Power and Empire Chapter 1305: The Battle of Dongjin (1)
Irrou, an important town in eastern Normandy
Irru fortress stands among the lofty mountains. The walls stretch for several miles, forming a ring-to-ring situation. Almost all the arrow towers and the inner rings of the three fortresses are made of several tons of granite. Between the stone joints, the Normans used an unknown white mixture to firmly bond the stones. Together, as a barrier to the east of Normandy, the main purpose of the construction of the fortress of Illu was aimed at the Principality of Romana, its rival in the northeast.
For this, the Normans used a lot of manpower and material resources, and almost the entire young and middle-aged labor force in the Irru region was emptied. It took a full six years to build this solid water in the steep mountains. Fortress. The entire fortress is like a tiger lying in the mountains and valleys. Staring fierce eyes, condescendingly staring at the enemy in front of him, as if if anyone dared to offend it, it would immediately respond with the most vicious fangs. In fact, it is true. In the past fifty years, Romana The Principality’s war against Normandy has been battered several times at the fortress of Irru and returned in embarrassment..
"It's really a strong fortress. No wonder the troops of the Duchy of Normandy dare to speak wild words and look at the Northwest Territories!"
Statunko put down the looking glass in his hand and stared straight ahead, admiring the majestic fortress in front of him. As the capital of Normandy was conquered, the fortress of Illu had become the last of the Normans to defend. Life and death line,
After receiving a handwritten order from the fat man, Statunko called an emergency meeting, abandoned the plan to continue, and instead led a 15,000-strong Southern army in the direction of Illu, and pursued Nord The remnant army’s 2nd Cavalry Banner Regiment meets under Irlu Fortress..
"Your Majesty, has your Majesty filtered a bit?" A Confederate flag commander, beside Statunco, muttered with some dissatisfaction, "Even if the Remnants of Normandy are here. But this fortress is just a border after all. The barriers of the Falcon will not have any impact on the inland operations. His Majesty Falcon asked us to abandon the plan to continue marching and turn to Illu. The subordinates can’t figure it out!” “If you can’t figure it out, continue to think, but you must implement your Majesty’s Command!"
Statunko retracted his gaze from a distance, grunted heavily at his rebellious subordinates, and said, "Although your majesty did not say clearly in the letter, I can feel that your majesty should have noticed something. The brilliance of victory is the easiest to cover up potential dangers. Don’t you think the surrounding area of Normandy is too quiet? Isn’t this a normal reaction?” “Too quiet? My lord, what do you mean?” The southern army commander was shocked. All of a sudden, my face was at a loss. "What would you do if an unknown person came out one morning and beat your neighbor severely in front of you?" Statunko stared. The outline of the fort in the distance, the corner of the mouth smiled
"Of course I helped the neighbors!" The southern ensign commander said without hesitation, "Otherwise, what if he beats the neighbor and then beats me?"
"Yes, that's it!" Statunko's voice stopped. He said, "We beat the Normandy, but there is no movement in other critical countries. Don't you think it is too abnormal?"
"My lord is saying that several other countries are waiting for the opportunity. Eat us and the Normandy all!" The commander of the Southern Banner suddenly realized
The **** Statunko raised his horse whip solemnly, pointing to the fortress of Illu in the distance, and said, "Normandy is surrounded by the sea on three sides and the other facing the continent, and the center line of this side is Il in front of us. Lu. To the northwest of Illu is Dunkirk, to the southwest is Romana, and on the flank is the county town of Biond. Taking down Illu, we can at least guarantee that one of the backs is safe, like fighting with someone. Similarly, in the case of loneliness, naturally the less exposure the better, so that we can avoid the crisis of several battles!"
The fortified battle of Illu Fortress began in the early morning of February 27th,
The Thor soldiers of the Southern Army Group pushed six specially-made siege guns to the top of the **** opposite the fortress.
On both sides of the special siege artillery, there are more than seventy guns in total. The tune shè Thor, disassembled from the naval battleship, became the last swan song of the Irru Fortress. "Adjust the angle, turn left 6 degrees"
Ten minutes later, all Thors completed their aiming corrections, and the muzzle of the black hole was raised high, all with an icy killing intent, and everyone looked forward to the city wall of Illu immediately with expectant eyes." Let’s get started!” Statunke said indifferently, that Thor’s siege was not the first time for the Falcon Army, but this time the use of the rare siege Thor, it made many people Feel very novel,
"Rumble" With the sound of the first siege artillery, the earth trembles slightly, and as the huge siege artillery roars in an instant, the shells are drawn out with a harsh whistling sound. The barrel of the cannon draws a white arc in the air and hits it heavily on the first outer wall of the Irru Fortress.
The sound of a violent explosion came, as if it came from the sky and the ground. Unfortunately, because of the barrier of the city wall, everyone in the field could not see the impact of the shells. They also couldn't see the power of the shells exploding, so they could only worry Waiting for the observation post to report. After a while, the observation post sent a message that the shell fell on the inner wall of the fortress, and the debris splashed and threw up like raindrops, forming a circle of destruction about a hundred meters in diameter.
The shock wave brought by the shells caused the Normandy to be in a mess on the spot, and many people lay down. Some were hit by the fragments, and some were scared and sat on the ground, with the fire reflecting on their faces. Pale, his eyes filled with fear, "God, what is this! "
The Illu garrison, who had never seen Thor, was chaotic on the spot and ran around, "Quickly, take the Duke to a safe place!" Cavybod, who was still wearing gauze, was taken from his command post by a group of guards. Forced to stand out, his command post was in the first city wall position at the forefront. "Asshole, what are you doing, I won't go! Even if I die, I won't go!" Cavy Bod yelled, the defeat of the battle on the beach. Coupled with the fall of the capital, this northwestern hero no longer expects anything. He just wants to fight the Falcon Army. He wants to let the Falcon Army know that not all Normans are dead." "The sound of a huge explosion came again, this time it was dense like lightning and thunder in a rainstorm. After getting confirmation of hitting the predetermined target, countless fires spewed out from the top of the mountain opposite the fortress at the same time. The ground moved and the mountains shook. The fires smashed past like meteors, and the fires shone again, just like inside the Irru Fort Lights up
Boom...
The shell fell on the **** of the inner city of the fortress, bursting out dazzling fire, and the covered area was immediately covered by gunpowder and black smoke. The power of the siege gun made everyone feel a little bit astounded. Many houses are mostly piled up with stones and are very strong. However, in front of the siege guns, these sturdy stone houses are like children's toy blocks, which are shattered one after another. There seems to be a huge light. The ball rose up in Illu, the stone house was uprooted, and the whole ground flew into the air, and then smashed down fiercely, making the large area underneath a mess. Screams and screams one after another. , The smoke cleared, that area was already in a mess, "Keep on hitting and destroy them!"
Among these people, only Statunko's face did not change at all. His cold and ruthless orders caused Illu's walls to shatter continuously under the bombardment of large-caliber siege guns. The city walls collapsed piece by piece, and smoke billowed inside the entire fortress. The sound of collapse continues,
The large trebuchet on the city wall had not had time to shè, it was blown to pieces. The heavy boulders of the trebuchet flew all over the sky in the explosion, rolling forward along the ground inside the wall, hurting it or not. The few Norman soldiers, the first wall was very unsatisfactory, and a crack appeared in the first wall." Come here. What are you doing, quickly take the Duke away! "There are fires from bombing everywhere, scattered stones hitting them. Many people, on their faces. Every second, it feels like suffering in hell. A guard of Cavybold has red eyes, and he hits the belly of Cavybold, who is still clamoring to hold on. "I am determined not to..." Cavy Bod's mouth curled, and the pain was silent on the spot, and the guards quickly took him from the original place to the safer second wall.
Boom, boom..., countless spots of light fell unscrupulously, and Norman soldiers who had nowhere to hide in the rocks and the sea of fire kept jumping into the moat between the walls, and these channels turned into Normans. The best place to avoid gunfire. But often accidentally, a siege shell fell on the wall next to it, and the collapsed city wall covered the ditch water, and all the people inside would be buried alive or killed.
Such an offensive lasted for two days. Every morning there was fierce shelling. In the afternoon, the infantry crossbowmen of the Falcon Army would approach the wall, and their crossbows would continue to shè dead defenders on the fortress. The two days of bombardment completely shattered the resistance of the Normans. No one was willing to accept the baptism of such artillery fire. Many defying Normandy fighters fell into a state of hysteria during the continuous bombing, and even killed themselves unconsciously. Companion. In the end, he was also killed. The shelling caused serious chaos within the Normandy soldiers. Sometimes, in order to seize a trench that could escape the shelling, several squadrons were often grouped together, and then several Thunderbolt shells arrived unexpectedly with the death of death, and pieces of corpses. Floating between the river ditches inside the fortress,
The third morning,
Statunko let the heavy infantry of the southern army officially launch an attack. The black army rushed to the collapsed wall of Irru like chao water. The defenders above had not waited for the heavy infantry to charge. When I got to the side, I collapsed first. The morale of the Normandy army has been seriously low. Most people have serious tinnitus problems in their ears. It seems that the sound of cannons is still continuous. Some people even seem to have difficulty standing. The continuous bombardment created an unprecedented fear of the Normans, "retreat"
The Normandy army has almost no courage to touch,
The morning light slowly penetrated the clouds, reflecting the golden glow on the tall ruins of the Irru Fortress,
The earth is bathed in the vibrant sunshine of the rising sun, weeds stretch their bodies comfortably in the morning breeze, and unknown wild flowers are under the sunshine, greedy people absorb the sun, air and moisture, and let themselves grow. Is taller and stronger, can see higher and farther, staying in this world longer,
The black smoke rising in the distance was very abrupt in the glow, out of place. The cold wind blew through the yellow bushes next to the fortress, and the dead branches scorched in the thick smoke made a rustling sound. There were no leaves in some parts, and some even only half of bare wooden stakes remained. The half of the above is not known for a long time,
The front of the fortress is full of scattered stones and rubble, as well as broken weapons and armors, a mess. Mutilated corpses are hidden from time to time in the rubble. A snowy winter snow covered this place last night. Many corpses were buried in the white snow.
The horseshoe stepped on a miserable white hand that was still exposed outside the mound. When Statunko was passing by the tragic center of the fortress, he suddenly stopped moving forward with the horseshoe. "What's the matter?" Statunko asked with an ugly face, appearing in his sight, It is a mountain of corpses with a height of more than ten meters. Seeing these white-flowered corpses piled up like a mountain, stacked one upon another, even Van Luntien feels distressed at the **** corpses of the hills of white-flowered flowers. , Are all Normans. Some are regular troops, but most of them should be ordinary civilians in the fortress. These Normans who were seriously injured in the battle were randomly placed in the center of the open space by their compatriots.
"My lord of the report, they are all seriously wounded by the enemy." A squad leader who is commanding a cleanup nearby hurried over, saluted him, and gritted his teeth.
"Self-decision? All suicide?" Statunko's face became more solemn. Slightly frowned, so much? As a soldier, he is not afraid of death and blood. But facing such a large-scale killing is another matter.
"No, they did not commit suicide!" The squad leader raised his head and said very ugly
"There were no obvious weapon wounds on their bodies, just because they had any treatment after being injured, and even the most basic shelter from the wind and rain was not available. Many soldiers did not die because of the inflammation of the wound. In fact In this severe cold weather, the chance of wounds becoming inflamed is not very high. They were frozen to death. When we cleaned up, we also found a few people who were not completely breathless, and their clothes were stripped. It’s just that they were pressed down as if they were dead, so that they didn’t die in the severe cold." "As usual, let's burn them all!"
Statunko turned his head back, not willing to ask any more,
This is war, killing and being slaughtered. It's like passing by some cities in the hinterland of Normandy that have been cleaned by expeditionary forces. Such scenes are everywhere on this land. Normans who have been slaughtered are here. Within a month, at least more than 500,000,
Large tracts of land have lost their owners, and the lush manor has been turned into wreckage. The towns are almost empty. There are not a few people in the daytime. The destruction of war has always been the destruction of xìng, 200,000 sa Although Rand slaves have been traded in various places and scattered all over the mainland, there are still more than 100,000 in the Normandy mainland, accounting for one-twentieth of the total population of Normandy.
As the expeditionary force advances to the interior of Normandy, the Salander riots erupt like a volcano,
The expeditionary army with the slogan of saving the compatriots can sometimes even take over several towns within one rì, without having to use a single soldier. The lack of faith and oppressive revenge will follow. , Is the cruel and **** revenge of the Salanders against the Normandy people,
The Salander slaves killed every Norman they saw, even if they were children. Some methods were outrageous, and even professional soldiers like Statunko couldn’t bear to keep watching.
Statunko has been stationed in Salander for more than half a year. He considers that the Salander is a peaceful and romantic nation, but what he now shows in front of him is completely a kind of violence of the whole nation. On the other hand, the Normans under Jiang He mobilized everything that could be mobilized. In order to make up for the lack of troops, they sent a large number of Normandy civilians to the battlefield.
These civilians are dressed in simple linen clothes, holding a temporarily polished three-meter wooden gun in their hands, which discharges meaningless squares. The craftsmanship of this wooden gun is very simple, and only an iron tip is required. Just put a wooden stick on the back, the process is simple, even an ordinary blacksmith apprentice~IndoMTL.com~ can complete ten in one hour, which fully meets the requirements of the Normans for a large amount of equipment in a short time, although there is nothing Killed, but these soldiers can barely serve as a cannon fodder under enough circumstances.
However, such troops are completely targeted on the battlefield. The main force of the Normans has been trapped in Illu. Although the force defending the capital is claimed to be 80,000, it is actually just a group of farmers. Soldiers
Staturenko still remembers that in the cold and merciless moonlight on the outskirts of Kyoto in Normandy, his Southern Army easily defeated 6 such 10,000 troops with a force of 15,000, and he will always remember it. That battle was not because of victory, but because of the blood-flowing wilderness, covered with ignorant corpses on the ground, and almost became the cheapest fertilizer on this land. The flock of black vultures hovered in the sky, and even the beautiful night piano. The strings are all sad,
In front of the imposing expeditionary army and the southern army, the Normans finally resisted and was easily shattered,
In accordance with the order, Statunko handed over the capital to the subsequent expeditionary forces who entered the city. At this moment, there was a trace of rejoicing in my heart. The letter from His Majesty Falcon came too timely. If we continue to advance like this Going down, Statunke can't guarantee that he won't become a real butcher! At least for now, I am still a soldier! Own opponent is also a soldier! (To be continued.)