"Hold on, don't panic, aim, fire." A second lieutenant of the Thunder Legion directed a dozen soldiers to line up, raised the matchlock gun in his hand, pointed at the dozen Hicks veterans who pounced in front, and pulled the trigger.
The gunshots were fired in succession, and a cloud of white gunpowder smoke rose. It's a pity that only four or five of the Hicks veterans who rushed up fell down. The worst thing was the Hicks veteran who rushed at the front. He was shot five or six times and didn't say a word. Falling on his back, it is obvious that the meaning of rescue has been lost. The veteran Hicks behind him let out an angry roar and accelerated his sprint with a fierce expression...
"Mount your bayonet, don't panic, go up and kill these Hicks bastards..." The older second lieutenant was the first to go up to him, using his bayonet to deflect the rapid sprint of a Hicks veteran, and used his backhand to The butt of the matchlock hit the opponent hard in the face. There was a sound of bones breaking, and the Hicks veteran covered his bloody face and screamed and fell to the ground, his body twitching and shrinking into a ball.
The second lieutenant didn't even look at the victim lying on the ground beside him. He had already faced the two Hicks veterans who were rushing towards him again. As a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles, he has experienced a lot of the scenes before him. Although the two Hicks veterans as opponents were fierce, their bayonet skills were not very good. After two or three rounds, the two Hicks veterans were stabbed to the ground one after another, and the older second lieutenant became winner.
Just as he was about to turn around to see how his soldiers were stabbing, he heard a gunshot. The second lieutenant turned around with difficulty, clutching his chest, and looked at Xi, who was busy loading the matchlock gun opposite him. The soldiers fell to the ground unwillingly. The last thing they heard was the panicked shouts of their soldiers...
"Send the Hicks back to their hometowns." In another place, twenty or thirty soldiers of the Thunder Legion, holding bayonet-mounted matchlocks, surrounded the last six or seven Hicks veterans. They were lying on the ground in a mess. Nearly a hundred corpses and wounded, the corpses of soldiers wearing dark blue Hicks military uniforms and the red uniforms of the Kingdom of Overas were intertwined, and some even died together in the fight. But the result now is that the soldiers of the Thunder Legion have the upper hand. The six or seven Hicks veterans surrounded in the middle are all injured and it seems that they can no longer hold on.
Although the soldiers of the Thunder Legion shouted loudly for the surrounded Hicks veterans to surrender their weapons, none of the Hicks veterans were willing to put down their weapons. Instead, they held on tighter. It seemed that their final outcome was already inevitable. Yue. No one noticed that a Hicks veteran who was forty or fifty meters away was struggling to use his injured body to push a light infantry field artillery, pointed the muzzle at the crowd here, and then bent down and bent down on the ground while panting. I picked up the torch from the brazier and inserted it into the cannon door...
There was a thunderous roar, and the shotgun spray from the muzzle covered the space. Whether it was the Thunder Legion soldiers outside or the Hicks veterans trapped inside, they were all wiped out by this cannon. The dying gunner laughed crazily as he looked at his masterpiece, and then choked to death on the blood he spat out. He was freed quickly, and a Thunder Legion soldier who saw the tragedy and rushed towards him hated him with a bayonet to vent his anger...
"Who knows how to use a cannon?" This soldier of the Thunder Legion almost stabbed the gunner's chest into a honeycomb shape, but the cannon just now gave him inspiration, and he loudly greeted his companions and prepared to use this Hick. The Si's light infantry field artillery was used to deal with the crazy Hicks. It's just that this soldier hasn't received a response from his companions, and his shouting has attracted the enemy's attention. Gunshots rang out and the soldier fell onto the cannon.
"I need reinforcements, General. In another hour our group will be wiped out..." Belklin rushed to Claude's side with blood on his body and begged loudly.
Claude looked at the battlefield hundreds of meters away with a monocular, motionless: "Colonel, you shouldn't be here, you should be directing your soldiers from the front to resist the enemy's attack. Gemie, you bring my guards up to reinforce and help the colonel stabilize his defense line. Now is the last madness of the Hicks. If we can withstand this wave, we will win."
Belklin stomped his feet bitterly, turned around and rushed out of the headquarters set up in the third trench. He knew Claude was in trouble and was asking for reinforcements everywhere, but he only had so many troops in hand. No one expected that the Hicks would rush forward like crazy and fight for their lives. Now it's up to who can withstand it. , whoever persists to the end will win. Claude even sent his own guards to the front line.
This melee happened because the second protective wall of nearly a kilometer was captured by the Thunder Legion. Claude used a thrower produced by the Hicks to throw grenades produced in the war zone, which indeed caused the Hicks to suffer. A heavy sap. Fifteen hundred grenade bombs blew up the Hicks hiding behind the second protective wall, causing heavy losses. Then the third regiment, equipped with new rifles, launched an attack and successfully occupied the third regiment. Four and five trenches and the second protective wall position of nearly one kilometer.
But something happened that Claude didn't expect. The third regiment was running out of bullets. Many soldiers had already fired their last bullets. The new rifles without bullets were not even as good as matchlock guns. Claude had to dispatch them. Belklin's first regiment and Murield's second regiment were sent up. By this time, the Hicks people had come to their senses, and they immediately gathered their forces to launch a frantic counterattack against the second protective wall position that had fallen nearly a kilometer away. This is how the melee began...
When Claude led the Thunder Legion on the expedition, in addition to each soldier of the third regiment equipped with new rifles carrying a hundred rounds of ammunition, he also prepared a batch of supply bullets and handed them over to General Albert for safekeeping. After returning from the attack on the general logistics base camp of the Hicks, the soldiers of the third regiment had already resupplied once. I just didn't expect that these seven days of trench warfare would consume so many bullets. The third regiment, equipped with new rifles, has been fighting on the front line...
When the officers and soldiers of the third regiment rushed to the nearly kilometer-long second protective wall position, cleared away the remaining Hicks on the position, and prepared to build a temporary defensive front, the bullets ran out. There is also a group of more than 4,000 people, and the total bullets are less than 300 to 400. The regiment leader, Colonel Diavid, angrily demanded that bullets be sent up immediately. Only then did he realize that there was no ammunition reserve in the rear to replenish.
Claude had no choice but to withdraw the third regiment and replace the fourth regiment to take care of the prisoners. Then the first and second regiments were sent up to prepare to consolidate the defense line. They went back and forth for more than an hour, and precious time passed in vain. As a result, the Hicks had already launched a counterattack as soon as the first and second regiments went up and gained a foothold. The nearly kilometer-long second protective wall position was like boiling porridge, with fierce fighting and killing everywhere.
For the Hicks, the second protective wall is open to the outside but not inward. Behind the wall are artillery and hurler positions, which are all flat places. After being attacked by Claude's grenade, it was equivalent to stabbing them in a vital part. If the nearly one kilometer lost position was not recaptured, it would be equivalent to opening a big hole in the entire defensive front, and the enemy would directly Occupying the living facilities such as campsites and warehouses behind the protective wall will be a disaster for the Hicks. Apart from surrendering, the only way is to annihilate the entire army and kill them all...
For the Thunder Legion that captured the second protective wall, the area behind the protective wall was flat and without any protective facilities, not even the simplest soil sacks, so they couldn't find a bunker. The second protective wall cannot be used, because the side facing the Thunder Legion has been artificially cut into a steep slope. If you want to use the second protective wall as a cover, everyone must be on stilts. The third regiment rushed up and cleared out the remaining enemies, but ran out of bullets and had to withdraw. The first and second regiments had no time to build bunkers and build defensive facilities.
The Hicks rushed forward in one fell swoop, preparing to take back the nearly one thousand meter position. Both sides almost opened fire face to face, and then charged, bayoneted, hand-to-hand fighting, and the melee became an inextricable mess. Hicks devoted his troops one by one, and Claude gritted his teeth and filled in more people. After a day and a night, both sides were exhausted, and it was difficult for them to hold on...
The big guy, Germi, went up quickly and came down quickly. The guard squadron equipped with new rifles stabilized the first regiment's defense line and drove back the crazy Hicks, giving the officers and soldiers of the first regiment a rare period of rest. Big Germi was injured by an iron pumpkin. He was a Hicks veteran. Twenty meters away from Big Germi, the iron pumpkin in his arms ignited, and a flying iron piece hit him. Big Germi's belly, so he was lifted down.
This is not the first time that this has happened. Claude has seen such a scene more than once in the monocular. Those Hicks veterans were the most unafraid of death that Claude had ever seen. They hugged the Iron Pumpkin and held torches. They rushed into the crowd and pressed the torch to the bottom of the Iron Pumpkin's match rope. Soon there was a huge explosion. With the sound, Veteran Hicks and the surrounding crowd, whether they were the officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion or their own comrades who were fighting, all died together...
The first and second regiments of the first division of the Thunder Legion only held out for half a day before they began to ask for reinforcements. Then the fifth and eighth regiments of the second division came to fill in. They persisted until midnight and were almost exhausted. Claude sent the fourth regiment up, and General Albert also organized the remaining troops of the sixth and seventh regiments of the second division and the combat-effective personnel of the headquarters, and reorganized them into three temporary The fighting battalion pushed forward and held on until dawn.
Now even the guard squadron around Claude was sent up, and they finally withstood the Hicks' crazy counterattack. Soon after the fighting on the left position held by the 1st Belklin Regiment subsided, the sound of fighting on the right position of the 2nd Regiment of Murield also gradually disappeared, and only the battle flag of the Thunder Legion was still seen on the protective wall. Hunting and fluttering...
According to the report of the soldiers who escorted the big man down, the Hicks could no longer hold on. In the last battle, it was no longer the Hicks veterans who rushed up. It felt like they were the corps' logistics support personnel, such as cooks, clerks, and officers' servants. They lacked fighting consciousness and only pounced on them with fierce force, lacking enough stamina. The officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion on the position repelled them with only minor casualties.
As the wounded continued to be sent down, Claude finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Hicks had not launched another attack for an hour and a half. It seemed that they really couldn't hold on. Claude changed into a soldier's uniform and walked towards the protective wall position. When he reached the position, he was shocked. All he saw were corpses in dark blue military uniforms, covering almost all the ground. The blood flowing on the ground had accumulated. It turned into a red puddle, and the smell of blood was tangy...
In the distance, there were soldiers of the Thunder Legion clearing the battlefield. They held muskets with bayonets and stabbed all the Hicks corpses on the ground first. From time to time, they could hear the screams of dying people. Only after they had cleaned them up, did the soldiers go over to collect the soldier tags on the Hicks corpses on the ground, and check the condition of the corpses of their comrades who fell on the ground to see if there was any hope of rescue. Those who were still breathing immediately called the medical soldiers to come over and carry out treatment.
Murray Ed came over shirtless and bandaged. He was so tired that he didn't even want to stand, so he sat directly on the body of a Hicks veteran.
"Are you okay?" Claude asked with concern.
"It's okay. I accidentally stepped on the body and slipped. As a result, there was a cut under the ribs. The medicine has stopped the bleeding. It will be better in five or six days." Murray Ed said nonchalantly. He answered that he knew the purpose of Claude coming to him: "Don't worry, boss, little Booker is fine. The little guy is more ruthless than me. He killed a small group of Hicks veterans by himself without any harm. Now he brings A small team went to the front to reconnoiter the enemy’s campsite..."
Claude was relieved to learn that his brother Brovik was fine. He looked at the corpses spread out several hundred meters away and asked, "How many troops do you have here?"
Murray Ed's face darkened: "There should be one battalion of our second regiment that can still move. This includes those with minor injuries, like me, who can still continue to fight. The seriously injured ones have been transported. Go down. The rest are from other regiments. The fourth, fifth and eighth regiments are mixed together. There should be five or six thousand people. The Hicks are really crazy. Look at how many people died. People, at least have one division. From here to there, the ground for hundreds of meters is full of corpses..."
Compared with Colonel Jed Walker, the commander of the fourth regiment, Murray Ed was very lucky to have only suffered this injury. Because the old injury on the foot of the original commander of the Fourth Regiment, Colonel Andreuk, recurred and he suffered from severe rheumatism, he had no choice but to transfer from the Thunder Regiment to the local garrison armed forces and served as the commander of the local garrison in the Port of Corpicius and Tiersi. The position of security commander in the Mu Territory. So Colonel Jed Walker was transferred from the theater command and became the commander of the fourth regiment.
Last night Claude sent the Fourth Regiment up for reinforcements, but as soon as the Fourth Regiment went up, they encountered the Hicks who launched the most violent counterattack. Colonel Jed Walker was beaten by the Hicks veteran because his school officer uniform was too conspicuous. Targeted, he was hit again and again. In the end, all the guards around Colonel Jedwalker died in the battle, and he was stabbed seven times and breathed his last.
The death of Colonel Jed Walker almost caused the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Regiment to plummet and collapse. Fortunately, after hearing the news, Murray Ed arrived and commanded the soldiers to repel the enemy's attack, reorganize the defense line, and move Jed Colonel Walker's body was transported down, and then he placed the Fourth Regiment under his direct command. Only then did the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Regiment continue to persevere.
In addition to the unlucky Colonel Jed Walker, the two regiment commanders of the 5th and 7th regiments of the 2nd Division were also seriously injured and sent down. This unexpected melee left the Thunder Legion very injured. One of the eight regiment commanders was killed and two were injured. As for the battalion commanders below, there is no statistics yet, but Claude knows that there are three who fought like Colonel Jed Walker. Death battlefield.
After lunch, Claude received a reconnaissance report from the front line. The Hicks abandoned their campsite and logistics warehouse area, as well as the school field, barracks, treatment camp, etc., and assembled the remaining troops on a small hill in the east. . That should be where the Hicks' food, grass and arms were stored, and the enemy was prepared to fight there.
Lieutenant Blovik of the Wolf Fang Squadron reported that there were estimated to be more than 10,000 Hicks on the hillock, and most of them were wounded soldiers with more or less bandages on their bodies. From the monocular telescope, we could see that there were more than ten artillery pieces on the mound, but no hurlers were seen. Moreover, the Hicks packed soil into the sackcloth bags that originally contained food, and piled these soil-filled sackcloth bags on top of the trenches. This was an effective method to prevent shelling and throwing bombs.
In addition, the retreating Hicks set fire to the logistics warehouse area and dormitory camps filled with blankets and military uniforms, and the fire was very fierce. The officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion at the second protective wall position did not have the energy or leisure to put out the fire. They simply set up a firebreak on the edge of the camp and allowed the fire to burn inside the camp.
Claude estimated that this was a fire set by the Hicks to prevent the Thunder Legion from pursuing their victory, and to buy time for their defenses on the small mound. But in Claude's view, this is just the desperate struggle of the Hicks people. Do they think they can withstand the Thunder Legion's attack by building defenses on the small mound? That's just wishful thinking. Claude has many ways to wipe out the entire Small mound.
But Claude is not in a hurry. After the melee, the officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion also need time to rest and recuperate. No one is invincible. And the bodies of the Hicks who died on the position also need to be cleaned up. There is no need to trouble your own soldiers with these hard jobs. Those Hicks prisoners are the best choice.
Just when Claude was about to order Diavid's third regiment to escort the Hicks prisoners to the front line to clean up the enemy corpses, General Albert came back. He brought bad news to Claude. The Nikancha battalions in the mountainous areas along the northern coast refused to attack the Hicks camp. They had only one excuse. They were responsible for defense, not offense. . It seems that in conjunction with General Albert's command of the Second Division of the Thunder Legion to attack the Hicks camp, the heavy casualties suffered have caused these Nikancha battalions to lose their aggressiveness.
Claude slammed the table bitterly. If these Nikancha battalions could have arrived to join the battle last night, the Thunder Legion would not have suffered such heavy casualties. However, Claude couldn't blame these Nikancha battalions for this matter. After all, the Nikancha people gained wisdom after suffering a loss. The Nikancha people were not stupid. General Albert's actions had already caused the Nikancha people to lose their strength. With trust, they will no longer sacrifice their young lives for the Thunder Legion in vain.
Claude knew that the trip was not going well when General Albert didn't come back last night, but finally the Thunder Legion withstood this crucial melee and won. But Claude didn't expect General Albert to bring him two pieces of bad news...
"The secret agent of Rhodes Bay Colony sent an eagle message to the war zone. The third batch of Hicks' standing regiments has arrived. There are two standing regiments transported this time, one of which is the light cavalry regiment. They arrived at Rhodes The team set out on the same night as the Bay Colony, presumably to rescue the border camps in the northern mountainous area that were undergoing fighting...
General Beach Kerin sent a Falcon message. The Hicks people in the eastern mountainous area have all evacuated from the mountainous area. It is estimated that there is still a semi-standing army of troops left. The scouts discovered that they were rushing north, and General Beachlin was unable to stop them from going north. I hope we will be careful..."