252 – Battle of Glovino Plain (1)
Glovino Plain, Grand Duchy of Warsaw camp.
The Warsaw soldiers, due to Peter Jaeger’s evil plan, stood on the battlefield with their morale severely lowered even though they had more soldiers.
Usually, just before a war, senior soldiers and non-commissioned officers make all kinds of jokes and encouragement to boost the soldiers’ courage and morale, but now their morale is so low that even they are not saying anything.
Even though the young soldiers in front of me were staring at me, it seemed like if I opened my mouth, I would burst out in laughter and say, ‘I’m defeated.’
So only new recruits who do not yet know how to suppress the fear of the battlefield are talking about it before the war.
“f*ck, can I come back alive?”
“Shut up, please. “I’m already so anxious that I feel like I’m going crazy. Do I really need to make such ominous noises on the battlefield?”
“If you don’t sound ominous, you’ll receive Deus’ protection and avoid the arrows on their own? Let’s just clear our heads, shut up, and walk. “The higher-ups will do something.”
When talking about the high-ranking people in the military’s leadership, the recruits around the soldier who spoke suppressed their laughter.
Although it is usually a good sign to be able to laugh in these situations, it is a very undesirable phenomenon to laugh in vain because you do not trust your commanders.
“Both of you, shut up. Regardless of whether you lose or win the war, all those who are left behind will be hunted down and thrown under the ground, and those who will survive will somehow survive. “Only Deus knows what will happen, so why are you so anxious?”
The non-commissioned officers in command of the soldiers were unable to say anything to boost their morale, but they knew how to maintain a minimum level of morale through their accumulated experience.
That was to kill the bastard who was making noises that made everyone anxious in front of everyone.
After killing one person, the attention of those around him was focused on the dead person, and the remaining people fought without thinking about anything else because they did not want to be killed rightfully by a friendly non-commissioned officer.
However, since this method was one of the last resorts, the non-commissioned officers fiddled with their long swords, symbolizing their ‘authority to control soldiers on the battlefield,’ and warned their soldiers to keep quiet.
Captain Tateusch von Gryanidav lamented that there was now only a standoff, and that there were people who were causing self-destruction.
“You don’t have the honor to show your face to His Majesty the Grand Duke of Warsaw. No matter how bad the situation is, it starts even before the battle. “The morale of the soldiers has sunk to the ground, so they’re just saying nonsense like they’re all going to die here.”
In fact, due to the fear of being killed by the enemy on the battlefield, there are always soldiers who say ominous things even when fighting a battle where the probability of winning is relatively high.
Those people tend to do only good things to their enemies before the fight, so the rule is to give them a stern warning by killing them all.
“Only those who complain too much or openly shout out like prophets that we will all die are killed, and the rest are left to the non-commissioned officers and officers to console and appease. And it seems that the enemy will use a strategy to take advantage of our troops during a long standoff. The longer the standoff lasts, the more disadvantaged we will be with low morale. “Charge with all forces.”
Captain Tateusz’s order to charge soon spread throughout the Warsaw Army, and his soldiers began to advance at a pace.
Unlike the Warsaw Grand Air Force, which was in a dire straits, the atmosphere of the Reich Army was very healthy.
Instead of fear of war, an appropriate state of tension was maintained, and when new recruits started to become overly cautious, non-commissioned officers and senior soldiers stepped in and told them all kinds of jokes.
“Attention, privates! As long as we return alive, Sergeant Hans will buy a liter of beer and a plate of meat for each soldier in our platoon! “I’ll even give money to the kid who performs best in each squad to play with the girl!”
“Long live Sergeant! “As expected, you are a true soldier of the Reich Empire.”
“As expected, the distribution is different from Sergeant Ryan of the platoon next to me. In that sense, please take a close look at my long-term application.”
“Once my promotion to sergeant is confirmed in this battle, I will consider persuading the company commander.”
“Do you have to keep that promise? If you don’t keep it, when the sergeant was a sergeant…”
Just a joke or a word relieved the soldiers’ tension and instilled in them a desire to return alive.
In the process, the fear of being killed in battle was gradually diluted, and the unit’s unity gradually increased.
Peter Yeager watched the scene from behind and was convinced once again that there was a good chance of winning this battle.
In war, everyone from the lowest soldiers to the commanders knew that the slightest inattention could lead to the loss of one’s life.
Even though victory seemed close, instead of letting down our guard, we tried to increase the tension as much as possible, assuming the worst.
It was a process to reveal a firm determination not to reveal even the slightest weakness.
When Jaeger was already thinking about the army of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw twice, his messenger came running and said:
“The legions of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw have begun to move!”
“The time has come to judge the evil Warsaw bastards. “You must return to your unit immediately.”
“Yes, I understand.”
As soon as the messenger left the place, Captain Jaeger gave orders to the horseman and bugler.
“Tell the crossbowmen, wizards, and archers to attack with all they have.”
If the enemy comes from far away, they will be reduced in number with arrows and magic, and if they come close, they will be blocked with spearmen to prevent them from breaking the formation.
Winning in any battle is usually achieved by 95% of orders that are standard and 5% of orders that contain outstanding ideas that go beyond the general framework.
‘If morale is extremely low, just being hit by arrows and magic spells will disorganize the battle line. ‘It might be a good idea to change your strategy depending on how Tateush turns out from here.’
In addition, ingenious operational orders are always issued after a battle occurs in accordance with the movements of the war situation.
“This is the commander’s order to treat the Warsaw idiots with arrows and magic! Don’t spare your arrows and magic! Everyone, shoot at once!”
“These are the bastards who stabbed the Kingdom of Stockholm with a declaration of war. “The son of a b*tch is not worth keeping alive!”
“These bastards are crazy about wanting to die, so send at least one of them to hell as quickly as possible!”
The commanders followed Captain Jaeger’s standard orders and ordered the ranged classes to attack with all their might.
The archers, crossbowmen, and wizards did their best to kill at least one more Warsaw scum before engaging their allies.
“You bastards who have used up all their arrows, get a new quiver! “Please return the empty container!”
The archers, crossbowmen, and wizards did their best to kill even one more Warsaw scum.
Meanwhile, the Warsaw Grand Air Force also began returning fire with arrows and magic, resulting in a significant number of deaths in both armies.
“Warsaw bastards, how dare you…”
“f*ck my arm, ugh!”
“Those who are shot by arrows and can move should report it to the platoon leader or non-commissioned officers and retreat! “Standing on the battlefield injured will only hinder you!”
However, arrows and magic were a battle of who could fire the most shots, so in long-distance battles, the losses of the Reich Imperial Army, which had about 50,000 fewer soldiers, were bound to be greater.
However, the difference in attitude towards long-distance combat between the Reich Imperial Army and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw was very large.
First of all, both sides were doing their best to kill at least one enemy by piercing them with arrows or burning them with magic.
There was a difference in the way soldiers injured in long-distance attacks were viewed.
Imperial soldiers had high morale, so if a comrade was injured by an arrow, they would feel sad to see it, but feel fortunate that they did not die.
The soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, who had no desire to fight, were hit by arrows in their arms, legs, or somewhere on their bodies, but as they watched the guys who had not died but fell back, they thought they were going to suck honey and thought no.
As the soldiers of both armies used arrows and magic to reduce the number of opponents one by one, the distance between the two armies gradually narrowed to 200 meters, 100 meters, and 50 meters.
“Spearmen, widen the gap between your formations a little more! “You must allow the archers to pass between you!”
“Match the angle of the polearm and the lifting height! If this doesn’t work, we’ll all die!”
“Your mistake will kill your comrades on both sides! “Don’t make mistakes and do exactly what you learned in training!”
When the gap was almost gone, the wizards and archers of both armies quickly entered the gap slightly wider than shoulder width between the infantry.
After entering, he ran as fast as he could and moved to the position he needed to go to, and the Warsaw and Reich Imperial forces were now facing each other.
This is where the real battle begins.