Episode 158 Krafte War – Battle of Bahua (4)
Revolutionary army vanguard at the height of the cavalry battle.
“The enemy has changed ranks!”
“What again this time!”
Upon hearing the report of Giselle Davy, who was looking into the enemy camp through a telescope, Damien de Mirbeau became irritated and took the telescope from her hand and looked into the enemy camp with it.
“What is that again? “When did you change it?”
The Krafte army’s line of infantry, which was composed of three rather sparse lines to retreat smoothly and fire sequentially, has now changed into a dense two-line line.
“Just now…”
“What a disaster! Changing ranks at will during battle without having time to reorganize? Does that make sense?!”
“It really happened before your eyes, Your Excellency the Count! Please calm down a little!”
“Fuck those guys are scams. “It’s a scam…”
The drone I dealt with in Iberica was better.
It was terrible to have an enemy that knew neither fear nor fatigue, but it was equally as scary to see that they also seemed to know no fear due to their strict discipline.
Rather, this enemy is even more monstrous than the drones in that it embodies the commander’s overwhelming tactical capabilities and is an enemy with ever-changing intelligence!
“With a formation like that, it would be difficult to fire a retreat, right?”
“I see so, Your Excellency. No matter how you look at it, it is a formation for an all-out firefight like the existing line infantry.”
The blessing of protection given by Eris has already been broken.
In the end, the light infantry retreated due to lack of ammunition and personnel, and the battle between the line infantry was about to resume, so the Krafte army no longer needed to delay the battle with retreat fire.
Damien de Mirbeau took a deep breath and glanced behind him.
Eris, who seemed relaxed enough to have a friendly conversation with Giselle Darby at the beginning of the battle, was breathing heavily, sweating like rain with her hood pulled down as if she was frustrated.
The strong sunlight of noon would never be good for her, but she was having a hard time as it should be, and she seemed so relaxed that she couldn’t even pay attention to this conversation.
“What about after seeing it?”
“We are moving forward, Your Excellency.”
The armies of Louis Desget and the Marquis de Lafayette also began to advance.
Both the Krafte army and this side have decided that all-out war is now the only option.
“Okay, send it to the front. Face your enemies at the first line of defense. “We also respond with sequential fire!”
“ancient! Stop the enemy at the first line of defense ahead! “We respond with sequential fire!”
* * *
Noon, when the sun is at its most powerful.
The revolutionary army was swallowing dry saliva as a wave of black military uniforms, like the death of a messenger, approached before their eyes.
“First line ready to fire!”
“Aim for the first row!”
The sergeant repeated the revolutionary officer’s shout, and the first row of revolutionary soldiers simultaneously raised their muskets.
The officer swallowed dryly.
The distance is approximately 90m. There is still some time left until 80m, when maximum efficiency can be expected.
How far do the enemies advance? Should I shoot first? If you come closer and shoot, it would be a disaster, but would shooting in the second row be faster?
While we were worrying, the enemy advanced to a position that was only 80 meters away, and shouts came out from the enemy camp.
“stop!”
Now I have to shoot-
“Ready to shoot!”
At the shout that erupted in an interval of barely a second, the first row of Krafte troops knelt down and pointed their guns, and the second row also aimed their guns at the same time.
“what…?”
The moment the officer pauses at the surprisingly fast and coordinated movement and the line of battles he sees for the first time –
“Fire!”
The first and second lines of the Krafte army fired simultaneously.
“Oops!”
“Ahh!”
Blood splattered everywhere along with the sound of bullets cutting through the wind.
The officer who stopped while trying to give instructions also had blood in his eyes, so he frantically rubbed his eyes and lowered his hands.
And the moment we got off, the first line of soldiers had disappeared.
“Where is everything?”
The firepower cannot even be compared to the moment when the three ranks retreated and opened fire sequentially in order to break the shield in advance.
The firing of all two rows of line infantry with an incredible accuracy rate through bone-crushing training at a properly effective range.
That alone affected most of the soldiers preparing to fire at the front line.
Most of the soldiers in the first line of the front line infantry are those with the best training and morale. Otherwise, you won’t be able to survive the exchange of fire with your sanity.
Those people fell down in a heap in an instant, and the second row of soldiers at the front were already out of their minds.
“Hee hee hee!”
“What! “What happened!”
“Ross wake up! Loss!”
“Ooh, we’re all going to die!”
The second lieutenant, who was frozen at the sight of the soldiers in panic, came to his senses only after the sergeant’s urgent shout.
“Ensign So!”
“Uh uh 2 2nd row ready to fire!”
“2nd line ready to fire!”
Even though the order has been given, the soldiers’ agitation does not subside.
While some were holding guns, some were screaming, and some were panicking, the Krafte army was mechanically pouring gunpowder back in and pushing bullets into the muskets.
“Shoot, shoot!”
Half of the bullets fired by less than half of the second row, who were confused by the hastily issued order, flew into the sky or went to the ground.
While only a small number of the Krafte army fell, the rest finished loading with machine-like movements in just 15 seconds or so.
“Aim-”
The entire Krafte army aimed their guns in the same posture as before.
I lost this one.
The moment the lieutenant realized it.
“launch-!”
The bullet that flew along with the sound of cutting through the wind blew his consciousness away.
* * *
Even the second line of the revolutionary army collapses under the volley of fire from the Krafte army, which was spread out in two thin and wide lines.
“The vanguard is over.”
The Great King, who was looking at the scene through a telescope, muttered softly.
The limitation is that the line infantry, who are said to be well trained, form three lines and fire sequentially.
However, the Krafte army has long since surpassed that limit, so it can pour in a barrage of fire while slowly firing in order, and then reload much more quickly and pour in a salvo again.
In simple theory, it is possible to project 1.5 times more firepower, and if you consider the firepower and morale loss of an enemy who is thrown that firepower at once, the gap becomes overwhelming.
“You didn’t know it was going to be like this, did you? “Your Majesty.”
“Hmm, that must be so…”
These soldiers had been trained to the limit for this purpose from the beginning, and they even understood very well what form the destruction that the tactics deployed by such trained soldiers would take would be realized.
The great king added, touching his chin with his hand.
“Still, I wanted there to be something a little unexpected.”
As Daeang expected, the moment when the surviving soldiers tried to escape from the lines of the revolutionary army that were devastated in an instant.
Light burst out again and covered the battlefield.
Dae-yeol twitched the corners of his mouth in delight at the sensation of feeling comfortable even though the light was so strong that it threatened to blind him.
“Huh….”
“Oh my god.”
“What is that?”
At the moment when not only the King but also the staff of Krafte’s army were shedding admiration, the revolutionary army that had been knocked down by the Krafte army’s volley of fire slowly stood up again.
Even from this far away, I can feel everyone’s confusion.
The moment even the Krafte soldiers, who were moving like parts of a war machine, stopped in shock, a sharp and desperate cry broke out on the battlefield.
“Fight!”
The queen’s voice, amplified by divine power, echoes throughout the battlefield.
Even the Krafte army could not respond until the dumbfounded revolutionary army, who had fallen down after being hit by a bullet and got up, picked up the musket they had urgently dropped after hearing the queen’s cry and fired.
Soldiers who were fatally wounded and died instantly are still lying on the ground despite Eris’s power.
They groaned in pain, then stood up as new skin sprouted and the bullets were pushed out. The shooting was far from a volley of fire and was not effective.
However, if a person is hit by such a shot, he or she falls down.
Krafte, who looked like an unknown horror rather than a human being in the eyes of the revolutionary army, was also shot and fell.
For the first time the Maharaja saw the dismay of his army.
Even the war machines, which have been trained to the limit and have almost castrated humanity, feel awe and bewilderment before the miracle caused by the power of God itself.
And the revolutionary army, which seemed like it would collapse at once, came to its senses and launched a counterattack.
The great king raised his telescope and watched the Queen of enemies slowly fall from the vanguard in the distance and her surprised aides rushing towards her.
“Ha ha ha ha ha. “It’s amazing. It’s truly amazing.”
Isn’t she a saint worthy of love and praise who truly reveals the greatness of God?
“Your Majesty. “The soldiers’ losses are considerable.”
The staff’s concerned words did not dispel the king’s cheerful mood.
“haha. Don’t worry too much. Their queen has fallen. No matter how much of a saintly queen she was, she used excessive force. There may be some losses, but in the end, if the fighting continues, we will win-”
“That messenger! Your Majesty! “It’s urgent!”
However, the words that the great king spoke while smiling leisurely did not continue.
“His Majesty Heinrich has been defeated! The ambush force was annihilated and the cuirassiers suffered serious damage and were defeated!”
For the first time since the start of the battle, the smile disappeared from the Great King’s mouth.
* * *
When the first line collapsed in front of the enemy’s volley of fire, the only thought that came to Damien de Mirbeau’s head was disbelief.
While they were denying reality due to the unbelievable sight they saw with their own eyes, even the second row collapsed from the same shooting.
All I could think of at that moment was fear.
Those are humans, but not a human army. It is truly a weapon forged solely for overwhelming warfare.
It goes without saying that you can’t win against something like that.
The thought that came to mind at the moment when the soldiers in the third line who barely survived were agitated and about to flee was the self-justification that no one would be able to criticize him for his lack of ability.
However, when the light that covered the entire battlefield exploded, all the thoughts in Damien’s head were blown away at once.
“Fight!”
The cry that came out with such force that it was surprising how powerful it was in that delicate body seemed to shake his very soul.
“Count Mi Mirbeau.”
Eris’s voice almost faded as she fell and was hugged by Lord Beaumont who rushed to her.
The queen, with a pale face like someone about to die, reached out and took his hand.
The hand was surprisingly cold, and the moment Damien panicked, Eris spoke in a thin voice that seemed to be squeezing the eyes that were trying to close.
“I trust you.”
Eris fainted after those words.
-I can trust the Count and come forward with him, right? Are you willing to join me in the vanguard for this country and its victory?
That’s what the queen asked.
-Moo Moo Of course, Your Majesty! Damien de Mirbeau, I will dedicate my whole life and use all my abilities for Her Majesty and Francia!
Damien responded like that, but he didn’t really mean it.
If I didn’t answer like that, if I didn’t stand in the vanguard, the Queen of Saints, the Marquis of Lafayette, or the Count of Aquitaine would have made a mess of me anyway, so I answered like that.
Damien slowly reached out and released the Queen’s hand from her grasp.
At the same time, I was once again surprised that the thin and slender fingers of a person who had lost his mind contained such strong power.
“…Your Excellency the Count.”
Damien instructed, feeling as if Giselle Darby’s voice was coming from far away.
“Take Her Majesty to the rear.”
Even though he said that, Damien didn’t understand.
How can they do that?
She’s a saint. She’s a queen.
Even if you don’t go that far, you are already noble and worthy of respect.
The same goes for the Marquis de Lafayette.
How could a nobleman and the supreme commander of the army throw themselves into the fight for the revolutionary army with such undying spirit?
When he ran away from Dilus and returned to collect his unit, there was only one thing on his mind.
If he runs away like this, there will be nothing left in his life.
Just a choice for your own glory, for your own honor.
For someone who just wants to survive and be praised, I can’t understand such behavior.
But still.
For some reason, Damien felt like his heart was boiling, so he gritted his teeth and shouted.
“Send this to all units! “If they come within 100m, just shoot them and tell them to retreat to the next row!”
“But if you do that, you’ll waste ammunition…”
“What’s the use of ammunition once you’ve been turned into a corpse by those war machines? I don’t care if it’s a waste of ammo or anything, so just shoot and kill at least one guy and survive! Our role is only to break their brunt and hold out until the main force launches an all-out offensive!”
“Oh, I understand!”
While Giselle Davy was urgently giving instructions to the messengers, Damien pulled out his sword from his belt.
-I trust you.
“Rotten.”
I can’t erase what the Queen said right before she lost her mind.
The word trust means the word expect.
It always sounded heavy and I didn’t even want to hear it.
Damien noticed the phrase engraved on the handle of his sword, which he received as a gift from Iberica.
-With respect to the guardian of Dilus.
Whether others praise him or not, he has no courage or determination.
But even so.
“Bring the Aquitaine ensign! “I too will join the vanguard!”
“Your Excellency?”
“When it becomes known that Her Majesty has collapsed, even the best morale will be broken again! “This is the only way to survive!”
I wasn’t so trash that I couldn’t feel anything even after seeing that kind of determination and desperation.
I always thought the reckless Marquis de Lafayette was stupid, but I never dreamed he would say something like this out of his own mouth.
“I will lead the way, so follow me! “This battle must be won! No matter the cost!”
The moment he shouted that, the frustration that had always built up in Damien’s chest flew away.
