Chapter 147: Battle Of Jungfrau Plains (4)

Chapter 147: Battle Of Jungfrau Plains (4)

The next day, at the command barracks of the Reich Empires 7th Division.

In the currently empty barracks, I slammed my fist on the innocent desk and exclaimed.

Damn it! Why did we have to fall for a double agents trickery like this? I thought at most wed only face about 4,000 until we joined forces with His Highness the Crown Prince!

Of course, 9,000 against 8,000 was a much better situation than what we had faced in the Hattin Forest.

The fact that Count Bern, who had been communicating with the Reich Empire for years and gained our trust, was actually a double agent meant that our entire strategy had evaporated into thin air.

In the worst-case scenario, our Imperial Army could be annihilated at the hands of those Swiss bastards.

But just as in life, neither bad things happen nor do good things continue forever.

If I had chosen an easier path for the march, our 7th Division might have been annihilated by now. Count Ticino probably would have set up a solid defense near the Lindenhorf Hills and prepared a separate unit to attack us from behind.

If that had happened, our division would have suffered near-annihilation or complete destruction.

However, we somehow managed to avoid that fate and were now facing them at the Jungfrau Plains. If our army won here, when all the forces gathered under His Highness the Crown Prince, the morale of the Swiss soldiers would plummet to the ground.

As I calmed myself and sat down, the officers who had entered the barracks and been watching me cautiously asked with concerned expressions.

Lieutenant General, are you feeling a bit better now?

Of course, Im not fine. I feel utterly twisted inside. But dying of anger here would make Count Ticino extremely happy, so I cant die even if I want to. So, before I die, Ill crush all those damned Swiss bandits first.

We feel the same. We are determined to avenge their attempt to corner our 7th Division.

The officers, while saying this, all gritted their teeth, thinking of those evil Swiss bastards.

I unfolded the map of the Jungfrau Plains drawn by a scout and placed wooden markers representing the Imperial Army on it, then said,

Count Ticinos army has 9,000, and our 7th Division has 8,000 soldiers, so there isnt much difference in numbers. The chances are very high that we will engage in a frontal battle with the Swiss.

And then, a very conventional battle would follow.

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Both armies would endure each others long-range attacks with grit and slowly approach each other.

But in such a situation, wasnt it better to feign vulnerability and trap them rather than split our infantry?

Sure, thats a good strategy. But I have a slightly better idea.

What strategy is that?

For them to gain the upper hand in the ambush, they would have to strike right near our division, wouldnt they?

That was inevitable, as the commanders of our unit, including myself, were not fools and would prepare for any unexpected ambush.

We always had scouts or messengers around to detect whether the enemy was approaching.

There was no reason to risk being detected and increase the distance by starting from a forest far from the 7th Division and moving across an open plain.

So, its as if we already know where they will come from, right?

Thats right.

Then, pointing towards the forest with my command stick, I said,

So we will show the enemy an unprotected flank to strangely allure them. Well continuously send scouting units to the forest on our flank to monitor the movements of those idiotic Swiss scums. And then, at that moment!

I would have already moved the mages towards the forest adjacent to our unit.

I plan to launch fireballs and flaming arrows to burn the enemy soldiers along with the forest when they enter.

Of course, it wouldnt be like burning dry wood, so it wouldnt be like Zhuge Liangs Battle of Red Cliffs, where all the Swiss soldiers burned to death.

At least the leaves and trees would emit a tremendous amount of smoke, and those who came for a surprise attack would have to flee to avoid suffocation.

The Swiss infantry, blinded by the sudden smoke, would suspect that they had been swept up in a fire.

Then, naturally, the enemy would panic due to the unexpected situation and the innate fear of fire.

Our soldiers, already aware of the impending fire and smoke, will shout to the confused and panicked enemy soldiers, The Reich Empire bastards have ambushed the flank of the Swiss Confederation army!

Of course, we had no actual intention of splitting our forces to ambush the Swiss soldiers through the forest path.

In the smoke-blurred, chaotic situation, it would take them a long time to realize that we did not actually lay an ambush.

Then the enemy would fall into confusion, and we would not miss the opportunity and increase our momentum to launch an all-out attack and slaughter the enemy infantry.