Chapter 26
My Empire Chapter 26
2020-11-03
Chapter 26 26Alanhill GrenadierThe clouds of war were actually already floating over the earthen fort, after learning that Mayne was killed After the breach, the City Lord Dombran of the earthen fort was already alert to his neighbors.
The nearly sixty-year-old city lord of the earthen fortress is also a powerful character, not comparable to the two straw-bag City Lords of Mayne and Ferry. The earth fort is also a rich territory, with many mineral deposits, and a good life.
The earth fort has 1000 cavalry, which is the proudest place of earth fort. These cavalry had the best steeds, and were well trained to fight well. Even in the face of the nomads in the north, they are a powerful existence with more wins than losses.
And he formed an alliance with his neighbors to the east, Beijun and Hanhai, half a year ago, in order to target Alanhill dukedom, who had already obtained three places.
On the other hand, he also increased the price of steel sold to Alanhill dukedom, strictly limited the total amount of steel sold, extorted more than 150,000 gold coins, strengthened himself and weakened to a certain extent Alanhill.
As a result, just this morning, the City Lord, who has some skills, received a declaration of war from Alanhill-after the messenger from Alanhill handed the war book to the minister of the earth fort, he He left here quickly without looking back.
"Notify North County that there are two City Lords in Hanhai, and gather your troops! I want to show that idiot Chris, how powerful an army of 2,500 cavalry is!" With fists, he instructed his subordinates,
"Blow the horn! Assemble the cavalry! Let's first enter the territory of Alanhill to burn, kill and loot, so that the soft bastards of Alanhill can see and see, the real What does war look like!" he said, straightening his hands as he stood up from his seat.
The waiters on either side stepped forward and draped his armor over him. The heavy cavalry of the earth castle is known as Arrant's existence, and the frontal charge is enough to penetrate anyone's defense line.
"Would you like to wait for the cavalry from Beijun and Hanhai to arrive?" a minister asked in a low voice.
Dumbran waved his hand and said, "The soldiers are very fast! If I don't take the opportunity to bite back, I will let Alanhill's infantry come under the city. When the time comes, no matter how we fight, our earthen fort will pay for it.
It's not worth the heavy price."
He said while he had already put on his armor: "I will use the cavalry's mobility to block the layers, and consume those clumsy infantry on the plains! … ...you don't have to worry, I'm all cavalry, I can't beat it, but it's still possible to retreat."
On the other side, on the border between Serris City and the earthen fortress, Chris's soldiers crossed Boundary monument, grandiose's moving forward.
"I can't imagine that our soldiers don't even have armor... they went to the battlefield like this." Standing beside Chris, Vagron forced a smile and said.
Before the war, he had been reporting to Chris that the army had too little armor. But to this day, this problem has not been completely solved.
In the entire 1st regiment that participated in the war, only the officers were equipped with cuirass, and the other soldiers only had new uniforms issued uniformly.
These new uniforms consist of a uniform and an armed belt, and each soldier carries 10 rounds of rifle bullets in the ammunition bag around his waist. This is already the maximum number that the arsenal has worked hard and worked overtime to gather before the expedition.
Each soldier is equipped with a long thorn, the three-edged thorn can maintain the length while maintaining the strength of the bayonet - and this design is the least dependent on technology, it can be said It is the cheapest and most labor-saving design.
However, the military thorn is not without its shortcomings, that is, this weapon can only perform the stabbing action, and has no other functions. This is also an important reason why the modern military thorn is completely eliminated.
But now Chris doesn't care about these, all he wants is the length of the thorns, so that the soldiers can have more sense of security and increase the advantage of the troops in melee combat: he wants to use the length of the thorns to make up for the Mauser 98K The rifle lacks in length.
On the other side of the waist, there is a hanging grenade ammunition bag: this thing is Chris's "play on the spot", it comes from the creative invention of the Chinese army, and it can be solved to a certain extent. Wooden handle grenades have no place to carry the problem.
This thing is still very practical, on the one hand, it takes advantage of the lack of ammunition in the early Alanhill army, and the empty space of the ammunition bag on one side of the waist. On the other hand, it also has a little bit of protection. The three wooden handles on the chest can play a defensive role that is better than nothing.
In order to increase the marching speed of the troops, each soldier is distributed with specially designed long leather boots. In the past, these shoes were only issued to officers, but now, regardless of the cost, they have become Standard configuration for Alanhill Army.
The luggage has also become something that every soldier must carry. The well-designed backpack is very convenient. It contains bedding for rest and some important personal items. For more than a year, almost all the bauble produced by Alanhill's industrial production line are in this luggage.
among which is included a small bar of soap for washing hands, a printed weapon maintenance manual, a small round mirror that looks good, a small candle that can be used in the field, and two boxes of matches, Wooden combs and shaving knives...
It can also be seen from what these soldiers carry, Alanhill's products are quietly changing the world and the common people of Alanhill. life.
What makes people didn't know whether to cry or laugh is that although there is no armor, everyone in this army is issued with a steel helmet, a kind of armor that looks majestic but is very simple to process. defense tool. Vagron didn't understand Chris's approach very much, and he felt that it was more appropriate to give each soldier a breastplate.
This M42 steel helmet is easier to process and provides better service. What's more interesting is that this kind of steel helmet makes the bland Alanhill soldier become spiritual at once, and he looks handsome.
After such a modification, a later-known image of Alanhill's early grenadier is ready to appear: with a Y-shaped armed belt, an ammunition bag hanging from the waist and a long army scabbard on one side. There are three wooden-handled grenades hanging on his chest, a suitcase on his back, a water bottle and a ration bag on the back of his butt, an M42 steel helmet on his head, and a pair of long leather boots on his feet...
In any way From the point of view, this unit already has the charm of modern infantry. From a certain point of view, they are even as good as the German soldiers in the early days of World War II.
It's a pity that this unit is definitely a typical representative of strong in appearance but weak in reality, just like the well-equipped Chinese German armorers during the Battle of Songhu - their ammunition is not sufficient, logistics supplies It can only be described as shabby.
This time Serris mobilized not a full regiment of 1,500 men as originally expected, but a full 2,400 men, almost the main force of two regiments.
Because Chris found out before the expedition that the original force could not guarantee the reconnaissance and logistical support of the entire campaign, he had to transfer some troops from other troops to ensure the normal operation of the entire force.
He selected 500 cavalrymen from the 2nd regiment, that is, the cavalry regiment, to be used as the reconnaissance force's security force, in order to avoid being raided by the opponent's cavalry in the wild. These cavalry do not need to engage the enemy head-on, they only need to provide early warning of the troops.
The other 400 people were reinforced to his artillery and transport detachments. Among them, 200 people are the actual transport troops, responsible for transporting the supplies and materials for the expedition of the earth fort at this time. They are drawn from the cavalry troops and are responsible for driving the carriage to ensure the supply of the troops.
There are also 200 people who are a reinforced artillery team of 10 artillery pieces. They are also drawn from the artillery of the 2nd regiment. They are equipped with old-fashioned 90mm caliber howitzers that are pulled up to make up the number, which is the earlier Chris. Old-fashioned artillery used in the conquest of Mayne and the ferry.
In fact, 30 cannons have two calibers, which makes Chris's supply of shells a bit more complicated. However, the problem is not really prominent, because the number of artillery shells is not large, and all the artillery shells move with the large troops, and there is no trouble in logistics supply difficulties.
As a result, Alanhill's first active attack on the outside world started abruptly during the autumn harvest season. This season was chosen mainly because of the unexpected and Alanhill's own industrial needs - Chris thinks he has the ability to do it quickly, so he doesn't worry about dragging the war into the winter.
Similarly, those who believed that their troops had the advantage of mobility and were ambitious to take down the opponent's lord Tombran before Alanhill's main force reached the core area of the earthen fort, then brought the With more than 800 cavalry assembled temporarily, they headed south.
Dumbran of rigorous schemes and deep foresight never imagined that his rival Alanhill dukedom's cavalry would turn into rangers, determined not to collide with his main cavalry. After the other party learned that his cavalry was heading south, he didn't even carry out the harassment, so he immediately retreated.
Those cavalrymen who fell in the distance were like ghosts, they didn't fight Dombran at all, and turned around and left without waiting for contact, which made Dombran always have a very bad feeling. He also once sent cavalry to fight with each other on a small scale, but the effect was really not ideal.
On the one hand, the other party is not interested in fighting at all, nor is he equipped with any armor, collapsed on the first encounter does not mean to fight at all. On the other hand, the reason is that after more than a dozen small-scale conflicts, he only killed more than 30 Alanhill cavalry, but made more than 100 cavalrymen on his side tired and almost lost battle strength. ►
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