rise of empire total war

Chapter 405 Battle Situation
"Hold it! Shoot!"

bang bang bang bang bang bang-

Like a storm, the dense and violent bullets flew towards the soldiers of the Acarnanian Alliance Army who were charging, shooting these cold weapon soldiers equipped with leather armor and chain mail, falling down one after another like rice after autumn, lead bullets Under the power generated by the burning gunpowder, it is easy to penetrate the armor of the soldiers, penetrate into their flesh, and smash the flesh and organs in the body. It can be said that the damage caused by the musket is more terrifying than the sword of cold weapons.

"Second row, keep shooting!"

After the soldiers in the first row shot the projectiles at the enemy, they quickly dodged, and retreated to the back row along the vacated passage to reload, while the soldiers standing behind them hurriedly filled up, buckling under the roar of the officer. Pull the trigger to ignite the gunpowder in the medicine pool with the burning match, only to hear a series of gun barrel sounds, flames and gunpowder smoke are sprayed from the muzzle, and the deadly projectiles fly to the wavering enemy, shooting and killing the front row of soldiers , Before the soldiers in the third row could make up their shots, the Union soldiers on the opposite side retreated in fear, leaving behind a pile of corpses.

This is already the sixth attack today. Relying on the fortifications built when they first arrived here, this regiment has repelled the enemy's attacks for four consecutive days. The enemies they faced seemed to be endless, and they repelled this wave There will be a new wave of enemies coming up again. The high-intensity battle makes every soldier exhausted, and the ammunition in reserve is also rapidly consumed.

Looking at the dark enemy barracks opposite, a private sighed. He only had the last ten rounds of paper-packed ammunition left on him. The logistics department could no longer provide them with more ammunition. If this After the last ten rounds were fired, they could only drop their muskets, draw their swords, and engage in close combat with the enemy.

How could the head of this regiment not know about the concerns of the soldiers? No matter how much he scolded the people in the logistics department, the other party couldn't come up with more ammunition anyway. The other regiments lost contact, and the supply line was also cut off by the enemy. If they hadn't relied on the food looted during the march, they would have run out of food. However, food is easy to obtain, but ammunition can only be replenished from their own supply team. They can only repair damaged muskets and swords, or guide soldiers to build fortifications. They have neither the ability nor the raw materials to make ammunition.

In order to save the consumption of gunpowder, the ten artillery pieces in the regiment were also prohibited from firing, and they could only be fired when they couldn't stand it anymore. The heavy armored soldiers of that brigade were also deployed in the direction of the greatest attack pressure, relying on fortifications to fight the enemy .The head of the regiment, Leon Molo, sent cavalry to ask for help from other regiments every day, but the people who sent out seemed to have disappeared without any reply. If he was not worried that the unauthorized withdrawal would affect the deployment of General Charles, he would have ordered the withdrawal.

At the same time, Charles, the coach, was equally anxious. The first regiment he personally commanded was besieging Avila, the capital of Kaluria, a member of the Acarnanian Alliance. Ten artillery pieces in the regiment bombarded the city wall day and night. , Seeing that the city wall was about to be smashed down, but the connection with the other four regiments was suddenly cut off. No matter how many messengers he sent to try to reconnect with those two regiments, there was always no news.

In order to prevent this situation from happening to the remaining two regiments, he quickly ordered the remaining two regiments to move closer to him, preparing to support the lost second and fifth infantry regiments after the city of Avila was conquered.However, the messenger from the second regiment finally passed through the layers of interception by the Union Army, and came to the siege camp of the first regiment covered in blood, and explained to Charles what the second regiment had encountered in tears.

Compared with the Fifth Regiment commanded by Leon Molo, the Second Regiment disregarded Charles' warnings after winning successive victories, took advantage of the victory and pursued, and directly attacked an empty defense stronghold of the Union Army. On the night when the second regiment conquered the stronghold, a large number of enemies surrounded the stronghold, completely cutting off the second regiment's external contact, in an attempt to spread the anger that the second regiment had endured since the start of the war on the second infantry regiment.They attacked day and night, but they were always repelled by the Winsters equipped with muskets. Several times they barely reached the city wall, but were repelled by the heavy infantry brigade.Under the high-intensity offensive of the coalition forces, the ammunition reserves of the second regiment quickly bottomed out, and the casualties also skyrocketed. They could only forcefully send messengers to break through and ask for help.

After learning of the dangerous situation of the Second Infantry Regiment, Charles ignored the continued siege of Avila, and ordered the Third and Fourth Infantry Regiments to support the Second Regiment, while lifting the siege and approaching the second regiment. At the same time, a large number of messengers were sent to contact the fifth regiment.

At this moment, Charles felt a deep sense of powerlessness, which he had never felt before. Although the Firearms Legion's combat effectiveness was very strong and the speed of advancement was also fast, it was obviously double happiness, but why didn't he feel it at all? Well, instead he was troubled by the speed of advancing. After thinking for a long time, he finally came to a conclusion that he must not have adapted to the fast pace of commanding firearms.

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On the other side, far away in the camp of the commander-in-chief of the alliance army, the commander-in-chief Cassiano Chavallia, who was jointly elected by members of the members of the alliance countries, looked at the map spread out on the table, his brows were tightly frowned, and the report on the battle situation on the front line was almost It was delivered every hour, and from the huge amount of information, Cassiano could only get a small part of the good news.

As a famous general of the Republic of Opydania, Casciano Chavalia commanded the Allied Forces to defeat enemies large and small. As long as he is there, no matter how powerful the enemy is, they cannot take advantage of it. Therefore, in the eyes of the nationals of the allied countries, Casciano is as dazzling as the god of war, so no matter how much his political opponents attack and smear him, he can still stand firm in the political arena.

But now, in the face of the menacing Winster Expeditionary Army, the Alliance Parliament jointly elected him as the new army commander, and the original commander was voted out by the parliament because of his failure in command.And when Casciano brought reinforcements to take over the shaken Union Army, all the soldiers had hope. They were eager for victory, and they were eager to defeat the invincible Winster army under the command of a generation of famous generals.

Casciano is worthy of being a famous general of the generation. After he took over the alliance army, he consulted the previous battle reports, learned a lesson, and changed the tactics of the former commander. He ordered the frontline army to shrink the defense line, and seized the shortcomings of the Winsters' pride and complacency. Lead it into the encirclement of the army, and besiege it with heavy troops.This was originally a sure-fire tactic, but he didn't expect the Winsters to resist so tenaciously, and they could still hold on under the siege of enemies several times their own.

In addition, his scouts also told him bad news. The rest of Winster's army learned the news that the department was surrounded, and began to abandon the bait that had been attacking all the time, and rushed to help the surrounded army.

(End of this chapter)