That was almost it.
At the same time that General Franz was sighing secretly, on the opposite side, the 5th and 6th Infantry Regiments of the Third Army of the Guards had begun their final operations. otbnkotgt In the past, a huge number of Imperial troops were killed by the Hereford family's Napoleonic cannons.
Of course, in fact, they lost a lot of lives to grenades and infantry.
But it is still artillery, and only artillery has such a huge deterrent power.
Long range, huge explosions, projectiles visible to the naked eye.
All this makes artillery's status as the god of war well-deserved.
Therefore, in terms of lethality, the lethality of infantry is by no means inferior to that of artillery.
Even to a certain extent, infantry units can support a battle alone without the need for artillery.
But when it comes to deterrence, infantry is by no means a match for artillery.
That's it.
After seeing that the Hereford family had no intention of deploying artillery positions, the soldiers happily launched the attack.
Just like before.
Under the supervision of officers and battle supervisors, they launched an attack on the last two infantry regiments of the Third Army, and naturally dragged the battle into a close battle with heavy casualties.
"The opponent's melee combat ability is not weak.
Everyone has been deceived."
General Franz looked at the stalemate and thought in his heart that the Hereford family's bayonet soldiers' hand-to-hand combat ability is no less than that of ordinary soldiers.
Super lance infantry.
Especially in the past two years, the popularity of the new bayonet technique compiled by William and Duke Otto, as well as a group of knight instructor-level masters from the Hereford family, has made the bayonet infantry of the Hereford family more practical.
The ability exceeds that of a super spearman.
Compared with the former's more flexible and more brutal bayonet tactics, the super-pikemen's too rigid and too monotonous offensive methods seem outdated and outdated.
With a triangular shape and a length of more than 40 centimeters, it can be called the most brutal and most lethal individual weapon in the era of alternating hot and cold weapons.
Even worse was the superiority in numbers.
On the one hand, the number of military casualties after three salvos and grenades was thrown was too high.
On the other hand, it is because the number of soldiers in a company of the Imperial Army is inferior to that of the Hereford Family Army.
At a ratio of four to one.
The Imperial Army is equipped with a large number of musketeers armed with muskets.
These musketeers were not equipped with such excellent weapons as bayonets.
Usually in close combat, the musketeers are useless.
In other words, each company of the Imperial Army has one-quarter fewer melee troops than each company of the Hereford Army.
That's it.
Under the circumstances that General Franz could hardly produce another group of sword and shield soldiers and great swordsmen.
The Imperial Army organized two consecutive group charges of twenty companies.
As a result, they were all repulsed by the Hereford family army.
Although there was no artillery support, the Imperial Army's losses were much less than in previous attacks.
But the loss of morale is quite serious.
Seeing that our own troops had the advantage of artillery, they were forced to this extent by the opponent during the close combat.
No Imperial soldier could bear this feeling of loss and disparity.
Until the end, General Franz was ruthless and risked the artillery overheating and exploding the barrel by ordering the artillery unit to fire rapidly.
Two regiments of light cavalry launched a charge.
Only then did the situation finally open up.
"It's finally over."
General Franz breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Hereford family army retreating due to excessive casualties in a close battle.
He tried not to think about the Hereford family's outstanding cuirassiers, and also tried not to think about the successful retreat of most of the opponent's entire establishment.
Although it was only once, let General Franz be on par with the Imperial Army officers cheering loudly around him.
They spent an incalculable price.
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Three cavalry regiments and eight infantry regiments were crippled, and more than 10,000 soldiers were killed.
Dozens of infantry and cavalry companies were completely wiped out, ignoring such a terrible price.
Look at their results.
At least, at least, at least.
They took down three lines of Hereford defense.
Thousands of Hereford troops were killed.
Although at present, it seems that the Hereford family, not to mention any regiment, even the organization of each company, has not lost a single one.
But, at least, let’s not mention the death ratio which is close to one to four.
At least they won, right?
"But if such a victory happens a few more times, then the empire will cease to exist."
General Franz sighed secretly in his heart.
At the same time, the idea of learning from the Hereford family was once again strengthened.
This thought was so profound that winning the war came second to him.
"If the Hereford family is really that strong, then even if this war is defeated, they will not lose much.
And if we continue to maintain this state, even if we win this war, we will not lose much.
There are any changes."
He was thinking in his heart, yes, indeed, that's it.
If the Hereford family continues to fight in this way of preserving strength, resisting layer by layer, and fortifying every step, then maybe in the end, the empire will still be strong. possible to win But the empire had to lose at least one-half of its troops for this victory.
To make matters worse, this victory will not leave the Hereford family broken.
For the Hereford family, which has an army of 60,000, even the loss of 10,000 to 20,000 troops is nothing.
With a large number of available reserve militia, they can replenish the army in the shortest time.
Return to the battlefield.
And the empire.
How will they replenish their troops after losing tens of thousands of troops?
Do they still have enough money to hire enough mercenaries?
Can they still resist the Hereford family's counterattack?
And don’t forget that this war is not between them and the Hereford family.
Next to it, there is the Protestant Alliance headed by Briton, who is watching covetously.
If the empire shows any sign of decline, then they will definitely pounce on it as quickly as possible like a shark that smells blood, plunging the empire into a state of irreversible danger.
"Strategic mistake.
From the beginning, we should not have fought against the Hereford family.
Compared to the Hereford family, which has always been conservative and neutral, the Protestant Alliance is our biggest enemy.
This battle is doomed.
Failure to achieve victory will only weaken our strength.
The victory of the war that the emperor envisioned, the fragmentation of the Hereford family, and the subsequent merger of the entire Wende kingdom under the direct rule of the Swabian family can only be described as a beautiful thing.
Delusion.
It’s so damned.”
After thinking about all this, General Franz felt that he had a terrible headache, and the strong dizziness made him almost faint.
Just thinking about it was useless.
More importantly, he knew that even now He ran over and told his emperor all this, but the stubborn and stubborn Kalman IV would never believe it.
No, even if Kalman IV believed it, he would never do what General Franz proposed.
He values his power and authority too much.
He would never allow anyone to question his decision, even if he was actually wrong, he would still go all the way to the end.
"It's too bad, it's too bad."
General Franz thought in his heart.
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He looked around at the almost exhausted soldiers, whose cheers were not loud, and murmured to himself.
After thinking for a while, he decided to hide it all.
He would not tell these words to Kalman IV.
Because if he does this, he will face the emperor's wrath.
What's worse is that after this doomed battle, he is likely to be thrown out as a scapegoat and shield.
The emperor would throw all the reasons for the defeat on him and call him a traitor, spy, and betrayer.
Strip him of all honor and power.
Then he was executed without mercy.
Yes, he can definitely do such a thing.
Today, the image of Emperor Kalman IV in General Franz's mind is that of a stubborn, old and confused old fool.
That was it, General Franz made his decision.
And then he thought that the decision he made might lead to the destruction of the entire empire and the demise of the Swabian family to which he was loyal.
General Franz felt a sharp pain like a knife in his heart.
In a sense, hiding all this and not telling Kallmann IV, General Franz was tantamount to betrayal.
"Then what should I do next?
Lord, help me."
Amid the cheers of the crowd, General Franz was in pain like a terminally ill patient.
At the same time, the Third Guards Corps of the Hereford family was retreating in an orderly manner.
As the commander, after leaving the cuirassiers as guards and rear troops, Duchess Freya retreated without any psychological pressure.
Half of the first and second armies were lost, and nearly half of the third to sixth armies were lost.
Add to this the losses of the cavalry units.
The entire Third Army lost more than 4,000 troops.
The loss of nearly one-third of the troops.
This number is enough to see in this era.
At least in the view of Duchess Freya, this can be considered a heavy casualty.
Think back to this war.
Although the Third Army fought bravely, it was ultimately unable to stop the swarming Imperial Army.
Although Duchess Freya thought she had done her best.
But thinking about this result, she still felt unhappy for a while.
The Imperial Army's bravery exceeded her expectations.
And although she didn't want to admit it, yes, General Franz's commanding ability was beyond her expectations. 160420oshow7: