Urban Sims

Chapter 79 Battle of Baishan
The so-called heresy crusade order was loudly clamored and a little scary, but it was vulnerable to Zhou Ming's fully weaponized army.

The first ten years of the Thirty Years War.

On the wide and stretching battlefield, the million-strong army organized by the Holy Church Alliance many times, and Zhou Ming's more than [-] conquering legion, fought seven battles and hundreds of small and medium battles. With the staff system, Zhou Ming won every battle.

For more than ten years, the Holy Church Alliance lost more than 500 million troops, while Zhou Ming's loss was only a fraction of the opponent's, less than 5.

And after each big victory, the expansion of territory to reward military achievements has allowed Zhou Ming to expand the territory controlled by Zhou Ming from 500 million square kilometers to more than 1000 million square kilometers, accounting for one-tenth of the entire western continent.

At this point in the battle, the Holy Cult Alliance, which has lost hundreds of games in a row, knows that even if it is a group of pigs, it must take it seriously. , A group of outstanding officers who are courageous and resourceful but of low background were promoted. The promotion criteria are also very clear: as long as he can kill more than 10 Musketeers in a battle, he will be promoted to a commander A general with thousands of people, if he kills more than 100 musketeers, he will be promoted to a general who commands thousands of people.

If more than 1000 musketeers can be killed in a single battle, then this will be a victory that has caused a sensation in the entire Holy Church Alliance. Waiting to command the victorious generals will be a king and commander of 10 The post of marshal of the Holy Church Alliance Army with more than [-] people.

If the record is higher, he can only be awarded the position of Grand Marshal who leads the Million Saints Alliance Army.

Franstein, a low-level officer in his thirties who was born as the son of a baron, was originally just an ordinary knight captain (with only a dozen knights under his command). Under the military merit reward system, he quickly stood out from the crowd, and in less than five years, he rose from a small knight captain to the generalissimo of the Million Saints Alliance Army.

Through battlefield observation, Franstein discovered that the Musketeers of the Conquering Legion had a dense formation and high lethality, but they also had weaknesses, that is, the shooting interval was too long. After multiple rounds of shooting, due to the heat of the barrel and the fatigue of the shooter, the subsequent shooting speed The accuracy and accuracy will drop sharply, and the greatly increased error rate will cause misoperation and explosion accidents, and even cause a lot of staff reduction.

On the plain terrain, as long as they can withstand up to five rounds of concentrated fire from firearms within a charging distance of 300 meters, musketeers who enter close combat, bayonets in their hands, and spears and epees in the hands of knights, Like a paper tiger, it will be broken as soon as it is pierced.

Therefore, in the several field encounters that Franstan fought in the field, he found that as long as he concentrates his highly mobile forces on a plain or downhill terrain that is conducive to heavy cavalry charges, and breaks through to a certain point in the opponent's musketeer array, Even if a heavy price will be paid, as long as the opponent's firepower gap is seized for even half a second, the ensuing battle will be a fight with close casualties on both sides.

However, what really made Franstein stand out and enter the stage of history is because he discovered a fatal loophole in the musketeers, that is, when it rains, the misfire rate of the firearms in the musketeers' hands will increase linearly. Some of the firearms can still fire, but the power of the gunpowder is greatly reduced after being wet, making it difficult for the cavalry to cause fatal damage even if they charge within a shooting distance of 20 meters.

On a thunderstorm evening, on a relatively flat terrain, Franstein led his Cavaliers and got 10 musketeer heads at the cost of losing five men. Created a record of annihilating a firearms regiment of thousands of people in World War I, and then asked the senior leaders of the Holy Church Alliance to analyze and imitate the captured muskets and artillery, and use spies to learn the names of the three raw materials used to prepare black powder. I don't know the specific ratio of gunpowder, but after conducting a ratio test with three raw materials (there are still sulfur and saltpeter resources in the western mainland, but it is too far away from Zhou Ming), it took three years, and the Holy Church Alliance Army also formed A low-profile firearms unit with a number of about 5000 people was formed and participated in actual combat.

As a result, on the battlefield, the 5000-man firearms unit of the Holy Church Alliance, which took three years to build and spent huge sums of money, and the firearms team of the Conquering Legion faced each other for three rounds, and then completely collapsed. The entire army was wiped out after chasing and killing, and the loss to the conquering army may be less than 500 people.

Even so, the firearms unit of the Holy Church Alliance gave Franstein great confidence, because the Holy Church Alliance Army finally had a military unit that could head-to-head with the Conquering Legion, and with ten times the strength of the Holy Church Alliance Regarding the land and population of the Gangduo Kingdom (forgive the author's bad taste, I really won't name it), if this war of attrition continues, even if the battle loss ratio is 10:1, the Gangduo Kingdom will not be able to survive sooner or later.

Moreover, the interior of the Kingdom of Gondor is not entirely of one mind. At least there are more than 20 small grass-roots countries at the forefront of the battlefield. (The six old earls have passed away one after another, and now they are all newcomers.) In the past few years, he has been in close contact with him, and he even obtained some machine tools and steam engines from the six kingdoms, and after reverse imitation , Although the imitated things are crude and extremely inefficient, they are much more efficient than craftsmen's pure handwork. For a while, the level of technological development in the Holy Church Alliance has been brought closer to that of the Gangduo Kingdom.

And in the upcoming decisive battle, Franstein has already contacted the six kingdoms and their affiliated forces...

……

Western mainland, central.

On the vast and endless plains of Loch Diva, there is a white hill rising abruptly.

Forged from fine iron, copper-plated on the surface, the diameter is as thick as a fist and the height is more than 30 meters. The flag with a red background and a golden edge painted with roses and crossed ears of wheat is erected on the slope of this hill called "White Mountain". On the ground, strong wind gusts, hunting and fluttering, among the thousands of military formations surrounded by arches, it is like a dazzling sun, attracting countless planets.

"You have played against me for more than ten years, Franstein, I am really surprised by your growth."

Riding his horse and standing on the Baishan Mountain, Zhou Ming, who had wrinkled eyes, a weathered face, and white temples, was holding a pair of binoculars in his hand to observe the opposing army formation, and couldn't help feeling emotional.

It was this tenacious opponent who, after causing losses again and again to his conquering legion, forced him to speed up the development of flintlock muskets, 12-pound guns and bursting shells, and in terms of infantry and cavalry tactical specifications, He improved the hollow phalanx and cavalry wall charge tactics, and wiped out Franstein's army many times.

And Franstein, who was "cared for" by Zhou Ming, even brushed shoulders with the god of death dozens of times, and almost died in the pursuit of the battlefield and the assassin's poisonous sword.

Today, this undead Xiaoqiang-like Franstein made another comeback, bringing a new army built by hundreds of kingdoms and the church with the last bag of gold coins.

This new army of more than 200 million people includes 50 heavy knights wearing double plate armor, 50 firearms armies equipped with powerful muskets and cannons, 50 heavy crossbowmen, and 50 soldiers placed in the army. The barbarian light cavalry regiment used as cannon fodder in front of the army formation.

Suddenly, Zhou Ming was taken aback for a moment after seeing a new unit of barbarian light cavalry behind him in the binoculars, like cavalry?This is a war elephant cavalry regiment composed of more than 10000 war elephants. These war elephants are all covered with shiny black armor. The giant monsters more than three meters high seem to be more terrifying than tanks in the real world.

"This is a clever tactic. First use the barbarian cannon fodder to attack our army formation, then let the elephant cavalry follow up, then the heavy cavalry charge, then use the heavy crossbowmen with a longer range to shoot at each other, and finally use the firearms army to sweep the tail... this Tactics, blowing up a fully weaponized army has a high probability of realization in theory, but..."

This kind of tactic, after Zhou Ming gave his nearly 10 guards army a new breech-loading rifle with a new breech-loading rifle that used custom-installed copper-cased cartridges and pointed lead bullets, the number of firings reduced by ten. For several-step shooters, the burst rate of fire generally reaches more than 8 rounds, and the maximum range exceeds 1000 meters. Rifling is also carved on the inner wall of the barrel, and the accuracy is greatly improved.

In addition to the powerful 12-pound cannon that can fire explosive bullets, Zhou Ming brought a total of 500 over this time, and a round of heavy artillery bombarded him. No matter what arms you created in the cold weapon era, they will all be turned into scum for me. .

"woooooooo~"

"dong dong dong dong~"

On the vast and boundless battlefield, the two legions who had been at odds for a long time began to move their pace amidst the sound of bugles and drums, advancing like a wall.

"￥#%@!" The barbarian light cavalry yelled incomprehensibly, whipping the horse desperately and rushing over.

"Bang bang bang bang!" There was a gunshot like fried beans.

"Boom boom boom boom!" The heavy artillery roared together.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!" The barbarian light cavalry turned on their backs, as if they had been pierced by countless lasers and blasted by meteorites. Amidst the screams, a pile of red, yellow, Garbage in white and other colors pollutes the environment here.

"Om~ Om~" "Come on!" "Aw~! Aw~!"

The War Elephant Legion launched a charge. Like a group of tanks, the War Elephants, with their thick legs, swung their long trunks, and roared, which shocked the conquering legion greatly.

"Boom boom boom boom!" The heavy artillery began to roar again, and the blooming shells released bright fireworks one after another in the group of war elephants. The sharp iron nails and high-speed fragments splashed in all directions, covering the group of heavy armor, The war elephant, who didn't seem to be afraid of pain, howled and screamed, and ran in all directions. After entering a state of berserk, it trampled its own army into a mess.

Zhou Ming, who defeated the two troops under Franstein in a row, suddenly received an urgent report from a commander.

The 20 kingdoms on the right flank of the guarding army and the allied forces of more than two dozen kingdoms suddenly defected and rushed towards the central army formation!

"These white-eyed wolves who can't get enough to eat, rebellious boy!"

Zhou Ming cursed loudly. He never had any expectations for these six greedy kingdoms, and he didn't expect any help from these white-eyed wolves. He dragged them into the battlefield just to prevent them from making trouble in the rear.

I also heard from the intelligence personnel that these anti-bones boys hooked up with the enemy, had bad intentions, and suddenly turned on the spot, which is really normal.

So Zhou Ming put them all on the right wing, and equipped them with some muzzle-loading muskets that were several generations behind, to prevent them from rebelling.

"Hit the army to protect the right wing, and when the group of rebels arrive, they will be wiped out!"

There are 30 people in Zhou Ming's Chinese army, and all the most sophisticated and advanced firearms are equipped here. The backlash of the 20 rebels is just a little more ammunition consumption.

"It's not good, Your Majesty! The left-wing legion has also rebelled. They didn't obey the orders of the Chinese army at all, but accelerated to move closer to the Chinese army!"

Another commanding officer who was observing the battlefield hurriedly reported.

"what?!"

This unexpected situation was a bit beyond Zhou Ming's expectations. He was not surprised by the mutiny of the right-wing legion, but the 20 troops of the left-wing legion were mostly vassal troops from his kingdom, and they fought against him. For more than [-] years, they have been trusted by him, and the equipment they have been given is not bad. Even these people have betrayed?

"Could it be..."

Zhou Ming thought that in order to unify the preparation and make reasonable use of various mineral resources in the kingdom, he has carried out reforms in the kingdom over the past few years to convert shares into shares and mines to be state-owned. In the end, the dividends received every year will not be too small, which can be said to be still considerable, but these vassals chose to betray themselves because of a few mines?
He hasn't implemented the reforms that may cause greater changes in the prefectural and county systems and the separation of military and government, and these people can't wait to rebel?
For a moment, on the battlefield, Zhou Ming's 30 Chinese troops were jointly besieged by 200 million Holy Church Alliance troops and 40 rebels.

Facing the siege of an enemy force ten times as close to his own, and the vast plains with no danger to rely on, Zhou Ming realized that he seemed to have been involved in some kind of conspiracy, so he could only fight and retreat. Before, break out of the siege and return to Gangduo.

But the pursuers at the back were like brown sugar, relentlessly chasing them, and they couldn't get rid of them no matter how hard they tried, they were struggling to retreat thousands of kilometers away.

"Your Majesty, let's go first, we will end the heir for you, the kingdom cannot live without Your Majesty, we deserve to die!"

"Your Majesty, let me stop those shameful traitors! We will let them understand that even with only bayonets, we alone can kill ten of them!"

Zhou Ming did not expect that after the ammunition was exhausted, those who rushed to serve as his rear were actually these mercenaries and mercenaries who in his opinion were "disciplined", "greedy for life and afraid of death", and "only recognized money". These mercenaries and mercenaries, after decades of fighting with him in the north and south, have already wiped out those original characteristics, only the desire for military exploits, the yearning for glory, and the iron-hearted loyalty to His Majesty .

With tears in his eyes, he silently sent the fearless guard troops to block the wolves and bite the tigers for himself. After they all fell down, Zhou Ming brought his guards with less than 3 people. After returning to Gangduo, after replenishing a large number of veterans of the Guards and ammunition, he immediately killed a carbine and killed more than 60 battles, annihilating [-] chasing troops, plus millions of enemy troops eliminated on the frontal battlefield and on the way out. After the Battle of White Mountain, both the Holy Cult Alliance and the Kingdom of Gundor suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted.

　Some parts of this chapter may not be reasonable, but within the kingdom of the protagonist, the backward system of enfeoffment must be reformed. This is an opportunity, and it will be easier to handle later.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)