The reason why the fight looks like a draw is because both sides have achieved some victories each. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

His Majesty the Emperor's Carpathian hussars burned, killed, and plundered the territory of Franknia, which not only undermined the possibility of the coalition army receiving supplies on the spot, but also dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Franconian army. It can be said that he won the first half of the battle.

However, this is not the case with the rest of the day. The capacity of the train was sufficient to supply the 60,000-strong army. Especially in this day and age, there are no fast rifles, no automatic rifles, no machine guns, no barrels, no barrels, no tanks, armored vehicles, fighters, bombers, etc., etc...... The logistical supply pressure of the army is much lighter than that of its counterparts a hundred years later.

So, a few steam locomotives, plus a few dozen wagons, could supply the logistical supplies needed by the army of 60,000 men - most of them were food - bread, air-dried meat, bread, air-dried meat, bread and air-dried meat - and the soldiers of this era did not want to eat anything good anyway. With brown bread and air-dried meat, you can be satisfied...... Right?

That's it. With a steam train and an ironclad train to escort it, the coalition forces have no worries about logistics. The ironclad trains that patrol back and forth on the southern section of the railway line can almost be said to be insoluble for small groups of stragglers.

In this way, the other side killed a large number of hussars, and the morale of both sides was basically equal. The second half of this war rehearsal was won by the coalition forces.

And the reason why the battle was actually won by the coalition forces is in terms of the result and the tactical objectives of both sides - this is even simpler.

His Majesty the Emperor wants to cut off the other side's logistics, and the coalition forces want to preserve their logistics routes. In the end, His Majesty the Emperor failed, and the coalition succeeded. So the coalition wins, it's that simple.

Kalman IV lost the first hand.

The loss of a few hundred Carpathian cavalry was nothing to the emperor with an army of sixty thousand. But since the logistical supply could not be broken, the two or three thousand Carpathian hussars under his command were useless as waste, garbage, and dregs, because the strength of these cavalry in frontal combat was really not high. Among the coalition armies, Frissia and Franconia each had several cuirassier regiments.

The feudal lords of Lotyrnia also had quite a few feudal cavalry units that could barely serve as light lancers. Combined, these two were sufficient to defend against the Carpathian hussars, which were still in their infancy. It is not like the middle and late hussars, while having harassment tactics similar to the eastern nomadic cavalry, they can also charge in formation.

Of course, William knew one thing, that is, cavalry troops vs trains, not always ended in cavalry defeat like this war - the speed of trains nowadays is not good, and it is generally only fifty or sixty kilometers is the limit. This speed is not much faster than the most popular nowadays, after hundreds or even thousands of years of breeding, improved war horses.

So, just take a look at the popular American Westerns, which don't have too many scenes of cavalry and horse bandits robbing trains - and there are also a lot of things that happened in actual history......

It's just a pity that there is a premise for such a thing, that is, enough distance and enough intelligence. The former ensures that an armored train will not be able to cover the entire logistical supply route, while the latter ensures that they will not run headlong into a military train full of enemy soldiers. In addition, the cavalry itself also needs to be reformed to a certain extent, and it needs to carry a more variety of weapons and equipment. Even when necessary, dismount and walk in formation.

That's it.

"So...... The next step is to build your own train...... Trains, this is one of the highest technologies of the steam age. William thought to himself - yes, for now, the Hereford family controlled millions of square kilometers of territory, and tens of millions of people did not even have a factory to build trains. It's frustrating to think about.

- Thankfully, William now has enough dwarven engineers. These dwarfs, plus some of the machinery and equipment imported from Briton. It doesn't seem too difficult to build a train factory on your own.

That's it, the battle in the early stage is over, and then the battle of the main forces of the two sides is next.

-- On the second day of August, the weather was clear and the breeze was blowing. At the junction of Franconia and Great Moravia, the armies of both sides began to line up, and His Majesty the Emperor was the main attacker. He gathered together his two main battle legions, the professional mercenaries he had recruited from the southern part of the empire.

These professional mercenaries are also the main force of this era. At the same time, it is commanded by His Majesty the Emperor's fierce generals and the most famous mercenary captains. Prepare to storm the enemy's line.

Among the nearly 20,000 soldiers, there are hundreds of artillery pieces of various types, as well as two light cavalry regiments formed by integrating the cavalry of various mercenary units.

It can be said that this is a standard corps of our time.

In the second array of His Majesty the Emperor were his two Guards Legions, totaling more than 24,000 people - these guys who had sold their lives to the Swabian family, all veterans who followed His Majesty the Emperor in his crusades to the east and west, and the south and the north, or the knights, the children of small noble families. Both combat technique, will, and morale tended to perfection. In addition to the basic unit with arquebuses and extra long strength, it also has two flintlock infantry regiments.

This is a trump card of His Majesty the Emperor. They were armed with flintlock pistols similar to those of the Hereford family and were armed with bayonets.

The Janissary heavy firepower cluster was made up of more than two hundred artillery pieces. Unlike the older and less high-caliber guns of the first array, most of which were designed and manufactured by the Empire's cannon foundries. The technical content and manufacturing level are relatively excellent. And the actual combat experience and daily training of the Imperial artillery are also much stronger than those of ordinary mercenaries. It can be said that this is also a trump card of the emperor.

His Majesty's last trump card was his six cavalry regiments, including two cuirassiers, and one of the lancers, who were either from the noble families of the Carpathians or from the northern Carpathians, the knights of the kingdom of Wende, who still retained their traditional lance charging techniques.

Finally, the Emperor's third array includes those who are small enough to be strong and not famous enough to pick the rest of the mercenary forces. Then there are the feudal troops of the small and medium-sized nobles who are vassals of the emperor...... Their combat effectiveness is almost negligible. And in the previous battle, the remnants of the Carpathian hussars, who were not wanted on the day of the ironclad train, were also included.

From this array of His Majesty the Emperor, it can be seen that his intentions are sinister - first use mortal mercenaries to take the lead and weaken the enemy, and then use the main elite to press up, and lay down the victory in one fell swoop.

As for his third array...... Well, although His Majesty the Emperor did not say it explicitly, William guessed a little, and they had two uses.

The first is to decorate the façade for the emperor - 40,000 troops are not the same as 60,000 troops. Rounded to the nearest number, Kalman IV with an army of 60,000 would be able to claim 100,000. But not with 40,000 people......

The second is to do cover. What if- I mean just in case. If His Majesty the Emperor loses, then he can pull these scum out for cover, and then run with the main force himself.

That's it.

In opposition to His Majesty the Emperor, the array arrangement of the coalition forces was like this-Originally, it stands to reason that as a "coalition army", they should be one army and one camp, and then divide into several parallel arrays to fight.

But in this case, the possibility of defeat is too great...... Coupled with the "coordination" of the Britons so in the end, the array was laid out as the Briton commander, General John Churchill, said.

Prince Henry of Franconia reluctantly agreed in order to win the support of the Britons and succeed in becoming emperor. On the other hand, the petty nobles of Lotternia had to look at the faces of the Britons - and even many of the petty nobles were secretly discussing whether they wanted the King of Britons to be their king, just like Frisia. So they are less of a problem.

General John Churchill is worthy of being a famous general of the Briton Army, and he still has a very good set of arrangements.

Under his arrangement, the coalition forces also formed three fronts - with the Franconian army as the first array, the Briton-Frisian army as the second array, and the Loteranian army as the third.

This formation is basically the same as that of Kalman IV. Again, the first array is stronger, the second array is the strongest, and the third array is pure foolishness.

It's even stronger than the meaning of His Majesty's array of emperors......

Kalman IV's third array consisted of at least six thousand professional mercenaries, and even if they were slightly worse than their counterparts in the first array, they weren't much worse. The third array of the coalition forces was no less than 10,000 men. Most of them were not mercenaries, but feudal troops. Combat effectiveness is almost negligible.

In terms of class composition, the first array of the coalition has slightly more artillery than its enemies, but not too much. In terms of cavalry, the coalition cavalry also formed two regiments, which were roughly equal to the enemy's strength.

What is really noteworthy is that it is still clad in Frisian skins, which is actually the second array of the Briton army.

The 30,000-strong Briton army was well-armed and well-trained...... Although it is slightly inferior to the Emperor's Praetorian Guard, it is still one of the elite of this era. It is worth noting that in addition to the standard units of the two legions, there is also a legion that Her Majesty Queen Victoria has been trained according to her experience after experiencing the New World War.

This regiment consisted of two regiments of pure flintlock rifle infantry armed with bayonets, as in the case of the Hereford family army. The other three infantry regiments were divided into flintlock pikemen and extra-long pikemen, according to a one-to-one configuration. In other words, this regiment had more than 5,000 "new infantrymen" armed with flintlock pistols and bayonets, which was almost three times the number of the enemy.

In addition to this, the Briton army also included a powerful artillery group with more than two hundred guns. Among them was a quarter of the artillery, the latest twelve-pounder bronze infantry gun.

Cavalry units, the Briton army also had one more regiment than Kalman IV, and they had a strong assault force of seven cavalry regiments. Including five cuirassier regiments and two hussar regiments. It's a pity that there are no lancers. After all, the Briton army was not like Kalman IV, which was next to the traditional cavalry powerhouses, and could easily get a large number of lancers.

That's it, the forces of both sides are basically equal. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages in terms of troops and configuration. Just looking at the strength on the books of both sides, it is very good to judge the final victory or defeat of this war.