254 – Battle of Glopino Plain (3)
After Captain Tateush gave the order to the knights to march, he soon gave instructions to the knights waiting behind the main camp. Has been delivered.
“Commander, this is your order! Everyone, please check your armor and pick up your lance! “This is an order for an all-out attack!”
Up until just now, the knights were sitting near their respective horses, taking a break and chatting about all kinds of things.
It was mainly a story about women, from a story about a woman brought in by a military merchant saying that she had big breasts, and that he had to do military work to avoid getting ripped off by his wife when he got home.
Unlike the new infantrymen, they were exchanging meaningless words in an atmosphere that did not show any sign of great tension or fear, but that did not mean they were unaware that the headquarters to which the high-ranking generals belonged was divided.
I knew it very well, but due to the knight’s unique pride, I thought that it would be better to die than to show ‘a fearful appearance’ or ‘a timid appearance’, so I just held on with my evil spirit.
For these people, the pre-departure atmosphere, where they had to ‘pretend like nothing was wrong’ like the eve of a storm, was secretly painful.
But now that the order to march had been given, the knights were rather glad that they could just pick up their lances and think about striking down the enemy, and that they no longer had to think about useless things.
“f*ck you, Peter Yeager, we’ll take that bastard’s head at any cost! “Don’t stop me!”
“You damn Reich bastards, I’m going to make you a Reich steak today!”
“Today, Brother Lee is going to see the pretty face of Jaeger, who is said to look like a cross between a dog and a pig. “Don’t stop me!”
As they spoke with a lot of bravado, as they always did, and got on their horses, the knights felt that the fear had disappeared from their minds.
As always, I was just focusing on the thought of striking and killing my enemies with a war horse weighing over 500-600kg, so I was only able to put my ‘fear’ aside for a moment.
Lieutenant General Chekojevsky, who commanded them, felt the fighting spirit burning in the knights, and began to hypnotize himself, thinking that if things continued like this, there was a possibility that he could kill even that hateful and shameless Jaeger. .
Then he asked to see how far he could judge.
“Messenger! “Did the captain give us any orders where to charge?”
“No! However, the knights crush the infantry led by Jaeger as quickly as possible.
He just told me to let it go.”
“I understand. Then we will attack the right wing of the enemy infantry, so when I give the signal, tell them to send the reserve unit that way.”
In order to deliver his lieutenant general’s instructions, the messenger jumped on his horse and disappeared with his hair flying.
After seeing this, Chejojewski took his place in the center of the third row, close to the vanguard, and gave orders after seeing the proud knights of Warsaw.
“My proud comrades, you will be the protagonists and saviors of this war!
Trample the infantry of the evil Reich Empire to death! Then I will guarantee this to you. You will all return to your families with honors in one hand and gold bags filled with huge rewards in the other! “Everyone, move to attack the enemy’s right wing!”
A speech that directly stimulates the knights’ desire to save poor infantrymen and be regarded as heroes, as well as their greed for enormous rewards.
The lieutenant general’s order instructing where to go to achieve the goal ignited the spirit and motivation of the 16,000 knights.
“Damn punishment to the Reich Empire! Glory to the Grand Duchy of Warsaw!”
“As the Lieutenant General said, I will return home with the reward and honor!”
“Isn’t it the role of our knights to save the infantry from their foolish actions? “Please just leave it to me.”
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16,000 Knights lowered the face shields on their helmets and immediately began running toward the enemy’s right wing.
The knights began to gallop at about 5 to 6 kilometers per hour while managing the stamina of their horses, and this movement was immediately observed by the Reich Empire’s scouts inspecting the battlefield.
Those who were looking around the battlefield on horseback realized that the situation was urgent and did their best to move to where Captain Jaeger was.
“I report to Captain Jaeger! Enemy knights are coming towards our right wing! The number is around 15,000 to 20,000!”
When Peter Yeager heard those words, he thought for a moment.
‘Should we send in the Northern Archer Cavalry to assist while the knights are acting as anvils and hammers like in the past? Should the archers just attack the infantry?’
It is absolutely necessary to think about it for a while to come up with a more perfect strategy.
“Send out the knights and instruct them to fight them head-on, and tell the cavalry archers to focus only on breaking their momentum as always.”
“Yes, I understand.”
“Also, since the current situation is not that unfavorable to us, tell them not to think about engaging in close combat with the enemy just because of the cavalry archers. “Due to the difference in weight, damage to our troops will increase.”
As Captain Jaeger said, the horses ridden by the archery cavalry have the body type of a relatively light marathon runner, weighing around 300 kg.
The horses the knights ride are similar to ultra-heavyweight athletes weighing close to 600 kg with huge physiques, such as professional wrestler Fedor or Tyson.
So, the horses of the archer cavalry are specialized in running for a long time and quickly, and when they collide head-on, the battle horses of knights who are almost twice their size are bound to be much stronger.
If a commander is capable of rational thinking, he should not make moves that are advantageous to the opponent, so this was an appropriate instruction.
“Please tell me that the vanguard of this charge will be left to Colonel Laura and the knight regiment under him.”
After hearing those words, the messenger immediately left to deliver the order to the imperial knights, but the staff in the barracks looked at Jaeger with a slightly puzzled expression.
Because, although his wife may have volunteered to be the vanguard, he never thought that he would order her to be placed in the vanguard of a knightly assault, which was known to be the most dangerous.
However, the staff did not carelessly raise the ‘question’ here, and if they did, they would ask, ‘Are you trying to give my wife any privileges? This is because she may face terrible questions like, ‘What is your job? Should I take off your badge and discharge you?’
Peter Yeager noticed this atmosphere and sighed and said to his staff, thanking them for their concern, but telling them not to show off.
“It is true that Colonel Laura is my wife, but that doesn’t mean I can have her on the battlefield. If I had meant to do that, I would have used my authority to pin both Colonel Laura and Brigadier General Anya to the rear and not let them get out. And if they set an example, shouldn’t the morale of officers fighting in the field rise? “I feel like I want to step forward.”
The staff members nodded at the very reasonable words, and although the other captains said they wanted to go to the front line because they were older, most of them, except for ‘Patton,’ were just speaking from their hearts.
Peter Yeager is just 30 years old, so he is in good health, and he is a legendary fighting monster who single-handedly cut down over 200 enemies in Richen according to official records, so he is a person who can fight well on the front line.
So, knowing that he was sincere when he said that he wanted to stand on the front line, they all kept their mouths shut.
“Slowly sending the reserve unit to the enemy’s rear. “Tell them to move so secretly that our troops do not notice until we reach the rear through the forests on the left and right.”
Meanwhile, Colonel Laura was waiting for the order to deploy at the base with a mixture of tension and anticipation as she was to lead the knights for the first time in several years.
No, she was even a little nervous inside, separate from the battle.
‘No, I can’t lose the bet like last time when I opened my eyes and got my nose cut by that fox… In this war, I will definitely win the ball and monopolize the captain…’
Because this time, just like when they fought in the Kingdom of Stockholm, the two are betting on Peter Jaeger’s 3-day exclusive rights.
As Laura was internally grinding her teeth, a messenger came to the rear where the knights were stationed and said:
“This is Captain Jaeger’s order! He ordered the knights to arm themselves immediately and destroy the knights of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw who were trying to attack our right wing.”
With those words, the knights realized that their opportunity had finally come and immediately began preparing to take up arms.
“The vanguard is Colonel Laura’s regiment, and there is no auxiliary archer cavalry! “Then let’s go!”
Laura von Wehner gritted her teeth, saying that she must use this opportunity to somehow accomplish a greater feat than catching Ishtaven.
So, she wanted to shout, ‘I will be at the forefront,’ but because she was a woman, her strength was somewhat limited…
“Major Jürgen! The major is the vanguard! I will direct the direction of the assault formation from the third line. “Can you do it well?”
“Major Jürgen! “I will do my best at the vanguard, even if it means sacrificing my life!”
The knights of the Reich Empire soon finished arming themselves and set out to intercept the Warsaw knights.