I Will Be The Crowned King

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In the early morning, the Governor's Palace of Yangfan City.

cellar.

The rumbling sound of shelling sounded almost continuously, through the layers of granite and mud into the room.

The tremors one after another made the narrow and dull basement seem like a lonely boat in the surging waves; the flickering and flickering lights cast a miserable light on the dust dropped by the sieves, and the mice were like sailors in danger. Running around, but not forgetting to compete for the cockroach corpse in the corner.

Alexei, with his legs crossed, sat calmly on a chair at a section of the long table, holding an imperial-style saber, a dirty and tattered Clovis military uniform, and a breastplate that did not fit very well. There is also a patched hole in the location.

He just sat here expressionlessly, as if the sound of the guns outside had nothing to do with him, he smoked his pipe silently, and a few minutes later handed the pipe to the imperial knight beside him; the knight who was also expressionless After taking a few sips, they sent it to Officer Clovis next to him...

The broken pipes were passed around the long table in turn, and a faint smoke lingered on the heads of everyone, and they could no longer see the difference between them.

Like suddenly remembering something? Alexey touched the pocket under the breastplate and took out a pocket watch; the deformed lead bullet was stuck on the brass watch, and the glass cover on the dial was full of cracks , but the surprise is that the pocket watch can continue to be used.

I heard from the commander-in-chief that this pocket watch is a magic tool, and if necessary, pressing the cover switch can save lives; but Alexei found that this thing can be opened without pressing the cover, and it seems that it can't be broken, so he put it Used as a normal pocket watch.

And it did save his life.

The hands of the dial moved slowly with time, and when it was about to reach six o’clock, the sound of the shelling suddenly stopped; almost at the same time, a bit of cold light penetrated through the crack of the wall at the entrance of the basement – ​​the sky was quietly stealing bright.

Without saying much, Alexei, holding the saber, stood up and took the pipe from the last Clovis officer who had smoked; the harsh sound of the table and chairs moving along with the officers who got up, no need After many reminders, everyone is ready.

Looking around, and taking a deep breath, Alexei, who was smoking in the air, looked at everyone:

"Come on, it's time to 'welcome' them again."

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As the bombardment of the fleet gradually came to an end, the siege battle of the Mujahideen army also started simultaneously. One by one, the infantry companies, in the form of columns, continued to move towards the first line of defense at the outermost periphery of the city along the trenches dug in advance: Numerous artillery strongholds advanced.

Because of the prior experience and the intelligence provided by the empire, Ludwig knew very well that the defending army in the city would not exceed 6,000 at most, and because of the chaos caused by the previous liberal rebellion and indigenous riots, as a colonial sailing city It may still have a strong foundation, but the inner city has been dilapidated and has not fully recovered.

In addition, there is a very important key point, that is, Louis Bernard should not be in the city at this time!

This information is very crucial: Yangfan City may be very loyal to the Bernard family, and the defenders of Yangfancheng may also have a good impression of the heir of the Bernard family, but the relationship between Yangfancheng and her defenders is not as it seems unity.

Originally sent to suppress the riots, these Imperial soldiers and knights who did not return to their homeland due to the fiasco and rebellion of Bernard Morwes, had a very bad relationship with the local liberals; let Sail City accept their stay. The only reason is Louis Bernard's guarantee.

And now that Louis Bernard is not in the city, the two sides who are not "intimate" face the risk of the city's destruction, and all kinds of conflicts will inevitably erupt - as long as they don't surrender, they will massacre the city. If the cowardly and lucky liberals betray the defenders, the probability of taking the initiative to surrender the city will be greatly increased.

What? Why is it just a deterrent, not really slaughtering Yangfan City?

Of course it's because it simply can't be done!

Regardless of the fact that there is an army of 20,000 people, there is also fleet support, and it seems that there is no pressure to suppress an ordinary colony, but that is based on the premise that the residents in the city are scattered and lack of organization; facing a strange city, The numerically superior natives always control the absolute initiative.

Slaughtering a city sounds easy, but in fact, it is not as difficult as completing a large-scale battle to complete this task efficiently and without future troubles under the premise of maintaining military discipline; and no matter what the outcome is, It's a loss for an army.

However, with the good style of forming gangs, wrangling and shirking responsibilities within the jihadist army, the officers have no literacy, the technical arms have no skills, and the soldiers are all timid and afraid of death... but no one obeys, no one cares. In the case of no one, expecting them to perform beyond their level to complete such a difficult battle, it is better to expect the potatoes to speak and the oranges to become fine.

Therefore, Ludwig, who was very clear-headed, did not dare to assign too important tasks to them, and even had to take the risk that they would not be able to accomplish anything. He formulated the battle plan with the premise of "surely losing", and every step of the way The planning is clear and clear, even if it is defeated by the enemy, the strategic goal can be achieved.

Fortunately, the enemy's strength was less than 10,000, and the firepower was very weak, and it was impossible to fill the entire defense line. Otherwise, Ludwig would not have dared to easily open the encirclement network covering both sides of the northeast, and launched an attack from the sea and land while swaggering.

As soon as the battle began, the jihadist Legion, which had the dominant force, suppressed the entire line.

Facing the city of sailing with a perfect defense system, Ludwig once again took out the "old-fashioned tactics" used in the Battle of Thunder Fort, and continued to advance to the artillery strongholds around the city by means of tunnel operations.

The Yangfan City defenders in the city only had four- and eight-pound infantry artillery, and they had no way to face the enemy hiding in the trenches, and could only watch the distance between the two sides shorten little by little.

"The Ring of Order is on—!!!"

When there were only thirty or forty meters left between the two sides, a thunderous cry suddenly sounded in the open field; the Clovis soldiers holding high the banner of the Ring of Order took up their bayonets and rushed towards the guards in the artillery base in a column. military.

Then, they saw the black hole protruding from the gun fort.

Gu Ai

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A series of deafening explosions exploded between the lines of the two sides, halting the charge of the mountain and tsunami; rows of cannonballs blasted clouds of blood among the dense formation of Clovis soldiers.

The shrill screams rang out in the flying stumps and flesh, and dozens or hundreds of figures fell to the ground neatly and mourned like wheat harvested by a sickle.

Due to the lack of ammunition and the fact that the enemy is more proficient in tunnel operations than groundhogs, the defenders of Yangfan City have gradually replaced solid bullets with shotgun bullets - lead bullets, iron nails, broken glass, tiles, stones... as long as they are Everything that can be found is stuffed into the barrel of the gun, giving a "surprise" to the enemy who has worked so hard to dig all the way to the enemy in front of him.

But this warm gift did not make the Yangfan City defenders happy for too long. The soldiers in the back row had already stepped on the bodies of their comrades and continued to charge; and the short distance of 30 to 40 meters, the infantry temporarily loaded with cannonballs. The gun is definitely too late to fire the second shot.

The problem of insufficient troops was exposed at this moment, and the surrounding artillery forts were quickly surrounded by several times the enemy, turning from a steel defense line to an isolated island with nowhere to escape.

Under the tide-like offensive, the fortresses and fences on the outside of the artillery fortress quickly fell, and the infantry artillery that had no time to turn the direction immediately lost their function. Terrain takes the last little advantage.

But at the same time defending the position, it means that the mobility is completely lost, and it is impossible to fully defend against an enemy several times larger than himself... So while leaving a small number of troops to fight with the defenders in the artillery base, there are more than 10,000 remaining. The 5,000 jihadist soldiers maintained their formation and continued to advance towards the city wall.

Compared with the peripheral defense system, the city wall of Yangfan City belongs to the product of the previous era - aware of the threat of artillery to the city wall, but only slightly thickened, from circular to polygonal, increasing the number of towers Provides vision and firing positions... that's all.

However, this is not to blame for the original designer. After all, no matter how important it is, Yangfan City is just a colony. When it was built, I never thought that it would encounter the high-intensity battles of the old continent. It is a waste to build too luxuriously.

Looking at the crumbling city wall, Ludwig, who had a sneer at the corner of his mouth, gave the order to fire.

"boom--!!!!"

With a huge roar and billowing thick smoke, the already overwhelmed wall collapsed into several gaps; the jihadist soldiers who broke through the outer defense line poured into the inner city from the gaps, and the defenders who had already been waiting inside the wall. Strangled into a ball.

Bayonet to bayonet, rifle to rifle, the flesh and blood roared and collided with each other, crowded, bitten, intertwined... The brutal hand-to-hand battle was extremely fair to both sides, and no one could easily gain the upper hand.

The Mujahideen Legion, which has an advantage in numbers, seems to have realized this very early. After realizing that it cannot easily break through the barricades of the defenders in the city, they immediately tried to break through to other streets and set fire to the buildings along the way; There were also preparations, and several barricade barriers near the gap in the city wall were ignited to prevent the enemy from continuing to advance.

A flaming wall of fire divided the entire battlefield in two. On the black smoke billowing battlefield, there was a symphony of shrill screams and roars everywhere.

Looking at the thick smoke that almost covered most of the battlefield, the smile on Ludwig's face grew stronger.

Of course, he didn't expect to break through Yangfan City with just one battle, but today's battle has indeed boosted the confidence that was almost desperate. It is too inferior, and the tactical arrangement is as pedantic and rigid as the Iser elf.

Of course, Ludwig also knew that most of this was because Louis Bernard was probably not in the city, causing the command of the more than 6,000 defenders to be out of order, and they could only fight on their own; Because of the lack of troops and the difficulty of cooperating, it can only be wasted.

It is even rude to say that the tactical performance of the jihadist corps under his command is not very good. As long as the front-line troops enter the battlefield, the command will fail. Even if the commander obeys the order, the soldiers will not obey the command... It is purely based on the number of people. Continued investment in reserve forces did not expose the problem.

But war is so cruel, no matter how disgraceful it is to win, no matter how embarrassed it is, ugly and despicable; as long as it is won, it can gain absolute initiative.

Just like the current battle situation, the self who broke through the outer defense line has no strength to annihilate the artillery bases at all; but because the city wall was broken and the barricades were burning, the defenders of Yangfan City had to retreat into the city, and it was impossible to give up these self easily. The gnawed position.

And because the war has spread to the city, they will soon face the pressure of local liberals and ordinary people, and start to wander about whether they want to surrender; they can continue to advance the front line calmly, one street by one street, one community by one community. take over the entire city.

As long as the city of sailing is taken down, the Crusaders will be able to gain a stable foothold in the new world. At that time, both the Free Confederation and the damned traitor Anson Bach will usher in their doomsday.

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The battle continued until the evening, and after being unable to break through the defense line behind the city gate, Ludwig decisively issued an order to retreat; since the battle goal has been achieved, there is no need to continue to waste it.

The defenders of Yangfan City also maintained the same tacit understanding. After the jihadist corps took the initiative to retreat, they did not pursue it. They also gathered the troops on the outer defense line, destroyed all the artillery bases, and shrunk the defense line into the city.

Leaning tiredly on the burnt rubble, Alexei, leaning on his saber, looked at the soldiers who were tired to the point of being in the fortifications, and hugged the dead citizens who were suffering from relatives and friends~www.readwn.com~The corpses everywhere inside and outside the city gate And the broken walls and ruins, there is only numbness in the heart.

He knew very well that at the moment when the peripheral defense line fell, Yangfan City had nowhere to go; he knew even more that the battles like today would continue until the moment when there was no way to defend or retreat.

Ten days, fifteen days at most... This is the limit that Yangfan City can hold on to, and Ludwig outside the city is clearly aware of this, so he is not in a hurry at all, he can completely destroy them slowly and defeat them, and there is no need to Pay too many casualties.

Thinking of this, Alexei felt a deep sense of powerlessness; he even felt regretful, if he could have slashed Major General Ludwig with a knife in the grass, would the situation be different?

Of course, he also knew that he couldn't do it, and Roman was watching.

"My commander-in-chief, if you and your reinforcements don't hurry up, Yangfan City will really be lost!"