The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

When the mercenary group led by Chechen finally arrived at Warsaw, the siege of the Holy Spirit Church by the Lithuanian army had been going on for three days. During this period, Sapega commanded the Sanyi. On the third day, the attacking party had changed from Prince Mihavu and Jerzy Khaletsky to Jan Sobieski.

Jan Sobieski was extremely happy to see Cheerchen finally coming, and before he took a break, he took Cheerchen to the battlefield. The intention is obvious: your mercenary group will be responsible for the next attack.

Although it was somewhat unreasonable for the mercenary group to entrust such a major and dangerous task to them as soon as the mercenary group arrived on the battlefield, he was indeed anxious, or the leader of Sapega was anxious.

In these four days, the offensive forces on the other three sides have made some progress, and the Western Wall, which is only in charge of the Lithuanian army, has still stalled. It has been less than a week since King Kazimierz determined the total offensive time, but the Lithuanian Legion did not even take the enemy's forward position, the Holy Spirit Church, which will inevitably affect the launch of the general offensive. Therefore, the commander only made three changes of generals, and finally sent Jan Sobeski.

Fortunately, Jan Sobieski did not allow Cheorchen and his mercenary group to attack blindly. He brought Cheerchen to the battlefield, just to tell Cheerchen the lessons of the previous offensive blood.

Jan Sobieski handed a telescope to Chechen, and then pointed to the Church of the Holy Spirit and said, "That is the Church of the Holy Spirit. The Swedes occupied and defended it. They had three hundred people and six artillery pieces. Two of them are six-pound runs. However, after so many days of fighting, the city has not sent troops to support them, so I guess there are only 200 people in it."

"Isn't there even one support?" Cheerchen asked.

Jan Sobieski shook his head.

"At least we didn't find them reinforced unless they dug a tunnel between the church and the city wall."

Chechen wrote down Jan Sobieski's words, and then he continued to ask: "Then General, how did the Swedes defend this church?"

This is what Jan Sobieski wants to tell Chechen, and it is also the intelligence that countless Polish soldiers exchanged for their lives.

"The Swedes are very cunning. They demolished the stairs from the first floor to the second floor. They usually only rely on a few ladders to get up and down. During the first attack, because they didn't know the situation, our people just attacked the church. At a loss, he was hit by fire from the second floor. Because he couldn't climb, the soldiers became living targets. In the end, they all died inside."

Cheerchen could imagine the miserable situation at that time. He bowed his head and mourned for the dead.

"When we attacked for the second time, we learned to be smart and took the ladder. This time, although we also paid a lot of casualties, we attacked the second floor of the Holy Spirit Church."

"But we were still beaten back?" Cheerchen asked. If that attack is successful, he and Jan Sobieski should be talking in the church.

"Yes, it failed again. At that time, it was Mihav who was in charge of the attack, and Mihav from the Laziviu family. His soldiers encountered Swedish pistols on the second floor. These iron cans had the thickest armor. , Even a short-range direct shot cannot kill them. The armored Cossacks and Pikemen under Mihav’s command exhausted all their strength and couldn’t shake them anymore. In addition, the grenade that continued to be thrown down from the top of the building, we Had to quit the church again."

The result of the battle mentioned by Jan Sobieski only described the second floor of the church, which was the highest height reached by the offensive team in the past few days. And Jan Sobieski didn't know anything about the Swedes' defense on the third tier.

Having said this, in the end, Jan Sobieski concluded and encouraged: “Alvar, it’s up to you whether I can win the Holy Spirit Church. I will give you three hours of preparation time. I will give you whatever you need. There is only one requirement. You must take the Holy Spirit Church. I’m telling you something to my heart: We are all marginalized in the minds of the leader of Sapega Character. I have a history against him, and you have a contradiction with Prince Mihavu. If we want to stand in the army, we have to show decent deeds and let Sapega admire him with admiration. Look at us."

Although Cheerchen couldn't fully agree with Jan Sobieski's remarks, he still has grief in his heart.

"Relax, General. I know what to do."

Leaving the attack position, Cheerchen returned to the mercenary group. Time is running out, he wants to set it up right away. On the way back, a general plan was already formed in his mind.

All the officers of the mercenary group were summoned.

Cheer Chen built a model of the Church of the Holy Spirit with wooden boards. Using this model, he explained his offensive strategy~www.readwn.com~ Cheerchen pointed to the model of the church: "I am not going to attack and occupy the first floor hall of the church. Because according to Jan Sobieski’s Say, I’m pretty sure that the first floor is a trap set by the Swedes. He is tempting us to throw our troops in and then kill. And even if we occupy the first floor, since the enemy has already demolished the stairs, we must use the ladder to get up. To go."

"Then what do you mean?" Piedro asked.

Cheerchen pointed to the second floor with his horse whip.

"We attacked and attacked the second floor directly. Just now in the position, I found that many parts of the second and third floors of the church had been destroyed by our artillery fire, exposing large openings. We put a ladder on these openings and went directly to the second floor. Go downstairs."

Pidro pondered for a while: "This is a way to reduce casualties. So how many enemies are there on the second floor?"

"If General Jan Sobieski's intelligence is accurate, the total number of enemies should be between two hundred and three hundred. Oh, yes. When attacking, all of our soldiers will be replaced with hatchets, hawks and picks. Bring a pistol with a page hammer and other blunt tools. There are many Swedish pistol cavalry in the church, and ordinary weapons can't help them." Chechen said.

All the officers said they understood. When Cheerchen asked who else would like to add, Fedot suggested: "Commander, I think we should choose to attack at night. The Swedes’ marksmanship is better than ours, and we can attack at night to the maximum. Limit the Swedes’ firepower."

Fedot's suggestion is very good.

The Church of the Holy Spirit is a building that does not move. As long as the Polish artillery adjusts the shooting position, it can hit the target at night, while the Swedes’ artillery and artillery can hardly hit moving people at night.

"I went to talk to Jan Sobieski that the attack time was delayed until night."