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Chapter 91 The Battle of Kosoya
"Keep up! Keep up! Gentlemen!"
In the dark wilderness, the roar of cannons shook the earth. The Lasvia Empire had amassed a large force in its assembly area. This empire did not take Amelansi seriously and did not take any further action except to deploy sentries and guards. This was not because the Lasvia Empire underestimated its enemy; few armies of this era were capable of launching nighttime attacks.
Alice stood at the very front of the column, the standard-bearer charged forward with the flag held high, and soldiers carrying Carcano rifles with bayonets slung across their backs ran forward, the god of war constantly forging the battlefield.
"We've been hit! Damn it! What is that?"
"Has anyone spotted the enemy? Quick! Assemble the troops!"
The artillery fire continued to fall, all of them explosive shells. For the Lasvia Empire, explosive shells remained a problem, and at this moment, they were being bombarded by them! And those were expensive explosive shells!
"No enemy detected, General! We can't find any enemy artillery!"
Organizing a counterattack amidst the roar of artillery fire was no easy task, but the Lasvia Empire's army was capable of it. The infantrymen in green uniforms were quickly assembled, and the cavalry were spreading out, but they still hadn't spotted the enemy. The density of artillery fire was increasing, and the Lasvia army felt as if they were being targeted by the artillery of an entire nation.
"Sir! Enemy troops have been spotted! They are charging towards us!"
"Line up! Forward!"
General Lasvia also spotted figures emerging from the dense forest; sparse infantrymen were approaching them at the edge of the woods. He immediately organized his soldiers, advancing in three ranks with their rifles shouldered.
"A sparse and disorganized infantryman... Hmph! Just a rabble!"
The Lasvia Empire's army, with its yellow eagle banners held high, marched forward with heads held high, displaying the imposing presence of a vast empire. Despite the artillery fire, they stood firm, while the enemy forces that attacked them appeared to be nothing more than a rabble, men who couldn't even form a proper line.
The infantry marched in a line, heads held high, as the sun peeked over the mountains. The Lasvia Empire was not in complete disarray; everyone was convinced they would defeat the enemy and conquer the Lasvia Empire.
At the edge of the woods, three soldiers assembled a machine, the metal parts clanging as an ugly water-cooling jacket was filled with icy water.
Click!
One hand pulled the bolt, and the canvas belt dragged the cold bullets into the chamber. Then, both hands gripped the handles, thumbs on the trigger, awaiting the order.
"Machine gun fire!"
"Yes, sir! Machine gun fire!"
Like a million rifles firing, machine guns, and true slaughtering weapons, the bloodiest side of war began to be revealed. An invisible storm of metal swept away the infantrymen who were lined up in neat rows like a broom. The general of the Lasvia Empire was horrified to find his soldiers falling one after another with the terrifying, continuous gunfire. Like dominoes, they fell one after another.
"What...what kind of weapon is this?"
He was pinned down by his adjutant and hidden behind a rock. He peeked out halfway to look at the woods in front of him. On either side of the woods, there were two intermittently lit fires, and there were also some scattered fires in the woods.
The bombardment had ended, and the hastily organized battle line of the Empire's elite troops had collapsed. Alice lay prone in the middle of the ranks, holding an M1873 Colt "Peacekeeper" pistol.
"cavalry!"
A soldier pointed to the cavalry that had charged out from the side. Alice did not deploy cavalry; instead, she used trucks and cars. A large number of "B-type Liberty trucks" towed various equipment and infantry needed by the troops. These motorized vehicles were used on the battlefield for the first time.
These trucks were spearheaded by the National Automotive Industry Department under the Industrial Council. Every part had detailed blueprints, and every supplier was required to standardize their parts so that they could be interchanged. The final product was the increasingly common military standard Type B Liberty truck, which was based on the American Liberty truck made during World War I.
Of course, besides transportation, they sometimes also have to undertake combat missions, such as serving as chassis for twin-mounted Maxim machine guns.
Alice's First Guards Division naturally had a number of armored vehicles converted from Standard Liberty trucks, but mounting 75mm rapid-fire cannons on such platforms in the Dresden assembly area was not practical and would require a major repair shop to handle.
So when the cavalry charged toward them, 12 armored vehicles from the 2nd Panzer Regiment of the 1st Guards Division, which had suddenly appeared from the side, turned their twin Maxim machine guns around. These armored vehicles, with their canvas roofs removed and 12mm steel plates installed around the driver's cab, engine, and vehicle, immediately became the stars of the battlefield.
The cavalry of the Lasvia Empire were quickly drawn to these armored vehicles and turned their horses to charge. However, the Maxim guns on the 12 armored vehicles opened fire at the same time, and such firepower immediately made the cavalry feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze.
Of course, this spring breeze carries bullets.
"What the hell is that xxx?!"
"General! Get out of here immediately!"
The general of the Lasvia Empire soon witnessed the hell of the cavalry. The enemy's iron cavalry's repeating weapons fired continuously, and the bullets they fired could pile up into a metal mountain. The cavalrymen were quickly shot off their horses, and sometimes even the horses were not spared.
But with a large number of cavalry, two brave riders finally charged in front of the trucks and swung their sabers at them.
"It's no use..."
The sun had already risen, and he could clearly see those things spewing out storms of metal—complete metal monsters. Sure enough, when the saber struck the armored vehicle, it immediately produced a crisp metallic clang, and the cavalryman felt a powerful vibration in his hand gripping the hilt.
If something like this appears on the battlefield, what use are cavalry?
Alice raised her pistol, aimed at the cavalryman, and pulled the trigger.
bump!
The cavalryman, dressed in blue uniforms and wearing a helmet, leaned forward, swayed a few times, and was then thrown to the ground as his horse galloped. The tricolor flag was raised in front of everyone's eyes. The general of the Lasvia Empire suddenly realized that it was the very demon country that their military had planned to pass through a few days ago.
Their original plan was to pass through their territory, defeat the Balkan Empire, annex the Principality of Orovia, and then turn around and conquer the demons.
But now, the demons have launched a fierce attack, unleashing a barrage of gunfire, powerful artillery, and mysterious iron turtles. Within a few hours of the attack, the empire's most elite divisions have lost more than half of their strength and are rendered incapable of fighting.
What he didn't know was that at the same time, even more troops were launching an attack on the Lasvia Empire, and they were facing an even more vulnerable garrison.