That's it, after the dark elves joined the battle, the Hereford family's cavalry began to retreat. otbnkotgt "How can these dark elves be so strong?"
Colonel David asked Crimean Khan almost in a questioning tone.
He had one more thing he didn't say, that is, if he knew that these dark elves were so powerful in hand-to-hand combat. , then he would never choose this tactic.
Thinking back to what happened before, when the Crimean Khan encouraged him to launch a charge, he had to wonder whether the Crimean Khan had a backbone in his head and had a tacit understanding with the dark elves, wanting to let their army completely annihilated.
"I don't know either."
Crimea Khan also understood the meaning of Colonel David's words in an instant.
No matter what, he didn't want to take the blame: "I was on the front line, and most of the time I fought against Slavis, nomads, Turks and Levantines.
I rarely fought against dark elves.
These dark elves almost only take action when they get the advantage at the end, so I don’t know how powerful these guys are.”
"Is that so?"
Although Crimean Khan's statement was somewhat reasonable, Colonel David was still a little dissatisfied.
"Yes, yes, that's exactly the case, I swear to Tengri," Crimea Khan said quickly.
Although he still had doubts in his heart, Colonel David also knew that now was not a good time for internal strife.
After thinking for a while, he decided not to dwell on the issue anymore.
What really matters now is not accountability, but whether the situation can be reversed.
The very unfortunate thing is that after much thought, Colonel David didn't think there was any way.
Turning the tide of war requires strength and a solid army.
However, Colonel David no longer had any troops available.
His cuirassiers and lancers were fighting bloody battles with the enemy on the frontal battlefield.
Many cuirassiers and lancers chose to dismount and fight on foot.
Formed an array to fight the enemy.
However, even so, they are no match for the dark elves.
Seeing our own troops, soldiers were impaled, decapitated, and had limbs cut off by the other party's dark elves.
Colonel David's catalog was shattered, but he was helpless.
Now, Colonel David only has one artillery battalion and two to three hundred artillerymen at his disposal.
These artillery pieces are now unable to be fired because the troops on both sides are entangled.
The melee combat capabilities of these artillerymen are very poor.
If they were to fight against these dark elves with superb martial arts skills, they would probably only be able to slow down the opponent's progress for a certain period of time and would not be able to play a decisive role.
More importantly, artillery is a technical branch.
It is not just a rifle that can be taken out after a few months of training.
It can kill cannon fodder with a single shot without any problems.
These artillerymen were sent up casually to die.
If it can play any role, that's fine.
I was afraid that it would not have any effect, so I would just let them be wiped out casually.
So after the battle, if the domestic investigation is carried out, this is definitely a stain on Colonel David.
"Who is faster, the speed at which the other party defeats our cavalry, or the speed at which our army defeats the other party's cavalry?"
Colonel David couldn't help but start thinking about this question.
In the end, a depressing conclusion was reached, that is, the dark elves were probably faster.
Moreover, despite being at an advantage, it is also a big question how much strength the light cavalry can have left after defeating the Turkic and Levantine cavalry, which has a numerical advantage and has thousands of riders.
Then, Colonel David turned around and began to pay attention to his pistol cavalry troops, which were fighting with the dark elf crossbow cavalry.
This is mainly the action taken by the angry cavalry after they realized that they were no match for the enemy in terms of the output of long-range weapons.
Although the cavalry crossbow was a very powerful killing weapon in the cold weapon era.
But when faced with the epoch-making revolver, it was still powerless.
A single volley of cavalry crossbows takes enough time to cock a revolver cavalry to empty a magazine.
After a round of shooting exchanges, nearly half of the Dark Elf's cavalry battalion was lost.
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Seeing this scene, the cavalry battalion commander became anxious and immediately ordered a charge.
Although the dark elves' weapons were lagging behind, their war horses were far superior to those of the Hereford family.
This is true in terms of speed, endurance, and short-distance explosive power.
In this way, in a very short period of time, after a confrontation, the two sides entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat.
Next, the occupation quickly reversed like a frontal battlefield.
The dark elf cavalry's martial arts were as good as their infantry.
Although they lost so much in one encounter, they were still able to firmly gain the advantage.
They relied on their superior combat skills.
Even on horseback, they can still fight with two weapons.
Of course, the two weapons they hold are not just scimitars and bayonet guns, but also modified ones with spikes on the front, which can simulate short spears or spears.
Cavalry crossbow with sword thrust, this is a very interesting weapon.
If the person observing this weapon is not the Hereford family army on the opposite side, who was killed by the dark elves and was about to cry.
That's it.
Although there are more people and troops than the opponent, the colonel always feels that the Pistol Cavalry Battalion will be the first unit to collapse.
Not only because the scale of this battlefield is relatively small, but also because the melee strength of these pistol cavalry is relatively weak.
Equipped with revolvers, which are clearly ahead of this era and can be called black technology weapons, these pistol cavalry are very happy.
They think that they are the best in the world, and with this kind of artifact, they feel that they can even fight in close combat.
None are needed.
The pistol had twelve rounds of bullets.
No one could survive twelve rounds of bullets and still have the ability to approach them and start a close combat.
Therefore, the pistol cavalry are very active and hardworking when training shooting.
Many pistol cavalry have become very good marksmen.
However, during the pit stop training, these pistol cavalry seemed a little half-hearted.
And because shooting training took up a lot of training time, the close combat training time of the pistol cavalry was inevitably compressed a lot.
Serious loss of points inside and out.
After being caught by the dark elf cavalry, it was natural for him to have a slap in the face.
"It's really bad."
Thinking of this, Colonel David smiled bitterly.
Speaking of which, he was also an admirer of pistol cavalry before.
He believed that the emergence of this type of cavalry would greatly change cavalry tactics and even lead to several other types of cavalry, such as lancers, saber cavalry, and cuirass cavalry.
The decline of cavalry even eliminated these cavalry arms.
But now it seems that it is still very difficult to actually do this.
At least when facing the Dark Elf Cavalry, a monster cavalry with terrifying combat skills and fighting will, the Pistol Cavalry seemed powerless.
Under such circumstances, the Hereford family's pistol cavalry naturally suffered a great loss when facing the dark elf cavalry.
That's it.
"It looks like we can only count on the Cossacks."
Thinking of this, Colonel David couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Like most of the army officers and generals of the Hereford family, the colonel only had a four-word evaluation of those Cossacks, which was a mixed bag.
He didn't understand at all why a great king and ruler like William, who they thought was a great leader who could conquer the world and the military commander who single-handedly created the Hereford Guards, would value those who were not professional enough. , not tenacious enough, a very unreliable guy.
He couldn't understand this at all.
He believed that the Hereford House Guards were strong enough.
Even if there are some deficiencies, they are only quantitative deficiencies.
Next, we just need to build the army step by step.
Increase the number of legions, the size of the army, and train more officers.
In this way, all combat missions can be completed.
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In this case, there was no need for him to raise another armed force, such as Cossacks.
All Hereford family officers do not want any group of people to dilute their power, their military and political status.
Just like the Wehrmacht during the Third Reich era, they did not expect the so-called dictator to establish the SS.
What's more, these Cossacks are still very serious, very unreliable, ignorant, low-combat nomads, and centaurs who have fought with the residents of the human border areas for so long, and can be said to have a deep hatred.
They did not understand William's foresight, and this was natural.
In fact, even now, even now, even if these Cossacks were needed to save their own destiny, the colonel still did not understand.
Because their vision, their calculations, and the things they think about are completely different from William's.
That's it.
"Then, it's up to them.
If they can really complete the flanking turn, then there is still hope of victory in this battle."
Next to him, Colonel David thought in his heart.
At the same time, he couldn't help but look at Crimea Khan beside him, this centaur Khan who seemed to be happy to cooperate.
He was also the commander of the 1st Cossack Brigade.
Although the cooperation between the two parties seemed to be very harmonious, in fact, Colonel David never forgot how his parents died tragically under the iron heel of the Tartariya Khanate.
At the same time, he did not forget what his king, commander, lord and ruler said to him, and his instructions: "If there is anything wrong with this Khan, then never hesitate and kill him as soon as possible."
Colonel David always kept these words in his heart.
At this moment, while looking at Crimea Khan, his hand couldn't help but touch the gun at his waist.
To his surprise, Crimea Khan was also looking at him.
The Centaur Khan's face was as calm as an ancient well.
He calmly said to the colonel: "Don't worry."
He comforted and said: "We will win.
My army will definitely arrive on time.
This battle, this war, the Hereford family and the dark elves in the south will definitely do the same.
So, I will not betray."
Although he did not show enough loyalty, even the subtext of the other party was understood by Colonel David, that is, he was following the strong.
The reason why he stood with the Hereford family was because the Hereford family was strong enough. .
At the same time, he believed that the Hereford family could win this victory and that the Hereford family could meet his demands.
It's not loyalty.
This made Colonel David feel very uncomfortable.
Although he was just an ordinary farmer's son, he even became a refugee later on.
But after he stood out in the officer corps and became a senior officer, Colonel David began to use the identity and creed of a knight to constrain and demand himself.
For a knight, this kind of allegiance tied to interests is a complete blasphemy against loyalty.
In normal times, perhaps Colonel David would have yelled at Crimean Khan.
But now, no.
Seeing this promising officer looking at him with a complicated and tangled expression, Crimea Khan sneered slightly in his heart.
Because in his opinion, there is no difference between his own loyalty and that of Colonel David.
In addition to his "loyalty", there is a thin film called "chivalry".
He is also because William is powerful, and because William is worth following, and at the same time, because William has given him status, glory, fame, wealth, and power.
That's why I felt grateful and loyal to William.
It is first the material guarantee that gives birth to the spirit, and then the spirit gives birth to the results.
He just skipped the "spiritual" level and went straight to the results.
And in terms of results, what's the difference between him and Colonel David?
Even the great and terrible King William von Hereford, who made him shiver when he thought about it, probably wouldn't care so much.
"As rulers, high-ranking rulers, they may promote that kind of spirit, but what they value more is still the results.
The greater the monarch, the more they value the results rather than the process.
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So, maybe in After this, my position in this empire will be higher than this guy’s, but it’s not certain.”
Thinking of this, Crimean Khan felt an inexplicable sense of superiority, followed by a smile on his face.
When Colonel David was a little dissatisfied and wanted to question why this guy could still smile when he was so nervous, he spoke: "Here he comes."
What's coming?
Cossack cavalry, of course. 160420oshow7: