“So the Porrish actually believed that the battle swayed of their favour as soon as the heavy downpour started?”

Michelle interrupted the knight as he was telling her the recount of the battle. Quickly after the interruption, the knight gave his reply.

“Sure… In keeping with the data we ‘acquired’ from our sources in Porrand together with the data that the Imperium of Drussia was keen to share with us, we will conclude that the Porrish military’s morale improved significantly as soon as the heavy rainfall started…”

Michelle gave out a brief chuckle when she heard the knight affirm what he had simply instructed her earlier than she spoke up.

“That is comprehensible. I am guessing that the Porrish believed that the heavy rain would make it much more troublesome for the Drussians to utilise their heavy weaponry and even their muskets basically since dealing with weaponry is much more troublesome when it is moist in any case.”

Erika cupped her chin as she analysed the data that she had obtained to this point.

“On the similar time, this rainfall would flip a variety of the grass and dust into mud, making it much more troublesome for the Drussian military, which consisted largely of infantry, to maneuver whereas the Porrish cavalrymen would have been just about unaffected.”

As Michelle mentioned this, a malicious smile shaped on her face.

“How pitiable… That mud solely served as the muse of their grave.”

As soon as Michelle completed talking, she observed a considerably unusual expression on the knight’s face. He seemed nearly as if he was in a trance.

“What… what’s it?”

Quickly, Michelle’s voice introduced the knight out of his trance earlier than he made his response.

“I am sorry my girl however… I simply really feel that you’ve got modified not too long ago…”

“Is that so?”

The knight’s seemed across the room rapidly for a break up second earlier than he answered her query.

“Sure… it feels such as you’re… extra open along with your subordinates and speak greater than earlier than…”

Michelle nodded her head in response to the knight’s comment.

“Ah sure, I’ve realised this explicit improvement too… It might appear that this Maxwell character has sparked one thing mendacity deep dormant inside me that has been slumbering for a protracted, very long time.”

Quickly, a interval of silence adopted earlier than Erika once more spoke up with an irritated voice.

“Properly do not simply stand there gawking… inform me every thing else that occurred.”

…

As Erika watched the Porrish proceed to attract nearer from the gap, she took this fast second to as soon as once more survey the formation of the principle Drussian military.

The formation of the Drussian military was truly surprisingly easy, which was largely due in actual fact to how symmetrical their formation truly was. The left and the precise flanks of the principle Drussian military have been truly precise mirrors of each other.

Every flank consisted of 5 Alpha Corps infantry battalions in addition to 4 Alpha Dragoon Divisions, two of which have been within the outer layer whereas the opposite two have been both within the excessive left or excessive proper relying on which flank they belonged to.

However, the center consisted of three infantry battalions whereas the opposite two stood in reserve with Erika.

This left the left and proper flanks every with 9000 males, 5000 infantry males and 4000 dragoons that would act as pseudo cavalry in a pinch, whereas the center consisted of solely 5000 males even when one additionally included the 3000 in reserve that stood with Erika.

After all there have been additionally a number of artillery models unfold out equally amongst the Drussian formation however they have been largely inconsequential in influencing the power in numbers of a selected space.

With solely 5000 males, with 3000 of which not even in formation, the center might be thought of the weakest space of the Drussian formations.

From the standpoint of any typical military from that point interval, making the center of your military the weakest was thought of to be a particularly silly determination. Weakening one of many flanks to strengthen the center or the opposite flank was comprehensible, nevertheless the identical couldn’t be mentioned for the center.

Particularly when there have been quite a few heavy weapons positioned out within the center that wanted to be protected and particularly because the opposing foe they have been going through, the Porrish, have been utilising what was principally a glorified wedge formation to pierce a sure part of their enemy’s formations.

As one would count on, the part they have been going for was the center.

If Erika needed to guess, the Porrish have been most likely hoping to chop via the weakest part of the Drussian military and ignoring the remainder of the enemy troops by utilizing their superior pace to overwhelm the Drussian artillery, reserves and commanding officers to be able to sow chaos.

In all honesty, Erika needed to praise whoever throughout the Porrish military got here up with such a daring and dangerous technique. In any case, it was a really daring all or nothing that will principally finish with the complete obliteration of one of many two sides.

It was simply such a disgrace that this form of plan would have solely labored in opposition to a extra primitive military whose achievements in musket warfare had solely scratched the floor or was left largely undeveloped.

Towards the reformed Imperial Drussian Armed Forces, which utilised solely essentially the most superior type of army warfare and doctrine, this form of technique was doomed to fail.

Whereas this will have labored in opposition to the older and smaller violet military, Erika was sure that there was no possible approach that the Porrish forces might even scratch the Drussian positions, not to mention pierce their traces.

Not on the pace they have been charging in proper now no less than.

For they have been charging into what they perceived to be the simplest space to overwhelm, the center.

Nonetheless, that concept was removed from the reality.

For the center was the place a lot of the gatling weapons have been positioned.

In different phrases, the center was a demise lure.

There have been merely no different phrases that might be used to explain it.

As soon as the Porrish handed the purpose of no return, there might solely be one destiny awaiting them.

Loss of life.

Unbiased and unprejudiced demise.

Nonetheless, earlier than the Porrish cavalry might cross into the firing vary of the gatling weapons and by extension, the Drussian infantry, there was one other firing vary which they needed to undergo first.

And that was the firing vary of the artillery.

“Order the howitzer divisions to enter ‘hearth mode 1’.”

The sound of horns blowing quickly adopted Erika’s command to relay her orders to the quite a few artillery divisions unfold out evenly amongst the Drussian military’s positions.

As soon as the sounds of the horns light away, the complete Drussian military stood in full silence with not a single sound being heard before-

Increase!

The sound of a single howitzer being fired was heard amongst the huge silent subject and soon-

Increase!

Increase!

Increase!

One after one other, a collection of howitzer photographs repeatedly echoed themselves throughout all of the Drussian positions.

Nonetheless, this was not the very best second of the battle.

That was what got here quickly after.

Quickly, Erika directed her consideration in direction of the charging Porrish cavalry.

After a number of seconds handed, the second that Erika was so eagerly anticipating has lastly arrived.

At first there was simply one among them.

A single ‘star’ that shaped after exploding out of nowhere within the air atop the Porrish cavalry.

However quickly, that one single, lonely star was quickly surrounded by related lovely stars within the skies, all of which illuminated the darkish sky created by the sombre climate.

From what Erika knew, this must be the Porrish individuals’s first encounter with airburst rounds which most likely led them to the silly determination of trying to confront the Imperial Military, believing that they’d use the identical outdated ‘spherical photographs’ utilized by different nations.

As for Erika herself, this was not her first time witnessing such a tremendous scene, it wasn’t even her first time witnessing it in a dwell motion scene in opposition to an actual opponent.

But she was nonetheless mesmerised by its magnificence.

With starry eyes, Erika was unable to maintain her mesmerisation throughout the confines of her personal thoughts as she mumbled one thing quietly to herself.

“So… so lovely…”

Though the heavy rain drowned out the sight of blood and the screams of ache, Erika knew that that the Porrish military had suffered a substantial quantity of casualties. There was little question that their morale will need to have taken a large blow.

Nonetheless, they nonetheless continued to observe via on their cost, it appeared that their resolve had remained undeterred.

Since ‘hearth mode 1’ gave every artillery unit autonomy, this may enable the chief, the artillery captain of every unit, to discern when and the place the howitzer would hearth to maximise the injury accomplished. As such, there have been no periodical volley photographs of the howitzers firing concurrently.

As an alternative, it was a relentless barrage of lovely stars that exploded within the air earlier than sending demise and destruction to every thing beneath it in its wake.

And to make issues worse for the Porrish, the shrapnel and our bodies created by the howitzers has brought on important modifications to the muddy and tough terrain, inflicting them difficulties of their cost.

Those that have been unfortunate sufficient to outlive being knocked off their horse have been trampled by their very own comrades.

It was actually a tragic sight.

Nonetheless, to somebody like Erika, this scene in entrance of her was not a tragic sight.

Quite, it was one thing price of reward, one thing that she might solely describe as lovely, as twisted as that sounded.

To her, this sight might solely be described as a stupendous piece of paintings.

An paintings which emphasised the true fantastic thing about being the one accountable for a military throughout massive scale battles akin to this one.

Like how every brush and stroke on a canvas had which means in creating a stupendous piece of artwork, every unit’s placement and orders had a significant position to play in creating a really marvellous piece of artwork.

It was due to these lovely moments created by the ‘paintings’ made by the respective commanders of every military that Erika devoted herself wholeheartedly to the artwork of warfare.

Or on the very least, it was one of many primary causes.

Nonetheless, that was not all that this battle needed to supply.

There was nonetheless another factor that Erika was simply as, if not much more, excited to see in motion.

If Erika needed to make a comparability, she would describe this ‘sight’ that she was excitedly awaiting because the ‘climax’ of the battle, just like the climax on the finish of any story that thrilled anybody who learn it.

It reality, Erika would argue that this climax was the one factor that will stick out on this already memorable battle.

With a smile on her face that Erika had unconsciously shaped a while in the past through the course of the battle, Erika gave her subsequent order.

“Order the gatling weapons to enter hearth mode 1!”