Schwader was a little annoyed. The artillery battalion, which was the pioneer, was blocked in this ghost place for three days. This was something he never expected. Since he entered Felton Bar Province, he led the artillery battalion under the cover of the Guards Corps as the pioneer of the army, attacking the city invincibly, and never encountered a castle fortress that could withstand the bombardment of artillery. Often after a burst of artillery bombardment, the enemy fled crying and howling, and the soldiers of the Guards rushed up to chase the enemy and successfully occupied the enemy's defensive position.
The business alliance has long been prepared for the Norton family's armed attack, but they don't know in which direction the Norton family will launch the attack. The high command of the Commercial Alliance armed forces originally judged that the Norton family armed forces were likely to launch an attack on those provinces in the south, because those provinces were annexed by the Commercial Alliance in the war with the Central South Kingdom coalition forces a few years ago, and did not carry out large-scale attacks. The canonization of the nobles of the territory is still within the scope of the direct jurisdiction.
Moreover, during the three-year bloody battle on the Faliqiu Plain, the Commercial Alliance forcibly recruited a large number of recruits and food from these southern provinces, so that these southern provinces were frequently chaotic and turbulent under the unscrupulous search of the Commercial Alliance, and the defense The strength is weak, and it is simply impossible to withstand the armed front of the Norton family.
The high-level command of the armed forces of the commercial alliance believes that it may be possible to adopt a strategy of luring the enemy to go deep. When the Norton family armed forces attack the southern provinces, lure its army to go deep into the southern provinces of the mainland, and then try to cut off the transportation channels for its logistics, forcing them to have to Withdraw the troops and go back. This can not only cause a small setback, but also buy time for the commercial alliance to recover its strength. Maybe it can set up an ambush to launch a surprise attack on the way to withdraw and win a few small victories, and it can also enhance the confidence of the newly formed commercial alliance armed forces...
However, what the high-level commanders of the commercial alliance's armed forces did not expect was that the Norton family's armed forces did not attack the southern provinces where the garrison forces were, but instead attacked Felton Bar Province, which was the territory of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce. This surprised the high-level commanders of the commercial alliance's armed forces, and they all speculated about the offensive intentions of the Norton family's armed forces. The most reliable guess is that the target of the Norton family's armed forces this time is not the territory, but to eliminate the major chambers of commerce in the business alliance.
The president of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, the commander of the armed forces of the Commercial Alliance, Grand Duke Camberlet, heaved a sigh of relief after receiving the news that the Norton family's armed forces had launched an attack on Felton Bar Province. Although Dunba Province has been the territory of the Chamber of Commerce for less than five years, several gold mines and silver mines are located in the hilly areas of Feltonba Province. The Mayflower Chamber of Commerce has already built many strong castles and fortresses in the hilly areas. Ready to defend.
Grand Duke Camberlet believed that even if the Norton family armed forces had artillery, they would not be able to take Feltonbar Province easily. At the same time, he was also very happy to see the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce and the Norton family armed forces fight for both sides. After all, Grand Duke Nicholas of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce has been very interested in the chair under his buttocks during this period of time. He gathered a group of leaders of second- and third-rate chambers of commerce and adopted aggressive tactics against him, accusing himself of needing to be more interested in business. The alliance has not fallen to the current situation and is responsible for the fiasco of the decisive battle in Bruvia City.
If it weren't for the Ford Chamber of Commerce, the Liward Chamber of Commerce, and the Vicia Chamber of Commerce to support him, maybe the Grand Duke Camberlet would really be kicked out by the Grand Duke Nicholas. It is a pity that these three chambers of commerce have lost their own chambers of commerce, and their strength has plummeted. The purpose of their support for Combat Wright is to regain the chamber of commerce and avenge the Kingdom of Antinac and the Norton family. But after all, they are all seriously injured, and they can't provide real and powerful help to Grand Duke Camberlet if they shout loudly. Instead, the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, and the Chickard Chamber of Commerce, which are still in the territory, have changed.
The Mayflower Chamber of Commerce wants to take this opportunity to overtake the Double-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce and oust the Grand Duke Camberlet. Although the Peterson Chamber of Commerce is neutral and unbiased, the two do not help each other. But it seems that we are tired of the war and hope to carry out peace talks and sign an armistice agreement to restore peace. Everyone can do business well. This view has also been privately supported by many chambers of commerce. For example, the Miledas Chamber of Commerce that runs a hotel is the most resolute anti-war activist. . There is no way, their family chamber of commerce has been losing money for several years during the war, and there is no profit at all. They can only scrape off the bitter people on the territory of the chamber of commerce, making ends meet...
As for the Chickard Chamber of Commerce, in the eyes of the Grand Duke Camberlet, it is a complete betrayer. Unfortunately, the business alliance has not recovered because of the defeat of Bruvia City, and it is still unable to deal with this Chickard Chamber of Commerce. Chamber of Commerce. Sometimes Grand Duke Camberlet wondered whether to reach a temporary peace with the Norton family first, and then concentrate on cleaning up the betrayer of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce, relieve the worries of the business alliance, and let those vacillating chambers of commerce take a look at the betrayal of the traitor. The end, as a lesson for latecomers.
It's just that the Duke of Camberlet hadn't thought about it yet, and the armed forces of the Norton family launched another attack on the business alliance, and this time they attacked Felton Bar Province, the territory of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce. Although Grand Duke Camberlet felt a little schadenfreude, he still remembered that he was now the highest executive officer of the business alliance, the commander of the business alliance's armed forces, and responded immediately. In addition to mobilizing troops to prepare for the staff, Grand Duke Camberlet also told Grand Duke Nicholas how to deal with the artillery, and at the same time ordered the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce to drag the Norton family's armed forces in the hilly area for a month and a half, so that Reinforced troops arrived at the front.
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The cannons boomed, and there was a thunderous echo from the mountains.
Schwader stared closely at the enemy's city wall with a binoculars, but unfortunately, except for the bursts of dust and smoke, he didn't see the scene of the wall collapsing. Annoyed, he waved his hand and gave the order to stop the shelling, and then asked several staff officers around him: "How much time does it take for Lord Ovekis to arrive?"
"Master Schwader, the Thunderbolt Slinger Battalion is the last one on the itinerary behind the Liberty Alliance Armed Corps. It will take at least four or five days for them to arrive here. As for Lord Ovekis, we sent a messenger to find him yesterday. , I guess I can come tomorrow..." A staff officer replied, but what he said was not good news.
"Oh, if I knew it earlier, I would have let His Highness keep imprisoning those diehard members of the Armada, or kill them all, they shouldn't be redeemed..." Schwader muttered, leading a few The staff officer walked down the hill.
"My lord, are we no longer shelling?" asked a staff officer.
"Let's save some gunpowder." Schwader shook his head helplessly: "You have also seen the effect of the shelling. Nearly fifty artillery shells launched the shelling together. This Lindsayton Hill city is still standing in front of us. The damage can be repaired intact in one night. In addition to the dangerous terrain, we are in the upward attack position and cannot get close to launch an attack. The only way now is to wait for Lord Ovekis to come and see if we can use the catapult Throw explosives into the city, blow up the catapults and crossbows in the city, and then launch an attack with infantry. Only in this way can we capture this mountain city with the least casualties... "
"My lord, this is difficult to do." Another staff officer who was relatively thin said, "I have calculated the angle and distance. To throw the projectile into the mountain city catapult, we must advance about 150 meters. But The trebuchets and crossbows in Lindsayton Hill City cover a range of about 300 meters. We have paid the price of dozens of casualties to understand this. Moreover, Lindsayton Hill City is located at a high place, except for Our artillery can launch an attack from 400 meters away, and the catapult can't throw it so far... "
Schwader rubbed his chin in distress and said: "We have no choice but to wait for Lord Ovekis's arrival. You have all seen that the enemy has piled up sandbags around the wall of Lindsayton Hill City. , Our artillery bombarded it only splashed a burst of dust, and could not attack the city wall at all. This must be the method provided by the sailors who were redeemed by the Armada. They used flour sacks as pads in the Romanian naval battle It was only in the cabin that it approached our family fleet, and now it is using this method to defend against our artillery.
Our artillery can only bombard upwards here, and there are at most fifty artillery pieces in this place. You have seen the attack effect in the past two days. The projectiles hit those sandbags, and there is no way to hit the city. , It is useless except for wasting gunpowder, and the soldiers can't get close to the mountain city. All they can do now is to find a way to throw the explosive package in and blow up the city to occupy the mountain city. How about you think about it again and have any better ideas? "
Several staff officers shut up together, not because they couldn't think of another siege plan, but because the terrain of Lindsayton Hill City they were facing was too dangerous. If they were on the plains, they could come up with a dozen or so siege plans, but here is a hilly area with countless valleys and cliffs, and detours can make people complain endlessly. There is no need to think about such things as interspersed from left to right and behind the back. It is basically a delusion to beat the head, and there is no other way except to push it forward.
Let’s talk about Lindsayton Hill City on the opposite side. In fact, it is located on a large rocky hill. What everyone is facing now is not the front gate of the castle, but a side wall. But this side wall blocked the artillery battalion's attack. The reason is simple, this side wall faces the avenue leading to the main entrance, and it is also the main road leading to the interior of Felton Bar province. The garrison of Mayflower Commercial deployed a large number of trebuchets and crossbows on the top and back of the city wall, effectively blocking the main road and preventing the Norton family's armed forces from advancing.
To put it more vividly, there are two loaves, one big and one small. On the big loaf is the city of Lindsayton Hill, and on the little loaf is a winding avenue. The large and small loaves are next to each other. To reach Lindsayton Hill City, you have to pass the side wall of Lindsayton Hill City on the avenue on the small loaf and turn a big bend to reach the gate of the mountain city, and then go to Felton through the mountain city. Elsewhere in Bavaria. Between the small bread and the big bread, except for the gate, there are deep valleys below, just like a gully fifty or sixty meters wide between the avenue and the side wall of the mountain city, and the mountain city is nearly two meters higher than the avenue. More than ten meters, condescending, unobstructed.
That is to say, if the Norton family wanted to attack the gate of Lindsayton Hill City, they had to pass through the avenue on the small bread first, facing the attack of the long-range attack weapons arranged by the defenders on the side wall of the mountain city, without the slightest ability to fight back. Can only be in the position of being beaten. Moreover, the defenders piled sandbags on the outside of the side wall, which effectively resisted the bombardment of the artillery. This was the first time that the Norton family's armed forces had encountered artillery attacks since they entered Felton Bar Province. Lindsayton Hill City successfully blocked the Norton family's armed attack.
"This is a guerrilla who is not ready to be a turtle!" When the report of Schwader's unfavorable attack reached Lorist, Lorist said with a wry smile. Perhaps it is impossible for the business alliance to have the same weapon as the Norton family's armed forces, but they have also learned their lessons and figured out how to deal with artillery attacks after being beaten too much. Building sandbags, such a simple idea can effectively resist the bombardment of artillery. Before the development of ammunition and the mastery of curved shooting, the bronze artillery currently equipped by the Norton family can only be used as a direct siege weapon. , and occasionally you can use shotguns to deal with group charging enemies.
Since the invasion of Felton Bar Province, the first resistance measure taken by the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce was the high-end assault tactics they are good at. This is used to deal with the artillery battalion. It seems that they think that as long as the artillery is destroyed, the Norton family Armed forces lose their ability to attack. However, the Norton family armed forces have long been prepared. Reddy and Hughes Great Swordsman each sit in an artillery battalion. The artillery battalion carried out guerrilla attacks during the march, and left with one blow to reduce casualties.
A ridiculous thing happened. A great swordsman from the Business Alliance led four golden swordsmen to raid an artillery battalion squadron that was resting at noon. After killing some of the soldiers and driving away the remaining Norton family soldiers, more than ten All the bronze cannons were cut off and the barrels became waste. At this time, a golden swordsman opened a well-sealed large wooden barrel, which contained gray silk packages of the same size, and the packages contained black particles.
"What are these things?" said the golden swordsman, and took a torch and stuck it in...
There was a loud bang, and the great swordsman and the four golden swordsmen were gone.
The high-end combat power of the business alliance is not Chinese cabbage, one wave can be harvested and another wave can be grown. The decisive battle in Bruvia City has already caused the loss of more than half of the high-end combat power of the Commercial Alliance. Now the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce has lost three great sword masters and eight golden swordsmen again, which can be said to be broken. The Norton family armed forces only lost more than 40 artillery pieces and three to four hundred family soldiers. From the quantity point of view, the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce seems to have made a profit, but from the quality point of view, the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce has really lost a lot. Since then, the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce has never played any high-end raid tactics.
For more than 20 days, the Norton family armed forces destroyed and occupied the castles and fortresses deployed by the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce in the hilly area amidst the sound of artillery bombardment, until the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce received a letter from the Duke of Camberlet and learned that the sandbags It was only when they could withstand the artillery attack that the Norton family's armed forces were blocked under Lindsayton Hill City.
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