"My Lord, my Lord, hurry up, the Senke Federation is preparing for a counterattack..." In the early morning, the urging voice of my subordinate guards interrupted my less than four hours of sleep. I heard the word "counterattack" in a daze, and I immediately jumped out of bed. No matter who is fighting who, I should be there. Even if I have no part in the battle, it is still good to know more about the situation in this world, so as not to be defeated by the perverted army like the Berserkers.
With the help of the guards, I quickly put on the light leather armor. Originally, the division commander should wear armor, but due to my personal strength, I might not be able to run in it, so I could only wear the leather armor. I wiped my face carelessly and ran out of the military tent quickly towards the assembled troops.
Hey, I didn't want the deputy that Thacker assigned to me, and directly let the former guard leader Matthew take the position of deputy division commander. I didn't expect that when I proposed it, Thacker didn't object at all. Maybe he thought Matthew was also his man, so he was just as relieved, right? And I also need to directly promote subordinates in this way to increase my prestige and improve the support of my subordinates. Look, this morning, before I gave the order, Matthew had already brought his own group of old subordinates and finished organizing the team before I showed up.
"Sir, the four battalions you belong to have all assembled. Please give your instructions!" Seeing me coming, Matthew's eyes actually flashed with tears. Damn, I just promoted you, there's no need to be like this, right? But think about it, he was just a deputy battalion commander, and joined me as a squadron commander. But in just a few days, he became a deputy division commander, just one step away from the top of the army, and even just a small step away from the aristocratic class.
"Well, you did a great job. You should pay more attention to military management in the future. Have you seen how fast I've been promoted? As long as our branch of the army expands to other legions, what do you think your prospects for promotion will be? So, work hard, and I won't treat you unfairly..." These few words made Matthew's eyes glow as if two 200-watt light bulbs were installed.
"No need to say anything. Let the soldiers take the things they made yesterday and go to the front to check the situation. Those damn Berserkers chased me like a rat yesterday. Today I will braise them first, and then let them see what strength is... well, or abnormal strength..."
Without saying anything, Matthew just saluted me, and then led the soldiers to quickly drag the equipment to the front of the position. Beside me, there were more than 2 squadrons (10 people in a squad, 100 people in a squad, 1000 people in a battalion, 10,000 people in a division, 5 divisions in a corps) of strong soldiers specially arranged by Matthew, and he himself was reduced to helping the soldiers push the "mouse trap" due to lack of manpower.
"Hanlong, you're here? How are you prepared... Uh! What are these? They can't stop those berserkers for long!" Seeing me striding to the front of the formation, with the 'mousetraps' and other weird things pushed by Matthew and others behind me, Sack pointed at the mousetraps with a look of disappointment.
"Sir, these are my gifts to the Berserkers. You will see many unexpected gains later. If you have no objection, I will let my subordinates arrange them."
"Well, okay! Anyway, it's already been made. It would be best if it can have some effect. At the very least, it can slow down the speed of those Berserkers." Looking at those inverted T-shaped objects that were up to 8 meters high, Sack couldn't see any use for them. Those things looked like shields, but the vertical frame was too high. And how many times could those hollow pillars withstand the Berserkers' attacks? They would probably be cut off by those monsters in just two strikes...
When I pulled out the 100 or so crossbows and nearly a thousand oversized coffin-like carts that I had hurriedly made yesterday and lined them up in front of the battlefield, the strange arrows on the crossbows once again disappointed Thacker. The sharp arrows were gone, replaced by a large number of bamboo tubes as thick as thighs. Could these kill the Berserkers there? Even the sharp metal arrows didn't work, so were those things used to tickle them
The more numerous carts, which were 3 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 1.5 meters high, made Thacker and other officers even more confused. These things, except for a thick wooden board in front and nearly a hundred tightly tied ropes in the back, had no holes anywhere else. Could they hurt anyone? It was simply a joke. . . . . . This was the thought of almost everyone present, except for Thacker, Carson, and a few others. . . . . .
"Sir, all the equipment has been organized, the mousetrap has been filled with oil, and the net bag on it has been hung. As long as the baffle is lowered, I guarantee that the mice will not be able to escape during our first round of attack..." After arranging everything, Matthew ran to me timidly to report. After all, he had just been promoted to deputy division commander. He had never had the opportunity to meet so many senior officers at close range before. No wonder he looked like this.
"Okay, stay on guard and follow my signal to execute the plan." I saw everything through the telescope. The soldiers hung up the net bag, smashed the four wheels below to prevent sliding (the method of making wheels: find big trees with a relatively round diameter, and then cut them into 5-8 cm pieces, make a hole in the middle and install the axle), and punctured the sheep fat that sealed the oil holes on the high-grade board, and then quickly withdrew.
Soon after, the soldiers of the Senke Federation Army came out of the city and formed their battle formations, ready to start the attack. It seemed that they thought that destroying my catapults and crossbows yesterday was the end of the matter.
"Hanlong, what do you think of the current situation? They are using Berserkers as the vanguard! Behind them are more than a legion of infantry, and supporting them are one and a half divisions of light cavalry and two divisions of infantry. It seems that they are ready to solve the problem at once..." Although Sack did not show any panic when he saw the enemy's formation, I could still hear his concern about the situation from his tone.
Through the telescope, I clearly saw about 7,000 Berserkers standing at the forefront of their infantry phalanx. . . . . . Faint, are all those injured Berserkers doomed? Didn’t they say that magicians can save them? But death is the best, once and for all, and I can feel relieved. . . . . .
"Have the infantry and auxiliary troops retreated?"
"Sir, they have all retreated. They are already building a second line of defense. If Hanlong and our cavalry cannot stop them, we will retreat there..."
The conversation between Thacker and Pavel made me realize that I was still on the battlefield, and at the moment when the enemy was about to charge. But after listening to them, I realized that when they came to inspect yesterday, they asked me to hand over all the leftover things and supplies to the logistics department of the legion. It turned out that they were not optimistic about today's situation! But think about it, didn't Murray also say that it was easy for ordinary berserkers to fight 1 against 10 on the battlefield? Then the 7,000 berserkers in front of me are almost 100,000 troops. No wonder everyone from soldiers to officers looked so dead... . . . . .
With a roar, the Senke Federation Army rushed forward like a tide, rushing towards the feast I prepared for them. Almost in the blink of an eye, those berserkers rushed to the defense line I called the mousetrap. Hundreds of racks 10 meters wide and 8 meters high blocked the entire Imperial Army defense line.
When the neatly arranged Berserkers stepped onto the bottom plate of the inverted T-shaped bracket, something unexpected happened to everyone on both sides. Before the Berserkers raised their swords to chop the brackets, the brackets fell down towards them. (If you still remember the movie Project A starring Jackie Chan, you may still remember the scene when the large billboard fell down, but the range and length were a little larger, and there was a net behind the billboard.)
There was a commotion, and the entire fallen support was smashed to pieces by them, but their bodies were also stained with the water-like substances splashed from the support. . . . .
"Fire crossbow attack!" At the right time, a command that the Berserkers hated to the core was promptly delivered to the ears of every crossbow soldier. More than 200 crossbow arrows with flaming arrows instantly penetrated into the unfortunate people who were caught in the net and temporarily unable to escape. . . . . .
The sound of bamboo tubes colliding... Then the bamboo tube exploded in front of the crossbow arrow... The fuel inside the bamboo tube was ignited by the flames outside the bamboo tube and flew everywhere... Then, almost all the soldiers who had just chopped the support and were splashed with grease from the support were surrounded by flames in an instant...
All the warring parties were almost stunned by the scene before their eyes. The area that was nearly a thousand meters long and nearly ten meters wide was now almost like hell, and all the soldiers engulfed in flames were wailing in great pain. The cries for help spread across the entire land, and those soldiers who rushed up from the rear were almost desperately trying to save their comrades who were trapped in the sea of fire...
In the next chapter, a perverted thing will appear.