Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0065 Confrontation

"Deploy the troops as straight as possible! The line of troops must be controlled well! We must withstand the opponent's attack head-on and defeat the opponent!..." Kolya looked at the green Alante King's flag opposite and gave orders to his men.
5,000 people, facing off against an army ten times their own, this is definitely the most tragic battle in human history. A few years ago, these 5,000 people might not even have the chance to retreat.
But now, Kolya never thought of retreating with his men. All he wanted was to use his own troops to defeat the opponent head-on. No matter who the opponent was, he wanted to give it a try.
He wanted to try out whether the heavy machine guns in his ranks were really that scary. He wanted to try out whether his artillery was as strong and powerful as during training. He wanted to try out whether there were any troops that could withstand a frontal attack by his 5,000 men!
Yes, he didn't even think about defense. He was preparing to attack the opponent head-on from the beginning and defeat him in one go.
"March drums! Let the soldiers advance! We have no time to waste!" He rode on his warhorse and ordered the officers around him: "Let the artillerymen play some music for the enemy! I don't want them to watch us kill in an orderly manner !"
Opposite him, the royal general Alante Lumbak, wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, was also riding on a warhorse. In front of him, the troops in gray armor formed a huge square formation, countless long spears stood in front of him, and the green Alante battle flag fluttered in the wind.
"Get the red cannons ready! They must be preparing to bombard us!" Lumbak pulled the reins and ordered his generals, "Let them regret giving us this weapon!"
"Yes!" A general responded with his head down, and then as he shouted, one huge bronze cannon after another was pushed out from the crowd. The caliber of these cannons was even larger than what was drawn on Chris's drawings, and the caliber was also larger, about 100 mm.
Then, countless Alante soldiers began to operate around these cannons. They stuffed gunpowder into the cannons, followed by a huge solid iron ball - only when firing this kind of iron ball shells, the range of this cannon could reach the designed maximum distance.
"Hu! Ha!" One call after another sounded at the artillery positions of the Alante Empire. The soldiers pulled the cannons, drove the horses, and pushed these heavy cannons into the firing positions.
On the distant plain facing them, the commander of the Ailan Hill army, Corea, put down the telescope in his hand and turned his head to look at a general beside him: "What are they doing? Are those things that are bigger than carriages also cannons?"
"I don't know! General! Our artillery is ready! It can fire at any time... Should we prioritize destroying those 'red cannons' to ensure the safety of our own infantry?"
"Of course! Open fire immediately! Kick the enemy's artillery out of the battlefield! I don't want to hear the enemy's artillery fire, it's best not to let me hear any!" Kolya's face was serious, and he ordered his artillery commander.
The opponent clenched his right fist and pressed it against his chest, then took the reins of the warhorse, turned the horse's head, and rushed towards the artillery position not far away. Less than a minute later, the artillery of Ailan Hill began their performance.
"Boom!" "Boom!" Following the first round of shooting, each artillery gun staggered its firing time. They wanted their observers to confirm where their shells landed so that they could adjust their shooting angles in the subsequent shooting.
After more than a year of rapid development, the artillery of Ireland Hill has become a system of its own. They have their own technology and tactics. They are no longer rookies who simply open fire and pour ammunition.
Then, through Kolya's telescope, a huge explosion occurred in the distant Alante formation, and wisps of black smoke rose straight into the sky. The enemy's position began to become chaotic, and the originally neat square formation also changed shape.
"Boom!" After adjusting their shooting parameters, the second round of artillery fire began immediately, and the rear-loading cannon showed a strong advantage in firing rate. The caliber of Ailan Hill's artillery was small but powerful, and it was easier for the soldiers to load.
These 75mm caliber field infantry guns once again fired shells, and more than half of them fell into the artillery positions of the Alante Empire. For a time, thick smoke covered the entire artillery positions of the Alante Empire, and even the artillery observers of Ailan Hill could not see their battle results.
"I hope these idiots learn a lesson! The bigger the cannon, the more powerful it is!" Kolya put down the telescope and said to the people around him with a sneer. His words attracted laughter and the atmosphere became lively all of a sudden, as if everyone came here to camp instead of to fight.
The atmosphere on the opposite side of the Alante Empire was not so relaxed and pleasant. Alante Lumbak, whose face was extremely ugly, looked at the almost destroyed artillery position and gritted his teeth as he gave the order to continue fighting.
"Let the remaining artillerymen prepare to fight back! Even if we only have one cannon, we must teach the enemy a lesson!" He gave the order while looking at the Elanhill army formation in the distance.
Rather than calling it a formation, it would be more accurate to call it a line of soldiers: the enemy seemed to have only three rows of soldiers, and the battle line was almost as long as the 50,000 soldiers of the Alante Empire. Such a line of defense had no thickness at all and could not stop the impact of cavalry or infantry.
However, the prerequisite is that there are cavalry or infantry that can rush to this line of soldiers. Although he had an ominous premonition, looking at the opponent's slender line of soldiers, Alante Lumbak still thought that he should test and attack the opponent before making any plans.
Even if there were 10,000 people, they would still have the advantage. It would be better if they could defeat the enemy. If they couldn't, they would still have time to retreat. Anyway, the enemy didn't have a type of soldier as powerful as the Dragon Knight, so they couldn't crush and kill them all the way.
"General Emil! Lead your 10,000-man army forward! Break through the enemy's thin line of defense, and I promise that His Majesty the Emperor will promote you to the rank of general!" Looking at the brave general beside him, Lunbach ordered sternly.
After destroying the artillery of the Alante Empire, the enemy's artillery began to extend the fire. Several infantry phalanxes had been hit by shells, and the losses began to make the soldiers tremble with fear. If they did not attack at this time, the entire army would collapse.
So Lunbach began to counterattack. He wanted to send his superior force to try to make the two armies come into contact. As long as they fought together, he could use his superior force to crush the opponent's defense line.
"Let the cavalry on both wings attack! No miracle will happen if we just wait there!" Although he was not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of his own cavalry, Lunbach still decided to create pressure on the opponent's two wings as soon as possible to prevent the opponent from using artillery to consume his resources recklessly.
"Elan Hill has its own new cannon! Send this news back to the royal city immediately! We've been fooled!" Handing the envelope with his seal to a messenger, Lumbak told the other party: "Perhaps Elan Hill has other weapons, so your majesty must be careful!"
The messenger nodded and galloped southward. A dozen knights joined the messenger in the distance. After watching the cavalry run away, Lumbak turned his attention back to the battlefield.
At this time, the artillery of the Alante Empire, which had finally made preparations, fired the first shot from their side: "Boom!"
A shell hit the back of the Ailan Hill grenadiers, splashing a cloud of dust on the open ground, but did not cause any casualties to Ailan Hill. Ailan Hill's artillery responded to the opponent's provocation, and another round of artillery fire landed accurately on the position of the Alante Empire artillery, burying it in a cloud of black smoke.
"Forward!" With one command after another, the phalanx of Alante Empire soldiers in gray armor began to move forward slowly. They marched in neat steps, holding their spears high, shouting slogans and walking towards their opponents.
On the other side, with the continuous beating of the marching drums, the Elanhill Grenadiers had advanced hundreds of steps. These lightly armed infantrymen without armor moved forward step by step, and the muzzles of the rifles on their shoulders swayed left and right with their steps.
Beside them, soldiers pushing heavy machine guns shouted slogans and bent over to keep the heavy Maxim within the infantry line. Behind them were platoon leaders, company commanders, battalion commanders, and regiment commanders who were advancing with the troops.
"The enemy's cavalry is moving towards the two wings..." An officer looked at Kolya and asked, "Should we stop advancing and be careful about our flanks?"
"No need! Let those grassland cavalry deal with those Alante cavalry! If they lose, it doesn't matter! I can break through the opponent's center army and still have time to reorganize the formation!" Kolya waved his hand confidently, rejecting his men's suggestions: "I only need one attack! That's enough!"
"One, two, one! One, two, one!" On the battle line, every platoon leader kept shouting slogans to keep his soldiers in step. These soldiers have shortened the distance between themselves and the enemy to 500 meters, and now they are very close to the enemy.
"Keep going! The enemy is right in front of us! Victory belongs to Elanhill!" Holding his ground, a company commander held his sword and loudly reminded the soldiers around him. He was also very nervous now, because he was just a soldier who participated in the Battle of the Eastern Forest a year ago.
Now, he can command a company of soldiers, and he himself can't believe that there will be a day when he can become a commander.
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