Rodman Hills is named after the first colonial adventurer to arrive here. It is a small mountain range in the easternmost part of the Beringana Territory. It consists of only a dozen small hills with an altitude of two to three hundred meters.
Here, the Tanya Army of the Kingdom of Hicks encountered stubborn resistance from the defenders of the Kingdom of Ovelas. The enemy set up strong defensive positions on these hills in order to block the invincible front of the Tanya Army. But in front of the powerful Tanya Army, the enemy resisted like a castle on the beach and was quickly destroyed by the brave officers and soldiers of the Tanya Army. It only took one day to lose seven hills. post
One field division of the Tanya Army has penetrated deep into the Rodman Hills, and another field division is behind to protect logistics and other military supplies, and is camped outside the hills. In fact, the Tanya Army has suffered heavy casualties so far. It has lost almost seven combat battalions. In addition, one regiment has been sent to the rear to defend the captured towns. The current army has been reduced by almost three regiments. troops.
But for the senior command officers of the Tanya Army, all these efforts are worth it. As long as they break through the Rodman Hills, their army will be able to reach the Dolinibara River immediately, which means that they will reach the Dolinibara River for the first time along the way. One of them opened up the Beringana Direct Territory and was the first of the four armies to drink from the Madolinibara River. This was the undoubted first achievement.
So these senior officers of the Tanya Army held a celebration banquet in the rear camp, preparing to break through the three enemy-defended hills on the front early tomorrow morning, so that they could reach the banks of the Dolinibara River in the afternoon. . As for the few hills outside Rodman Hill, no one cares. If the center is broken through, the enemy defenders on the surrounding hills will naturally evacuate. Otherwise, none of them will be able to escape if the army turns around.
When the wine was in full swing, I suddenly noticed that the cups and plates on the table were beating. Several officers who had measured their weight laughed. "No, I can't drink anymore. I'm really going to get drunk. Look at the cups and plates on the table." dancing
Finally, an officer who had drunk less and was still sober came to his senses. He shouted in panic: "Enemy, enemy attack."
This was a surprise attack launched by the Ranger Division on the rear camp of the Tanya Army in the early morning. More than 20,000 war horses trampled the red soil of the Nubisian continent, rushed towards the enemy's camp, broke into the camp, and pulled out. Draw out your saber and kill every officer and soldier of the Tanya Legion you see. The officers and soldiers of the Tanya Army who woke up from their sleep did not organize an effective counterattack at all. They rushed out of the camp and ran towards the depths of Rodman Hills, abandoning their armor and armor, because at this moment everyone who escaped knew that, Only by escaping to the former military camp can he save his life.
The Rangers did not pursue these fleeing enemy officers and soldiers. They cleared out the surviving soldiers in the enemy's rear camp, captured nearly 5,000 surrenderers, and then reinforced the camp, completely surrounding the enemy at Rodman Hill. within.
There is a characteristic of Rodman Hills that the officers and soldiers of the Tanya Army do not understand, that is, there is no water source in the hills, and there is only a small river next to the rear camp. This was bad news for the 30,000 officers and soldiers of the Tanya Army who were surrounded in Rodman Hills. They dug three meters into the ground without finding a drop of water. Instead, they made themselves tired and thirsty.
The officers of the Tanya Army who mustered up their courage commanded the soldiers to launch a desperate charge towards the three hills directly ahead, intending to break through the three enemy defensive positions and rush to the edge of the Dolinibara River in one breath. , you can drink as much water as you want then
Only then did they realize that the defensive positions on the two hills in front of them were so impregnable. No matter how many times they launched charges, they failed. They were completely different from the easily captured positions on the hills yesterday. They couldn't even reach the first fifty meters of the defensive position, leaving only layers of corpses of soldiers covering the entire front of the position.
This was the first time that King Hicks, who had not experienced a war for more than 40 years, understood how intense the war was now. This completely subverted the offensive and defensive tactics they had learned in books. As they thought, the warring parties arranged themselves into neat square formations, marched in formation, and then opened fire until they were tens of meters apart, and then launched a hand-to-hand assault, which did not appear on the battlefield at all.
The soldiers of the Tanya Army formed a neat line and marched towards the enemy's defensive position. However, they were bombarded by artillery along the way. When they approached the defensive position 200 meters away, they became the targets of the enemies hiding in the trenches. When they were about to launch a charge at a distance of 100 meters, the enemy covered the entire forward position with shotgun shells fired by four light infantry field artillery pieces. No soldier could rush to the enemy's defensive position.
After repeated attacks five or six times, no soldier from the Tanya Legion was willing to line up and die. On the contrary, the officers who urged the soldiers to line up to attack again felt chills on their backs because the soldiers looked at them with red eyes. The corpses of thousands of soldiers who fell on the hill were so shocking to everyone. This was not an attack, this was a massacre that was sent to a slaughterhouse.
The remaining 25,000 Tanya Legion had no morale at all. The officers of the legion released all the messenger eagles and asked for help from the remaining four legions, hoping that they would be able to descend from the sky and save them from the predicament. But it was not until evening that they received a reply from the rest of the legions. Except for the farthest Kudraya legion, the replies from the Viklen, Sebok and Feipot legions asked them to hold on for another four or five days. They promised Can I arrive and save them from the sea of misery
A person can survive seven days without food, but cannot survive three days without water. The night attack by the Ranger Regiment the night before yesterday caused the officers and soldiers who fled to the front camp to panic and drank almost all the water reserves in the front camp, and even the water to cool the artillery was gone. It wasn't until the next day that the Tanya Army found themselves in a desperate situation when they dug three meters into the ground and couldn't find any water source. However, their desperate attack like a cornered animal ended up with bloody wounds in front of three small hills. The officers and soldiers have lost morale and fighting spirit. They know that they are finished.
Another day passed, and the remaining 26,000 troops of the Tanya Army, who could no longer hold on, raised the white flag and surrendered to the Rangers, ending their journey to the Nubisian continent. What awaits them will be a ten-year period of labor service and public facilities construction in the overseas territories. Before them, the surrendered personnel of the Panclair Army and the Clado Army have already been involved in the construction in full swing.
In the Battle of Rodman Hill, the Tanya Army of the Kingdom of Hicks, except for a logistics supplementary regiment that stayed in the rear town, suffered more than 60,000 casualties and about 20,000 casualties, and nearly 40,000 troops surrendered to Ovela. Prisoners of the Kingdom of Hicks, this was simply another slap in the face of the Kingdom of Hicks who aggressively sent five standing legions to the mainland of Nubisia to carry out this colonial war.
It took three or four days before they arrived at the Viklen, Sebok, and Febot legions at Rodman Hill and found only traces of the aftermath of the war. They frantically sent out all the scout light cavalry, trying to find traces of the enemy. After all, it is impossible for a small force to annihilate the Tanya Army. Coupled with the tens of thousands of prisoners of the Tanya Army, the whereabouts of so many people should be able to find out.
But unfortunately, beyond Rodman Hills is the Dolinibara River. On the river beach, the cavalry scouts found traces left by large groups of people boarding ships. Obviously, the defenders of the Kingdom of Overas were hiding in the shadows like poisonous snakes. Taking advantage of the relaxed moment when the five standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks were invincible, they suddenly jumped out and bit the unsuspecting Tanya legion. , after setting up an ambush at Rodman Hills and annihilating the Tanya Army, they retreated to the other side of the Dolinibara River. This was the unanimous conclusion of the senior officers of the three legions.
In the opinion of the commanding officers of the three legions of Viklen, Seebock and Feipot, according to the previous battle reports of the Tanya Legion, even if the enemy annihilated the Tanya Legion, it would definitely suffer a lot of casualties. Even if they win a big victory now, they should return to the other side to lick their wounds and regain their fighting strength. They should not be able to attack again in a short time.
Therefore, these three standing armies simply set up large camps along the Dolinibara River, preparing to wait for the rear to transport river crossing equipment, and sent soldiers everywhere to cut down trees, make boats and pontoons, and prepare to cross the Dolinibara River and continue to the river. The Robidos Overseas Territory of the Overas Kingdom launched an attack.
After receiving the falcon messages from the three standing legions, the Kuzoya legion that penetrated deep into the westernmost part of the Beringana Territory finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although the Tanya legion was completely wiped out, the enemy also retreated to the other side of the river. This meant that There was no longer any enemy obstruction or resistance in front of their legions. The Kudjoa Army can confidently and boldly go all the way to the Dolinibara River, set up camps and find a suitable crossing point, forcing the enemy on the other side to divide their troops to guard, and reducing the offensive pressure on the three standing armies on the east side to cross the river.
Then, the Kudraya Army in a marching state was suddenly surrounded and attacked by the light cavalry of the Ranger Division. Countless battle examples show that on the vast grasslands, infantry can never be an opponent of cavalry. Even though the strength of the troops was twice that of the enemy, the unobstructed terrain, the lack of continuous fire weapons to form a fire barrier, coupled with the relaxed marching state and the lack of alertness caused the Kuzoya Army to be attacked by the enemy's light cavalry. The assault collapsed within a quarter of an hour.
It is not that there were brave officers who commanded the soldiers to gather and resist tenaciously, intending to gain more time for the defense of the large force. There were also many artillerymen who were not afraid of death and braved the threat of being attacked by the enemy's light cavalry. They loaded the light artillery with ammunition and powder in a well-trained manner, opened the gun mount and prepared for firing. They vowed that even if they sacrificed their lives, they would make the hateful enemy pay the corresponding price in casualties.
But these brave officers and soldiers of the Kudraya Corps did not realize that the enemy they faced was not a pure light cavalry force. After discovering that some troops of the Kuzoya Legion were ready for defense, the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Division who were galloping around to kill did not rush towards the enemy's defense array in a flash of inspiration. Instead, they distanced themselves, dismounted, lay down on the ground, and used their muskets Carry out roll call shooting.
There were crisp gunshots. The artillerymen next to the artillery, the neatly arranged infantry, and the officers and soldiers of the Kuzoya Army fell to the ground one after another amidst the gunfire. The soldiers of the Kuzoya Legion soon collapsed again. They wanted to fight back, but the enemy was lying on the ground. They charged at the enemy, but the enemy got up from the ground, jumped on his horse, and ran away. When you catch up, there are a few more next to you. A light horse passes by and the saber flashes, and your body is separated.
It was around three o'clock in the afternoon when the three standing legions staying on the banks of the Dolinibara River received the urgent request for help from the Kuzoya Legion, and the prairie raid was nearing its end. The three standing armies can only sit back and watch as the Kuzoya Army follows the path of the Tanya Army. After all, they are too far away. It will take five or six days to reach the battlefield if they set off immediately, and the Kuzoya Army obviously cannot support such a long period of time. time
Another standing army in the Kingdom of Hicks was completely wiped out. Kuzoya's army suffered nearly half casualties, and more than 40,000 people became prisoners of the Rangers. The Ranger Corps also paid the price of casualties for a field regiment in this raid, but only more than a thousand soldiers were sacrificed and disabled, and more than 3,000 injured soldiers could still return to the army as long as they received medical treatment.
Although permission for expansion has been obtained, the strength of the Ranger Corps that annihilated the two standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom is still the same as the original division. The civilian soldiers recruited from the Kingdom have not yet arrived on the Nubisian continent. It can be said that in these two battles, the Ranger Corps commanded by General Michelchi completely defeated the strong with the weak. First, they used defensive positions to lure the Tanian Army into an ambush, and then used the light cavalry assault to capture the enemy's rear camp, trapping the enemy in a water shortage. predicament, and then used strong defensive positions to make the enemy desperate and unable to attack for a long time, and finally forced the Tanya Army to surrender.
The Tanya Army was annihilated and the enemy's other three standing armies were attracted, leaving the westernmost Kuzoa Army to form a lone army. The Ranger Corps used the channel of the Dolini Bara River to move its troops to the west of the Beringana Direct Territory. They used their mobility to quietly surround the Kudjoa Army, launched a sudden attack, and defeated the enemy in one battle. resisted and completely annihilated Kudraya's army.
The annihilation of the two standing armies gave the remaining three standing armies an illusion. They seemed to feel that they had fallen into the trap of the defenders of the Kingdom of Overas. The leader's invincibility is a sign that the enemy is luring them into a trap. So the three legions of Wicklen, Seebock and Febot decided to stay together and not march separately, so as not to give the enemy opportunities to defeat them.
At this time, bad news came one after another from the rear. Almost all logistics supply transport convoys were attacked by the enemy. No more transport convoys could transport heavy supplies to the camps of the three frontline legions. After discussion, the three standing armies dispatched a field division to prepare to escort the transportation of supplies to the rear, but then they were ambushed by the Ranger Division during the march.
There were two light cavalry regiments in the force formation of this field division, but they were no match for the Rangers. After finally breaking out of the encirclement, they rushed back to the camp to report the news, so the field division was swallowed up by the Rangers again. Come down.
The encounter of this field division confirmed the fact that the three legions of the Kingdom of Hicks had fallen into a tight siege by the enemy, and the light cavalry scouts they sent began to disappear and never return. Their soldiers even discovered that the enemy's light cavalry was snooping around the camp, and from time to time they saw the enemy's light cavalry appearing in the distance.
Fortunately, the three standing legions themselves carry armaments and supplies that can last for a month. If you save a little, you can last longer. They were unwilling to leave the Dolinibara River, but instead placed their hope in the Sea King Fleet, hoping that the fleet could open up the channel of the Dolinibara River, transport them logistical supplies, and then send them to the Dolinibara River until Attack the hinterland of the Overseas Territory of the Kingdom of Overas.
As long as they cross the river and hold on to the river defenses, the defenders of the Ovilas Kingdom who remain in the Beringana Direct Territory will become rootless and have no other choice but to surrender. The staff officers of the three standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom believed that most of the enemies were besieged around their camp, so crossing the river was their only choice to turn defeat into victory.
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