MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 463 Offense and help

Chapter 463 Attack and Help

On September 3, the Hicks finally got the action. They dispatched a legion of troops to attack on the eastern mountainous border, and also used the new weapons they had just shipped, a huge cantilevered thrower. Just like the huge trebuchet in ancient times. Only this type of cantilevered thrower can throw a throwing bomb twice as large as an iron pumpkin to a distance of 350 meters, and the explosive power is extremely amazing.

Although the first defensive positions in the frontier mountains that contacted the enemy immediately concentrated on the three light infantry field artillery on the position, they bombarded this huge thrower and successfully destroyed one of them. But the Hicks also quickly reacted, and they used more than thirty wooden carts to encircle the remaining four throwers. Even the light infantry field artillery lost its function, unless the solid projectile could hit the huge cantilever, but it took luck, separated by a distance of six hundred meters. The cantilever was not as thick as a chopstick in the gunner's eyes. ....

Perhaps the only drawback of this huge cantilevered thrower is that it is cumbersome and the movement speed is very slow. It took the Hicks a day to move the four throwers to the front of the first defensive position and tried to throw a few huge throws.

A veteran of a battalion on the defensive position looked at the craters that had been thrown to the mountainside and everyone was stunned. Everyone knows that the Hicks will move the four throwers to the position tomorrow. Then the defensive positions will attract enemy bombardment. The most painful thing is that the garrisoners on the position have no means of counterattack and can only passively withstand bombing...

The veterans on the defensive positions were also prepared to carry out a night attack and take the initiative to destroy the four giant-like throwers. However, the Hicks had long been prepared, and the warning circle was very strict. It was discovered by the Hicks just as they approached the perimeter. The two sides then engaged in a fierce exchange of fire and used their own throwing bombs. With the arrival of the Hicks reinforcements, the night attack veterans returned with half of their casualties.

At noon on the second day, after the first mover in place and the adjusted thrower smashed the first huge throwing ball onto the defensive position, the officer on the defensive position made a reluctant command to retreat. The news was first transmitted to the defensive front command, and Claude immediately rushed to the frontier mountain area, ready to see the enemy's giant fighter thrower...

After receiving a report from the Hopes, the generals of Claude and Beechklin, and the generals of General Albert, finally put down their hearts. Then the news that the Hicks dispatched five huge cantilever-type throwers arrived, letting Claude and others agree that the reason why the Hicks did not launch the attack was because they waited for the transport of the thrower. arrival......

Then the report of the first defensive position in the frontier mountain area was sent, and it was said that the Hicks-like giant thrower could throw the throwing ball twice the iron pumpkin to more than 300 meters. Lord wants to marry her. The Hicks seem to be using the throwing bomb as the research focus of their new weapon. According to the game, this is already full of the technical points of the throwing bomb.

Can throw a throwing bomb twice the iron pumpkin to more than three hundred meters, Crowder hates toothache. It’s hard to study the defensive thrower that I have set here. I can only throw the lightest throwing thrower to 300 meters. Compared with the Hicks' giant weapon, the throwing distance is still a lot worse. It is conceivable that if the Hicks use this giant to throw an iron pumpkin, the throwing distance can be increased, and the defensive position can only be bombarded unilaterally.

There is only one good news that makes Crowder feel a little better. That is, the Hicks' giant weapon thrower is moving at a distance and speed. Claude spent three days rushing to the forefront of the mountain, and found that the Hicks had not reached the second defensive position in the past three days after they captured the first defensive position. It is estimated that it will take another day.

The reason is that these Hicks have to build roads before they can move the four giants to the front of the position. Otherwise, the throwers will not move, and the Hicks will lose the weapon of attacking. Prepare for a tight defensive position and hit a head in front of the blood. For their own sake, these Hicks soldiers have invested in road construction.

When Claude saw this scene, he suddenly wanted to laugh. It seems that these Hicks soldiers came to learn to do good deeds and help the territorial war zone to build a national road leading to the colony of Rhodes Bay in the eastern mountains. According to their construction speed, it is estimated that it will take more than three months for the three defensive fronts set up by General Beechling in the central mountainous area. By then, this rugged mountain road will be able to pass the four-wheeled freight wagon. Convenient for logistics and personnel travel...

Or we can use this time to build a avenue leading to the direct administration of the port of Vibatato, and then connect the two roads after the end of the war... Claude is in his mind Thinking, he pulled a captain who accompanied him and asked: "The Hicks are such an honest road construction, and then drag the four throwers one by one, no surprises, lurking, Was it sending a small-scale exploratory attack to the defensive positions?"

"Reporting the general, no." The captain replied: "In addition to the road construction and the movement of the giants, the Hicks placed a very strict alert defense around the road construction site. Circle. We have launched several night attacks, and we are unable to get close to the range of 300 meters. Because we only expose the whereabouts, the Hicks will manipulate the throwers to throw the kind in our lurking direction. Explosive power is very big, and most of our casualties are lost like this..."

Claude picked up the monocular again and looked at the Hicks soldiers who were repairing the road in the distance. They found that their protective measures were indeed perfect. The three rows of shields and wooden platoons will be the four giants. The thrower and the soldiers who built the road were surrounded by the inside. There are two light infantry field artillery guns on the hills not far from here. They are firing at the throwers, but at a distance of more than 600 meters, the solid projectiles are not on the wooden carriages or the cantilever ......

“Is it useful?” Claude pointed to the two light infantry field artillery fired.

The ensign was somewhat awesome and shook his head. "It's useless. It just adds a little trouble to the enemy. It causes very few casualties. It is not as good as throwing a bomb at the enemy when it hits the night. And destroying these wooden cars has no effect." In the evening, ten wooden carts were destroyed, and the next day they would drag twenty or thirty.

We were unable to get close to the throwers, and the enemy used these wooden and shield cars to cover and our night attack troops. We were unable to break through the perimeter of the perimeter. When the battle was fierce, we used old-fashioned throwers to throw iron pumpkins to cover the assaulted areas, causing great casualties for our night attackers..."

"Have you tried anything else?" Crowder asked.

Li Shao nodded: "We used mines. The first two enemies suffered a loss, there were more than a dozen casualties, and two wooden platters were blown up. But the enemy quickly came up with countermeasures, general, you Look over there, it is the minesweeper made by the enemy."

Claude curiously raised the monocular to look in the direction of the ensign, and then saw the so-called minesweeper. This is actually a wooden row of cars, with wooden arms extending three meters on both sides, and a wooden paragraph on the front of the wooden arm is on the ground. When the Hicks soldiers pushed forward behind the wooden carriage, the logs in front of the wooden carriages would roll on the ground and detonate the buried mines. The debris from the mine explosion will be blocked by the wooden car...

This should be regarded as the ancestor of the mine-sweeping car. It is very primitive and primitive, but it is enough to deal with the first generation of mines produced in the direct control zone. Although it is a one-time minesweeper, it has to be replaced by a mine. But now the Hicks do not pursue offensive speed, which is very suitable for their needs. Claude had to admire the wisdom of the Hicks soldiers, and so simple to come up with a way to deal with landmines.

Although these Hicks soldiers are coming to build roads, Claude is not willing to let them do good things. He issued an order to allow normal defensive positions in the defensive positions in the frontier mountains, until the Hicks giants throw threats to the defensive positions before they can evacuate to the back positions. Claude will not let his officers and soldiers smash in the defensive positions, but he is not willing to let the Hicks offensive troops soar into the front of the defensive front in the central mountains.

Although the defensive positions in the frontier mountains can't stop the enemy's attack, they can delay the enemy's progress and time. The Hicks must use the huge thrower to threaten the defensive positions in order to force the garrisoners to evacuate, which will allow them to pay more time and road construction energy, in order to unplug the defensive positions along the way.

Claude needs to find a more suitable place to eliminate the threat of the Hicks' giant cantilever throwers. The Hicks also know that the key to their success is on these new throwers. Therefore, they pay great attention to the hills along the way. Every time they pull out a defensive position, they send people to guard, and they are equipped with old-fashioned throwers and iron pumpkins, as well as three or four light infantry field artillery...

It was only Crowder who was looking for the right place to slap the Hicks' throwers, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of confusion. Not to say that the new commander of the front line of the Hicks Kingdom, the young Marquis de Clio de Chirios is known for his best offensive, is this his offensive means?

Putting your hopes on these new throwers, you will slowly and forwardly attack in such a smooth manner, so you will be able to store three months of grain and military supplies in the camps on the mountainous borders, and spend a time-consuming fee. The war of consumption? This seems to be more like the old man who was said to have been removed from the country and the former head of the commander, and this style of the so-called cutting-edge, most proficient young Hicks is very contradictory.... .

“I think it is here.” General Eblon pointed to the surrounding terrain and said: “The valley surrounded by three mountains, the mountain road is bypassed from the bottom of the valley. The hills on the three hills are connected to each other and can be set up with a chain of defense. Position. And we can dig trenches from the mountainside to the top of the mountain, even the huge throwers of the Hicks, it is impossible to throw the throwing bombs on the defensive positions of the hills. Instead, our throwing bombs can take advantage of the height. The gap covers the entire mountain valley. The Hicks will never pass the line of defense unless they capture the three mountains in one fell swoop....."

This terrain is very good, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It used to be because the defensive line that was too close to the central mountain area was not taken seriously. But now against the Hicks' giant-like thrower, the valley and the surrounding mountains are indeed the best choice.

Crowd nodded. "Well, then set up a defensive front here, and compete with the Hicks. Just don't know if the Hicks can build the road here in two or three months, and then I have been entangled with us for half a year, I really don't know that their reserves are enough for their consumption."

As long as it is not on the strength of the soldiers, Claude does not care much about the consumption of materials, and certainly can't wait for a two- or three-year battle with the Hicks. Quite simply, the territorial war zone is now a local battle. If the battlefield is controlled in this mountainous area ceded from the Nikkan people, it will not affect the economic stability and development of the other eight overseas direct jurisdictions, and even Because the demand for war plays a role in promoting the economy directly under the jurisdiction.

In contrast, the Hicks Kingdom’s strength is about three times that of the territorial war zone. It is a high price to rent a colony of the Rhodes Bay. The rest, whether it’s eating or drinking, and all kinds of military supplies, All need to pay a higher price to purchase sufficient supplies. The Hicks Kingdom has spent astronomical amounts for this colonial war, and now it is difficult to ride the tiger.

If the seven standing regiments of the Hicks Kingdom are really entangled in this mountainous area for two or three years, it is guaranteed that Markied III will directly kill all the officers on the front line. Providing more than two or three years of material consumption for more than four hundred thousand horses, or thousands of miles away from the quiet world of Nubiansia, nothing else, the Hicks Kingdom’s national treasury will soon hungry ......

This is also the place where Claude’s attack on the Hicks always feels wrong. It’s really like the Hicks’ way of attacking the roadside, waiting for them to reach this mountainous area and reach the colony of Via Vato. I don't know if I want to go to the Year of the Monkey. The key is that Claude did not find out where the problem is. The Hicks are not attacking, but are actually step by step, occupying the front line of defensive positions.

General Beechklin came over and brought a letter from the war zone commander. The letter said that the Neptune Fleet and the combined fleet of the Hicks Kingdom did not return to the country, but arrived at the offshore of the territorial battle area. They launched harassing shelling on the port of Vibator, but they did not cause much damage to the port facilities. After the counter-attack of the city fire cannon in the dock area, the enemy ship did not continue to bombard, but turned around and left.

The head of the main field group of the meteorite regiment stationed in the port of Vibator reported that the enemy’s two fleets were mostly warships and did not see several ocean-going vessels. It is estimated that the purpose of this trip should be to harass the coastal areas of the theater directly under the jurisdiction. . In addition, they are heading south, perhaps to the port of Patras, directly under the jurisdiction of Robisto, to remind the defenders there not to be attacked by the Hicks Neptune Fleet and the Joint Fleet.

Since most of the two fleets of the Hicks Kingdom are warships and do not carry a few ocean-going vessels, it must be a harassing offense. Claude, General Beechklin and General Albert, don’t care much about the three deep-water ports under the territorial war zone, the port of Vibator, the port of Patras, directly under the jurisdiction of Robisto, and At the port of Bicchus, which is directly under the jurisdiction of Tilsim, there is a main field group of the Stone Corps and a local garrison station. Together with those city fire cannons, it can completely resist the sneak attack and attack of the Sea King Fleet and the Joint Fleet.

In addition to these three deep-water harbors, the coastal areas under the direct control of the war are shallow seas and reefs. The warships cannot be approached at all. Unless they are stranded or used a lifeboat, the theater command has set up a guard post in the coastal area. If the enemy wants to land from the coastal area, it will recruit nearby garrison troops, enough to destroy the enemy on the beach.

Therefore, the eagle’s letter sent by the theater command indicated that the three generals on the front line did not need to worry about this matter. The harassment theater command of the enemy warships in the coastal zone had already prepared a plan, and would not let the enemy’s warships What damages and injuries are caused by the territory directly under the jurisdiction.

On September 21, Claude received a report from a secret agent lurking in the colony of Rhodes Bay. The former Royal Knights Reserve Corps, which was originally on the eastern mountainous border, suddenly returned to the rear of the general logistics base to join the camp. It is said to be normal zipper training and will go back two days later.

After three days, I received a report from the secret agents again. The light cavalry regiment in the general logistics base camp, that is, the Cavaliers' reserve army did not know when it disappeared. The secret agents estimated that they had to go back to the battalion of the eastern mountainous boundary overnight, because the residents of Roddox Bay City were not allowed to leave the city at night, so the secret agents did not see the whereabouts of the light cavalry.

Full of food... Claude thought so, but still took out the notebook and remembered the light squad, which can be used for long-distance zippers, especially for one night. It is not an easy task for the entire legion to complete the preparations for departure and to leave quietly.

Two days later, on September 27, Claude received an emergency letter of assistance from the theater headquarters. The Hicks landed in the fishing port town directly under the jurisdiction of Amphitheatre and occupied the entire fishing port town... ...