MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 465 Crossing river pontoon

The 465th chapter of the crossing river pontoon

With the bang, the black smoke and fire from the bombings, as well as the fragments of the houses and human limbs that were blown up, flew into the sky, showing a brutal battle scene in the monocular. General Bologna was indifferent, but coldly gave his deputy adjutant an order, so that a squadron soldier prepared in the rear would reinforce the front line to compensate for the loss of the garrison soldiers on the defensive positions.

This is the 16th day of the siege of Lanhu City and the 23rd day of the fishing port town occupied by the Hicks. Even if General Bologna was ready to stand up to Lanhu City, he did not expect that he would usher in such a brutal urban street fighting. More than 3,000 garrison troops have been able to continue fighting for less than 6,000, and the casualties have already exceeded half.

At the beginning, the Hicks only used the Qingqi Legion to attack the city of Lanhu, but General Bologna was able to cope with it. Even though Lanhu City has not built a wall because of the expansion, it turns out that the light ride is really not suitable for siege warfare and street fighting. The arrogant Hicks Light Cavalry originally thought that Lanhu City would fall into their hands like a mature fruit. As a result, they encountered an ambush by the defenders when they broke into the dense lanes of the spider web.

The Hicks Light Cavalry, who had suffered a big loss, no longer dared to go deep into the city of Lanhu. They surrounded the three sides of Lanhu City. To the east is Lanhu. They can't help but watch the city's garrisoners transport the residents and wounded who are still stranded in the city to the other side of Lanhu by water, and transfer to the mountains to evacuate.

However, from the eleventh day of the siege of Lanhu City, the two standing regiments of the Hicks Kingdom finally landed in the fishing port town, and then rushed to the outside of Lanhu City. After only a half-day rest, it launched a fierce attack on Lanhu City. In just four days, General Bollonic’s garrison troops had nearly 1,000 casualties in one day. Although the Hicks’ offensive forces were several times more than the defenders, they were strong and lost.

"I don't know if the Thunder Legion will take a few days to get there..." General Bologna could only pin his hopes on the support of the Thunder Legion. Sometimes I think that General Bologna really regrets how he would ignore the abnormal situation of the merchants in the fishing port town, and actually believe the ghosts that the businessman said.

The defense of the coastal areas directly under the jurisdiction is the focus of the theater command, and General Bologna has personally inspected it. He also visited the fishing port town. There was no troops stationed there. The main reason was that it was close to the command of the theater and the reinforcement was convenient. The other is the shallow reefs in the shallow sea area, not to mention the ocean-going vessels, that is, the offshore transport vessels want to pass during the high tide period, otherwise it is easy to hit the bottom of the boat.

The shipbuilding workshop in the fishing port town can only produce a flat fishing boat for four people with a shallow draught for offshore fishing. When General Bologna visited the last time, he saw the shipbuilding workshop connecting three or four flat-bottomed small fishing boats together, nailed with two large wooden boards, and pressed the heavy objects in the cabin to sink the small fishing boat. It is level with the water in the water.

General Bologna also curiously asked what this was doing. The businessman replied that it was testing the pressure and leak resistance of small fishing boats. It took up to half a month to find out whether these small fishing boats were deformed or leaking. After all, it is a small fishing boat with a shallow draft. If you do not do such a test, you can't withstand the storms at sea. In the next ten days, these small fishing boats will be able to sell to the residents of the two municipalities, Cromwell and Beringer, after passing the inspection.

General Bolognic knew that Cromwell and Beringer Ghana, two of the direct-collecting vassals, had moved to a large number of military and soldier relatives. Those who were assigned to the coastal area to buy such a small fishing boat would bring a piece to their families. Additional seafood income. Therefore, he did not wonder why there were so many small fishing boat orders in this shipbuilding workshop. He also encouraged the businessman to make a few words and encouraged him to ensure the quality of production, wealth, and money.

It was not until the fishing port town was confirmed that it was occupied by the Hicks that General Bologna understood that he was on the merchant. When the Qingqi team that went to reconnaissance came back to report, it was mentioned that the Hicks used a small fishing boat to build a floating trestle through the shallow reef area of ​​the shallow sea, which could directly connect the deep-sea ocean-going ship to the trestle. Landing ashore...

If there is no such Hicks Detective, the Hicks want to land from the fishing port town, it is a delusion, even if they build a pontoon from the deep sea to the shore, at least spend a day. At that time, before they landed, they were already surrounded by defensive forces. It is precisely because of this that the theater has ignored the coastal defense of this fishing port town, no troops are placed here, and the Hicks have made a hole.

But now regret is already late, General Bologna only hopes to wait for the Thunder Legion's return before Lanhu City is captured by the enemy. The last letter of the eagle that Claude sent him in a row made it clear that Lanhu City could give up, but must keep the Doli Nibala River defense. General Bologin did not care about Claude’s judgment. He said that he also had a direct reinforcement camp equipped with new rifles. Keeping the city of Lanhu not to threaten the enemy’s Doli Nibala line should be able to do it. of......

The light squad's offensive against Lanhu City was easily smashed by the garrison, which greatly increased the confidence of General Bologna and the morale of the subordinates. However, when the Hicks’ two main field squads arrived and attacked, General Bologna understood that the Hicks’s giant thrower that Claude said in his letter was really powerful. The throwing distance is more than three hundred meters, and the throwing bomb is twice as powerful as the iron pumpkin.

The first defensive front on the outskirts of Lanhu City quickly fell off, but after entering the city, the Hicks also encountered a lot of trouble. The streets and the broken walls made the Hicks unable to use the shield. The car and the wooden row car will cover the giant cantilever thrower. General Bologna commanded a defensive force to launch a wave of counterattacks, successfully destroying two giant fighters.

The Hicks changed their strategy. They deployed the remaining three Big Macbone cantilever throwers on the periphery, not into the city, but with old-fashioned throwers and iron pumpkins. This is the middle of General Bologna. He also commanded the defensive forces to fight back and fight back with the throwing bombs produced by the theater military manufacturing industry, causing several times and casualties to the Hicks offensive forces, forcing the Hicks to only Can send troops to clear the ruins of the road, and then move the giant cantilever thrower to throw giant toss and iron pumpkin to bomb the defensive positions.

In the street fighting in Lanhu City, the mines finally played the biggest role. Sometimes the garrison troops were seriously forced to abandon the defensive positions. The Hicks who flocked to the positions often landed on the mines, and then the bombing was ten. The casualties of several people. Touching more mines made the Hicks start to be suspicious, which invisibly affected the speed of the offensive and gave the garrison more combat time.

It is a pity that the workshop of the military manufacturing industry, headed by Mr. Wiebern, was in the direction of the Hicks attack and was forced to evacuate when the Hicks light cavalry appeared on the outskirts of Lanhu Town. The toss and mines of these weapons and ammunition did not reserve much, and the previous production was shipped to the front line of Claude. This time, the fishing port town was urgently produced by the Hicks and handed over to the garrison for urban street fighting. Now there are very few left, which is why Bologna is worried that Lanhu City will not be able to keep it.

Then again, the Hicks have two standing corps of 123,000, plus the lightly armed legion of the external blockade, nearly 200,000 troops. General Bologna has only 13,000 horses under his arm, and he can hold on to Lanhu City for twenty-three days under the overwhelming force of the enemy, and only one third of the Lakers in the city. The area and a perimeter line of defense have been described as a miraculous record.

Now, the defensive force is less than 7,000, but the enemy still has 156,000. It is still an overwhelming advantage. In addition, the new weapons of the defensive forces in the hands of the toss and mines are getting less and less, and the resistance to the Hicks is getting more and more pressure, and the casualties are increasing...

The Dolly River Bala River crossing the river.

General Albert's nose was so quick that he said: "Give me the responsibility for the pontoon. What is going on?"

Finally, General Albert, who arrived at the Dolly River Bala pontoon, found a crowd of black crows on both sides of the river. The North Shore is a veteran of the boring local garrison. The South Bank is a refugee who drags a large bag of small bags and carries various vehicles.

One of the two pontoons is in the middle of the refugees and one is in the middle of the troops. On the pontoon of the passing force, one wheel of a heavy vehicle full of materials fell, the whole vehicle was squatting on the pontoon, and the packaged bag was spilled on the bridge and the pontoon was blocked. Passed.

The manager of the pontoon crossing river management office, which was sweating, came to General Abrent half an hour later. The general yelled and pointed at the carriage on the bridge and asked what was going on. This would have led General Albert to smash the control.

The manager was frightened and shouted, replied that the carriage was loaded with the heavy materials of the head of the garrison in front of the pontoon, loaded with a carriage, and when the bridge was over, the bridge was too heavy, and then the two sides fell into a quarrel. Among them, the pontoon crossing river management office requested compensation for the bridge that was cut off. The head of the local garrison group wanted the pontoon crossing river management office to compensate him for the loss of the goods.

"Bring the head of the team to me!" General Abrent was so angry that he ordered the guards of his team: "Put the carriage and cargo on the bridge and throw it into the river, and immediately resume the passage of the pontoon." ""

It seems that the senior officers who have moved from the Legion to the local garrison are very moist, and they can collect the specialties and souvenirs of such a carriage at the local station.

"Your sir, all here, call me over." General Eblon looked at the veterans of the local garrisons around the crowd and ordered.

Soon the two colonels appeared in front of General Albert.

"What is your preparation?" asked General Albert.

"The first zero-eighth regiment of the local garrison sequence in the theater was ordered to be stationed at Wickham Castle. The post was headed by Colonel Le Mandock."

"The theaters have a sequence of one or four groups, and they are ordered to be stationed in the coastal zone of Cromwell. The post is headed by Colonel Farreos."

"What about your troops?"

"Our 108 group arrived here yesterday afternoon and was waiting to cross the river." Colonel Le Mando replied and pointed to the location of his troops.

"Our one or four groups arrived only this morning and are currently taking a break." Colonel Farreos replied.

General Alberton pointed to the carriage on the pontoon: "What is going on, you know?"

The two colonels glanced at each other and finally Colonel Le Mandock opened his mouth: "Reporting the generals, this is the logistics unit of the 117th regiment. They are stationed in the Baike hill castle directly under the jurisdiction of the White Ghana. It is said to be on the grassland. The hunting buffalo got a lot of cowhide and beef, and this time they are ready to transport these cowhide and beef to the port of Patras to trade. Last night, the river was windy and driving across the river was not safe, they never crossed the river. When the wind was small in the morning, I began to cross the river. I didn't expect the carriage to be too heavy to crush a bridge, and it was blocked there."

"Oh..." General Eblon sneered twice and looked at another pontoon packed with refugees. He asked the management of the pontoon management office: "What is the pontoon, why not evacuate? Those refugees let the troops pass first..."

The management was on the ground: "General, when I cross the river in the morning, I also want the troops to cross the river first. But the team can say that they are members of the council, and directly push the people in our management office to cross the river and cross the river. The refugees swarmed, and we couldn’t stop it. They all said that their relatives were the legislatures of the army. The following people did not dare to offend them, so they had to occupy a pontoon..."

These refugees are all under the direct control of Aphrodite, and many of them are military. General Bologna evacuated the residents of Lanhu City, and these people were prepared to travel to Cromwell and Beringer Ghana to lead relatives. They are really right, their relatives or sons are not in the Thunder Army or in the Stone Corps. This pontoon crossing river management office is a small institution that usually maintains the cost of crossing the river to collect the pontoon. It does not dare to offend these military genres.

At this time, General Albert's guards came back with a big fat colonel. The big fat colonel had a pale face and his pants were a bit wet. It seemed to be just urine.

General Eblon laughed awkwardly: "It turned out to be you, Colonel Felix. I didn't expect to see you for more than a year. You are so rich, you have doubled in the army." Come to you very well."

The big fat colonel screamed: "General, look at the previous affair, Rao, spare me this time, no longer dare."

General Eblon shook his head gently: "Colomir Felix, I am very disappointed. You used to be a brave officer when I was kneeling. I am very optimistic about your future. When you said that you want to go to the local army. I am also sorry for you, thinking that you will continue to work in the Legion for a decade and may become a general of the kingdom.

But you refused, saying that you are tired of the battlefield and want to live quietly with your old parents. I have fulfilled your wishes and made you the head of the local garrison station in the castle of Baike Hill. Close to your ranch, you can go home with your old parents at any time...

I really want to know why the local garrisons stationed at Wickham have arrived at the river. You are only halfway through the squadron, which is halfway past them. Can you give me an explanation? Also, the urgent order you received was to reinforce Lanhu City. Then, do you bring so much heavy materials to go to the port of Patras to do business? ”

The big fat colonel couldn’t answer a word, and he stood down and asked for mercy: "General, spare me this time, I won’t dare anymore..."

General Albert said with a sigh: "Although I really want to shoot you directly, it is too cheap for you. Take him down. He has to be judged by the military law. He will be taken first and wait for the end of the war. Then settle with him....."

Colonel Le Mandock and Colonel Farreos had a whitish look, and they naturally understood the meaning of General Albert. If General Eblon took out the revolver and shot the big fat Colonel Felix, then this is the end of the matter. But General Albert has asked him to accept the military law trial. This not only means that Colonel Felix will be convicted, but also means that all the benefits given to his family will be recovered by the theater.

"Well, Colonel Le Mandos, now gives you a mission to lead your soldiers across the river, to separate the pontoon crossing the river, let our troops cross the river first. As fares Colonel, you also have a mission to take your troops across the river to guard and disarm the 117th regiment. All the officers and men who have been implicated in Colonel Felix have all been arrested. Do you understand?" The general whip pointed to the two colonels standing in front of him.

"Follow, General." Colonel Le Mandock and Colonel Farreos hurriedly salute.