Chapter 1055: The First Battle (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
General Hassel led the main force of the new army behind the peacekeepers, and hurried to catch up with Lorraine along the way.
Every time the peacekeepers captured a city or a place, the original defenders of the Southern Army surrendered or fled, and the local order was completely chaotic. The peacekeepers don't care about this, they just send troops to maintain order.
Once the mission of the peacekeepers is completed and the defense is moved, the new army will immediately take over the town. They will appoint temporary officials in the area, establish order and hunt down the remnants of the Southern Army.
In short, they are all doing odd jobs to appease the security guards. There are not many opportunities to participate directly in the fighting, and progress is some time behind the peacekeepers.
This time, I also heard the news that the peacekeepers had attacked Haddou's lair, so I threw down what I was doing and quickly chased after the peacekeepers.
The invasion of Harua Province is of great significance to the first battle of the 1055th chapter of Almoha (asking for a monthly ticket) for the new army.
It symbolizes Queen Isabella's staged victory over Haddou. It can greatly boost the confidence and morale of the imperial government.
Empress Isabella also gave Hassel a death order, even if not the first team to attack Harua, to be the first army to attack Harua.
Therefore, the main force of the new army hurried over, just to solve the problem of Lorraine, and Lorraine thought that they would delay their arrival for half a month.
General Hassell was also in a good manner, and as soon as he arrived at the camp, he rushed to meet Lorraine.
As soon as the guards went in to report, it was only a few seconds before Lorraine walked out and said with a happy smile: "General Hassell, you are finally here, I have been waiting for you for a long time." ”
Seeing Lorraine's smile as enthusiastic as the warm sun in winter, Hassell's first reaction was to shrink his neck, a chill down his spine, a chuckle in his heart, and a secret scream.
For Lorraine, Almohads know a lot about it.
As long as this lord smiled, the hearts and livers of the entire Almohads trembled.
When Hassell saw Lorraine smiling so brightly, he felt even more bottomless, and subconsciously pinched his wallet through his clothes.
"Well, the first battle of Chapter 1055 (asking for a monthly pass) is here. Hassell felt a little more at ease.
But they are all veteran politicians, and this little bit of caution is hidden, and it will not be shown on their faces.
Hassel first saluted respectfully, then warmly shook Lorraine's hand, and said with a laugh: "It's late, forgive me, big boss." ”
Lorraine kindly took Hassell's arm and walked into the big tent, saying as she walked: "It's not too late, it's not too late, you're just in time." I have an important and difficult task to hand over to the Forces nouvelles. ”
Hassell's heart tightened, and he said secretly: The weasel gave the chicken a New Year's greeting, I knew that it was no good thing, I regretted it, and I knew that I should have been in the rear for a while. Alas, the heart is in a hurry, the heart is in a hurry.
Originally, Hassel didn't want to come to the front line so quickly, it was not easy for the new army to save this little bit of money, and as the commander-in-chief of the new army, he always wanted to preserve his strength.
Otherwise, the army will run out, and who will still be the commander of the light pole, and it is true that he has the army in his hands these years.
When the peacekeepers take down the city of Desai, it is the best time for their new army to accept it.
But Hassel could not resist the queen's orders, nor could he withstand the urging of his officers and soldiers.
In the past, after the towns were conquered, the bulk of the benefits always fell into the hands of the peacekeepers, who would always use extremely professional methods to loot the local treasury.
Because their new army came late, they could only pick up other people's leftovers to eat, otherwise they would not be keen to go to the countryside to loot.
When others eat meat, they drink it thinly, and the whole army of the new army has long complained about this.
But they still don't dare to fight with the peacekeepers, and they can't fight either, and they don't like them at all.
Disgruntled opinions all fell on the generals: it was their fear of death and slowness that made it impossible for the big guys to make money.
In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Hassel also had to closely follow the ranks of the peacekeepers so that he could take a little dry food from the hands of the peacekeepers.
But seeing Lorraine so warmly welcome them, Hassell regretted it.
The more enthusiastic this lord is, the more trouble their new army will be.
However, Hassel had no choice, so he could only bite the bullet and grit his teeth and say: "Although you command, as long as we are within our ability, our new army will never shirk." ”
"Okay," Lorraine patted Hassell on the shoulder, "because of the urgency of the military situation, some of my troops need to be reinforced immediately."
Therefore, the peacekeepers did not have enough strength to take Desai. This task is left to your new army. ”
Hassel was stunned. After a moment, he looked at Lorraine cautiously and asked suspiciously, "That's it?"
He gestured in his hand and pointed in the direction of Desai City, and said in surprise: "Is it for our new army to attack Desai City?
Lorraine looked at Hasser's surprised look and said in surprise: "Otherwise, what do you think?"
Hassel breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said secretly: I thought that you wanted us to be bait and go south to seduce Haddou out.
Isn't it just a siege, it's not that we haven't attacked it, it's harder than the Desai, and we've taken down several of them. As for you, do you keep putting on such a big posture? almost scared me to death~!
When he came over just now, he also saw that the walls of Desai had been destroyed by artillery fire and no longer posed a threat, and the defenders in the city were believed to be less than 20,000 men, so it would not be difficult to take them.
The hanging heart is considered to have fallen to the bottom, Hassel smiled easily, and said loudly: "No problem, our new army guarantees to complete the task." Please wait and see. ”
Lorraine laughed and said, "I knew that at the critical moment, the friends of the new army were still reliable." ”
The generals around him laughed out loud, but their smiles were so panicked.
Hassel looked at their malicious smiles, and his heart was tense again, and he said secretly: Oops, I fell into the pit again, what the hell is it that is difficult to moralize Cyberjaya?
The next moment, Lorraine confirmed his worries, and only heard Lorraine say flatly: "Of course, this Desai City is also a little different. ”
Hassel pursed his lips and said secretly: I knew that it must be no good.
Stunned, he said, "What's the difference." ”
Lorraine placed a map in front of Hassel, dotted with the cobweb-like trenches on the map, and said, "The enemy has dug a dense trench under the city, which is a big trouble for the attackers. ”
"Trench?" Hassel said in confusion: I have seen it, but does it matter?
"Is it just, a trench?" asked Hassel cautiously, "Desai...... No other questions?
Lorraine nodded and said, "It's because of the trenches that it's difficult to give full play to our superior firepower." All the support you receive is limited. ”
Hassel couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, and he felt more and more incomprehensible about what this uncle was doing.
Xindao: If there is no artillery, there will be no war? Our Almohads are not fighting hard to attack the city. A little trench, at most a little trouble, a little more casualty, but not invincible.
To them, Almohad*, this casualty was nothing compared to ruling the whole of the South.
It doesn't matter if you can't afford to pay for this casualty, right? It doesn't matter if you can't afford it, we in the new army don't care.
Hassel smiled calmly and said, "Please rest assured, it's just a little trench." Our Forces nouvelles don't take it to heart yet. ”
The generals around Hassel said this with a little scorn on their faces.
The generals knew in their hearts what was going on, but the soldiers didn't.
The new army "doesn't take it to heart" when they come up, and their peacekeeping troops usually boast of being masters, but they don't dare to do anything when they fight a desai, which inevitably destroys the prestige of their own peacekeeping forces.
Hassel glanced at the generals proudly, and said secretly in his heart: Let you know that our new army is not a soft-footed shrimp.
"Actually," Hassel continued, after he had had enough, "our Empress also hopes that the province of Harua will be the first to enter by our new army. ”
Lorraine nodded and said, "Okay, then I will follow the advice of Her Majesty the Queen." Let the new army take the lead. ”
At the same time, he secretly said in his heart: It's just right, I'm worried that I have no excuse to stay still, Queen Isabella is really understanding.
Hassel almost vomited blood, and scolded in his heart: Obviously, you begged us to fight, why did the conversation turn around, and it became us begging to find abuse.
Hassel could only hold his breath and said with a smile: "Lord Xie is complete." ”
"Of course," Lorraine said, "we will still provide the support that should be provided, please rest assured." ”
Hassell nodded, hesitated, and said, "My lord, I have a reluctant request. ”
"You say. ”
Hassel pondered his tone for a moment and said, "Once you take Desai City, can you ...... Occupy it by us alone?"
Lorraine was a little puzzled and muttered, "Is it necessary to occupy it alone?"
Everyone is a coalition army, and the city conquered by the peacekeepers never refuses to allow new troops to be stationed, and although the city of Desai is not large, it is always useful for the peacekeepers.
Hassel said slowly: "This, my lord, if you want the brothers to work hard, you always have to give some reward. ”
"Understood", Lorraine suddenly realized.
These guys in the New Army want to eat alone. Although Hassel didn't dare to massacre the city, but after three days of searching the whole city, Hassel could still call the shots.
Lorraine didn't hesitate, wanting the donkey to pull the mill to give the donkey grazing first, and the Almohads didn't care about him, Lorraine nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you." I give the new army, three ...... No, five days. ”
Hassell smiled with satisfaction: "Enough." ”
He didn't expect that with Lord Lorraine's temper, he would let go of these interests lightly, which was not in line with the usual glorious image of his old man in the hearts of the Almohads.
After Hassel returned to the New Army camp with the mission, it didn't take long for the New Army team to suddenly hear enthusiastic cheers, which made the surrounding peacekeepers very puzzled.
Of course, the explanation of the new army to the outside world was that they could be the first to attack Haddou's lair, so the morale of the officers and soldiers was high.
But soon everyone knew that the new army was excited to be able to eat alone this time and to be able to make a profit.
In order to start the first battle of the attack on Haddou's lair and make a name for himself as a new army, Hassel even said that the capture did not need to be handed over to the public.
After a day's preparations, early the next morning, between the morning light and the fog, 30,000 soldiers of the New Army lined up neatly in front of the formation, waiting for the order to attack.
When the fog cleared, the artillery of the peacekeepers opened fire first, starting from the outer trenches and extending their fire under the walls of Desai.
Smoke and dust billowed from the entire area blown up by the artillery, but the effect of the shelling could not be determined.
Then Hassel led the way, and tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison and rushed towards Desai from both sides.
But until this time, the city of Desai was already quiet, there was no human figure on the top of the city, and there was silence in the trenches.
It seems that the city is a dead place where no one is dead.
The New Army quickly approached the trench, and when they came to see it, there was no Southern Army in the ravine.
They threw down the ladder, jumped into the trench, and ran in the direction of the city of Desai.
Soon, the figures of tens of thousands of people disappeared into the trenches, as if they had evaporated out of thin air.
Lorraine and the peacekeepers were watching the battle from the rear, but until this time there were no sounds of fighting in front.
In the trench ahead, the soldiers of the New Army were cautiously advancing with their knots leaning against the two walls in fear.
This labyrinth is just too weird.
When they first entered, they cautiously turned around a few times, but they didn't find a single shadow of the enemy, and all the people they encountered on the left and right were their own people.
The Forces nouvelles let their guard down, moved on, and then began to encounter traps.
For example, while walking, suddenly the soles of his feet were empty, and a large pit appeared under his feet, and the bottom of the pit was densely inserted with sharpened wooden stakes.
The others had to make a detour, but from time to time a few crossbow arrows flew from all sides and shot a few soldiers.
The soldiers angrily chased in the direction where the bolts were flew, but there was no one to be found.
The fact that they could not fight back after being beaten and that they could not even find the enemy made the new army very angry, and they were so anxious that they screamed and circled in the trenches.
Finally, when they heard the sound of people around the corner, the soldiers jumped up excitedly, and when they saw that they were still their own people, they were not injured by mistake.
Many of the troops turned around the trenches a few times before they lost their way and could only bump into each other by feeling.
The trenches of the Southern Army were not neatly dug, but were full of slashes and curves, some of which deliberately made several turns, and some of which were simply dead ends.
In this way, after two tosses, the people inside will be disoriented.
They had to climb out and identify the location of Desai before moving on.
Hassell, who was watching the battle in the rear, was also anxious, except for the occasional flag that could be poked out of the trench, Hassell's understanding of the battlefield was also darkened.
They don't even know where their troops are? In such a situation, no matter how high the command art is, no matter how high the command art is, we can only be in a hurry at this time.
Just when the calm rear generals were about to take it anymore, there was a sudden shout of killing from the front.
Hassel perked up, waved his fist, and said, "Okay, if you catch the enemy, just catch the enemy." ”
Hassel still has a reserve of 10,000 in his hands, and he is confident that with the advantage of troops, it will not be a problem to take the defenders of Desai.
The soldiers of the New Army on the battlefield were also refreshed when they heard the shouts of killing, and quickly gathered in the direction from which the sound came.
But the strange thing is that no matter how much they run, they always wander around the trenches near the sound of the fighting, unable to find the place of the battle.
Some soldiers could even hear that the battle was taking place on the other side of the earthen wall, and they were in a hurry but couldn't find their way.
"Damn, I didn't make it. The anxious Forces nouvelles soldier cursed loudly.
"Don't talk nonsense, I heard my grandmother say that the more you hit a ghost, the more you can't say ghost words, and if you say ghosts, you will come out. The person next to him whispered with an uneasy expression.
Now they all suspect that this is some kind of magic of the Southern military envoys, and maybe there is a devil hidden in it.
"I heard that when Haddou was born, his soul was sold to the devil," a gossipy soldier muttered as he stared cautiously ahead, "He has been winning battles for decades, and the devil is helping him." ”
The soldier next to him swallowed his saliva when he heard this, and said timidly: "It's possible, he is alone and immortal, and he will defeat whoever he says." ”
"That's right," said the soldier just now, proudly, "I heard that the devil guaranteed him victory in the battle, and he cut out the belly of the captured captives and gave them to the devil to eat." ”
The surrounding soldiers shrank in fright. These country boys, who don't have much education, believe in the gods and gods very much.
After all, they have been listening to the sermons of the Holy See priests since they were children, and they grew up in the stories of the gods of light fighting demons.
One of the soldiers in the back disagreed, and said loudly: "Not necessarily, that Lorraine, if you don't defeat him." ”
"Shhhh......h ”
"It's impossible, people's wives are our pope, the son of God. ”
"Hey~!Don't believe it, but that kid from Lorraine didn't sell his flexibility to the devil, but, instead, he sold it to the dragon god. There are dragons behind them, how awesome~!"
"Shhh...... Dragon~!"
It was a creature more terrifying than the devil, after all, the devil had never seen anyone, but the figure of the dragon clan occasionally appeared on the mainland, and I heard that they like to eat people when they are angry, and they eat it raw.
The officer in front turned his head impatiently and scolded: "Your mother, you bullshit, keep up." The commander can say, the bounty of the advanced city. ”
At this moment, a black shadow suddenly flashed in front of the passage, and two crossbow arrows shot out, and in the surprised eyes of everyone, the crossbow arrows were shot at the officer's back.
The officer, who was still training, fell to the ground with a muffled grunt.
The soldiers in the front row shouted: "Chase~!"
Raised his weapon and rushed forward.
The soldiers roared and rushed around the corner, only to find that the end of the passage was a dead end.
The soldiers looked at each other, some of them already holding the idol, drawing a cross on their chest with one hand and reciting prayers in their mouths.
"It's too wicked. ”
"Ghosts, really ghosts. ”
"I don't believe in this evil. A strong soldier shouted angrily, tossed his hat, and slashed at the walls around him with his sword.
The others suddenly realized that they had followed suit and knocked on the earthen walls around them.
"Found it~!" someone shouted excitedly, and split open a camouflaged wooden door a few times, the wooden door was only half a person high, and the clay was stuck to it, and it was easy to let it go if you didn't look closely.
The soldiers put their swords together and split the wooden door with two blows, and the anxious soldiers didn't think about it, and got into it with a cat body.
He crawled through a few feet of dirt hole, and as soon as his head came out, he was just face to face with a soldier of the Confederate Army.
Both of them froze, then screamed at the same time.
The soldiers of the Southern Army picked up their weapons and cut them over, and the soldiers of the New Army shrank their necks and drilled back sharply, shouting urgently: "The puppies of the Southern Army are next door." ”
The new soldiers looked at the small hole under their feet, and then at the high wall, and shouted decisively: "Over the wall." ”
......
It had gone from morning to noon, and Hasser's heart was getting more and more anxious, for all this time, the soldiers of the New Army were still circling in the trenches.
As the commander, he didn't know anything about the war, and the herald who returned didn't know how to explain their position, so he could only point in the direction and say in general terms: "It's probably in that position."
The units of the Forces nouvelles were already in complete disarray, with different brigades, squadrons, squads scattered and mixed.
A soldier cannot find his officer, and an officer cannot find his superior.
Nor can superiors command subordinates.
Everyone is blindly looking for their own people, and they are also blindly searching for enemies.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Hassel looked at the sky and hesitated again and again, and finally sighed helplessly, waved his hand and said, "Order, withdraw troops." ”!!!