Chapter 245 The Battle of Bidoburg 4

On April 2, 1991 in the holy calendar, the battle between the two major factions in the Northwest Gulf officially started for Bidowburg.

As soon as the sun rose, the coalition garrison was flooded with noise. The officer's roll call, yelling, the sound of whips, the sound of walking of men and horses, and the sound of clashing weapons and armor filled the entire camp with a tense and chilling atmosphere.

It took more than two hours for the coalition forces to set up their formation.

Price Parker and other generals stood in front of the entire formation on horseback. Facing the rising sun in the east, the old earl pulled out the saber at his waist and pointed it obliquely at the sky. Under the reflection of the sun, the sword shone brightly.

He shouted solemnly: "Target! Camp Kent! Forward!"

"Roar!" All the soldiers shouted in unison!

The phalanx formed by the coalition troops began to move slowly, pushing towards the enemy camp in the east.

For this battle, the coalition left more than 1,000 people to guard Biduo Fort behind them, and the remaining 6,000 people were all put into battle.

The camps of the two combatants were quite far apart. In order to keep the hard-earned formation from being messed up, the coalition forces had to stop and go, stopping every time they walked a certain distance to regroup.

After all, the quality of soldiers is generally not high, and most of them are militiamen who have just been conscripted, and they were still hoeing in the fields before.

This situation reminded Bryce of the first "military parade" held by Earl Greiman when he first succeeded to the throne. The army of Arda at that time was just like the leading armies marching now. No matter how neatly you lined up at the beginning, you would have to be chaotic after a few steps.

The scouts who went to the front came back and reported: "The Kent army is also moving here in a strict formation, and the two armies will be in contact soon."

Earl Parker raised a telescope and looked east.

This was a gift given to him by Bryce at the behest of Paul. The old earl treasured this kind of sharp weapon that could see the enemy from thousands of miles away, and he carried it with him all the time. The other lords and generals were envious, and privately asked Bryce for a lot of money, but Bryce blocked them with the same reason as firearms.

In the binoculars, smoke and dust have risen in the east, showing that a large number of people are coming here.

Bryce rode up to Plath Parker and said to him:

"My lord, our army is facing the sun, and the enemy's back is facing the sun. The situation is not good for our army."

Earl Parker nodded and asked him, "Does Lieutenant Colonel Alder have any strategies?"

Bryce raised his whip and pointed east by north.

"The high **** over there, if we can occupy it first, we can use the advantage of the terrain to offset the disadvantage of the light to a certain extent, and the high place is more powerful for our artillery to play."

Although under the auspices of the old knight Schroeder, the Gleiman Military Academy "crashed" a group of officers, but some basic military common sense has been firmly baked into the minds of officers at all levels in the Arda army. Bryce was very sensitive to the terrain, and asked the scouts to touch the surrounding terrain before starting the fight.

Earl Parker twirled his beard and said with some hesitation: "The idea is very good, but if you suddenly speed up, I'm afraid..."

"Don't bother your subordinates, the Arda army is willing to be the vanguard and grab the high ground ahead for the army."

Earl Parker pondered for a while, "Okay, I will trouble Lieutenant Colonel Alder."

Bryce saluted him with a slightly unfamiliar salute, and then rode back to the front of his troops.

"First Battalion of Infantry, Second Battalion of Infantry, Artillery Company, all of them are there. Target the high ground in the northeast direction, run forward!"

Arda's army moved quickly, running away from the main coalition forces. Each cannon of the artillery company was pulled by more than four horses, with high mobility, closely following the two infantry battalions.

Although they are running forward, Arda's army still maintains a relatively strict formation. Once they encounter an enemy, they can enter the fighting state by stopping for a while.

Such a high quality surprised the other lords of the coalition forces.

"It seems that Greiman raised a standing army is not a rumor."

Under the urging of Earl Parker, the main force of the coalition forces also moved slightly faster to the high ground in the northeast direction.

The first battalion first approached the high ground and found that there was already a figure on it. The officer of the leading company judged that the opponent was a scout of the Kent army, and immediately led the soldiers to rush up and fired several rows of guns.

After a few people were killed by unfamiliar weapons, the remaining figures fled the high ground in a panic.

The soldiers of the two battalions climbed to the half **** of the high ground panting, and reorganized the line battle formation.

"Quick! Let the artillery company set up the artillery and bombard the advancing Kent family army!"

Bryce urged anxiously. Through the observation of the telescope, the direction of the Kent family's army was also slightly deflected to the north, obviously coming towards the high ground.

Their actions must be delayed. At the critical moment, the artillery did not fail to live up to the rigorous training in the weekdays~lightnovelpub.net~ and quickly built a firing position on the top of the high ground.

Accompanied by the roar and thick smoke, 14 solid shells packed with a lot of kinetic energy flew towards the advancing Kent family army.

The current artillery company is equipped with a total of 6 6-pound guns and 8 4-pound guns, and all of them have been replaced with flint ignition devices, which greatly improves the firing efficiency.

In this bombardment, the artillery company tried the "cannon group tactics" for the first time - using all available artillery, concentrated bombardment on a main target or the enemy's advancing route, anyway, it is difficult to hit directly, and simply bombarded a certain point instead Accuracy of fire.

Fortunately, despite the distance, a few shells fell on the heads of the Kent family army.

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"Maintain the formation! Those who disobey the military order will be executed on the spot!"

Jaes yelled hysterically, and the knights around him spread the order around.

Jia Aisi's original plan was indeed to seize the high ground, but he did not expect that the coalition forces would take the lead. He was so angry that he ordered to speed up his advance and make sure to regain the high ground. The scouts reported that there were not many coalition troops rushing to the high ground.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his army marched a few steps, they heard the roar from afar.

The voice was so familiar that Jia Aisi felt bad.

Sure enough, something shot in the air and hit the marching infantry phalanx.

"what!"

A soldier clutched his stump and howled in pain. He was the first wounded to appear.

After the shell bounced off the ground, it continued to harvest life. Along the way, people turned their backs and cried for their fathers and mothers.

Seeing such a terrible attack on the friendly army, the other phalanxes stopped at once.

An inexplicable atmosphere permeated the armies of the lords loyal to the Kent family.