Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0046: Plan
"Boom! Boom!" On the front line between the Dosen Empire and the Alante Empire, a round of artillery fire landed in the densely packed crowd. The densely packed army was cut by the rampaging shells, plowing out traces full of blood.
The artillery of Ailan Hill has rewritten the history of war. The side with the artillery seems to have gained the advantage on the battlefield. The soldiers of the Alante Empire are moving forward steadily. They have seen the smile of the goddess of victory.
The originally neat formations of Dosen soldiers had become tottering at this moment. Terrible metal balls fell from the sky, landing in the crowd and splashing a bloody storm.
The entire defense line was collapsing, and Dotson's officers were no longer able to stop the collapse of their soldiers. At this moment, they did not want to stop such a collapse, because they themselves were among the collapsed crowd.
No one dared to face such a terrible weapon. Everyone believed that the Alante Empire had the support of the Magic Empire, so Dosen's soldiers were not only defeated by the momentum of the weapons, but also by their fear of magic.
"Has the Holy Demon Empire abandoned us?" An officer climbed up from the ground with blood all over his face, crying and shouting to get his arm back. His armored arm was cut off by a stream of heat, just like butter cut by a hot knife.
A soldier tried to stand up, but found that his lower body was gone. He tried to shout, but could only spit out blood. Soon he was motionless, lying with the corpses around , without making any sound.
Not far away, the troops of the Alante Empire were marching in neat steps, shouting slogans and approaching the battlefield, which was like hell on earth, step by step, accompanied by drum beats. There were no organized enemies in front of them, only some crazy enemy soldiers.
Countless spears were laid flat, sweeping across the obstacles in front of them. Some soldiers who forgot to escape were quickly stabbed to the ground, while the Alante soldiers continued to advance step by step, completely ignoring the bodies trampled into the mud under their feet.
"Long live Alante!" On the high slope, the soldiers who had not yet had time to join the crushing attack shouted like a mountain. Their flags fluttered in the sky, and their voices echoed across the plain.
Riding on a tall horse, General Zorn pointed at the battle formation in the distance with his armored gloves and asked his followers proudly: " Look! In the mortal world, no one can stop the army of our Alante Empire!"
"Yes! Yes!" A general smiled flatteringly and praised General Zorn, saying, "Your Excellency is in command. The Alante Empire will surely reach the pinnacle of the mortal empire under your leadership, General."
"Hahaha!" Zoen laughed triumphantly, but his laughter didn't spread far before it was drowned out by the fierce sound of war drums. He pulled the reins of his warhorse and said triumphantly, "The Dosen Empire will definitely report this to the Holy Demon Empire and accuse us of hiding advanced weapons and plotting against us... Unfortunately, they will never imagine that we have already sent the cannons to the Holy Demon Empire! Hahaha."
"Your Excellency is wise!" "Your Excellency is truly intelligent!" "Your Excellency, you are truly the Star of Alante!" A group of flattering generals quickly nodded and bowed in flattery in front of Zorn.
After hearing these compliments, Zorn's smile widened and he became even more proud. He was in a good mood, so he gave a more radical order: "Send the message to the troops! We don't need any prisoners!"
Far in front of him, one after another, square formations covered with iron armor were slowly moving towards the end of the horizon. The first battle between the Alante Empire and the Dosen Empire ended with a great victory for the Alante Empire.
In this battle, Zorn led 100,000 troops of the Alante Empire and easily swept through the 70,000 troops of the Dosen Empire. The price paid by the Alante Empire for this victory, which slaughtered at least 5,000 people and defeated 70,000 people, was minimal, and it didn't even have 200 wounded soldiers.
The red cannon that had just appeared on the battlefield had already demonstrated its powerful power beyond this era. It was precisely because of its good performance in this battle that General Zorn became more fond of this weapon.
"Hold the rear! This kind of weapon should be equipped to every castle and every unit!" Zorn urged his horse forward and said to a confidant beside him: "After this victory, I think Doson will surrender soon."
"When we get back, I want at least 300 new cannons!" He continued as he walked forward, "The battle with Ailan Hill won't be so easy! They also have cannons like this...so the war situation can't be so one-sided!"
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"The Alante Empire is different from our previous opponents. They also have cannons!" Chris put his hands behind his back and reviewed his border defense plan for the second time: "We have two reserve regiments on the southern border. These regiments are unable to hold their defense line."
"As long as Zorn leads his main force north, our border may be breached. This will be a loss for us because the war will destroy our carefully paved roads and ruin our crops." He used his pointer to point to the location of the southern line of defense on a very large and detailed map.
With the advent of more accurate measuring instruments and the improvement of optical equipment such as telescopes, Ireland Hill's mapping skills have also improved greatly. The fact that Chris can now use such detailed maps to make strategic arrangements is also a direct manifestation of this improvement.
"The best way is to send our main force south ahead of time and gather at the border... be ready for battle at any time." He used his pointer to draw a circle at the positions of the three main force regiments in the rear, and then looked at Wageron.
Wageron nodded and said, "Alante's attack can only threaten the Seris area, which is very beneficial to us. We have gathered five regiments of troops and are fully capable of building a defense line."
"If it's just defense, I estimate that as long as three main regiments are present, they can block about 100,000 soldiers of the Alante Empire near the southern part of Seris..." He used another pointer to gesture at the first and second lines, and it was obvious that he was still not used to this way of fighting.
Below, 10 captains and 10 trainee captains who had come to the meeting, plus Des and others, filled the entire conference room. Everyone was listening carefully to this pre-war analysis meeting, or rather the second pre-war analysis meeting.
Every 20 days, Chris holds such a combat assessment meeting, reviewing what kind of reinforcements his troops have received and calculating how to allocate the troops in his hands.
If Zorn's plan to go north and attack Ireland Hill was just a rough idea, then Chris's plan to fight Alante was already a very precise battle plan.
"Now, the second-line garrison regiment has also been equipped with 20 75mm caliber infantry guns and 300 rifles for training." A regiment commander raised his hand and made his own suggestion: "If we are given more weapons, I think the first-line defense will not necessarily be unable to withstand the enemy's attack."
As the equipment of the second-line troops is getting better, Chris is forming more infantry regiments. Some of the better-equipped regiments have been promoted to the 8th, 9th and 10th regiments, and the newly formed troops have also filled the vacancies of the 11th to 13th regiments.
Each front-line infantry regiment was actually equipped with thousands of rifles and about 200 revolvers. In addition to 20 artillery pieces, there were also more or less anti-aircraft guns and machine guns, so their combat effectiveness was actually difficult to assess.
Because no one, including Chris, had ever commanded a unit with sufficient ammunition and such complete equipment. In the joint exercise, the training regiment once achieved a terrifying record of defeating seven second-line garrison regiments with one regiment.
There were even statisticians who pointed out that if the teaching regiment had sufficient ammunition, it would not be difficult to defeat another seven regiments. Encouraged by this result, many infantry regiments that were equipped with rifles and machine guns felt that they could face off against an enemy force about ten times their size.
After the expansion, a regiment now has more than 2,500 officers and soldiers, so many middle-level commanders believe that as long as three second-line regiments are deployed on the border, even Alante’s troops will not be able to break through Ireland Hill’s first border defense line.
This line of defense consisted of two parallel trenches and a communication trench, with some reinforced concrete bunkers in some areas. The reason for preparing such a line of defense was mainly the "relics" left over when the troops were trained to build defensive facilities, and it was not intentional.
However, relying on this southern defense line, the military of Ireland Hill really felt that they could fight the Alante Empire for every inch of land.
"How about we have four garrison regiments fighting against the troops of the Alante Empire heading north? If we can withstand the opponent's attack, we can then let the five main regiments lead the reserve forces composed of five second-line regiments to counterattack." Wagron was also tempted by this defense plan and asked Chris.
Chris thought about this defensive counterattack plan and felt that it was indeed more comfortable than pure defense, so he nodded and said, "Let's set this as the second set of operational plans for now. At the next meeting, we will discuss the third set of plans - our first-action offensive plan!"
"Yes!" Everyone stood up, put their right fists on their chests, and responded with their chins raised.
