EP.113
The Francois Republic formation, which was in chaos, lost order and reached a point where it could be called a mess.
The soldiers just screamed, not even hearing the words of the platoon commanders and senior NCOs who were right next to them shouting that they needed to reorganize their formation and find order.
“help me! help me!”
“I don’t f*cking want to die like this! mom! dad!”
“We need to reorganize our formation!”
At times like this, when the enemy is confused and can’t even think of a proper response, the winning soldiers are usually so excited that they try to take prisoners or let down their guard and relax.
This is because the soldiers of the Reich Empire knew very well that if they were in confusion, they could only stand a chance of victory in the future battle if they killed even one more person.
As a result of formal training, the soldiers have reached a point where their arms and legs move in sync on their own at the sound of ‘one, two,’ like a killing machine,
as if measuring with a knife according to the commands given in a loud voice by the battalion and company commanders who command them. The slaughter continued by repeatedly stabbing and pulling out the spear.
When Francois’ soldiers saw this, some even urinated in fear, and some of the soldiers, and many of the units standing in the front lines, reached the point where they lost control.
“f*ck those bastards are monsters. “It moves the same way as if it was measured with a ruler!”
“You crazy bastard, if you’re going to die, die yourself! “I will live.”
“Get out of the way!”
There were also idiot-like soldiers who lost their senses and ran in the opposite direction of their unit.
They were all executed directly on the battlefield by Republic Army officers or senior non-commissioned officers.
Meanwhile, Brigadier General Jaeger, who was watching this, sent a signal with a flag to the crossbowmen and wizard troops and ordered them to aim for the middle of the enemy infantry line and shoot.
As a result, Francois’ infantrymen holding spears in the middle of the ranks were stuck and had no choice but to fall victim to the arrows and magic attacks coming from above.
Because the battlefield here is not that wide, Division Commander Pompadour cannot use his numerical superiority to form an enveloping formation such as the crane wing formation.
Unable to give any instructions to turn the situation around, he let out his anger by pointing the sword in his hand into the air.
“Peter Yeager, you cowardly, cunning bastard! If that bastard is a noble, shouldn’t he at least follow the basic etiquette on the battlefield? Archer cavalry is not enough, so this time we move the infantry back and forth to avoid a fair confrontation!?”
Normally, if I said something like this, any officer next to me would probably agree with what I said.
Because everyone, including Division Commander Pompadour, believed and believed in the truth that ‘justice is the one who wins the war.’
His subordinates couldn’t help but criticize him and thought that their superior was talking nonsense because they were losing the war.
While swinging his baton, Pompadour came up with the only way to overcome this situation and decided to take that move.
“Because the number of crossbowmen and wizards is overwhelmingly greater than that of our allies, we have more magic and arrows that can be fired at once in this narrow battlefield. And since the situation on the front line is already at a standstill, even if we risk misdirecting our troops.”
Then he raised his baton toward the sky, waved it down, and gave an order.
“If you provide long-distance fire support directly to the front line, the sacrifice of the enemy will be greater than the number of friendly troops killed due to friendly fire! Support them with magic and arrows, but try not to hit your allies if possible!”
According to the order, the flag bearers and military band sent signals with flags and music to induce a long-distance attack near the front line of the Republic army.
The wizards and crossbowmen were reluctant to face the prospect of being hit by their own troops, but as they were ordered, they began firing at the front line of the Reich Empire’s soldiers.
Then, the soldiers of the Reich Empire, who had been unilaterally slaughtering the soldiers of the Francois Republic until recently, also became slow due to the rain of arrows and magic.
In the meantime, the fighting ability of the Republic soldiers had recovered to some extent, and the situation of the war was somewhat tilted towards Francois…
“Division Commander Pompadour, what the f*ck would a person do?”
“No matter how important it is to win, does it make sense for one of our allies to be killed when four of our enemies die from the arrows we shoot?”
“You f*cking bastard. “After the f*cking war is over, get stabbed to death by an infidel while walking down the street.”
With the dissatisfaction of the Republic soldiers skyrocketing, the confrontation between the soldiers of the Francois Republic and the Imperial Army continued.
Normally, at this point, Brigadier General Yeager would have sent out his troops to turn the tide of battle, but instead of doing so, he issued another order.
“Pyeongonbyeong must be kept on standby and the battle line must be maintained at all costs. “It’s not time yet.”
At the same time, a signal to march was sent to the waiting archer cavalry and knight units.
As soon as the signal was received, the imperial cavalry and knight troops fled in the same direction at the same time, and some of Francois’s infantry who witnessed this reported this to Pompadour.
Because Division Commander Pompadour currently had only the knights left to keep them in check.
“Order the knights of the glorious Republic to intercept the Empire’s flying bastards!”
There was no choice but to mobilize 750 knights, which were not very effective in catching the archers.
Major Anastasia, who was aware of this entire trend by Brigadier General Jaeger, ran towards the knights and asked the archers under her command while holding a bow in her right hand.
“The Brigadier General, who avenged our enemies by personally cutting and killing Ludvik, trusts us. But can you possibly lose to those cowardly snails whose bodies are wrapped in iron?”
To those words, all the archers responded loudly.
“It is okay to die if it is the order of Him who avenges us, not anyone else!”
“Whose credit is it that we, who were discriminated against because we are northerners, are able to live as human beings?”
“Now is the time to repay His favor!”
So, Major Anastasia rode out at high speed with her archers and discovered about 700 of Francois’s knights targeting the imperial knights.
They formed a wedge formation and went back and forth behind the left and right sides of the crowd, firing arrows as nomadic peoples usually do.
Then, the knights’ speed gradually decreased and problems began to arise in maintaining their formation.
The knights led by Lieutenant Colonel Werner were able to capture the infantry by the crossbowmen and wizards deployed on the left and right wings of the enemy army without being attacked by François’s knights.
Because crossbowmen and wizards had the responsibility of somehow supporting their infantry to victory in infantry battles.
Because my mind was all in that direction, I didn’t notice the knights approaching.
Werner, who commands the knights of the Jaeger Brigade, said while laughing like crazy.
“It looks like the crossbowmen and wizard idiots can’t turn their heads! How dare you keep looking straight ahead even in this situation! Gyahahaha!”
In this way, the knights he commanded aimed at the rear of the long-distance attack units deployed on the left and right wings, respectively.
Rather than a wedge shape that emphasizes breakthrough power, they charged in a diagonal formation used to maximize impact power.
This was because those who only had long-range weapons were completely poor at close-range combat.
When the Imperial Knights were about 100 meters away from Francois’s rear troops, they noticed it and tried to respond somehow.
It took time for the order to spread throughout the force, resulting in only a few wizards and crossbowmen responding to the lance charges.
“What on earth are the knights doing sitting around? “We have several times more knights!”
“I don’t know, f*ck! If you want to live, load your arrows and shoot! “Just shoot wherever you can!”
“Ahh… ah!!”
Then, the knights holding lances trampled the enemies who were unable to make any proper resistance with their horses and pierced them with their lances.
The blood and cries of the enemy army echoed loudly throughout the battlefield.
At the same time, the attacks of the rear support ranged units deployed on both the left and right sides were cut off, and the infantry’s front line, deprived of ranged support, began to gradually tilt towards the Reich Empire.
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Brigadier General Yeager naturally did not miss this opportunity and gave orders to his soldiers.
“The pikemen of each infantry unit are to charge with their spears extended forward and maintain their line of battle. Then, use the gap between the soldiers in the infantry square to send the side soldiers forward. “It is time to begin the one-sided slaughter.”
In this way, Brigadier General Peter Jaeger began to completely dominate the battle against Francois’s army, which numbered over 10,000.
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