Chapter 462 Riot·Night Attack
The cold wind blew through the city at night, making people feel bitingly chilly.
Although according to the normal season, it should be spring now, the cold can still be felt in the north today.
Not only that, earlier this evening, it started to rain and sleet, making the city muddy and the air very cold and wet.
This undoubtedly caused great trouble for the Revolutionary Army in combat, especially after they learned new tactics and became more accustomed to ambushes and sneak attacks. The harsh environment undoubtedly made them lie in ambush in mud and water in this kind of weather. It has become a very test of willpower.
At almost freezing temperatures and on a ground full of muddy water and ice slag, the soldiers of the Revolutionary Army could only lie down in the muddy water wearing very thin clothes and let the cold and biting muddy water soak into their clothes.
In such a harsh environment, people can easily lose their ability to move due to low temperatures.
But at this moment, neither the Revolutionary Army nor the Imperial Army had any intention of stopping, and they even pretended to fight at night.
For the Imperial Army, after a fierce battle during the day, with the assistance of the Steam Knights and the Northern Army, they have captured the train station and controlled the surrounding area.
Although the offensive of the colonial garrison suffered a slight setback, their progress was relatively smooth as the northern army opened up the situation.
Therefore, when it started to snow, the Imperial Army had already stopped the attack, seemingly planning to wait until the snow stopped.
But the Revolutionary Army did not have this idea. On the contrary, they took advantage of the Imperial Army's contraction of defense to launch a counterattack and regained some of the positions they had lost before.
What followed was a brutal street battle in which the two armies became entangled, causing both sides to lose a lot of troops.
However, the Revolutionary Army has the advantage of the location, and they can shoot from crouching and prone positions, so they still maintain a certain advantage relatively speaking.
But fighting in muddy water full of ice and debris in this cold season is a huge test for the soldiers of the Revolutionary Army.
Even the most determined warriors in the revolutionary army, faced with such a cruel and harsh combat environment, would inevitably want to retreat and want to wait until the snow stopped before attacking.
However, despite this idea, the revolutionary army did not stop attacking because they knew that once the enemy was given time to consolidate their positions, their attack would be more difficult.
Compared to attacking in muddy water full of ice and debris, attacking under a hail of bullets from the enemy seems to be more reluctant to face.
Of course, it may also be a simpler and more direct reason, that is, they are unwilling to give up their homeland to the enemy.
So despite the biting cold and the sleet that never stopped, the thinly-clad Revolutionary Army soldiers launched another attack in the night.
Kevin was also in the city at this time, directing the war as the commander-in-chief.
Although he also felt that the soldiers should be withdrawn at this time to repair before attacking, but both the soldiers who were eager to fight and the situation on the battlefield made him make the decision to continue the attack.
Not only that, he also sent a team to go around the train station from other directions, trying to blow up the train with a sneak attack and destroy the supplies of the steam knights on the train.
After the fierce battle during the day, the Revolutionary Army has fully realized how terrifying the Steam Knight's combat capabilities are. It can no longer be resisted by flesh and blood. In the fierce battle during the day, the five hundred Revolutionary Army soldiers stationed at the train station suffered huge casualties of more than three hundred people, and they only managed to injure one of the twelve steam knights, and only injured the other party. arm, allowing it to replace its main weapon.
That's all.
The casualties of three hundred people only caused the opponent to hurt an arm, which did not affect the battle.
If calculated according to this ratio, if you want to defeat a Steam Knight, you will probably have to pay at least a thousand casualties.
With the current strength of the revolutionary army in this city, it is impossible to defeat the group of twelve steam knights in front of them.
Until this moment, Kevin finally understood why Kallen’s booklet was full of tactics for destroying Steam Knight’s logistics in various ways, including almost everything Kevin could think of. At the same time, there is no content about how to confront it head-on or even delay time.
Because it can't be done, no matter what, no matter how painful the casualties are.
Five Steam Knights are enough to defeat a Guards Infantry Regiment. Kevin can truly feel it at this moment.
The force he currently has is about two infantry regiments. In terms of equipment and personnel quality, they cannot be compared with the Guards. What they have to face are twelve steam knights.
With this level of combat power gap, Kevin can only find ways to influence the Steam Knight's combat from other angles.
"If I had known this, I would have launched an attack on the train before. This could at least delay them for a while!" Kevin in the command post punched the table, regretting why he had done so a few days ago. There was no attack on the train.
If an attack is launched, it will be able to affect the train even if it does not destroy it, so today there will be no need to fight so hard.
“Stop being so angry Kevin, if we had launched a sneak attack a few days ago, it would have been a battle with the Steam Knights in the wild, and we would have suffered even more tragic casualties.” Another Revolutionary Army officer Soothing Kevin's emotions.
Of course Kevin also knew that even if they launched an attack at that time, it would not actually have a decisive impact on today's war situation.
Unless they were able to destroy the train at that time and let the steam knight on board be destroyed along with the train, otherwise the words would be meaningless.
The power of the Steam Knight has exceeded the level that it should be in this era, and it is simply not something that traditional military means can deal with.
This feeling is probably like that during the Hundred Years' War between England and France, the British longbowmen the French faced were not using yew longbows, but Apache longbows.
"Only Steam Knights can resist the attack of Steam Knights. It would be great if we also had Steam Knights!" Kevin sighed with emotion, and then asked with some expectation: "How is the progress of the night attack team? ? The Steam Knights were involved in the battle during the day and should be doing maintenance at night. They should have a chance."
"The last news coming back is that they have approached the train station and are currently approaching the train." Officer. Answering Kevin's question, there was also expectation on his face.
(End of this chapter)