rise of empire total war

Chapter 495

Continental calendar 1127, spring.

A war involving the rise and fall of two empires has begun with the official declaration of war between the Holy Kuyavian Empire and the Kingdom of Burgundia.

After the outbreak of the war, the Kuyavian Empire Army hoarded on the border and the Army of the Kingdom of Burgundia went south together to attack the Holy Roman Empire Army that was waiting on the other side of the border.Relying on long fortifications and a large number of artillery, in the first round of full-scale attack, the attacker was repelled after paying a heavy price. They were bombed by shells falling from the sky before they even touched the edge of the first trench. They were turned on their backs, and at the same time, a large number of soldiers were shot down by the dense barrage of lead bullets, unable to fight back.

Although the defensive deployment of the Holy Roman Empire army had been figured out in advance and a large number of specialized offensive plans had been prepared, in actual combat, the enemy's firepower was beyond everyone's imagination. The long-barreled weapons called muskets The bullets fired can be said to be unstoppable. Even if several layers of armor are worn, the bullets can easily penetrate through and kill the people inside.

After the first round of offensive was repelled, the Kuyawi army quickly launched a second round of offensive. This time, they made corresponding preparations. The soldiers no longer marched in a tight formation, but loosened up. Although they lost The combat effectiveness of soldiers out of formation will be greatly reduced, but this will undoubtedly reduce the number of soldiers killed by artillery, but after rushing into the range of firearms, even if they list a loose formation, they will still be killed row after row. Salvo teaches life, Kuyawi soldiers charged forward one after another, and finally retreated.

Compared with the Kuyawi Empire, which used the professional soldier system, the army of their ally Burgundia Kingdom performed unsatisfactorily. The conscripts from all over the kingdom were only subjected to a few rounds of shelling, and they had not entered the musket chamber. The range of shooting retreated one after another, and the knights who were supervising the battle behind were so angry that they almost drew their swords to cut people, but they still suppressed the urge to cut people, and the pride of being knights made them gather together and form a charging cone , to charge the defenses of the Holy Roman Empire.

Seeing the knights taking the lead, the defeated soldiers summoned up their courage again and followed up in chaotic formations, shouting.

"It's really looking for death."

On the opposite side, the head of the Third Brigade and First Regiment of the Second Army looked at the slowly accelerating knight and said disdainfully that he was walking in the first trench. Always be ready to shoot.

boom--

A loud cannon sounded from behind, and the head subconsciously looked up, and saw a black speck flying over his head at high speed, roaring into the distance, and then landed heavily on the road where the Burgundian knight was running under his gaze. Set off a large cloud of dirt and snow.

The falling cannonballs seemed to have frightened the horses running in front. They neighed and raised their front hooves, and their hind hooves could not stop retreating, kicking away the surrounding snow. It took a long time to be calmed down, and they continued to trot forward.

The knights didn't know that death was coming. They rode their horses and trot forward, while laughing at the accuracy of the enemy's shells, but they didn't know that this was just a tentative shelling. A few seconds later, a series of cannons sounded from the rear of the position, and a large number of The black dot flew towards the advancing knights, and almost in an instant, dozens of shells fell heavily into the running knights!
In the next second, people turned on their backs, and the high-speed moving shells shattered any objects blocking its flight path. Those knights in exquisite armor were blown to pieces by the shells before they even had time to scream.A knight saw the black cannonballs flying in front of him, and subconsciously raised his shield to defend, but the shells cut off his upper body, leaving only the lower body on horseback still spurting blood, stimulated by the blood, The war horse was frightened and ran to the side. During the run, the lower body that lost its support also fell off the horse's back.

After the shelling, the whole team was full of blood. The survivors looked in horror at the comrades who were left with only minced meat. They didn't care to appease the frightened horses under their crotches, and were dragged by the neighing horses without direction.As long as there is contact with the shell, even if it just just brushes, a large piece of meat will be taken away, let alone being hit directly head-on.

A round of shelling defeated the menacing cavaliers, and the infantry who followed were stunned. They didn't wake up until the shelling sounded like a devil's roar, and they fled in all directions, fearing that the Holy Roman The artillery shells fired by the imperial army were aimed at them.

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The first day's battle ended quickly, and the Kuyawi coalition army left hundreds of corpses and retreated to their garrison. Facing the high losses, the nobles began to doubt whether the attack plan was useful. Their soldiers could not rush through the firepower net of the Holy Roman Empire army. At the end of the day, the farthest place they rushed was more than 30 meters away from the enemy's first trench.

Such a huge consumption made all legion commanders and nobles feel very distressed. Nearly a thousand people were killed on the first day alone. If the subsequent casualties were greater than this, they would be without soldiers in less than three months. But on.

After some discussion, the officers of the Kuyawi army decided to report what happened here to Her Majesty the Queen. Although they did not say it clearly, they still gave the Queen a choice from the side, either continue to let the army stand in a stalemate on the front line, or dispatch North The frontier army went south.

However, Richard would not give them a chance to wait for reinforcements. In the early morning of the next day, Richard swore an oath in the barracks and personally commanded the First Army to attack the Kuyawi army that was confronting them. Afterwards, the Second Army and the Third Army on the front line also acted one after another. The artillery of the three legions sent hundreds of shells into the defense lines of the Kuyawi and Burgundian troops, blowing up the defense lines of the coalition forces to be riddled with holes. , was devastated, a large number of soldiers were killed by shells falling from the sky, or were killed by shrapnel after the explosion of flowering shells, and screams rang out one after another in the long line of defense.

After several hours of artillery bombardment, accompanied by a long attack horn, line infantry units climbed out of the trenches in company units under the guidance of the double-headed eagle flag and launched an attack on the coalition positions.Those soldiers who survived the bombardment lost all courage when they looked at the enemy infantry and flying military flags all over the mountains and plains. They retreated hastily and gave up their positions to the enemy.

The violent shelling alarmed the legion garrison behind the line of defense. When the legion was assembled and went out of the city to meet the enemy, it happened to bump into the retreating soldiers. But only from the narration of the rout, they can feel the tragedy of the shelling.

(End of this chapter)