Twenty-Six Ireland Hill Grenadiers

The cloud of war had actually floated over the earth fort long ago. After learning that Mayne had been breached, the city lord of the earth fort, Tombran, was already alert to his neighbors.

The 60-year-old lord of the earthen castle is also a powerful character, not comparable to the two scumbag lords of Maine and Ferry. The earth fort is also a rich territory, with many mineral deposits, and a good life.

There are 1,000 cavalry in the earth fort, which is the proudest place of the earth fort. These cavalry had the best steeds, and were well trained to fight well. Even in the face of the nomadic peoples to the north, they are powerful beings with more wins than losses.

Moreover, half a year ago, he formed an alliance with his neighbors to the east, Beijun and Hanhai, in order to target the Duchy of Ailan Hill, which had already acquired three places.

On the other hand, he also increased the price of steel sold to the Duchy of Ailan Hill, strictly limited the total amount of steel sold, extorted more than 150,000 gold coins, strengthened himself and weakened Ailan Hill to a certain extent. .

As a result, just this morning, the city lord with some skill received a declaration of war from Ailan Hill-after the messenger from Ailan Hill handed the war book to the minister of the earth fort, Quickly left here without returning.

"Notify the two city lords of Hanhai in North County, and gather your troops! I want that idiot Chris to see how powerful an army of 2,500 cavalry is!" commanded,

"Blow the horn! Assemble the cavalry! Let's first attack the territory of Ailan Hill to burn, kill and loot, so that the soft bastards of Ailan Hill can see what the real war looks like!" Standing up from his seat, he stretched out his hands and said.

The waiters on either side stepped forward and draped his armor over him. The heavy cavalry of the earth fort is known as Arlant, and the frontal charge is enough to penetrate anyone's defense.

"Would you like to wait for the cavalry from Beijun and Hanhai to arrive?" a minister asked in a low voice.

Dong Bulan waved his hand and said, "The soldiers are very fast! If I don't take the opportunity to bite back, I will let the infantry of Ailan Hill come under the city. No matter how we fight, we will pay a heavy price for our earthen fortress. Good deal."

As he said, he had already put on his armor: "I'm going to use the cavalry's mobility to block layer upon layer, and consume those clumsy infantrymen to death on the plain! ... You don't have to worry, I'm all cavalry. It can be done."

On the other side, on the border line that originally bordered Seris City and the earth fort, Chris's soldiers crossed the boundary marker and marched mightily into the distance.

"I can't imagine that our soldiers don't even have armor... they went to the battlefield like this." Standing beside Chris, Vagron said with a wry smile.

Before the war, he had been reporting to Chris that the army had too little armor. But to this day, this problem has not been completely solved.

In the entire 1st regiment that participated in the war, only the officers were equipped with breastplates, and the rest of the soldiers only had new uniforms issued uniformly.

These new uniforms consist of a uniform and an armed belt, and each soldier carries 10 rounds of rifle bullets in a bullet bag around his waist. This is already the maximum number that the arsenal has worked hard and worked overtime to gather before the expedition.

Each soldier is equipped with a long thorn, and the three-edged thorn can maintain the length while maintaining the strength of the bayonet - and this design is the least technology-dependent, and can be said to be the cheapest and most labor-saving design.

However, the military thorn is not without its shortcomings, that is, this weapon can only perform stabbing actions, and has no other functions. This is also an important reason why the modern military thorn was completely eliminated.

But now Chris doesn't care about these, all he wants is the length of the thorns, so that the soldiers can have more sense of security,

Increase the advantage of the close combat of the troops: he needs to use the length of the thorn to make up for the lack of length of the Mauser 98K rifle.

On the other side of the waist, there is a hanging grenade ammunition bag: this thing is Chris's "play on the spot". It comes from the creative invention of the Chinese army. To a certain extent, it solves the problem that wooden handle grenades have no place to carry. The problem.

This thing is still very practical. On the one hand, it makes use of the empty space of the ammunition bag on one side of the waist because the number of bullets in the early Alan Hill army was insufficient. On the other hand, it also has a little bit of protection. The three wooden handles on the chest can play a defensive role that is better than nothing.

In order to increase the marching speed of the troops, each soldier was distributed with specially designed long leather boots. These shoes were only issued to officers in the past, but now, regardless of the cost, they have become part of the Alan Hill army. The standard configuration.

The luggage has also become something that every soldier must carry. The well-designed backpack is very convenient, and there are quilts for rest and some important personal items. For more than a year, almost all the gadgets produced by Ireland Hill's industrial production line are in this luggage.

It includes a small bar of soap for hand washing, a printed weapon maintenance manual, a small round mirror that looks good, a small candle that can be used in the field, and two boxes of matches, a wooden comb, and a shaving razor. Knife...

It can also be seen from the things carried by these soldiers that the products of Ailan Hill have been quietly changing the world and the lives of ordinary people in Ailan Hill.

What makes people laugh and cry is that although there is no armor, everyone in this army is issued a steel helmet, a defensive tool that looks majestic but is very simple to process. Vagron didn't understand Chris's approach very much. He felt that it was more appropriate to distribute breastplates to each soldier.

This M42 steel helmet is easier to process and provides better service. What's more interesting is that this kind of steel helmet makes the bland Alan Hill soldiers become spiritual at once, and looks like a handsome taste.

After such a modification, a later-known image of the early Alan Hill grenadier is ready to appear: with a Y-shaped armed belt, an ammunition bag hanging from the waist, and a long scabbard scabbard, hanging on one side of the chest. Three wooden-handled grenades, a suitcase behind him, a water bottle and a ration bag behind his butt, an M42 steel helmet on his head, and a pair of long leather boots on his feet...

In every way, this unit has the charm of modern infantry, and in some ways, they are even as good as the German soldiers in the early days of World War II.

It's a pity that this unit is definitely a typical representative of foreign power and cadre, just like the well-equipped Chinese German armorers during the Battle of Songhu - their ammunition is not sufficient, and the logistics supply can only be described as shabby.

This time, the troops mobilized by Serris were not a full regiment of 1,500 people as originally expected, but a full 2,400 people, almost the main force of the two regiments.

Because Chris found that the original force could not guarantee the reconnaissance and logistical support of the entire battle before the expedition, he could only draw some troops from other troops to ensure the normal operation of the entire force.

He selected 500 cavalrymen from the 2nd regiment, that is, the cavalry regiment, to be used as the reconnaissance force's security force, in order to avoid being raided by the opponent's cavalry in the wild. These cavalry do not need to engage the enemy head-on, they only need to provide early warning of the troops.

The other 400 people are to strengthen his artillery and transport detachment. Among them, 200 people are the real transport troops, responsible for transporting the supplies and materials for this expedition to the earth fort. They are drawn from the cavalry troops and are responsible for driving the carriages to ensure the supply of the troops.

There are also 200 people who are a reinforced artillery team of 10 artillery pieces. They are also drawn from the artillery of the 2nd regiment. They are equipped with old-fashioned 90mm caliber howitzers that are pulled up to make up the number. Old-fashioned artillery used in ferry crossings.

In fact, in this way, 30 cannons have two calibers, which makes Chris's supply of artillery more complicated. However, the problem is not really prominent, because the number of artillery shells is not large, and all the artillery shells move with the large troops, and there is no trouble in logistics supply difficulties.

As a result, the first time Alan Hill took the initiative to attack the outside world, it started very abruptly during the autumn harvest season. The reason for choosing this season is mainly because of the unexpected and the industrial needs of Ireland Hill itself - Chris thinks he has the ability to make a quick solution, so he does not worry about dragging the war into the winter.

Similarly, Lord Tombran, who believed that his troops had a mobility advantage and was ambitious to take down his opponents before the main force of Alan Hill reached the core area of ​​the earthen fort, assembled at almost the same time with a temporary More than 800 cavalry went south.

The wily Tombran never imagined that his opponent's cavalry of the Duchy of Alan Hill would turn into a ranger, determined not to collide with his main cavalry. After the other party learned that his cavalry was heading south, he didn't even carry out the harassment, so he immediately retreated.

Those cavalrymen who fell in the distance were like ghosts. They didn't fight Dombran at all. They turned around and left without waiting for contact, which made Dombran always have a very bad feeling. He also once sent cavalry to fight with each other on a small scale, but the effect was really not ideal.

On the one hand, the opponent didn't want to fight at all, and he didn't have any armor. On the other hand, after more than a dozen small-scale conflicts, he only killed more than 30 Alan Hill cavalrymen, but made more than 100 cavalrymen on his side tired and almost lost their combat effectiveness.

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