Chapter 215 Breaking One Hundred Thousand in One Battle
Frederick made a circle at low altitude and came to the headquarters on the hill to the north of the ranch. He picked up a telescope to observe the enemy's movements and asked Helmut: "The enemy How is the situation?"
Helmut immediately replied: "The enemy's cavalry is useless, and they are currently rescuing the wounded and collecting corpses."
"They marched all day and night yesterday. I haven't slept, and now I've been attacked on a large scale. I'm probably exhausted both physically and mentally."
Frederick nodded and said, "You will take charge of the situation. I will take a look and don't say anything until the critical moment. .”
"Yes!" Helmut suddenly became excited. He had been given the command of such an important battle just a year after joining the Wesson Army, and he felt the commander's trust in his heart.
Frederick pulled a mat next to the observation port and sat down, quietly looking at the enemy's military camp below.
It was already close to noon when the Piast Army finished cleaning up the scene. No one here dared to be lazy. Even if they couldn't help, they had to stand by and do nothing, lest they become His Royal Highness. punching bag.
Casimir's face became horribly dark, and he stood there silently, like a pressure cooker on fire that was silent. There was huge pressure inside, and he didn't know when it would explode.
The statistics came out. Less than half a hundred of the thousand winged cavalry were left with combat effectiveness. There were still more than 300 of the two thousand light cavalry that could be used. Half of the packhorses pulling the baggage were gone, and the losses were extremely heavy.
"Collect all the horse meat that can be eaten." Casimir ordered in a deep voice, "Everyone eats horse meat at noon and goes to sleep. They also eat in the evening and march at night!"
The surroundings The noble generals hesitated, but no one dared to refute.
Seeing them like this, Casimir said: "You can't buy such weapons with thousands of gold coins, and you can't buy many if you have money. Don't worry that they will continue to use them."
< br>"Duke Wesson didn't want to enmity with us from the beginning. He just killed the horse to intimidate us and make us leave. Otherwise, such weapons will fall on your heads. Your tent is easy to recognize."
"Now we and him are competing to see who can act more resolutely. It is now the 6th. As long as we rush over and reach the Hanma City on the 10th, we will win!"
"Originally, we agreed to give you three days of freedom in Hanma City. Now I have decided to give you ten days. I will deal with the Danma Kingdom!"
This battle has been so far for him. It was a terrible loss. Now there are two ways to go: one is to stop the loss in time and retreat immediately, but in this way the alliance agreement with the Danma Kingdom will be over. This loss is unacceptable to him; the other way Just keep going, as long as we can capture Hanma City together with the Danma Kingdom, the economic losses can be recovered, and the political benefits after forming an alliance with the Danma Kingdom will be even greater.
Being able to grab things for seven more days in the prosperous Hanma City was very tempting to the lords from all over the world. They accepted the view that the quantity of this magic weapon was limited, and quickly accepted it. Casimir ordered.
Casimir was right about one thing. Frederick didn't have many of these magic incendiary bombs, but he didn't know that Frederick had other things in his hands.
He also made a mistake, not sending scouts to the surrounding mountains for reconnaissance because the area around the camp was empty.
At noon, one could smell the smell of boiled horse meat on the top of the mountain, while Frederick and others soaked in instant noodles with tomato and beef flavor.
Frederick ate in silence, watching Helmut eating and making deductions next to the map, shaking his head slightly in his heart.
The original plan for this battle was to launch an attack when the enemy began to break camp and prepare to leave or rested for an hour and slept soundly. Helmut gave the order.
Just now, when the Piast army was watching and rescuing the bombing site, many people gathered together. If they launched an attack at that time, it would cause heavy casualties to the enemy, and it might be the last thing that breaks their nerves. A straw, Helmut did not seize this opportunity.
In Frederick's opinion, Helmut was good at making plans and following a step-by-step approach, but he was poor at grasping the timing of the battlefield. He could serve as a staff officer but was not suitable as a commander.
At 13:00 on November 6, Wesson's army began to enter the position.
At 13:10, Casimir was woken up by his adjutant.
"Duke Wesson is here? He only brought eight hundred people with him?" Casimir rubbed his head. It seemed that he had been lying down for less than half an hour. Could he be dreaming?
The adjutant replied: "He did come, and indeed he only brought 800 men."
Casimir was silent. Although he suffered heavy losses, he still had an army of 100,000. , what can we do with just a few people?
"Is he here to negotiate?" Casimir said, "Forget it, I will take 10,000 people out to scare them to death..."
At this time, he suddenly woke up, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, shaking He bowed his head and said: "Oh... I was careless. I didn't send a scout. Maybe he transferred troops from somewhere."
"I remember that there was a group of them holding a competition in the north. If they were called Come here, I can't stand the sudden rush from behind."
"No wonder we can't find these people after he solves the giant eagle knights, we can't put out the fire after solving the mage group, and we can't do it after solving the cavalry. The way to block those knights turned out to be calculated."
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was Frederick's plan. These hundreds of people were actually a cover. They looked like they were going to negotiate, but in fact they were not. The heavy cavalry might be hiding somewhere, preparing for a sneak attack.
The heavy cavalry of this era was the winner of a war, and a single charge might determine which way the war's outcome was tilted.
"Attack the whole army!" Casimir immediately ordered, "form a tight circle to prevent heavy cavalry from raiding."
The best way for infantry to deal with heavy cavalry is to use dense The formation made them stop, then chop off the horses' legs first and then the men. The soldiers who had just fallen asleep were woken up again. At this time, Frederick and Helmut's judgment was wrong.
They thought that the enemy's morale would be greatly reduced due to being tortured over and over again. Unexpectedly, these people heard that Duke Wesson, who threw horse manure from the sky, was coming. , with the bonus of getting up, morale +100.
Frederick was taken aback by the reaction of the Piast army. At first, he thought that the other party would only send out a few thousand or at most 10,000 people to scare him. Unexpectedly, they all came out, even the farmers were not left behind.
These people put up a defensive circle in all directions and were waiting. They seemed to be very cautious. Coupled with the particularly high morale, Frederick's evaluation of Casimir improved a lot.
Tony asked Frederick in a low voice: "The undersecretary of staff asked if we should proceed according to the original plan?"
Frederick was very depressed. There was no need to ask in this situation, so he didn't move. He said seductively: "Gather those people on fire and take action immediately!"
He decided in his heart that Helmut should develop in the staff system.
Casimir saw Duke Wesson riding the winged unicorn and standing under the golden double-headed eagle. There were indeed only eight hundred people lined up around him. Some of them were standing on carriages on both wings. There was no cover under the cloth. He was wearing something, and the big eye mask reminded him of certain rumors.
He glanced at the surrounding army and ordered the military formation to slowly press forward.
In his previous life, Frederick saw hundreds of thousands of people gathering in the square in front of the train station during the Spring Festival. He was shocked at that time. Now that so many people are angry and want to beat him, it is even more shocking. .
A minute later, a roar suddenly sounded in the mountains around the ranch. The first rocket fired was a rocket with black powder as the propellant and angina pectoris drug as the warhead charge.
These rockets are about the size of human legs, have a 5kg charge, and are equipped with tail fins to control the direction, dragging a butt of white smoke towards the enemy.
This time Bruce brought 20 sets of 12-gun launchers, each with five salvoes of ammunition.
In less than 15 minutes, 1,200 rockets fell into the Piast army.
The rocket's accuracy was limited, but it achieved an even distribution effect. The huge orange-red fireball and the shrapnel that swept in all directions caused blood-stained open spaces to appear in the military formation.
At the same time, strings of super-caliber mortar shells flew out from behind Frederick and his group, joining in the massacre of the enemy.
According to the original plan, Frederick himself lured out the enemy's leader and used mortars to kill and behead them. At the same time, rockets attacked the camp. What to do next depends on whether the enemy is stunned by the bombing.
The huge casualties caused the Piast army to fall into chaos instantly. Frederick made a prompt decision and ordered the mortars to extend their fire. The infantry around him fired forward, and the gun jams immediately moved forward to outflank them from both sides.
The triple peashooters shipped here from Weissensee are all mounted on carriages and can be quickly deployed to the enemy's side and rear to pour firepower.
The unprecedented violent blow made Casimir's mind go blank, and he didn't know whether to move forward or retreat for a while.
A mortar shell exploded not far away from him. The shrapnel was blocked by the guards around him, but he was stunned by the shock wave.
The guard who was still alive saw that the situation was not good and immediately pulled his horse back.
The morale of the Piast army collapsed due to the endless deaths. Almost at the same time, everyone turned around and ran back.
They have only one goal, run eastward, towards home.
Frederick led people in the rear to keep them from gathering.
A few people stayed and wanted to launch a counterattack, but were quickly knocked to the ground by cherry cannons and pea guns.
The defeated army fled eastward and reached the Elbe River in the evening.
The pontoon bridge on the river was destroyed by the cavalry company that came first, and the defeated troops could only swim across the river.
Now that the river was very cold, many people did not have a good rest and ran for a long time. After getting into the river, they finally sank due to leg cramps and lack of physical strength. In the end, only a small number of people were able to cross the river.
The tide in the North Sea began to rise in the evening, and seawater began to pour in from the estuary. The nearby river suddenly swelled. Not only did the river widen, but the floating corpses no longer floated downward.
Casimir was lucky and they crossed the river safely on horseback.
When Casimir woke up, he fainted again when he saw the corpses floating on the river.
Frederick was not having a hard time either. He had to lead his people to drive out the people who fled into the forest overnight, otherwise the specialty of Wesenland would be bandits.
(End of this chapter)