Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 297 297 Taking Chestnuts from the Fire

"Strauss and Burton are two little bastards. They are fighting so well in the south. I am under a lot of pressure." Throwing his gloves to the orderly beside him, Redman, wearing a dusty military uniform, strode across He touched the body on the ground and complained to the officer beside him.

"General!" Although there is no official Wright Kingdom military rank, the soldiers in North Ridge still used to call Redman "General": "Our troops are too spread out. They should be gathered in time and repaired."

"The 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment is still in Kanze, the 1st Battalion has just arrived at Ximei, and we are now close to the royal city of Gemelin." This staff officer from Beiling also studied at the military academy. , so the battlefield analysis is also clear and logical.

If you look at the previous war situation, the Northridge Army seems to be too spread out. Their two infantry regiments are scattered over a vast area, and they can no longer even look at each other.

Chariot convoys and car convoys transporting heavy artillery are now crowded on the road. These mules and horses have to transport a large amount of ammunition and heavy artillery, so they are no faster than other friendly forces.

 Behind these mule and horse troops are other armies of the Kingdom of Leyte. More than 10,000 troops are advancing, with more than 10,000 more to follow.

The Kingdom of Wright assembled an army of more than 20,000 people. Two infantry regiments following the Northridge Army and a strengthened artillery battalion invaded the Kingdom of Gemelin.

However, because the Northridge Army's offensive speed was too fast, these follow-up troops are now out of touch and are about 90 kilometers away from the real front line.

Wright VII of the Wright Kingdom did not expect that the Northridge Army, commanded by Redman, could advance at such a terrifying speed.

Along the way, he only saw the defeated prisoners of the Gemelin Kingdom who had no time to retreat. Most of the time, the troops he brought were only responsible for taking over the land and cities and guarding the prisoners.

 He was really happy that the war was going like this - he started a new round of expansion with almost no effort.

The Kingdom of Wright is in his hands, and its area is three times that of his father's reign. This achievement has made him feel a little elated.

The Northridge Corps is able to be so dispersed and control such a large area, on the one hand, because their commanders are more flexible, have higher subjective initiative, and can make independent judgments and respond to possible crises in a timely manner.

On the other hand, it is also because their weapons and equipment are indeed much ahead of their opponents.

They had hand grenades, a new weapon that could clear houses and trenches, and also deal with enemies trying to engage in close combat.

They are also equipped with some mortars developed by the Datang Group that have never appeared on the battlefield - these have always been not for sale by the Datang Group and are only equipped with part of the Beiling Army.

 With such light portable artillery, the Northridge troops had a certain degree of artillery support when facing fortifications such as castles.

 After all, these mortars can indeed keep up with the troops, they are simple to operate, and their ammunition is powerful enough.

This time, the ones who opened the city gate were the mortars carried by the Northridge Regiment. The infantry who followed behind used the KAR98K rifles in their hands, also known as K3 rifles, and were equipped only with Cyric flintlock rifles. The soldiers of the Kingdom of Gemelin learned a lesson.

The weapons of both sides are not products of the same era at all. The accuracy of the Cyric flintlock gun at a distance of tens of meters can only be judged by the face, but the 98K rifle can easily hit the target at a combat distance of 300 meters.

After a street fight, or a melee that was not a street fight at all, Redman took control of the place with only more than 500 soldiers from one battalion.

Because of the pressure of the Battle of Dorne, Redman had to move faster. He had to accumulate capital for himself on the Gremelin battlefield, otherwise his rank of major general would be almost unstoppable. .

As a teacher, he is not as good as his students. This is simply a shame for Redman.

“Where is the city lord here?” Redman looked at the prisoner who was kneeling on the ground by the soldiers and asked.

“Sir, my lord…the city’s lord…he, he’s just stepping under your feet!” The prisoner was so frightened that he couldn’t even speak.

He stammered, fearing that he would be shot to death if he spoke too slowly, so he stammered even more: "He, he, he was, was, was... shot to death!"

 Redman looked down at his feet and found that there was indeed a man in gorgeous clothes lying on the ground. He was shot in the forehead and the blood dried up.

"The location of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment! Where are they?" Redman unluckily moved to a position to avoid the dead city lord Earl, and glanced at the staff officer beside him and asked.

The staff officer signaled two trainee non-commissioned officers to help spread out the map, pointed to a location and explained: "The 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment was here 2 hours ago, and now they can only advance to about 20 kilometers behind us at most..."

"So slow?" Redman asked with some disgust - even though the advancing speed of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment, according to past indicators, is already a model of the speed of soldiers. "There is no way, general, they have to look after the heavy artillery battalion behind them. If the distance is too large, accidents may easily happen." the staff officer explained to Redman.

 Redman nodded helplessly, then pointed to a mark on the map and asked: "Is this the royal city of Gemelin? Are we still 30 kilometers away from here?"

"Yes, there are still 30 kilometers...But, sir, we have been advancing for a day and a night. If the soldiers don't rest, their condition will be very bad." The staff officer seemed to know what Redman wanted to do. He nervously reminded the officer, Troops have limits.

"Why are you so nervous? I have no plans to take the whole battalion of officers and soldiers to the opponent's royal city." Redman smiled coquettishly and offered comfort.

However, the other party obviously heard something strange from Redman’s words: “You don’t bring ‘whole’, ‘battalion’, ‘the’, ‘officer’, ‘soldier’...?”

"Yes! Reconnaissance Platoon, Company 1, I will take more than 200 people with me." Redman patted the other party's shoulder, giving him a sense of "I am interesting enough."

"General! I must be responsible for your safety!" The staff officer looked at the officers around him and emphasized in a very serious tone: "We can't divide our troops like this!"

“The 1st and 2nd companies will follow me, and I’ll leave you with the reconnaissance platoon.” Redman followed suit and immediately gave a more “safe” plan.

"..." The staff officer was completely speechless. He stared at Redman and emphasized: "General! This is not a question of whether you lead one company or two companies! This is the Kingdom of Gemelin! We are already on the enemy's side. The hinterland of the country! Such a dispersion of troops is definitely a taboo for military strategists!”

"It doesn't matter! We take advantage of this opportunity when the enemy has not fully mobilized the surrounding troops, and march straight in! If we break through the royal city, the opponent will completely lose!" Redman's idea is exactly the opposite of that of the staff: "The more chaotic the situation is, the more difficult it is for us. Advantageous! In the chaos, our troops can fight more bravely, while the enemy can only be beaten passively!"

Redman has great confidence in the troops trained by the Datang Group in Beiling. It can be said that he even firmly believes that this is the most elite troops in the world.

In addition to fighting against the security forces of the Datang Group, Beiling's troops may suffer losses, and they should crush their opponents against any force they face.

"But! General! Two companies are too few! Wait two days, or at least one day, for the follow-up troops to catch up. Even if there is only one of our battalions, we can continue the attack!" At this time, the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment The battalion commander, that is, the battalion commander of the battalion where Redman is currently, also spoke to persuade.

"Then I'll give you 2 hours! Rest for 2 hours! Then the whole army will continue to advance! Attack the King of Gemelin City! Leave... 20 people, waiting for the follow-up troops to take over here!" Redman looked at the distant place that was still smoking slightly. He spoke on the city street where he was.

Clenched his teeth, the 3rd Battalion Commander stood at attention, saluted, and said in agreement: "Yes! General!"

Seeing that the commander of the 3rd Battalion was unwilling to give up the credit for capturing the opponent's royal city, the staff officer could only sigh: "Let's do it like this! Just... 3 hours! General! Give the soldiers one more hour!"

"Hahaha!" Redman saw that no one objected to his order to attack immediately. He was in a good mood and nodded and said: "Three hours then! After three hours of rest, 20 soldiers will be left to guard this place. The remaining Go ahead! Target…Gmelin King City!”

"Yes!" The two officers hurriedly conveyed the order and took the time to let the troops rest.

 King Gemelin City, at this moment, did not know that there was already an enemy force, which was less than 30 kilometers away from them.

This ancient, huge city lingers on the horizon, looking solemn and solemn.

 In the inner city, inside the palace, the King of Gemelin was walking anxiously in front of his throne.

The knights he sent out to inquire for information brought back all kinds of confusing news, so the top leaders of the entire Gemelin Kingdom have been unable to make the most effective response.

There is no way. Some knights said that the enemy troops were still near the border, and some knights said that the enemy troops had crossed the Gmelin River and surrounded the royal city on both sides.

 In short, there is all kinds of news.

But even the king of Gemelin himself did not believe that the opponent would attack so fast. In less than a month, they reached the upper reaches of the Gemelin River from the territory of the Kingdom of Leyte.

 So, everyone is waiting, waiting for these rumors and intelligence to come together to come up with a clearer situation before issuing response orders.

At this time, a knight stumbled into the palace gate, staggeringly pushed away the soldiers blocking the way, and shouted loudly as he ran forward: "Enemy! The enemy has captured the River Sand Castle... It’s less than 30 kilometers away from the Royal City!”

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 Long Ling started to stay up late again... Yes, the second update will be later, you can watch it tomorrow morning...

 (End of this chapter)