In the Middle Ages, people drew cards to be promoted to nobility. - Chapter 794

Texas, Battery No. 2.

The vegetation on the mountain wall was burned to form large patches of “bald spots”, and the mountain road was scattered with corpses that the enemy had not yet collected.

Unlike Battery No. 1, which was an outpost, Battery No. 2 was mutually dependent with Battery No. 3, Battery No. 4, and Battery No. 5. Almost all the places where the enemy could set up artillery positions were within the range of at least two batteries.

This meant that the British army could no longer rely on the range advantage to bombard Battery No. 2, except for those large-caliber siege guns.

At least the Texas artillery, which was in a high position, had room to fight back, which allowed the Texans to play the advantage of the defense and turn this mountain road into a meat grinder.

Ulm defended this battery together with these so-called Texas soldiers.

For the chief winged cavalryman of Lower Egypt, who was born as a shepherd, he had been through many battles since he followed Lothar in Yogrusburg, but in this battle, all he could do was some physical work such as carrying shells and reinforcing fortifications.

Firearms were not unfamiliar to the winged cavalry, but the firearms recorded in their winged cavalry heritage were already very different from those of this era.

The soldier, waving an engineer shovel and piling the fallen stones and dirt into the backpack, asked: “Knight Ulm, your accent sounds a bit strange, are you Austrian?”

Ulm shook his head: “I am Bavarian, although I have never been back. I was born on my parents’ pilgrimage. I remember that they were attacked by Turks when they passed through Asia Minor. It was Lord Godfrey of Lower Lorraine and Bouillon who saved them. When the Holy City was recovered, they settled in Jerusalem.”

The soldier seemed to understand: “Isn’t Jerusalem the territory of pagans?”

Ulm was surprised: “What? So the holy city in your world has fallen again?”

“I don’t know too much, maybe I remembered it wrong.”

The soldier responded without confidence. There are almost no devout believers in the younger generation of Texas. Since its establishment, this wolf country has been trying its best to eliminate the influence of the church on people.

The legend of werewolves in this country has gradually changed from dark and gloomy to fairy-tale stories. The werewolf-turned-wolf is often no longer a villain, but a hero who saves the “princess”.

Or those oppressed peasants who, by chance, obtain the power of werewolves to resist the tyrannical lord.

Because Texas is isolated from the news, they don’t actually know much about the situation in Europe.

“Sir Knight, to be honest, I don’t understand why you big men who still use cold weapons want to set foot on such a dangerous battlefield?”

“Big men?”

Ulm smiled noncommittally. Although the knight class is also considered a lower-class noble, most of them are actually quite poor. Their fiefs and real estates are probably not as good as any manor owner in the New World, and the fertility of the land is far less.

“The enemy is coming! Everyone, enter the trenches immediately for defense!”

The corner leader reminded loudly.

A group of Texas soldiers filed out of the underground bunker and entered the trench. Artillery fire flew. In order to cover the infantry charge, the enemy fired all the artillery at once, suppressing the Texas artillery.

In the dense smoke on the mountain road, heavy footsteps sounded. From the smoke, one by one, the steel soldiers wrapped in cold iron armor from head to toe walked out slowly with small-caliber hand cannons.

“Those are the enemy’s armored infantry. It is said that they can’t be killed even if they are bombarded with artillery!”

“Oh no, there is another floating airship!”

“Hide in the bomb shelter quickly, the enemy is going to drop bombs.”

“No, if we go back at this time, won’t we give the position to the British in vain? At that time, as long as they block the exit of the bunker, they can suffocate us all underground. Fight with them!”

“Wait, look! Our dragon knight is coming!”

The Texas soldiers, who were already somewhat desperate, suddenly saw a three-headed dragon in the sky rising rapidly and flying towards this side.

At the foot of the mountain, the military observation group that had just arrived near New Basilicata witnessed a spectacular air battle.

It was a battle between a three-headed dragon and a small floating airship.

Compared to the dragon, the floating airship was like a giant and a child, but its attack could not hit the flexible dragon at all. The dragon used dragon fire to tear its weak top and crashed on the spot.

“Hans, what do you think?”

The leader of the team, the emperor’s adviser, the chief of staff of the federal army, Franz Conrad von Hetzendorf, looked at the end of the team, a young officer who was not very eye-catching.

Hans von Manstein was a Prussian Junker nobleman of the Knights. As the closest ally of the federation, the Teutonic Knights were called the “Baltic German State” by the Germans.

In recent years, some cracks have also occurred due to the discord between the Hohenzollern and Habsburg families.

Conrad hoped that this exchange could help bridge this rift.

The Knights of the Order was a typical militarist country. Although it was not large in size, it only had Prussia, Lithuania, the three Baltic states, and some territories that originally belonged to Poland, but it had always maintained high military expenditures and ranked among the second-strongest countries in terms of military strength. It had a profound influence in Eastern Europe and Northern Europe.

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Everyone knows who the imaginary enemy of the Knights Country is. After all, there are only two neighboring countries, Tsarist Russia and Germany. In an era of rising nationalism, the Knights Country maintains such a high military expenditure, and it must want to be in the future. During the war, he tore off a large piece of flesh and blood from the giant Tsarist Russia to fill his own desires.

“Air superiority has a very strong impact on fixed ground fortifications. In comparison, the land craft, which has always attracted much attention and is regarded as the king of land, will hardly be able to fight back if it is attacked by large-scale air power. Therefore, in future wars, the status of air superiority will become higher and higher.”

Manstein said solemnly: “I think the speed of the airship is still too slow, and the accuracy of high-altitude bombing is also very limited. Quantity can only be used instead of quality. I think the joint military industry should based on the characteristics of the airship, Develop a small aircraft that can deliver bombs more accurately, fly faster and more flexibly, and use a direct-fire cannon that can tear through the armor of an airship.”

“Like the Texan dragon?”

“Yes, dragons are hard to find, and dragon knights are even rarer. Over the years, there has only been one dragon knight, Grand Master, in Europe. But if we can make dragon-like creations out of steel, they will be endless. of.”

All the members of the military advisory group thought deeply after hearing this. Germany and the Knights were both traditional European powers, and their officer corps were naturally not in vain.

They have long understood the importance of air superiority in the future.

Conrad frowned and said: “The idea is good, but in the era when the war is about to begin, the iteration of weapons is extremely rapid. This time the British suffered a loss in the New World, they will definitely consider using airships and land on land. Move ships, and install a lot of anti-aircraft weapons in the army. If the British do this, the French will inevitably follow suit. “

He paused slightly and said: “The armor of the small aircraft you mentioned must not be too thick, otherwise it will lose its mobility. This means that it is extremely vulnerable when facing the enemy’s anti-aircraft weapons. In my opinion, it will take time to defeat the enemy’s ‘flying fortress’ in the air.”

Manstein said: “Sir, I think that nowadays, as white crystals and magic stone mines are invested in the field of arms, if you want to improve armor and defend against enemy firepower, the cost will only get higher and higher in the future. The destructive power of weapons will only become stronger and stronger, and sooner or later there will be a situation where the contradictions outweigh the shields.”

Conrad was a little dissatisfied and thought to himself, “Let you, a Prussian officer, take the lead in expressing opinions. It is just to give your knights some face as a guest. Why are you taking the lead?”

He snorted softly: “Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Let’s go and contact the British first.”

This military advisory group has no intention of concealing its identity, nor does it intend to favor the Texans. Before the victory or defeat is decided, they really only intend to perform the duties of “military observers.”

Of course, if the British army were defeated, Conrad would step forward to mediate as a close ally of the British side. The old emperor Franz and Queen Victoria had actually achieved a certain tacit understanding.

But when these Germans arrived at the British camp, Marshal Julian and others were not in such a wonderful mood.

As soon as the allies arrived, they lost face. This will obviously affect their dominant position in the Anglo-German Entente.

However, even more angry things happened one after another the next day.

France issued a diplomatic note, claiming that it wanted to send a “neutral” military observation mission to prevent the British from causing another tragic disaster like the Boer War.

They even roped in the envoys of Tsarist Russia to put pressure on the British side – this is not because they took advantage of the Texans. Texas did not have the ability to bribe high-ranking French officials. They were purely Adhering to the concept of “no matter who it is, as long as it causes trouble for the British, I, the Gallic Rooster, will definitely help”.