Tomorrow's Ark, Second International

Moreover, these shields also have concave and convex parts that can be connected to each other, so that soldiers in the formation can support each other, making the formation difficult to break through.

However, the reason for the simplified version is because Shenchi's policy fighters gave up long-range attack methods, which left them without any means of counterattack beyond the combat distance.

Countless combat troops surrounded the remnants of the Infantry Regiment that surrounded Tiles Hill County before. The commander of Shenchi did not give them any respite, but relied on the current chaos to wipe out the small hills here in one fell swoop. The main force of the county infantry regiment was wiped out.

Being blind and deaf, Hamilton had no way of knowing how many ghost troops participated in the siege. He was surprised by the number of these rebels, and couldn't understand how these rebels developed so many from under their noses. People come, and there is such excellent equipment and professional training.

But he can also see that the number of ghost troops is not that large. Now it seems that his troops are surrounded, but the ghost troops can't attack from all directions.

In this case, the ghost army needs to have at least ten times the strength of the Xiaoqiu County Infantry Regiment.

Since the troops are not so abundant, the attack of the ghost army must have a main direction of attack, and the rest of the place will be tightly surrounded to prevent anyone from escaping.

This kind of encirclement made Hamilton feel relieved. If there was a "gap" in the encirclement of these ghost troops, it would only give him a headache.

That would give his subordinates a little luck, thinking that they could escape from that place, but the siege like this now would arouse the soldiers' desperate resistance.

This also means that there are no decent military commanders in the ghost army, otherwise such mistakes would never be made.

The hunter suddenly became the prey, but Hamilton did not feel desperate. He had encountered this kind of situation in his military career, and no one knew who the winner was until the end.

He already recognized the tactics used by the ghost army in front of him.

"A group of rats in the gutter, thinking they can win by taking out tactics that should be put in the grave? How he was destroyed in the past will be destroyed now."

In terms of tone, Hamilton is extremely mocking of this simplified version of the Gaul phalanx, but this does not mean that he really looks down on the phalanx of the ghost army, so to speak, it is just to improve the morale of the troops.

Being surrounded is definitely not a happy thing. At this time, morale is extremely important. As long as his soldiers still have fighting spirit, the enemy cannot break through their defense in a short time.

Now that he has personally arrived at the front line, it is only because he has seen which direction the ghost army will attack.

In the past, Victoria led the battle to destroy Gaul. How to deal with this Gallic phalanx was a compulsory course for every Victorian officer, and Hamilton himself was no exception.

"Let Hill blast the place in front of me, coordinate 054.063, use etching bombs."

That is bombarding with Originium cannons. Now is not the time to save money. In the past, the Xiaoqiu County Infantry Regiment got involved in so many black deals. Isn't the money they got just for this moment?

The characteristic of the Gallic phalanx is its heavy armor. These armors will not play a very good role in bombing with ordinary shells, but the etching shells are different. These shells are specially designed to attack those with thick armor. Soldiers with tools exist.

The artillery of the Knoll County Infantry Battalion can be regarded as well-trained. A few minutes after Hamilton gave the order, the shells whizzed past the position of the Knoll County Infantry Regiment and smashed into the phalanx of the ghost troops.

Etched bullets do not explode directly like ordinary cannonballs, but their light effects are more unique. Depending on the maker, these cannonballs also contain different Originium skills.

The Xiaoqiu County Infantry Regiment did not have the same professional magician troops as the Ursas artillerymen, and they used such shells to replace the existence of magicians.

In order to avoid the mutual influence of different origin stone skills, the types of etching bombs are also strictly classified, and some of them can also cooperate with each other.

However, for this shelling, the artillery commander used the most common and effective Originium skill on the battlefield, flame.

As the shells exploded, the phalanx of the ghost troops immediately turned into a sea of ​​flames, covering the field of vision and at the same time there were many screams, but the sounds were much less than Hamilton expected.

Such an unreasonable thing immediately alerted him, and he suppressed the cheers caused by the shelling.

Soon, the soldiers of the ghost army stepped out from the sea of ​​flames. The speed was not fast, but each foot stepped on the hearts of the soldiers of the Xiaoqiu County Infantry Regiment.

"The catapults volley, and the archers fire freely."

Hamilton didn't care about such heart attack tactics. As long as they didn't get in front of him, these Gallic phalanx fighters were just living targets.

The most powerful weapon in this kind of mid-range street fighting is the ballista. These war machines erected on the roof began to shoot condescendingly, and the phalanx soldiers were nailed to the ground one by one, which made the Xiaoqiu County Infantry Regiment The soldiers noticed that the masks on their faces were emitting a strange light.

It seems that the shelling just now failed to play its due role because of these masks.

Soldiers are not afraid of opponents that can be defeated, but they are only afraid of some unknown fears. Now that they know the enemy's methods, they only need to find a way to deal with them.

The Xiaoqiu County Infantry Regiment does not lack weapons such as ballistas, but because of the rush to come, there are not many ballistas brought here and installed on the artillery positions.

The ghost army did not choose to attack the heavily fortified barracks but chose to attack the troops here, presumably because of this.

And soon, those few ballistas didn't have enough room to shoot the enemies below.

Chapter 1691 Awakening

News of the large-scale use of flying machines on the Civil War battlefields of Ursus had indeed reached Victoria, but such a small town as the Hills had not heard of them.

The transmission of the news was too late, which led to the fact that the Xiaoqiu County Infantry Regiment hardly had much defense against the enemy units appearing above the battlefield.

In the experience of normal people, the attacks from the air will only be some drones. Those things are quite fragile and must have a certain number to be effective.

The movement of the fleet is so loud, most people will not ignore those things, at least the soldiers of the Victorian Infantry Regiment have not heard such a sound.

This made the Xiaoqiu County Infantry Regiment hardly have any means of dealing with the flying stone statues of the ghost army appearing on the battlefield.

These stone statues are not flexible enough. If there are enough ballistas, they can be easily shot down, but it also requires a certain distance.

These military catapults have excellent depression angles, but elevation angles are not sufficient because the axis these catapults use to turn up and down is relatively forward.

And when they found the stone statues flying in the air, these stone statues had already touched the top of the ballista positions of the Hill County Infantry Regiment. Fortunately, Hamilton did not arrange all the ballistas in one position.

The shooters on the side immediately picked up their crossbows and began to fight back, and the ballistas deployed in other positions were also supporting them. By the time they finally destroyed these stone statues, many of the ballistas had already been destroyed.

How should a stone statue flying in the air attack? They have the simplest weapon, that is, their bodies. They only need to fly up and fall, and the attack brought by gravity and mass is enough to smash most people into pieces. Meatloaf, it won't make any difference if you replace it with a ballista, it will all become a mass of waste.

But what about repelling this wave of threats from the sky? The ballista troops have spent too much time on this, and the Gallic phalanx on the ground has already approached the position of the Xiaoqiu County Infantry Regiment under this cover. .

Behind these phalanx infantry, there are more other types of troops. The elite of these ghost troops all aim to kill more enemies, and they also have such means.

Cruel hand-to-hand combat is, after all, a battle stage that Terra of this era cannot escape.

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"hiss..."

In a completely forgotten corner, there was a sudden movement under the ruins, and several soldiers from the Xiaoqiu County Infantry Regiment who were still in the rescue immediately surrounded them. These were the wounded soldiers from the previous explosion.

Their current state cannot be sent to the battlefield, and they are the most active in rescuing their robes, so they are still in charge of rescue at this time.

After they finally cleared away the rubble, the person inside was not wearing the uniform of their company. This disappointment was already written on their faces, but these soldiers still dug out the person inside.

Anyway, the man was also wearing a Victorian military uniform, but it was just the uniform of the Stormtroopers.

After falling to the ground, the bagpipe fainted due to the impact. Even with the physical fitness of a female Vaifan, it can only allow her to survive.

Now she is still in a coma, without any consciousness, only some sounds that prove that she is still alive.

Soon the bagpipes were sent to a field hospital, but it was said to be a field hospital, but it was actually just a large shop.

No one thought that this battle would take so long before, and the various medical supplies they carried were quite limited. After all, they were all in the same city, and the distance between them was less than 30 minutes.

As a result, such a small distance is now separated like a natural moat. Although they can support each other, it is extremely difficult to exchange supplies.

Bagpipes can only be regarded as minor injuries, and there is no medicine for her to use, but it can provide a place to rest after a little treatment of the wound.

Of course, it is basically impossible to rest in a place like the battlefield, and it didn't take long for Bagpipe to wake up on the temporary bed made of wooden boards.

Now she only feels dizzy, and there is no place on her body that does not feel uncomfortable, even if she wants to move, she feels pain.

But after a while, she forced herself to sit up from the bed and looked around vigilantly.

She still remembers what she experienced before she fell into a coma, the violent explosion forcibly separated her from her teammates, and finally fell from the sky.

Now she sees the soldiers wearing Victorian uniforms around her and no longer feels the slightest sense of intimacy, which is due to the shelling that does not distinguish between the enemy and the friend.

However, she couldn't help but accept this feeling. If these people hadn't brought her back, she might never have woken up.

"You're awake, your captain is meeting the colonel, and she asked you to wait here for her."

A military doctor with a medical emblem tied on his shoulder gave Bagpipe this sentence, and left on his own regardless of her answer. The wounded would appear here at any time, and he didn't have time to chat with Bagpipe here.

But Bagpi still had a lot of questions to say, and she didn't care about her injuries, so she just jumped off the hospital bed, caught up with the military doctor and caught him.

"Wait a minute, have you found anyone else dressed exactly like me?"

There was expectation in Bagpi's eyes, how much she wanted to get good news from the military doctor, but just like she didn't find anything after scanning around, she only got a cold answer from the military doctor's mouth.

"No."

"What about the corpse?"

"No, but I suggest you not to have any hope. Too many people have been buried in the ruins of that building, and there are still many of us who have not been dug out."

"I see, thanks."

Sighing, Bagpipe no longer thinks about all this, but analyzes the current situation.

These Victorian soldiers put her weapons aside very considerately. From this point of view, the Xiaoqiu County Infantry Regiment is indeed strict in military discipline in terms of treating its own people.

It's just a pity that these military disciplines have not been used elsewhere.

Bagpipe is now very curious about what her captain is talking about with Colonel Hamilton, but since she is asked to wait here, she should just wait.

Captain also survived that big explosion, which is undoubtedly pretty good news.

During this period, Bagpipe also checked her physical condition. Except for some scrapes and contusions, other places were not seriously damaged, but she couldn't see the internal situation.

Just when she was about to try to move her body, the captain of the bagpipe, Bugle, walked in with a solemn expression.

Chapter 1692 Evacuation

"Captain, how are the others?"

After the meeting, Bagpipe still persisted in asking the question that she had asked countless times, but no matter how many times she asked and how many people she got, the answer she got was exactly the same.

Bugle just shook his head and didn't dare to answer.

"The oboe is dead, and the cello has not been saved." Bagpipe firmly grabbed his weapon, "We cannot let their sacrifice be in vain, we must continue!"

"That's right, I talked to Hamilton." The horn also had the same thought, "There is also a communication base station on the outskirts of Hill County, we can try to contact Londinium there and report the situation here go out."

"Hamilton would he agree?"

"I didn't tell him what we found, I just said that we will report the existence of the ghost army to Londinium."

"This is really not your style, captain. I have to say that you did a good job."

Bagpipe grinned with difficulty. She thought the captain would have a conflict with Hamilton.

"People will grow, but many times this growth is not what the person concerned wants."

If it weren't for the recent series of encounters, Bugle knew that he would never compromise with Hamilton, even on the surface.

Now that she has learned to lie and stab in the back without changing her face, why would she want to be like this in the past.

I didn't want to be a court noble and chose to join the army because I thought the army would be simpler, but now it seems that there is no difference.