𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟖𝟕: 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐚𝐫 (2)
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Flames were gushing out of the eight crimson cannons, instantly turning the prepared trench line on one side of the training ground into scorched earth.
For this combined trench assault exercise, each team member was able to command a battalion-sized combat golem, while the team leader fulfilled the role of regimental commander, commanding the regiment.
Divided into blue defense and red attack teams, ‘Oswald Team’ was the first to take the offensive.
“Alright. Now, charge!”
The charge order was given three minutes after the start of the shelling. Oswald continued to shell the trenches throughout, preventing the rifle golems inside from even raising their heads properly and stopping them from intercepting the charging rifle golems.
The rifle golems safely crossed two-thirds of the advance route thanks to this. Oswald, not missing a beat, stopped the shelling. The surviving blue rifle golems finally opened fire as the shelling stopped.
Bang! Rat-a-tat-tat!
However, the number of rifle golems surviving in the trench line had been almost halved. . . . . . .
At that moment, the red rifle golems advanced while performing mobile firing. . . and eventually, the trench line was completely broken through.
The next round began right away, and ‘Oswald Team’ was given the defense mission. Of course, ‘Oswald Team’ had a great advantage in defense as well. This was because they had deployed eight cannons and were mercilessly destroying all the red golems that were rushing towards the front line without rest.
Thanks to that, the blue golems suffered zero casualties.
Oswald, who had demonstrated a new artillery warfare paradigm. The footage from this training exercise was specially produced as teaching material for the recently established artillery science class, and it was also decided that the footage would be distributed to the front lines.
Afterwards, based on Oswald’s artillery tactics, the academy was assigned sixteen training ‘Oswald cannons’ for its artillery course.
“Third-year students. . . . . . .”
Third-year cadets preparing to head straight to the front lines after their graduation ceremony. Their expressions were incredibly grim. Of course, most of them were grim, but there were also those who were afraid among them.
“I heard that the Republic bastards are assassinating only officers and non-commissioned officers. . . . . . .”
“That’s probably their best option.”
Even among the lower-ranking soldiers, there were ranks, so while the chain of command wouldn’t be broken all at once, from a long term perspective it was certainly not a good thing.
“Still, the regular army hasn’t been deployed to the front lines yet.”
If the regular army were to be deployed, the situation would probably be much different from what it is now. There were 600,000 standing troops. They were different from the mobilized troops of ordinary margraves, as they trained day in and day out.
No matter how much autonomy the margraves had, it was difficult for them to maintain an army of 50,000 at all times, so they only left behind enough troops to guard the capital and rotated the rest on active duty.
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Bern Back Kingdom, Western Military District Temporary Garrison.
A commanders’ conference was held under the leadership of Duke Ingol von Chess Liechtenstein, Commander of the Western Military District. Not only the key officers but also the commanders of the famous units belonging to the Western Military District gathered.
“We will soon be marching towards the Democratic Republic. We have gathered here to discuss how, in what way, and where we will advance, so if you have any opinions, please speak your mind openly without hesitation.”
At those words, the commander of the newly established Vatius Artillery Brigade stepped forward.
“First, please leave the trench breakthrough to our artillery brigade.”
The artillery brigade had been created recently, and since they had yet to accomplish anything significant, the others who had not seen the firepower of the artillery were skeptical of them.
“Traditionally, the trench breakthrough has been the responsibility of our Afangel Knights. Please leave it to our Afangel Knights this time as well, Commander.”
“Humph, when on earth are we going to talk about the enemy. Our artillery brigade will be the new age of the future that changes the very paradigm of war!”
“Do you think you can lead an army into battle by trusting in a unit that hasn’t even been tested?”
“Ha! When on earth are you guys a knightly order. . . . . . . How much longer do you think you’ll be able to charge in as knights? Do you think there will be a place left for you as the technology of magic engineering continues to advance?”
“What? This unproven newfangled thing?”
“What are these old farts going on about?”
A fight broke out between the commander of the knights and the commander of the artillery brigade in an instant, and the commander shook his head as he watched the two.
“Just follow my orders!”
In the end, the conference, which was supposed to be a place to gather opinions, turned into a shouting match, and the commander immediately issued the operation plan as he had planned.
And the artillery brigade was to be used primarily for this first trench breakthrough. No matter how much the old forces, including the Knights, had their abilities tested early on, the Imperial Palace and the Senate had ordered the use of artillery to break through the trenches in order to reduce troop casualties.
Furthermore, Oswald, the creator of the ‘Oswald Cannon,’ had created a tactical manual within the academy, so the plan was to devise tactics based on that.
“Hmm. . . . . . . It certainly has potential.”
Commander Ingol checked the footage taken at the academy and studied how to use the artillery. In particular, Ingol was fascinated by the artillery’s ability to wipe out not only the enemies charging in but also the enemies holed up in the trenches.
“There’s no need to risk charging in. This. . . will threaten the position of the knights.”
Even now, the Order of Knights’ raison d’etre had been greatly reduced. This was because musketeers, who imbued magic and aura into bullets rather than swords, were becoming more prominent due to the advent of advanced firearms.
Of course, it was not as if knights could not fire aura bullets, and it was not as if musketeers could not use the knights’ aura swords. It was just a difference in proficiency in gunnery and swordsmanship. . . . . . .
‘𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺.’
Could this be called a solution that emerged amid such a transitional period? The dual class, which proficiently used both the sword and the gun, was all the rage these days. Already, some academies were creating separate departments for dual classes and operating them experimentally.
It had not yet been created at Imperius Academy. . . but if its usefulness was proven, there was plenty of room for it to be newly established.
‘𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺. . . . . . .’
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