18th century total war

Chapter 100 Li Wei's Pursuit

Obviously, the defensive plan made by the Normandy Region's 'Command' headed by Sennawi was very good, but it overestimated the combat capabilities of the executors.

The first echelon was charged by a wave of bayonets from the Guards infantry, and then the 'non-contact' collapsed, along with the second echelon that had just been formed also collapsed...

The provincial coalition infantry who came to support them were panic-stricken. Seeing such dense guns, the Li Wei rebels did not take a step back, and even used their bodies to block the guns of their teammates climbing behind. Risk your life with the other party?

What's more, the reputation of Li Wei's rebels as "invincible with bayonets" has long been spread by the provincial coalition infantry who retreated from the Normandy defense line.

The two echelons of gun platoons collapsed one after another, so it is naturally impossible to form a third echelon. No matter how insane the frontline commander is, he knows that he can't 'add fuel' to it at this time!

The situation of a great defeat has already appeared, and with the morale of the infantry of the provincial coalition army, as many people as are sent up at this time will collapse.

With the sound of the retreating signal from the rear of the first line of defense, it indicated that the infantry guards had completely captured the first line of defense...a section of the area!
The land area dozens of miles away from Caen City is so vast that it can't be filled with Karl's troops, and it is impossible to disperse the troops when attacking. They concentrate their forces to attack a relatively flat area.

Horizontally, there are still large areas that have not been captured.

As for the retreating first line of defense soldiers, most of them retreated towards both sides. After running a certain distance forward, they reached the second line of defense on higher ground!
As for continuing to attack in other directions on the first line of defense, it is meaningless to Karl, and he will waste his troops for nothing.

Although Caen is not a mountainous city, within a hundred miles of the outskirts, it is impossible to have a flat surface. There are many small valleys, small forests, bushes, rolling highlands and slopes, etc.

These terrains all have the same characteristics, and it is easy to set up defenses based on the terrain!

Even though it is not difficult for the Guards infantry to capture and climb over the breast fortifications, that is because the attack area chosen by Karl is relatively flat!
If you choose those highlands and small cols, just wait for the mountain to attack!
Naturally, the Caen city defenders did not give up on these easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack terrains. It is impossible to deploy heavy troops everywhere in a continuous defense line. These geographically favorable locations only require the construction of a large number of concave and convex fortifications, and then the deployment of a small number of troops. Achieve the defensive effect of deploying tens of thousands of troops on flat terrain!
When the first division of the Black Dragon Legion broke through the first line of defense, these strategically located positions became obstacles for cutting the entire area of ​​the first line of defense.

It's not that Karl can't attack, after all, attacking from the side is less difficult than attacking from the front.

But Senawi and his team had long been prepared for the first line of defense and even the three lines of defense in the suburbs to be lost, so they built wild defenses on the sides of these dangerous terrains. If they wanted to attack, they would also have to pay for it with human lives!
With the combat effectiveness of the Guards infantry, they can naturally take down the entire first line of defense regardless of the cost, but how much force will it cost?
What's more, even if it is taken down, the first division of the Black Dragon Legion is already at a disadvantage in terms of strength. Can it attack the second line of defense from other directions at the same time?
When attacking the first line of defense, Karl didn't dare to divide his troops to feign an attack, let alone when attacking the second line of defense!
In this case, it is better to concentrate the troops and attack in the flat area. Anyway, as long as Caen City's peripheral defense line penetrates one channel, other defense lines will become meaningless. Even if the Black Dragon Legion does not attack, the defense of other defense lines will The army also had to retreat to the urban area of ​​Caen to fight street fighting.

This can be regarded as a tactic of having fewer but better soldiers.

The guard infantry chased all the way to the second line of defense before stopping and retreating to prevent being bombarded by the artillery of the defenders on the second line of defense.

At this time, the "foresight" of the commander who was in charge of commanding the artillery was revealed. Since the artillery was arranged too far back, after the chest fortification was breached, they only needed to move a short distance to retract into the second On the defensive line!
The infantry guards chasing the two wings stopped in front of the fortifications on dangerous terrain. Anyway, the area they captured was enough to bear the main force of the first division of the Black Dragon Army.

After the battle, Karl began to arrange for people to collect prisoners of war and clean up the battlefield. The first labor task of those prisoners of war was to fill in all the messy fortifications on the first line of defense!
As the attacker, those defensive fortifications on the rear buttocks are meaningless, but will affect the maneuvering and detour of the first division of the Black Dragon Army.

After Major General Karl created a gap in the first line of defense outside Caen and firmly occupied it, Levi, who was far away in Rennes, suddenly received a total war system prompt.

[Congratulations to the army under the host's command for defeating the superior enemy army with a disadvantaged army, and received a great victory evaluation, 3 points of glory and 1 point of building points. 】

"Finally something has been made. It seems that the first division led by Karl has met a real opponent."

Li Wei opened the personal panel and found that the column of guard infantry on the top has been reduced from the original 18500+ to 17800+. This victory lost hundreds of people, but gained three glory points and one building point. It can be said that this Battle earned!
You must know that the golden finger of the Total War system is not earned in every battle. If the number of deaths exceeds the honor points obtained, or if the battle breaks out and Levi's side has the advantage, it will be a loss!

The reason why Li Wei failed to get the system reward reminder in the previous battle when Karl broke through the Normandy border was because in that battle, Li Wei's side had an absolute advantage in beating the children. Naturally, there would be no rewards for this kind of victory...

Fortunately, the army after brainwashing and training has super strong combat effectiveness. If it has an advantage, basically not many people will die after the battle, usually starting in single digits.

As for sharpshooters, there are still so many, at least the hundreds digit has not become smaller.

For Levi, whether it is the enemy soldiers who died or the brainwashed soldiers on his own side, they are just a series of numbers. What he pursues is power and status.

I finally traveled to a parallel world and got a golden finger. Wouldn’t I be wronging myself by not being an emperor?

Li Wei admits that he is a vulgar person, and what he likes is to wake up and take over the world, get drunk and lie in the lap of a beautiful woman!

For the progress of human society, for the shining of the light of civilization... these lofty ideals, in Li Wei's eyes, are all meant to be shouted out to outsiders.

What he pursues are basically the same, power and women!
The former can make him happy, and the latter can make him happy physically and mentally!
(End of this chapter)