It was the afternoon of October 4th when Prince Wedelek escaped from Ames City. It was already evening when Major Gibson figured out the truth of the matter. Claude led the security squadron to the entrance of the mountain pass in the Odin Mountains overnight. A division dispatched by the Nasseri Kingdom Army arrived at Amis City in the middle of the night. Because the scouts found that the city was heavily defended, with bright bonfires and artillery arrays. Secondly, because the troops were tired from traveling long distances, the commander Decided to rest one night and wait to see the situation tomorrow before deciding whether to attack the city.
If it weren't for the capture of several soldiers of the Chaniyalar Legion in the morning, and their confessions said that Ames City only had one division of its own army, then the Nasseri Kingdom might not have sent a division to Ames City. Mainly from the soldiers' confessions, I heard that there was also a battalion of the Blue Feather Corps and a battalion of the Guards Corps stationed in the city. This made the interrogator feel a little strange. After asking more carefully, he learned that Sterling Ten His second son, Prince Wedelek, lives in the city of Amys and serves as a supervisor.
It is not uncommon for supervisory armies to be three to four hundred miles away from the front line, but this news caused a dispute between the commanders of the two standing armies of the Nasseri Kingdom. Some officers believed that they should change their plans and turn to Amys City to capture the second prince first. Perhaps this would be a prerequisite for forcing the Kingdom of Orvilas to cease the war and sue for peace.
But the other commanders were firmly opposed. They demanded that regardless of this episode, they should go all out to complete the predetermined strategic plan and surround the three legions of the Principality of Ovilas on the front line. For the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance, annihilating an ace field regiment of the Kingdom of Overas was much more important than capturing a prince alive.
There are three main reasons for the opponents. First, the two standing legions turned to attack Amys City. Not to mention whether they could capture Amys City, it was inevitable to alarm the Blue Feather Legion on the front line. When the Blue Feather Legion turns around and attacks in the opposite direction, if the city of Ames is not captured, then the two legions will face the danger of being attacked from the front and back. Not to mention encircling and annihilating the Blue Feather Legion, they will be lucky if they are not surrounded and annihilated.
The second reason is that they did not completely annihilate the battalion where the Chaniyalal Corps came out to collect taxes in the morning, and ran away with several officers on horseback. This person must have gone back to report the news. News that the two legions of the Nasseri Kingdom are outflanking Lan Yu and three other legions on the front line has been leaked. They must rush to the planned deployment location as soon as possible to intercept the retreat of the Blue Feather legion instead of turning to attack Amis City. Because after receiving the news, Amys City will definitely improve its defenses and defenses. Prince Widrik may have already escaped.
The third reason is that even if we catch Prince Wedelek, it will be of no use, because there is a precedent for this matter. Decades ago, Sterling IX attacked the Kingdom of Nasseri, and his eldest son led an army to attack the Principality of Berkeley. But in a battle, his eldest son was brave and brave, but he charged too hard and was injured and captured. When the Duke of Berkeley saw the eldest son of Sterling IX, they thought they had a rare commodity, so they opened their mouths and put forward many harsh truce conditions.
At that time, many ministers of the Kingdom of Overas persuaded Sterling IX to endure the humiliation and rescue the eldest prince first. But Sterling IX killed the envoys of the Duke of Berkeley, tore up the armistice agreement, led his troops to attack the Duke of Berkeley, directly destroyed the Duke of Berkeley, and because of the murder of the eldest prince, the Grand Duke and his family of the Duke of Berkeley were killed. The whole family was exterminated, and most of the nobles of the Duke of Berkeley were also killed, with few surviving.
Therefore, as the second prince, Sterling X can successfully take over, otherwise the throne will not be his. Opponents brought up this past incident to show that it was useless to capture a prince of the Kingdom of Ovelas. Instead, it would attract all the offensive spearheads of the Kingdom of Ovelas to their side. And the captured prince had to be entertained with good food and drinks, so as not to endanger his life and endanger all the nobles in his kingdom. To be honest, it would be better not to arrest him. If he is caught, he is asking for trouble. This is a hot gourd.
Perhaps the opponents' reasons were so strong that the officers who proposed turning to attack Amis City had nothing to say to refute. In the end, the top commander of the Nasseri Kingdom's army decided to implement the original plan and first encircle and annihilate the Blue Feather Army and the other two second-line armies of the Overas Kingdom. However, in order to prevent the garrison of Ames City from sending troops to meet the three legions on the front line, the commander of the Nasseri Kingdom's army decided to allocate a division of troops to contain the garrison of Ames City.
The commander of this division was repeatedly emphasized by the supreme commander when receiving the order. His mission was to contain the enemy and prevent the garrison of Ames City from leaving the city. If he finds that the defense force of Amys City is too strong, he can decide on his own whether to retreat.
It's just that the closer we get to Ames City, the more soldiers of the Chania Lal Corps who came out to collect taxes were captured. In the end, the division commander finally got the exact information. There were only three battalions of garrison troops stationed in Ames City. left and right troops. And this division commander was also one of those officers who advocated turning to attack Ames City. He was immediately moved. The strength of his own division was enough to capture Ames City.
So the division commander urged his men to hurry up and finally arrived at Amys City before three o'clock in the middle of the night. It was discovered that the city of Amis was so well defended that the division commander suspected whether the captured soldiers were lying. In addition, his subordinates were really tired from the journey, so the division commander finally decided to rest for one night and wait for the test during the day tomorrow. Let’s take a look at the reality of the defense force in Amys City.
Sometimes, inadvertently, the fighter plane just disappears. If the division commander of the Nasseri Kingdom launched an attack as soon as he arrived at Ames City, then no matter how tired his soldiers were on the road and no matter how heavy the casualties were, they would still be able to capture Ames City. That would be a disaster for all the armies of the Kingdom of Overas in the Principality of Sidings.
Because for those soldiers of the Chania Lal Corps who went out to collect taxes, if they happened to encounter the army of the Kingdom of Nasseri launching an attack when they returned to the city, then they would definitely not enter the city, but throw away what they collected. The belongings fled directly to the entrance of the mountain pass in the Odin Mountains, hoping to return home from there.
As a result, the Nasseri Kingdom's division did not launch an attack, but camped to the north of Amis City to rest. This was good news for the soldiers of the Chanyalal Corps who were rushing back outside the city. They bypassed the north gate and returned to the city from the east and south gates to accept the officers sent by the 11th Field Battalion. of reorganization. So in just one night, Ames City had an extra regiment of troops.
At around ten o'clock in the morning on October 5th, the army of the Nasseri Kingdom finally launched an attack on the city of Amis. However, because this division was traveling lightly, the artillery they carried were all lightweight and could not compete with the defensive artillery deployed at the top of the city. As a result, the soldiers were violently bombarded by the artillery at the top of the city during the attack. At the same time, when entering the gun range of the defenders, they were fired upon by a volley of guns led by the 11th Field Battalion.
After an hour's attack, the Nasseri Kingdom's army not only failed to get close to the city wall, but suffered four to five hundred casualties. This result was beyond the expectation of the attacking Nasseri Kingdom army division commander, so much so that he believed that the defense strength of Amis City was not as weak as the captured soldiers had reported. He suspected that the garrison strength in the city was about With about three regiments, it is impossible to capture Amys City with the strength of this division alone.
So the division commander withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, no longer launching an attack. Instead, he fortified the camp and set up a defensive line, preparing to carry out the containment mission to the end. The defenders of Ames City were relieved when they saw that the enemy no longer attacked. They had just mobilized all their defense forces to repulse the enemy's attack. The offensive and defensive battle of Ames City ended in an anticlimactic manner.
At noon on October 5th, two seaport cities in the Principality of Sidings newly occupied by the Kingdom of Overas were attacked by the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance fleet at almost the same time. The two garrison divisions of Chaniyalal Corps, which were blinded by fleet artillery fire, were simply unable to withstand the attack of the two legions transported by the combined fleet to land, and escaped in less than two hours without their armor. Harbor city. In the end, less than two regiments were able to reach Amys City. The rest were lucky enough to be captured, but the unlucky ones were directly killed by the people of the Duchy of Sidings who came out to capture them.
At about six o'clock in the evening on October 5, four signal soldiers ordered by Major Gibson, the commander of the 11th Field Battalion in Ames City, finally broke through the enemy's blockade and sent the information to Philip, the commander of the Blue Feather Army. In the hands of General Special, there were more than thirty signal soldiers, and only the four of them completed the mission.
General Philipt, who was dissatisfied with the progress of the day's battle, was wondering why the enemy's resistance had suddenly increased and strengthened today. After receiving the intelligence, he immediately understood that the three legions on his side were in crisis. As the commander of the Blue Feather Army, one of the four major field ace armies in the Kingdom of Ovelas, General Philippe was a very good soldier. He immediately ordered the troops to retreat overnight, leaving one unit behind to attack the enemy at night. The momentum of the army's defensive front is used to confuse the enemy on the front.
Although General Philipt's prompt decision bought the three armies a night to retreat, the enemy still discovered the fact that the Blue Feather Army and the other two second-line armies had retreated the next morning. More than 200,000 enemies from the front immediately pressed forward, and the two standing legions of the Nasseri Kingdom at the back were already in place to outflank them. The legions occupying the two seaport cities in the west also left one regiment each as a guard force. An oblique attack from the side.
For General Philippe, one night only allowed the three legions to return to the starting point of the attack, the low hills of the Amelia Plains. Although there are some defensive settings and positions originally arranged here, it is not a good thing to be surrounded by enemies with superior strength here. Even if the Blue Feathers are confident and capable of holding on here, time is obviously on the enemy's side. Once the siege lasts for a long time, the logistical supplies cannot be supplied, and the only way out for the three legions is to surrender.
If the Blue Feather Corps surrenders to the enemy, it will be an unbearable lifelong shame for all the officers and soldiers of the Blue Feather Corps, and it will also mean that General Philipt will leave a very dishonorable mark in his military career. Even if I can return to my country in the future, I will not be able to see my descendants. So after a short military meeting, General Philippe and all the senior officers made a decision to take advantage of the enemy's just-established encirclement and unstable foothold to break out immediately and use the blood and lives of the soldiers to fight a way to Ames City. retreat.
After eleven days of bloody battles to break out of the encirclement, the three legions were almost out of ammunition and food in the end. They broke through while resisting the enemy's advance and siege from the other two sides. But they finally broke through the siege. This was a retreat paved with the corpses of countless soldiers. In the end, less than 40,000 people arrived in Amys City, most of them wounded soldiers. More than half of the officers of the Blue Feather Army and the other two second-line armies died on the battlefield. Even General Philippe was seriously injured when he was hit by a stray bullet on the front line in order to boost morale.
While the main force of the Blue Feather Legion and the other two second-tier legions were working hard to break through the siege for their own survival, Claude was feeding mosquitoes at the entrance to the mountain pass in the Odin Mountains. After he arrived here with the security squadron, he asked Second Lieutenant Most to take the squadron of the Chania Lal Corps up the mountain to take over the two defensive lines, while he led the soldiers of the security team to dig on the hillside at the entrance of the mountain road. Trench, and four artillery pieces were obtained from the defensive position on the mountain, and they were placed openly on the hillside.
After the brief offensive and defensive battle of Ames City began, only a few scout cavalry from the Nasseri Kingdom came to the entrance of the mountain pass. After they discovered the four cannons placed on the hillside, they immediately turned around and left. , and never came again.
So the bored Claude counted the stars at night and stayed on the position to take a nap during the day. The enemy did not see him, but he captured nearly a hundred deserters from the Chaniyalar Army who wanted to run back home, and handed them over to Second Lieutenant Most for punishment. and rectification. It was not until more than ten days later that news came that the Blue Feather Legion had successfully broken through the siege and arrived at Ames City.