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"Commander Norman, this is the frontline report from the past few days. Please have a look."

At the station of the Second Regiment of the Second Brigade of the Fourth Army, Norman stretched out his hand to receive the battle report handed over by the adjutant, unwrapped the wax on the seal, and then took out the paper inside.

The frontline military situation is not urgent. This is reassuring. Although his nine-nation coalition is aggressive and powerful, it is still thunder and rain. Not to mention that it is to drive the power of the empire into the sea. The trenches were not able to pass. Facing the dense firepower network of the imperial army, their soldiers often broke up and retreated before they ran to the trenches.

Four days have passed since the start of the war. In these four days, the number of imperial troops killed in battle was not more than 20. Most of them were killed by Liu Shi, and none of them were killed by the enemy's swords and guns. The enemy forces all fell on the charge path one after another. They were either killed by muskets, smashed by artillery shells, or sifted by overwhelming scattered bullets.

After reading the battle report, Norman threw the battle report on the table casually, and he asked easily: "How about the ammunition reserves on the frontline?"

"Currently enough." The adjutant replied, his tone a bit contemptuous. "Each enemy attack will only consume our army's very little ammunition, because the soldiers only need to shoot a few rounds of volleys to be able to slap Vicki. The morale of the Niya collapsed, thus ending the battle."

"It's a pity." He turned around, with regret in his tone. "If every line of defense can be equipped with cavalry, then when the enemy withdraws, he will be able to rush out to chase the ruined soldiers and expand the results."

Norman smiled and said: "How can I not know this, but we don't have enough cavalry to be allocated."

The adjutant just wanted to continue to say something, just at this moment, the warning horn bell outside the camp tent suddenly sounded, interrupting his words. The two commanders were shocked and rushed out of the camp one after another. After rushing out of the camp, they saw a cloud of smoke rising from the distant horizon, and a large number of red battle flags were faintly visible in it. Norman immediately understood what was going on. It must be the main force of the Vecnias who had come!

"Enter the combat post! Enter the combat post!"

"The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming!"

"Assemble! Assemble!"

"..."

The shouts of the officers sounded one after another in the garrison. Soldiers in uniforms ran hurriedly on the passage between the camp and the tent with guns, and ran towards the trenches and the breast wall surrounding the tent. Norman and the adjutant looked at each other. , I saw a trace of solemnity from the other side's face.

"Sir, the intelligence sent back by our scouts risking their lives. There are more than 5,000 Vychnya troops, including 800 cavalry. This is the main force of the Vychnya people!" At this time, a The captain ran over and reported to Norman and his adjutant in a slightly hurried tone. This surprised the two regiment-level commanders again. Although a regiment had 3,900 soldiers, almost half of them were deployed at the border. The soldiers were divided, leaving only 900 line infantry and 600 carbine cavalry, 300 artillery (20 artillery), and nearly a thousand auxiliary soldiers using arquebus.

The three hundred artillerymen who operated artillery were totally incapable of combat, and nearly a thousand auxiliary infantrymen allowed them to use matchlock guns for nothing more than a sound. It would be better to use bucklers and spears to participate in the battle.

In their thoughts, most of the soldiers had already entered the fighting position. They were standing in the trenches or behind the breast wall, and filled their guns with ammunition. The regiment’s twenty artillery pieces were also pushed into the gun positions, and the gun jackets were lifted to reveal their darkness. With his hideous face, box after box of ammunition was transported to the front line by slaves to ensure that every soldier had sufficient ammunition.

Norman looked at each other with his adjutant again, and then walked through the running soldiers together to the front line. He could clearly see the appearance of the Vicinia army on the opposite side.

The total number of the Vychnya Army is more than 4,000. This can be seen from naked eyes. There are about 2,000 light infantry in their army. Those light infantry all have a small wooden buckler. Holding a simple javelin in his hand, most people wear a worn-out leather armor. Norman guessed that it was not the soldier's own. It should be the armor that the army had found in a warehouse that had been stored for a long time.

Behind the light infantry are more than two thousand heavy infantry. They are all covered with a burqa with the Vecchia Republic logo on them, so they can't see the covered armor. However, according to Norman's inertia, it can be inferred that they are very It is possible to wear chain mail. On this continent, chain mail is very common. Because of its low manufacturing cost and good protection, it has become the standard equipment of the regular army. In addition to armor, their weapons and equipment are also the most common spears and metal bucklers. There is an extra short sword inserted at the waist. Their helmets are covered helmets. In addition to a pair of sight holes, there are also positions on the cheeks. The densely packed breathing holes will make people with intensive phobias fainted on the spot.

This Osa-style helmet is very ugly, even the temples on the top of the helmet cannot save its appearance.

On the two wings of the infantry, there are heavy cavalry with both men and horses in armor. Their horses are dressed in lighter armor~lightnovelpub.net~ to protect against the damage of Ryuya. The knights must either wear ordinary chain mail on the outside. Wearing a burqa, or wearing a heavy scale armor from the land of the Eastern Hammer, this kind of scale armor can withstand most melee attacks and defend against long-range attacks, and is expensive.

The Hammer Land is a large peninsula east of the Osa Peninsula across the sea. According to legend, there is a group of people with high smelting skills. They can create the most deadly weapons and the strongest armors. The body is strong and strong (are not all blacksmiths tall and strong?), powerful, and very suitable candidates for the army, coupled with the weapons and armor they crafted, it is a perfect match. However, due to their poor sailing skills, most of them are dry ducks, unable to expand abroad. The death land in the north is said to be unpassable, which restricts their expansion plans.

As a result, such a nation that is most suitable for becoming a fighting nation was forced to do so honestly at home to build iron and equipment, and then wait for the navigating merchants on the Osa Peninsula on the other side to come to trade.

Keke, it's far away.

Norman was also a little nervous about the legendary armor with its defensive power. If the scales can really block the bullets, it would be disastrous for them-eight hundred heavy cavalry rushed into the barracks, right There is no line infantry with anti-riding ability, and the latter will naturally have only passive slaughter.