"Chapter 80: The Battle of the Breakout: XVII"
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"General, the Marquis of Rundstead sent his own soldiers reported that the commander of the Fire Legion, Marquis Bernard, had been assassinated and killed by orc sneak attackers in a fierce battle, and the soldiers of the Fire Legion, who had lost their commander, were furious and demanded to go to the front to avenge their captain. ”
"Really?" Bai Feng, who was not surprised, instructed the Spartan centurion beside him: "Cabitus, you go down and send someone to tell the Marquis of Rundstead: Since the soldiers of the Fire Legion are actively seeking war, let the Marquis fulfill their request." ”
"No!"
Cabitus, who had been appointed by Bai Feng five minutes earlier as the commander of the infantry of the pro-guard system, was a centurion of the Spartan hoplites at the same time as Leonidas;
In this breakthrough battle, Bai Feng did not have much energy to use to command the personal guards, so six teams of Spartan heavy infantry and four teams of Macedonian royal pikemen, as well as four teams of Roman youth army and three teams of Cretan archers, were unified and organized by Bai Feng.
Under the premise that the centurions of each team have similar abilities, the oldest Cabitus is naturally the most suitable candidate for the commander, and the twelve teams of iron artillery and spearmen who do not belong to the Roman city system are still under the direct command of Bai Feng, which is the trump card in Bai Feng's hands to get rid of the pursuit of the orcs.
The iron cannon spearmen with hand-to-hand combat strength are only one level, and with the iron cannon in their hands with amazing lethality, they can easily shoot the orc warriors who abuse the imperial soldiers, especially the three-stage fire of the iron cannon gunners, which is the best shooting tactic for shooting orc warriors in a large area.
The Cretan archers, who were far superior to the iron gunners in their overall strength, were far inferior to the iron gunners in shooting the orc warriors, and the pigman warriors, who were the weakest of the orc warriors, could resist four or five arrows that hit them and continued to charge.
After changing the shooter from a Cretan archer to an iron gunner, it only takes a bullet fired by an iron gunner, and the strongest tiger warrior among the orc warriors can be easily shot, and of course, the accuracy of the Cretan archer is not comparable to that of the iron gunners.
Twelve teams of iron artillery spearmen and ten teams of heavy pikemen, these two ace troops are the strength of Bai Feng to break out of the encirclement; the system soldiers may not be able to beat the orc warriors too much in terms of combat effectiveness, but in terms of morale and tactics, they will definitely throw the orc army a few streets.
Even the orc warriors, who are known for their fear of death, can't really treat death as nothing, they are only slightly stronger than the imperial soldiers in this regard, and there is still a considerable gap between them and the system soldiers who are truly not afraid of death.
The Roman youth army of the pro-guard army could fight to the last man in the encirclement of the orc army without taking a step back, while the orc army could not do this, and Bai Feng once personally led the battle group to defeat the orc attack army at the twelfth fortress.
Heavy casualties can make the Imperial army collapse, and it can also make the Orc army collapse, but the critical point of the collapse of the Orc army is much higher than that of the Imperial army, which creates the illusion that the Orc army will not be defeated by the Imperial army.
With six full teams of Spartan heavy infantry and four teams of Macedonian royal pikemen in front to build a spear defense, supplemented by a salvo of Cretan archers and iron gunners, Bai Feng did not believe that the orc army could withstand such a blow.
After seeing that the Marquis of Rundstead successfully took over the Fire Legion, Bai Feng ordered Cabitus beside him: "Gatitus, you go and give orders to General Totila and General Giscar, and let them immediately lead their legions out of the city to reinforce the Marquis of Rundsteadt." ”
"No!"
Cabitus, who was just about to turn around and go down to deliver the order, was stopped by Bai Feng before he could walk away: "After giving the order, you go and gather your troops, and when the 39th and 40th Legions are out of the city, it will be our turn to leave." ”
"No!"
Totilla's Thirty-ninth Legion and Giscar's Fortieth Legion were the two most loyal to Bai Feng except for the four units of the battle cluster, and Bai Feng did not need special attention to them, and the Marquis of Rundstead would arrange them properly.
After deciding to personally lead the army, Bai Feng mainly planned to use the systematic soldiers of the pro-guard team to block the pursuit of the orc army, and cover the withdrawal of other defensive armies one after another, and the reserve army of Bonella and Carol was the reserve force in Bai Feng's hands for emergency response.
About twenty minutes later, Totila's 39th Army and Giscar's 40th Army left the fortress and pursued the Marquis de Rundstead along the passage opened by the 7th Wing and the Assault Wing.
"General, the First Reserve Army (Second Reserve Army) is fully equipped and ready to fight at any time!" Bai Feng, who walked down the city, had just arrived at the point general platform in the fortress, and Bonella and Carol, who were dressed in military uniforms, hurriedly walked to Bai Feng's side to report the situation.
"General, the hoplites of the Pro-Guard are all assembled and ready to fight at any time!" Walking closely behind Bonella and Carol was Gapitus, who had just been promoted by Bai Feng, and he looked mighty in his red robe.
"Bonella, Carol, you immediately lead your soldiers out of the fortress and go to the passage to standby. ”
"No!" Bonella and Carol, swords at their waists, walked straight to their respective armies.
"Gapitus, I will personally lead the iron gunners and Cretan archers first, and you will lead ten teams of hoplites to follow me, and when you reach the entrance of the passage, you will form six teams of Spartan heavy infantry into two spear lines, and I will take direct command of the rest. ”
"No!"
The officers and men of the 1st and 2nd Reserves were elite veterans who moved very quickly, and after only seven minutes had passed, they had withdrawn from the fortress and rushed towards the position of the Marquis de Rundstead.
Bai Feng, who personally led the iron artillery gunners and Cretan archers, let three teams of Cretan archers walk in the forefront, and the twelve teams of iron artillery gunners were divided into four slightly larger sections, each part was composed of three teams of iron gunners, and there were 360 iron gunners!
Three teams of Cretan archers were the first to leave the fortress, followed by Bai Feng with a thousand cavalry, and then twelve teams of iron artillery and spearmen divided into four parts.
Before the whole army withdrew from the fortress, Cabitus, who had already been instructed by Bai Feng, sent a team of Spartan heavy infantry to ignite the grain and grass materials that could not be carried away in the fortress warehouse;
The fire and billowing smoke in the Fourth Main Fortress could be clearly seen even by the First Main Fortress, which was farthest away from the Fourth Main Fortress, and the Marquis of Rundstead, who was commanding the Flame Legion and the Iron Guards in front, felt even more pain in his heart.
As a civilian general who grew up in Sunset Fortress, Marquis Rundstead had a deeper affection for Sunset Fortress than everyone else, and witnessing the fall and burning of Sunset Fortress was undoubtedly a huge psychological blow to Marquis Rundstead.