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Volume 5 Battle of Senwei Mountain Section 10 Marching into Shenmu City

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    Chapter 10 Marching into Shenmu City

    Lin Fenghan, Ke Lande, Bonos and others discussed for most of the night, discussing the specific troop dispatch route and strategic plan, and did not fall asleep slowly until the early morning.

    On November 17, 920, after resting, the Elantra fleet dispersed into two east-west fleets, led by Admiral Bonos and Admiral Bonodong respectively. The navy of more than 2,000 people moved along the coastal coastline towards the coastal areas.  Village attack.

    After the Elantra Army sorted out its supplies, more than 1,000 cavalrymen led by guides investigated and attacked the surrounding villages and towns. The 4,000 people in the main force of the Elantra army also carried their bags and carriages, and slowly marched towards Shenmu City.

    On November 19, for two days, the Elantra navy and cavalry troops attacked the coast and nearby villages.  Many well-informed Second Legion and some noble troops have left, but there are still some remote auxiliary legion militia and knights who have been defeated by the Elante cavalry and navy. Along the coast and in parts of the east, villages and small towns are strongholds one after another.  Fall into the hands of the Elantra army.

    The cavalry around the front were scouting, and the main force of Elantra's army advanced slowly. In two days, the Elantra army marched 50 kilometers in the field.

    Lin Fenghan rode tiredly on his horse, and the numerous Elante infantry around him were panting and advancing slowly. At this time, the army had walked out of the plains and entered the mountains. The entire army was advancing hard on the mountain trails.

    Da!

    Da!

    Da da!

    Colander rode a red horse down the mountain and ran to Lin Fenghan, panting and saying: "Baron, we have now entered the boundaries of the Senvi Mountains. There are no plains in this area. All places are composed of hills, mountains, and ravines.  , our cavalry can no longer maintain a 20-kilometer reconnaissance range on the left and right wings here. The horses of each reconnaissance light cavalry cannot climb the mountain at all. The top of the mountain can only be reconnoitred on the hillside, and the warning range can only be maintained at 1 to 3 kilometers.  between."

    "The cavalry in the plain area behind have completed the task of driving away the Second Army's men. Many cavalry are continuing to return, but our horses and carriages are very unsuitable for these increasingly rugged roads. Many large carriages  Our logistics soldiers have given up, and the carriages have been handed over to the naval soldiers who stayed in the villages and towns and along the way. We can carry supplies for more than a month, but now we can only carry them for two weeks."

    "Because the carriages, ox carts, and donkey carts carrying the logistic baggage cannot pass, and the equipment on the trucks have to be carried by the soldiers themselves, our soldiers have initially carried 10 kilograms when they started marching, and have increased it to 30 kilograms, and now 40 kilograms. Many  The soldiers who were born as citizens could no longer hold on, their speed was too slow and they had fallen behind.¡±

    "What?" Lin Fenghan wiped the sweat from the corners of his eyes, and said irritably as he looked at the high mountain road that was slowly going up over 50 degrees and still 700 meters away.

    "Since those carriages have been abandoned, those mules, horses, oxen and donkeys should be able to carry the shields and armor of our heavy infantry!"

    Kelande shook his head lightly and explained: "Our mules, horses, cattle and donkeys are all carrying grain, fodder, pulling small carriages and other supplies. They are also very tired from the fast march these days. Many cattle and donkeys have already  We were exhausted, so I ordered each infantryman to carry his own food for seven days to reduce the pressure on our logistics troops."

    "Yes! You are right." Lin Fenghan listened to the heavier and heavier breathing of the black horse under him, quickly jumped off the horse, stopped and stood on the side of the road and said to Colander.

    "Alpine areas are indeed different from plain areas and coastal areas. I ignored the impact of the mountain environment on our army and failed to consider making corresponding preparations. This was my mistake."

    Lin Fenghan looked at Ke Lande sincerely and said gratefully: "Uncle Ke Lande, I want to thank you. Without your rich experience, our current march will be even worse. Now it is time to re-formulate our plan."  Time for marching tactics and marching orders.¡±

    "You go! Call Mayoden, Rams, Rana, Davout and others, let's discuss it carefully."

    "yes!"

    Several Guards Cavalry nodded and ran down the mountain.

    At around 11 o'clock on the 19th, Lin Fenghan, Colander, Rams, Davout and others were sitting under the big tree on the hillside to rest. The fully armed and light-bodied light infantry vanguard continued to advance towards the top of the mountain.

    Lin Fenghan looked at the people who had already arrived, and said breathlessly: "Brothers, we have never marched and fought in such a high mountainous area before. Many difficult things happened to our army when we entered the mountainous area today. I am looking for everyone.  I came here to discuss what kind of difficulties everyone has encountered and how can we solve them?"

    Kelande, Mayoton, Rana, Davout, etc.Looking at each other, Corande pointed at the horse with a rude sigh and said: "Baron, our cavalry troops are indeed in a lot of trouble."

    "After entering the mountains from the plains, many of the roads were very small, very steep, and the gradient was very high. The roads were rugged and bumpy. We didn't dare to go fast at all. Several trainee cavalrymen ran too fast and their horses broke and fell to our soldiers.  He also fell to the ground."

    "Secondly, as we get further and further away from the coast and enter mountainous areas, many of our warriors in the coastal areas are not adapted to the mountainous environment. The war horses are also farther away, and the reconnaissance area has also been reduced to a large extent. In this area composed of large and small mountains,  In mountainous areas, most of our reconnaissance cavalry rely on their own legs to climb mountains, and war horses no longer have the same role as before. Moreover, in such mountainous areas, the power of our cavalry is greatly reduced, and there are few gentle hillsides.  , suitable terrain allows our cavalry to charge, and the original combat strength has been greatly reduced. In this mountainous area, the cavalry is of no use except to support people and run faster!"

    "Yes! What Korande said makes sense, our infantry also encountered a lot of troubles." Lana nodded and said seriously: "Because some carriages of the logistics carriage exceeded the capacity of the road, we were forced to abandon most of the carriages  , many of the spears, shields, swords, and spare weapons that carry heavy infantry and light infantry are carried on the backs of our infantry, especially our heavy infantry. Heavy cavalry is okay, at least the equipment is carried on the back of war horses, but our heavy infantry  It¡¯s difficult, we have more than 2,000 infantry, accounting for half of the entire infantry.¡±

    "Each heavy infantryman is equipped with a helmet, spear, shield, armor, shoulder pads, knee pads, and javelin. These weapons add up to about 15 to 25 kilograms. Although our warriors have no problem carrying them on their backs in battle, wearing full armor  After being armed for long-distance marches, these armors become unbearable. In the past, there were logistics carriages to help reduce the burden, and our infantry could advance 25 kilometers a day. Now, without carriages to reduce the burden, our infantry can only march 7 to 15 kilometers a day.  Kilometers.¡±

    "In our army, many heavy infantry have begun to complain about us." Lana warned Lin Fenghan with a solemn expression.

    "Well!" Lin Fenghan's face turned serious, he nodded lightly, and said coldly: "I know this. As for those infantrymen who complained about the march, they are not qualified soldiers. Fighting is not a house game. How can we do it easily?  Following their wishes, you must use force to resolutely suppress these people and not give them the slightest chance to resist military orders."

    "You too!" Lin Fenghan pointed at everyone and said: "My dream is to conquer the entire world and bring true peace to all mankind. We need a high-quality army. At present, our army is mixed, including pirates, fishermen, farmers, and citizens.  , blacksmiths, sailors, soldiers, everything. Among these people, there are some soldiers who are extremely poor in quality, not serious in their work, like to cut corners, and have bad tempers. We must not be polite to these people at all, and we must not be polite to them.  I can think about the problem and solve it, but as captains and centurions, you must not make the slightest concession to them, and the majesty of the Elant officer must not be lost!"

    "yes!"

    "yes!"

    ¡­¡­

    Lana and the others nodded solemnly.  Lin Fenghan said to Ke Lander again: "Ke Lande, come and talk about our logistics issues!"

    "Yes!" Kelland nodded and said seriously: "This time our army has a total of more than 6,000 people. Excluding the Marine Corps stationed along the road to ensure logistics, we currently have 5,400 people in the entire army here. All 5,400 people.  They are all from the Army, including 400 professional logistics troops, and 1,000 new mixed infantrymen have also been entrusted with logistics infantry tasks."

    "We have a total of 1,140 war horses and 1,100 cavalry troops. A total of 1,200 horses, oxen, donkeys, and mules were transported by the navy and collected nearby, and 700 baggage carriages. However, due to road conditions, our carriages cannot  Driving on rugged roads, only more than 200 small vehicles can pass. It could have hauled a month's worth of luggage at once. Now, including most of the infantry, it has to bear three days of food for itself. The supplies our entire army can haul at once can only last.  Two weeks."

    "Our large carriages are three meters wide, three meters long and two meters high. Each carriage can carry 1,000 kilograms of things when fully loaded. It is very convenient for marching and fighting in plain areas, but it will not work once we enter the mountains. There are many small roads.  They are all very narrow, and the roads are uneven. Our large carriages are too heavy, and some roads cannot support them at all. Once they sink in, it takes a lot of effort to pull them out. Our infantry spends a lot of time looking for a lot of stones to build.  Roads. But as the roads get smaller and smaller, there is really no choice. Our logistics infantry can only give up the large carriages and replace them with small carriages carrying a load of 300 to 500 kilograms."

    ¡°A lot of grain and fodder materials were handed over to the recipients.The sailors who responded, and our army, in order to share the logistical pressure, most of the soldiers were responsible for part of the food transportation.  "

    "Yes! Our archer troops are not immune. After putting down the food on our backs, our archers have no arm strength to shoot the bow. This is a very dangerous thing for us archers."  Geer looked at Lin Fenghan seriously and reported in detail.

    "So do we spearmen!"

    "Um!"

    ¡­¡­

    Everyone nodded to each other and started talking.

    Lin Fenghan walked back and forth, frowning and thinking, "Let's do this! We have a total of more than 1,200 livestock and more than 1,100 war horses, and the cavalry has no combat effectiveness in such mountainous areas. Besides, most of our cavalry are  They are trainees and part-timers. Many of them are not skilled in riding horses and can only be regarded as infantry moving on horseback."

    "My idea is that in addition to the 200 heavy cavalry veterans and 200 light cavalry vanguard scouts, the remaining 700-odd war horses are allocated to various centurions. All war horses are used to carry heavy equipment to ensure that the weight of our infantry during night battles will not exceed 20  Kilograms should be kept at around 15 kilograms, and the infantry, cavalry and general guards on the vanguard march and reconnaissance are exempted from the extra weight. What do you think?"

    "OK!"

    "Very good."

    The heavy infantry centurion Lanska, Balida and others who came forward nodded with satisfaction.

    Ross and Browner jumped out quickly and stammered to Lin Fenghan: "Baron, isn't this good? Our brothers have just become cavalry, and you just deprive them of the right to be familiar with riding horses."

    Lin Fenghan frowned, stretched out his hand and explained: "I have not deprived you of the right to establish a cavalry regiment, but the current situation does not allow us to choose. You go tell those brothers that as long as they leave the mountainous area, I will still restore their cavalry regiment.  preparation.¡±

    Lin Fenghan then turned to Ke Lande and said, "Ke Lande, what do you think of this?"

    "Um!"

    Corland nodded slowly and said carefully: "This is indeed very good, but I want to tell you that our logistics can only last for about 15 days. If we cannot end this battle within a week, then  We will definitely use logistics troops to continuously transport food and supplies from Hailin Town, which will be a huge burden on the entire territory."

    "If we can't end this campaign within a month, then no matter what, as long as we make no progress, our government will go bankrupt."

    "Yeah!" Lin Fenghan nodded solemnly, looked at the mountains above and said, "I understand!"

    December 31, 2012 20:31:05

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