The mainland calendar year 1127, spring.

A war related to the rise and fall of the two empires began in the official declaration of war between the Holy Kuyavian Empire and the Kingdom of Burgundia.

After the war broke out, the Kuyavian Imperial Army, which was hoarding on the border, went south together with the Army of the Kingdom of Burgundia, and launched an offensive against the Holy Roman Imperial Army, which was waiting on the other side of the border. Relying on long fortifications and a large number of artillery, in the first round of a full-scale offensive, the offensive team was repelled after paying a heavy price. They were bombed by artillery shells falling from the sky before they even reached the edge of the first trench. The man turned his back on his back, and at the same time was shot over a large number of soldiers by the dense barrage composed of lead bullets, unable to launch a counterattack.

Although the defensive deployment of the Holy Roman Emperor’s Army has been clarified in advance, and a large number of special offensive plans have been prepared, in actual combat, the enemy’s firepower is beyond everyone’s imagination. Although the bullets fired by weapons can be said to be unstoppable, even if they wear several layers of armor, the bullets can easily penetrate the past and kill the people inside.

After the first round of offensive was repelled, Kuyawi’s army quickly launched a second round of offensive. This time, they made corresponding preparations. The soldiers no longer set up a close formation to advance, but loosened, although they lost The combat effectiveness of soldiers in the formation will be greatly reduced, but this will undoubtedly reduce the number of soldiers killed by artillery, but after rushing into the range of the rifle, even if they list a loose formation, they will still be row after row. The volley taught how to behave, and the Kuyavian soldiers charged back and forth, but eventually they were defeated and retreated.

Compared with the Kuyavian Empire, which used the professional military system, the army of their ally Burgundian Kingdom performed unsatisfactorily. The conscripts from all over the kingdom only received a few rounds of shelling and had not yet entered the guns. The range of fire was ripped out one after another, and the knight masters who were supervising the battle behind almost drew their swords and slashed people, but they still suppressed the urge to slash people. The pride of being knights brought them together and formed a cone of charge. , Launched a charge against the defense line of the Holy Roman Emperors.

Seeing that the knight masters took the lead, the soldiers who had fallen back renewed their courage and shouted and followed the chaotic formation.

"Really looking for death."

On the opposite side, the commander of the Second Army, Third Brigade, and First Regiment looked at the slowly accelerating knight, and said disdainfully. He was walking in the first trench. The soldiers were all lying on the soil, putting their muskets on it. Ready to shoot at any time.

boom--

A violent cannon sounded from behind, and the commander subconsciously looked up and saw a black spot flying over his head at high speed, whizzing into the distance, and then falling heavily on the road where the Burgundian knight was running under his watch. Throw up large patches of dirt and snow.

The falling shells seemed to startle the horses running in front. They neighed and raised their front hoofs, and their rear hoofs couldn't help retreating, kicking away the surrounding snow. After a while, they were calmed down and continued to trot forward.

The knights did not know that death was imminent. They drove their hip horses to trot forward, laughing at the accuracy of the enemy’s artillery shells. They did not know that this was just a tentative shelling. A few seconds later, a series of shells sounded from the back of the position. The black spot flew towards the advancing knight, almost in an instant, dozens of shells fell heavily into the running knight team!

In the next second, people turned their horses on their backs, and the high-speed moving shells smashed any objects blocking their flight path. The knights in delicate armors didn't even have time to scream, they were blown apart by the shells. A knight saw the black cannonball flying in front of him, and subconsciously raised his shield to defend, but the upper body was directly cut off by the cannonball. Only the lower body on horseback was still spraying blood and was stimulated by the blood. The horse was frightened and ran to the side. During the run, the lower body that had lost support also fell from the horse's back.

After the shelling, the whole team was full of blood. Those survivors looked at their comrades in horror with only the pieces of meat left, and did not care to comfort the frightened horse under the crotch, they were run without direction by the neighing war horse. As long as you have been in contact with a shell, even if it just happened to be rubbed, a large piece of meat will be taken away, let alone directly hit head-on.

In one round of shelling, the menacing knights were crushed, and the infantry who followed were stunned. When the roar of the devil's shelling sounded again, they came to their senses, and the trees fell and humiliated scattered and fled, fearing the Holy Rome. The target of the shells fired by the Imperial Army was them.

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The fighting on the first day quickly ended. The Kuyavian coalition left hundreds of corpses and withdrew to their garrison griefly. Faced with high losses, the nobles began to wonder whether the offensive plan was useful. Their soldiers couldn't rush through the firepower net of the Holy Roman Emperor's army at all. In one day, the farthest place they rushed was also more than 30 meters away from the enemy's first trench.

Such a huge consumption made the commanders and nobles feel very distressed. Nearly a thousand people were killed in the battle on the first day. If the casualties are greater than this, they will have no soldiers themselves in less than three months. Can be served.

After some discussion~lightnovelpub.net~The officers of Kuyawi’s army decided to report what happened here to the Queen. Although it was not stated clearly, the Queen was given a choice from the side, or continued to let the army be on the front line. The standoff is deadlocked, or the Northern Army Corps will be dispatched to the south.

However, Richard did not give them the opportunity to wait for reinforcements. In the early morning of the next day, Richard swore in the barracks and personally commanded the First Army to attack the Kuyawi army facing them, and the First Army was dispatched. Later, the Second Army and the Third Army on the front also acted. The artillery of the three regiments sent hundreds of artillery shells into the defense lines of the Kuyavian and Burgundian forces, blasting the coalition defense lines. , Was devastated, a large number of soldiers were killed by artillery shells falling from the sky, or were killed by shrapnel after the explosion of a flower bomb, screams from the long line of defense sounded one after another.

After several hours of artillery bombardment, accompanied by a long offensive horn, the line infantry, in units of companies, crawled out of the trench under the guidance of the double-headed eagle flag and launched an attack on the coalition positions. Those soldiers who survived the shelling looked at the enemy infantry and flying flags all over the mountains, losing their courage and retreating hastily, giving up their positions to the enemy.

The fierce shelling alarmed the corps station behind the defensive line. When the corps was assembled and went out of the city to meet the enemy, it happened to hit the rout soldier. After hearing the narration of the ruined soldier, the legion commanders watched each other, although they did not witness it with their own eyes. But they could feel the tragedy of the bombardment just from the narration of the defeated soldiers.