Release that Witch Chapter 449: Battle situation

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Roland walks into a messy castle, Petrov and Hull Earl are already kneeling on one knee in the lobby, welcoming their arrival.

The corpses on the ground have all been removed, but the **** smell is still lingering. You can see the broken furnishings and the broken weapon everywhere. He can almost imagine that during the battle for the castle, the two sides repeatedly slaughtered here. Scene.

"Get up," Roland stepped in front of him, bent over and held his arm.

"Yes," the voice of Petrov choked a little, "His Royal Highness, you are finally here."

"You did a good job," he whispered, "Four Great Families will pay the due price for this, the murderer will be brought to justice."

"I failed to guard Longsong Stronghold for you ..."

"You have tried your best, it's not your fault," Roland sighed. Petrov is not a manager who can fight well. From the previous Qingqi to capture the city and the noble rebellion, it can be seen that he is good at managing the territory, is very proficient in trade, and good at capturing opportunities, but not a conspirator. And conspiracy are not working. If Second Army did not enter the castle according to emergency measures this time, I am afraid he will not be able to support it for two days.

But this does not mean that Petrov Hull is not a good manager. If he is not good at fighting, he should give him a territory without fighting. Compared with talents who can fight, Roland prefers operators with a businessman's mind.

"I believe there must be incentives for this riot," he looked around at all the people present. "This is a downright conspiracy. The enemy is trying to subvert the Western Region's order, so as to seek benefits that are not theirs!"

The scene calmed down, whether it was a First Army soldier with a gun alert or an Knight with wounds behind Petrov, they all stared at His Highness the Prince.

"For this they committed felony crimes, murdered noble, and killed the people. After the war today, I do n’t know how many citizen will lose their families and how many houses will be looted. But in the end, their conspiracy failed. It is your unyielding resistance that prevented stronghold from plunging into a greater tragedy. Your performance is called heroic, and your will is praiseworthy!

Knight unconsciously raised their chests a bit higher.

"But the battle is not over yet, these rebels are fleeing in panic, and then it is time for us to start revenge! I swear that no matter where the enemy hides, he will not escape the trial that will come, whether in the territory of Four Great Families ... still in Kingdom Capital! "Roland paused said decisively," And the culprit that triggered the rebellion is bound to be sanctioned! Your blood ... will not flow in vain! "

"Long live Your Highness!" Petrov and Hull Earl knelt down again.

"Long live Your Highness, Long live!" Then the surviving Knight and Second Army fighters.

Everyone is kneeling on one knee soon, the upper body is straight, the right hand is touching the chest, and a slogan is shouted in unison.

"His Royal Highness Roland, Long live!"

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After soothing the people present, Roland recruited Petrov, Van'er, Brian, and Iron Axe to the study room on the third floor of the castle. This is also the only place that has not been invaded, and all the furnishings are basically intact. He knew that he would probably spend the next few days here.

Firstly, to understand the situation in the city, he looked to Iron Axe, who immediately listed in the report: "The North city gate and East city gate occupied by Four Great Families have been recaptured by witch. Now First Army is clearing the insurgents in the city under the guidance of Miss Silvie , The order in the city should be restored by tomorrow morning. "

"What about casualties?"

"A total of six people have been injured so far, all from rifle battalions, but have been treated by Miss Nana."

"What about Second Army? Are they counted?"

"Not yet ... but according to the information so far, the casualties are relatively severe," Brian hesitated. "The two teams heading to the support of the city wall were defeated and have not gathered up yet. Fifty people stationed in the castle Eleven people were killed, and almost none of the soldiers patrolling the city wall survived.

Roland nodded, this hundred people can persist for two days also because the war intensity in this era is not high, especially when the enemy lacks effective attack on weapon, the defending side can often occupy a larger advantage. If not the other side also used firearms, relying on the flesh and blood of the mercenaries and the personal guard team, I am afraid that it will be difficult to break through the feudal lord castle --. At the beginning of the design, this building fully took into account the prevention of enemy attacks.

Thinking of it, he told Iron Axe, "Go and get me some firearms used by the rebels.

For the newly born Firearm in this era, Roland was quite concerned. Although he knew this day would come sooner or later since the birth of snow powder, the development speed of Timothy really surprised him.

Iron Axe quickly executed the order. After half an hour, several long-barreled weapons with different lengths and shapes were moved into the study by soldiers.

After seeing the real thing, Roland quickly understood the reason why the other party could create these batches of weapon in such a short time.

In a sense, these long tubes cannot be firearms. They have no trigger, no firing device, just a metal tube with a hole at both ends. One end is deeper and is used to fill gunpowder and projectiles. A small needle-shaped hole is left at the end for ignition; the other end is shallower and a handle is inserted after inserting a bamboo pole or wooden stick.

Structurally, it is very similar to model -- Arquebus of firearms.

The filling process of this original firearm is the same as that of a flintlock, but firing is more troublesome. It requires the gunman to clamp the wooden pole under his arm, and the other hand holds an open flame to ignite gunpowder. Due to the limitation of posture, even aiming can't be done when shooting, it can only point roughly forward.

But it is still Firearm without any inconvenience. Despite its inconvenience, its firing principle is exactly the same as the flintlock. The barrel and projectile are no different from the later ones. As long as it hits, Knight can't stop its blow.

Also, these Arquebuss with different shapes can obviously see the effort of Timothy in the transformation. Some are rolled from iron, and there are still clear scratches on the tube, and some are probably made of cooked copper. Pouring, the appearance is smooth. Considering that this is just a test product to aid Four Great Families, the firearms for Timothy's own use should be better.

It's just ... No matter how good Arquebus is still Arquebus.

When the offensive starts in the spring, in the face of the Western Region army equipped with revolving rifle, bolt action rifle and heavy machine gun, Kingdom Capital has no chance of winning.

Roland turned his eyes back to the four. "From tomorrow on, First Army will take back Longsong Stronghold's suburban territories one by one. Any resistance noble can be killed on the spot. I hope that the whole Western Region will come under one week!"

"As you bid, Your Highness!" the four answered in unison.