"Report, the Wolf Fang Squadron returned from the attack. They eliminated three Hicks reconnaissance light cavalry teams, brought back thirty-one soldier nameplates, and captured twenty-six war horses. Only one of their soldiers was slightly injured... ..." Captain Mason Hughes brought Claude a report on the results of the Wolf Fang Squadron.
Claude was furious: "Call Lieutenant Blovik over here. I asked the Third Regiment to send a small team to ambush the enemy's light cavalry reconnaissance team. He took the Wolf Fang Squadron to join in the fun and attack without orders. , does he still have me as the legion commander in his eyes?"
His younger brother Blovik soon appeared in front of Claude, and was scolded bloody and finally imprisoned for five days. Just in this way, Lieutenant Blovik's fault for leading the Wolf Fang Squadron to attack without orders was overturned, and no one can hold him accountable in the future.
In fact, Claude knew in his heart that his brother Brovik led the Wolf Fang Squadron to attack without orders this time because he was instigated by Diavid. After bullets were delivered again from the rear for Diavid's third regiment to obtain supplies, Claude ordered his third regiment to attack in small groups to annihilate the police posts and police posts deployed by the Hicks outside the northern mountainous border. Reconnaissance squads of light cavalry as well as patrol squads, leaving the Hicks blind and deaf.
It's just that the executor of this order, Colonel Diavid, was in trouble. When he, Belklin and others followed Claude in the ranger camp, he was the one who didn't like to use his brain the least. Anyway, Claude is in charge, and he only needs to complete Claude's instructions. As a result, he had not mastered Claude's method of ambush, hiding, and analyzing the enemy's whereabouts, and he only had a partial understanding of it.
Now that Claude asked him to send out a small team to ambush the enemy's light cavalry reconnaissance team again like he did in the Ranger Camp, he didn't know where to start. He wanted to discuss with Belklin, Muriel and others, but he was afraid of being laughed at by them. In the end, he simply called his four battalion commanders and asked them to send two teams from each battalion to the mountainous border to perform this task. They casually explained the methods of digging holes and covering them with weeds, and then let the four battalion commanders do their best. .
There were just some problems with the completion of the mission. Eight teams were dispatched. Four of them did not encounter the enemy for a day. Although the other four teams encountered the enemy, the results were not optimistic. Even though the soldiers of these four teams were equipped with new rifles and had a hundred rounds of newly supplied ammunition, when they ambushed the enemy's light cavalry reconnaissance team, they were not only easily discovered by the enemy, but in the end they only defeated the enemy. They also paid the price of two deaths and fourteen injuries.
So Diaverde was severely scolded by Claude and ordered to train the soldiers of the third regiment to be familiar with ambush tactics and concealment ambush and other tricks, and to deliver satisfactory results. Belklin was even more gloating about his misfortune, saying harshly that the new rifle equipment for the Third Regiment was really the wrong equipment. In the end, for the sake of friendship with an old friend, Murray Ed reminded me, is there anyone in the entire legion who is more proficient in these ambush and concealment tactics than the Wolf Fang Squadron
If Diavid invited Blovik to take the Wolf Fang Squadron as instructors and train the soldiers of the Third Regiment in these ambush and concealment tactics, there would be no problem. But Diaverde couldn't help but remember Claude's words that ten training sessions are not worth one actual combat experience, so he asked Brovid to lead the Wolf Fang Squadron directly to the mountain border to ambush the enemy. The light cavalry reconnaissance team allowed the selected soldiers of the third regiment to be trained to see firsthand how they fought.
However, most of the ambush points did not wait for the enemy. At the end of the day, they encountered three Hicks reconnaissance light cavalry teams. These three light cavalry reconnaissance teams were all wiped out without any accident, except for the five Hicks who were killed. In addition to those who were killed because their feet were stuck in the stirrups and their bodies were dragged away by their horses, the nameplates of the remaining thirty-one Hicks cavalrymen were seized. The only injured soldier in the Wolf Fang Squadron was accidentally kicked by a fierce war horse when he went to collect the enemy's mounts...
Although the results were good, Blovik made the big mistake of attacking without orders. In the end, Claude punished him and put him in solitary confinement for five days. Claude then gave the order to the Langya Squadron to teach the soldiers of the 1303rd Regiment and master various ambush tactics in the next half month. At the same time, the Langya Squadron was allowed to conduct actual combat teaching exercises, that is, to lead three Soldiers of the regiment went directly to the mountainous border to ambush the enemy and clear out police posts.
It only took less than ten days for the Hicks to be unable to stand this kind of small beatings. They lost an average of three men and horses of the light cavalry squad every day, which in ten days added up to more than one large squadron. Now it is the team's turn to go out for patrol and reconnaissance every day when they leave the camp as if they are going to die. They all look sad and mess around around the camp until the time is up, and then they can't wait to return to the camp. When asked about the surrounding activities and the situation at the mountainous border, everyone shook their heads and said they didn’t know anything...
It's not that the Hicks didn't think about clearing out these fly-like hunting and ambush teams surrounding the military camp, but the camp was too close to the border of the mountainous area. It was easy for the ambush teams to evacuate immediately when they dispatched a large force.
Once, a large group of Hicks light cavalry caught up with an ambush team and trapped them on a small hillock. They were about to ambush the team with horseback. As a result, two more ambush teams rushed over, and more than thirty new rifles opened fire together. The big target with tall men and horses was less than fifty meters away. Within five minutes, seventy or eighty of the light cavalry brigade of two hundred people fell. The remaining Hicks light cavalry were so frightened that they turned their horses and fled. A person who wants to rush forward and fight for his life...
Hicks's two and a half standing regiments, who finally gathered in the fire-burned camp, had no choice but to retreat ten miles and rebuild a defensive camp. Claude also gave up when he saw the opportunity, and ordered the ambush team of the third regiment not to cross the distance of ten miles from the mountain border. The two sides used the abandoned Hicks Camp as the boundary, each guarding one side.
Claude knew very well that if he ordered the ambush team to go ten miles further to ambush the enemy, he would fall into the Hicks' plan. Ten miles away from the mountain border can ensure that the attacking team can retreat, but it is difficult to say if it is twenty miles away. The Hicks sent out the light cavalry brigade to seal the back road, and then sent Hicks veterans to clear out the ambush team. Then the attacking team The team is gone with no return.
About half a month later, General Bichklin came. He told Claude the news that the Nikancha armed forces guarding the eastern mountain front had also withdrawn, on the pretext of returning to their new territory to celebrate the New Year with their families. . General Bechklin said that in this battle with the Hicks, the Nikanchas suffered heavy casualties. One hundred thousand young and strong armed forces were given to the command of the war zone. Now that they have withdrawn to the new territory, only about 40,000 people have been killed, and the casualties have exceeded 60,000. , which no one expected.
The Nikancha battalions that had just begun to guard important areas in the eastern frontier mountains were beaten to a pulp by the Hicks using iron pumpkins. They abandoned their positions and evacuated in embarrassment, losing three to four thousand people. Then when the first defensive line on the Eastern Front fell, more than 10,000 people were lost. What is noteworthy is that all the Nikanchas who fell into the hands of the Hicks were young and well-armed, and all were executed regardless of whether they were injured or not. Perhaps the Hicks believed that the Nikanchas who took up arms were no longer good slaves, so they might as well kill them all.
When they retreated to the second defensive line on the eastern front, the Hicks were already unable to succeed. In addition, Claude led the Thunder 131st Battalion to sneak into their rear and annihilate the two main field regiments. Therefore, the Hicks' attack on the second defensive line was loud and light, and even the Nikancha armed forces could easily repel the Hicks' small attacking force. During that time, the casualties of the Nikancha people were very light, only about a thousand people.
Then Claude led the Thunder Legion to attack the Hicks General Logistics Base Camp in Rodex Bay Colony. After receiving the news, the two standing legions of the Hicks on the eastern front quietly began to evacuate. Before leaving, he launched a very fierce attack and successfully confused General Beach Green. It was not until a day later that General Beachlin discovered that he had been deceived. The Hicks had withdrawn and their camp was empty.
General Beachlin decided to pursue, dragging the Hicks along the mountainous terrain of the eastern front. But at this time, the Nikancha people did not obey the command again, and everyone thought that victory was in sight. The Hicks people fled in confusion, which was a good opportunity to beat the drowned dog. So everyone rushed to be the first, regardless of General Beachlin's pursuit arrangements, and swarmed away like a swarm of bees...
The Nikancha people thought too simply of pursuing victory, thinking that they could retaliate happily by catching up with the enemy's evacuating troops. As a result, what awaited these Nikancha people was a painful ambush experience. More than 30,000 young and strong Kamchat troops ran into the ambush of the Hicks' rear troops. It was a large valley, and the exit route was blocked. Iron pumpkins fell like raindrops, plus light infantry field artillery. With shotgun attacks and veteran Hicks' perfectly aimed shots, these Nikanchas encountered a nightmare massacre.
Fortunately General Beachlin's troops arrived quickly and attacked from behind. The Hicks were defeated and evacuated, but they finally saved more than 10,000 Nikancha lucky men who lost their souls and thousands of wounded soldiers. It’s just that this ambush battle took away the courage of all the young and armed Nikancha people. The remaining more than 30,000 Nikancha people were trembling with fear. They were frightened at the slightest sign of trouble, for fear of encountering a similar attack again. ambush.
General Bichklin had no choice but to arrange these Nikancha people on the back road to be responsible for the transportation of logistical supplies. He led the troops of the Rock Legion to continue the pursuit.
At this time, General Beachlin had only three regiments and one battalion directly under the division headquarters as the main field force. In addition, the Thunder 131 reinforcement battalion sent by Claude and commanded by McJack later fought with the enemy in the eastern frontier mountainous area. The pursuit of the Hicks was carried out by these troops. The Nikanchas acted as soy saucers throughout the whole process and did not contribute anything. They even lost some of the logistics materials they were responsible for transporting because they were accidentally dropped. Went to the bottom of the cliff...
In fact, the Nikancha people also had the idea of new rifles and bullets, and General Buechlin knew it well. The Nikancha people saw the power of the new rifles, so they sent several of their elders to ask the war zone to provide them with new rifles. They were even willing to pay a high price of two hundred gold crowns for a new rifle. As a result, the war zone refused to hesitate. reject.
However, considering that during the war, the frontline troops still needed the cooperation of these Nikancha people, General Bolonik and General Skrein discussed and asked Master Bird to star in a play for the Nikancha elders. In a mysterious-looking room near the theater headquarters, Master Bird used the alchemy magic talisman array to refine the gun barrel and various accessories in front of these Nikancha elders. It took him a day to refine the gun barrel and various accessories. Assemble a new rifle and ten rounds of ammunition.
General Bolonik and General Skerry told these Nikancha elders that all new rifles in the war zone were refined by rune mages from alchemy magic talisman arrays. If it were not for the purpose of resisting the attack of the Hicks, such precious magic items would not be equipped to the troops. This is all the result of the hard work of the rune mages in the war zone in recent years. Now even half of the troops directly under the war zone have If the equipment is not available, the Nikancha people will pay not only 200 gold crowns, but 2,000 gold crowns. Well, this price war zone needs to be carefully considered...
Although they fooled the Nikancha elders away, General Bolonik and General Skerry knew the nature of the Nikancha people very well. They would not give up so easily, so they sent a falcon message to remind Crow on the front line. Generals De and Bichklin were wary of the Nikancha people's secret tricks and obtained new rifles from troops equipped with new rifles.
Claude's Thunder Legion was naturally fine. Except for General Albert's tricking Nikancha into attacking the Hicks camp with the Second Division, the 3rd Army, which was under the command of General Albert and was equipped with new rifles, The battalion of the third regiment was regarded as the lifeline by General Albert, and it was closely watched. The Nikancha people could not get close to it at all.
On the other hand, things were a bit more complicated for General Bichklin. They were all on a defensive front, and the Nikanchas especially liked to circle around the regiment equipped with new rifles. Various reasons emerged one after another, such as why he was in the wrong camp, he was looking for someone, and he was giving gifts to friends. Finally, General Beachlin was forced to learn from McJack. The 131st Battalion of the Thunder Corps, which was also equipped with new rifles, refused to deal with the Nikanchas. Any Nikancha who approached the 131st Battalion received the same treatment. Three warnings were given. If they continued to approach, they would be shot and wounded immediately. Make an arrest...
All soldiers equipped with new rifles received a stern warning. They must sleep with the new rifles in their arms. Patrols at night are more stringent. Even if they go to the convenience, they must hold the new rifles or leave them to their comrades for safekeeping. Such severe measures finally prevented the bad news of the new rifle disappearing for no apparent reason. After staying on the second defensive line for a month, the Ni, who was said to be a repeat offender, was captured from the camp of the regiment equipped with the new rifle. There were several times more thieves in the Kamchat group than in other regiments.
After the pursuit began, the regiment equipped with new rifles was moved to the front and finally avoided the entanglement of the Nikancha people. Even if there were casualties in the battle, it was the first time to control the new rifles equipped by these casualties. Even the supply and transportation of those bullets are all personally escorted by the troops of the Rock Legion to prevent accidents such as falling off the cliff...
Buechlin lamented that he actually spent more thought and energy on the Nikancha people than on dealing with the Hicks people. Just like the combat staff he sent to the Nikancha camps to serve as officers in charge, the Nikanchas obeyed orders for a while at first, but soon they stopped listening and left it to their own leaders to make the decision. So these combat staff officers who were responsible officers really became staff officers and could only provide advice to the leaders of the Nikancha people. In the end, they would rather come back than stay in those Nikancha camps.
In this pursuit, the thousand mines that Claude handed over to the 131st Battalion of Thunder made a great contribution. Originally, it was planned for McJack to lead the 131st Battalion to sneak into the Hicks' back roads and disrupt their logistics and transportation. Unexpectedly, the Hicks would withdraw their entire army. Michael led the 131st Battalion in a rapid march to get ahead of the Hicks' retreating troops, relying on the mines they laid to successfully delay their journey. Finally, General Beachlin led the pursuing troops and successfully annihilated the Hicks. The strength of this division was cut off by the Kes.
The Hicks originally sent troops to rescue the besieged Duanhou troops, but they suffered heavy losses from the minefields planted by Mai Jack. They had no choice but to retreat and watch the Duanhou troops being annihilated.
However, this was already the best effort of General Buechlin. If one of his regiments was not equipped with new rifles and was flanked by McJack's 131st Battalion, which finally annihilated the enemy's stubborn resistance, General Buechlin would not have been able to do it. There is really nothing that Veteran Hicks can do against this division's extremely tenacious fighting will. Because the pursuit force he commanded was even at a disadvantage in terms of strength, they eliminated the rear-cutting force formed by this veteran Hicks, and the Rock Army also paid the price of nearly 10,000 casualties...
Another thing happened during this period. Because new weapons such as landmines are not as strictly monitored as new rifles, a box of four landmines entrusted to the Nikancha people to be transported to the front line was naturally included in the transportation process. List of casualties caused by falling into a cliff. Even the Nikancha people who transported it cursed and swore that it had really fallen, and they even lost a donkey.
This is obviously a lie, because there has never been a donkey carrying only one box of landmines. These Nikancha people have no logic in lying. But General Bichlin thought that weapons like landmines were not as confidential as new rifles, so he decided to forget it and was too lazy to argue with these Nikancha people.
As a result, these Nikancha people immediately asked for trouble and reaped the consequences. Two loud noises in the temporary camp at night almost startled everyone, thinking that it was the Hicks who launched a night attack. As a result, after inspection, it was discovered that the explosion came from the Nikancha camp. I looked over and found the two missing mines. I also learned from a Nikancha man who was injured at the scene that it was the result of the explosion of two other landmines.
The truth of the matter is very simple. After the Nikancha people secretly planted four landmines in this box, several leaders held a banquet to celebrate in the evening. During the dinner, they took out the landmines to admire them. It's just that they regarded the mines as projectiles, thinking they were the same as the iron pumpkins produced by the Hicks. These four mines were pressure mines. The Nikancha people didn't know that. They looked around for match ropes or pulled the fuses, but of course they couldn't find them.
Several leaders got together to study, and one of them accidentally pressed the compression spring on the mine. He was overjoyed and said that the trap was here. The other leader also picked up a mine and pressed it down, but still didn't find the match rope or the fuse, so he threw it on the table impatiently. Then, then this mine exploded, and the mine in the hand of the other leader also exploded...
These two landmine explosions killed seven armed tribal leaders of the Nikancha people and a dozen Nikancha people who stayed in the tent to participate in the banquet. The Nikancha people who confessed all this were not standing at the entrance of the tent, which was a bit far away. , maybe he would have died long ago.
Claude was speechless. He had known that Nikancha people were weird, but he had never been so weird. Because of this incident, General Bichiklin even had a big quarrel with four Nikancha elders who came to deal with the aftermath. These four Nikancha elders actually put the blame on the war zone, believing that if the war zone had told them about landmines earlier, such a tragedy would not have happened. The deaths of seven tribal leaders now fully prove that the war zone does not trust these cooperative Nikancha people.
"Claude, we won this battle with the Hicks by luck, but I can't bear to work with these Nikancha people next time. They are more worthy of our attention than the Hicks. This time we return to the theater to command. I hope you will support my point of view. I would rather the Nikancha people become our enemies than our allies..." General Beach Kerin said.