456.Chapter 456: Charge, Advance Like the Wind

That's it, the commanders on both sides felt that the direction of the battlefield was no different from what they thought. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info thinks they can win this battle...... But, of course, there can't be two winners. So in the end, there is definitely one person who will taste the bitter fruit of failure.

William didn't think that person would be himself. His eyes swept across the battlefield like a falcon, taking in the entire battlefield through his condescending position and the military binoculars in his hand. On several occasions, he wanted to give the order to fire a salvo of artillery to inflict the most significant damage on the enemy. But in the end, he endured and waited, waiting for a better opportunity. And so it went on for a while. Seeing that their own hunters had already shot twice, the opposing team's leading infantry unit was almost completely lost after being attacked by its own shotguns and hunters. The enemy's infantry company in the second column took advantage of the gap between its own light artillery and hunters to reload their ammunition and suddenly increased their speed.

It was at this time that William gave the order: "It's now - all artillery salvos!"

With William's order, the artillerymen, who had been impatient for a long time, pointed the red-hot iron cone at the ****** of the gun door - after a nervous, thrilling sound of "zz", all the guns of the Hereford family completed a salvo - instantly, the deafening roar almost broke the eardrums of the artillerymen - the officers and soldiers in the artillery position were instantly obscured by the smoke of gunpowder, and at the same time temporarily deaf by the loud sound of cannons.

At the same time, hundreds of iron balls blasted into the array of the Imperial Army. It fell under the surprised gaze of the soldiers, followed by an explosion with a "boom".

In an instant, everything within a range of several meters, or even more than ten meters, centered on the explosion point, was like a toy cut out of a piece of paper, blown away by the violent air current, blown away, and rose into the air, and exploded at the same time......

The performance of the eighteen-pounder unicorns and howitzers was the most eye-catching, and those heavy guns that could almost be used as naval guns or fortress guns could tear a company to shreds in an instant.

Under the bombardment of these artillery, the imperial army's proud, steel-like will, steel-like army, the most powerful, the most terrifying, invincible and unstoppable army, was bombarded to pieces.

The artillery shattered the self-confidence of all the soldiers and officers of the first array. These troops, who were in the middle of the two armies, calmly exposing themselves to the full firepower of the Hereford family, were thus destroyed and ravaged by the full firepower of the Hereford family.

Losses, losses, casualties, losses, deaths, explosions, violent roars. It was as if these soldiers had gone to war for the first time, regaining their long-lost fears.

Many companies were destroyed in an instant. There were also quite a few companies that collapsed in an instant. Of course, there are many company commanders who are ordering the soldiers to move forward bravely - these soldiers must brave these guns and get within the range of the muskets - if they can't, then the war is meaningless.

"Your Majesty!"

At the same time, the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Army, Emperor Kalman IV, and his closest confidant, General Franz, were also overwhelmed by the sudden artillery bombardment of the Hereford family. In a stunned explosion, the artillery killed thousands of people...... There may be more, devoured and devoured. In the process, Kalman IV only felt in a trance.

He even lost his strength and staggered, and almost fell off the back of his warhorse—if it weren't for the almost bloody cuckoo cry of General Franz beside him, he might have done that—

"The other side, the other side concealed their artillery fire!" Kalman IV thought of this instantly: "Damn, with such a powerful artillery cluster, it is simply impossible for us to crush the enemy with a frontal attack." At the same time, we did not have enough cavalry, as well as light infantry, to cover our own troops to detour back to the enemy's flank. As a result, our army loses the ability to attack the opposing army.

A frontal attack on such a position is just a waste of death, and it makes no sense at all, that is, in this war, the enemy is already invincible!"

At the thought of this, Kalman IV felt angry.

The enemy, his enemy, the prince, Wilhelm von Hereford was a liar, he was the biggest liar in the world, and he was deceived by him!

Kalman IV clenched his fists so hard that his nails could dig into the flesh of his palms, and let the blood flow, unconscious—if it weren't for his pride and the fact that the situation didn't allow it, he really wanted to faint simply-

"But even if it's ......"

Kalman IV began to think about the next strategy - since this war is not possible for his side to attack, then do not attack, and the two sides will face off for a while, so that the war can end with dignity. Then negotiate something similar with the other side at the diplomatic table

"We need that kind of artillery -- no, we need all the warfare techniques of the Hereford family, we have to continue to reform our army, and create an elite, new army like the Hereford family, in order to maintain our superiority...... No, now we can't say that we can guarantee superiority, we can only say, don't be left too far behind by our enemies!"

Kalman IV made it very difficult to admit that at the moment his side was at a disadvantage.

"But we still have a chance! Yes, a temporary defeat is nothing! We still have a chance! as long as we get through this, then we're-"

"Your Majesty!" was that at the same time as Kalman IV's brain was racing, next to him, General Franz shouted again.

"Your Majesty!"

"What's the matter?!" Kalman IV glared dissatisfied.

"The enemy's cavalry has moved!"

General Franz shouted almost hoarsely. There was a tremor in his voice, and there was fear in his voice—the battle-hardened general, who was as strong as steel, was finally terrified when he faced the army of the Hereford family.

While the roar of the artillery was not yet complete, the three cavalry regiments of the Hereford family—three lancers armed with scarlet air guns, draped in composite plate armor, ringed armor, and decorated with two feathered wings erected on their backs—began to charge.

First is a slow trot, followed by a fast run. Then the cavalry formed a galloping, unstoppable wall -- the lancers resolutely formed a neat formation, braving the artillery fire, and charged at the enemy -- almost the next second after the last round of artillery fire had stopped, the cavalrymen's mounted guns had stabbed at the panicked enemy.

Yes, if they had not been shelled, if their formation had been intact, the lancers would have brought themselves to their own shame - but now the charge of the lancers was perfect. The red lava tide composed of red cavalry spears, red armor, red war horses and red wings flooded one of the enemy's lines in an instant, and a large number of soldiers were stabbed over, poked to death, knocked into the air, and trampled.

Under the charge of the lancers, a large number of the enemy died under the hooves of the horses. And the rest, without question, turned away, cried, turned around and ran—

"Artillery follow-correcting ballistics! Light artillery quickly follow-up!" Seeing his own troops crushing the enemy's army like a sea of mountains, William did not hesitate to give a loud order to his soldiers to move forward - the three-pound, six-pound, light artillery with insufficient range was immediately put on the mules and horses that had been found, and then quickly followed. And those nine-, twelve-, and eighteen-pounder unicorns and howitzers, with the help of the lugs, raised the barrels, corrected the trajectory, and then continued to bombard the troops behind the enemy.

The Hereford family did not do nothing during this period of waiting. Those sappers and artillerymen had already figured out every grass and tree on the entire battlefield, and through geometric calculations, they had collected all the data required for artillery. Now, as long as you follow the script, you can form the most striking and terrifying artillery firepower in the world. These terrifying killing weapons made by humans were unscrupulously poured on the heads of the Imperial Army.

"This war has been won. William thought to himself - along with the artillery corps were seven other regiments of cavalry, and two regiments of combat engineers. They will take over the cavalry units in front of them at any time and continue to charge. Until all their enemies crumble-

And so, the enemy's first array, tens of thousands of troops, collapsed in a very short time - the lancers dropped their scarlet air guns, replaced them with long, thin scimitars, and wielded them wantonly, reaping the lives of these routs. At the same time, light artillery was already in place. Added to the next round of artillery bombardment.

Witnessing the collapse of their first array so quickly. At the same time, seeing these routs being driven over like sheep, and at the same time feeling the terrible shelling themselves, the troops of the second array were instantly unstable - of course, this instability was only for a moment, even like an illusion - if it were not for the fact that the swords in the hands of the Overseers and the Praetorian Guards were still dripping blood, and the dead headless corpses were so hideous, then they would probably have felt that all this was really just an illusion.

"If the attack is incompetent, can't you hold on?!Order the defeated army not to storm your own array, otherwise, there will be no mercy!" Kalman IV ordered with a gloomy face.