Chapter Ninety-Two: The Midnight Battle

"Isn't it possible?"

"Good, keep them out!"

At the fastest speed. Commanders www.biquge.info of both the Gothic Empire and the Visigothic Republic of Russia have been given an update on the battle.

Freya of the Russian Goths was a little angry. In contrast, the archon Leopold smiled pleasantly.

In this way, the judgment is made. In other words, the outcome of the war can also be decided.

Probably. Perhaps.

If that really does.

Although the probability is not very high. But, at least that proves that the Imperial Army is not invincible, does it?

As long as we have enough troops, good enough combat effectiveness, courage, determination, and of course weapons, then the world can naturally turn around in the "good" way.

It's like this. The army of the Russian Gothic Empire was blocked. In front of the ironclad train, no matter how hard they tried, their army could not take a step forward - unless the ironclad train was so unlucky that it was hit by the giant artillery that besieged the city. Otherwise, the ironclad train will never be damaged. Ordinary infantry artillery can't blast through special steel armor a few inches thick.

Yes, steel.

Although the name is an ironclad car or something. But in reality the material is steel. And it's Briton's newest alloy steel -- in terms of this kind of armament, the Briton people have done a brilliant job. This kind of ironclad train, which is simply made of silver, represents the latest and best weapons and equipment of the Britons people, and represents the concrete embodiment of the strength of the Imperial Army. In the same way, it also represents the courage of the Britons to suppress the entire Old World.

At least as long as these ironclad trains still belonged to the Britons, at least as long as they were fighting for the country.

The Russian Gothic Empire came in too haste. In other words, the empire has never been prepared for garrisons or sieges.

So neither large-caliber siege guns nor large-caliber fortress artillery were brought. With only a maximum of twenty-four pounds of infantry guns, it was impossible to get an ironclad train.

"Yes, that's it. If you continue to cower in your defenses, things may be a little trickier. Archon Leopold thought to himself. Thinking excitedly.

If that's really the case, then when the 200,000 troops of the main force of the empire come, then he will have to consider switching from offensive to defensive-

No, he didn't even need the main forces of the Reich to come, as long as the Reich army was in Frisia in the north, overwhelmed the auxiliary forces of the Visigoths, and formed a two-sided attack on the troops of the Visigothic Republic, he had to think about the question of retreat.

But, for now. Sure enough, fate was on his side. The other party can't stand the oppression brought by the ironclad train. took the initiative to launch an attack on himself.

In this case, they do not have large-caliber artillery, and they will die as much as they come. Hahahahaha-

However, soon. The Imperial army used reality to tell Archon Leopold what it meant to be daydreaming. What is too naïve?

These combat sappers held long rod-shaped blasting canisters in their hands, crawled forward in a crawling position, reached the front of the ironclad train, and then suddenly jumped up, and after stuffing the blasting canister in their hands into the firing hole of the ironclad train, a violent explosion sounded. A violent explosion is generated.

In the confined environment in the carriage, the lethality of such an explosion has been virtually improved.

- Of course, such an explosion would not have destroyed the ironclad train.

However, not a single Visigothic soldier in the carriage survived. In this case, it makes no sense whether to destroy the carriage itself.

A dozen combat sappers, and then a dozen blasters. This design alone would have made the seemingly indestructible ironclad train obsolete. Of course. These blasters do not use black powder, but new explosives. This is a little extravagant for the Empire.

But cost-effective, being able to knock an ironclad train down and consume these things - oh, of course, the combat sappers don't die.

That's a pretty cheap price. With this amount of troops, this little bit of new weapons, the super-powerful strategic weapons that cost millions of pounds will be abolished.

If other countries knew that there was such a tactic, they would definitely be happy to show their faces, and then they would have to get their hands on this technique no matter what.

Although it is absolutely impossible to be.

After discarding the weapons they were most proud of, the Imperial Army's offensive began to intensify.

Although the ironclad train was temporarily abolished. But if it is left unattended, other soldiers who are not afraid of death will rush in. Or the guys who are afraid of death are forced to move in by their officers or something. In this way, there is no point in what was done before.

In the same way, it is also true if the railway line is stripped away. It can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. Although it can contain a little time, it doesn't actually play a big role.

So, there are two tactics that can really be used.

One of them was the complete destruction of two ironclad trains with a large yield of explosives - even if it was not possible to destroy the part of the armored car, the steam engine in the armored train could be destroyed.

It was a special steam engine with a power of more than 5,000 horsepower specially designed to drive the ironclad train. Even with the technology of the Britons and the Russian Gothic Empire, it is difficult to make such a thing.

In other words, it has exceeded the threshold of industrial manufactured products and is moving towards precision machining. After all, it is a very, very rare thing. Whether it's more advanced technology or rare magic items, you need to make a steam engine of this power. Technology alone is not enough. It also needs a little magic, and the help of black technology.

That is to say, the present Visigoths do not have enough material to make such a thing, although they have sent emissaries to the permafrost of the northern ice fields, hoping to get the dwarves to support their great cause of justice.

But the dwarves weren't interested. In every sense, these guys are not much different from ordinary capitalists in valuing wealth. And these guys are still using the backward aristocratic republic - from a human point of view - the dwarven kings, the high kings, and all that are feudal, rotten and degenerate, and they must be punished and all of them killed, and all their possessions will be distributed.

Of course, perhaps this is what makes the dwarves angry.

In any case, they still like their traditions, and their current political system. Although some of the older diehards with longer beards and whiter had all sorts of complaints about their king. But it's just behind closed doors, shouting in my own house.

In this case, inexplicable human beings appeared, speaking inexplicably, wanting to help them in their revolution. Kill their king or something, and you'll probably chop off his head and kick it as a ball.

In fact, after receiving this information, William expressed great surprise at the dwarves' restraint. Isn't it said that the guys are very, very urinating, and why did they endure it in the end, and just drive the messenger away?

Most of them are afraid that the Visigoths will finally really gain power, and then unify the whole world and finally find trouble with them.

Really, when did it start to become, and the dwarves were so philistine. It's disappointing to think about. in every sense of the word.

William thought so in his heart, and then couldn't help but shake his head.

This world is almost at the end of the world.

Of course, here's what happened before.

The Imperial Army and the Visigothic Army were still fighting.

The focus of the battle between the two sides was on the two carriages. That is, two carriages equipped with high-quality anthracite and steam engines. These are the two places. Soldiers on both sides have glued together. Fierce hand-to-hand combat began.

Yes, melee hand-to-hand combat. This is the most important way of fighting for soldiers on both sides at the moment.

Because the distance is too close, the guns on both sides have little effect. And because automatic rifles and automatic pistols, weapons that can play a huge role at close range, have not yet been invented, so the way the two sides fight is naturally bayonets.

In contrast to the wars of the Cold Weapons Age, one of the two sides was not equipped with armor - that is, the Visigoths - and the mobilizers omitted the more important equipment in this regard.

There are no shields or other defensive items.

For medieval pikemen equipped with armour, as long as the array is comparable, then if they are only engaged in hand-to-hand combat, they will definitely have longer weapons, and they will be equipped with armor and more combat experience.

However, this also led to the combat becoming more brutal and frenzied.

Because there were no defensive props, and the three-edged bayonet made by William was very vicious, and the bloodletting speed was very fast. So the enemy on the opposite side died just as quickly.

Amid the sound of stabbing bayonets into flesh and the crisp sound of a succession of battle sappers' sapper shovels cutting off half of their heads, the Imperial army continued to push forward - after the revolvers ran out of bullets, the cavalrymen had to dismount, draw their sabers and join the hand-to-hand combat.

A handful of sappers pulled out their powerful grenades, armed with high explosives, stood in the second row, and threw them with all their might.

This tactic allowed the Imperial Army to repel several enemy attacks in succession and successfully blast the steam engine of an ironclad train despite the absolute disadvantage of its troops.

At another steam engine, however, they were met with strong resistance. Unable to break through the ...... in a short period of time