The continent of Nubisia, the direct jurisdiction of Beringana, the Kingdom of Orvilas.
On November 7, 584th year of the Holy Light Calendar, Claude led the 131st Ranger Battalion to recapture the town of Ferru and completely annihilated a garrison regiment of the Krato Legion, the colonial garrison of the Kingdom of Hicks.
On November 15, Claude led the 131st Ranger Battalion to attack the enemy's guard camp stationed at the pontoon bridge on the Dolinibara River at night, burning two pontoon bridges and cutting off the enemy's logistics supply channel for the Crado Army. After annihilating an enemy battalion stationed in the security camp, an ambush was set up, and an enemy mobile battalion that came for reinforcements was surrounded and annihilated again, and a large number of pack horses and four-wheeled freight carriages were captured.
Affected by these two great victories, Claude led the high-morale 131st Ranger Battalion at 11 o'clock in the evening on November 19th to attack the town of Guinco where the enemy's logistics and military supplies base of the Crado Army was located, trying to Seize or burn the enemy's reserve warehouses. However, the enemy was already prepared. After nearly eight hours of fierce fighting, upon learning that reinforcements from the enemy Crado Corps had arrived, Claude had no choice but to lead the 131st Ranger Battalion to withdraw from the battlefield.
Although the operation was unsuccessful, the 131st Ranger Battalion still dealt a heavy blow to the enemies guarding the town of Ginco. The defenders suffered casualties of about one regiment, and three of the four lines of defense set up were breached, leaving various Five warehouses of military supplies were also burned. The enemy was forced to dispatch two regiments to the town of Jiinke to set up key defenses to prevent another raid.
Claude regretted it very much. In his opinion, this operation was not worth the gain. The 131st Ranger Battalion suffered 352 casualties in this battle, almost losing one and a half of the brigade. The captain of the second field battalion directly under the command, Captain Diaverde, rushed too hard and was hit by shotgun shells fired by the enemy's defensive artillery. He was seriously injured and was rescued with great difficulty.
As the saying goes, war is the best teacher for soldiers. Claude admitted that he had underestimated the enemy and underestimated the enemy's combat effectiveness because of his previous two major victories. But the facts gave him a slap in the face. The enemy was not stupid, and he was very aware of the difference in combat power between the two sides. They set up four lines of defense in the town of Gianco, which acted like a bait, attracting the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion to go deeper and get entangled with their defensive firepower, successfully delaying the arrival of reinforcements.
Claude reflected after the war that he made several command mistakes during this operation. Because of the success of the raid on the enemy's outer defense line, he and the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion underestimated the enemy's combat effectiveness. Even if the enemy consisted of two garrison regiments, Claude and his officers and soldiers still did not underestimate the enemy's combat effectiveness. They take it seriously.
No one expected that the enemy would concentrate most of the artillery as a defensive fire support point on the last line of defense. Only a small number of artillery was deployed on the first three lines of defense, and they also hid all the artillery in residential buildings to attack by surprise. The officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion caused huge casualties.
When they broke through the first three lines of defense, the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion thought that the enemy was nothing more than this. When attacking the fourth line of defense, they used muskets to suppress the enemy's artillery positions on the surface, and then launched an assault. But who would have expected that there was an artillery installed in the residential house next to the artillery position. The sudden launch of shotgun caused more than a dozen of the assaulting soldiers to fall down. This is how Diavid was injured. He was lucky. Hit by two shotgun pellets.
It's like this every time. It feels like if you work harder, you can break through the defense line and rush into the storage area, but every time there is always an unexpected point of fire. When Claude came back and reviewed the battle, he discovered that the enemy's firepower settings on the fourth defensive front were very hierarchical, and the coverage of shotgun shells fired by all defensive artillery had been carefully calculated. Even if a defensive artillery in the front is suppressed or eliminated, the shotgun coverage of the defensive artillery hidden in the side and rear can immediately make up for this area.
Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion have been trained for a long time and understand the key points of not crowding into a group when charging. This has reduced casualties to the greatest extent, and the injured officers and soldiers were immediately snatched away for field first aid. , saved the lives of most of the injured. However, as the casualties of their companions increased sharply, all the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion became red-blooded. This led Claude to order a retreat when he learned that enemy reinforcements were about to arrive. Many officers and soldiers wanted to hold on for a while longer. launch an attack
The fallen warriors were incinerated into ashes and placed in an urn, while the injured were sent to the Amphiston Territory to recuperate at the rear. Claude reflected and regained his composure, but he made up his mind and was not 100% sure that he would never lead the 131st Ranger Battalion to attack the enemy's heavily defended stronghold.
The weather in Nubisia Continent is warmer than that in Farea Continent, and it’s almost December and it hasn’t snowed yet. The weather is getting colder, especially the cold wind blowing in the wilderness, which brings a chilling feeling to the bones. It is easy to freeze your hands and feet while riding on a horse when you go out for reconnaissance. This brings a lot of trouble to the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion. Big trouble comes.
"Sir, the Krado Army under Bricaman City has slowed down the pace of the siege. This should be related to the fact that we burned the pontoon bridge and cut off his logistical supplies. I guess the enemy is not in short supply of ammunition, food and grass. Ginko Town The logistics base has a lot of reserves. But I found that their soldiers are still wearing single clothes on duty. I think they probably lack clothing to keep out the cold. In addition, they slaughtered all the foreign herds grazed by the Kingdom residents in Jiinko Town. Now, all the tanned sheepskins are drying in the open spaces of the town.”
Belklin reported his reconnaissance results to Claude: "The enemy stationed a regiment of troops at the pontoon bridge, re-excavated trenches around the original security camp, built half-height walls, and strengthened the defense strength. There were five or six ferries operating on the river. I saw through the telescope that they were probably preparing to repair the two pontoons that we burned. Because there were a lot of wooden planks and ropes piled up on the other side, and there were many carpenters making something. "
Dreaming about restoring the pontoon
Claude will never allow the Krado Army to restore its logistics supply channels. Winter has come and the weather is getting colder. The enemy is not hungry even if they have food and grass, and they are not thirsty even when they are near the river. They have sufficient ammunition reserves and still maintain their combat effectiveness. However, the enemy cannot go out and move around without warm clothes. If they lose their ability to move, they will just stay still in Claude's eyes. Being a target, the initiative on the battlefield is in your own hands.
Some things are very simple. If the enemy does not have warm clothing, they must take advantage of the opportunity to cut down wood for firewood and store more fuel to keep the soldiers warm when the heavy snow comes. Claude has ordered Muriel to lead three squadrons of soldiers to carry out cold-fire operations to deal with enemies who go out to chop wood. Even after several losses, the enemy now has to be escorted by a regiment of troops when they go out to cut down trees. Even so, dozens of people are killed or injured every time. However, the soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion hit and run, and the enemy If you chase, you will often end up in a trap, with heavy casualties.
Dozens of casualties a day can add up to more than a thousand casualties in a month. Claude is not in a hurry at all. The little he adds makes the most, and he takes his time. Using this attack method can give full play to the combat capabilities and maneuverability of the 131st Ranger Battalion, and the casualties are very light.
But now the enemy is planning to repair the two pontoon bridges, and Claude is determined not to agree. If the pontoon bridge was repaired, then all the efforts made by Claude and the 1st Ranger Battalion these days would be in vain. Taking advantage of the cold weather to reduce the enemy's combat effectiveness, perhaps they can really swallow up the Krado Legion in one bite after the follow-up divisions arrive.
Mike walked in: "Sir, there are still about a hundred households in the town who are unwilling to move. In addition, the people we were following in secret found that they have close ties with the officers of the Hicks Kingdom. There are more or less in their homes. It is rare for a young woman to become the lover of an enemy officer. I think our move to persuade the residents of the town to move out and evacuate has been discovered by the enemies in the town, and they have stepped up their defenses."
Claude nodded: "Forget it, we don't need to care about the life and death of those who seek their own death, and their actions have already constituted evidence of treason. We don't need to worry about their safety, life or death."
What Claude asked McJack to do was to persuade the Kingdom residents who had not yet evacuated from Ginko Town to leave the town and go to Ferru Town or the direct jurisdiction in the rear. The excuse was very simple. The king's team was about to launch another attack on Ginko. attack on the town. Considering that this attack is larger and more violent than the previous night attack, the residents of the town are told in advance that it is best to leave the war zone to ensure the safety of their families and property to avoid accidental injuries.
There are only more than 3,000 Kingdom residents remaining in the town of Jiinko, and about 500 households. After the war broke out, half of the residents fled into the capital city of Bricaman, and the remaining half went to the direct territories behind to seek refuge with relatives and friends, and some left after the Krado Legion of the Kingdom of Hicks occupied the town. The people who are still staying in the town are those who have big businesses and cannot leave, because their properties are all real estate in the town, and they will all be lost if they leave.
Claude asked McJack to persuade the remaining residents to leave the town of Ginco, not really to launch another attack, but to prevent enemies who lacked warm clothing after the heavy snowfall from attacking these residents, thereby causing harm to these kingdom residents. harm.
Compared to the heavily guarded northern part of the town, it was much easier to sneak into the residential areas in the southern part. The first two times, Michael went to personally advise the residents of the kingdom, and then he entrusted reputable people in the town to do the persuasion. Because the lurking sentry in the town discovered that someone notified the enemy garrison in the town, and the enemy sent a small team to ambush the resident's house who had tipped off the information, preparing to catch McJack who came to persuade him. Of course, they only waited for two nights in vain.
Before the Kingdom residents in the town were evacuated, Claude instructed not to engage in firefights with the enemy in the residential areas in the southern part of the town, in order to prevent the enemy from becoming angry and passing on the harm they suffered to these Kingdom residents. Although both warring parties in the Nubicia continent consciously abide by the unspoken rules of not harming their own civilians, if the enemy is really furious and takes out the civilians, there is nothing you can do except retaliate afterwards.
Snowfall days on the Nubisia continent usually occur from late December to the end of January, and it is said that these days are the coldest. The rainy season in March is not as long as in Farea. It only rains for about ten days, and the precipitation is not very heavy. But there is still a rainy season of about fifteen days from mid-June to early July, when the rain is heaviest.
Now that all the residents of the kingdom who are willing to evacuate have left the town of Ginco, Claude doesn't care about the hundreds of households left behind who have joined the occupying forces of the Kingdom of Hicks. He thought for a while and said to McJack: "Then execute the barbecue plan."
Barbecuing requires fire, and Claude wanted to burn the residential areas in the southern part of Ginco Town to ashes, so that the enemy would not be able to use the residences of these kingdom residents to make fires to keep out the cold on snowy days.
At the same time, Claude also hoped that with the help of fire, he might be able to burn down the enemy's logistics storage area in the north of the town. If it can be done, then the enemy Krado army, which lacks food, clothing, ammunition reserves and cold-weather clothing, will become fish meat under Claude's knife, and can be slaughtered as much as he wants.
At 10 o'clock in the evening on November 27, McJack took the big man Gemie and the guard squadron to sneak into the residential area in the southern part of Ginco Town, poured kerosene on the residential buildings where soldiers and civilians had evacuated, and then set fire to them. Burning down entire residential areas.
Claude led the remaining officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion to ambush in the north of the town, hoping that the fire would spread to the north of the town, causing confusion in the enemy's defenses, burning the warehouses storing supplies, and forcing the defending enemies to evacuate the town. At that point, the 131st Ranger Battalion could launch a deadly surprise attack on the enemy.
But unfortunately, Claude's hopes were dashed. The town of Ginco is located in the area near the Albato Prairie and the Dolinibara River in the Nubisian continent. When building houses, residents mostly use stone and sand to build walls to increase defence. It is said that when the first generation of immigrants built the town here, there were many wild beasts and wolves around, so they had to consider the sturdiness and defense of the houses.
Because of this, the fires burning in these residential houses do not seem to be very big. The flames mostly spit out from the roofs, windows and doors, and are not as fierce and hot as those houses made entirely of wood. The stone wall played a fireproof and fire-isolating effect that made Claude very depressed. If the fire oil had not been poured in advance, the fire might not be able to be connected.
The fire was so intense that those residents who refused to heed the advice to evacuate suffered the most. They woke up from their sleep and hurriedly took their families to escape from the burning homes and residential areas. Although the fire ignited the houses in the entire residential area, the enemy in the north of the town responded faster. Groups of soldiers rushed to the streets, demolished the houses, and soon set up a wide fire isolation belt. At the same time, he kept passing buckets over and poured water all over the roofs and walls of the storage area.
Claude and the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion could only lie on the ground and watch blankly as the fire in the south of the town gradually diminished. To Claude's pain, the south wind came only after the fire had almost extinguished the north wind he wanted. If it had been two hours earlier, the south wind would have brought a large number of sparks to the north of the town. Then the enemy would not have been prepared for fire prevention at all. As long as a few warehouses were ignited, the wind-assisted fire would definitely complete Claude's plan. wish
"Go back to camp, it seems there is no chance." Claude could only shake his head and told Belklin beside him: "Go to the river tomorrow to see if there is a more suitable place to cross the river."
"Sir, do you want to cross the river?" asked Belklin.
"Yes, didn't you report that the enemy's security camp on the river bank is now a regiment of garrison troops and is heavily guarded. We can no longer attack them like last time." Claude thought and said, "Since the defense here is It's very strict, so we can definitely cross the river to have a look. The enemy thinks that we can't cross the Dolinibara River, so I think the pontoon warning camp on the other side of the river must be very relaxed. If we can't attack this side, then we can cross the river. Attack that camp and burn the materials piled there. The result will be the same for us and the enemy. They will not be able to repair the pontoon bridge."
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