King of The Wall

2021-10-15

Chapter 683 Highgarden Defense (8)

In the sound of military music, the Reach cavalry The forward gear begins to transition from "running" to "sprinting". In synchrony with the increasing speed as the distance approached, the intensity and frequency of the hooves quickly surpassed the hearts beating violently in the soldiers' chests... When there was less than a mile left, in the commander's gestures and flag orders , the first wave of cavalry finally urged the horses to reach the peak of speed, and officially entered the charging state, sweeping in with a rumble that was duller but denser than the sound of cannons.

In stark contrast to the staggering momentum of the enemy, there was the silence of the Queen's army.

The trapezoids closely surrounding the headquarters received and executed orders so quickly that there was an embarrassing result that was too much: except for the fact that the Reach cavalry had reached a call frequency density at the beginning of the action. Outside the peak, they quickly finished preparing for the attack and quickly fell into a situation where they had nothing to do and could only wait. Even worse, the artillery positions that were supposed to be roaring and pouring fire on the enemy at this time also went silent for some reason.

It wasn't that he ran out of ammo or something happened, but that he couldn't get up quickly and didn't intend to.

The artillery has a lot to do - the compact structure of the trapezoidal array and the excellent position of the artillery position have been carefully selected. One of the important indicators or purposes is to ensure that the artillery can not move. In the case of position, attack the incoming enemy from any direction of East, South, West, North.

However, it is one thing to not need to shift the position, but another to arrange the artillery: if the artillery is turned from the main force of the Reach infantry to the west of strikes, it is directly adjusted to fire in the south, then the original The side-by-side cannons will change from being adjacent to each other to overlapping front and rear... and when the distance remains the same, the muzzle flame and shock wave of the latter cannon will seriously affect or even damage the operator of the previous one. of.

They have to widen the front and rear distances and carry more than half of the artillery in a short distance, so that the entire artillery position is changed from vertical to horizontal to face the incoming Reach cavalry before they can start loading and enter the ready-to-fire state .

Although I have already prepared all the psychological and physical preparations for this series of operations, including Supreme Path equipment, but moving these large metal lumps made of copper and iron can't get anywhere fast, until the entire artillery position. After completing the turn, the enemy cavalry has moved from the edge of the field of vision to the charging distance in front of him.

Theoretically speaking, the artillery has time to fire one round with a solid round and then quickly reload the cannonball for a second strike. However, after comprehensively considering factors such as accuracy, stability and ammunition volume, Igor finally gave up the risk plan and conservatively chose to directly load the shotgun, let the enemy cavalry enter the best range, and perform a hammer-and-slam type with full state. the blow.

To the west of the battlefield, the deliberately created gunpowder smoke gradually dissipated, and the fake Reach troops used by the Queen's army to counteract the enemy were about to be exposed. A more high-pitched and dense sound of the attack signal came from the main line of the Reach Army - followed by the counter-disguised vanguard, the Reach Army actually launched a whole army attack!
Igor's heart throbbed briefly, then calmed down.

In his plan, of course, the ideal situation is to destroy one by one: the Reach cavalry was tricked into rushing to the door and was beaten, and then the main force of the infantry slowly reacted and began to scrambling to find a solution. Response - If the opponent chooses to attack, it will be in oneself's arms; even if the remaining unmoved continues to defend, he will take advantage of the opportunity when the enemy cavalry is unable to resume the battle in a short period of time, under the cover of the reloaded artillery. array.

Who would have thought that the enemy commander would decisively choose the wrong stud. In this way, the infantry and cavalry of the Reach Army could arrive almost simultaneously to form a pincer attack. He first used artillery to repel the enemy cavalry and then turned back. The wonderful desire to continue the strikes infantry is completely bankrupt... The Impermanence, impossible plots of the world are all developed according to his expectations, and sighing at the moment is useless, he can only grasp the defensive advantage that he finally cheated out, and fight every wave well Offensive and defensive, the countless small pieces are slightly better, and they are combined into the final strategic victory!

......

In the rushing cries coming from all directions, a more primordial long-range attack force started to strike first.

The effective range of a shotgun is half that of a solid shot, but it still provides a significant advantage over the average bow. However, there is a problem here: the artillery position is located inside the trapezoidal array and is protected by the infantry phalanx in all directions. Although its range is far, it is offset by the "spacing with its own infantry" and "the depth and thickness of the guard phalanx". Few—and that means: Reach cavalry actually have to get into the range of the outer infantry archers first, and then the cannonball cannonballs.

Before the roar sounded, the Westerlands longbowmen, who had been recruited by Igor, took the lead in launching a long-range strike amid loud shouts and orders.

Different from the Land Granters who have begun to use artillery, and plan to directly point out the musketeers as long-range troops in the future, the Westerlands army is a purely authentic and authentic cold-weapon era army. With sufficient military spending, they may not be considered battle strength. No. 1 on the top, but the equipment level is the highest in the Seven Kingdoms, crushing all beings. In the command of "Release the arrows!", the hundreds of archers who had been full of strings a few seconds earlier loosened their pincers in unison. A black mass of arrows of good quality flew out and fell into the oncoming Reach army cavalry formation.

Ping bells, pong, chi...

The sporadic arrows slammed into armor and pierced flesh. Facing this familiar attack pattern, the Reach cavalry remained unmoved, ignoring the few mounts and soldiers who fell and fell, continued to press forward, and gradually narrowed the distance between each other in accordance with the previous plan in the sound of shouts, shrinking and gathering the broad and loose horizontal formations.

At the beginning, they were scattered, because they were afraid of the long-range attack of the West Expedition Force's artillery, but the cavalry charge, after all, had to be denser to cause enough deterrence and impact.

"Kill—!"

The hoarse shouts of killing accompanied by the cavalry wave mountain cry out and sea howl rushed over, and the direction of the artillery positions, which had been silent for a while, was deafening. The sound of the salvo finally resounded while the enemy and the enemy were waiting.

Restricted by casting and forging technology, and due to considerations such as ease of training and teaching, and ease of transportation in the field, the West Expedition Force is all small-caliber artillery that is less than the Earth plane six-pounder standard. The caliber is small, and the shells that can be fired are naturally not large - the so-called shotguns fired by more than 30 artillery pieces at this moment are actually cylinders filled with 30 or 40 small projectiles. Whether it is formidable power or quantity, it is enough Any military fans who witnessed the scene issued a kindly mockery of "I feel so pitiful to see it".

But to the Reach cavalry who still ride on flesh and blood and use cold weapons, those more than 30 small cannons are more than 30 Death Gods.

With a loud bang, the projectile left the gun chamber under the pressure of gunpowder and gas, and was completely cracked and shattered near the gun muzzle. The approximate cone with the muzzle as the apex... spreads, fuses, and the second round arrows that are quickly released by the archers in front of the latter, and the second round arrows that are quickly released by the archers in front, merge with them into a barrage of hot and cold weapons, rushing towards it with a scream. The cavalry column of the Reach Army.

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(end of this chapter)