demilitarized production system.

After William used the latest cement to build a fortress at the mouth of the Vistula River as quickly as possible, holding back the army of the Centaur Khan, cement, a pleasant building material, replaced the hard-to-mine stone as quickly as possible, and became the favorite material of all fortress architects.

The people of Breton are rightfully aware of this kind of thing, and are very fond of using it. It's like building a fortress this time.

It's just a pity that the above-mentioned disadvantages, or loopholes, allow many unscrupulous businessmen to take advantage of them.

It is well known that the best quality cement in the world came from the Russian Gothic Empire, and the second best was produced by the Kingdom of Briton. Again, there are also large merchants and large factories from other human world powers.

But if you wait again, you will basically not be able to see the god form that has solidified that kind of thing.

And the fortresses garrisoned by the Briton Kingdom Army today were built with such "first-class" cement.

Cracks appear quickly after drying, and large pieces can be removed by hand without tools. If it is bombarded with artillery, it will of course have an excellent destructive effect on the fortress.

The evil consequences of the excessive influence of the merchants of Breton and their excessive involvement in the affairs of the army are constantly being manifested.

The military uniforms, uniforms, food supplies, and even weapons and equipment required by the army are all contracted and provided by private factories. It is a matter of course to choose the most cost-effective products, never focusing on quality, but focusing on kickbacks, collusion between officials and businessmen, and so on......

All this allowed the Briton army to be flooded with inferior and cheap weapons and other supplies.

In the heyday of Breton, all this was naturally not too much of a problem. They have enough force in their own right, even if they are weaker, as long as they can defeat their enemies. But now, at a time when the strength of the Britons has greatly declined, these things have made the Briton army, the morale of the Britons more and more deteriorating, getting worse and worse.

It's like this. The Visigoths on the opposite side were bombarded with artillery, and these Breton soldiers looked like they were going to die.

To make matters worse, the guns only fired two or three rounds, and one of the fortresses that received the most fire even looked a little shaky.

From the scene, this fortress, which used to look quite majestic, is now shrouded in dust. It's all dust from cement slag. It's very choking, and it's also very likely to get lung disease from the guy who inhales the dust.

Of course, the Britons who were now stationed in this fortress were in no mood to think about that kind of thing.

Even if they were to die because of this, it would be a few years, or even more than ten years and decades later, and the imminent crisis would be more terrifying to them than that kind of thing.

That is, after several rounds of artillery bombardment, they had to thin the fortress parapet. The cement was bombarded down in large chunks. It's just shocking to look at.

"That's awful, bastard. ”

Amid the cheers of the Visigoths, the garrison general of the fortress and the officers under his command looked terrible. They cursed desperately, cursing the profiteers who produced this cement, cursing the profiteers who used it, cursing the profiteers who had entrusted such an important matter as building a fortress to the profiteers, the profiteers in their own army, and unanimously decided to hang them all and sell their families into slavery.

Of course, if they hadn't survived, they wouldn't have seen it.

The thought that he might die on the battlefield and all his efforts turned into a dream or something, the morale of this group of guys was close to an unlimited reduction.

That's it. From the very beginning, the offensive and defensive battles in Rotterdam presented an extremely strange scene.

The Eastern Line, which had been thought to be difficult to defend, fired their artillery at the enemy while withstanding the enemy's shelling. In total, more than 500 heavy guns of the three corps, as well as hundreds of light guns deployed on the front line and attached to various infantry regiments, together formed a dense artillery that exceeded the opposing side.

More importantly, the Russian Gothic Empire possessed shells filled with new explosives, although each of these silk-wrapped shells could swallow more than thirty florins, but the price was well worth it.

Seeing that the opposite side wanted to launch a charge after the bombardment, the dense infantry units were bombarded like Sun Tzu. With little hesitation, Freya gave the order to fight back.

Although he did not use his trump card in the first place, the cavalry corps. However, the rapid assault of more than 3,000 cavalry regiments, a total of three cavalry regiments of the levy corps and the regular legion, still plunged the Visigoths on the opposite side into great confusion and panic.

If it weren't for the fact that the enemy's forces were too large, and that the army still had the desire to fight despite the confusion and even collapse of the other side, and began to reorganize, and the various corps, regiments and companies were rapidly mobilizing, and trying to buy time for the reorganization of the army, then Freya might have pressed the infantry and launched a fierce counterattack.

Of course, there is another reason why she didn't do it, that is, she didn't want to.

The enemy is indeed the enemy. But the war was not for the Russian Gothic Empire, but for the unreliable and unreliable ally of Briton.

The Visigoths had a very strong ability to fight, but they had a pretty good will. If she had to fight a vicious battle with less, then Freya was confident that she had a good chance of doing it. But there will be heavy casualties. Losing more than half of it is possible.

The main body of the levy corps was eliminated as recruits who were thrown into the battlefield after a few months of intensive training. The Army Corps and the Cavalry Corps are elite standing armies. If you die a lot, you can't say that it hurts your muscles and bones, but you will feel distressed for a long time. So, Freya gave up on what seemed like a tempting tactic. After the cavalry regiment achieved fruitful results, it was accepted as soon as it was good and returned to the garrison posture. (To be continued.) )