Chapter 95: 95 low wall
Chapter 95 95 Low Wall
“Tang Mo!” When Tang Mo was about to get on his horse, Alice called him from behind.
Tang Mo turned around and looked at this pretty and lovely aristocratic lady in military uniform, with a faint smile on her face: "What's the matter?"
"You...be careful!" Alice was a little shy and a little confused. She couldn't find her place, but she felt it was necessary to stand here and say this.
Logically speaking, with her status, she shouldn't say such things like a little wife, but she just couldn't help coming, and she couldn't help saying it.
“Okay!” Tang Mo felt the warmth he had not seen for a long time, so he got on his horse, and while pulling the reins, he replied to Alice.
"What mission has the Earl given us?" Weiss asked loudly, riding on the horse and following Tang Mo.
“Let us guard the Sanchakou! Do you know that place?” Tang Mo replied without looking back.
"I know...but are you sure he wants us to do something we can't do?" Weiss hesitated, but decided to remind Tang Mo.
"There is no way. If we can't do it, Beiling will have no chance of winning at all." Tang Mo said helplessly while riding his horse back to his troops.
Seeing Tang Mo and Weiss return, Tiger, who had been guarding the team, and Le Fu and others rode their horses over and joined Tang Mo.
A few people found a hillside where they could see their own troops passing by on the road. They dismounted and used it as a temporary command post.
"Where's the cannon?" Tiger asked curiously when he saw Tang Mo and others returning.
According to the original plan, when Tang Mo came back, he should bring back 20 field guns and about 200 artillerymen.
These artillery can effectively support their operations on the plains. In addition, they can also reduce the pressure on Tang Mo and the others who only have six artillery.
Tang Mo shook his head and replied helplessly: "It's a pity, Tiger, there are no cannons!"
“What do you mean?” Tiger was stunned for a moment, then looked at Weiss and then at Tang Mo.
“The supplies provided by the Kingdom to Count Fischereau were lost in the defeat, so we can only rely on ourselves now.” Tang Mo could only explain in detail.
He simply said some confirmed and unconfirmed news, which made everyone's faces become solemn.
Tiger also just learned the latest news: the artillery supporting North Ridge has fallen into the hands of the Sussus troops, and reinforcements from North Ridge are basically certain to not arrive.
Without the support of artillery and the support in the direction of Bunas, they can only rely on the little wealth they have.
"Yes, but we only have 6 cannons!" Loew emphasized in a depressed voice on the side.
Redman was unwilling to destroy his prestige, so he continued: "Yes, but we still have 400 fast guns, don't we?"
"Sir! Although we have obvious advantages in guns, at long range, artillery is the key to determining the outcome of the war." Tiger is the only commander here who has fought in the war, so he can only remind him as much as possible at this time Tang Mo.
He has combat experience, so he must stand up and tell Tang Mo about the risks of war, so that Tang Mo can avoid these risks as much as possible.
Count Fischerot asked him to stay here with Tang Mo for this reason: at a critical moment, with an experienced officer like him, Tang Mo would at least have one more person who could give advice.
Tang Mo heard Tiger say this and smiled bitterly: "I know, but this is not the worst news."
He has smiled bitterly several times this day, because it seems that all he has heard this day is the worst news.
It's like when you go to school one day, and in the first class you hear that there will be a test in the afternoon. When you look through your schoolbag, you find that you have forgotten your notes at home. When you want to cheat, you find that your deskmate has not reviewed either, and has handed in your notes. Then I remembered that I didn’t write my name on the paper...
"What do you mean? Is there worse news?" Loew and Redman were both shocked by Tang Mo's words.
If it is not the worst news to use an under-staffed recruit battalion to fight the enemy, then what is the worst news?
Tang Mo didn't have time to lie, so he answered bluntly: "Yes, there is even worse news! The count hopes that our troops will advance to the three forks! There, they will block Susa from going north and east. Sri Lanka troops."
"He asked us to cut off his queen? So he can retreat back to Wolf City?" Tiger's face, who was familiar with the terrain here, immediately turned a little pale.
Tang Mo shook his head, allowing some of the color to return to Tiger's face. But what he said next made everyone feel the same pressure as the mountains: "No, what the count means is that tomorrow morning he will march westward and start a decisive battle with the enemy in front! He hopes that we can contain the enemy's attack. flank and cover him to win this battle."
"Are you kidding? He's going to use 1,500 people to attack 5,000 people?" Love and Redman shouted in surprise. From their point of view, barely holding on to the defense line with 1,500 people is already a very difficult task - even though there are needle guns, it is still not easy.
However, the earl wants to use 1,500 people to attack 5,000 or even 6,000 people. This requires courage and courage, which is simply admirable.
"Yes, that's the plan." Tang Mo nodded.
Wes finally interjected: "If he is not Fischereau, I am almost certain that he is deceiving us, but he is Fisherot, so... I don't know what to do now."
"Your Majesty the Earl will not abandon us and escape alone." Tiger said with difficulty: "He will definitely launch an attack, there is no doubt about it."
"So, I choose to believe him!" Tang Mo glanced at Tiger, then looked around at his commanders, and then said: "Fortunately, we still have something hidden, isn't it?"
Tiger, who had also seen Tang Mo's true family background for the first time, couldn't help but admire at this moment: "Yes, even the earl doesn't know that you have trained 100 more soldiers, you have 6 cannons, and you have hidden them." 40 cavalrymen."
He really didn't know that Tang Mo used the pre-trained team as the backbone of officers, organized the Orions from Beiling and the unemployed recruited by Bunas into an army, and trained three companies of troops.
He didn't know what the word company meant, but he knew that a company Tang Mo mentioned was a company of about 120 people.
Each company has three platoons, and each platoon has a platoon leader. These infantry platoons seem to have been trained in the vicious forest before, and they have all performed individual bandit suppression missions.
What surprised him even more was that the three companies combined into what Tang Mo called a new barracks actually had artillery.
Moreover, the artillery to which Tang Mo belonged was actually larger than the average battalion-level artillery: Although his battalion only had 6 artillery pieces, it had more than 100 artillerymen.
These artillerymen were making up lessons in the classroom half a month ago, and Tang Mo personally taught artillery techniques, but Tiger did not know their actual combat capabilities.
I only know that these artillery units were surprisingly equipped with more than 100 war horses, and were accompanied by 40 carriages. It looked like a mighty force.
What's more, every soldier in the entire army is issued with an engineer shovel, a special lunch box and an exquisite armed belt. Every soldier is issued with a new bayonet, and all soldiers also have their own set of strange, dark-colored long swords. A military uniform, plus a quilt, three sets of socks, two sets of thickened pants and lined shorts.
All soldiers have uniform luggage and boots of the same style. Officers have horizontal stripes on their coats as a mark of status. More senior officers even have mink fur lapels, which looks very classy.
Tiger likes this kind of coat so much that he also wears one on top of his bright yellow Wright Kingdom’s standard military uniform. He might have liked it better if the color of the coat wasn't so dull.
It can be said that according to Tang Mo's weird organization and luxurious equipment configuration, Tang Mo's cost of arming one battalion was actually more than the cost of two battalions in Beiling.
But then again, Tiger also felt that the new barracks in front of him looked more powerful and handsome than the main army in Beiling.
According to a strange saying said by Tang Mo, that is, "Appearance is equal to combat effectiveness!"
Tang Mo watched his troops advance along the road and felt more confident: "Now, this private money can be put to use."
Love looked at Redman and saw the latter looking at him, so he had to bite the bullet and asked: "What should we do?"
Tiger was experienced and spoke first: "The enemy's artillery will cause huge casualties to us. We must find a way..."
“So we must find a way to offset the enemy’s artillery firepower advantage.” Redman, the actual commander of this unit, also said at this time.
Tang Mo roughly drew a simple topographic map on the ground using tree branches: "Sanchakou is a good place. Since it is the intersection of three roads, there is a small village. This is the terrain we can rely on."
“I’ve been there before, and there’s a low wall here...” Tiger added simply.
Tang Mo was inspired when talking about the low wall. He thought of another famous wall, a low wall that rewrote the course of history.
So, he slid the branches along the road and said: "The road is a slightly higher commanding point. Let's build a low wall along one side of the road to connect the wall with the village."
"But, sir, how high should we build a wall in a hurry? If the amount of work is too large, our soldiers will be tired and their combat effectiveness will be affected." Tiger felt that relying on a temporary low wall, It is not enough to offset the enemy's strength advantage.
“Probably, a wall up to the chest is enough.” Tang Mo recalled the low wall in his mind and replied with a smile.
(End of this chapter)