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Chapter 263 Probing Attack
It rained heavily for two days. When Phokas' army crossed the mountain and came to the main road, there were no clouds in the sky, and the rising sun made people feel a little dazzling.

The [-]-strong army set off, and lost more than a hundred people along the way. One cannon and [-]% of the supplies fell down the valley and could not be recovered.

Phocas was very satisfied with this, and let everyone rest for a while, eat enough dry food, reorganize the queue, and then set off to the Wesson Army's defense line.

At the same time, the barracks in the rear were no longer closed, and [-] troops set off on horseback or in carriages, followed by soldiers with logistics supplies and recruited farmers.

When he was about to reach the defense line of the Wesson Army, Phocas said to Alda again: "You are the protagonists in today's battle, let you take command. It is best to break through the defense line. If not, weaken them, and wait for the main force from the rear to come. breakthrough."

Arda glanced at the rising sun, and said confidently: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely let you drink the wine of victory today!"

Phocas laughed, patted the horse he was riding on and said, "Oh, the old man is getting old and can't run fast, otherwise I will definitely charge with you."

He didn't seem to realize at all that the reason the horse couldn't run fast was because he had gained more fat in the past few years.

Wesson's army got the news very quickly, and the headquarters immediately ordered all units to enter a combat state.

In the headquarters, little Franz issued the latest order: "At present, only the enemy's vanguard troops have arrived. The main force has not yet arrived. Don't fight too hard, and scare the main force away!"

Frederick came to the hillside position by the lake, and Eugene watched the enemy's formation with binoculars in the headquarters.

"Awesome!" Frederick sighed, "There are actually 19 musketeers, 5 cannons, and [-] of them are not small in caliber. If they are used well, they can determine the outcome of a big battle."

Eugene said to him a little nervously: "Commander, it looks like they are going to attack us first, you should go back to the main position."

Frederick shook his head and continued to observe the enemy's weapons.

Now the enemy has all entered the range of Wesson's artillery, but little Franz did not order to shoot, but waited for the opponent to strike first.

At this time, Arda looked at the Wesson army's position and was cursing, not for anything else, because they dug many trenches on the ground, and only one head was exposed.

He ordered five 5mm caliber artillery to divert and attack the main position of the Wessen Army, and the remaining 120 14mm caliber artillery bombarded the hillside by the lake. First, try this small position that should protect the water supply line.

Eugene saw the enemy's artillery pointing this way, and immediately ordered: "Everyone enter the reverse slope position!"

He joined the Wesson Army for a short time, but he has been studying during this time, from weapon performance, regulations, to various combat examples in actual combat and exercises, and feels that he can barely keep up with the pace of this magical army.

But what the real situation is, we have to fight a battle to know.

Frederick saw a little powder leaked by the enemy when he was loading gunpowder and was blown away by the wind. He curled his lips and said, "It's actually powder gunpowder. No wonder it's so close. It's considered a success if it has a range of 500 meters."

A cloud of white smoke soon rose from the artillery position on the opposite side, and a dozen black shells flew towards the hillside by the lake, stirring up pieces of mud one after another.

It rained a lot, and the ground was a bit soft. The shell hit a hole, and there was no ricochet.

Eugene sighed: "It's quite powerful."

Frederick nodded and said, "The way the army fights will change in the future."

The opposite side found that the shells were not effective when they hit the mud, so they began to shoot at the barbed wire outside the position.

However, the destructive power of solid bullets on barbed wire is limited, and a few rounds of bombardment have little effect.

At this time, Eugene issued a new order: "Sniper, kill a few who fired, and make them nervous."

Soon after, there was a burst of gunfire on the position, and several artillerymen fell down at once. Many people were wounded and a few were killed.

Arda immediately asked the heavy infantry to place their large shields in front of the artillery, trying to protect the precious artillery.

Eugene won't let the sniper fire anymore, everyone go to the back and rest.

Little Franz's order is to hold the enemy back, so let's consume it slowly.

"Yo hoo!" Frederick laughed suddenly, "It actually exploded!"

Eugene's tactic of increasing the pressure on the enemy was successful. One of the guns poured powder into the barrel without cleaning it.

Arda saw that there seemed to be few people on the other side, so he ordered the infantry to move out.

100 musketeers went out, and they walked in the front, followed by 300 pikemen and sword and shield soldiers.

At this time, Franz Jr. called to ask if he wanted artillery support, and Eugene replied: "We don't need it now, let's save the artillery for last."

Little Franz sent another order: "Princess Mary has sent the latest enemy information. The enemy's reinforcements are marching forcibly. It is expected to arrive at the battlefield tonight. The firepower can be increased appropriately."

At this time, the enemy artillery was bombarding the barbed wire fence with full force, and after the infantry approached, it began to bombard the positions on the hillside.

Eugene issued a new order: "The whole army enters the position in cover, and the snipers stop the artillery."

The sniper soon started shooting again, and this time achieved great results. An enchanted bullet hit a pack of gunpowder powder, which in turn exploded a pile of gunpowder around it.

It's just that the explosion power of these gunpowder packed in waterproof bags is not as powerful as that packed in airtight containers, and the damage caused is not great.

But this was enough, Arda immediately ordered all the artillery to be transferred, and at the same time sent 300 musketeers and 1000 cold weapons troops to run along the lake to attack the hill.

When the first batch of enemies approached the barbed wire fence under the hill, following Eugene's order, the soldiers squatting in the trenches stood up and started shooting.

Soldiers with pea guns fired 20 rounds of bullets in the magazine at a place where the enemy was densely packed, and then squatted down to change the magazine.

The enemy's musketeers fired in a hurry, but the smoke from their guns was too great, and the white smoke of the people in front blocked the sight of the people behind.

This is not a problem for the Wessen Army. If you can't see it, use a cherry bomb to hit it.

On the position by the lake, Pea Gatling, who was originally a point of side fire, turned his gun and pointed at the enemies rushing along the lake.

The handle was turned, and bullets were fired at the enemy one after another, and the fairly neat queue collapsed in an instant.

Some people were frightened and jumped into the lake immediately, and the lake was dyed red after a while.

Arda's face turned dark, and he hurriedly ordered to retreat, but none of the 400 people sent out in the first batch came back, and only half of the 1300 people from the second batch of lakeside returned.

Phocas's face darkened in agreement, and he went over to Arda and said, "The gun on the other side is stronger than you, let the mage group join the battle."

Arda nodded and began to adjust the deployment.

(End of this chapter)