Crossing the Continent in the Eighteenth Century

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Stunaras is the most common Roman from the Anatolian region, with the same background and experience as most Anatolian Romans, from a small mountain village in the Anatolian mountains , when I was a child, let go of horses, herded sheep, and stole eggs from neighbors. I thought that the Romans in Anatolia were the bravest people in the empire. It was because of their efforts that the empire lasted for hundreds of years. I had a good childhood before, and like many people, I was once frightened by the pagans' loudness and lost the dignity and pride that a Roman should have.

But if anyone dares to bring up this matter now, Stunaras will definitely let the other party taste the power of his old punches. He is confident that he can knock out all the teeth in the opponent's mouth with one punch.

As a soldier who has been in the army for 15 years, Stunaras is a standard veteran. As a veteran, he has seen many storms.Therefore, in the operation of running to the north and then to the south a few days ago, he did not participate in the discussion about the confusion of the recruits.For Stunaras, things like running around are simply commonplace, and as a soldier, just follow the instructions above and don't think so much.But although Stunaras didn't understand the reason, the veteran intuitively told him that a big war was coming.In order to maintain the dignity of being a veteran in front of the recruits, he began to remind the newly recruited soldiers to prepare for the battle.

Then two days later, under the admiring eyes of the recruits, the company where Stunaras was located received an order from above. The chasseurs of the regiment detected the existence of the enemy. There was a short and fierce battle. If the two sides did not meet too late, the decisive battle would probably start today.So, if nothing else.Tomorrow is the day for the battle.

For decisive battles, Stunaras has always been very welcome, but this time, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.No way, his only son was in the army with him.The two were not in the same company, but in the same infantry regiment.If this is the case, in fact, Stunaras has nothing to worry about, but this time, his battalion has received a very special order. The second battalion of their second infantry regiment will cooperate with the first and third battalions of the first infantry regiment Those bastards are out to execute harassment tactics.That means.While his sons lined up, he couldn't keep his eyes on each other!

So, this time, for Stunaras, he was more nervous about his idiot son than smashing the enemy's teeth with his fist and gun butt.Afraid that he would lose face.Frightened by the cannon and pissed, afraid that he would be hit.Fearing that he would be stabbed to death by the French with bayonets.There was a moment.Stunaras really wanted to pick up that idiot son with a stick, throw him into the grass, pick him out after the battle, and let him run away and go back to his hometown in Anatolia to plant for the rest of his life field to go.

but.In the end, Stunaras still didn't do it.

It was his honor as a Roman to fight for Rome, and he could not deprive his son of his rights, nor ruin his reputation.so.He spent the night at the idiot's getting his gear ready, breeching the gun, fixing the flint, telling the guy what to do and what not to do.

Finally, he explained that the idiot son must wear his protective cross, and Stunaras picked up the rifle that was recently issued to him and returned to the team.

At five o'clock in the morning, the morning of Germany drifted away as usual with a thin mist. While the Roman side was mobilizing and making formation arrangements, the French side had to make some moves.

The battalion where Stunaras was in received the order to move from the center to the left wing, and the combat objectives were issued. Their task was to harass the enemy's line infantry on the left wing. If they found that they were attacked by cavalry, they should adapt accordingly!

Adapt to the situation, to put it nicely, this is like a tragic young man who was kicked out of the house by his father throwing a few Soridos as living expenses, and then dismissed by saying "it's up to you". What should he do?

More than 1000 people in the entire battalion dispersed in companies and waited slowly. It was about eight o'clock. When the fog cleared, the French were gradually seen in the distance, and companies appeared one after another. The French army was densely packed, which made the Romans, including Stunaras, afraid of the number of Frenchmen. However, as a proud veteran, Stunaras still couldn't help but say something to appease the recruits under his command their morale.

"Compared to the number of people, the Muslims in the south are more spectacular, but I don't know if this group of Frenchmen can boast as much as that group of Prussians."

"Sir, are the French very good?"

"Fortunately, seeing that the group of Prussians mentioned the French like pagans mentioned us Romans, you know that these Germans have often been beaten by those Gauls."

"Is that right?"

"Is not it?"

"Well, none of us know how to speak German."

"... "

The bright champagne color combined with the natural and luxurious blue is the military uniform of the French army. Even though they fought against the French army many times in the Netherlands, none of them compare to the ones on the border between the Principality of Hesse and the Principality of Brunswick. The French army seen in the mountainous areas was even more shocking.

The fleur-de-lis flag fluttering above declares who the owner of this army is. The dragon-like cavalry rolls forward. Every company coming out of the distance slowly devours the ground under their feet like a moving steel fortress. There will always be a company tens of meters behind to make up for the gaps in the gaps, layer after layer, and the flaws that the line formation is too thin seem to be completely non-existent.

The dense French army is not even like the 9000 people reported in the report, but we are not bad, the number is not inferior to the French at all, and even a lot more, but the uniforms of the Prussians are better than the French It was much more bleak, and the entire Prussian army looked like beggars compared with the bright uniforms of the French.

"Is the French army really only 3 people?" Freiteria's voice trembled when she saw such a big scene for the first time. This was not a war with Karl XII, Sweden's second-rate power, but France. The army almost made my eyes pop out, not to mention her, an eighteenth-century female literary youth who has not been bombarded by Hollywood epic blockbusters.

"The intelligence should be correct."

We met the French army in the mountains 45 kilometers southwest of Brunswick. Although we could not see all of the French army, I believe that the French army in Hesse could not receive reinforcements from the south due to the time the French army was on their way. .

"Commander, I think you should take a closer look. The French army has a lot of cavalry, and the French army has begun to appear artillery on the left flank."

Eugene is a very peculiar person. On normal occasions and in the past, he would use the honorific "You are so tall" in French instead of our Roman Highness to address me, but since he became a consultant and went to the battlefield, He started to use the title of commander.

"The vision was not good enough last night. I didn't expect that highland to be so big. Now we have failed to take down the enemy's left-wing highland. Should we take down that highland now? The shelling range of that highland can cover the village occupied by Prince Dessau, With the bombardment of the French artillery, our defense below will suffer a lot." Schwerin's face was full of wrinkles.

"Earl Schwerin, if we take the initiative to attack the high ground of the French army, it will be the opposite of our plan to defend and counterattack." Constance reminded.

"Then let the French army wantonly bombard the Prince of Dessau's position?"

"Is that village important?"

Facing the problem of Felicia, I can only explain it like this: "If the French army wants to win the beauty, they have to capture that village, but although the highland is very troublesome, it is not easy for the French army to occupy that highland." It means that we will be passively beaten in the following battles."

Our situation today is that we have come from north to south, and because of the German terrain, which is low in the north and high in the south, the first collision yesterday, we occupied a village on the terrain of the plain, while the French army, on the contrary, occupied the Taking advantage of the mountains, it occupied a high ground suitable for artillery positions.

If the French army did not have too many cavalry, I might choose to retreat a certain distance, but I learned through Assassin that the French army actually has more than 5000 cavalry, I would rather be stuck here and endure the bombardment of artillery fire. The reason why Prince Dessau was ordered to take that village was because the village built at the foot of the mountain was a reef that blocked the torrent of French cavalry.The frontal central infantry can rely on the village to resist a large-scale cavalry charge, and can also force the French army to attack us.

"Although the French army can't organize a large-scale frontal cavalry charge, after the artillery bombardment, they can still crush our infantry with the impact of the cavalry regiment, so I think we should not underestimate the bombardment intensity of those cannons." Jun Stans retracted the binoculars worriedly and said, "And considering that the terrain on the left is flatter, I think the French army will choose the left flank to charge."

"So, we need to strengthen the troops on the left wing?" Eugene asked at this moment.

Constance looked over, and I knew that this guy didn't pay attention: "Our cavalry, don't move. Give the order to Prince Dessau and tell him that they retreat to the back half of the village to defend, and take two steps The corps is arranged on the left flank, and it must withstand the first wave of the French offensive. The skirmishers of the First Infantry of the Fifth Spartan Army on the left flank harassed the French army when the French army attacked the village position in the middle .”

"By the way." Only then did I think of an important question, "What's the name of that small village?"

"According to the evacuated locals, they called this village and the surrounding area Boknam." (To be continued...)