I Became a Genius Commander at the Academy - Chapter 222

EP.222

The commanders of the Stockholm Kingdom Army tried their best to calm their troops by telling them not to panic and that the enemy force was only a small number.

It could be said that it was the best action to take in the current situation, but the soldiers did not hear the words of higher-ups telling them to calm down.

Suddenly, an ambush army appeared and they seemed to be jumping up and down, unable to come to their senses, but the voices of the officers that were heard were full of agitation instead of dignity and seriousness.

In fact, the officers were shouting ‘calm down’ with their mouths, but this was what they were thinking.

‘Why the fuck are enemy soldiers suddenly pouring out of the forest? Also, there are so many knights and archers… Should I just die?’

Even the officers who served as the head of the army were in a hurry, even as they saw with their own eyes the Reich Imperial Army approaching in droves from the rear.

The soldiers were not able to properly form the close formation of spearmen, who had already practiced hundreds or thousands of times through training.

“1st platoon! 1st Platoon gather together! “Unless you want to die in a hurry!”

“The company commander said it would be a battalion formation!”

“You crazy bastard! The battalion commander told us to gather in company units, but we are in a freezing battalion formation!! “Oh, you stupid officer.”

However, just as the saying goes that one person’s despair becomes another person’s hope, the reckless behavior of officers belonging to the Stockholm Kingdom Army and the Warsaw Grand Duchy Army gave great strength and courage to the soldiers of the empire.

“No, you reacted so funny to getting hit in the back of the head. “Don’t you feel sorry for not being able to thank you, Sergeant Max?”

“It looks like living in this world is difficult, so I need to quickly send him to Deus.”

“We will have a chance to change our fortunes by raising our achievements, and those children will die quickly and go to Deus’ side without having to suffer in this harsh battlefield, so everyone will be happy.”

To put it mildly, the soldiers were cracking jokes among themselves and forming a tight formation to comfortably put pressure on the enemy.

At the same time, the archers and knights on the far right of the unit attacking the enemy’s rear carried their respective weapons and ran at maximum speed while barely maintaining their formation.

The knights and archers, who were moving at twice or two and a half times the speed of the infantry, attacked the infantry of the Stockholm Kingdom Army, which could not even form a proper formation.

“Didn’t Mom and Dad, or your company commander, teach you to come together somehow if you want to survive?”

“You idiots, there is no use in regretting, so just die and go to heaven.”

“I allow death to become a stepping stone for my advancement!”

A soldier flying freely in the sky for the first and last time in his life after being run over by a running horse.

With all of this combined, the infantry units of the Stockholm Kingdom’s army quickly turned into chaos, and the officers completely lost the ability to control their soldiers.

“You crazy people! It’s okay now, so grab a spear or something like a sword or mace and fight! Don’t you know that archers and knights on horseback are scary when they are galloping on horseback, but they are not scary at all now?”

“Save me, surrender! surrender!!”

“You bastards, you put down your weapons and raised both hands, why…?”

Thanks to this, the chaos caused by the archers and knights colliding head-on with the kingdom’s infantry grew out of control.

It’s like when a big fire breaks out in a mountain, no matter how much water you pour in and all kinds of fire extinguishing agents you spray, it has no effect and the size and intensity gradually increases like crazy.

The shock of being hit by knights and horse archers who suddenly jumped out from an ambush threw the kingdom’s army into mental confusion and caused them to collapse.

However, the infantry of the Reich army that appeared later, as if that was not enough, began to move with great enthusiasm to slaughter the enemy troops who were in confusion and fear.

“Push slowly but heavily while forming a close formation!”

“When the battle is settled, the Pyeongon soldiers and two-handed sword soldiers step forward and kill the enemy! “Kill every single one of them!”

“There’s no need for them all, just kill one more guy! “The opportunity to change your fortune is now!”

Because the situation was so chaotic that it could not be controlled, the soldiers belonging to the Reich Imperial Army could run away.

Because it was common knowledge among the soldiers that soldiers who lost order in this way had virtually lost their fighting ability, and killing these guys was as easy as taking something out of your pocket.

Even though some of the soldiers who were conspicuous by their exploits could have committed deviant acts, not a single Imperial soldier trained according to strict military discipline broke ranks.

As a result, the rear of the Allied forces in Stockholm and Warsaw was already destroyed by the imperial infantry in a state that was so damaged that it was difficult for commanders to control.

And of course, this wave quickly spread to the front line where the Reich Imperial Army was fighting head-on.

“What the fuck? “Hey, why am I hearing a strange sound from behind me?”

“I don’t know, Sergeant Alexei. And relax and listen to the sounds coming from behind…”

“Makarov Makarov!!!”

Marshal Władysław, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, somehow controlled information, so among the commanders fighting on the front lines, officers below a brigadier general were unaware that the rear had been ambushed.

Just as if I were to cover my eyes with my palm, I would be able to tell that a fire was burning right in front of me because the intense heat would be transmitted if there was a fire burning nearby.

The soldiers fighting on the front lines were also informed that a very, very big problem had already occurred in the rear.

And at this time, someone was heard shouting among the soldiers of the Reich Empire.

“Lieutenant General Jaeger’s plan worked. “It is said that the rear of the enemy army has been attacked by our knights and cavalry archers and is now reduced to rags!”

“The Stockholm guys are surrounded. We won!”

“The foolish Gomtaeng children of the North have no way out or a way out now!”

At the same time as those words were spoken, an order for an all-out attack was issued to the entire army by Lieutenant General Yeager.

“This is an order from the Lieutenant General to kill every single one of the Stockholm Gomtaeng children! “Don’t let even one person live!”

“No, our unit will at least pick up or capture the enemy brigade commander! “It’s an opportunity to change your character!”

“Life should be lived short and boldly. “Shouldn’t we buy everything we can and try to become rich once?”

With an order that stimulated the soldiers’ instinctive desires, all officers below battalion commanders and regiment commanders got off their horses and pulled out their swords from their waists.

Then, as if imitating what Peter Yeager had done in the past, commanders who were sufficiently fit took the lead and pushed the enemy.

“The regimental commander is at the forefront! Protect the regiment commander! Follow the regiment commander!”

“Follow me, Major Mainz! “The 4th Battalion, follow me in Mainz and annihilate the enemy!”

“It’s because of you that I got a colonel and cut down a stake, you little bastards! “You bastards who won’t mind pulling out your eyeballs and playing with air!”

As officers such as the battalion commander and regiment commander, who normally did not stand in the vanguard, took the lead, the Stockholm soldiers fell into further confusion as they were already being pushed back.

In the confusion, soldiers belonging to units near the forest began to secretly desert, and the Allied forces were unable to control this.

Marshal Władysław, who watched this, sighed and threw his baton to the floor.

“Fucking bastards! “I can’t just suffer like this.”

Although he said so, all the circumstances indicate that he is now left with only two options: either put a sword in his own neck and die, leaving his children with a full title and territory, or survive and receive all kinds of punishment.

The enemy was so upset that he had to commit suicide that he decided to use the hand he had not used since he did not know whether the last hand was good or bad.

No, after that damned Lieutenant General Jaeger of the Empire attacked the main base, there was concern about ‘internal communication’, so I decided to bring it up because it was a desperate situation where I had to mobilize a man who was kept away from the main force of 200,000 troops and made to suck his fingers.

“Mobilize 4,000 of Ishtaven’s archer cavalry and attack the Reich bastards! “Knock back the imperial bastards who attack our troops’ rearguard.”

It was an order given with the feeling of grasping at a straw when drowning, but the judgment was very correct from the perspective of the kingdom’s military.

Because the Imperial Army soldiers currently striking the rear of the Stockholm Kingdom Army did not think that they would be ambushed.

If you get hit in the back of the head, the shock will definitely kill your unit’s spirit.

The order was soon conveyed to Ishtaven, and his heart swelled with the desire to somehow achieve merit here and become a nobleman with the title of Stockholm.

“Compatriots, here is your chance to settle down in Stockholm with wealth and fame! “Fight at the risk of death!”

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