I Became a Genius Commander at the Academy - Chapter 79

EP.79

In a typical battle situation, a full-scale fight begins after exchanging slanderous and disparaging remarks.

Since this is not a surprise attack, but a frontal encounter, you should say to the enemy in a loud voice, ‘I am here.’ There is no problem if I tell you this.

This is because soldiers who are uncomfortable with killing people who believe in the same religion of Deus are reassured by the justification that those guys are bastards who must be killed.

To be precise, I am trying to secure legitimacy in the minds of the soldiers who will go into battle and commit murder by instilling in them the idea that the reason I aim my spear and kill them is for the sake of the Empire and Deus.

However, the people of the empire do not view the pagan northern barbarians as the same people, or rather, they view them as trash no worse than cockroaches that often appear in houses.

From what I heard, there is no soldier who regrets killing a barbarian.

Those barbarians are heretics, murderers, rapists, and kidnappers.

Briefly explaining once again just how harmful they are will be enough to prepare your mind before battle.

So I spoke in a very calm but serious voice.

“Attention 24th Regiment. From now on, we will kill those murderous, ugly pagans on Deus’ behalf to do what he wants.”

It may be a bit absurd for me, who barely believes in Deus due to my experience living in Korea, to speak as if I were a priest.

As a commander, it is my duty to be willing to mention that person’s name a thousand times if a few words can help raise morale.

“Don’t hesitate to kill them. They are worse than scum who have already kidnapped and killed thousands of our people at will and do not hesitate to use them as playthings. “It is uglier than a cockroach, worse than a crow that eats a corpse, and meaner than a wild cat.”

According to the testimony of the prisoners, when they plundered the village, they captured young children, tortured them, and killed them in front of their parents because they were bored.

Among the imperial women held captive in the Chuik tribe village, there were several who completely lost their minds due to the shock of being raped.

What’s even more terrifying is that when they committed such evil acts, people of all ages and even the children of the barbarians watched with enjoyment.

“Those barbarians are harmful beings. They are people who should not exist in this world. We are here to destroy them and bring justice. more.”

When I said that, everyone in my unit responded loudly and I checked once again the state of our unit’s armament.

In order to survive as much as possible from the barrage of arrows, chain armor was provided to even the lowest-ranking soldiers from the entire regiment warehouse.

For the soldiers fighting at the vanguard of each unit, they gathered more spare supplies and somehow provided them with plate breastplates and shields coated with thick iron to block helmet arrows.

If it was armed to this extent, honestly, it would have been so thick and heavy that it would have completely given up on quick maneuvers.

It would be foolish for an army of an agricultural people to be lightly armed to avoid being outpaced by those who use anti-farmer, anti-nomadic cavalry tactics.

Because no matter how much I fly or crawl, I can’t catch up.

So it’s best to be heavily armed so that you can break their bones with one hit.

“All troops advance. “Slaughter the barbarians.”

When I gave the order, the regiment’s buglers and riders gave signals and we began to move forward slowly.

As I was near the vanguard, an army of barbarians began to arrive.

As expected, the infantrymen in the center were probably wearing what looked like roughly made leather armor at best, as the only thing shining brightly even from hundreds of meters away was the blade of the spear.

The infantry was trudging along without even being able to form a proper formation, as if they had brought in dogs and oxen only to fill up the numbers.

Was it because the archers were not yet in sight among our soldiers who saw this?

“Look at that shabby thing. “Aren’t we better than that when we were new recruits?”

“Wow, look at it from a distance and it doesn’t hit your feet. “They are very poor bastards.”

“They look like infantry and are gathered together holding spears, but they move crookedly and slowly. It’s a sight to behold. “It takes about 10,000 people like that to be a match for us, right?”

I learned that the value of infantry was exactly like that in the early Middle Ages, when the value of infantry was roughly conscripted from the serfs who lived in villages.

Since knights play an important role in war anyway, the idea was that the money needed to train 10 infantrymen would be enough to maintain one knight.

Soldiers were not provided with any weapons or armor, so those who joined the infantry carried household tools such as pitchforks, hoes, and wooden clubs as weapons, and were only armed with three layers of cloth clothing.

They said that their role was essentially just carrying supplies and matching numbers, so it wasn’t a big problem even if some people died.

“All units on alert! “Those in the vanguard, hold on to your shields, bow your heads, and look at your feet!”

“This is an order from the regiment commander. “Don’t raise your head just to block an arrow.”

“Infantry, protect the crossbowmen and wizards as much as possible!”

This time, dust was seen rising from 300 to 400 meters away, and hundreds of cavalrymen with bows appeared running in front of it.

The infantrymen I just saw were walking crookedly, unable to even synchronize their steps.

The archers, like knights of the early Middle Ages, ran in single column with an undisturbed posture, as if showing off that they were highly elite combatants.

Fast and without any shaking, as if they were one body.

“Attention solidarity!”

As he said that, the commanders at each level quickly repeated the command to pay attention to.

“The enemy’s archers are very sharp and powerful. However, as you have just seen, there are only a few archers at most, and the rest are idiots no better than those idiots who are looking for their mother’s milk in boot camp.”

The problem is that if those few people gnash their teeth and shoot arrows to kill our advancing soldiers one by one, our soldiers may lose their reason.

Then, any one of the units will not be able to withstand it and will act alone and try to chase them down or act strangely.

As such movements increase, the enemy archers move around the collapsed infantry formation with swords in both hands, carrying out one-sided massacres.

“You may have heard it several times already, but as long as there are no idiots who turn their heads and charge at us when they hit us with their arrows, we will definitely win. Therefore, officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers who act arbitrarily without permission from each battalion commander will be beheaded, regardless of the reason.”

However, since they are archers who value agility, their armament is limited, so if the infantry lowers their spears and maintains a square, it will be difficult for them to even penetrate, let alone break through.

Therefore, as I just said, if only soldiers or units that act out on their own are well controlled, there is no chance that we, who have maintained the best military equipment, will be left out of harm’s way.

“If you do as I say, I will give you all the opportunity to lead a better life, just as I did in Czechia and Visozhia. Don’t panic when they attack you with their arrows, just hold on. Then the crossbowmen and wizards will kill them.”

No matter how fast their feet are, since this is a place covered with a lot of mud, there will be great limitations in using the barbarian’s unique marksmanship against infantry, which is mainly used by archers.

That’s because they formed a long, thin formation from the vanguard to the very rear, and came as if they were going to charge at us.

When the arrow reaches the range, it shoots the arrow and then returns to the back, spinning like a cart wheel to attack.

If you use this tactic even on flat ground, the horse’s stamina will be greatly consumed, but in a place covered with a lot of mud, the horse’s speed will inevitably drop and the stamina consumption will also be enormous.

Their words will tire you out faster than usual.

By the time we felt that the enemy’s main force, the Central Army, was getting somewhat closer to us.

The men leading the enemy archers shouted extremely loudly and, as expected, attempted to attack both sides of our regiment.

“Crossbowmen and wizards, prepare to counterattack at any time! Then, when they attack, shoot arrows and magic and immediately hide behind the shield of the shield soldier next to you! Those who move slowly will die! Shield soldiers should continue to advance while holding their shields. Even if you are attacked, never stop and maintain this speed!”

When my order was delivered to the entire regiment, the sound of an arrow splitting the sky was heard in my ears.

“You bastards. Ahh.”

“I told you not to raise your head, you idiot Brooks! “Everyone bow their heads except the crossbowmen and wizards!”

“Trust the armor you guys are wearing! If you hit something like that, you won’t get through it unless you’re extremely unlucky! “Don’t even think of stupid things to stop while watching!”

At the same time, the battalions on both sides shouted loudly.

“Shoot the arrow! “Let’s see if they search first or we search first. Okay!”

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