The Revolutionary Era in One Piece

Just as the army of the Kingdom of Deya was on high alert in the city of Zaun, the army of the Kingdom of North had already prepared for the attack.

However, Darius, the commander-in-chief of the Norse army, looked at the city in front of him from the hillside with a serious expression, as if he was worried about something.

"General, why don't you launch the attack now?" An officer who looked reckless came over and shouted.

"You don't understand. According to intelligence, the generals from the Deya Kingdom have been replaced. They are no longer the good-for-nothings like before.

Besides, he took advantage of us several times before, so we should be more cautious with new enemies. Darius glanced at the newcomer, frowned, and answered earnestly.

"Haha, this way I can use my full strength. It can't be better than this." The man laughed.

However, as the first vanguard general of the Kingdom of Norse, Draven does have something to be proud of. "Let's go. We have the axe in hand, and we just need the prey. I am already hungry and thirsty."

Darius heard this and said without hesitation, "Then attack, but wait until the artillery is ready."

Draven said nothing more after hearing this, but returned to his post to organize the vanguard. Once the artillery fire stopped, Draven would lead the team to launch a charge.

"Fire!" Following the order from the artillery officer, hundreds of artillery pieces roared, turning part of the outer positions of Zaun City into a sea of ​​fire.

"It was a close call, sir. Fortunately, the general ordered us to withdraw from the outer positions." The soldier of the Deya Kingdom who had just withdrawn from the outer positions sighed.

The officer of the Deya Kingdom whom he called "chief" was also looking solemnly at the tragic situation outside the city. He was Zhao Xin, the newly appointed vanguard general of the Deya Kingdom.

Although he was born a commoner and had made great achievements in battle, he was not promoted to vanguard general until Galen became the commander-in-chief.

Originally, Zhao Xin was still reluctant about Garen's request for the vanguard troops to withdraw from the first outer line of defense, but at this time Zhao Xin had to believe in Garen's judgment.

At this time, another messenger came along the communication trench to the vanguard barracks and crouched down next to Zhao Xin.

"General Galen has ordered that when the first wave of attacks reaches the outer positions after the enemy's artillery fire ends, the vanguard should take advantage of their familiarity with the positions and take the initiative to attack and kill the enemy. Disrupt the enemy's offensive rhythm."

Zhao Xin heard this and replied in a serious tone, "Leave it to me, General. No one can break through my siege."

Fierce artillery fire continued for an hour, and the barrels of the cannons were all red. At this moment, the battlefield was filled with smoke. At the foot of the hill where the Norse army was stationed, the vanguard led by Draven was assembling.

Draven took a deep breath, and the smell of gunpowder had already spread to the bottom of the hill. When the smoke cleared a little, Draven looked up at the hillside.

The battle flag was waving, and Draven understood that it was the signal to attack!

Draven grinned and signaled the guards to blow the charge. "Did you hear that, boys? Death is knocking at the door. Need to kill something? Let's go!!!"

Under the command of officers at all levels, the 3,000-man vanguard army marched towards Zaun. To the rhythm of drums, the army marched forward in a goose-step.

In front of them were rows of musketeers, with armored melee sword and shield soldiers on both wings providing cover. Behind the musketeers were also a team of sword and shield soldiers, ready to charge out at any time to protect the musketeers. Draven himself stood in the middle of the team and commanded the army to advance.

After the artillery fire stopped, the vanguard of the Deya Kingdom led by Zhao Xin also poked their heads out from the positions in the city. Zhao Xin ordered the messenger to prepare for battle.

Zhao Xin looked towards the front of the position, but unfortunately he was blocked by the smoke from the artillery shells and could not see anything. However, the soldiers on guard clearly heard the enemy's attack horn. Everyone could only hold their breath and wait for the smoke to dissipate.

During this short yet long wait, the guards vaguely heard the drumbeats of the enemy's marching, or of course it could be the sound of their own heartbeats, after all, two-thirds of the vanguard army were untrained recruits.

Finally, the smoke cleared and there was nothing blocking the view. What the guards saw was a black wall of murderous intent, moving towards them at a steady speed.

In the trenches, the new recruits were restless, and some even wanted to take the initiative to attack the enemy. But under Zhao Xin's mandatory order, they finally calmed down.

Zhao Xin ordered his left and right guards to pass on the message to calm the troops, "If we attack now, we are too far away from the enemy's vanguard and will definitely be bombarded by artillery, resulting in heavy losses.

So we need to wait until the enemy approaches the positions outside the city, and then we can take the initiative to attack when the distance is close enough. "

In fact, Zhao Xin was also helpless. It was not impossible for him to take the initiative to attack now, but the prerequisite for such an action was the cover of artillery fire.

Unfortunately, the Deya Kingdom’s army does not have that many cannons now. The previous failures caused the army to lose most of its heavy firepower, and now it no longer has the strength to engage in an artillery battle with the North Kingdom.

Therefore, before the battle, Garen decided to deploy all the remaining 60 artillery pieces in the city. This resulted in no artillery cover, and Zhao Xin had no choice but to fight in close combat.

Accompanied by the sound of drums, the black wall moved closer and closer. When the enemy had entered the outer position, Zhao Xin could see the faces of the opponents and the cold light flashing on their weapons.

So, Zhao Xin decided to attack. He jumped out of the trench with a spear in hand and shouted to encourage the soldiers, "The Germans never retreat. Beat the drums, march forward. Go forward bravely!!!"

The shrill sound of the charge horn sounded, and countless soldiers followed Zhao Xin in formation, jumped out of the trenches, and charged forward.

This surprised the advancing Norse army. After all, the troops had already entered the position, but they had not seen any enemies, so everyone let down their guard.

But the soldiers were well-trained after all. Draven ordered them to regroup and slowly retreat from the enemy's position. Why not just fight them on the spot? Because although there were bunkers on the position to provide protection, it would also disrupt the formation of the Norse Kingdom Army.

So Draven ordered the army to retreat slowly, and at the same time ordered the line musketeers not to fire without orders.

In the eyes of the Norse Kingdom army, the enemy was rushing towards them as fast as a white wave.

However, the line infantrymen holding muskets did not panic, but calmly waited for the enemy to approach with rifles in hand.

On the other hand, the army of Noah's Kingdom, under the leadership of the veterans, gradually completed its line in a loose manner when they reached a distance of 100 meters.

The veterans emphasized to the new recruits not to shoot immediately, but unfortunately the training time was too short. A new recruit fired the first shot under nervous circumstances, and then, like a chain reaction, all the new recruits in the entire row opened fire, and two-thirds of the musketeers had used up their ammunition.

The result was only that more than a dozen unlucky black-armored soldiers were killed. At this time, it was too late to stop the charge, and the veterans could only arrange for the spearmen in the back row to continue charging.

With the Kingdom of Deya taking the lead in firing, more than a dozen soldiers from the Kingdom of Norse on the front line were shot dead. However, the army's front line was not disrupted, and Draven still calmly controlled the army's front line and ordered not to fire.

Soon, the guards in white rushed forward, and Draven still ordered not to shoot. When the two sides were only 20 meters apart, the Norse Kingdom army had almost completely withdrawn from the front line.

Under Draven's command, the line infantry of the Kingdom of Norse finally pulled the trigger. Almost at the same time, the front-line musketeers of the Kingdom of Deya also opened fire under the leadership of the veterans. For a moment, the air was filled with smoke, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

However, the Norse Kingdom, thanks to the soldiers' rich experience and years of training, soon began to fire in formation.

As for the Kingdom of Deya, its hard power was inferior to that of the Kingdom of North due to the large number of new recruits. In addition, many new recruits had fired their guns prematurely, so even the tactic of musket fire could not be carried out.

The black-armored army of the Kingdom of Norse saw that they had suppressed the other side through the gunfire exchange, and their morale was further boosted. On the other hand, the Kingdom of Deya was immediately suppressed.

Seeing that the shooting was not going well, Zhao Xin decided to lead a charge, closing the distance between the enemy and our side and using close combat to offset the enemy's advantage in line shooting.

Zhao Xin quickly organized melee sword and shield soldiers in white armor, took advantage of the gaps when the enemy's musket lines changed, and led the formed assault team to rush out of the formation first.

“Kill!” The shock team shouted and rushed towards the enemy team, with Zhao Xin himself leading the way.

Zhao Xin, who was rushing at the front, saw that the enemy's line infantry were hurriedly about to concentrate their fire on his own assault team.

Zhao Xin waved his spear and exerted force with his arms. Before the enemy opened fire, he threw the spear first. A flash of cold light arrived first, disrupting the enemy's line of fire.

Zhao Xin also shouted, "We are determined to break through the enemy lines and fight to the death!!!" The morale of the assault soldiers who followed him was also boosted.

In fact, as early as when the defending army just launched the charge, Draven had already ordered the two wings to speed up and approach the central queue to prevent the enemy army from attacking in full force and forcibly breaking through the center.

Originally, Draven thought that he could rely on the volley fire of the line infantry in the center to stop the enemy's attack and delay the arrival of reinforcements on both wings.

However, unexpectedly, the enemy's line infantry was suppressed, and the opponent's military commander actually led the charge and disrupted their formation.

Seeing that the troops on both wings had not yet gathered together and the central army's line was also disrupted, none of the many soldiers could be a match for the enemy's main general.

Draven could only order the troops on both wings to speed up their return to support, while handing over the command of the army to his adjutant, and he himself led the reserve troops to rush forward to withstand Zhao Xin's attack.

"Stand back!!!" Draven signaled the musketeers in the front row to retreat slightly, while he himself faced the rushing enemy troops.

Facing the enemy soldiers rushing up, Draven, holding two axes, threw out a battle axe and directly killed the soldier from the Deya Kingdom in front of him. His white armor was cut open and stained with blood.

The guards led by Draven also rushed forward to fight with the enemy, while Draven himself used a spinning flying axe to harvest the enemy in the rear.

The reorganized line infantry also joined in, using muskets to shoot at close range at the enemy troops that had rushed into their own lines.

At this time, Zhao Xin was holding a silver spear and intercepting a small group of musketeers who did not return to the enemy formation. While Zhao Xin was knocking them down one by one, Draven had already led the reserve troops to withstand the assault of the Deya army and even rebuilt the defense line to counterattack.

After Zhao Xin dealt with a group of enemy soldiers, what came into view was that the assault soldiers were being intercepted and fought by the guards of the Kingdom of Norse, while Draven was leading the musketeers to shoot the fighting soldiers at close range.

In order to turn the tide of the battlefield, Zhao Xin, as the leader, charged forward alone again. Holding a spear, he knocked down the obstacle in front of him and went straight to Draven who was holding a flying axe and fighting fiercely.

At this time, Draven had just retracted a flying axe when he saw an enemy soldier in white armor rushing through the front line at an astonishing speed and heading straight for him. He looked again and saw that this was the enemy commander who had led the charge before.

Seeing this, Draven did not avoid the battle. After all, there was no room to retreat. If he allowed the enemy to attack his line, the central army would even be in danger of being defeated.

On the contrary, if you hold back the enemy, reinforcements from both wings will arrive, and you will be able to drive out the enemy and stabilize the front line.

Seeing Xin Zhao rushing towards him with a gun, Draven grinned. He exerted force with his arms, and a battle axe spun rapidly and flew directly towards Xin Zhao.

As a result, Zhao Xin used his spear to lift up and picked up the battle axe. He also used the flying trajectory of the battle axe to find Draven's specific location and accelerated towards Draven again.

At this time, Draven only had a battle axe in his hand. But facing Zhao Xin's charge, Draven did not retreat. Holding the battle axe, Draven took the initiative to step forward and catch Zhao Xin's spear.

Zhao Xin did not expect that the opponent would dare to take the initiative to meet the spear, but Zhao Xin quickly adjusted his mentality and took the initiative to parry.

Draven held the axe in both hands and slashed at Xin Zhao one by one. Xin Zhao lost the initiative and could only passively accept it, but he also defended impeccably and looked for Draven's flaws at the same time.

Draven gritted his teeth and swung his battle axe at Zhao Xin. After a few rounds, he paused because he was using too much force.

As an experienced veteran who had been fighting on the front lines, Zhao Xin seized this fleeting opportunity and used his spear to knock Draven away.

Draven even lost his axe due to the excessive force. Zhao Xin also paused for a moment due to the sudden force, but the enemy commander also lost his weapon, and Zhao Xin saw the opportunity to win.

After Draven fell to the ground, he took advantage of Zhao Xin's pause to quickly stand up, but the weapon had already slipped out of his hand, and it was obviously too late to pick it up.

The enemy in front of him also raised his mouth, as if thinking that Draven was doomed to fail. But Draven obviously would not sit still and wait for death, facing the fast-approaching Zhao Xin.

"My hands hurt from the shaking," Draven said.

Then, Draven pulled out two short guns from his clothes, which he had put away long ago just in case. Draven laughed and said, "Now you have to show how to move."

At such a short distance, even the current Zhao Xin did not dare to take the musket head-on.

Almost at the moment before Draven pulled the trigger, Zhao Xin kicked the ground hard and stepped more than ten meters away, avoiding the attack of the musket, but also missed the opportunity to behead the enemy commander.

In the short time that Zhao Xin was delayed, the two wings of the Norse army successfully returned to support, and the rear team of the Deya Kingdom also followed, and the two sides fell into a melee again.

Zhao Xin and Draven also returned to the center of their respective forces to command the battle. Both sides deployed their battle formations, and various arms cooperated with each other and fought each other on the positions.

As time went on, the battle-hardened and well-trained army of the Kingdom of Norse emerged victorious.

Although Zhao Xin led his soldiers to fight bravely and even personally led the team to launch counterattacks many times, the personal quality of the soldiers of the Kingdom of Deya was still lagging behind, and they were gradually suppressed by the troops led by Draven.

Just when the battle situation was extremely unfavorable for the army of the Kingdom of Deya, several urgent trumpet sounds suddenly came from the rear of the army. Zhao Xin's expression was startled after hearing the trumpet sounds. This was the retreat signal that the army had already decided on.

Seeing that they were now outnumbered, retreat was indeed the only option. Zhao Xin immediately gave the order, "All new soldiers retreat, and the veterans follow me to cover the rear and hold off the attack."

After saying this, Zhao Xin took the lead and rushed to the front of the melee. Under the sharp edge of the spear, the enemies fell one after another. "Leave it to me! Everyone, retreat."

Seeing the enemy retreat, Draven did not rashly order his troops to pursue them. Instead, he ordered the musketeers to shoot the retreating enemy at a certain distance.

Just take the outer positions first, and then attack the city when the siege equipment arrives.