I Will Be The Crowned King

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Time goes back to May 18, 101 of the Saint Calendar, the day after the advance army arrived at Black Reef Harbor...

Inside the Storm Division Headquarters, the smiling Miss Talia August Rune was sitting upright, her already slender body even more petite against the slightly larger armchair, like a doll in fancy clothes.

Surrounding the long table, there were no empty seats in the room, but no one dared to raise their heads, let alone talk to each other. In the slightly depressing atmosphere, everyone was silent and nervously waiting for something.

On both sides of the long table in front of the girl, there were three empty chairs - except for a certain commander-in-chief and the "extremely honored" commander-in-chief of the advance army, the head of the grenadier who was arranged to build a logistics base in Winter Torch City Bian was also "unfortunately" absent, and only Deputy Carl Bain... Chief of Staff and some officers were present.

In the quiet conference room, there was only the rustling sound of the little secretary in the corner making the minutes of the meeting.

So, how did things get so troublesome?

Sighing to himself, Carl thought involuntarily.

Originally, according to the plan of the Storm Division, except for the advance army, the legion was divided into two parts. One lightly armed force advanced to Black Reef Harbor, while the rest of the main force carried a large amount of luggage to Red Hand Bay, and then went to Black Reef Harbor after meeting with the Confederate army. .

This originally seemed like a perfect plan: first stabilize the situation in Black Reef Harbor, and then send reinforcements to force the Empire to dare not act rashly. Finally, the main force arrived, and the Empire’s anti-insurgent army came to a battle outside the city to determine the ownership of the new world.

But just when everyone felt that everything was normal, the cavalry company that followed Anson suddenly returned and brought back two crucial pieces of information:

First, they lost their way with the commander-in-chief for various reasons—mainly because the road led by Shegren was problematic; second, by the time they arrived at Black Reef Harbor, the entire city was surrounded by the imperial army on all sides , and it seems to have lasted for more than ten days!

So two new questions arose: whether to rescue the black reef harbor that was about to fall, and where did the commander-in-chief go?

What if they were rescued and finally arrived after all the hard work and hardships, but the Black Reef Port happened to be captured?

not help? If the advance army has entered the Black Reef Harbor and the Empire captures the commander-in-chief alive, the fun will be great.

Based on Carl's understanding of Anson, he doesn't think that this guy who is afraid of death can be easily captured by the opponent; but if Anson really has entered the Black Reef Harbor now and is ready to defend, he will not be surprised.

This made a kind of officers very entangled. Of course, they did not dare to watch the commander-in-chief be captured alive, but if things go against their expectations, the storm division would have to pay at least one-fifth or even one-fourth of the casualties.

The strength of the imperial cavalry was something that Stormtrooper had seen when he was in Hantu... It would be a fantasy to escape from their pursuit without dropping hundreds of corpses.

"Gentlemen, I have only one question."

In the dead silent meeting room, Talia's gentle voice sounded faintly:

"How are you going to rescue Black Reef Harbor?"

The officers looked at each other, and there was a hint of embarrassment in the deadly atmosphere.

"Well, Dear Miss Talia Rune, you may not understand, it's not like that, it's..."

"Yes, I don't understand."

Without waiting for the officer to argue, Talia interrupted "gently":

"Talia August Rune is just an ordinary girl, not an excellent military expert like you, so I don't need you to explain the process to me, I just want the result."

"Your Excellency Carl Bain." The girl looked sideways and whispered: "You are Anson's adjutant and the person he trusts most; now the situation is urgent, do you have any plans?"

"I……"

Carl, who was "downgraded" from the chief of staff back to his adjutant, was stunned again. Feeling the girl's burning gaze and the faint gaze behind him, he suddenly wanted to curse.

"Actually, we are very close to Black Reef Port. Even if we march normally, there are only four or five days left." Adjutant Carl crossed his fingers nervously, rubbing back and forth:

"So if you abandon the baggage and carry only a small amount of sustenance for a forced march, it is not impossible to reach the Black Reef Port within three days... But! But if the city has fallen or cannot break through the enemy's siege position, we are likely to Can……"

Just as Carl was hesitating about how to say the word "annihilation" as euphemistically as possible, the cavalry company commander who was guarding the door suddenly rushed into the conference room, looking anxious.

"Lieutenant Jason Fruhoff, I didn't tell you to..."

"New information from Red Hand Bay!"

Before the officers on both sides stood up to stop him, the cavalry company commander suddenly stopped: "A few days ago, a small army of Clovis of unknown size attacked a smuggling land outside the city, controlled and seized four privateers from the camp. Smuggling boat, whereabouts unknown!"

Talia opened her eyes and remained silent.

"Repeat, this is the latest information sent from Red Hand Bay: a small group of Clovis troops, after attacking smuggling land and hijacking ships outside the city, whereabouts are unknown!"

Seeing that everyone was still confused, the out-of-breath cavalry commander gritted his teeth and said loudly, "Their... whereabouts are unknown!"

Um? !

The so-called officers who just didn't know about them all widened their eyes and leaned back.

Carl Bain secretly sighed, and rolled his eyes in his heart.

"The order - the entire army should gather, leave all the baggage, each company only carries three days' worth of supplies and a base of ammunition, and rush to the Black Reef Harbor!"

"Yes!"

The officers stood up with a tacit understanding, without the slightest hesitation.

The commander-in-chief has successfully arrived at the still besieged Black Reef Port. What does this mean? It shows that the situation has stabilized, the siege of the empire has been weak, and even a small force cannot be stopped.

This battle can be won!

……………………

"Win? Why do I feel like we're all going to hell?!"

On the defensive line on the west side of the Black Reef Port, where the smoke was everywhere, Lieutenant Colonel Alexei sighed while holding his left shoulder, his expression almost as desperate as possible.

Opposite him, the Imperial Line Infantry, who had withdrawn from the eastern front, was treated as a "treading cannon fodder" as if they had been stimulant, and continued to attack their carefully constructed second line of defense; The army shivered and huddled in the trenches, struggling under the waves of attacks from the opposite side.

As a "young standing army" that has just turned one year old since its establishment, the Storm Division is actually not very good at defensive operations-with Anson Bach, a commander-in-chief who is keen to "open his mind", quickly and flexibly interspersed. The skills are basically full.

Therefore, this defensive position, which was highly anticipated and took three days to complete, was actually a "re-engraving" of Major General Ludwig's confrontation with the Iser Guards led by Louis Bernard in Eagle Point City, which was used to delay Peripheral positions for attack speed.

There is a little problem here: the Black Reef Harbor Militia is not Ludwig's Southern Legion, and the opposing counter-insurgency army is not the Iser Elves.

In the face of the murderous offensive of the counter-insurgency army, the Heijiaogang militia is also trying their best to fight, but it is more rigid than the Hantu army in terms of consciousness. Take the initiative to be made dumplings by the enemy.

However, when the terrain is narrow and there are only a dozen or dozens of people fighting, the Heijiaogang militia can often display good combat effectiveness, and even repel the opposing offensive for a short time... Although it is still difficult to escape being outflanked, divided, surrounded and annihilated end.

But most of the time they are like a group of headless flies. Except for the platoon of guns and bayonets, and the rushing enemy, they don't know what to do... Often when the messengers just set off, they see that the officer has already With more than a dozen people to the forefront, the order could not be passed on at all.

Half an hour after the battle started, Alexei found that he had changed from half a division commander to a company commander - he could not command anyone except the surrounding positions and the dozens of "instructors" he brought over.

Watching the defensive positions with high hopes were easily torn apart like paper, Alexei is not even in despair now. He seriously suspects that he has been deceived by the commander-in-chief as a tool man again.

In front of him, one-third of the frontal position has gradually fallen, and the banner of golden irises has been planted; the two wings have also been in jeopardy, and they are attacking the traffic trench where he is, and the lead bullets from the platoon of guns are flying above his head. go……

However, even if the battle situation is rotten, Alexei still holds a trump card in his hand to restore the disadvantage and even turn defeat into victory.

That is the four twelve-pounder guns ambushed on the flanks of the Western Front positions!

The reason why the quantity and quality of artillery are obviously inferior to that of the Empire is because for Black Reef Harbor, which has no excellent artillery at all - Lisa is not counted - the artillery coverage can only be used once, as long as it is exposed, it will be in the first place. It was knocked out by imperial artillery for a while.

In order not to be destroyed by the group, they had to spread out and wait until the most critical moment to unleash the power of these war machines.

Alexey felt that now was the worst time.

"Send the order, send a signal to Deputy Captain Alis!"

Looking at the peripheral positions that had been completely lost, and the Black Reef Port defenders who had begun to show signs of collapse, Alexei decisively turned his head and shouted to the adjutant behind him:

"Ten minutes! Tell him that in ten minutes, the front of the field will be bombarded - don't worry about anything, I'll shoot as many shells as I have!"

"Play as many as you have..."

The adjutant first repeated the order naturally, and then his face was stunned: "But those shells are used to block the attack point when the enemy's follow-up troops attack. If you use it now..."

"Use it now!"

Alexei is going to be mad... still banned? If you go on like this, the entire line of defense will be penetrated!

Fire can still stop the enemy's offensive, even if it is hard-drag, at least it can be delayed until the enemy's next round of attack; as for what to do with the enemy's follow-up troop support, let's stick to it until then.

The adjutant who received the order did not dare to delay, and immediately turned around and ran towards the artillery position.

Ten minutes later, the four heavy artillery pieces that had repeatedly confirmed the order began to simultaneously launch fire from the bunkers on the two wings to the western front; dozens of artillery shells swept across the sky one after another and fell on the ground where golden irises were in full bloom.

The sudden artillery fire temporarily extinguished the desire for revenge of the three imperial infantry regiments, and had to suspend the offensive and hide in the trenches; the defenders of Black Reef Harbor saw this, and could not wait to launch a full-line counterattack without waiting for Alexei's order.

The deafening artillery fire was not only on the western front, but even the battlefield on the northern side could be clearly seen; the Pushwood MP, frightened by the roar of the guns, couldn't wait to dig out the guns completely, and fled to the parliament without stopping, taking the four Thousands of engineers and artillery waiting to be destroyed were thrown in place.

On the other side, after confirming that the advance army was still entangled with the vassals, and that the fort had been knocked out, Sir Sardo decisively dispatched an infantry regiment to launch a tentative attack on the northern defense line of Black Reef Harbor, ready to seize Bernard. Before the main force on the west side led by Morwes, attacked Black Reef Harbor.

"This movement... Alexey's side seems to be unable to hold on anymore."

Looking at the artillery fire in the distance, Anson muttered to himself, who hit the chest of the vassal army with a shot, put down Leopold, who had run out of ammunition, and took out the "dagger" revolver from his arms.

"Ugh?!"

Lisa, who was startled, raised her head abruptly, and was almost scratched by a stray bullet: "Alexei... is Alexei dying?"

She doesn't care much about this—or anyone else except Anson's life and death—but the other party has the mission of guarding the Black Reef Harbor. If he is killed... The failure of the advance army to defend the Black Reef Harbor is small, and his "perfect plan" "It will definitely be very sad for Anson to fail!

"Well, it shouldn't be, but he must be in danger now."

The corners of An Sen's mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at the girl very seriously: "So we have to help Alexei and share a little positive pressure for him - let the enemy's attention shift to us."

"Yeah!" Lisa nodded vigorously, and then came the most crucial question:

"What should I do, let Lisa go to the Western Front too?"

"No, that's not necessary." An Sen slightly raised the corners of his mouth:

"We just have to attack."

"attack?"

"Yes~www.readwn.com~ attack directly from here, and rush to the siege position of the enemy on the western front, so that the enemy's attention will be shifted to us."

This plan sounded flawless at first, but in fact it seemed like a death-defying plan that didn't arouse any suspicion from Lisa; with her beloved shotgun, the girl jumped out of the trench without waiting for Anson's next talk:

"Wow--!"

"Wow--!!!!"

The naive screams seemed to be the starting pistols on the field. The more than 200 soldiers of the guard company scattered across the entire front line burst into neat battle cries at the same time, and while the surrounding comrades were stunned, they seemed to be possessed, and they shot straight from the middle of the line of defense. out.

After more than ten seconds, the soldiers of the advance army who looked at each other finally reacted, and they saw An Sen calmly raised the King Clovis flag and waved forward:

"Target the main offensive position on the western front, column offensive formation!"

"Advance Corps - WOW!"