"Strauss and Burton are two little bastards. They are fighting so well in the south. I am under a lot of pressure." Throwing his gloves to the orderly beside him, Redman, wearing a dusty military uniform, strode across He touched the body on the ground and complained to the officer beside him.
"General!" Although there is no official Wright Kingdom military rank, the soldiers in Northridge are still accustomed to calling Redman general: "Our troops are too spread out. They should be gathered in time and repaired."
"The 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment is still in Kanze, the 1st Battalion has just arrived at Ximei, and we are now close to the royal city of Gemelin." This staff officer from Beiling also studied at the military academy. , so the battlefield analysis is also clear and logical.
If we look at the previous war situation, the Northridge Corps seems to be too spread out. Their two infantry regiments are scattered over a vast area, and they can no longer even see each other.
Convoys of horse-drawn carriages and vehicles transporting heavy artillery are now crowded on the road. Because these mules and horses have to transport a large amount of ammunition and heavy artillery, they are no faster than other friendly forces.
Behind these mule and horse troops are other armies of the Wright Kingdom. An army of more than 10,000 people is advancing, with more than 10,000 people to follow.
The Kingdom of Wright assembled an army of more than 20,000 people. Two infantry regiments following the Northridge Army and a strengthened artillery battalion invaded the Kingdom of Gemelin.
However, because the Northridge Army's offensive speed was too fast, these follow-up units are now out of touch and are about 90 kilometers away from the real front line.
King Wright VII of the Wright Kingdom did not expect that the Northridge Army, commanded by Redman, could advance at such a terrifying speed.
Along the way, he only saw the defeated prisoners of the Gemelin Kingdom who had no time to retreat. Most of the time, the troops he brought were only engaged in taking over land and cities and guarding the prisoners.
He was really happy that the war was going like this - he started a new round of expansion with almost no effort.
The Wright Kingdom is in his hands, and its area is three times that of his father's reign. This achievement has made him feel a little elated.
The Northridge Corps is able to be so dispersed and control such a large area, on the one hand, because their commanders are more flexible, have higher subjective initiative, and can make independent judgments and respond to possible crises in a timely manner.
On the other hand, it is also because their weapons and equipment are indeed much ahead of their opponents.
They had hand grenades, new weapons that could clear house trenches and also deal with enemy troops trying to engage in close combat.
They are also equipped with some artillery and machine guns developed by the Datang Group that have never appeared on the battlefield - these things have always been not for sale by the Datang Group, and are only equipped with part of the North Ridge Army.
With such light portable artillery, the Northridge troops had a certain degree of artillery support when facing fortifications such as castles.
After all, these mortars can indeed keep up with the troops, they are easy to operate, and their ammunition is powerful enough.
This time, the ones who opened the city gate were the mortars carried by the Northridge Regiment. The infantry who followed behind used the KAR98K rifles in their hands, also known as K3 rifles, and were equipped only with Cyric flintlock rifles. The soldiers of the Kingdom of Gemelin learned a lesson.
The weapons of both sides are not products of the same era at all. The accuracy of the Cyric flintlock gun at a distance of tens of meters can only be judged by the face, but the 98K rifle can easily hit the target at a combat distance of 300 meters.
After a street battle, or a mixed battle that was not a street battle at all, Redman took control of the place with only more than 500 soldiers from one battalion.
Because of the pressure of the Battle of Dorne, Redman had to advance at a faster pace. He had to accumulate capital for himself on the Gremelin battlefield, otherwise his rank of major general would be almost unstoppable. .
As a teacher, he is not as good as his students. This is simply a shame for Redman.
"Where is the city lord here?" Redman looked at the prisoner who was kneeling on the ground by the soldiers and asked.
"Sir... the Lord of the city... he, he is just stepping under your feet!" The prisoner was so frightened that he couldn't even speak.
He stammered, fearing that he would be shot to death if he spoke too slowly, so he stammered even more: "He, he, he was, was, was... shot to death!"
Redman looked down at his feet and found that there was indeed a man in rich clothes lying on the ground. He had been shot in the forehead and the blood had dried up.
"The location of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment! Where are they?" Redman unluckily moved to a position to avoid the dead city lord Earl, and glanced at the staff officer beside him and asked.
The staff officer signaled two trainee non-commissioned officers to help spread out the map, pointed to a location and explained: "The 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment was here two hours ago, and now they can only advance to about 20 kilometers behind us at most..."
"So slow?" Redman asked with some disgust - even though the advancing speed of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment, according to past indicators, is already a model of the speed of soldiers.
"There is no way, General, they have to look after the heavy artillery battalion behind them. If the distance is too large, accidents may easily happen." The staff officer explained to Redman.
Redman nodded helplessly, then pointed to a mark on the map and asked: "Is this the royal city of Gemelin? Are we still 30 kilometers away from here?"
"Yes, there are still 30 kilometers...but, sir, we have advanced for a day and a night. If the soldiers don't rest, their condition will be very bad." The staff officer seemed to know what Redman wanted to do, and he nervously reminded the officer , the army has its limits.
"Why are you so nervous? I have no plans to take the entire battalion of officers and soldiers to the opponent's royal city." Redman smiled coquettishly and offered comfort.
However, the other party obviously heard something strange from Redman's words: "You don't bring 'all', 'battalion', 'the', 'officer', 'soldier'...?"
"Yes! Reconnaissance platoon, Company 1, I will take more than 200 people." Redman patted the other party's shoulder, giving him a sense of "I am interesting enough."
"General! I must be responsible for your safety!" The staff officer looked at the officers around him and emphasized in a very serious tone: "We can't divide our troops like this!"
"Then the 1st and 2nd companies will follow me, and you will stay with the reconnaissance platoon." Redman followed suit and immediately gave a more "safe" plan.
"..." The staff officer was completely speechless. He stared at Redman and emphasized: "General! This is not a question of whether you lead one company or two companies! This is the Kingdom of Gemelin! We are already here It’s the enemy’s hinterland! It’s definitely a taboo for military strategists to disperse our forces like this!”
"It doesn't matter! We take advantage of this opportunity when the enemy has not fully mobilized the surrounding troops, and march straight in! If we break through the royal city, the opponent will completely lose!" Redman's idea is exactly the opposite of that of the staff: "The more chaotic the situation is, the more difficult it is for us. Advantageous! In chaos, our troops can fight more bravely, while the enemy can only be passively beaten!"
Redman has great confidence in the troops trained by the Datang Group in Beiling. It can be said that he even firmly believes that they are the most elite troops in the world.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
In addition to fighting against the security forces of the Datang Group, Beiling's troops may suffer losses. They should crush their opponents against any force they face.
"But! General! Two companies are too few! Wait two days, or at least one day, for the follow-up troops to catch up. Even if there is only one of our battalions, we can continue the attack!" At this time, the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment The battalion commander, that is, the battalion commander of the battalion where Redman is currently, also spoke to persuade.
"Then I will give you 2 hours! Rest for 2 hours! Then the entire army will continue to advance! Attack the King of Gemelin City! Leave... 20 people, waiting for the follow-up troops to take over here!" Redman looked at the still smoking slightly. Said the city street in the distance.
Gritting his teeth, the 3rd Battalion Commander stood at attention, saluted, and agreed: "Yes! General!"
Seeing that the 3rd Battalion Commander was unwilling to give up the credit for capturing the opponent's royal city, the staff officer could only sigh: "Let's do it this way! Just... 3 hours! General! Give the soldiers one more hour!"
"Hahaha!" Redman saw that no one objected to his order to attack immediately. He was in a good mood and nodded and said: "Three hours then! After three hours of rest, 20 soldiers will be left to guard this place. The remaining The...keep moving forward! The target...Gmelin King City!"
"Yes!" The two officers hurriedly conveyed the order and took the time to let the troops rest.
At this moment, King Gemelin didn't know that there was already an enemy force, which was less than 30 kilometers away from them.
This ancient, huge city lingers on the horizon, looking solemn and solemn.
In the inner city, inside the palace, the King of Gemelin was walking anxiously in front of his throne.
The knights he sent out to inquire for information brought back all kinds of confusing news, so the top leaders of the entire Gemelin Kingdom have been unable to make the most effective response.
There was no way, some knights said that the enemy troops were still near the border, and some knights said that the enemy troops had crossed the Gemelin River and surrounded the royal city on both sides.
In short, there is all kinds of news.
But even the King of Gemelin himself did not believe that the opponent would attack so quickly. In less than a month, they reached the upper reaches of the Gemelin River from the territory of the Kingdom of Leyte.
Therefore, everyone is waiting for these rumors and intelligence to come together to come up with a clearer situation before issuing response orders.
At this time, a knight stumbled into the palace gate, staggeringly pushed away the soldiers blocking the way, and shouted loudly while running forward: "Enemy! The enemy has captured the River Sand Castle... …It’s less than 30 kilometers away from the Royal City!”
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Long Ling started to stay up late again... Yes, the second update will be later, you can watch it tomorrow morning...
