1898 War of the Princesses (8)

Just as the non-archers rained down on the arrows of the speeding Istan light cavalry, the army of the eastern governor of the East, Hayala, also arrived at the battlefield.

"Your Excellency, do you need to order the hussars to withdraw?" asked one of the Istan generals

"No, it's just some inconsequential light cavalry!" Ha Yela stared at the warship with blazing eyes, raised his hand, he did not give the order to support the whole army, but let the herald set up a battle flag in front of the battle, the battle flag was the moonlight military flag of the governor of eastern Iraq, and the junior officers methodically adjusted the most perfect frontal battle formation according to the commander's concept, and firmly controlled their respective areas of responsibility.

In the array are more than 20,000 people serving as cannon fodder, they are the death squad that must move forward with all their strength after the horn of the march is blown, and behind the cannon fodder troops is the overseer team, each of these overseer soldiers has a special decapitation axe, this short battle axe is as sharp as a short sword, flashing a merciless cold light in the afterglow of the setting sun. 20,000 of the "elite of the elite" The heavy archers of the Istan are filled into the blank junction of the three linear infantry battle formations, these heavy archers of the Istan people are strong, the large heavy bow of the Istan people in their hands is almost the height of an average adult, and the archery skills are amazing, these archers stand still, pull the bow, the whole person is like a fierce beast that is extremely tight, these Istan strong archers are sand archers from the desert area of the Istan Empire, excellent archery and sappers, even if they are close to the enemy, their strong bodies and sharp subway claws at the waist are enough to rival any melee troops! On the left side of the Iraqi army formation, six thousand camel cavalry battle formations, the same neat golden crescent battle formation;

"Ready!"

The herald cavalry galloped past the front, and the knights on the camels tightened the reins of their mounts, and wore chain mail, and their faces were covered with red gauze, so that they could not see much of their faces, but they appeared on the left flank without a sound. It is conceivable that it must be the elite of the Iraqi people, they are known as the sharp knives of the desert, shining in the southern rebellion of the Iraqi Empire, in the harsh desert area, the camel only needs a small amount of water, to complete the task of long-distance running, and in the normal environment, the endurance and height of the camel are better than the war horse, and the tonnage of the camel is higher than the war horse, although the outbreak of the dash is not as good as the war horse. But as long as you run, it will converge into an unstoppable shock wave,

Located at the end of the line array, are the Imperial Greatsword Guardians of the Istan that shocked the entire Obarro. These greatsword guards wore well-made full-body plate armor, and the weapons in their hands were heavy, two-handed long-edged heavy swords, which could be used as both force stabs and heavy flail weapons to smash the enemy in the melee, and Focodil's first battle. After the heavy cavalry broke through the flank, it was blocked by the Imperial Great Sword Guards arranged in the middle, and the Gang Fei Empire was pushed back by the Iraqi people when they saw the dawn of victory, and they were almost completely overturned.

"Let the hussars come back!"

The Governor of the East of Istanbul sat in a carriage with a golden sheen. His eyes swept over the Gangfei troops in front of him, and he was slightly shocked, but he didn't expect that the Gangfei army that was beaten by himself like a lost dog still had such a stubborn resistance, and the light cavalry that was attacking in front quickly withdrew. The short encounter lasted less than an hour. The light cavalry lost more than 4,000 men, but rarely achieved its strategic deployment, and the light cavalry charge made it impossible to change the rigid and inhuman formation on the opposite side. And he can calmly arrange the targeting,

"Stupid Gangfeiren, let's put an end to the grievances here today! Let the heavy cavalry attack and get rid of them in one fell swoop!" Hayela muttered to herself, and raised her hand sharply, the three thousand black-armored heavy cavalry in this formation stretched out silently like a pair of gloomy and pitch-black wings, the sound of dry and piercing horse hooves rolled like thunder, and every grain of sand on the plain trembled in a groan!

"Attention, heavy cavalry!" there was an uproar in the front infantry of Gangfei. At this distance, people with outstanding eyesight can already see the red coral marked on the helmet of the heavy cavalry! "Hold the line!" The voice of the herald cavalry, flying desperately from one end of the battle line to the other, the strong air resistance Everyone felt a sense of pressure that was difficult to breathe, holding the shield, looking nervously at the black line that was getting closer and closer, the earth was rumbling, everyone's feet were trembling, even the bravest warriors in the army did not dare to say that they could calmly face the frontal impact of the heavy cavalry weighing half a ton, when the heavy cavalry charged, the Islamic heavy archers located behind the heavy cavalry were extremely neatly thrown into the air, and the dense cluster of arrows finally fell on the heads of the Gangfei infantry"Steady"

The hoarse shouts of the captain of the infantry in the front row burst in, and countless clusters of sharp arrows shot into his body before the heavy cavalry charge arrived. There was a snapping collision and friction, and the heavy armor on his body was cut as if it was paper-pasted, and even some of the soldiers next to him were wearing chain mail, and after being hit by an arrow, they did not fall, but as if they had been punched by someone, and their bodies took a few steps backwards before falling, and the heavy infantry wearing heavy armor and shields were also pierced by the rain of arrows coming from the front

"Pikeman!"

The Gangfei infantry behind shouted angrily, "Raise your gun!" Raise your gun!" The piercing drum sound resounded in two, and the infantry in the front raised their bayonet guns in a panic, and the long tips of their spears moved forward, as if a forest of spears suddenly appeared on the ground, and the tips of the spears flashed with a terrible light of metal.

For the two sides that are about to collide together, it is a forest of death!

"Bang Bang"

The iron flow of the heavy cavalry finally hit the front line of Gangfei, and in the case of the heavy cavalry's thick and almost impenetrable penetration, the sound of the spear breaking sounded like a dense raindrop, and countless blood exploded at the front end of the spear, like a bright red mist suddenly rising,

It was the blood of soldiers,

Because the cavalry rushed in too quickly, the Istanbul cavalry at the front had not had time to stop, and the sharp spears of the heavy cavalry had already penetrated his body to "kill" the soldiers on both sides at the same time, their eyes were bloodshot at the same time, and they shouted the same sound almost at the same time, and the metal hit the metal with a piercing friction sound,

The sharp tip of the spear pierced into the body, and the heavy cavalry's heavy sword slammed down. A large number of tower shield soldiers used to block arrows were knocked over, and behind them were only heavy infantry holding ordinary infantry shields, and the combined strength of the two sides occupied 200,000, like a huge twisted torrent mixed together.

On the battlefield, soldiers on both sides were less than a kilometer apart from each other, in this section of the raised mountain pass. Nearly 150,000 soldiers gathered to fight each other, as far as the eye could see, were fierce battles, the battle lines between the two armies were chaotic, the ground was covered with corpses and wounded soldiers, and the soldiers of the two armies rushed out of their noses, like a volcanic eruption. Like a terrible storm, "Kill, kill, kill!" almost all the soldiers in the first row fell. , followed by the second row, the third row, and the sound of spears breaking and snapping resounded everywhere in the array, and the terrible sound resounded in the sky.

Hayela's face began to become solemn, and he couldn't imagine why this Gangfei army, which had been surrounded and blocked by him for half a month, could still have such tenacious nerves and strong fighting spirit at the end of the road! Although he was about to be cut off in the face of his own powerful military strength, the calmness of the change in the opponent's military formation still reflected this confident confidence in victory.

At this time, the first wave of cavalry attacks were desperately digested, and although there were still many people with uncertain expressions of surprise on their faces, and even many of the junior officers had a trace of fear in their eyes, they still fought to the death. In this case, it would be good if half of his own three thousand heavy cavalry could come back alive, and compared with ten days ago, this remnant brigade of the Gangnon-army seemed to have become more pure. It's become more like a hundred battle elites!

"I'm not a target for people to train, order the overseers to go up!" Hayala ordered angrily, he had the advantage in troops. But the tenacity of the other party was beyond imagination, and as the order was given, the Istan Imperial Governor's team, which was located in the middle of the military formation and wore red helmets on their heads, drove into battle, and they were in groups of fifty, like a big net,

"Keep going, if there is anyone who takes a step back, slash!" the warlord shouted loudly, and at the same time neatly pulled out the two scimitars on their backs, the silver cold light that the scimitars brought out when they were unsheathed, the movements were too uniform, and the large-scale explosion of knife light flashed brilliantly at the same time, like a lightning bolt sweeping across the plain. After a few moments, the crisp sound of the aftermath slowly hit the eardrums of every warrior!"Flutter!" A soldier who couldn't help but flee backwards became the first to be slain, and the sharp scimitars of the Overseers slashed through his body like lightning, and the torn corpses and flying blood sounded like a wake-up call in the hearts of every Istanbulian.

"If there's anyone who takes a step back, cut it!" "The Overseer slowly moved forward, and every step they took intensified the fear of death, and the wielding scimitars, and those fluorescent blue cold eyes, were mixed with the strongest bloodthirsty smell!" "Damn, these madmen of the Overseer, what are you doing in a daze, if you don't want to die, go forward!" The Istan officer was still frightened, and shouted at the soldiers who were slowing down. Not to mention the soldiers, one by one, they were frightened and ran forward

The fierce battle lasted until four o'clock in the afternoon, and countless corpses were like a huge crack in this lonely and cold world, lying all over this mountainous wilderness of less than ten kilometers, and the soldiers on both sides were wriggling and bleeding. The colors of the armor have become a mess, and it is difficult to tell who is who. The dirt is mixed with dark red human blood, piles of corpses, broken spears and heavy swords everywhere, broken spears and heavy swords, human corpses and horse corpses are piled up, and the corpses are poked up on the mountain of broken hands and feet, in this bloody battlefield, the corpses are boundless, one foot is stepping down, and the red blood water squeaks out,

"It's like fighting the enemy in hell!" "The first to be unable to resist was the Iranians who pursued them violently, the impact of the cavalry was difficult to carry out in the chaotic battle, and was gradually worn out by the Gangfei people, and the infantry line was also routed several times, even if the overseers were pressed behind, the Iranian spirit was rapidly lost,

As a last resort, the governor of eastern Iraq, Khayara, issued an order to stop the attack, "It seems that I have won this bet, and the Iraqi can only end here!" Looking at the slowly retreating Iraqi army, the tense face of the non-commander Andya finally darkened a sigh of relief,

After five hours of fighting, both sides were exhausted, and the soldiers they had lost were less than 50,000.

Although the Iranians were fully equipped with infantry and cavalry, they did not take much advantage in the face of the strict formation of the Gangfei army. In the end, the overseer team that pressed on it did not change the situation by cutting off a piece of their own head.

This battle was a decisive battle for the Congo-Africa army that withdrew from the north to the south, and if they wanted to go to the south alive, they must first defeat the pursuing enemy, otherwise everyone would die! At the military meeting, Andya said to all the Congo-Africa generals that "the army is surrounded and intercepted by the Iraqis." Breaking through all the way, it is already exhausting, and there are many cavalry units of the Iranian troops pursuing along the way, if you can't stop the enemy's pursuit in this last section, cross here, it is a vast southern plain, and the troops retreating south at that time are the lambs to be slaughtered by the Iranian cavalry. So even if it is death, please choose to die in battle, otherwise we will not even have any hope of going back alive, if anyone can survive. Please remember that it is the death of others that gives you the right to live!"

Because of this, the army is united. Bursting out with shocking morale and combat effectiveness, the generals of Gangfei went to the front line in person, tried their best to stabilize the trembling military spirit, and fully commanded the mobile troops that consumed the enemy, to be honest, Gangfei himself did not expect that his side would be so tenacious.

During the break, the battle damage statistics were sent

Andya's face darkened slightly. More than 31,000 people were killed in battle, more than 20,000 wounded, and the general's side was also in disarray, and the commanders of the 5th and 7th Infantry Regiments had already been killed. There is no need to send a new commander now, as the two infantry regiments have already been lost in formation. The remaining strength was less than a thousand men, which could only be used by the original squadron, and the commander of the 9th Infantry Regiment was seriously wounded. Of the six infantry regiments that participated in the battle, three of them could be said to be unable to fight, and less than 20,000 people were actually intact. Thinking about the two of the four major armies that have been damaged in the north, Andya already thinks that this result is surprisingly good, fighting with the Istans for so long, this battle is definitely the first battle that makes the other side suffer, "Order all the troops to insist, and when it gets dark, we will evacuate!"

Andya stood up and patted the grass clippings on his body, he believed that the Istan people would not be better than him, since the other party found that he could not eat himself in one bite, he had to choose to give up on himself, at this time, he seemed to hear a rumbling sound, and thought it was an illusion, but he saw everyone standing up, stretching their necks and looking in one direction,

Andya sensed that something was wrong, and quickly turned around, only to see that in the direction of the Istanbul military formation, five huge wooden carts were pushed out.

"What's that?"

Someone exclaimed, only to see that these wooden carts were like a huge moving fortress, with a huge body composed of antlers and solid wood, like a turtle in thick armor, slowly moving forward, and the roller blades, giant sickles, and three-bladed shovels that leaned out of the front end of the chariot were turned faster and faster like windmills under the fierce rotation of the soldiers behind, bringing out a terrifying howl of breaking through the air! The wooden wheels under the wooden cart slowly pressed the gravel ground, grinding out ten deep ruts, slowly rushing out of the cracks in the linear battle formation, and slowly moving sideways to the front line of the infantry battle formation.

Behind the wagons were infantry units massed, apparently in preparation for a second wave of attacks

"This is ......" Duke Andya's pupils constricted unnaturally, and his face showed a look of disbelief, how could it be!, how could this thing appear here! He didn't expect that the Istanbuls would have such a terrible thing, this thing is called a "meat grinder chariot"

It is a fierce beast of war invented by the Fiya Dynasty thousands of years ago, and its huge power is enough to crush a qiē infantry formation, with the assistance of this kind of large-scale killing weapon, the original Fiya Dynasty army slaughtered countless cities and destroyed countless countries.

However, because of the fall of the Fiya Dynasty, it is said that the technology of making such things has disappeared, and who knows where the Istan people found these things, and through the research and improvement of the craftsmen, they have restored the original appearance of this rumored mass killing weapon, an all-molybdenum iron structure "meat grinder chariot", driven by a metal wheel axle, with a pair of huge roller knife paddles, The two push-down cutting scythes and flea leaf blades, no matter what object hits the head, they will be twisted into pieces by the rotating rolling blade, which is an invincible weapon in the battle breaking formation" Bastard, is that rumor true? The secret of the Feiya Dynasty is in my Gangfei!" Duke Andya looked sluggish, his body trembled slightly, as a high-ranking nobleman, since he was a child, he had heard the elders mention the story of that once glorious dynasty, and the most mentioned was the secret treasure that finally disappeared from the dynasty,

It is rumored that the secret of the vault is in the hands of the Turit witches, but this incident happened more than ten years ago. The witch of that generation didn't know what the reason was, she died before she was twenty years old, and it is said that she had a personal affair with a nobleman of Gangfei, in order to keep the secret of the vault, and was finally secretly executed by the Burrows family, but the secret of the vault seems to have been circulated, and the Gangfei Empire has been looking for this for more than ten years, and has found nothing, and the Istanbuls actually came up with this at once, proving that the vault is true and correct, and if the wealth of the rich country falls into the hands of the Iraqi people......

Duke Andya didn't dare to think about it any further. "My lord, what now?" The adjutant next to him looked a little anxious and asked, "We don't have a long-range trebuchet, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop the enemy's kind of weapon!" "Don't mess around, even if there is no trebuchet, that thing can be dealt with with rockets!" Duke Andya replied calmly and said, it seems that the Istan people should have just obtained this thing, and they don't know that they need to cover it with a layer of fireproof wool outside, otherwise, they really can't do it with this thing, (to be continued......)