Academy Genius Commander

46 – Branov Plain Giant Tournament (3)

The archetype of my battalion formation is Tercio, where the soldiers with spears are lined up in a long rectangular shape, and crossbowmen and wizards are placed at each end of the square formation.

This formation is often described in this way in papers and the like.

‘It’s as heavy and hard as a solid stone wall moves, so it will be able to stop even the assault of knights.’

The defense is very high because the spearmen are densely packed, and attack the approaching enemy infantry from a distance and knock them down.

Even though many scholars and dramas and movies express it differently, most of them are described with this feeling.

Even in actual history, because the knights couldn’t even dare to break this formation, a tactic called ‘karakol’, in which they rode horses and fired pistols (pistols filled with gunpowder) from a distance that seemed out of reach or out of reach, became popular. .

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Like knights, spearmen who do not have hard armor that blocks almost 100% of swords and arrows can be destroyed in an instant, depending on the commander’s ability.

However, since the enemy has started to collapse, if we release our formation to kill even one more person and launch an attack, the damage to our battalion will increase.

“The company commander of each infantry company controls the soldiers. Just like pushing an enemy down against a wall to kill them, push them down slowly to kill them.”

A battalion commander like me must do everything possible to control the soldiers so that they don’t give up the advantage of solid formation by running amok.

When I gave the order to control it, I heard company commanders giving orders in a loud voice from a little distance away.

“It’s an order, Commander-in-Chief! Reorganize the formation of the 1st company!”

“Aim the command to one or two! Like in training, poke in one, subtract in two! Match your moves like knives!”

“If you go too far, you end up going in front of Deus-sama. Wake up if you don’t like it!”

Then, the soldiers who had gone too far restored their formation and began to push forward slowly.

Instead, the Czech infantrymen who were dealing with us also began to find some leeway.

They are already in a state where at least 20% of the battalion’s personnel are killed or seriously injured and cannot participate in battle.

If so, I should give the adjutant who always follows me a chance to build up military service.

“Lieutenant Laura von Wenner, lead a platoon from my company right now and go to support the 3rd company. If you do what you have learned from watching me, the enemy will not be able to resist and will defeat you.”

When Laura heard that, she looked at me with a thrilled face and replied.

“Thank you for the opportunity, Major!”

Then, as soon as he left my side and turned his back, he drew his sword and ordered.

“The 1st Platoon of the company under direct control is following me to support the 3rd Company! Hurry up!”

As she was also very active in the original novel, she will undoubtedly establish a fairly large major here and show everyone her abilities.

And just in time, a signal came from the rider at the vanguard.

To interpret the signal, it was a signal that the enemy’s battalion-sized reinforcements in the rear were properly hit by the knights’ charge, and that they had to reorganize due to the damage.

If it were a normal commander, having received the news that enemy reinforcements were coming, he would intensify his offensive and try to annihilate the enemy battalion in front of his eyes.

Even if I become the enemy’s commander, no, even if I become a regimental commander, I will mobilize knights to attack our unit.

Because a knight’s charge is a catastrophe that can never be prevented by foot soldiers unless they are in the best preparation.

So I was able to hold back over 500 troops who came to support the Czech Republic Battalion in front of me with just 12 knights.

“The battalion commander, immediately make a large turn to the left of our troops, check if the enemy knights are approaching, and report back!”

“Yes, I understand.”

Having said that, the messenger rode his horse and quickly left the battalion.

Even if, while preparing like this, even if an enemy knight does not appear and makes a foolish mistake, it will be much better than being suddenly beaten after not preparing for it.

On the other hand, the 3rd Company, which sent Lieutenant Laura and a platoon to support, was making more progress than the other units.

So I thought about stopping it for a moment, but I kept maintaining the line that did not break the linkage of the battalion.

Considering that he is still doing well, I can say that the 3rd company commander is quite competent.

Undoubtedly, what stood out the most was Laura’s platoon, which had gone to support the 3rd company.

“Follow me, Laura von Benner! Pierce the enemy’s gap and return all at once! Don’t be afraid to stab it!”

Saying that, she took the platoon I made up temporarily and found the weakest spot in the unit fighting against the 3rd company.

There, he stood at the forefront, intensively committed his platoon, and cut down as many enemy troops as possible.

Approximately 4-7 enemy soldiers are dying in one charge, so it would be terrible to the point where the enemy is speechless.

Then, Lieutenant Laura went deeper into the enemy camp than before, and soon after, a flag symbolizing the company commander was seen falling.

Then I saw the spearhead on which the feathered helmet hung.

“Laura von Wenner, aide-de-camp of the Jaeger Battalion, has beheaded the Czech Republic commander!”

After that, she returned to the 3rd company and joined the fight.

She was credited with blowing off the head of the opposing company commander from the first day, so if she returned, even if it was difficult to get a promotion, she would be able to receive at least the Bronze Cross.

Also, since we are rampaging like this, it seems certain that the enemy commander will send out knights to educate us.

That’s how I went to the left side to prepare for the knights’ charge, but as if to prove my intuition was correct, the messenger I had just sent was rushing toward me.

“About 50 knights are approaching 1.5 km from here! 50 articles approaching!!”

Until we heard the messenger’s report, our battalion, whose morale had skyrocketed, was greatly discouraged for a moment.

“I, Peter Yeager, are going to intercept the knights. So you only move according to my orders. Then no one can live without getting hurt!”

When I said this, the battalion’s morale began to recover to some extent, believing my words that the genius battalion commander character I had accumulated so far would exert terrible power and not die.

“From the present point of view, the former battalion should only moderately check the Czech Republic infantry in front of us. It is forbidden to go deep and attack. Keep the formation as it is, but when the signal is signaled with the sound of the trumpet and the flag, turn to the left all at once and lower the spearhead to check!”

Having said that, I moved with the battalion’s headquarters from the center of the battalion to the left, closer to them.

In my mind, I wanted to turn the formation to the side where the knights were approaching.

There are Czech Republic infantry in front of you, but if you ignore them, the damage will be no joke, and there is no way to do it because there is no room to change formation because of the allied infantry next to you.

That’s how we prepared for them coming for 5 or 7 minutes, but let’s pretend we didn’t notice.

The sound of the horses shouting along with the sound of the horses’ hooves as they rode more than 50 knights could be heard.

“Kill all the Reich Empire bastards who are worse than dogs!”

“I will send you to Deus!”

“Long live the Czech Republic! Long live Czechia!”

When I saw a mass of iron charging at us with a huge spear at least 3 meters long, I was frightened for a moment.

If even the iron knights are looking for a weak spot, they can be dealt with only with infantry, even if it’s not until they shoot three in an instant.

“Wizards and crossbowmen, when they approach, just aim for words! Never aim for the articles above. Even those lumps of iron didn’t put strong armor on the horse. If possible, aim for the horse’s flank!”

No matter how much the knights say they are human tanks made of steel, it is the humans riding on them who have covered their bodies with lumps of iron.

The horses riding them were only wrapped in iron plates like breastplates, and no matter how heavily armed the cavalry was riding, all they had to do was wear a single layer of iron chains.

So, when a horse is hit by an arrow, it dies.

Even though the knights of Czechia knew that we were preparing well, they did not stop charging in order to honor as knights and to obey the order to save our allies.

As they sped up and approached us in a wedge formation.

“Now! Spearmen look to the left! Crossbowmen and wizards, attack their horses!”

They fired magic and arrows, and the horses of the knights who were hit by them began to collapse without enduring several attacks.

Even after enduring that, those who approached the allies couldn’t penetrate the wall made of spears by our battalion members.

I don’t know what the damage situation might have been, but the dead don’t come back.

“Private soldiers, take advantage of the knights’ fall from their horses and make them even better! Kill them all!”

When the order was given, the soldiers in each unit went to the forefront and began beating the knights with churros attached to the ends of their uniforms.

Then, the knights in armor endured it to some extent, but when two or three people approached and knocked at once, they could not stand it and died.

Among them, there are those who immediately retreated when they fell off their horses, but the wizards removed them with fire-attribute magic like Fireball as much as possible.

A melee of death unfolded for the knights.

And soon after, when all the remaining knights were organized, an order was given to our battalion to fall back.