Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 488 Women’s Tactics

However, in the face of doubt, Captain Maria said nothing. She just urged everyone to continue marching and quickly seize the target position. Although some people were very dissatisfied, the long-term living and training together allowed them to maintain good discipline and still move forward quickly according to orders.

When they approached that block, they discovered that someone had also arrived here first. A group of people were wandering on the street, kicking down doors everywhere, and when they found a room they could get into, they swarmed in and rummaged through it.

They don't seem to have a clear organization, and they don't know which political force they belong to - it's obvious that they are a group of thieves who gathered spontaneously and simply took advantage of the chaos to plunder.

Along the way, they have met several groups of such people. They can be found almost in the entire Dongcheng District. However, they did not have time to study and judge the origins of these people. Although they look very vicious, as long as other more regular military forces enter the scene, these thugs will quickly "melt" like the thin snowfall a few days ago.

After the encounter between the two parties, the leading team leader yelled and ordered them to put down their belongings and leave. However, when those people heard that it was a woman's voice, not only were they not afraid, they also shouted and shouted some obscene words while waving their weapons and rushed over.

The team leader waved his hand, and the nun in front immediately stepped back to the side. The people behind also followed. The two groups quickly turned into a horizontal line and blocked the intersection. The street was not long. A round of gunfire rang out and almost all the robbers on the street fell to the ground. The nuns in the front row took a step back and began to reload, while the people behind them rushed out with long and short weapons to deal with the enemies who were not dead.

The remaining robbers were all hiding in the house, afraid to come out. A group of nuns immediately blocked the exit with spears. Someone took out a bag, lit it on fire, and threw it in. The mixture inside the bag ignited, releasing acrid sulfur fumes. The people in the room ran out in a hurry, coughing, and were stabbed to death one by one.

Soon, the enemies here were cleared away, while the enemies in the distance were already scared and ran away. The nuns in the rear team immediately began to check the terrain to determine the location of the battle and the routes forward and backward.

"Good fight." Captain Maria nodded and praised: "Cynthia, you have the fastest reaction, I will record it."

The squad leader, who was at the front of the team and the first to come into contact with the enemy, changed from his previous fierce demeanor and smiled shyly at her. However, the other captain behind him snorted and looked quite unhappy.

"What's wrong with you, Cornelia." Captain Maria said helplessly: "Didn't I ask you to lead people to a higher place? Why are you not moving?"

"My people are surveying, I'm coming to the rear." Cornelia took off the helmet with the red logo angrily and wiped the sweat from her forehead: "This way, when the battle comes later, I will pursue It’s also more convenient, lest they all run away again and the fight is in vain.”

"No." Captain Maria flatly objected: "If you want to fight, go and protect your teammates. Don't think about how to kill yourself every day. Go back!"

Immediately, she shouted to everyone: "Listen carefully! Remember our principles. When defending, two people will deal with one person; when attacking, a group of four will deal with one person."

"When you encounter an enemy twenty paces away, shoot with your musket; when the enemy comes within twenty paces, move forward with spearmen and halberdiers. If there are not enough people in your group, fall back and find other groups to assemble; if there are not enough people in your group, retreat Then find other teams to assemble. The total number of people is not enough, so use the terrain to retreat. When the enemy is still energetic, don't fight with them easily. Did you hear me!"

"I heard it!" the nuns around responded.

"You are still too timid, captain," Cornelia whispered.

"That's because I have seen real battles." Captain Maria replied: "A common tactic of the Poles is to pretend to be repelled by fire."

"In order to quickly capture a village, they will not hesitate to drive hundreds of unarmed gangs and refugees, brave the firepower of the guards, and launch a futile death charge. The purpose is to let us see their defeat. Wait until you think You are really strong, and you have defeated them, so you should go out and give chase, and they will turn around and rush over to wipe you all out."

"The Polish cavalry are very good at horseback riding. They are not inferior to the cavalry from the grasslands. Some veterans can cut through the neck guard of chain mail with one blow. Find a higher thatch, and they can do it with both men and horses. Lie there until nightfall. Some cavalry teams will hide during the day and move at night for several days to bypass the scouts on the border."

"And those bandits - in the lower reaches of the Dnieper River, you can find these people in any branch of the river. They can find a forest and hide there for several days. They are not afraid of hunger and cold at all. They just want to Let’s grab something.”

"The poorly guarded villages on the second line, the caravans transporting supplies, and the government's inns and warehouses are all the targets of their infiltration attacks. Even those who rush to support may be ambushed if they go too fast."

"Border battles are so cruel. Veterans of many years may be careless and capsize in the ditch. Senior centurions on the front line have a common nickname of 'lucky man', because only those who can survive to obtain the title of senior Almost all of them have survived the raid more than once."

"Her Majesty the Queen Mother tells you that I am an experienced squad commander, but I am actually just a deserter. Many of my brothers and sisters died on the front line, and I am still hiding in the monastery in the capital - because the Queen Mother told I said that you are like her children, and I want you to try to survive as much as possible."

"But I know our situation very well. The tactics I designed are based on my many years of experience, based on my analysis to the best of my ability, and have been approved by Her Majesty the Queen Mother before I teach you."

"Our enemies are not just city gangsters like this. According to reports, some thieves may be servants of certain forces. Many of them have experience in the regular army. They are strong, fierce, and well-trained men, and they also operate in an organized manner. For our current situation, these people are dangerous opponents, and we cannot fight them head-on unless we are completely safe. Otherwise, our losses will be unacceptable."

"But we are not weak either." Cornelia said unwillingly: "We have trained for so many years, isn't it just to have an opportunity like today? They are regular soldiers, but we have been training since they were young, and the more elite ones Soldier! I don’t believe it, I’m not as good as those men.”

Captain Maria looked at her seriously.

"You have to recognize the reality, Sister Cornelia. I know that you are talented and skilled in martial arts, and the Queen Mother often praises you to me. But I still have to tell you that women are not as good as men on the battlefield."

"War is extremely realistic. In villages and monasteries, people will not put high demands on you because you are a woman. But on the battlefield, no one will do this. Unqualified people, whether they are men, women, old or young , will be eliminated without mercy by the huge and ruthless machine of war."

"You have muskets and armor, but so do the men who serve as servants. You have divine grace in your body that makes your fighting ability higher than ordinary people, but those men also have it. Your fighting ability surpassing that of your sisters is not a reason for you to be proud, Kony Sister Leah.”

"Besides, I don't just have to take care of you - I was entrusted by the Queen Mother with the task of commanding this team. My arrangements must consider the safety of all sisters, instead of just letting you have fun, just let everyone accompany you. Take unnecessary risks together.”

When she said this, she paused, looked at the silent Cornelia, reached out to grab her helmet, buckled it on her, and said to everyone while fastening it.

"Sisters, war is cruel. It is especially cruel to a woman who is willing to resist. This is why we have to carry out long-term and rigorous training - we must work harder than men, be more disciplined than them, and be more serious than them. Only by thoroughly studying tactics and weapons can we win the battle on the battlefield."

"Why did I choose this kind of musket for you? It's because when I went to Sophia Cathedral last time, I specifically asked Mr. Guo, and from a bunch of firearms they tested, I chose this one with better accuracy and range. , guns that are not exaggerated in weight. I hope that we can launch salvos of the same effectiveness in advance from a farther distance than ordinary soldiers are accustomed to shooting positions, so as to reduce their impact."

"Why do I have to let you fight in formation? Because except for Cornelia and the others, our average strength is not as good as that of ordinary trained legionnaires." "The tactics the legion is accustomed to is to open up a slightly looser formation and give Everyone has room to fight, instead of huddled together with spears like most European soldiers. Because their overall quality is much higher than that of most European infantry, they call this idea of ​​​​"fighting alone" ', it seems that the queue is sparser, but it can give full play to the power of each person and each fighting weapon, and at the same time, we can get a wider front to suppress the enemy. But if we fight like this, we can fight in a one-on-one fight Can you gain an advantage?"

"So, different from that kind of thinking, I hope you will change your thinking and fight as a group instead of alone. Through organization and training, we as a group can deal with one enemy. Moreover, most of our battles , it is estimated that they will all be in the city, and the enemies they will deal with will not be thousands or hundreds of armies. In this case, small-scale formation is also more beneficial."

"I heard that martial arts is a technique that allows short people to be as close as possible to tall people through training; tactics is a technique that allows mediocre people to be as close as possible to heroes through training. To put it bluntly, these are the skills of the weak."

"I know saying this will make some sisters uncomfortable. But there is no shame in using this technique. Back then, the short Romans used these techniques to defeat the taller and more brutal barbarians. Isn't this something shameless to say? On the contrary, this is their pride."

"But on the other hand, if you don't even know your own strengths and weaknesses and refuse to admit them, how can you use your strengths and weaknesses to defeat the enemy? I hope you can think more about them in the future."

"If anyone is dissatisfied with my command, you can report to the Queen Mother after the war and cancel my appointment. But before that, I need you to obey the order. Now, everyone, return to your positions immediately!" she shouted sharply. .

This time, the nuns did not express any objection and left quickly in silence.

Half an hour later, some people wearing armor passed by sporadically. They keenly noticed the corpse on the street and came to check it out. Captain Maria did not give the order, so the nuns hid behind the corner of the street and did not come out.

Soon, those people turned around and returned, seemingly looking for someone to report the situation. The main force of this group of people seemed to be busy on their way and continued to move without paying much attention.

After more than half of their team had passed, Captain Maria waved, walked out of the street with a flag bearer and an entourage, and shouted to the end of the team: "In the name of the Queen Mother - we are ordered to maintain order, you Who is he and whose orders are he following?”

Those people saw several women following them and whispered to each other for a while. But soon, a person who looked like an officer returned to the end of the team, looked at the flag behind her, and replied loudly: "We were sent by Mr. Shi Er to help fight the rebellion."

"Who?" Captain Maria asked.

"Someone is besieging Mr. Wang's house, and we have to go to rescue him." The man replied, "Please tell the Queen Mother, please. We are in a hurry here, so we should leave first."

"No, the Queen Mother has an order, requiring all military forces to obey the unified dispatch, so as to avoid unification and chaotic wars, heavy losses, and letting the enemy go." Captain Maria said: "We were also ordered to counter the rebellion. You listen to us now Send the order, go to the square on the east side and wait."

"This is a family matter of our Shi family." The officer had to say: "Although it is embarrassing, I have to tell grandma that the person who led the rebellion was Shi Huizhen who defected from our family a few years ago. We are going to clean up the family now, and we must I took action without permission once."

With that said, he retreated into the crowd and was about to lead people away.

Captain Maria waved her hand, and two small groups of nuns from the street corner came out and set up their muskets.

"You can't leave today," she said.

The other party also reacted very quickly. Seeing their posture, some people laughed disdainfully, while more people had already entered a fighting state, picking up weapons and preparing to fight back. However, the nuns were in a better position and moved faster. Before their formation could turn around, they were hit by a volley of fire.

The soldiers on the periphery fell in a circle, and the remaining people rushed over immediately. But the nuns quickly withdrew. The officer had no time to direct, and most of the soldiers followed him to the street entrance.

Here they were immediately fired upon from three directions. A group of nuns blocked the middle of the road. They also fired a round of volleys and then began to evacuate. The enemy at the rear had already turned around and chased after them. Seeing that they were far behind, the nuns on the street immediately turned around and formed a formation to resist the fastest ones, knocking them down with all their might.

The other party obviously also realized that something was wrong with the situation. The sky was now so dark that it was impossible to see how many ambushes were around. These women seem to be really trained, and I don’t know what the specific situation is. In this case, it is obviously disadvantageous to storm the building. Even if it can be taken down, the remaining people may not be enough to complete the task.

This time, the commanding officer was much calmer than the enemy leader last time. He gritted his teeth, threw away a piece of corpse, and quickly retreated without going deeper into the trap.

Captain Maria immediately arranged for everyone to leave, change places, and intercept the enemy again.

At this time, there was a sound in the distance, and I didn't know what exploded or how. Captain Maria was leaning against the wall, frowning as she thought about tactics, not wanting to pay attention.

However, after a moment, a young nun from the rear guard ran over.

"Captain, there are people coming over there too!" She pointed and shouted: "This time, they said they are here to support Mr. Guo."

"Okay!" Captain Maria was relieved: "Finally there are other reinforcements. How many centurions have they come?"

"Uh... four people are here..." the nun said with some embarrassment.

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"The leader said his name was Qiao Feng, and he had also met the Queen Mother. I wonder if you know him..."

Captain Maria wiped her sweat.

"Well, it's better than nothing. Just ask them to come over." She said helplessly.

　It’s been a long time in the past two days in a literal sense. Everyone must pay attention to food hygiene...

　　

　

(End of this chapter)