Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0066: Victory
"Prepare for battle!" Now, the company commander stood in front of his opponent, nervously drew out his sword, and pointed it in the direction of the enemy: "Hold on! Hold on!"
All the soldiers stopped, those in the first row knelt on one knee, and those in the second row remained standing - this was the tactic they were most familiar with, and it was also the tactic they had practiced countless times.
In the absence of the enemy's bows and arrows, in the absence of the enemy's effective firepower, they were ready to kill the enemy. They pulled the bolt of their guns, then closed one eye and observed their opponents through the gap in the rear sight of the gun.
The soldiers of the Alante Empire in the distance were still marching forward, they wanted to close the distance and let the archers behind them play their role. They had seen the opponent of Ailan Hill who was not even wearing armor, and they knew that they only needed one round of arrows to penetrate the opponent's slender defense line.
"Fire!" When everyone was ready, facing the enemy who was about 300 meters away, the captain of Ailan Hill finally shouted the order he had wanted to shout for a long time. Along with his order, thousands of rifles fired a crackling sound.
The sound spread out, accompanied by the white smoke that slightly spread from the muzzle, and spread to the distance. Then, before the gunshots fell, thousands of soldiers in the opposite Alante Empire square fell down with screams.
"What?" General Lumbak, who saw this scene for the first time, almost left the saddle. He stared at the faint white smoke coming out of the enemy's position in front of him with wide eyes, and was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.
It was clearly something similar to a cannon, but the enemy could actually equip every soldier with such a terrifying "single-person hand cannon"! For the first time, Lunbach felt that the enemy he was facing was a little difficult to deal with, and he even felt that victory was fading away from him.
"Damn it! Let the second 10,000-man army come forward! We must defeat this army! Otherwise, Budd and the Royal City will all be finished! It will all be completely finished!" The out-of-control Lumbak looked at the generals around him and roared loudly: "I will personally command the third 10,000-man army! All the troops come forward!"
All he could hope for now was that the opponent's hand cannon was as inconvenient to reload as a cannon, so he could use his numerical advantage to offset his weapon disadvantage.
"Sir!" Unfortunately, reality is always cruel. Amid the desperate shouts of several generals, the second round of volleys from Ailan Hill began. The bullets knocked down another group of soldiers from the Alante Empire. The first 10,000-man team and more than a dozen phalanxes had collapsed.
A general pulled the reins of Lumbak in a sobbing voice, and cried out in a loud voice: "It's too late! Go quickly! Leave this to us!"
The troops led by General Emil, a famous and brave general of the Alante frontier army, who led the attack, had lost more than half of their troops, and the entire army had fallen into despair. The surviving soldiers were fleeing backwards, and the second phalanx of 10,000 troops following behind them was thrown into chaos.
Before they could lose their composure, another desperate weapon started the massacre in the Ailan Hill army position. The heavy machine gun was as effective in preventing the enemy from rout as it was in preventing the enemy from attacking.
Faced with those fleeing soldiers who cannot escape their firing range in a short while and cannot lie down, the heavy machine gun is much more lethal than the heavy artillery.
"Bang! Bang!" As the machine guns began to roar, Alante soldiers began to fall one after another. On this vast plain, the Alante soldiers could not even find a reverse slope - with nowhere to hide, they were quickly shot into sieves and fell on the road of defeat.
The first 10,000-man brigade was quickly slaughtered, and the second 10,000-man brigade began to crowd towards the third 10,000-man brigade led by General Lunbach. Before the order to retreat was passed down, the third 10,000-man brigade also began to collapse.
Just like a contagious plague, running away became something that no one supervised. No one wanted to turn back and continue fighting, and everyone was desperately pushing and shoving backwards to escape. Before the bullets flew over, trampling began to cause more casualties.
Countless soldiers pushed down their friendly soldiers and officers in the ranks behind them, and then stepped over them - if they didn't do this, the bullets behind them would knock them to the ground.
Without even trying, Lunbach knew that he could no longer control his troops. More than half of his troops were collapsing and retreating. It was no longer a disaster that could be stopped by just one or two commanders .
He could only turn his horse back unwillingly, and quickly find a safe way to retreat while he was not caught by the fleeing soldiers. He had already given up, so it was easy to imagine how many of the remaining commanders were willing to continue.
Within two hours of the opening of the Battle of Bud, it turned into a rout of tens of thousands of people - this war made Kolya famous, but also made General Lumbak taste the bitter fruit of his first defeat.
"Retreat! Retreat!" Without even looking back, and even leaving behind the expensive red cannon, Lumbak began his escape. He did not even retreat back to Bud, but ran directly to the other side.
As soon as he ran in the direction, he knew that he had given up the idea of defending Bud. He wanted to flee directly back to the royal city. This famous general had become a dog without a home.
Behind him, countless crazy Alante soldiers were chased by the Elanhill Grenadiers, throwing away their armor and running all the way to Bud. After losing 10,000 troops, another 20,000 chose to surrender.
The subsequent battle became a one-sided surrender, and the fastest to surrender were the Alante remnants on the front battlefield who were desperate. The brave Alante general Emil died in the chaos, and the remaining four generals of the 10,000-man army, one died in battle, two surrendered, and only one escaped.
About 12,000 people fled to Bud, and the rest became Kolya's captives and corpses on the ground. When facing the famous general, Kolya just followed the instructions in the manual and won the first victory of his life.
"Clean up the battlefield!" Corea was really calm, he didn't even have the thrill of winning at the risk of his life. When he saw the opponent's square formation, he almost knew that he had won, and it was an indescribable feeling of embarrassment.
It's like holding the biggest straight flush when gambling and waiting for the other party to show their cards. He doesn't care what tricks his opponent has because his cards have already made him invincible.
"The news from the grassland cavalry... they captured about 3,000 cavalry and defeated the remaining 3,000 cavalry... about 4,000 people fled." An officer rode forward and delivered the latest battle news.
Kolya nodded slightly, then gave an order: "Let the troops rest for two hours, then continue to advance southwards and prepare for the siege. We must take down Bud as soon as possible!"
"Yes, General!" All of his men clenched their right fists and pressed them against their chests in response to Kolya's order.
A day later, Bud surrendered, and Kolya captured more than 20,000 prisoners there. With the end of the Battle of Bud, all the organized troops in the north of Alante had been annihilated by Ailan Hill.
Now, the only thing left was the 100,000 Alante reinforcements heading north. However, the combat effectiveness of these troops was not very good, even worse than the Alante defenders in the Battle of Bud.
In the city of Seris, Chris yawned slightly tiredly. He had written about 70,000 words of textbooks in the past two days, and he was exhausted from copying books. Fortunately, he wrote books in the factory workshop, where there were electric lights, which allowed him to use the night more comfortably.
In Seris City now, there are many factories that produce and process their products 24 hours a day. Apprentices are trained to operate machinery, and with these people working overtime, the production speed of the factory will naturally increase.
Countless ammunition and weapons were produced and then equipped to more reserve regiments. After receiving the equipment, these reserve regiments began to move south into Alante and went to the front line to fight side by side with the main regiments.
Although many advanced weapons are still unable to be produced due to production capacity constraints, Chris's industry has begun to get on the right track as time goes by. At least, he is now building a railway and miniaturizing steam engines and generators for practical use.
"Your Majesty!" Des pushed open Chris's door, walked in, and placed a telegram on the table in front of him. "I just happened to be here, so I brought this to you."
As he spoke, he pointed at the telegram and said to Chris, "Kolia has already captured Budd, and our defense line is complete... Now, all we have to wait for is for the people from the Holy Demon Empire to arrive!"
"I hope the information Franzberg gave us is accurate." Chris put down the pen in his hand, leaned back in his chair, exhaled and took a rest, and said: "As long as he is not lying, we can withstand the attack of the Holy Demon Empire!"
"He has no reason to lie. I'm still optimistic about our battle to slay the dragon." Des was a little more optimistic than Chris because he felt that anti-aircraft guns could definitely be considered deadly weapons against dragons.
"What I care more about is..." Chris looked at Des and said, "What Franzberg said, the west of the Holy Demon Empire..."
"In short, we can't stop our weapons research and development. We will make more weapons and equipment to face stronger opponents!" Des was full of confidence. He clenched his fists and said to Chris: "Elan Hill will win!"
