EP.149
As the arrows and magic of both armies soared into the sky and flew towards the other side at the same time, the company commanders and platoon leaders of the Reich Empire shouted in loud voices.
“Do not be afraid of the magic and arrows fired by the bandits from Switzerland! “What good could a man from the Reich Empire do if he was so scared!”
“If you don’t want to die, don’t raise your head just to block an arrow! I can’t stop it anyway. “If you raise your face, you’ll get hit in the eye socket!”
“From the moment you entered the battlefield, your lives were in Deus’s hands! So empty your mind!”
While listening to those words, Peter Yeager was reading the current battle situation very calmly and rationally even though arrows were raining down.
In his opinion, Switzerland did not have knights, but the majority of its infantrymen were people with rich combat experience at the level of non-commissioned officers in the imperial army.
There would be casualties if they were hit with arrows and magic, but I didn’t think the soldiers’ morale would drop or the formation would collapse.
Therefore, it was expected that the Imperial and Swiss soldiers would engage in head-to-head combat, with the Swiss infantry initially gaining the upper hand in the battle.
‘But that doesn’t mean there’s no way we can beat them in infantry combat. Rather, they are addicted to the winning formula that has worked well so far, from the lowest soldiers to Count Ticino. If the imperial army takes advantage of that and hits them in the back, they will definitely have a chance of winning!’
When the soldiers under his command lack experience or ability, as Major General Yeager does, what a commander must do is identify the weaknesses in the opponent’s strategy.
Isn’t it the job of a master to attack the opponent’s weak point and hit him hard on the back of the head?
As Major General Jaeger came up with a plan to deal with them, the arrow fired by the Swiss army reached the vanguard of the imperial army.
“It f*cking hurts so bad!”
“Among those who were hit by arrows, those who can survive because they were not hit in the vital area should move forward while pulling out their arrows! “If you can’t pull it out, break the arrow and hold on!”
“I loved Maria. “I wanted to touch your breasts once before I die.”
At this time, soldiers were largely divided into three types.
A person with minor injuries who was hit by an arrow but did not hit a vital area and was able to continue the fight.
A person who is hit by an arrow or magic and is seriously injured or killed and is unable to fight any more.
And the majority of soldiers were either not hit by arrows at all or were hit on top of their armor and suffered no harm at all.
However, in any case, the death of colleagues and subordinates who had boasted that they would go to Changgwan or get married if they returned alive together only moments before, had died, put tremendous pressure on the soldiers and officers participating in the battle.
This pressure was a complex mixture of emotions such as the fear that I might die, and the sense of loss and sadness that my colleague had died and that we could not be together again.
In the meantime, what is certain is that if he tries to run away now that he is moving towards the enemy, his life and that of his colleagues around him will be in greater danger.
The only option given to soldiers is to overcome the fear they feel and move forward.
As the soldiers of the Reich Empire were dying from arrows and magic, Major General Jaeger calmed down and gave orders in a calm tone.
“Place soldiers with rifles between the spearmen stationed in each row to support close combat. In addition, mobilize the soldiers of the headquarters company and spray the prepared material at the entrance to the forest on our right. However, if an enemy surprise force is discovered during the operation, the headquarters company is to retreat immediately.”
As soon as the order was given, the members of the headquarters company around Director Yeager quietly headed toward the forest entrance, each holding a large basket that reached up to their waists.
The messengers rushed to the battle line as quickly as possible and delivered orders to the side soldiers to support the spearmen.
In this way, Major General Jaeger tried his best to give the soldiers hope that if they followed me, they would be able to achieve a great victory like always, without revealing any of the anxious feelings he was feeling to the soldiers.
The officers and soldiers around Director Jaeger did not look nervous even though it was a battlefield with arrows and magic flying around.
I gained hope from seeing the Major General calmly and cool-headedly giving appropriate instructions sequentially, with unwavering confidence in our team’s victory.
Even though they are in the midst of intense slaughter, they have hopes that they will somehow be able to return alive without dying if they are with the warden, and they also have faith that even if they fall into a corner, he will somehow provide a way to win.
Meanwhile, Count Ticino, who commanded 9,000 soldiers of the Duchy of Switzerland, was laughing at Major General Jaeger, who boldly approached the subject of being weaker than them in infantry combat.
“I heard that in the Reich Empire, there was no one who could properly serve as a general, so a 27-year-old brat became the general. Now you’ve lost your mind and are thinking about going toe-to-toe with our Swiss infantry! “This is definitely proof that the Goddess of Victory is smiling on us!”
When he said this, not only the nobles around Count Ticino but also the infantrymen laughed out loud even though they were advancing while being hit by arrows.
This is because the Swiss infantry was considered the strongest infantry and mercenary in Europe, and since Switzerland became independent 200 years ago, there has never been a time when the infantry fought head-to-head and lost.
Out of thousands of wars and battles, there were only a few dozen, and in all the remaining battles, they won brilliantly.
Although it was a dangerous situation as they were attacked with arrows and magic, they could afford to laugh at the Reich Imperial Army walking on their own feet in search of a place to die.
“However, a lion never lets down its guard until the hunt is successful, and we must do our best to deal with Director Yeager. Therefore, when spearmen clash and the battle becomes violent, doppelsöldners (two-handed swordmen) must be sent out, and when longlance soldiers engage in fierce battle, sufficient skilled soldiers who crawl on the ground must be deployed.”
The strategy that Count Ticino was thinking about now was this.
First, when they face off against the infantry of the Reich Empire and a full-fledged battle begins, they will naturally try to lift each other’s spears and strike each other with their spears, and a battle for dominance will begin.
Then, of course, the enemy infantry, including the spearmen standing at the front of the enemy army, will instinctively focus only on the friendly infantry aiming their spears at them.
At that time, a Doppelsöldner with a two-handed sword saw an opening and dug in, cutting the spears of the Reich Imperial Army with his sword to prevent them from fighting and breaking their formation.
Or towards the Reich Empire infantrymen whose eyes were fixed on the spears held by the Duchy of Switzerland infantrymen in front of them.
Skilled soldiers crawled under the windows of both armies to where the Reich troops were, then hacked off their feet and calves with daggers.
Then, of course, the lines of the imperial soldiers would begin to crack, and the Swiss soldiers would take advantage of that gap and attack all at once.
Switzerland has used this tactic hundreds of times so far, but it is a fighting method that can be said to be the principality’s secret weapon that has rarely been destroyed.
While Count Ticino was confident of his victory, he could not hide his smile at the thought of killing the well-known 27-year-old young general Peter Jaeger and increasing his position within the canton.
Soon, the distance between Switzerland and the Reich Empire became very close.
The two armies implicitly did not attack each other until the archers and wizards retreated, as if they had reached an agreement.
To people who don’t know you, it may seem like you’re trying to argue with each other.
Soldiers who use long-range weapons are at their best when they are at a certain distance from the enemy, but are of little use in close combat.
This is a phenomenon that occurred to prevent such a thing, because if you charge before the archers and wizards are all gone, your crossbowmen, wizards, and infantry will all be mixed up and the formation becomes a mess.
Soon, the infantry of the Principality of Switzerland began to advance majestically, aiming their spears at the soldiers of the Reich Empire.
The empire’s soldiers also let go of their fears and slowly advanced towards the principality’s soldiers.
Then, when the blades of each other’s spears were almost touching, they stopped, took another powerful step, and stabbed with that momentum.
“Die, you bastards of the Empire!”
“I’ll show you a taste of the spears of great mercenaries!”
“I’m going to make a pretty hole in your throat!”
As the Swiss infantry and Reich spearmen clashed, the battlefield naturally became chaotic.
In that crowded atmosphere, the soldiers of both armies were slowly dying, and their eyes gradually focused on the enemy’s spear in front of them.
“Now! The Doppelsöldners support the enemy by holding a sword with both hands and removing or cutting down the enemy spearmen’s spear bars, while the skilled soldiers hold daggers and crawl on the ground to stab the enemy’s insteps and cut off his ankles and calves!”
Switzerland’s hidden trump card moved to end the lives of the Reich Imperial Army.
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