EP.114
When Brigadier General Jaeger’s order to attack was given, the officers of the Reich Empire stood in the vanguard and joined the close combat to ensure victory.
The soldiers of the Reich Empire saw that even though they were not being pushed back, they saw noble officers standing in the vanguard.
I came to think that there was no way the higher-ups would stand at the front unless they were sure that we could win.
The commanders at the forefront began to cheer and chatter at the sight of the enemy being cut down.
“The company commander himself stood at the forefront! “We will win this time too!”
“Long live the Reich Empire! Long live your Majesty the Emperor!! Long live Brigadier General Jaeger!”
“Let’s hold on just a little longer and return alive!”
The officers who saw this smiled bitterly because they knew the meaning of Brigadier General Jaeger’s order to send out Pyongon soldiers and launch an all-out offensive.
And what they thought the meaning of the instructions given by the brigadier general was.
‘If we don’t stand a chance of victory here, our army will definitely lose. So, you have to endure and win at all costs.’
However, such feelings should be released after the war is over, when officers gather together or unit members gather for a dinner.
They know that when the situation is urgent and simple like now and they must cut down the enemies coming from the front, it is most effective to raise their morale blindly.
“Surely there isn’t a fool in our company who can’t use even half of the number of enemies this company commander has selected?! “If there is such a lackey, the company commander cannot help but be disappointed!”
“Just look at my back and follow me!”
“Soldiers of the great Reich Empire, proud soldiers of Schumacher Company! “I, Ben Schumacher, will be with you!”
To raise the morale of the soldiers, they wore plate armor all over their bodies, which made them somewhat safer, but they swung swords and spears like wild horses in the vanguard.
Seeing this, the soldiers of the Francois Republic were frightened and began to retreat step by step, slowly being pushed back.
“Crazy guys, crazy bastards. “It’s less than half of our number…”
“f*ck, but why aren’t arrows and magic support suddenly coming?”
“I don’t know it’s a dog! And while I’m not worrying about that, I’ll add some spearing!”
Meanwhile, Division Commander Pompadour threw his baton to the ground as he saw his much larger army slowly being pushed back, although not unilaterally.
He began to get irritated by swinging the knife at his waist instead of using his baton.
“f*ck, f*ck! Why aren’t the knights coming? If the knights had done their job properly, the crossbowmen wouldn’t have suffered a crushing blow! There is no way that the infantry will be unilaterally pushed back by an enemy force of less than 4,000! “Ahh!”
Other officers of the Francois Republic who heard those words recalled the adage from the academy they attended: ‘In war, the army with a nervous commander is the first to lose.’
I thought as I placed my hand on my forehead and sighed.
‘I feel like I’m completely screwed, what should I do?’
Even when they thought hard and couldn’t come up with a sharp move, Francois’ knights were being completely fooled by the archers led by Major Anastasia.
The method is to aim at the side of the horse, not the person, from a distance and shoot the arrow to make the horse fall. When the formation is broken due to the knight who fell from his horse and the horse he was riding.
With a ghost-like look, they put down their bows and arrows, approached the knights’ formation, and killed them by cutting the arteries in the horses’ necks with cavalry swords, or slaughtered the knights by hitting both the heads of horses and people with flat batons.
As a result, there was no trace of the 700 knights of the François Republic who, before the war, had even made a bet to see how many hours they could eliminate one pitiful brigade of the Reich Empire.
“You crazy barbarians, don’t come! help me! “f*ck you, you bastards!”
“You children are no better than dogs! “Cursed be the filthy heathen horsemen!”
“Hey Milton, you crazy idiot! Stop there! “Don’t run out!”
The archers were faithfully performing their role of holding back the knights as much as possible, slowly reducing their numbers one by one.
Major Anastasia, who commanded the archers, shouted as she beheaded an enemy knight with her cavalry sword.
“The Brigadier General told me, Anastasia Kergit, that the most important role in this battle is our archers! Let’s repay the brigadier general’s expectations and trust! Let’s complete the mission at any cost! “Honorable cavalrymen of the North, use all your might to grab their ankles and bite them!”
The archers under her command responded with cheers and tried harder to keep the enemy knights from coming to their senses.
Perhaps the struggle was effective, as Brigadier Montblanc, who commanded the knights of the Francois Republic, lost some of his judgment due to the swirling storm of archers.
If you come to your senses right now, give up intercepting the archers, and join Division Commander Pompadour as quickly as possible.
Even though he was defeated by the archers, he could have created an opportunity to turn the tide of the battle, but he failed to do so and ended up giving an order that went against the situation.
“Archery cavalry! Ignore the archers! Instead, I’m going to kill the damn knights of the Reich Empire! “Those bastards are slaughtering our crossbowmen and wizards now!”
The original orders he received from Major General Pompadour were to protect soldiers capable of long-distance attacks from enemy knights.
Although it is a very important role, dealing with enemy knights requires a longer movement on horseback.
Because of the extended range of movement, the chance of being attacked by the Reich Empire’s archers increases, so it is not an appropriate order for the current knights to carry out.
And although Brigadier General Montblanc didn’t know it, the crossbowmen and wizards he was trying to protect had already been nearly annihilated by their natural enemies, the knights.
The number of troops that Major General Pompadour, who had commanded 10,000 troops of the Republic, could now operate was reduced to about 6,000 infantry.
Brigadier General Yeager did not miss this situation and issued the next order for victory.
“Leave only the minimum number of troops to guard me, and the remaining soldiers and officers should participate in our army’s offensive! The entire army will not miss this opportunity to annihilate, or even massacre, the enemy! Whether nobles or commoners, if they don’t surrender, kill them all! “There is no mercy from God for the excommunicated soldiers of the Francois Republic!”
After a while, a golden eagle flag was raised at the main camp, symbolizing an all-out attack.
The Pyongon soldiers holding the Pyongon were at the forefront and harvested the lives of the infantry and officers of the Francois Republic by quickly and cheerfully hitting the earthen pots of the infantry and officers of the Francois Republic, as if harvesting grain.
The spearmen stabbed the Republic soldiers they missed with their spears or pulled out the daggers from their belts, putting an end to the painful life of the unfortunate French soldier.
“Head, head, head! “I’ll break your head!”
“Be at peace when you die! No, die and go to hell!”
“Don’t beg for my life! “Just die there!”
As they increasingly pushed the Francois Republic army, it looked as if the unit led by Brigadier General Jaeger of the Reich Empire was swallowing up the Francois Republic army, which was 2.5 times more numerous.
In some ways, it looked like a snake swallowing an elephant, but the infantry led by Brigadier General Jaeger was slowly digesting the Republic’s snails.
On the other hand, Pompadour failed to understand that they were already doomed to defeat.
He gave the command in a pitiful voice, confident that he, who still had far greater numbers, would win.
“Now that things have come to this, the unit under my direct command, led by the division commander, will stand at the front! “Raise the division flag, the flag symbolizing the division commander, and the commander’s flag!”
At those words, some of the officers fell into the ecstatic illusion that now that their commander would go to the front in person, the situation of the war would turn around.
The situation of the war was already very unfavorable to the Francois Republic army, and if the leader of a 10,000-strong army was going to step forward and try to turn the situation around, he would have had to have done so at least an hour before to turn the game around.
However, Pompadour did it to protect his family and his neck, even if it meant throwing away the lives of all his men.
In order to avoid being excommunicated by the Vatican even after winning a victory and becoming a scapegoat to appease the anger of the maddened people and the nobles who lead them.
“Charge forward! “I’m going to slit Brigadier General Jaeger’s head!”
It’s gotten to the point where I’m shaking hands, which I shouldn’t do in this situation.
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