I will be crowned king

The trenches that separate the inner and outer forts are divided into five parts. Each trench corresponds to a fort and its entrance and exit. The narrow passage can only ensure that two or three people can walk side by side. Once there is crowding, it is easy to cause a stampede. It is a safety hazard and it is very inconvenient for the defenders in the camp to move between positions.

Not only that, because the trench is too narrow, it is difficult for the firepower of the inner fort to threaten the trench. As long as any enemy attacks the front of the inner fort, the camp defenders will immediately lose most of their countermeasures. Not only the fort It is in an absolute blind spot for shooting, and even less than a quarter of the shooting holes for supplying volleys of guns can threaten the enemy in front.

Therefore, it can be said that no matter from which perspective, this "counter-intuitive" design can be called a failure among failures. It is simply a design that tells the defenders to "wait for death once they retreat to the inner fort."

Despite this, Carl Bain, who has rich experience in saving lives and running away, and who always puts the life and death of his soldiers before victory, resolutely transformed his camp into this, sacrificing flexibility in exchange for another very important feature. Important function: lethality.

When the enemy mistakenly believes that they have destroyed the entire defense line of the Junqishan camp and that victory is close at hand and relax their vigilance, the cannons hidden in the five trenches will show the upper limit of the damage that the "artillery" weapon theory can achieve.

This weapon that completely separates ancient and modern times has completely reversed the way of war. All tactics and queues require that the army cannot maintain too close formations. The number of queues must also be reduced, and the distance between companies must be reduced. It should also be as wide as possible, and the positions of the front and rear teams should be staggered as much as possible.

Because if you don’t do this, the consequences will be unprecedentedly tragic...

Accompanied by a very rhythmic loud noise, six-pound solid bullets continued to penetrate the trenches that were already crowded with Imperial line soldiers. They were instantly pierced through the chests by the shells and exploded into pieces. The soldiers who had their heads smashed screamed in agony. One after another.

They had nowhere to hide, and many of them didn't even know what was happening in the trenches. The few soldiers who noticed the cannons on the left and right of the trenches wanted to warn them in horror, but the chaos, explosions and screams wiped out the voices of reason. Nothing was left untouched, and even people from outside were still trying to squeeze in, competing for the credit of "capturing the enemy commander".

In order to maximize the effect, Carl Bain placed a cannon and three or four soldiers armed with shotguns in each fort. After the artillery fired, the shotguns would immediately fire from the shooting holes on both sides of the muzzle. "Last hit".

At the same time, in order to prevent the enemy from discovering this counter-intuitive shot early, the counterattack volleys and artillery fire in the inner fort also continued all the time. The violent noise and choking smoke also made it impossible for the enemies on the periphery to detect the real battle situation.

All the planning and preparations are to maximize the killing effect under the premise that ammunition and firepower are relatively limited, so as to truly injure the enemy.

"Boom!!!! Boom!!!! Boom!!!!"

The soul-shaking roar echoed in his ears, causing the unconscious knight to suddenly open his eyes. The weight on his body made him breathless, and the choking smoke and scalding hot air around him made him extremely irritated.

When the brief absence was replaced by calmness, the scene in front of him almost made him lose his mind again; it was a boiling golden-red flame, burning blazingly in the air.

The narrow trench, which was not spacious, was filled with corpses lying on the ground. Broken limbs and internal organs were scattered everywhere. The stench was so strong that it was almost difficult to breathe.

You can imagine without looking up that all the soldiers who initially rushed into the inner fort had fallen under the muzzles of the Clovis cannons.

But despite this, soldiers continued to rush up from the back row, and the Clovis people's artillery fire also did not stop; yes, this was the Clovis people's vicious conspiracy-to lure them to the inside of the fortress, and then Focus on annihilation.

He subconsciously wanted to stand up and tell the reinforcements behind him this information, but the corpses pressing on him prevented him from moving. At the same time, the knight did not dare to make any big movements, for fear of attracting the attention of the artillery and causing the sacrifice of the soldiers. Such a waste.

But he soon discovered that he no longer had to worry about this matter.

"Um……"

Just after pushing away the arm of the corpse that was blocking his face, the knight with suddenly shrunken eyes stared at the fortress that was just around the corner; at that moment, he suddenly saw two pairs of people staring at the same thing behind the black shooting hole. own eyes.

The next second, the muzzle of the gun, which was so hot that it was still smoking, stretched out from inside, facing his face.

After a brief moment of astonishment, the knight twitched his throat forcefully and shouted out his last words in his hoarse voice:

"Environmental Protection of Order..."

……………………

"boom--!!!!"

The enemy's mournful wails and screams kept coming to his ears. Carl Bain, who was standing at the observation port of the inner fort, stared motionlessly at the extremely tragic battle situation outside with a straight face.

Behind him, a pair of eyes that were so shocked that they were about to fall out, all turned mute; these officers and staff officers of the Ranger Corps can be regarded as professional soldiers who have been in the army for many years, and each one of them prides himself on being rich in experience. , but still have never heard of the scene in front of me.

"Arrange artillery on the reverse slope and inside the trench, use layers of fortifications to divide and destroy the enemy's organizational strength, and finally use artillery to 'clean out' all enemies who have broken into the camp..."

The staff officer standing behind murmured to himself and involuntarily put down the trembling telescope: "This, this is the tactics of the Storm Legion?"

"No, this is a Clovis tactic." Carl Bain, who was trying to remain calm, corrected him without looking back: "Using fortifications to contain and kill the enemy's effective forces is a standard big strategy. The most classic dogma in Army tactics; I just fully combined the real conditions and the environment of Junqi Mountain, and made slight adjustments."

As soon as the words fell, the officers present suddenly understood; but probably because they were too shocked, the absent-minded staff officer still refused to give up and asked: "But... I remember that Lieutenant General Anson Bach was not from the skirmisher department? If I remember correctly, , many of his meritorious battles were also long-distance pursuit battles and field encounters, why do you know so much about the tactics of the Continental Army?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the staff officer realized that he had said the wrong thing - the officers around him who had just been sighing and praising him suddenly fell silent and looked at him like a fool or a dead person.

"Uh...I, that's not what I meant, I meant..."

"It doesn't matter. This misunderstanding doesn't last for a day or two." Karl turned to look at the staff officer who was busy trying to make amends. He took out the cigarette case from his coat pocket and forcibly handed him one:

"Many people think that because Anson Bach came from the skirmisher department when he was in power, the future War Department will definitely reuse officers from the skirmisher department and suppress veterans who believe in the Continental Army. This is an extremely wrong prejudice."

"Yes, he promoted many officers from the skirmisher department, but that was because the skirmisher officers in the past had been treated unfairly for many years. The upper echelons of the Army Ministry were not enterprising, and wealthy officers monopolized the way out, resulting in only the nobles of the Continental Army faction. Officers can occupy high positions, and now it is just a matter of reversing this phenomenon.”

"Which military theory Clovis will believe in in the future is a very complicated question, but for now, regardless of military theories such as the Continental Army, skirmishers, and artillery, all have their merits. Clovis Soldiers should learn from the strengths of many schools of thought, and should not discriminate against officers from different backgrounds based on differences in disciplines, nor should they discard another theory because of their prejudice against it."

"What really hurt the strength of the Clovis Army was the group of senior officials in the War Department who kept saying that the Clovis Army was invincible and therefore did not need to be changed at all! The purpose of the Anson Bach administration and Sophia Franz's reorganization of the War Department was to do To achieve the most basic fairness, let excellent officers be promoted and incompetent mediocre people get out; and this is the situation in various departments now under the control of the War Department."

"If you really want to say it, just take myself as an example." Karl suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly: "I have been Anson Bach's adjutant since the ninety-ninth year of the Saint's Calendar. In terms of the time I have followed him, I can Said no one could match it.”

"Although I have the rank of colonel now, I used to be like Leo, the commander of the Fourth Infantry Regiment who later joined us, but he has become the commander-in-chief of the Eagle Point Fortress, and the deputy commander of the army, Fabian, has also become a member of the Army Department. Head of department.”

"It's not because of anything else, it's because today's Army Department only looks at ability, regardless of one's origins. The higher the position, the more talented and experienced the person can take it. Therefore, everyone..." Carl Bain suddenly raised his voice:

"Please give full play to your talents in the next battle, fight for Clovis, and for your own future and future!"

"yes--!!!!"

Uniform shouts echoed in the inner castle, and no one in the excited and excited crowd noticed the very subtle twitching of the corners of Carl Bain's mouth...

At this time, the sound of artillery in the camp gradually stopped. Through the gunpowder smoke, it could be clearly seen that the subsequent offensive of the Imperial Army was suddenly interrupted. As a result, the former army had to choose to retreat even after it had broken into the camp. Giving up on its own initiative had " The inner fort is right before your eyes.

With the brutality of the battle just now, Karl did not think that the secret of the inner fort had been exposed. There was a high probability that reinforcements from the Ranger Corps would appear on the south or north roads of the mountain, forcing the enemy to give up the idea of ​​capturing the camp immediately and instead encircle it. Click for help.

Although it is not clear who the commander on the opposite side is, his courage is indeed extraordinary. Even when being besieged from at least three sides at the same time, he can still choose the most reasonable tactics and use a small number of troops to contain the immobile camp. , and used it as a "hostage" to lure the surrounding scattered armies to continuously launch attacks, and then rely on superior force to annihilate them one by one.

A very reasonable tactic, but his opponent is a guy who absolutely cannot judge by common sense...

Having become a "hostage" in the eyes of the opponent, it is impossible to leave the "Ranger Corps Command" on Junqi Mountain. On the other hand, it can also bind the opponent to the bottom of Junqi Mountain; unless the opponent attacks the top of the mountain and takes over the high ground. , otherwise there will be no geographical advantage in facing the "reinforcements" coming from all directions, and they can only form their troops in a position that is completely visible from the high ground of Junqi Mountain.

As long as he can send the information out, the imperial army at the foot of the mountain will be unilaterally transparent, so the question arises: Can the information be sent out?

There is no problem. As long as the fighting stops and the smoke from the mountain dissipates, the Junqishan camp can even directly use flag language to send signals to the "reinforcements" on the two roads south of the mountain and north of the mountain.

"The enemy's attack has stopped. In half an hour, we will send a signal to the friendly forces at the foot of the mountain to tell them to prepare for the battle." Karl said behind him without looking back:

"In addition, tell them that the imperial army opposite has at least 2,000 light cavalry. Their position and movement cannot be determined. It is very likely that they have moved quickly to their flanks or behind them, waiting for an opportunity to attack. They must be prepared."

"yes!"

Preparations are still being made here for the next battle. The Fernando Army headquarters in Junqi Mountain is also in chaos. In addition to the traces of enemies on Shannan Avenue, there are also enemies approaching Junqi Mountain in the north direction of the mountain. The scale is also large. Around three thousand people.

This further deepened Fernando's own judgment. The camp on the Flag Mountain is 100% the headquarters of a certain Clovis Legion opposite, and those scattered "miscellaneous troops" are all part of this legion, or in other words The commander-in-chief who is nominally responsible for commanding the battle to retake the Red Moon Town Fortress.

The only problem is that the enemy is moving too fast, and there seems to be a problem with the attack at the Junqishan camp on our side. The front line has not sent back any useful information, and we still have to mobilize troops to fight. Reinforcements are approaching.

Although he clearly had an advantage over his opponent, Fernando had the absurd illusion that he was the one being surrounded.

However, he is not too worried about the direction of Junqi Mountain: the opposite side is actually trapped on the mountain. In theory, it is possible to counterattack and provide reinforcements to the army at the foot of the mountain, but in fact, as long as he goes down the mountain, he will be instantly annihilated. It can only be called an "existing army".

Next, you only need to surround it without attacking, and withdraw the troops that are besieging the camp from both sides of the mountain to attack the enemy reinforcements; unless there is a main enemy force coming from the direction of the base camp, you can hold on to Junqi Mountain until all the reinforcements are defeated. for it.

Well, that's what Fernando planned - at least at first.

"What did you say? The troops besieging the camp were..."

"...annihilated them all?!"

Wrong typing in the previous chapter, this is two hundred and fifty-three