255 – Battle of Glopino Plain (4)
Laura von Vener raised the face shield attached to her helmet from her horse and looked around.
In the forest to the right of where the knights are passing, the hidden Imperial infantry reserves are walking carefully, not even breathing, to attack the rear of the enemy infantry.
On the left, the Reich Empire infantry was smashing into pieces the Warsaw soldiers as if they were going to kill every single one of them.
“Reserves! Are there any reserve shifts? If this continues, we will all die!”
“Ugh, you f*cking surrender, you bastards! “Why aren’t you accepting my surrender?”
“Crazy pigs of the empire!”
In this situation, the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, which had more troops, would naturally have to send out reserves to rest and reorganize the frontline troops for a while.
The reserve unit was just conserving its strength in the back and had no intention of switching with the soldiers at the front.
For the Imperial Army, we can only be grateful.
Although she was not as good as Peter Yeager, Laura had the ability to become a pillar supporting the imperial army in the future, so she was able to guess what the status of the infantry units in combat were just by looking at them a little.
If the commander of the army of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw had not been an incompetent person, half an hour ago he would have already ordered to mobilize the reserves and replace them with the soldiers at the front.
No, unless what was on your head was bread or pork, it was a situation where an order for a shift had to be given.
So this guess is possible. An order to shift was given, but the division commanders and corps commanders of the reserve unit were caught up in Peter Yeager’s distraction tactics and could not trust other generals or commanders.
Even after receiving the commander’s instructions, the generals under him would have protested by saying this.
‘From my perspective, the soldiers on the front lines are not in much danger right now. So, let’s wait until the enemy gets more tired.’
If you put a star on it, it is difficult to charge them with defamation by bouncing once or twice on the basis and then moving, so they have held on until now.
As a result, they missed the optimal situation to deploy reserve forces…
‘The captain was clearly trying to create this situation and use a split attack on the enemy troops, right?’
Laura realized that, far from getting tired of watching him closely for over 10 years, she fell in love with Peter Jaeger’s new capabilities as a commander every day.
And soon enough, her eyes caught sight of a huge cloud of dust rising on the other side of her own.
“Colonel Benner! Colonel Benner! There are 15,000 enemy knights at the vanguard. “The enemy is coming straight at us. What are you going to do?”
Whether it is a charge by knights or a battle between infantry, head-on combat is always at a disadvantage when the number of allies is insufficient.
This is especially true in fights between knights, where everything is decided by a single lance charging blow, similar to a body slam, unlike infantry soldiers who fight over long periods of time with long spears.
Because of this, Laura became anxious as to how she could overcome this situation, but just then a cavalry cavalry unit appeared from the side and began to provide cover.
‘Since the archer cavalry joined at the right time, the odds of victory are with our troops as long as they slow down the enemy vanguard a little and disperse the ranks a little.’
“Ensign Milton! Break out of the ranks right now and tell our cavalry archers. “I want you to focus and fire arrows at the enemy vanguard!”
After receiving the order, Second Lieutenant Milton immediately broke away from the ranks and ran to deliver the order to the archer cavalry.
After confirming this, Laura shouted loud enough for the entire regiment to hear.
“Our commander is Captain Jaeger! Has our army ever been defeated when we followed His orders? Never. If we follow Captain Jaeger’s orders, there can be no defeat for us! So, just because they outnumber our allies here, don’t be scared when you see them, who are nothing but trash! “Do you understand?”
For the Reich Imperial Army, the name Peter Jäger costs his commander his blood, sweat, and even his life. He is a master who somehow makes a way for everyone to survive in impossible situations and achieves victory.
When I thought about Captain Jaeger, a great commander who always considered the safety and rewards of his soldiers before his own wealth and safety, I thought that the knights would at least try to fight head-on against an enemy that was 1.5 Times the number than themselves. I have it.
I didn’t dare say it out loud in front of Colonel Laura. The morale of the knights rose like crazy as their competitive spirit burned, believing that since they were born male, they should not lose to a woman.
“Long live Captain Jaeger! Long live the Reich Empire! Long live your Majesty the Emperor!”
“Fight without shame in Colonel Laura’s eyes!”
“It’s time to clearly show that our regiment is no less than the 7th Guards Division! “Don’t spare your life and charge!”
While the imperial knights were raising their morale and pledging victory, the archery cavalry made up of northerners prepared to shoot arrows at the enemy knights.
“Targeting at enemy knights is ineffective! Aim for the side of the horse! Shoot to the side! “If you fall off your horse, you’ll die anyway!”
“The number of deaths among Imperial knights varies depending on how well we shoot!”
“Shoot for your comrades! Shoot even if your finger gets cut off! “Aim for the horse’s side!”
The archers assigned here knew very well why they had to shoot at the side of a horse rather than a person.
This is because, while knights were dressed in full-body plate armor, the barding worn by horses was focused only on protecting the ‘front’ in order to reduce material costs and weight to some extent.
Therefore, in many cases, the left and right sides of the horse were not covered with armor, but were instead covered with only cloth or thin chain armor.
So, rather than aiming at a knight wearing full body armor who bounces off even if you shoot 10 arrows, it is more effective to aim for the side of a war horse, where the arrows are more likely to land.
And if one horse dies or slows down, the ripple effect can hinder up to dozens of knights.
Knowing this well, the archers played a great role here, and the soldiers dreamed of being awarded the rank of sergeant, and the chieftains burned with a desire to be promoted to major and obtain the title of knight.
On the other hand, Lieutenant General Chekojevsky was charging with up to 15,000 knights with desperate determination.
“We must achieve victory against the enemy knights at all costs! “Fight to the death!”
To the lieutenant general’s desperate cries, the knights under his command responded with lively voices.
“Victory to His Majesty the Grand Duke of Warsaw! “Damn punishment to Peter Jaeger and the Reich Empire!”
“Long live the great Warsaw!”
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“Peter Yeager, my brother died because of that son of a b*tch, so I will definitely avenge him! “Aw, f*ck!”
Overall, the Warsaw army was overwhelmingly pushed back, but the 15,000 knights were a core force that could change the tide of the war at any time.
The number of enemy knights running in front of them was only about 10,000, which seemed small compared to their own.
So now they were thinking like this.
‘As long as we kill the knights of the Reich Empire and send down the infantry, we will become the protagonists of this battlefield.’
Up until now, they had been worried about whether they would be able to return alive, but as they ran on horseback holding lances, their fear disappeared, and the number of imperial knights approaching them was smaller than them.
But, “Damn you, the left! Reich archers are approaching from the left!”
With those words, the good atmosphere that had been blooming for a moment between the knights was instantly thrown into the gutter.
“Reich Reich, you f*cking bastards! Did you have to do it this way to feel relieved?”
“Don’t you think it might be a bit difficult?”
The lieutenant general swore out every swear word he knew at the crazy guy named Peter Yeager and shouted at the knights.
“You can ignore all the flies cackling next to you! No, just ignore it and run! “If you worry about them for no reason, you’ll all die!”
As soon as the order was given, the Reich Empire’s archers, instead of approaching the knights, passed in a line and fired arrows into the sides of Warsaw’s war horses.
The horses neighed loudly and ran wild, refusing to be controlled, but then suddenly collapsed, or their legs broke in place and they fell down hard.
“Ugh, sh*t! Hey, don’t step on it!”
“Is this something a bastard would do, stepping on his own troops?”
“No, save me!”
“You were wrong to block the road!”
When the horses in front fell, the horses following them naturally stopped running, and were soon pushed down by the thousands of horses following them.
Once they fell, they were equally reduced to meat and died, regardless of whether they were horses or people.
The lieutenant general commanding them gritted his teeth and felt the urge to cut off the head of Peter Yeager, put him in a salt shaker, and turn him into salted meat.
‘You bastards of the Reich Empire, they invaded someone else’s land and tormented us like this when we used to live peacefully…’
If Captain Jaeger had heard it, he would have protested, saying, ‘If I do it, it’s romance, and if someone else does it, it’s adultery.’ It’s the same level of bullsh*t.
The knights of the Reich Empire seemed to have no intention of listening to the lieutenant general’s protest, so they raised their lances and rushed towards the enemies in front of them at high speed.
“Kill at least one more guy!”
“Turn it into fertilizer for the development of the great Reich Empire!”
“Long live the Empire! Long live the Imperial Army!”
In this way, the distance between each other gradually became closer.