The Russian Gothic Empire - no, it should be said that the Gothic Empire had the best artillery in the world. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info is first-class in both quantity and quality. As Imperial soldiers, they were immensely proud of it.

They declared that there was no target in the world that the Empire's artillery could not destroy. Even the majestic Ural Mountains can be blasted out of the gap by the artillery of the Empire.

Of course, William knew that this was just an exaggeration. It's just an exaggeration and an exaggerated rhetoric.

There are still targets in this world that cannot be destroyed by Imperial artillery. It's like this.

More than thirty tanks, nine of which broke down halfway before reaching the front line, and the other sixteen were killed by the artillery of the Imperial Army.

At least the current steam tanks are not capable of fighting large-caliber artillery - William has long been prepared to hold on. It was also expected that this time there would be a strong attack on him by the enemy.

Therefore, in the face of the enemy's attack, the first must have fortifications, the second is machine guns, and the third is enough and powerful artillery.

William did a good job of all three. It's like this. After a round of fire coverage at no cost, most of the steam tanks were eliminated. And their accompanying infantry also lost most of it-

If.

If William had other forces capable of dealing with the tanks by this time, the attack would have probably failed - but -

"Cluster grenades!"

William almost gritted his teeth and uttered this sentence - in the absence of enough anti-tank infantry guns, this is the only means of countering tanks. However, the word cluster grenade was not invented in this world. It's impossible to express this in flag language or something.

William blamed himself a little, he could have expected this. But nothing was prepared - but then again, who would have thought that these bastards would be able to make such a strange invention as the steam tank in this era?

Of course, in this case, there is no point in talking about such a thing.

As fast as he could, William ordered his heralds to "tie up the grenades, throw them, increase the power, attack the tanks!"

It's just a little too late.

On the battlefield, one of the remaining tanks, less than ten, broke down again. However, the other seven tanks still ran over the Reich's defense line without hesitation.

In the midst of the screams of ahhhhhh Some of the soldiers, who had no time to escape, were crushed and killed by the tanks - most of course, holding their heads and huddled in the trenches, but they were not harmed.

On the other hand, although the most elite Praetorian Guard soldiers of the Empire were terrified, they were more angry--hearing the loud cheers of the enemy on the other side, and in the face of the surprising, uneasy, and dissatisfied reality that "the line they were stationed on was actually broken by the enemy?!", many of the Empire's Praetorian Guard soldiers went crazy.

They roared and attacked these armored monsters with any kind of weapon they had in their hands.

grenades, guns, heavy machine guns and artillery. They concentrated all the weapons at their disposal - and at this time, the inadequacy of the steam tank finally came to light.

Or rather, the biggest problem with all tanks.

The thickness of the side armor is not comparable to the frontal armor. So the tank is very vulnerable in the event of a flank attack. It is even said that in this case, the vulnerability of the tank is unimaginably high. This is especially true when there is no machine gun equipped and it is not possible to inflict effective damage on infantry units at close range.

Without machine guns, there was no means to protect oneself in the event of a close attack by infantry. In a sense, the current steam tank is much more fragile than the tanks of the past life known to William. It is also better to destroy - even in this case, many heroic Janissaries soldiers climbed directly on top of the steam tank, with bayonets and pistols, simply opened the hatch above with their hands, and threw grenades or something into it.

Others broke through the exhaust vents or simply blasted the side armor to pieces with three-pounder guns. In this case, the only remaining seven steam tanks were all incapacitated in a short period of time.

"It looks like it's pretty easy to deal with. "Seeing the enemy make a fool of himself. William breathed a sigh of relief.

Very good, very good. This way, your army won't suffer too many casualties...... However, the battle itself has taken on epoch-making significance. In a sense, these steam tanks did work - though they didn't tear through the Empire's defenses and crush the Imperial army as easily as the enemy thought. But at least the task of covering the infantry assault, they did it well.

Almost all of the fire, machine guns, three-pounder guns, as well as a large number of rapid-fire rifles, were aimed at the enemy's steam tanks. When the infantry of the Russian Gothic Empire came to their senses and wanted to attack themselves, they broke through a large number of steam tanks and cheered, when they suddenly found that the infantry units on the opposite side had rushed over.

A large number of Visigothic soldiers were so excited that they held their bayonets and slaughtered the defense line of the Russian Gothic Empire.

"Damn, this distance...... Artillery extended fire!" Under the angry gaze of the artillery commander at the front, the Imperial army mixed with the army of the Republic. The two sides fought each other with bayonets in their hands - the Imperial army, equipped with all kinds of new weapons, was completely unable to use their advantages at such a time.

"Cavalry, sortie, rush for a while. ”

Seeing this, William immediately gave the order - while blocking the enemy with artillery fire to throw in further reinforcements, he gave the order to the cavalry troops - the Praetorian cavalry attached to the front line regiment did not hesitate to charge after receiving the order. At the same time, Leopold, the consul on the other side, cursed in his heart: "Is the useless scum actually destroyed by the enemy in the first round of attacks?!"

Very pleasant. Very good. Yes, very good. In this way, at least the two sides can have a "fair" fight!

With the combat effectiveness of the Visigothic army, no, it should be the morale and consciousness of the soldiers of the Visigothic army. Then even if you can't win, you can inflict huge casualties on the enemy. That's it.

Your own army has 500,000, and the opponent has only 100,000. Two fight one, and the two-to-one battle damage ratio is also won by yourself in the end!

"Yes, yes, that's it - the cuirassiers charged, dragging the enemy's cavalry !!"

Although in cavalry battles, the traditional cuirassiers were bombarded by the Empire's large number of cavalry units armed with revolvers almost in a single shot, and suffered heavy losses. But immediately after, the two sides were still entangled. As a result, the cavalry of the Imperial Army, at least for a short time, will not be able to support the infantry units.

"A war of attrition, the worst possible outcome. "William looked at the front line, and the two armies that were densely entangled - the enemy's infantry units were far inferior in quality to the Imperial army. Not to mention the elite Praetorian Guard of the Empire. However...... Even so, the number of enemies is simply too many. It's so much that it's hard to accept.

"If this continues......"

William was silent for a moment.

In any case, this charge is the most dangerous. If this round of enemy charges is broken, then the odds of winning this battle can be increased to at least seventy percent.

"Since that's the case. Well, that's it. ”

With a thought in his mind, William made a decision.

"Wait a minute—"

Before William could decide to step into battle, he was stopped. And the person who stopped him, of course, was Freya.

"It's dangerous. ”

"Well, I know. ”

"You're already an emperor. ”

"Of course. ”

"Even if we lose this battle, we still have a chance to win this war, and it's still great. However, if the emperor is lost, the empire will collapse. You should know that, right?"

"Yes, I know. William nodded.

“...... I'll go. ”

So, Freya said: "If I just need a character with enough combat power and a high enough status to go to the front line to support the battle, I am enough."

“......”

Wilhelm von Hereford hesitated for a moment. However, he refused.

"Raise my flag!"

The next second, he broke free of Freya's hand and commanded in such a loud voice.

“......”

The Praetorian Guard, another Praetorian Guard unit was thrown into battle. And when the Emperor's double-headed eagle banner appeared on the battlefield, both the army of the Russian Gothic Empire and the Visigoths on the opposite side fell into madness.

The Emperor is with you. The Emperor fights side by side with you, and you will protect the Emperor, and the Emperor will protect you.

It all became a reality when he saw William von Hereford galloping on the battlefield. Thus, the Imperial Army erupted with unimaginable combat effectiveness.

On the other hand, when I saw this scene, the evil, the corrupt, the reactionary, all the evil, the bad, the bad, the demon-like existence in this world appeared.

To kill him is to kill the greatest enemy! To kill him is to save the whole world!!

Thinking of this, the enemy, the Visigoths will also attack like crazy.

William and his Praetorian Guards went into battle, which was indeed a great morale boost.

And the two paladins William and Freya are indeed like killing machines, telling us on the battlefield what is not as powerful as humans.

However, under the attack of the Visigoths on the opposite side. The battle did not improve as William had hoped, but became more intense.