rise of empire total war

Chapter 518 Battle of Baikantu Plain (The Enemy Is Coming)

On October 1127, 10 in the continental calendar, the Baikantu wasteland in Begowo's colonial territory was sunny.

In order to repel the barbarian coalition, Lieutenant General Trond Olson personally commanded the army to form an array in the wilderness. Because there was not enough time to dig out the fortifications, the soldiers could only stand in three lines on the wasteland and put their guns to the ground. With the mouth facing forward, use your body to form a solid city wall.

Considering the firing angle of the artillery in the army, Trond deliberately found a place with a slightly elevated terrain to form an array. The three lines of defense formed by the line infantry were arrayed against the high terrain. The eighty artillery pieces of the two brigades were divided into Three parts, one part is deployed in a high-lying place behind the defense line (because the place is too small to display, so the troops can only be divided), and the other two parts are deployed on the flanks of the line infantry defense line, bombarding the enemy from the flanks, equipped with carbines The best cavalry will guard around them to protect the safety of the artillery group.

On the eve of the battle, Trond, who was heavily armed, stood on the central artillery position, watching the entire army front from behind.Because the naval guns could not support here, Sigurd was not there, but stayed in the temporary port to mobilize the fleet sailors, ready to lead the sailors to support the ground battlefield at any time. This is not impossible, and the armed sailors are also equipped with flintlock They fired guns, and their melee skills were more proficient than ordinary line infantry, but because there were not many of them and they needed to guard the battleship, they didn't come with them.

At the beginning, Trond wanted to make an appointment with the enemy to fight on the coastline, but he had no suitable reason to change, and he believed that the enemy would not be stupid enough to agree to his request. As long as those Ansmara people are not fools, they will definitely persuade the coalition forces to veto his request.

"Sir, the flank artillery has been deployed." A voice sounded from behind him.

Hearing this familiar voice, Trond didn't turn his head to check. He nodded slightly and said, "I see, Irk."

"Sir, the brothers are all eager to try, eager to fight the natives on Zane Continent, and let them know the strength of our army."

"It's good to have confidence." Trond smiled slightly. He turned around and waved for Ilk to come to his side. He looked at the Kuyawi boy in military uniform. He is immature, but he is already a qualified warrior. During the previous battle with the Kuyawi Empire, his heroic performance proved his worth.

Although Ilk didn't notice it, Trond had vaguely regarded him as his younger brother. If Butters hadn't been greedy for meritorious service, then his younger brother who served in the Second Brigade would have survived to this day and followed him on an expedition to praise En Continent, establish immortal feats.

Thinking of this, he felt a pang in his heart.

"Sir, what's the matter?" Ilk walked to his side and asked aloud.

"No, it's nothing." He shook his head, his callused hands climbed onto Ilk's head, ravaging his golden curly hair without a helmet, Ilk was confused by his actions, but I dare not say anything.

And at this moment, as if feeling something, Trond withdrew his mischievous hand, turned his head and looked at the horizon where the heat wave could be vaguely seen in the distance, in his sight, a long black line gradually occupied a large amount of space in the distance On the yellow sandy land, thick sand and dust rose high with the movement of the black line, covering the black line.

Trond's face changed slightly. Not only him, but also the faces of the soldiers in the army who saw this scene also changed. They all knew what this meant - the indigenous coalition was coming!
"The enemy is coming, prepare to fight!"

The officers shouted loudly, and before they finished speaking, the soldiers in the queue started to move, keeping the queue orderly, and at the same time checking the firing status of the guns in their hands.Trond watched all this, and Ilk beside him swallowed his saliva and asked: "Sir, where should I go?"

"Stay with me." Trond replied without hesitation. After finishing his words, he raised the monocular telescope in front of his eyes and cast his gaze through the telescope lens at the enemy formation nearly a kilometer away. I can clearly see that in addition to the poorly equipped infantry, there are rhinos with one horn and war elephants with long noses in the enemy army!
"Damn!"

After seeing the rhinoceros and war elephants, Trond cursed subconsciously. He put down the binoculars, and his eyes were full of fear of unknown creatures. He had only seen the records of rhinos and war elephants in books introducing the customs and customs of Zane Continent. , although there are fewer descriptions in the book of these two creatures that are widely used by indigenous people in warfare, he can still see their threat at a glance.

"What's wrong, sir?" Seeing that Trond suddenly cursed, Ilk, who didn't have a telescope beside him, quickly asked. Trond was not in the mood to explain to him. He looked at the adjutant behind him and ordered: " Condela, tell the soldiers on the front line that once they see the beasts released by the enemy, they will be shot and killed by me, and they cannot be allowed to rush into the army formation!"

"Obey, sir." Although the adjutant didn't understand the reason why Trond gave such an order, seeing Trond's serious expression, he didn't dare to delay, so he just agreed and turned to leave.

After the adjutant left, Trond looked at the bewildered Ilk, frowned, and said, "Ilk, return to the team, what are you still doing here?"

"Ah? Yes!"

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At the same time, in the tribal coalition on the opposite side, the chiefs of the eleven tribes and Ajit, the governor of Begowo, rode their respective horses, looking at the Holy Roman Empire expeditionary force that had already lined up in the distance, and discussed at the same time. Follow the next tactics.The chiefs all decided to use the rhinoceros and war elephants as the vanguard to tear apart the enemy's formation, and then use a large number of infantry to follow the impact and tear the opening to expand the results. This is also their consistent tactical style. The latter suffered a lot in the war.

Ajit is well aware of the power of this tactic, so he is not going to put forward other opinions. The strength of the Holy Roman Empire Expeditionary Force is currently only reflected in the navy. The combat effectiveness of the army can only be heard from hearsay. In addition, they are on the mainland. The above achievements can be proved.But even so, he still didn't think that the expeditionary force could stop the impact of the rhino herds and war elephants - not even the solid heavy infantry phalanx could stop it. With the soldiers without armor (the armor of the line infantry was blocked by the outside Covered in military uniform, it can't be seen from the outside) It can be said that it is wishful thinking to block the charge.

Ajit had no opinion, and the chiefs made a decision.

(End of this chapter)