Chapter 248 Battle of Bido Castle 4

Chapter 245: Battle of Biduo Castle 4

On April 2, 1991 in the Holy Calendar, the battle between the two major factions in the Northwest Gulf to compete for Fort Bido officially began.

As soon as the sun rose, the coalition station was overwhelmed by the noise. The officers' roll calls, scoldings, whips, the movement of men and horses, and the clash of weapons and armor filled the entire camp with a tense and solemn atmosphere.

It took more than two hours for the coalition forces to get into shape.

Price Parker and other generals rode at the head of the formation. Facing the rising sun in the east, the old earl drew out the sword from his waist and pointed it diagonally at the sky. Under the reflection of the sun, the sword shone brightly.

He shouted seriously: "Target! Kent Camp! Forward!"

"Roar!" All the troops shouted in unison!

The phalanx formed by the coalition forces began to move slowly towards the enemy camp in the east.

For this battle, in addition to leaving more than 1,000 people to guard Fort Bido behind them, the coalition forces put the remaining 6,000 people into the battle.

The camps of the two combatants were quite far apart. In order to prevent the formation they had worked so hard to arrange from being disrupted, the coalition forces had to stop and go, stopping to reorganize every distance they walked.

After all, the quality of soldiers is generally not high. Most of them are newly recruited militiamen. They were still hoeing in the fields before.

This situation reminded Bryce of the first "Military Parade" held when Earl Greyman had just succeeded to the throne. The army of Arda at that time was just like the leading armies on the march now. No matter how well-organized the formation was at the beginning, it would be impossible to get into chaos after taking a few steps.

The scout who went to the front to inquire came back and reported: "The Kent army is also moving this way in a strict formation. The two armies will be in contact soon."

Earl Parker raised a telescope and looked east.

This was a gift given to him by Bryce at Paul's instruction. The old earl cherished this sharp weapon that could watch enemies thousands of miles away and carried it with him at all times. Other lords and generals were so enthused that they privately asked Bryce for a large sum of money to buy it, but Bryce blocked them all for the same reasons as for firearms.

In the telescope, smoke and dust were rising in the east, indicating that a large number of people and horses were coming this way.

Bryce rode up to Plath Parker and said to him:

"Your Majesty, our army is facing the sun, while the enemy's back is facing the sun. The situation is not favorable for our army."

Earl Parker nodded and asked him: "Does Lieutenant Colonel Alder have any strategies?"

Bryce raised his riding crop and pointed in the direction of east-north.

"If we can occupy the high slope over there first, we can use the advantage of the terrain to offset the disadvantages of light to a certain extent, and the height will be more powerful for our army's artillery."

Although under the auspices of the old knight Schroeder, Graiman Military Academy "crash-trained" a group of officers, some basic military common sense has been firmly imprinted in the minds of officers at all levels in the Alda army. Bryce was particularly sensitive to the terrain and asked the scouts to survey the nearby terrain before starting the fight.

Earl Parker twirled his beard and said hesitantly: "The idea is very good, but if we suddenly speed up, I'm afraid..."

"Without bothering your lords' subordinates, the Arda army is willing to serve as the vanguard and seize the high ground ahead for the army."

Earl Parker pondered for a moment, "Okay, I'll just trouble Lieutenant Colonel Alder."

Bryce saluted him with a hand-raising salute that was slightly unfamiliar to everyone, and then rode back to the front of his troops.

"The first infantry battalion, the second infantry battalion, and the artillery company are all here. The target is the high ground in the northeast. Run forward!"

The Alda army quickly took action and ran away from the large coalition forces. Each artillery piece of the artillery company was pulled by more than four horses. It was highly mobile and followed closely behind the two infantry battalions.

Although they were running forward, Arda's army still maintained a relatively tight formation. Once they encountered an enemy, they could stop and reorganize for a while before entering combat mode.

Such high quality amazed the other lords of the coalition.

"It seems like it's not a rumor that Grayman has a standing army."

Under the supervision of Earl Parker, the main force of the coalition forces also slightly accelerated their speed and moved to the highlands in the northeast.

The first battalion first approached the high ground and found that there was already a figure on it. The officer of the leading company judged that the other party was a scout of the Kent army, and immediately led the soldiers to rush up and fired several rows of guns.

After several lives were taken away by unfamiliar weapons, the remaining figures evacuated the high ground in panic.

Panting, the soldiers of the two battalions climbed to the halfway point of the high ground and reorganized their battle formations.

"Quick! Let the artillery company set up the artillery and bombard the advancing Kent family army!"

Bryce urged anxiously. Through the observation of the telescope, the marching direction of the Kent family army also deviated slightly to the north, obviously heading towards the high ground.

Their actions had to be delayed. At the critical moment, the artillery did not live up to their daily rigorous training and quickly built a firing position on the top of the high ground.

Accompanied by roars and thick smoke, 14 solid artillery shells carrying a large amount of kinetic energy flew towards the advancing Kent family army.

The current artillery company is equipped with a total of 6 6-pound guns and 8 4-pound guns, and all have been equipped with flint ignition devices, which greatly improved the firing efficiency.

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In this bombardment, the artillery company tried the "cannon group tactics" for the first time - using all available artillery to concentrate on bombarding a main target or the route where the enemy is moving. Since it is difficult to hit directly, it is better to bombard a key point to replace the accuracy of firepower.

Fortunately, although the distance is far, several shells still fell on the top of the Kent family army.

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"Maintain the formation! Those who disobey the military order will be executed on the spot!"

Jais shouted hysterically, and the knights around him spread this order everywhere.

Jais's original plan was to seize the high ground, but he didn't expect to be beaten by the coalition forces. He was so angry that he ordered to speed up the advance and must recapture the high ground. The scout reported that the number of coalition forces rushing to the high ground was not large.

Unexpectedly, his army had just taken a few steps when it heard a roar from afar.

This sound was so familiar that Jais felt very bad.

Sure enough, something shot out of the air and hit the marching infantry square.

"Ah!"

A soldier covered his stump and wailed in pain. He was the first wounded.

After the shells bounced off the ground, they continued to harvest lives. People were thrown to the ground and cried for their parents.

Seeing that the friendly army was attacked so terribly, the other squares stopped moving.

An inexplicable atmosphere permeated the armies of the lords loyal to the Kent family.