"General, I'm sorry, I was caught in the enemy's trap and caused heavy losses to the fifth regiment."

Hearing the trembling voice of this sentence, Charles's body, who was walking forward, suddenly stopped and stopped. He then turned around and looked at Leon Moro, who was almost a blood man, and his mouth twitched. , Said: "This is not your fault, but the enemy is too cunning."

"I too underestimated the enemy." He added, looking at the corpses everywhere, he blamed himself.

"General..." Leon Moro wanted to say something. The 4th Regiment Commander Fabrizio beside him reached out and stopped him. He looked at Leon Moro's gaze with a heavy expression on his face. Shaking his head, the latter could only shut his mouth, and looked at Charles who seemed to be old for many years.

It’s no wonder that Charles has never been defeated, and he has always been smooth, winning streak, but now, the reality has given him three big ears. One regiment was annihilated by an ambush, and one regiment is still trapped. There was a heavy encirclement, life and death uncertain, and one regiment suffered heavy losses, unable to recover its combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

The group walked forward again. The surrounding soldiers were on the battlefield. They moved the bodies of their soldiers to the designated place. Every musket was also put away. Watching all this, Charles suddenly stopped. Coming down, let the following officers froze for a moment. Before they could ask, Charles’s heavy voice sounded: “Withdraw the troops, shrink the defense line, and we can’t until the reinforcements sent by your majesty arrive. Take the initiative to attack."

"What?" Several officers were taken aback, and the commander of the Fourth Regiment Fabrizio quickly asked: "Then what about the Second Regiment?"

"Yes, what about the soldiers of the second regiment? We can't abandon them." Others also responded.

"We are still not able to rescue them." Charles said solemnly: "The fifth regiment suffered a heavy loss and needs to be repaired for a period of time to regain combat effectiveness. I am afraid it will be difficult to rescue the second regiment with the remaining first and fourth regiments. On the contrary, it is very likely to be surrounded by enemy forces far more numerous than ours, so the second regiment cannot be saved yet."

"But the second regiment can't get supplies, it will soon run out of ammunition and food, and it will not last until the day when the reinforcements arrive." Leon Moro said, he suffered from exhaustion of ammunition and food, and naturally understood the second regiment. The fate that will be encountered.

Charles also understands the fate of the Second Regiment after it runs out of ammunition and food, but he can do nothing. In the case of insufficient troops, it is a very stupid behavior to rush to rescue the comrades who are decoys, regardless of the type of command, even if it is. Given his elite veterans of the First Legion, he dare not take such a risk, let alone a new army with weak melee combat.

At Charles’s strong request, the New Army retreated with the bodies of the fallen soldiers of the Fifth Regiment. They have been withdrawing to the nearest stronghold, Amatlia, which was originally an important stronghold of the Union Army, but in the Winster Army. When the triumphant song was about to hit here, the defenders inside fled away, leaving a warehouse full of grain, grass, weapons and equipment, and this place became the front line stronghold of Winster's army along the way.

The news of the withdrawal of the Winsters was quickly learned by Cassiano, which made him somewhat unexpected, but he quickly changed his tactics after reacting. Since the Winsters gave up rescuing the besieged army, then He had no reason to keep this army. Therefore, under the command of the High Command, a large-scale attack against the Second Regiment was launched again after a few days of silence. This time, the Union Army used ten captured artillery pieces, and they used these ten artillery pieces to aim at the Second Regiment. The gates and walls of the regiment's stronghold were bombarded indiscriminately. When the soldiers of the second regiment were stunned by the bombing, they launched a strong attack, and finally broke into the stronghold of the second regiment.

In terms of being able to use the captured siege artillery, thanks to the captured artisans of the Third Regiment. Under the coercion and lure of the Alliance army, a few people were still shaken. How to use the musket and the siege artillery method. Tell it out, in exchange for their chance to survive. But fortunately, they don't know the formula for making gunpowder, and only know how to repair the gun, otherwise the Akanania Alliance can take this opportunity to become the second force with the ability to make firearms.

It is quite normal for craftsmen to join the enemy. After all, they are not systematically produced units that are 100% loyal to Richard. Instead, they are recruited from the local indigenous people. Although restricted by Christianity, they will not treat Richard. Hostile, but this does not mean that they will not surrender to the enemy because of the enemy's actions when they are captured.

The siege of the second regiment’s stronghold continued until the night. Although the soldiers of the regiment resisted stubbornly, they lacked ammunition to repel the seemingly endless stream of enemies. The resistance line kept shrinking, in order to prevent the regiment’s artillery from falling in. Low-hands, the artillery even used the only explosive pack to blow up the artillery in a concentrated manner, killing them with the enemy. All the soldiers died on the battlefield. They used their blood and lives to defend the double-headed eagle badge on the military cap.

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After annihilating two Winster armies in a row, Cassiano Chavaria’s reputation soared. The citizens of the Akanania Alliance cheered for the name~lightnovelpub.net~ Men regarded him as As an idol, I am determined to follow his footsteps, while women fall for him, eager to have a moment with this victor. But those who opposed him did not change their attitude towards him because of this. They felt threatened from the victory on the front line, fearing that Cassiano would grow into an existence they could not overthrow.

Not only that, in the Parliament of the Union, the support of the people to Cassiano made these MPs feel deeply jealous. Now that the threat of the Winsters has gone, Cassiano has no need to continue to lead the troops, so Some members began to propose that Cassiano should be withdrawn and replaced by a new commander. But this voice was still too small. Although most of the MPs were jealous of Cassiano, they dared to replace him only after the threat of the Winsters was completely eliminated.

However, at this time, the Second Army reinforcements sent by Richard had already landed in Luctos and rushed to Amatlia where Charles was. In order to retaliate for the defeat in the land war, the repaired First Fleet departed Paisikia Port and headed straight to Patridawa, the city where the Akarnania Union Council is located. This city is a coastal city and also a prosperous trade. The city, as the core of the alliance, once attacked by the Winsters, the entire alliance will be shaken.

Richard has spotted this point before ordering the First Fleet to move and shell Patridawa. This will be a signal: as long as I want, I can threaten your "capital" at any time, or even destroy it. For the flat ground!