On October 10, 1780 in the common calendar of the Galintia continent, the duel between the highly anticipated Storm Swordsman Magrut and the newly promoted Northland Grand Duke Norton Lorist took place in the small town of Mana Hill Plain. On the top of a lonely mountain. Although there were no bystanders in this duel, the Xiaogu Mountain, which was the scene of the duel, left horrifying sword marks and imprints of the mountain rock being greatly destroyed. One can imagine how fierce and peaceful the duel between the two sword masters was. thrilling.
At the same time, because the Norton family's armed forces defeated the commercial alliance's armed forces on the battlefield, Duke Norton, who had been fighting fiercely for a long time, had no intention of continuing to entangle with the Storm Sword Master, and retreated voluntarily, leaving Xiaogushan. However, the seasoned Storm Swordsman, Master Magrut, did not give the newly promoted Swordsman, Archduke Norton, an opportunity to save the face of the two who were hurt in their first confrontation. But after the duel, the Storm Swordsman highly admired Duke Norton's swordsmanship in front of his disciples...
——Excerpt from Memorabilia of Galintia
On October 10, 1780, in the city of Bruvia on the Fali Hill Plain, the field battle between the armed forces of the Commercial Alliance and the armed forces of the Norton family was decisive. The outcome of the decisive battle. The armed forces of the Service Business Alliance have a total force of 340,000, and the armed forces of the Norton family and their allies have a total of 220,000 horses. They are at a disadvantage in terms of strength, but they have a great advantage in long-range attack weapons.
The post-war review and campaign research showed that there were no mistakes in the tactics and command executed by the commercial alliance armed forces in this decisive battle. They even perfectly suppressed the long-range attack tactics of the Norton family shortly after the war started. Large-scale assaults and close combat create favorable conditions. But what the business alliance armed forces did not expect was that the Norton family armed forces took out the two big killers, the bronze cannon and the explosive kit, which determined the outcome of the war.
Many business alliance survivors who had experienced this decisive battle used words such as thunderbolt from the blue sky, thunder from the sky, and earth-shattering when describing the impression of the bronze artillery and explosive kits. There were also many people who said that it was simply a demon's weapon. They only saw the flash of fire, the roar of thunder, and countless small black spots covering the sky in their field of vision, accompanied by an unpleasant smell of burning. When you came back to your senses, you found that your comrades who were as close to you as brothers were covered in holes and fell to the ground struggling for their lives. Under such circumstances, few people do not crash...
Explosive packs fell from the sky, blowing up the long-armed catapult and the giant wooden shield car. For the thousand-man battle formation armed by the Business Alliance, they could hardly find any safe place to hide on the battlefield. It's very simple if you gather a crowd to stand firm. The powerful bronze cannons armed by the Norton family will soon come up and blast a few shotguns at a distance of two hundred meters, ensuring that those defensive battle formations that stick to their positions and will not retreat will soon be Fall apart.
This was a big defeat. The commercial alliance armed forces suffered the heaviest defeat in this decisive battle, and the losses were basically the most elite armed forces of each chamber of commerce. There were more than 70,000 casualties, and nearly 200,000 horses entered the prisoner-of-war camp of the Freedom Alliance. In the next ten years, they will participate in the development and renovation project of the Christopher Hills, and silently contribute their meager strength to the business alliance. atonement for what he did.
For the armed forces of the commercial alliance, the biggest loss is not the more than 200,000 elite armed forces of the chamber of commerce, but the high-end assault squad composed of 14 great sword masters and nearly 100 golden swordsmen. This is the killer weapon that the commercial alliance armed forces are going to use to crush the Norton family's armed battle line. Using the cover of a large-scale all-out assault, these assault squads composed of great swordsmen and golden swordsmen stand out and enter the Norton family's armed battle line. It is guaranteed that more than a dozen openings can be opened, and then the army will press in, and victory will soon be in sight.
This is a high-end assault tactic that the business alliance armed forces have created for themselves. With so many great swordsmen and golden swordsmen on the front line, I believe that no enemy can stop this fierce assault, and the Norton family's armed forces are no exception. It's just that these great swordsmen and golden swordsmen didn't expect that the target forty to fifty meters away, a distance that can be rushed in a few blinks, but what awaited them were black hole muzzles. Many people only heard a loud noise, and then their whole body went numb, lost consciousness and lost strength, and soon felt the darkness descending...
Fourteen great sword masters and nearly a hundred golden swordsmen fell on the way to charge. This was almost a fatal blow to the armed forces of the commercial alliance. No matter how elite the armed soldiers of the Chamber of Commerce are gone, they can still be recruited and trained, but these high-end combat powers are not so easy. Amidst the roar of artillery, these high-end combat forces fell down like the soldiers of the chamber of commerce around them. The corpses were mixed together, and the blood pooled into a river. There was no difference between the two...
Schwader, the commander-in-chief of the three artillery battalions armed by the Norton family, did not let all the artillery fire at the same time, but arranged for four rounds. Because all the artillery used shotguns, one artillery could block the front more than ten meters away. Left and right space, so after one artillery fires, the second artillery fires, and there is a delay of a few moments in the middle. After the four artillery fires in turn, the first artillery fire has been reloaded and can continue to fire. And this kind of artillery firing tactics dealt the heaviest and most tragic blow to the armed forces of the commercial alliance. Almost none of the more than 30,000 warriors who rushed to the front survived.
The decisive battle that took place under the city of Bruvia was called the Cry of the Cannon in the history of the Galintia Continental War. This was also the first time that gunpowder was used on a land battlefield on a large scale. In the next two to three hundred years, almost all the countries on the mainland have exhausted all means to obtain the secret of real gunpowder from the Norton family. The most ridiculous thing is that the real artillery formula of the Norton family has been circulated in less than twenty years. In various parts of the mainland, those researchers turned a blind eye to it as a fake formula. The reason is that it is too simple and common. Of course, there is also a reason that there is a lack of nitrate mines, so it is impossible to verify the formulas of various gunpowder. At that time, researchers from various countries agreed that the Norton family had found a substitute for nitrate mines, so they were able to equip artillery on a large scale...
On his 90th birthday, Grand Duke Camberlet, the president of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, agreed to the request of his precious granddaughter, and spent several years dictating a memoir, which was compiled by his precious granddaughter. The memoir reveals the process of how the business alliance turned from prosperity to decline and then to disintegration. Among them, President Camberlet remembers the most profound battle in the city of Bruvia, because this war marked the decline of the business alliance. key battle.
After the war, many people believed that the commercial alliance's armed forces had no problems in tactics and command. The only thing worthy of attention was that Archduke Camberlet, who was the commander-in-chief of the commercial alliance's armed forces at that time, seemed to be too impatient and ordered the entire army to press ahead. The large-scale assault even found a fatal opportunity for the Norton family's armed forces. However, in this memoir, Archduke Camberlet stated that at that time he was threatened by the strength of Norton Lorist, the Grand Duke of the Northland, and intended to defeat the Norton family's armed forces before the duel between Norton and the Storm Swordsman. , reached the fact that Grand Duke Norton, the newly promoted Juggernaut, had nothing to say.
In his memoirs, Grand Duke Camberlet reflected on this far-reaching war. He believed that it was the appointment of Duke Norton, the newly promoted sword master, who disrupted all the prior arrangements of the commercial alliance's armed forces, so that more than 300,000 elite troops After staying in the big camp for a month, he completely lost the initiative on the battlefield. If time could be turned back, the Grand Duke of Camberlet would choose to withdraw his troops and fight a protracted war with the Freedom Alliance instead of accepting the contract foolishly. The First World War lost most of the elite troops of the Commercial Alliance, and eventually let the Freedom Alliance take over The status of the business alliance.
Regarding the large killer artillery and explosive kits armed by the Norton family, Grand Duke Camberlet admitted that this was his negligence, because the high-level business alliance is not unaware of the Norton family armed with artillery. When the great sword masters were sent to the north to search for and assassinate the seriously injured Duke Norton, they had suffered a big loss. Four great sword masters were killed under the artillery. However, at that time, the top management of the business alliance were all obtained by those from the secret production base of the Norton family. Attracted by the design drawings of weapons and equipment, they ignored this important information, because those great sword masters who went to assassinate were hired by a lot of money, and they were not the backup forces cultivated by the various chambers of commerce, so the deaths of several great sword masters Did not attract attention.
The second time was the complete annihilation of the Armada of the Commercial Alliance. In this naval battle, the Norton family's Lightning Fleet played a role that cannot be ignored. The Armada was precisely defeated by long-range artillery. But it is a pity that the top business alliance executives who heard the news at the time had a wrong view, thinking that weapons such as artillery can only be used to their full potential if they are equipped on sea ships, because they are too bulky and cannot maneuver on land, so all Unconsciously exclude it from the plan.
This is the arrangement and arrangement that the commercial alliance armed forces had planned in advance to deal with the two long-range attack weapons of the Norton family's armed chariots, the steel crossbow and the catapult, in the decisive battle of Bruvia City, but they had no idea how to deal with the artillery and explosive packs. Grand Duke Camberlet wrote a thought-provoking exclamation in his memoirs. Because he has not experienced it personally, he always doubts other people’s exaggeration. mistake…
Of course, there are still 20 or 30 years before the Grand Duke Camberlet writes his memoirs. Lorist has already left the city of Bruvia and returned to the villa on the top of Brin Mountain in the city of Morante. For example, Tiger Ross led the Flying Tiger Legion to enter the provinces of the Business Alliance around the Mana Hill Plain. The latest report said that they were invincible and the enemy fled.
Fatty Shi assisted Ledos of the Freedom Alliance to deal with nearly 200,000 prisoners of war. Several city defense regiments of the Freedom Alliance happily turned and turned into arrogant caretakers, commanding these prisoners to build winter camps on the plain of Mana Hill Dormitories, while searching for the personal belongings of these prisoners of war. El commanded the Guards Corps to deal with the huge military supplies seized on the battlefield and in the enemy camps, and escorted the prisoners of war to burn and bury the bodies of the war dead.
Schwader ordered an artillery battalion to follow the hunting cavalry regiment commanded by Farea, and led the white lion regiment to the Maweifulin province of the business alliance. The purpose was very simple, they were going to make some extra money. After all, the White Lions could not come back empty-handed after running such a trip as a reinforcement, so the senior knights of the several families discussed, and decided to go to the business alliance's site to scrape some oil and water, anyway, the business alliance is now like a gangster. The naked beauty has no power to resist, and she is embarrassed if she doesn't show up. Besides, Tiger Ross has already set an example for everyone...
Not to mention how the Armed Forces of the Norton Family and the White Lions of the Kingdom of Antinac ravaged several provinces of the Business Alliance around the Faliqiu Plain. Anyway, the final result was that these provinces had no ability to resist. It is three feet high, and there are few people there. The Norton family wanted everything, even everyone was caught. Tiger Ross said that the fortress cities at the front of the Fali Hill Plain are all empty anyway, so capture these people and give them land and housing. In a few years, they will become die-hard supporters of the Freedom Alliance. When the alliance armed forces invade again, they will take up arms and fight to the end with the invading enemies for their own benefit.
It wasn't until the winter of 1781 that the rainy season came, and the armed forces of the Norton family and the White Lion Army withdrew back to the plains of Mana Hill. Those surrounding provinces on the plains of Mana Hill turned out to be rare blank areas. The south-central part of the mainland is really a weird thing. The Norton Family Armed Forces and the White Lion Legion made a lot of money, and escorted the huge captive team back to the Mana Hill Plain with satisfaction, causing countless administrative troubles for the Freedom Alliance.
Lorist received a group of noble captives escorted by the Angry Bear Knights at Bryn Villa, such as Chairman Peterson, one of the seven giants of the Business Alliance. This old acquaintance of Lorist was out of luck. When he was escaping, an explosive package fell on his side, and he was stunned, and then his mount fell down and pressed him underneath. A team of light cavalry surrounded him, and President Peterson became Lorist's guest.
Holding the Mycos milk tea beverage provided by Genorio, uh, this is Genorio’s new invention, put the tea leaves in the pot for making Mycos and boil them together, then add milk, it becomes a cup of milk Strongly flavored drink. In fact, Genorio fell asleep that day. When he was cooking Max, he thought he was making tea, and added tea leaves, and finally found out that it was a strange brown pot. Reddy tasted the taste and said, add some milk to see what can be done, so milk tea appeared in the beverage history of Galintia.
Chairman Peterson is not in the mood to pay attention to what is in his hand now. He looks at Lorist with great emotion. He was a small instructor at Dawn College, but now he has become a famous swordsman in the whole continent, Grand Duke of the Northland, and the head of the Norton family. . How much the business alliance has suffered in his hands. Nearly two decades of turbulent events have made this young man he knew grow into a generation of arrogance, a giant. The only pity is that he personally decided to sever the friendly relationship with the Norton family back then, turning from friends to enemies. No way, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, as one of the seven giants of the business alliance, must obey the overall interests of the business alliance.
Lorist also only briefly recalled the friendly exchanges with the Peterson Chamber of Commerce back then, and then told President Peterson very bluntly that after this war, the vitality of the commercial alliance has been severely damaged. After chasing and fighting fiercely, the business alliance was killed. It's just that the Norton family's armed forces have long stated that the purpose of participating in this war is only to achieve peace on the Mana Hill Plain...
At this moment, Lorist seemed to have forgotten that his family's armed forces were burning, killing and looting the territory of the Commercial Alliance at this moment. He clearly told President Peterson that the only way out for the Commercial Alliance at present is to send envoys to seek peace as soon as possible. Only by signing an armistice agreement with the Freedom Alliance as soon as possible and the Kingdom of Antinac to restore peace can they survive. Maybe the business alliance will have a chance to rise again in a few decades, otherwise it will only end in destruction.
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