MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 466 Meeting and surprise

Chapter 646 Reunion and Surprise

Claude arrived at the Dolly River Bala River crossing at the end of October. He arrived here from the Eastern Mountain Defence Front Command and spent a total of 28 days, six days slower than General Albert. But now there are four pontoons on the river. The two pontoons are arranged to be stationed at the ferry. The colonel Le Mansdoc is very respectful and stands at the ferry to welcome Claude. .

Colonel Le Mandock and Colonel Farreos, who had been in charge of the 14th Regiment, were all under the leadership of Claude, from the first division of the Thunder Corps to the local garrison sequence. Colonel Le Mandock was relapsed because of the old wounds in the waist, and Colonel Farreos was older and consciously unable to keep up with the application for a report to the local garrison.

"General Albert has led the second division of the Thunder Corps to the city of Lanhu, and the first battle with the Hicks annihilated a light squad and an infantry battalion. His own casualties were nearly two thousand. General Bologna suffered a minor injury. He led two regiments and one battalion. The horse was firmly guarded by Lanhu City for twenty-seven days. Most of the area in Lanhu District was ruined. When he met with General A. Quent, he had only 4,000 soldiers left. ..."

Colonel Le Mandock reported to Claude in detail about the front line and the placement of General Albert.

Major Mason Hughes, as an adjutant of Claude, outlined the front lines of the two armies facing each other outside Lanhu City.

"Your 108th and Farreos's 1-4th regiments have been placed in the Dolly Barra River defense line. Now there are three local garrisons deployed on this defense line. The one-for-one corps was reorganized. Then he was ordered by General Albert to go to the town of Ginko to strengthen the defensive power of the Claude line of defense. The local garrison station that was stationed in the coastal zone of Grenada, Ghana, has arrived at the Claude line of defense... ”

Crowder threw a satisfactory smile and until now he finally put down the heart. General Albert was doing a good job. He did not gather these local garrisons to come to the rescue of Lanhu City. Instead, he strengthened the garrison power of these two key places and relieved his worries.

Don't look at the war. Until now, the Hicks took a sneak peek and hit the theater in a surprise. But he shouldn't have to take the city of Lanhu. He gave the Thunder Army a lot of time. There has been no unexpected ending in this war.

"Mason Hughes, commanding the troops to cross the river and camping on the other side for two days. In addition, Colonel McJack and Captain Blovik were called." Claude commanded: "Colonel Le Mandock, this time I have to trouble you, let your subordinates help our soldiers to camp, so that they can rest early. They have already rushed for a day and a night, and the most needed is a good night's sleep."

"Okay, general, I will let my soldiers help build the camp right away, and then give you some food and drink." Colonel Le Mandock left the ceremony with a courtesy.

Colonel McJack and Blovik soon appeared in front of Claude.

"I need you to complete a task." Claude clicked on the map: "The fishing port town, this is the key to the Hicks, food supplies, these can be collected within our direct jurisdiction, but weapons and ammunition are equipped with these armaments. Materials must rely on this logistics supply channel. Our first division will stay here for two days, recover from fatigue, and then go to Lanhu City to reinforce.

But you can only take a day off from the 141st Battalion and the Spike Squadron. You will leave for the fishing port town tomorrow night. I don't need you to occupy the fishing port town, you only need to destroy it, burn it into a white land, and cut off the Hicks to replenish military supplies through ocean-going ships and floating trestles. As long as the fishing port town is destroyed, the Hicks outside Lanhu City will not want to escape any more. They will become the merits of our Thunder Legion. Do you understand? ”

McJack and Blovik salute: "Understood, general."

Claude waved his hand: "The two of your troops crossed the river first, and found a secluded place to camp. You don't have to inform me to go tomorrow night, and be careful not to be discovered by others."

After McJack and Blovik left, Claude once again looked at the two military confrontation lines on the map. What makes Claude curious is that the Hicks' offensive style has changed a lot. From the eastern frontier mountains, the attack has attracted the full attention of the heavy-duty theater, and then sneaked into the fishing port town. This is simply the Ming Dynasty. The version is really amazing.

The problem is that the offensive tactics of the Hicks who landed in the fishing port town became rigid and old-fashioned. Although Lanhu City is the administrative center and theater headquarters of the territory directly under the jurisdiction, the capture of Lanhu City can strike the prestige of the theater to enhance its morale, sweeping away the shadow of the failure of the first four colonial wars, but compared to the Dolly Bara River defense It is said that the strategic position of Lanhu City is not so important.

If Claude is the frontline commander of the Hicks, then after landing in the fishing port town, you only need to send a division's light ride to monitor and live in Lanhu City. You don't need to launch an attack to trap the garrison troops in the city. Next is another light-riding long drive directly to the Dolly Nibala River defense line, clearing the river to defend the armed forces, and after the follow-up of two standing army regiments rushed to the port of Patras, with the two fleets on both sides of the attack to capture this deep-water port, Finding a port that is anchored to the Navy Fleet and the Joint Fleet is the most important key to this war.

After mastering the port of Patras, a standing army was deployed to guard the Dolly Bara River defense line, and the frontline line troops were backed up. Then you can use the waters controlled by the two fleets to transport the four standing army regiments in the colony of the Rhodes Bay, and slowly erode the five garrison troops in the south of the river. Then the colonial war is inevitable. Ending with the victory of the Hicks Kingdom.

But now, a Hicks squadron and two standing corps have landed in the fishing port town and know that they are staring at the death of Lanhu City. As a result, they have been delayed for nearly a month and have not captured Lanhu City. Instead, they waited. The Thunder Legion returned from the front line of the mountain. It can be said that when General Albert finally led the second division through the Dolly River, the Hicks lost their last hope of winning the colonial war.

Claude felt a little weird. The front and rear commanders of the Hicks had a world of difference. It seemed to be a temporary change of the front line commander. Just like now, the second division of General Albert has arrived in Lanhu Town. The 380,000-member light jockey regiment has come to the first reinforcements. The Hicks are still in the opposite position in Lanhu Town. In the formation, this is simply not to know.

Don't look at the Hicks. There are still two more standing army corps, but his squadron now has a man with more divisions. The original Hicks' Cavaliers prepare for the army and rush into the blue. In the Hucheng District, the result was ambushed by the garrison troops, and the troops of nearly two regiments were lost. Then they no longer dared to attack Lanhu City. They only guarded and raided on the periphery. At the same time, they also dispatched two regiments to go to Mormaly to collect the logistical supplies such as sedges...

The two standing army members of the Hicks later fought against the garrison in Lanhu City. They did not see more than 4,000 people left by General Bologna. The Hicks’ casualties were even more Several times the defenders, the damage rate is almost four to five to one, the two standing army has almost reimbursed one, and the remaining six or seventy thousand horses are also low morale, no war.

Under such circumstances, Crowder really did not understand where the Hicks's arrogance would be confrontation with the Thunder Legion outside Lanhu City. Do they think they have a strong advantage?

In the mountain area, Claude can't take the offensive Hicks. Because the mountain road is narrow, you stand on the hill and see that the Hicks are less than 100 meters away from you, but you must first rush to him. Go down to the bottom of the mountain and climb up again. When you reach the enemy, you are already panting and have no strength. In addition, the Thunder Legion was originally an offensive light-riding corps, but in the mountains it was abandoning its own mounts and trekking marches. There is no way, the theater forces are tense, and the Thunder Legion has to go up...

One-third of the area under the Amphitheatre is a hilly area, and two-thirds of the area is a plain lake. Lanhu City is just above the plains, by the lake, where the terrain is ideal for light cavalry raids and guerrilla tactics. Here, not to mention the Hicks' current two-and-a-half standing army, even if you double the force, Claude will not look at it.

Two days passed by, the soldiers regained their spirits, and the long-distance marching horses were not tired after careful feeding, and they seemed energetic and energetic. Claude was very satisfied after the inspection. He ordered the horn of the assembly and began to issue orders for departure.

"Colonel Diavid, this time your three regiments are pioneers, keep marching speed, and arrive in Lanhu City within three days. If the road meets the enemy's light ride, then don't let them go, tell our boys, Hicks. They are all lined up outside Lanhu City, waiting for us to give them a kick! Go, don't let our enemies down..."

"Yes, General!" Colonel Diavid honoured a big account. It wasn't Berklin's second group that was the pioneer of the Legion. It was the turn of his own three regiments today, accompanied by the task of fighting. Diavid decided to take the three regiments as the first. The teacher will discuss the first prize and never let the five divisions of the second division stand out.

General Albert's report has been sent to the messenger. His second division crossed the river and only took a day to rush to Lanhu City. The 1305 group made a pioneer. Day and night, they arrived at the outskirts of Lanhu City two and a half days later. A battalion of the first group of the 5th regiment discovered a guarding defensive position deployed by the Hicks outside the city. It was used to guard against the small forces of the defenders in the city. There was only one battalion.

So the fifth group's light-riding battalion rushed into the camp and slashed the big slash, which led to the rescue of the Hicks, the Knights of the Cavaliers. Then the rest of the Fifth Regiment arrived and spontaneously invested in the battlefield. The same is true for the Hicks, and more and more troops are being put into the rescue. By the end of the second division, the 1305 group has all been put into the battlefield, and the Hicks light cavalry also came to the rescue of two regiments...

More than 15,000 people were killed in a group, all of them were fighting with a horse knife, and it was difficult to solve. In the end, the other three light-riding field teams of the second division arrived, and the Hicks saw the situation and fled. The light cavalry's confrontation, the second division lost nearly two thousand light cavalry, and the Hicks lost a group of light rides plus a battalion of security positions stationed troops.

Almost one to three casualties and battle damage, let the fifth division of this second division get the limelight. General Albert, in the battle report issued to Claude, could not help but brag about the fierceness of the Fifth Regiment. Claude’s disapproval does not mean that the heads of these men are convinced, as Belklin said privately, the head of the fifth regiment is purely a girl, so he rushes up and does not care. Is it an enemy trap? It’s luck to not be completely annihilated. Where is the face?

However, many things are not as good as people's wishes. Three days later, Claude led the first division and soon arrived in Lanhu City. The third group that opened the road, in addition to destroying the three squad's Hicks reconnaissance light cavalry, Not as Colonel Diavid’s wish met the Hicks’ large units. Instead, the Hicks, who were stationed outside the city of Lanhu, discovered the arrival of Claude’s support troops and strengthened the camp. And the garrison power and vigilance of the defensive positions.

For Berklin, Murray Ed and Diavid, the only good news for the meeting with the second division was that the head of the fifth regiment was seriously injured in the cavalry battle and was sent to the rear. The mountain has been injured. As for the Shantou Qingying, who provoked the cavalry decisive battle, the battlefield was gloriously killed in the battle.

In the minds of General Albert and Claude, it is clear that the cavalry’s decisive battle has been done. The record of the fifth regiment is placed in front of the whole regiment’s officers only to improve morale and strengthen the confidence of victory. It is also a light-riding corps. If you can kill one or three battles with a sabre, then if you use a new rifle, you are afraid that you will not be able to defeat the enemy?

It was at the first division of Claude that he met with the second division of General Eblon in Lanhu City and saw the time of General Bologna with a bandage on his arm. On a small hill outside the fishing port town, Blovik and several members of the Spike Squadron are covered with vine weeds. They look like weeds at a distance. They are carefully watching Hicks with a telescope. The deployment and activities of people in the fishing port town...

In the evening, Blovik had been in a tent with a disguise with McJack. He was arranging the steps of the night action: "...the enemy has already seized the small fishing boat and more than a dozen of the town’s residents. The offshore flat-bottomed transport ship rebuilt the floating trestle, allowing it to drive two four-wheeled carriages side by side, speeding up the transport of materials from ocean-going seagoing vessels.

At the end of this floating trestle is a large offshore transport vessel that is anchored to the edge of the shallow sea by four anchors. The enemy's ocean-going sea-going ship is docked on the side of the offshore transport vessel. The materials unloaded from above are also piled up on the ship and then transported to the shore by the transport team. On both sides of the floating trestle, a brazier will be lit at intervals of more than ten meters at night, and the patrol will also conduct a very strict inspection of the floating trestle, which will be a half an hour.

The Hicks also have a battleship cruising here and will be docked at the side of the offshore transport ship at night. Last night I found the captain of the battleship to ride a horse to spend the night and return to the ship at nine in the morning. I don't know if this is the norm. After the captain returned to the ship, the warship sailed in the surrounding waters. Every ocean-going vessel approaching the floating trestle was checked by the officers and men on the warship before it could approach the offshore transport vessel and parked and unloaded.

In addition, the garrison situation of this fishing port town does not seem to be very careful. The enemy probably has a guarding force of the regiment. The arming situation is also very traditional. There are three wars in the periphery, and then a gunbase is built every 100 meters. The women and children in the town are old. The weak residents were driven to live in this corner of the east, and they were restricted from personal freedom. The young men and women were arrested and used as material transport teams...

My suggestion is that my Spike Squadron will dive from here to the floating trestle at night to see if I can get close to the Hicks cruise ship anchored by the offshore transport ship. If possible, we will capture the battleship. And ignited the offshore transport ship and the floating trestle to attract the defenders in the town to come to the fire. At that time, your 13th battalion will launch a night attack, I believe we will be able to complete this task soon. ”

McGee also asked a few key questions, nodded after a satisfactory answer, and decided the steps of the action. Then ordered the soldiers to start rest and wait for the night to attack.

At three o'clock on the morning of October 26, Captain Blovik of the Thunder Legion led the Spike Squadron to successfully seize the second-class cruise ship of the Hidden Kings of the Hicks Kingdom and burned the floating trestle built by the Hicks. At the same time, under the command of Colonel McJack, the Thunder Army’s 231st Battalion captured the fishing port town, annihilated more than 2,000 soldiers, captured more than 4,000 Hicks prisoners of war, and successfully rescued the enslaved by the Hicks. Thousands of residents in the fishing port town...