Power and Empire Chapter 1851: The first winter offensive of the Empire (9)

After a fierce battle for an afternoon, Riposti, the Falcon Empire Fifth Banner Regiment, began to transfer back the front melee infantry teams in an orderly manner. The Imperial crossbowmen behind the infantry also received the final shooting order to cover. Beneath the cloud-topped sky, the dark night wind roared across the frozen battlefield with countless corpses,

"Order, shoot all arrows out within five minutes, and no one can be left! Run as soon as you finish shooting! Run from the lake!" The cavalry was ordered to gallop behind the line-shaped elite crossbowmen array, pulling the horse to fight. After a turn, the command was communicated loudly, and then immediately ran to the next crossbowman queue. Similar commands were passed from one queue to another.

"Have you heard all?"

The elite crossbow shooter Zach looked around, his hand holding the crossbow trembling slightly, he fought for several hours, and pulled the bowstring dozens of times. Even with the opener, he continued to pull the strong sniper. The crossbow string consumes a lot of physical strength for the crossbowmen. Of the fifty elite crossbowmen in the entire team, ten have already withdrawn from the shooting queue due to lack of physical strength.

"All of them, the last three rounds! Take out the strength of your last breastfeeding! Let's kill and have fun!" Zach glanced at these comrades who had been unable to shoot but did not evacuate, fiercely. Li yelled loudly, even though he screamed for an afternoon. The dumb voice was as unpleasant as a torn bellows, but at this moment it was like a dull hammer hitting a wooden stake, firmly leaving all the crossbows left. With a firm look, their hands pulled out the arrow clusters that were inserted upside down on the ground, and skillfully used the stringer to pull the bowstring to perfection.

In the darkness, it is no longer possible to accurately lock the target, the crossbowmen can only neatly aim at the gap that a group of infantry has just evacuated, the bowstring is pulled to the extreme, and there is a gurgling sound. Jian Rui’s cold light solidified this cold night, a row of black and crushing figures

"Go forward!" The voice of Gauls came from the gap in front.

"Shoot!" Zach shouted vigorously, the swiftly pulled bowstring vibrated like a rainstorm falling to the ground, and the white line like a waterfall smashed like hail towards the Gaul line here. A squad of Gaul infantry was the first to be hit on the front. "Flap! Flap! Flap! The cluster of arrows pierced the Gaul's armor, and the inside of the body exploded with countless blood. The white line shot out was like a sharp cutter, cutting into the front of the Gaul infantry. A group of Gaul soldiers who had just crossed the gap were cut to the ground like a row of invisible sickles.

"Go ahead! Don't be afraid, they don't have arrows." The Gaul Superintendent team was still shouting frantically at the back. Seeing the situation in front, they were shocked and immediately changed their mouths and shouted, "Go ahead, they are almost out of arrows!" Who is the first to rush forward, bounties 100. Directly promoted to squadron leader "Hearing such conditions, the Gaul infantry is like a chicken blood, and marches forward without fear of death in groups. Snow filled with clusters of arrows and corpses. Frantically, he rushed forward, "Pap! Pap! Pap! The second row of crossbow arrows came quickly, and the Gaul infantry fell again

"Damn, who said they don't have arrows!" The Gaul infantry behind was desperately lying on the ground, shielding their bodies, and their silhouettes began to be ignited by the flames on the battlefield when they were 50 meters away. Illuminated, the accurate crossbow arrows began to become sharp and terrifying. A Gaul soldier's head was exposed from behind the shield. He wanted to see what was going on. He was headshot from the front by a crossbow arrow, and the arrow shot in from the back of the head. Get used to it,

"Hold on! One last round!" Zach put down the sniper crossbow in his hand, shouted hysterically, and slammed the bowstring away with the stringer, half-bending his waist and leaning on his back. The evergreen trees with a big mouth are spraying white gas towards the outside. His eyes are still calm when he looks into the distance, although it is hideous like hell

On the shore of this lake of less than five hundred meters, countless figures are wriggling, twitching, and bleeding, and the other shooters have been retreating. The bright metal armor of the Gaul is reflected in the fire, red and white. The corpses on the ground were all over the land, blood dripped and seeped into the soil, the feather-like snow was flying in the dark night wind, dripping and dripping on the blood-filled corpses of the soldiers on both sides, and the battle flags diagonally inserted on the ground were stained white by the snow. , Faintly visible splattered blood on the top, layers of corpses formed a clear black line on the line of engagement between the two sides, tens of thousands of corpses turned into white ice in the extreme cold, just like drawing out in this cold world A huge rift in's

At this time, the situation on the battlefield was already very clear. The Gauls were determined to bite the tail of the evacuated Fifth Banner. They rushed against the wind and snow frantically. As night fell, the battlefield The situation quickly turned towards the Gauls. The dark night greatly reduced the vision of the Falcon crossbowmen. The long battle caused the loss of the Falcon infantry to increase. Now even an ordinary Gaul soldier knows that as long as it can break through the opposite Falcon army, it will be more and more. The weak infantry line can be severely slaughtered and killed by the rear crossbowmen who killed tens of thousands of their companions in one afternoon.

As the last troops behind the palace, Zach's face was extremely firm. He pulled out the last arrow cluster, put it into the crossbow slot, took a deep breath, and calmed down his rapid breathing after shooting five arrows in a row. Once, I exhausted all my strength and slammed down the crossbow machine "Bounce!" A clear and sweet bowstring vibration, the arrow was like a white line, and it shot into the chest of a Gaul who was less than 30 meters away from him. He saw the man. The Gaul looked at him in astonishment. He was a very young blond young man. Zach shot out the two barrels of arrows he brought with him today, which had already exceeded the required 20. Gaul died in his hands alone. There are at least thirty people, but only this last one made him remember, what a young face, I don’t know if he is thirteen! For this war, the Gauls have even sent such children to the battlefield.

Zac retracted his gaze from a distance, turned and ran, and saw the companion next to him, who was stunned, a crying wolf howling sound came, and tmd was standing stupidly, waiting for the spear of the Gauls to come. Licking your ass! "Hearing the captain’s voice, the crossbowmen’s steadfast expressions disappeared. It was like a drop of water falling in the oil pan, and the pan was fried. Fifty or sixty people just said they wanted to kill the Gauls. Crossbowmen, regardless of a **** of about 20 meters long from the foot to the surface of the lake, one by one climbed and rolled down very gracelessly,

Happiness! The body was in close contact with the hard ice surface, crashing into everything, and wailing, "Damn, don't stand in the way. I will kill whoever stops! Some people scolded in the dark, others wailed in pain." A bunch of unjust things Ah, just like the captain of that unscrupulous dog day, who stepped on Lao Tzu's thigh! "

Hong Dubai, commander of the 5th Gaul Infantry Regiment, looked at the completely collapsed Falcon Army. A face lighted up with excitement. His eyes lit up, and he didn't expect that the commander of the Falcon Army would choose to evacuate directly from the frozen lake. On such a frozen lake, let alone running, it is very difficult to walk normally. It is conceivable that the Falcon Army evacuated from the lake must still be struggling on the lake at this moment. It must be that the opposing commander has been panicking. It is a godsend opportunity, "The whole army is pressing! Pursuing along the lake, you must not let them run!" He loudly ordered the troops to catch up! We must kill all this falconry army that was devastated! This will be the most glorious counterattack of the Gaul Empire in the past few years!

"My lord, Lord Paul asked our army to encircle another Falcon army from the flank!" A messenger cavalry came galloping in

"Encircle? When I was fighting hardest, why didn't he take the initiative to encircle him!" Hearing such a request, Hong Dubo, who was so excited just now, who was ready to become famous in World War I, had a crooked nose. He fought and killed for several hours here, and his 30,000 troops had been crippled by half, but Paul, who was supposed to attack from the flanks an hour ago, only negatively opposed another Falcon army. Seeing that the situation has been completely victorious, he asked himself to encircle Hongdubo with his deep dissatisfaction. Of course he refused to do this kind of wedding dress for them. What he needs now is to expand the results, so he made a little mockery. "Tell Lord Paul to encircle him when I clean up the falcons, and I ask Lord Paul to hold on to the flanks of the enemy’s flank."

"Catch up!" The new Fifth Infantry Regiment who received the chase order rushed from the lakeside to the frozen lake below.

"Asshole, that's an arrogant guy with his head full of thinking about himself"

Paul, who got the reply, threw his whip on the ground with his white gloved right hand, and yelled at Hong Dubai for his ungratefulness. If he hadn't dragged the falcons from the flanking reinforcements, Hong Dubai's. The new Fifth Infantry Regiment has long been bitten by the two converging Falcons, even the bones and dregs are not left

"My lord, I think we can attack right now!" said a Gaul general next to him

"Offensive?" Paul glanced at the general, then glanced at the Falcon formation on the opposite side, and snorted dissatisfiedly. "You have also seen it, with a two-to-one force, Hong Dubai’s new Fifth Infantry Regiment paid such a terrible price to defeat the Falcon Army, which is half of his own strength! When it comes to combat strength, Hong Dubai’s New Five Infantry Regiment is above us. There are three thousand guards and ten thousand heavy infantry. What do we have? Weapons are eliminated from the frontline units. It takes less than 2 months for the soldiers to be put into the battlefield. Most of the time. Soldiers are the ones who have seen blood. Do you want them to fight the Falcons? How to fight! In all fairness, even if we can fight, can we fight like the new Fifth Infantry Regiment?"

"The current situation is actually more beneficial to us!" The Gaul general responded by saying

"What do you mean?" Paul cheered up, showing a trace of amazement

The Gaul general explained, "The current situation is that the enemy’s flanks have collapsed. The enemy in front of us is a lone army. Unless the opponent wants to face the attack of our two armies, it must leave and retreat as quickly as possible. , That is the best opportunity for our army to attack. When the enemy’s military spirit is floating, and the sky is dark, if our army takes the opportunity to press on quickly, when the back road is a smooth lake, the enemy will inevitably be in chaos. On our side, if we defeat the Falcons on the opposite side, the form is two different things, and we will be the first contributor to this battle!"

"The first work? It should be Hong Dubai's new Fifth Infantry Regiment! After all, he was the first to defeat the Falcons!" Paul shook his head in confusion

"My lord, the so-called first work is not based on who defeats the enemy first, but based on who gets the bigger results after the war!" General Gaul smiled slightly, "Our army has been reserving energy. Sharp, stamina better than Hong Dubai’s new Fifth Infantry Regiment, which fought fiercely for an afternoon, and our army has a cavalry configuration. In terms of expanding the results, the exhausted New Fifth Infantry Regiment can't compare with us at all! As long as we defeat the enemy on the opposite side and enter a chase battle, Hong Dubai’s infantry will change from a master attack to a threat. All the glory of this battle will definitely go to the adults, but if our army sits and watches such a good fighter jet disappear in front of us, it will definitely become The laughing stock of Kyoto!"

"It makes sense. If we can catch one or two generals from the Falcon Army, we'll exhale!" Paul laughed at the corner of his mouth, and I knew that General Oladi was sent to the east from the dispatch. In the personnel, it is correct to request to be transferred to our new Seventh Infantry Regiment. Inside so many generals. Only you can tell, you really deserve to be the attendant who used to follow Lord Yard.

"That's the old thing, now Oladi no longer exists. My name is Osdi now, but I'm just a clerk!" General Gaul, with a somewhat vicissitudes of life, smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth. His name is Oladi, the military deputy of Alder, the former chief of the Gaul Northern Army. Because his wife came from a prominent family in the northwest region, he was affected by the previous cleansing storm. When the Northern Army was most popular, Secretly detained by the Gaul Kyoto censorship force, after more than a month of censorship. He was finally released, but his previous ranks and positions were all deprived, and he was appointed as the sheriff of a small city in the eastern part of the empire because Ald appreciated his talents. And after review, there was no problem, so he was transferred to the new 7th Infantry Regiment with the worst combat effectiveness as the clerk, but his name was changed to Osdi

The New Seventh Infantry Regiment is a new corps formed by the Gaul Kyoto at the end of July using refugees. Soldiers have only been trained for two months before joining the battle line. The equipment is the inferior products eliminated by the front-line troops, so they are generally used as other infantry The corps is used for logistical support. Its special logistical role is in the eleven newly formed infantry regiments in Gaul. It is the only unit with a large number of horses. It has a light cavalry regiment of about 2,000 people, and the infantry is mainly light infantry. , Because they are always stationed near the logistics line, they are also called "logistics regiment" by other combat troops.

"Report, the Falcons on the opposite side are retreating!" The news brought by the scout cavalry made Paul excited,

"Are you sure it's a retreat?" he asked aloud

"Yes, my lord, although it is not very clear in the dark, the infantry in front of the opponent is indeed moving, and the enemy's archer formation is also moving!" The scout cavalry replied very positively

"Which direction are they moving?" Unexpectedly, Oladi, who had also encouraged Paul to attack earlier, suddenly asked with his eyebrows tightly twisted together

"What's the matter, what's the problem? Didn't you say that they will leave soon?" Paul looked at him puzzlingly

"The situation is a bit problematic. If it is to evacuate, the opponent will not be so obvious, how can they put on a posture of fighting to the end, and then slowly deploy their troops, trying to avoid being seen by us, instead of like this , Can’t wait for the whole army to move!" The experienced Oladi shook his head and said

"To put it like this, the scout cavalry seemed to feel something, and his expression was a little nervous. "The direction of the Falcon Army on the opposite side seems to be the east side of the lake where the fighting was just now! "

"East side!" Paul's face changed a bit. He is not a fool to be the commander of the New Seventh Infantry. On the contrary, Yard chose him because of his outstanding logistics ability. The configuration of combat power is destined to be missed from the tragic front-line combat. Instead, it is mainly logistics work. In this regard, Paul's ability is quite affirmed

"Hongdubai's Fifth Infantry Regiment! The Falcon Army is going to cut off their back. They are crazy. The opposing commander must be crazy. I really can't understand it!" Oladi also couldn't believe it. It was too rampant, the other party simply ignored his own existence, and actually played in front of his own face, just like changing the flag, playing a closed door!

Just when the two of them didn't know what was called, the soldiers behind suddenly began to fluctuate, "Oh, my God! What is that!" Some soldiers exclaimed in disbelief, and the two followed the soldiers. Looking in the direction, I was silly for a while, countless red meteors slowly rose from the other side of the lake, and the illuminated sky was blood red. It was an innumerable burning catapult, dragging a long tail with thick black smoke. Smashed down towards the center of the lake, slapped, red light was shining everywhere, even though they were hundreds of meters away, the two of them had seen countless black spots flying in the red light

"The Fifth Infantry Regiment!"

The two looked at each other in amazement. There is no doubt that the Fifth Infantry Regiment on the lake is the target of each other's ambush. Although the New Fifth Infantry Regiment still has more than 10,000 people, it is on the smooth ice. Even the thick armor was useless. The Falcon Army that had just moved to the east had already occupied the previously abandoned area. Numerous crossbow arrows were directed at the Gaul Fifth Infantry Regiment, which was wailing and running around on the lake. Soldier shooting,

"The whole army advance, take the east side of the lake, and rescue the Fifth Infantry Regiment!" Paul shouted with a pale face. He could not sit and watch the entire army of elite front-line troops like the New Fifth Infantry Regiment vanish on this lake. Otherwise, even if the new 7th Infantry Regiment is brought back intact~IndoMTL.com~, it will be slashed by Lord Yard. Because of the rush of the incident, the entire 7th Infantry Regiment is completely chaotic, and a group of people are moving towards the east. They swarmed, and the queues were dragged down so sparsely. They weren’t an elite infantry on the front line. They were like stretched noodles. Even the commander Paul couldn’t control the situation.

"Boom!"

A trembling sound of the ground came from the opposite side, because the surroundings were messy, no one noticed the abnormal sound, the thoughtful Oladi stopped unexpectedly, and he looked at the Falcon Army who had been confronting him before. Location, which is the western end of the lake,

Intact,

The Falcon Army’s burning catapults were all placed in the eastern section, "Boom!" The snow flew up like a sharp blade drawn in the dark, and a faint and fast black line suddenly emerged from where the Falcon Army was just now. Come out

A pony with sharp knives tied to its antlers. The big reindeer leapt out like a tsunami landslide. The Falcon Army that had just shifted was not so much blocking the back of the Fifth Infantry Regiment, it was more like Make way for this sharp knife to get out of its sheath.

On the front of this sharp knife, is the unsuspecting side of the 30,000 recruits of the new 7th Infantry Regiment of Gaul who have been scattered in disarray,