Starting from January of the new year, Claude led the First Ranger Battalion to fight in the Robisto Territory. The reason is very simple and helpless. The Krado Corps that attacked the colonial garrison of the Hicks Kingdom in the Beringana Direct Territory behaved like a tortoise. Ever since the last time the fleet delivered them the cold-weather clothing and a large amount of supplies they needed, they have been focusing on spending the winter in the town of Jienko, refusing to come out for activities.
Under such circumstances, Claude was unable to lead the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion to attack the well-defended enemy camp. He had to leave a brigade of men to monitor the enemy's movements, and led three brigade to Robby. Stork directly governs the territory, looking for fighters.
The battle situation of the Robidos Direct Territory is much better than that of the Beringana Direct Territory. This is due to the fact that the city defense layout of the capital, Port Patres, is second to none among the seven overseas direct jurisdictions of the Kingdom of Ovelas. Before the new route from White Deer City to the Tiersim Direct Territory was opened, Patrese Port was the destination of the Kingdom's fearless fleet's eastbound route, and all the special products and materials sent to the Kingdom from the overseas territories were concentrated here. Therefore, in order to prevent pirate attacks and plunder, the kingdom spent a lot of capital to build the most powerful city defense facilities and defensive firepower in Port Patres.
No pirate group would take the idea of Port Patres until the Kingdom of Hicks declared war on the Kingdom of Overas. After the mainland of Nubisia launched an attack on the Kingdom's overseas territories, its Panclair Army collided head-on. On the city defense position of Port Patres, not only was he badly injured, but he was also beaten to a semi-crippled state, suffering heavy casualties. Although it is said to be in a state of confrontation, in fact it is only the Panclair Corps that has occupied the landing point across the river, set up camps and defensive positions, and is waiting for subsequent reinforcements and troop replenishments.
In terms of strength comparison, there is actually not much difference between the local garrison forces of the Panclair Corps and the Port of Patres. But in terms of combat effectiveness, the local defense forces in Port Patres can only guard the city and defensive positions, and are no match for the Panclair Army in field battles. Therefore, even if the Panclair Army lost one-third of its troops due to the attack on Port Patres, the initiative on the battlefield is still in their hands. Their reconnaissance cavalry squads are spread throughout the Robisto demesne, and from time to time they enter the adjacent Amphiston demesne to plunder the property of the kingdom's residents.
Since Claude led the 131st Battalion of Rangers to the Amphiston Territory, the reconnaissance cavalry of the Panclair Corps have no longer been able to enter the Amphiston Territory. Anyway, there is no return. The Panklei Legion also knows that the enemy has come for reinforcements. The few reconnaissance cavalry that occasionally escape have made them understand that their reconnaissance cavalry is no match for the enemy.
However, Claude then led the 131st Ranger Battalion to fight in the Beringana Territory. Colonel Severit, who took over the garrison duties of the Amphiston Territory, was more prudent in his dealings, unlike Claude and the 131st Ranger Battalion. The officers and soldiers were so crazy that the reconnaissance cavalry chasing the enemy's escape could chase them all the way to the enemy's camp. Colonel Severit only ordered the 034th Ranger Regiment to seal and guard the border area between the two territories, and not allow the reconnaissance cavalry squad of the Panclair Corps to enter the Amphiston Territory at will for reconnaissance.
Now that Claude has returned with the 131st Ranger Battalion, the reconnaissance cavalry of the Panclair Corps, which is running rampant in the Robisdo Territory, have been unlucky for eight lifetimes. They have to write a letter before going out to perform missions. What a suicide note, no one knows if they can come back again. After losing nearly a brigade of troops, they finally found the base where the 131st Ranger Battalion was located, Modo River Town.
The Modo River is a small tributary of the Dolinibara River. Its source is the Mosilaga Mountains at the junction of the Beringana Direct Territory and the Amphiston Direct Territory. The streams from the mountains merge into a small river and then flow into Dolinibara. Lahe. Modo River Town is located next to the Mosilaga Mountains and the Modo River. The residents in the town are mainly engaged in wood processing and agriculture and animal husbandry. There are about 10,000 kingdom residents and 1,300 households. There are more than 70,000 employed indigenous mixed-race workers, that is, Nikancha people. They are more than 300 miles away from the capital, Port Patres, to the east and west.
There is a local garrison camp in the town of Modo River. When the Panklei Legion invaded, they were originally going to gather at the capital of Patres Port, but they did not expect that the enemy moved too fast and landed directly not far from Patres Port. surrounded the entire city. As a result, the local garrison camp in Modo River Town could only turn back, and the Panklei Army targeted the Port of Patres and had no time to divide its forces to capture the remaining two towns, so Modo River Town was still under the control of the kingdom. among.
After learning that the reinforcements sent by the Kingdom of Overas were only one light cavalry battalion, Panclair's regiment mistook the 131st Ranger Battalion as a light cavalry battalion, but they were all equipped with war horses. Moreover, Modo River Town only had one local garrison force, so the Panklei Army decided to eradicate the cancer of Modo River Town first. Since they could not attack Port Patres now, they might as well eliminate the Rangers 131 first. The battalion is a flea that is causing trouble for their scout cavalry.
From this point of view, the Panclair Army is much more courageous than the Krado Army that attacked the Beringana Direct Territory. At least they still have the awareness to take the initiative to attack, unlike the Krado Army who huddled in Ginko Town. When you are a turtle, you cannot live or die.
The Panclair Corps dispatched a light cavalry regiment and an infantry field regiment to Modo River Town. Perhaps in their view, this was already four times the enemy's strength, enough to destroy the rangers entrenched in Modo River Town. Trinity Battalion and that local garrison camp
It took five days and two regiments of the Panklei Army to rush to Modo River Town despite heavy snowfall. They found that they were a step late. Except for the Nikancha people who were reveling in smashing and looting, no one was found in the town. Any soldier or resident of the Kingdom of Ovilas. After arresting a few Nikancha people and questioning them, they found out that the enemy had learned that the Panklei Army had sent two regiments of troops. In the past few days, the residents of the town had been evacuated to a place more than 160 miles away. Went to Stone Bear Town.
Stone Bear Town is another town that has not fallen into the hands of the Panclair Army. It is located at the junction of the Robisto Dominion and the Amphiston Territory, and is also at the foot of the Mosilaga Mountains. The town is famous for a huge stone that resembles a giant bear, so much so that the town was named after the stone bear. Stone Bear produces several valuable stone materials, all of which are used in high-end decoration and sculptures.
After learning that the enemies had all evacuated Modohe Town, the two regiment commanders who were ordered to attack had no choice but to decide to stay there first and then listen to the instructions from the legion headquarters on whether they should continue to attack Shixiong Town.
As the residents of the town were evacuated, their vacant houses and wood processing workshops became carnival venues for the Nikancha people, who moved into these residences uninvited. So much so that the soldiers of the two regiments of the Panklei Army had to drive out all the Nikancha people and return them to their original slums in the west of the town, so that the soldiers of the two regiments could settle down in these residential houses.
Residential houses are filled with dry firewood, which must have been cut and collected by the original residents to use as fuel in winter. Even the streets are filled with broken furniture, wood shavings and the like. The soldiers of the Panklei Legion thought it was the Nikancha people who did it. This is the habit of these Nikancha people. However, due to the tiredness of traveling, the soldiers were too lazy to clean up these vacant and abandoned residential houses. They all went into those residential houses and decided to take a good rest before talking.
The officers of the two light cavalry and infantry regiments who were ordered to attack Modo River Town were also exhausted. They hurriedly set up sentries and patrols and went to rest. They were disappointed that the enemy escaped so quickly. Stone Bear Town was more than 160 miles away. If the legion ordered them to continue the pursuit, they would have to trek on the snow-covered road for three days. Therefore, everyone must recharge their batteries to cope with the upcoming trip. At this moment, they are not alert at all. In the face of superior strength, they do not think that the enemy has the courage to attack them actively.
Then, around ten o'clock in the evening, the sentries and patrols were attacked by the enemy. The broken furniture and discarded scrap wood piled up on the streets started to burn. Then the houses and wood processing workshops on the outskirts of the town began to burn, and soon the fires became one. It began to spread towards the interior of the town. When the soldiers in the residential buildings woke up and rushed out of the houses, they found that the fire had become encircled and there was no way to escape.
The gunfire was most frequent at the stables in the south of the town, where the mounts of the light cavalry regiment of Panclair's regiment and the packhorses of the infantry regiment transporting artillery and baggage supplies were concentrated here. This was also the area where the 131st Ranger Battalion focused its attack. Claude was determined to capture these war horses and pack horses as trophies of this battle.
The light cavalry regiment of the Panclair Corps soon discovered Claude's intentions. They also gathered a large number of soldiers to engage in a fierce battle with the 131st Ranger Battalion at the stables. But they just rushed to the battle and were not prepared. They could only use toothpaste-like filling methods. As many soldiers as they could gather, they ordered these soldiers to rush into the stables to drive the enemy out of the town and regain their mounts.
But all the efforts and sacrifices were in vain after the 131st Ranger Battalion deployed four light infantry field artillery pieces. The soldiers could not rush up at all. The attack range of the shotguns fired by the four artillery pieces covered the stables. The two breakthrough entrances killed as many soldiers as they rushed in. They could only watch helplessly as the 131st Ranger Battalion broke through the wall and took away the surviving war horses, mounts and pack horses in the stables, and then set the stables on fire.
The fire outside the town became more and more fierce, and the residential houses inside the town also began to burn one after another. Only then did the officers and soldiers of the Panclair Corps discover that all the roofs of the houses had been doused with kerosene. The scrap furniture and firewood and wood scattered everywhere on the street were no exception. A small spark could ignite a large pile of wood. They were trapped in the open space in the center of the town with no way to escape, and there were continuous cries and calls for help. into one piece
Fortunately, it snowed heavily at this time, which suppressed the fire a little. Some clear-minded officers and soldiers hurriedly launched self-rescue operations. They used various tools to demolish the burning houses and used snow and well water to extinguish the streets. After working on the fire for half a night, they finally opened a passage to the outside of the town. When they rushed out of the town with cheers and left the burning town, they were faced with the galloping cavalry, muskets and more than ten light infantry field artillery pieces of the 131st Ranger Battalion.
Almost half of the soldiers and officers of the Panclair Corps were unarmed and had no choice but to raise their hands and surrender. Even the most impulsive officers could only calm down and surrender at this moment. The reason is very simple. Most of their armaments and artillery are still in the town as sacrifices to the God of Fire. Less than one-third of the soldiers are still holding weapons, and many soldiers are not even wearing thick military uniforms, just wearing shirts. Ran out of the fire
The fire in Modo River Town burned night after day, and it was not until the afternoon that a heavy snowfall put out all the fires. The whole town was almost in ruins. The slums inhabited by the Nikancha people in the western part of the town can be described as almost intact. This is because the slums and the town were originally nearly a hundred meters apart and outside the town's walls. This was originally a measure taken by the residents of Modo River Town to prevent the Nikancha people from rioting, but it became a safety guarantee for the slums to avoid the fire.
The number of soldiers of Panclair's regiment who were actually killed by the fire was not as many as the number of casualties in the fierce battle at the stables in the south of the town. However, the fire destroyed the logistical supplies and most of the weapons and artillery carried by the two regiments. Even the war horses, mounts and pack horses were captured by the 131st Ranger Battalion. The soldiers and officers who escaped from the fire had no choice but to surrender to the 131st Ranger Battalion if they wanted to survive. They had no way of returning to the legion's camp on an empty stomach for another five days and five nights.
In the battle of burning the town of Modo River, the 131st Ranger Battalion wiped out the two regiments sent to attack by the Panclair Army and captured more than 8,000 people. For the Panclair Army, it was like a slap in the face. This was a result they had never dreamed of. The two regiments never returned, with no news, until a few lucky scout cavalry avoided the cordon of the 131st Ranger Battalion and arrived outside the town of Modo River, where they saw the burning ashes. After getting the exact answer from the Nikancha people, I found out that their two regiments had been completely wiped out.
So the Panclair Army also became more honest, learned from the Krado Army in the Beringana Direct Territory, and huddled in the camp to die. Everything will be done after this winter has passed and subsequent reinforcements of troops and materials are obtained.
Claude could only lead the 131st Ranger Battalion back to the Amphiston Territory for winter rest. From October last year to January of the new year, the 131st Ranger Battalion had been fighting in two directly-administered territories, winning consecutive battles and suffering heavy casualties. Now there are only more than 1,100 people in the whole battalion who can still fight, and the original establishment was an enhanced version with a full strength of about 1,800 people.
In February, the two direct territories of Robistoe and Beringana were very calm, and the enemy could not retreat. Claude only sent Belclin's light cavalry brigade to monitor the Panclair Army and the Clado Army. The reward was that the two enemy legions stayed very safe and stayed in their camps without moving around.
After the rainy season in March, another huge transport fleet arrived from the Kingdom of Hicks, adding one division to the Panclair Army and two infantry regiments to the Clado Army. At the same time, several warships escorting the fleet once again launched an artillery bombardment on Port Patres, the capital of the Robisto Territory. But this time they were unlucky. They were sunk and damaged one warship each. In the end, they could only escape in embarrassment with the fleet.
The Panclair Army and the Clado Army, which had received additional strength, launched another attack on Port Patres and the city of Bricaman, and the Robisto Territory and the Beringana Territory once again ignited the flames of war. Claude led the 131st Ranger Battalion to fight in two directly governed territories, but this time the enemy was on guard and attached great importance to the safety of the transport convoy. Each time, a regiment of troops was sent to escort, so that the 131st Ranger Battalion The first battalion was unable to obtain greater results except the elimination of some enemy reconnaissance cavalry.
In early April, Claude finally received good news. The follow-up troops of the Ranger Division had arrived in the Amphiston Territory. General Michelich asked Claude to report back to the division headquarters.
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