I Was Reincarnated as a Baron in Another World chapter 195

195 - Defense of the Yellow Plains (8)

195 – Defense of the Yellow Plains (8)

Looking back on the history of warfare, it has only been a little over 100 years since it was possible to overwhelm a significant difference in forces with only firepower.

In the era before that, if you made the most of your overwhelming firepower, even if you had far fewer troops than the enemy, you would increase your chances of winning on the battlefield.

In my case, I mobilized all of my matchlocks, grenade launchers, and cannons to unleash powerful firepower on the enemy in a short period of time, inflicting great damage.

However, with that level, it is impossible to annihilate them before they cling to the walls.

As if trying to prove what I was thinking, Franchi’s soldiers broke through the 5 cannons, 2,000 matchlocks, and hundreds of grenade launchers deployed in each of the 4 directions and started sticking to the wall.

“Walk the ladder!! If you go over the wall, you can live!”

“They hide behind the walls and cowardly throw anything at them! Cowards like that are weak in hand-to-hand combat!!”

“Aagh!! Long live the French Empire! Long live His Excellency, Marquis Simon! Long live His Excellency Count Louis!”

Unlike Joseon, which tried to compete with the enemy by fighting only with long-range weapons, our army was properly trained for hand-to-hand combat.

So, as those idiots say, even if you go to close combat, you will win even if you fight 3 to 1 against a decent serf.

However, what if the enemy’s soldiers overwhelm the soldiers whose stamina was consumed from fighting countless enemies on the wall?

Soldiers with low stamina will die on the wall, and the enemy soldiers led by Marquis Simon will occupy the positions they are guarding.

Once the serfs have established a certain base on the castle wall, elite troops will pour in like a wave, led by the knights led by Count Akitel.

Then, there is a high possibility that we will be slowly pushed inside the castle and eventually be surrounded by enemies and then annihilated.

But if I didn’t know that, I would have let go of both hands, but there’s no way I’ll be punished like that.

“Order the combat engineers and knights who have been waiting so far to support the front defense of the city walls.”

“Haona, Your Excellency… After winning this battle, the preservation of the knights is necessary to pursue and strike the enemy. How could you mount a horse and mount a lance at an enemy who is running away in a tired state?”

Certainly, no matter how powerful the knights were, there was no way they would be able to lance charge on horseback after fighting on the wall.

From that point of view, the adjutant’s advice isn’t wrong, but…

The problem is that if the castle wall is breached, everyone dies, but looking into the future is bullshit.

So, while I was busy looking around for command, I shouted angrily at the adjutant who said something out of context.

“Are you out of your mind right now? The enemy forces are three times as many as ours, and now they are attacking like crazy, risking their fate in one battle. Then, even those of us with fewer numbers must do our best to counter their number. Otherwise, those damn bastards will sit on those walls!!”

And with my finger, I pointed at the wall so that the idiot adjutant could understand.

At the place pointed out, several French serfs had already climbed the wall through cannons, matchlocks, and grenades.

“It’s up!! I’m up! Now, if I go back alive, I will be recognized for my achievements… ”

“Finally arrived!! I did it!!”

“The damned Marquis of Creutel washes his throat… ”

However, many of them were killed as soon as they climbed up by spearmen or sword-bearing men who remained on the walls.

Also, the soldiers who climbed up and held out for a while soon followed their fellow soldiers who died first…

As the saying goes, the beginning is difficult and the later is easy, it is only a matter of time before the soldiers deployed in the once-pierced wall are defeated by Franchi’s corps.

In such a situation, returning the knights to the reserve in preparation for the chase was a bad move that could lead to a crisis.

And I was convinced when I saw his rank insignia.

“After graduating at the top of the class at the military academy, if you were assigned as a second lieutenant under me, among the things the professors said… ‘On the battlefield, 95% of the standard theory is discarded or transformed.’ didn’t you hear? This is a special situation, so of course you should have acted accordingly… ”

Hearing those words, the second lieutenant’s face turned white as if he thought that a disaster would befall his future, but…

Ruining the future of a so-called guy who only gave close to standard advice would be a rather harsh treatment.

Also, the seniors of this adjutant, who said things that don’t fit the situation, will kindly educate you… I just have to get this far.

Failure due to lack of experience can be a mortal sin, but giving bad advice is a mistake that can be overlooked.

“Chief Adjutant! Raise the flag right now and prepare to send the knights into the assault reserve! Also, for the troops that fought close combat, put in the soldiers of the Combat Engineer Battalion led by Major Mark and the rest of the infantry and switch them over.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Raise the flag again and instruct the commanders for an all-out war. When this battle is over, fight with all your might, to the point where you won’t be able to lift a finger. It’s okay if you don’t have to worry about the chase.”

If their morale was high enough, they might have thought about leaving some of the knights behind to prepare for the chase.

However, since the enemy was already attacked by 20 cannons, the camp was disturbed and morale was so low that deserters who ventured to escape the enemy appeared.

Having inflicted great damage on such an army by showering grapeshot, showering grenade launchers, and even firing volleys of matchlocks, will the retreat be carried out while maintaining order enough to reorganize?

No, while retreating, if one’s superiors or one’s own squadron ordered them to retreat in an orderly manner and charge again, there is a very high possibility that a cataclysm would occur.

If one of them draws a knife to kill the boss who is trying to drive them to dog death again, other colleagues around him will join in.

In addition, even if it is an infighting between commanders or generals, an army that is divided to the point where soldiers openly commit hypocrisy can never be rebuilt.

It might be said that it would be more convenient to bring the dead back to life than to regroup such soldiers.

In other words, if you push back this offensive with all your might, your team’s absolute victory will be confirmed.

Until just now, the knights entered the small bases sparsely made by the serfs who climbed up the ladder and pushed the allies away…

After a while, when the soldiers and knights of the sapper battalion were sent to war, the aspect began to change little by little.

The soldiers of the sapper battalion kindly took down the helmets of the serfs and knights with the two-handed sapper hammers they were holding, and the knights of our army stabbed the French knights in armor without mercy.

“Damn it! You idiot!!”

“Don’t step on the castle that our Excellency the Marquis of Creutel himself built with sweat!”

“Die, you bastards! Die and go back to your dead parents!”

As a result, the enemies who had built a stronghold on top of the castle wall and pushed their allies little by little began to be pushed back in reverse.

The Marquis of Simon may not have obtained the title of Marquis by eating coins, but when he witnessed this situation, he drew his sword in front of the front line and ordered both encouragement and prompting.

“Knights, climb up the ladder with all your might!! Serfs, if you want to break free from the bondage of damn poverty… Climb the castle! I swear by the name of Jean von Simon, if that Marquis of Creutel is beheaded… I will share all of my loot with you! Full force charge!”

The problem is, the knights and serfs didn’t raise their spirits any more than that, given that order.

Still, if you see them doing that, the rate at which the morale of the serfs and knights who make a physical charge will decrease is somewhat alleviated.

It’s not a very good situation for the allies.

“Raise your flag and signal to your allies that I am watching you! Also, the most important moment of this battle is now. So, don’t spare all your reserves and spare ammunition and rain down on the enemy! I will severely punish any unit that has even one round of ammunition left after the enemy retreats!!”

The gunners and arquebusiers mercilessly began to increase their attack speed, perhaps gaining momentum from my command.

In the meantime, even among matchlock shooters who had sufficient training and practical experience, their minds were ahead of them, so they put a loading rod instead of ammunition and pulled the trigger to see the loading rod fly away.

As the allies launched a fierce attack on the enemy based on their overwhelming firepower…

The enemy’s momentum slowly began to weaken.

Let’s continue the battle over the wall for another hour or two…

Among the sapper units and knights who were in charge of close combat, some soldiers who were not injured, but fell from exhaustion, began to appear.

nevertheless… Finally, a shout came from among the allies.

“Your Excellency, Marquis of Creutel! The enemy… Enemies start to retreat! It seems that it has decided that further attacks are unreasonable!”

“The friendly forces suffered considerable damage, but the enemy suffered so much damage that even counting the deaths seemed meaningless. In my opinion, a realignment seems impossible.”

Looking closely at the enemy, the serfs had already lost order and began to retreat madly.

“Run away! I don’t know what those demons will do!”

“The damned Marquis Simon might ask you to fight again, right? I will run away!”

“As long as you don’t get caught by the solo squad, you can escape alive!”

Also, in a situation where a large number of troops are using retreat to desert, I can see, is it a reorganization to freeze to death?

That would be impossible except for some legendary Admiral in the Navy.

“All troops, give up the pursuit. And today, I will rest like this, and I will roughly organize the battlefield from tomorrow.”

Immediately after issuing the order, the soldiers and I added a little bit and immediately collapsed as if we were dead.

Although not being able to pursue them could be a very slight flaw…

This battle was the best I could handle, and perhaps future historians will evaluate it as such…

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