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The Fourth Anti-Norman Alliance Chapter 28 Still the same, fire coverage

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    ~Date:~October 17~

    , nbsp; March 20, 1013 AD, was part of the Anti-Norman Alliance War, or the War of Unification of the Norman Empire.  In the mountains of Central Europe, a large-scale war broke out between the Swiss army and General Fall of the Norman Empire.

    The Swiss spent all their property and materials to bid farewell to their wives and their sons to leave their mothers.  Young, old and even three generations of a family were all armed and rushed to the battlefield. Just as their speaker said: This war is a war for the entire Swiss nation. Switzerland will continue to exist gloriously. If it fails,  It would be the demise of our entire Swiss nation.

    Under such circumstances, Switzerland organized a large army of more than 60,000 people, which suddenly became twice that of General Fall.  There are about 10,000 of them and they are powerful professional troops.  From various places and countries, professional soldiers who have participated in a large number of wars as mercenaries have very good equipment, relying on their plunder on the battlefield or their years of savings as mercenaries.  Their combat effectiveness and experience are also the best.

    "Compared with this, there are still 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, which are slightly worse.  No matter whether they are experience, combat effectiveness or equipment, they can't compare with the 10,000 elite heavily armed Swiss mercenaries.  And they are relatively younger, equipped with hard leather armor, light chain armor, or even no armor.  Instead, the weapon used was the super long gun that the Swiss always used.  Of course, there are also other swords, shields, axes, crossbows and other weapons.

    The worst thing is the temporary conscription of about 30,000 soldiers.  They are either too old or too young.  He is too old, although he once had a glorious mercenary history.  But after all, he is old and frail.  And an army that is too small, some of which have never been on the battlefield, is much stronger than ordinary cannon fodder.  But facing the Norman professional troops, the final result can only be to be crushed.

    When the Swiss came out in full force.  News came that a decisive battle with the Normans was coming.  General Farr did not feel panic at all¡ýOn the contrary, this warlike and martial general.  On the contrary, I felt very excited.

    "Ah, are you sure? Is this correct that they have more than 50,000 troops?" He asked the Norman spy who brought the news several times.  After getting the affirmative answer, the general couldn't take his smile back.

    "This is what makes war interesting. Pass the order and the three armies are on alert. We are going to kill an enemy twice as many as us!" General Farr declared so optimistically that he even had some arrogance.  Further improve the morale of the Norman army.  Compared with the slightly tragic atmosphere of the Swiss, the Norman army was in high spirits.  It's almost like I'm going to a party.  They didn't stay where they were.  Instead, under the leadership of General Fall, they advanced towards the Swiss mountains.

    Along the way, they burned villages and killed all Swiss who dared to resist. They also announced that the area was owned by the Norman emperor. Although the mountains restricted their speed, but with the support of high morale, Norman's marching speed was still very fast.  Fast. In ten days, General Fall's troops advanced nearly 80 kilometers and were about to reach Bern. At this time, there were still a small number of Swiss conscripts in remote areas who had not reached the capital.

    But we can no longer wait for them.  If some time passes, the Norman army will arrive in Bern.  At that time, the Swiss will be passive.  The Swiss Parliament therefore acted decisively.  All the troops already gathered in Bern were dispatched.  It is precisely for this reason that the actual number of Swiss troops fighting the Normans did not reach 60,000 as expected.

    Some of them were killed during the march of the Norman army.  There are also some who have not yet reached Bern. In the end, the Swiss only gathered about 50,000 troops.  But most Swiss.  Already very happy with this number.  At least more than the Normans.  Moreover, none of their elite troops was left behind.

    So, it was March 20th.  The Swiss army and the Normans met in the Swiss mountains, only ten kilometers away from Bern.  A fierce battle broke out immediately.

    The forward, a group of Norman infantry exploring the road, met a group of heavily armed Swiss mercenaries.  Both sides were just stunned, and then they burst into thunderous roars.  At the first opportunity, a few soldiers were ordered to return to the main force to report the news.  Then the battle began - a round of throwing axes by the Norman infantry killed more than a dozen Swiss mercenaries who were preparing to deploy a dense array of spearmen.  Immediately afterwards, the centurion Norman infantry roared and launched a charge.

    Although the rugged mountain road reduced the power of the Normans' charge a little.  But this charge, coupled with the previous damage caused by the flying ax, still destroyed the Swiss formation a lot.  Unable to maintain the ultra-long gun array, the Swiss mercenaries in the front row roared and drew their swords, battle axes and other short weapons.  Fighting with the Norman infantry.  AndBelow, the Swiss in the back row are still working hard to maintain their formation.

    "Attack! Tear through their defense!!" The centurion wearing full plate armor roared.  Beside him, the flag bearer holding the infantry tomahawk flag also raised the horn hanging on his chest and blew it with all his strength. The inspired Norman soldiers roared and continued the attack.  The Swiss weapons could not penetrate their plate armor.  But their tomahawks can cut the Swiss in half.  Under such circumstances, the Swiss forward scouts quickly failed.  It failed without any suspense.

    Next, other troops from both sides also encountered each other on other mountain roads and near hills, and a battle soon broke out. "The Norman troops equipped with longbows, heavy crossbows, repeating crossbows, muskets and other weapons, from the beginning  Then they had an absolute advantage. The Manmen immediately followed General Farr's order and desperately relied on their long-range firepower to rain down arrows and bullets on the Swiss. After the opponent got closer, they used throwing axes to further weaken them.  The enemy. Then the infantry and assault infantry charged in groups. This was the straw that broke the camel's back and defeated the Swiss.

    General Fall¡¯s use of such tactics fully made up for the Normans¡¯ inadequacy in mountain warfare.  Taking full advantage of long-range firepower also made up for the numerical disadvantage of the Norman army.  In this way, relying on the advantages in materials and equipment, the Man people suppressed their opponents immediately.  And started to keep moving forward.

    The Swiss seemed to want to rely on their numerical superiority to surround the Norman army from both sides, thereby gaining a formation advantage.  But in this fragmented mountainous area, it is too difficult to do so.  Because the mountains are difficult to travel, they will be discovered by the Normans before the tactics work.  What followed was a dense coverage of long-range firepower.

    Before this, the Normans were fully prepared.  General Farr took out half of all the bows, arrows and crossbow bolts in his army.  When handing it over to the Norman longbowmen and crossbowmen, in order to prevent accidents such as damage to their weapons and broken bowstrings, General Farr also dispatched a group of engineers, carrying a load of various parts and several useful equipment.  The heavy crossbow baggage followed the crossbow troops.  If it breaks, replace it and repair it.  This maintained the Normans' long-range strikes.

    Each longbowman was issued three quivers and sixty feathered arrows.  There were more crossbowmen, and each heavily armed crossbowman received eighty crossbow arrows - because their shooting did not require manpower to stretch the bow like longbowmen did.  So in theory, when the longbowmen are exhausted, they can still fire arrows without limit.

    The ones who received the most supplies were the few 250 serial crossbowmen.  What they hold is an improved second-generation Egil's Wrath with a total of twelve crossbow strings, which can ensure that they fire twelve times in a row.  The pulleys, as a labor-saving structure, were replaced with more usable gears. The range of the continuous-fire crossbow was once again increased, and at the same time, there were many more crossbow arrows in the quiver.  A box of crossbow arrows is thirty-six crossbow arrows, which can allow the repeater to fire three times in a row

    Every repeating crossbowman has an engineer who carries the crossbow box, parts and spare repeating crossbows for them.  In previous battles, after seeing the power of serial crossbowmen, General Fall fell in love with this unit. At that time, his material mobilization was also particularly tilted towards these serial crossbowmen - those engineers carried an average of  More than ten crossbow boxes.  It allows the repeater to shoot freely and shoot all the Swiss into a sieve.

    This arrangement of General Farr ultimately ensured the victory of the Normans. Norman's army gained an advantage from the beginning and maintained this advantage.

    Start the battle with the scout troops from both sides.  The main forces of both sides were fighting in the fragmented mountains.  Then the Swiss retreated in full force, while the Norman army advanced in full force.  Although General Fall was unable to observe the entire battlefield due to terrain reasons.  But he has always controlled the rhythm of the war.  Like a conductor of everything, he knows when to advance and when to retreat [when to hold on and when to attack.  Although the war was still going on, the victory of the Normans was inevitable.

    At around 4pm on March 20th.  The Swiss army of 50,000 was divided into three parts.  The troops on both sides have been firmly suppressed in several mountain cols by a small number of Norman long-range troops and artillery troops who came to support them.  No longer able to resist at all.  Only the middle group, the Swiss with the largest number of troops and the most adept at fighting, were still struggling to resist

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