109 – Allies – 3
The soldiers were taken aback by the volley of muskets.
But it wasn’t anything particularly strange. Princess Leonia and Charles had fully anticipated this situation.
Not surprisingly, 70% of the muskets produced in the world are produced on the Taspilia Peninsula. That’s what Leonia imported.
So, of course, there is nothing strange about the Taspilia using muskets. Because it is the largest production area for muskets.
‘Of course, there is a big difference in musket tactics.’
The enemies were using muskets like simple archers. Like our allies, we did not form a formation focusing on the powerful firepower of muskets.
But even so, a musket is a musket. Technically, it was the same item used by our troops, so it was not a situation that could be ignored.
‘Our army’s advance is slowing down.’
The enemy’s musketeers were quite numerous. At least 6,000 or more. It was more than all of our army’s musketeers combined. If you charged in this situation, you were sure to be the first to become a beehive, so your speed slowed down.
‘How should I do this…’ ‘
A situation where there is a musketeer on the other side of the river, and if you cross the river, your troops will be shot by the musketeer and fall. However, if you don’t cross it, there is no way to win. How can we win?
‘What if I just push with force?’
If you push with force… If you win, you will win. But the damage to our allies will increase.
‘What if I fall in?’
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If you fall out now… Damage can be reduced. But it will only end with damage. Our team gains nothing.
‘It’s a dilemma… ‘
But then a thought occurred to me.
‘Then why did the princess give the order to charge the entire army at this time?’
The princess I know is by no means an incompetent monarch, and she is not an incompetent military commander. If she had given the order to charge, there must have been a good reason. Why on earth did she give the order to charge the entire army so early?
“Oh, wait!”
“What’s going on? “His Excellency, Count de Rochepol.”
Manfred Wiesi said. I raised my hand to stop Biesi.
“Quiet.”
Biesi quietly nodded his head and my head continued to spin. And as a result after a while…
“You can win.”
“Yes?”
“You can minimize damage to your allies and win. “Tell this to the soldiers.”
“Yes!”
“All troops! Advance at high speed through a rain of enemy bullets! You don’t have to save your physical strength! Just stick to the enemy! Never be afraid! “Her Majesty the Princess is with us!”
Manfred Wiesy looked at Charles with a somewhat puzzled expression. However, he seemed to have no intention of rejecting his lord’s order, and he began to advance as Charles said.
Manfred Wiesi stood at the forefront, holding a flag and encouraging the march. The only thing Charles was bad at was standing on the battlefield. Unfortunately, his level of martial arts was low, and even if his martial arts were excellent, he had no intention of risking his life and going to the front lines.
However, Manfred Viesi was an outstanding officer who was respected by the soldiers, and his soldiers’ training was also among the best among Princess Leonia’s army, so just having Manfred on the front lines boosted the morale of Charles’ army. It was possible to move forward. And…
“Huh? That… ”
“This is the flag of the Rochepol family.”
“Charles-Jean-Rochepol is the most advanced in this situation where it was difficult to advance due to volleys of musket fire? This… “
Dean de Balboa’s hands were shaking.
“Know that you are a disgrace to the vanguard! Our troops will never fall behind the Rochepol Army! I will stand at the forefront! Everyone follow me!”
Dian de Balboa suddenly rode away on horseback, and the soldiers of Balboa’s army hurriedly followed after seeing Diane running away. This is because they were afraid of the future if they fell behind the nobles they served.
And crowd psychology was scary. As Balboa’s army and Rochepol’s army began to advance as if competing, Isabelle de Poitiers and Julia Russell also began to advance their soldiers forward.
And as the new arrivals Taiki Lopes and Georg Adel began to advance, the entire army literally began to rush in like a thunderstorm.
Meanwhile, Carlotto, who was serving as a general under Lucrezia, could not hide his embarrassment.
“These crazy people… “
6,000 Musketeers were firing bullets all at once, and the enemy seemed to be crazy and was rushing at them all at once. Even if a comrade right next to him died, he was stepping on the corpse and moving forward. Even though hundreds of people died in a single volley of fire, they did not feel at all intimidated and rushed forward.
“Are you really saying that Leonia’s soldiers are crazy?”
Although Carlotto had not used a musket for a long time, he knew how much of a weapon it had on the battlefield. When hundreds of people fall down all at once due to a volley of musket fire, the enemy has no choice but to naturally become intimidated and retreat. All you have to do is reload during that time.
But the enemies were different. As soon as the enemies were killed by the musket’s volley, they rushed at him during the reload time, which seemed to indicate that he knew quite well about the characteristics of the musket.
“Did they train for combat between muskets…? “
Unless you have trained to charge as soon as the musket is fired, you cannot do that. I felt it at that moment. Even though they were using the same muskets, Leonia’s army was far more advanced than Lucrezia’s army.
“But if things continue like this, our team will win.”
The number of allies is 20,000, while the number of enemies is 13,000. In addition, we have nearly doubled the number of troops, having already lost thousands due to the volley of muskets. Even if the vanguard was routed, the enemy would not be able to overcome the overwhelming difference in numbers.
But at that moment…
-Waaa!!!
-Charge!!!
-Wipe out the soldiers of the Principality of Plos!
A loud shout began to be heard from the rear. At that moment, Lucrezia’s army began to panic. Because I couldn’t figure out where the sound was coming from.
“Messenger! “The number of enemies firing from the rear is approximately 10,000!”
“10,000? “Where does such a force suddenly appear?”
“Less… We are carrying the flag of the Republic of Salerno!”
“Oh, this is crazy!”
At that moment, Lucrezia’s general, Carloto, realized something. This battle was not a one-on-one battle between Plos and Leonia. Lucrezia’s army was facing the Leonian army, and the Petrian Republic’s army was facing the Salerno Republic’s army.
However, the Petrine Republic was a hastily formed group of mercenaries and conscripts, and the Salerno Republic was an elite army that had already been trained in numerous wars. Therefore, the moment the Petrine Republic’s army clashed with the Salerno Republic’s army, it was immediately destroyed.
“You scumbags! I was expecting it to break, but I guess it will have to last for at least an hour or two! “It hasn’t even been 20 minutes since the battle started, but the fact that it’s already broken doesn’t mean there wasn’t even the will to fight back!”
“… It appears that the enemy quickly broke the Petrio Republic, chased Petrio, drove him away from the battlefield, and then rejoined the allies.”
“Wow, this is crazy…” “
“If this continues, we will be surrounded front and back! Please be your judge!”
At that moment, Carlotto realized. He talked about how important it was to be a general leading an army. He was put in a position where he had to choose between Lee Ji-seon and the hell of going this way and dying, and going that way and dying. At this moment, he wanted to drop everything and run away. And…
“Although our troops are mercenaries, they are an honorable army, different from the scum of the Petrine Republic! “Fight until the end!”
Carlotto chose the worst option. The army of the Duchy of Plos began fighting two-on-one with the Leonian army in the front and the Salerno army in the rear.
—–
The battle surprisingly did not last long. The enemy army, attacked from the front and rear, began to collapse in an instant.
Our troops asked the enemy several times about their intention to surrender, but the enemy resisted until the end, saying, “We are different from the Petrine Republic,” And was eventually annihilated.
At first, I thought Princess Leonia’s attack order was too fast. She thought she should have waited a little longer and charged.
But my calculations were actually wrong. If we had been in a firefight like a normal battle and then charged, we would not have won so easily.
In the end, Princess Leonia was right. Princess Leonia thought that the Salerno Republic would take care of the Petrine Republic in an instant, so she gave the order for a quick assault when the shooting war had not progressed very far.
‘After all, a hero is a hero…? ‘
Leonia von Arcadia. She is the main character of [The Age of Gunpowder and Magic]. Of course, when it comes to her war, there are some people who are better than Leonia, but when all of her abilities and mentality are combined, it is calculated that she is the best monarch. And that aspect was revealed in this battle.
“By the way, you are the only one who understands my heart.”
Leonia spoke in passing. It seemed to me that she quickly sensed Leonia’s intentions and moved her soldiers forward.
The butterfly effect of the advance caused Balboa’s army to charge, and as Balboa’s army and Rochepol’s army attacked, the armies of other lords also charged in unison.
In other words, my charge had a greater effect than expected.
“Your performance was great. “Please look forward to the non-public performance.”
After saying that, Princess Leonia rode away on her horse. When Princess Leonia says this, she means that I may be the number one expert in this battle.
“Am I in first place, beating Balboa?”
Balboa’s army has 3,000, our army has 1,000. It was a huge task to ignore the absolute amount of soldiers and get ahead in major areas.
And before long, the non-gong peddling began.