253 – Battle of Glopino Plain (2)
The morale of the soldiers belonging to the Grand Duchy of Warsaw was very low.
Until the arrows flew, the new recruits were openly saying negative things like, “We are all going to die here,” And even the senior soldiers who were in charge of leading them into the battlefield could not even say a word of encouragement. It was in the worst condition.
Non-commissioned officers and junior commanders who actually controlled the soldiers had to even threaten to kill them if they did not follow orders.
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However, morale, which had reached its lowest point, was resolved to some extent when arrows began to fly.
The reason is that, as the enemy’s arrows were flying at me like crazy, I had no time to think about anything else. However, in the face of a life-threatening crisis right in front of me, my survival instinct to survive came out and overcame my fear and desperation. .
As a result, they gained the strength to fight against the Reich Empire’s infantry like a fighting machine.
“This is the commander’s order! Push with all your might! “Drive slowly according to the commands one, two, three!”
“When on earth did these bastards, who were so scary and clumsy when they came from afar, become like this? “f*ck, I wanted to take it easy.”
“Shut up and kill at least one more guy! “If we follow the training, we can all return alive.”
The Imperial infantrymen were surprised and grunted at the sight of those who had been nearly dead just a moment ago being brought back to life, but not a single one was agitated.
Because, just as the non-commissioned officers and lower-ranking commanders in Warsaw used the power of ‘summary judgment’ to forcibly drag their weak allies into the battlefield.
Even though the imperial officers did not threaten our soldiers that much, they kept them sane with all kinds of yelling, threats, and intimidation before they became agitated or surprised and lost their morale.
“Even piglets struggle before they die, saying they don’t want to die! “Moreover, the Warsaw dogs and pigs are beasts that have life, so shouldn’t they resist?”
“They may look fine on the outside, but on the inside they are rotten ruins. If you give them a little beating, they will surely fall apart.”
“Anyone who hesitates or gets agitated will see my face separately! “Focus!”
The situation on the battlefield was immediately conveyed to Captain Jaeger, who was staying at the Reich Empire’s headquarters.
“The battle between the Warsaw soldiers and our soldiers is now in full swing, and the push and push continues. Battalion commanders and regimental commanders in frontline units are requesting the deployment of reserve forces. What will you do?”
After hearing the story, Peter Yeager told me to wait for an answer for a while and was lost in his thoughts.
This is the battlefield that Captain Jaeger sees now.
The current war is only in its early stages. It can be said that the soldiers have just clashed with each other and are fighting to bring the flow of the battlefield to their side.
At this stage, if you put in reserve troops to outwit your opponent or take unreasonable moves, your army’s stamina will be exhausted.
In that case, if the enemy, who realized that the allies’ strength was exhausted, launched an all-out attack with a superior number of soldiers, there was a high probability that they would not be able to withstand and would be defeated.
‘In this situation, if you try to raise your momentum by mobilizing more troops, you will only be caught. However, since the morale of the enemy army is lower than that of our allies, we must make sure that the units currently engaged in battle do their best.’
“Move the side soldiers and skilled soldiers at the rear of each battalion unit and send them out in front of the spearmen. Let them break the enemy’s lines. If that happens, the enemy knights will soon move. So, tell our knights waiting in the rear to put on their armor and check their lances.”
In the era of cold weapons without gunpowder, if you destroy the enemy’s infantry formation, you are considered to have lost more than half of the battle.
The only option for the enemy army, whose battle lines had collapsed, was to mobilize knights to turn the opposing infantry into a dead-end, turning an ‘orderly battle’ fought with everything they had into a chaotic melee rather than a dog fight.
So, in order to prevent variables as much as possible, Captain Jaeger gave the order to respond to knights with knights.
“Yes, I understand!”
After saying these words, the messenger gave the same instructions to several light cavalrymen on liaison duty around Captain Jaeger.
As soon as the command was delivered, they quickly ran on their horses in the direction they were supposed to go and shouted.
“There is no mobilization of reserve forces! “There will be no additional mobilization of reserve forces, but frontline units are ordered to attack with all their might!”
“Knights, quickly equip yourself and form a formation so that you can march out! Form a formation and wait for the order to deploy!”
“The enemy knights will come soon!”
What these instructions meant was that both armies would fight with all their might in the near future.
The officers of the Reich Empire, half nervous and half excited, thought about what they had to do and began to issue orders appropriate to the situation.
“Spearmen, keep pushing! “Charge so intensely and passionately that the enemy loses his senses.”
“We will deploy them soon! So just hang in there!”
“We will be the main players in winning this battle! Reorganize your ranks! “Reorganize!”
The unit, which lost the strength to continue the attack due to its disorganized formation, reorganized its formation to create enough strength to withstand, and gritted its teeth and did its best to hold on somehow.
However, due to stronger-than-expected resistance from the enemy, some units suffered considerable damage and were moved from the front line to the rear with a ‘unit reorganization’ flag.
The most important striker who must go out now is the Empire’s dagger who will shatter the enemy’s formation.
“Pyeongon, have the two-handed swordsmen wait at their current positions, and have the skilled soldiers crawl under the enemy’s long spears with their daggers.”
According to the order, the skilled soldiers who were storing their stamina behind the spearmen placed their bodies on the ground and began to crawl slowly like snakes.
As always, no one paid any attention to them as they quietly crawled forward without even the sound of their breath being noticed by their fellow Reich Empire soldiers.
“f*ck you, Reich bastards! “It’s so cute that it looks like you’re stabbing a spear in the air!?”
“Look around, you f*cking bastards! “Go to hell like your mom and dad!”
“Die! Die!! “Aw, you dirty invaders!”
Thanks to this, those crawling on the ground were moving unhindered through the blind spot under the enemy and friendly fire bars.
However, the moving party had to endure the anxiety of being skewered on a spear if they were discovered by the enemy, and the extreme environment where they could not even breathe properly to avoid being detected.
There was only one reason they could endure.
‘As soon as they crawl under the bars and reach the enemy camp, the Warsaw bastards die without even being able to move.’
As they said, the spear was the strongest weapon that could block a large area completely when several people gathered together.
It is a weapon with such poor self-defense capabilities that it is much better to fight with bare body, let alone the ability to kill a person if it enters the pole that is at least 4 to 5 meters long.
So, by simply stabbing the dagger in their hand into the ankle of the enemy soldier in front of them, skilled soldiers can perform great martial arts and receive a huge reward.
When the time of patience was over and the soldiers of the Reich Empire arrived at the feet of the soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, they behaved as they had learned and trained thousands and tens of thousands of times.
With the dagger in his right hand, he stabbed the instep of the person in front of him or cut his Achilles tendon, rendering him unable to walk.
“Peek-a-boo, you damn Warsaw bastards! “Didn’t your mother teach you to watch your step when you were little?”
“You’re so loud because you got stabbed in the ankle.” It’s crazy. “Shut up, you bastards.”
“I was really happy when I was having fun with the spear just now. “It looks good.”
The Warsaw soldiers could not utter a curse in response, but fell down clutching their ankles and screaming in tremendous pain, unable to properly resist.
Meanwhile, the skilled soldiers of the Reich Empire quieted the Warsaw soldiers who were rolling around on the ground with the swords, maces, and even two-handed axes on their backs, and began to collapse their formation.
“If this continues, we’re all going to die!”
“Put down your spear and pull out your sword! Draw your sword and respond! “Don’t just respond to the Reich Empire spearmen in the distance.”
“You little pigs, now you crawl on the ground like snakes. “What kind of crazy things are you talking about!”
For the Warsaw soldiers, there was no disaster like this, but for the Reich Imperial Army, it was the best opportunity.
On the other hand, for Captain Tateushi, this was the worst situation as the central axis of the battle, Bomyeong, was collapsing…
“Send out the knights! “The Reich infantry lines must be dispersed by any means necessary.”