EP.218
Although the Stockholm Kingdom Army and the Reich Empire Army cannot recognize each other’s faces, they remain at a distance where they can be identified as a group of people based on their outlines alone.
They were talking to each other, but I couldn’t tell what they were saying, but I was able to figure out the level of the other person’s morale through the volume of the voices coming and going.
Sergeant Allez, who had experience fighting several wars as part of the Stockholm Kingdom Army, was able to get a feel for the current state of the Reich Imperial Army.
“The crazy Reich Empire bastards have twice as many troops, but they don’t look scared at all. “Have you taken the legendary potion of courage?”
Thinking about the morale of the soldiers, Sergeant Allez complained lightly, as if grumbling, but his heart was burning black.
The Stockholm Kingdom Army, which has twice as many soldiers, is going into battle, so they should most likely win, but unfortunately, they are placed close to the vanguard.
Therefore, you will definitely have to fight directly with the imperial bastards.
This is because if you fight with bastards with high morale, the probability of being killed is very high.
“Vice-Platoon Commander, what do you think the enemy’s status is now?”
“You won’t know until you get involved. There are many cases where guys who seem unexpectedly strong turn out to be trash when they actually fight.”
“Don’t you know better than me, who has no practical experience? “I won’t blame you if you’re wrong, so answer honestly as you think.”
“I don’t know why those bastards behave like that even when they have us in front of them who are almost twice as big. I think you can tell just by hearing the shouts. “Those kids weren’t scared at all.”
At those words, Ensign Boris shook his head and said.
“They say that the second-in-command of the enemy army is Lieutenant General Jaeger, and even though the difference in troops was twice that, his morale was not broken. If you look at it from the outside, you might think that we are the invaders and the authors are the messengers of justice who protect our country from invasion.”
“But think about it the other way around. Lieutenant General Yeager is there. If he cuts off that guy’s head, wouldn’t the platoon commander at least be promoted to major and receive the title of baron? I might even get a knighthood and spend some money. Then, I will take a pretty girl from the next neighborhood as my concubine, without caring what that damn nagging woman says.”
“I also plan to take a cute girl as my concubine instead of the ugly woman who only trusts and condescends to her parents whom I met through an arranged marriage.”
The more scared soldiers are, the more often they talk about women in their pre-battle chat, and the level of vulgarity tends to increase in proportion to the intensity of their fear.
In that sense, the fact that the platoon commander and deputy platoon commander belonging to the Stockholm Kingdom Army said that they would change their position and take in a new young woman as their concubine… Because of the military law,
they could not even say weakly that they did not want to be in the vanguard and could not run away. It is said that he is actively hiding his true feelings that he does not want to face an army led by a crazy man who sweeps through the main camp in the middle of the night with 1,000 archer cavalry.
And soon after the trumpet sounded, Władysław von Vasa, commander-in-chief of the Stockholm army, gave an order:
“We will drive out the invaders of the evil Reich Empire with our own hands. Fight without fear of death to protect your family and hometown, for the glory of the kingdom, and to repay the kindness of His Majesty the King! “March forward!”
With the commander-in-chief’s marching order, numerous military flags waved and the 200,000-strong corps began to march as one.
Meanwhile, the Reich Imperial Army once again poured out boiling anger and anger as they saw the soldiers advancing like that.
“Because of those bastards, we marched for over a month and hit and run like crazy, but after we finally arrived, we couldn’t even rest and started cutting stakes, right?”
“It would be unfair to me to lose my commission as a sergeant in my later years and to be dragged to the battlefield. “You make them make eye contact with the generals and work in private because of these bastards who live by drinking sewage from the gutter.”
“Oh, don’t say anything, Sergeant Bremen. The sergeant is at least better off. As I was taking a break from work, the brigade commander was sawing next to me with an angry expression on his face. “I thought my heart stopped.”
No matter how elite the soldiers are, when they face an enemy force that is more than twice their size, they become somewhat frightened and it is common for them to hesitate when going into battle.
So, even if the soldiers of the Reich Empire passed the hellish training of Peter Jaeger and the instructors from the 7th Guards Division wearing red hats, it would be normal for them to be a little dispirited by the huge difference in troops.
As the saying goes, anger sometimes makes you forget even fear, the soldiers who worked like dogs after marching in the cold snow for over a month and finishing off by making friendly stakes with a captain with four stars… are the fools of the north
. I had completely forgotten my fear, burning with anger and resentment that the white bear-like Stockholm bastards had forced me to do terrible work that other soldiers had never even heard of.
Lieutenant General Peter Jaeger simply ordered the construction of stakes to prepare for the Stockholm Knights who might come from all directions… but it
had an unexpected effect and was being tempted by the devil.
‘What if I become a captain and commander, and when our troops are at a disadvantage, I take the lead and put everyone to work in the name of victory in war? I think we can use that anger as a driving force to raise the morale of our allies. It would be a groundbreaking morale booster. hmm.’
And while he was lost in those thoughts, a messenger ran to Jaeger’s side and said:
“Acting Commander Jaeger, the Stockholm guys have begun their advance!”
“Tell 5,000 archers and 5,000 knights to lie in ambush in the forest near our left wing. Tell them not to move until I give the signal. Additionally, as the enemy army approaches, the allies will respond with arrows and magic. Pass that on too.”
“Yes, I understand.”
At the same time as he said that, the messenger rode out to where the knights and archers were, and the riders and trumpeters used their own methods to give attack orders to the soldiers belonging to the ranged division.
When the order was delivered, the commanders of the crossbowmen, archers, and wizards shouted in loud voices with expressions of resentment and resentment.
“Now, the Stockholm white bear cubs, no bigger than dogs, who caused that terrible work, are approaching before your eyes! “Kill every single one of them!”
“Until further orders are given, fire all at once according to my instructions! “Shoot now!”
“Burn everything down with anger! “Don’t leave a single one behind!”
In normal times, only the words and facial expressions are intense, but in reality, everyone gives orders in a calm state.
However, thanks to the fact that the commanders who are treated as nobles worked silently together with the ‘4-star general’ under the overwhelming justification of ‘for the victory of the empire’… in
most cases, they had to do the work themselves. Even officers who thought they had no choice had no choice but to participate in the work.
Moreover, as the 4-star commander worked silently, the division commander, who had the power to move mountains with a single word with a 2-star rating, personally punished the regimental and battalion commanders who were even a little sloppy with the work.
I became angry when I thought about the hellish work that no one even thought about being lazy about.
So they were as angry as possible while holding on to the strings of reason, and the soldiers were even worse than the officers.
Archers and crossbow wizards attacked the enemy at a much faster rate than during normal training.
“We suffered so much because of those barbarians riding on dog sleds!”
“They are worse than Ludvik of the North, they were born from the anus of a homosexual…”
“You bastards who will go to hell when you die and will be ignored even in hell!”
The angry attack was directed at the Stockholm Army soldiers who had not actually committed such a serious crime, and their numbers gradually decreased.
Of course, the Kingdom army, which had twice as many soldiers, killed more Reich Empire soldiers in long-distance combat…
“You damn bastards, do they have the ability to shoot arrows infinitely?”
“Why are there already crossbow arrows flying again?”
“Why is the speed of magic and arrow shooting like this? “What kind of training did you get? f*ck…”
The furious Reich Imperial Army’s rapid rate of fire confused the Stockholm Kingdom soldiers and commanders.
And when Władysław, the commander of the Stockholm Kingdom Army, saw this, he was so angry that he gave an order.
“Increase the speed of the entire army’s advance! “We must use any means possible to induce close combat as quickly as possible!!”
When Władysław increased the pace of his advance, Peter Jaeger gave an order:
“Even if the enemy approaches, do not respond to provocation. For ranged soldiers, stay back and keep shooting! “There is absolutely no close combat until all the arrows in the quiver are used up!”
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