HBWnovel Chapter 273
Chapter 273
EP.273
As the main naval unit, directly commanded by Peter Jaeger, was preparing for close combat, a sound was heard that the commanders of the Duchy of Warsaw, including Captain Timo, did not want to hear.
The watchmen frantically rang the bell on the mast’s watchtower, sending out a warning in a loud voice.
“emergency! emergency! “A ship believed to be a Reich Imperial battleship is attempting to surround our troops’ rear!”
“The number is estimated to be around 20 ships! “The number is approximately 20 ships!”
“The enemy fleet appears in the rear! “The enemy fleet appears behind us!”
The scariest thing for soldiers, both on land and on land, is the story of being surrounded by enemy forces.
If the enemy is only in front and the back is open, you can fight the enemy with a sense of stability because you can retreat in the worst case.
If the front, back, left, and right sides are all blocked, the direction of the allies’ attacks will have to be dispersed, which will not only weaken their strength, but they will also have to suffer from the pressure of having no way to survive even if they are cornered.
The soldiers began to become agitated at the fact that their rear was blocked, and the officers maintained discipline by drawing swords and scolding them to calm them down, or by cutting down a few to make an example of them.
“We’re surrounded from front and back...”
“Shut up, why is a soldier from the Grand Duchy of Warsaw so scared? “You’re a spy, aren’t you?”
“In numbers, we will be much more! “I will kill you with my own hands if you are so embarrassed!”
Captain Teemo blamed himself, saying that even the worst people would never have a bad situation like this.
From a tactical and strategic perspective, it occurred to him that he might already be playing in the palm of Captain Jaeger’s hand.
With the fate of Warsaw on his shoulders, he had to achieve victory at all costs, so Timo gave the best orders he could think of.
“Pass it to the second-in-command. From now on, the fleet will be divided in half, and operational authority and command of half of the fleet will be transferred to Vice Admiral Shumitrikov. “Order him to destroy the Reich army that is surrounding our army from the rear.”
As the order was about to be delivered, the Imperial Fleet’s attack, which succeeded in capturing Warsaw, began.
Stones fired from siege ballistas, arrows fired from crossbows, and fireballs fired by wizards attacked the Warsaw fleet.
The staff of the flagship that Captain Teemo was on hurriedly rushed over and began reporting.
“The enemy’s attacks continue from the rear! If we continue like this, we will all die.”
“Our vanguard fleet has been annihilated by the Reich Imperial Army!”
“Out of the 115 ships in the fleet, nearly 30 have already become unusable!”
Timo, who was already worried about going bald due to hair loss, said while tearing out his hair with his fingers after hearing the depressing reports from his staff.
But there was something else more important than this reason.
‘The eyes of Captain Teemo and all enemy general staff must be focused only on me. That way, the time when they notice that a fishing boat that is about to launch a fire attack is approaching them will be delayed as much as possible.’
For this reason, even though Jaeger holds the position of commander of the Imperial Army, he must fight alongside the soldiers.
On the other hand, Captain Teemo couldn’t understand why a guy named Peter Yeager was fighting directly with a sword, even though he had 4 stars just like him.
As he looked at the incomprehensible sight, he felt anxious, as if defeat was getting closer, and it drove him into a desperate situation where he felt like he was going crazy.
Driven to the end, as a commander, he issued orders filled with emotion, although they were based on reason.
“Use all your might to murder that bastard, Peter Yeager! Don’t even look at anything else. As long as we capture the enemy commander, our Grand Duchy of Warsaw will win. Long live Warsaw! Long live His Royal Highness Archduke Stefan! Everyone charges except the rowing soldiers! Break through the enemy’s defenses!”
Although it was the most certain winning operation in this war, it was also an order that resulted in the death of tens of thousands of Warsaw Marines.
This is what Peter Jaeger would later say if he heard this from someone else.
‘Is this a blatant protest demanding that their soldiers be killed? How is it different from the Japanese army’s Banzai charge?’
But now, the Reich soldiers, including Peter Jaeger, were busy dealing with the waves of soldiers that were nearly three times as many as they were.
There were many who looked like they were going to collapse due to exhaustion of stamina, but there were also many soldiers who fought and fought as they watched the captain next to them kill several times more soldiers than them, but the tip of his sword was still not blunted.
“The commander is fighting next to us! “Hold on with your wickedness!”
“Fight for the glory of the Reich Empire! Then you too will receive sufficient compensation!”
“If you hold on just a little longer, the captain will do something!”
This situation was the same for the subfleet that surrounded and fought behind the Warsaw Fleet, which was not under the command of Captain Peter Jaeger.
Warsaw’s Captain Timo, who noticed the momentum, had expectations.
If things continue like this, that damned Captain Peter Jaeger of the Reich Empire will be outnumbered and his stamina will run out first. I saw hope that I would be able to decapitate him or capture him.
Whether by killing or capturing him, he wanted to inflict as much humiliation and shame as he could.
When the situation of the war was slightly, if not quite, tilted towards Warsaw, Lieutenant Vincent approached Captain Peter Jaeger and spoke in a whisper.
“The fire ship will arrive soon.”
The last hidden fireworks ship that will allow the Reich Imperial Navy to defeat the Warsaw Navy, which is three times more numerous than them, has finally appeared.
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