I Became a Genius Commander at the Academy Chapter 109

EP.109

And the next day.

When the 12th Brigade, commanded by Peter Jaeger, was encamped at Hattin and waiting, ready to meet the enemy.

Colonel Elan, deputy division commander of the Francois Republic’s 24th Division, spoke to the division commander.

“Division Commander, even if the enemy forces are around 4,000 and we have over 10,000. The opponent is Brigadier General Peter Yeager. Therefore, you need to scout the surrounding terrain more thoroughly.”

In normal times, Jean de Pompadour, commander of the 24th Division, would have accepted the proposal to conduct reconnaissance again or would have convinced him with reasonable grounds.

Now, the entire François Republic had been excommunicated by the Pope, and the morale of the army had hit rock bottom, forcing it to go underground.

The members of the Republic, as well as high-ranking public officials like himself, were in a situation where they would be dragged to the guillotine by angry citizens if they were not removed from office by the Vatican as soon as possible.

“What nonsense are you talking about now? We’ve already scouted 3 times and there are only about 4,000 of them! And although they built a fortress on the plain, they only built a few wooden fences! “There are no special traps.”

“That’s true, but…”

“Moreover, we knights of the Francois Republic are the strongest on this European continent! But you don’t think you’re going to lose to the Reich pigs scurrying behind the fence, right?!”

When the division commander mentioned the strength of Knight François, other nobles also shouted along in a loud voice.

“Vice Division Commander, Brigadier General Jaeger is definitely an enemy that cannot be ignored. But we won’t suffer like we did in the Rhineland.”

“We are fully alert to the enemy forces in front of us, and the number of troops is 2.5 times greater.”

“Let’s win here and then cut off Brigadier General Jaeger’s head!”

At those words, Elan could not say anything more, and Division Commander Pompadour smiled and said,

“They say so. So just shut up and follow orders. “You coward.”

After overpowering the deputy division commander who opposed such a hasty attack, the division commander raised the baton in his right hand upward and then lowered it.

At the same time, he shouted in a loud voice that everyone could hear.

“400 knights under Colonel Charles attack the enemy’s right wing! “Show Francois’ majesty and strength to the cowards who are trembling and hiding behind the fence!”

Then, as if they had been waiting for this moment, the 400 knights held a lance in their right hand and a shield in their left hand and slowly rode towards the Reich army.

Now that the knights have stepped forward, it seems as if the head of Brigadier General Jaeger, who has 4,000 weaklings, is already theirs.

Their commander, Colonel Charles, shouted loudly.

“We have already won! “We will inflict the righteous iron fist of God on those Reich bastards who misrepresented the orders of Deus, blinded the Pope, and drove us into excommunication!”

Then, to set an example, he led the way, wearing his most distinctive armor and a lance with a banner.

The hearts of the other knights began to grow increasingly excited as he displayed the arrogance and bravery befitting Francois’ nobleman.

In their minds, they were firmly convinced that the dismissal of their country was only a conspiracy by the Reich bastards.

“Long live the François Republic! Long live the great republic that looks only at the people, by the people, for the people!”

“A knight of the Republic will never be defeated under any circumstances!”

“Let’s go kill those cowards who rely on wooden fences that can only be used as toothpicks!”

With great confidence, they began running towards the right wing of the Reich Army, about 1.2km away.

If we continue running at this speed, we will collide with the Reich Imperial Army in about 15 minutes.

Colonel Charles played a big role in winning the first battle against the Reich Empire with this assault, and then he was just a kid who got a little lucky.

He imagined a future where he captured the enemy’s captain, Peter Yeager, was officially promoted to brigadier general, and received a star… and his path to success was wide open.

‘Brigadier Jaeger is only a brigadier general, but in our republic, his value is at least that of an enemy’s second-in-command. If I succeed in capturing him alive, I might be able to become a member of the noble council.’

“Oh shit! “Why are you shooting arrows from a horse?”

“You cowards! If you guys are knights too, let’s fight from the front with lances fair and square!”

“Stand there!! at there!!”

Colonel Charles’s reverie was completely broken by a shout like that, and the driver next to him reported in an urgent voice.

“There was a big problem. The evil Reich pigs are cowardly shooting arrows from their horses!”

“what? “How can a person drive a horse that fast and even shoot an arrow?”

“Look to the side! Even now, they are shooting arrows back and forth around us!”

Because Colonel Charles was in the lead, he could not look around, but the Reich Empire’s archer cavalry was already firing arrows around the left and rear of the French Republic knights’ wedge formation.

Even though the knights were armed with heavy armor, the armor on the sides and rear was relatively weak, so there were already casualties of nearly 20 knights who fell from their horses or were pierced by arrows.

However, an even more terrible fact was that the Francois knights had to go another 800 meters and approximately 10 minutes before they reached the right wing of the Reich army.

In that time, the archers will be able to fire more than a thousand arrows, so troop losses will continue to increase.

Because we were attacked in the middle, our assault power was gradually decreasing, and we were in a situation where we were not sure that we would be able to break through if we clashed with the enemy spearmen like this.

“Colonel, shouldn’t we kill those cowardly archers first? Just looking at them, they are small and barely dressed in chain armor. “One shot from our lance will be enough to annihilate them.”

After hearing those words, Colonel Charles opened his helmet’s face shield and shouted.

“I’m sure all the bastards riding that delicate horse will melt with a single blow from our lance. But they are much more lightly armed than us! It will be faster if we follow along and our horses spread out! Just charge! “If you chase them, everyone will die.”

As the saying goes, the horses of the archers, who specialized in covering long distances quickly, were full of muscle, so the horses of the knights, who were strong at headbutting, could never catch up.

The lieutenant colonel, who encouraged him to pursue, lowered his head, grabbed his lance again, and charged toward the right wing of the Reich Empire visible in front of him.

“help me! evil!!”

“Don’t step on it!! “Don’t step on it!!”

In the meantime, the horses, which were wearing thinner armor than humans, were struck by arrows and fell down, and the knights who fell had no choice but to be trampled by their fellow war horses.

They were crushed by horses weighing over 500 kg and started dying as soon as they fell from the horses.

Ordinary soldiers might retreat in fear at such a situation, but this type of death was relatively common among knights.

Francois’ knights knew nothing and continued charging towards the enemy in front of them.

Lieutenant Colonel Marco, who was the commander of the right wing of the Jaeger Brigade, watched this and thought it was time to give an order.

“The crossbowmen and wizard battalions should move forward 20 steps and 300 steps to the right! “Look at the direction the enemy is coming from, form a diagonal formation, and when the enemy knights’ flanks are exposed, shoot immediately!”

At those words, the crossbowmen and wizards slowly moved according to the lieutenant colonel’s orders and began running to prepare to meet the enemy.

Brigadier General Yeager gave the order after spotting the distant unit moving.

“Tell the knights led by Colonel Werner to prepare to charge! “I will turn to the left of the right wing and stab the flanks of the enemy knights!”

At the same time, Major Anastasia ordered the bow to be hung on the horse’s saddle.

“The archers will leave here according to the plan! “I guess there won’t be any idiots killed by Francois’ knights who have no talent other than eating snails, right?”

Then, the archers killed nearly 50 knights with only arrow fire and leisurely left the battlefield.

On the other hand, Colonel Charles of the Francois Republic pointed his lance at the enemy and shouted, gritting his teeth and shedding bloody tears.

“The empire’s evil and cowardly pigs who are trying to tarnish the Republic by selling God’s name must be killed! Kill every single one of them! “I’ll take responsibility, so kill everyone except Brigadier General Jaeger!!”

Then a signal was sent to the crossbowmen and wizard battalions deployed on the right wing of the imperial army.

“Exterminate the foolish enemy.”

A word from the author (author’s review)

This is what it looked like when the Battle of Hattin began and the Francois Republic army and Brigadier General Jaeger’s army faced off.

I can’t help it because I’m sad that the weekend is ending…

Out of love for you all, today I’ll be doing my 3rd consecutive visit with the feeling of imitating Starflower Latte.

We ask for more love and interest from you in the future.

PS The author is always looking for comments…

Also, it’s my first time writing a battle from a third-person perspective. Are you enjoying it?

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