Chapter 980: Battle of the Rhineland (IV)

Britannia Empire, Rhineland Plain.

Day 3 of the Battle of the Rhineland.

Three days have passed since the battle between the Britannian Army and the Frankish Army began in the Rhineland Plain.

During these three days, the two armies just continued to exchange offense and defense. Until now, there has been no breakthrough change in the battle situation.

But this is normal.

After all, it is not so easy to determine the winner in this kind of big battle where the total military strength of both sides is as high as 600,000.

It is now 9:32 in the morning, and the fighting on the Rhineland Plain has already begun before it is even bright.

The spring morning wind blew strong, bringing with it howls and cries, the clash of swords and spears, the tramp of horse hooves and the splash of blood, which expanded like rising clouds.

Iser and Albert stood side by side on the watchtower of the formation.

The two of them had exactly the same expression at this time, both with sullen faces and frowning eyebrows.

"Albert." Iser asked Albert beside him, "Do you think the Frank army is weird?"

As soon as Isel finished speaking, Albert nodded:

"As early as yesterday, I discovered that the Frank Army was acting strangely."

Although the confrontation with the Frank army had been quite fierce in the past three days, and the land on the battlefield was soaked in pools of blood and turned into a bubble of mud, Iser and Albergen still felt that the Frank army on the opposite side was strange. .

They always felt that the Frank army did not seem to be fighting them seriously.

The Frank army on the opposite side seemed to be stalling for time.

Isel and Albert both felt this way.

"Albert." Iser asked Albert again, "Can you guess what the generals of the Frank Army are thinking?"

"If I had the ability to accurately guess what the enemy commander is thinking, I would have become a United Knight long ago." Albert said the wisecracks expressionlessly. "

Isel actually didn’t expect Albert to give any reliable answer.

The reason why I asked Albert this question just now was just to joke with his old friend and lighten the atmosphere.

"From the beginning of this battle to now, I have a strange feeling." Speaking of this, Iser's brows furrowed deeper, "I have been feeling uneasy, and I feel like I have missed something... "

Iser sighed lightly, then smiled bitterly and said:

"Well, it would be great if Su Cheng was here. If Su Cheng was here, he should be able to see some things that we can't see."

"Huh? Why do you say that?" Albert said in a half-joking tone, "Could it be that - as the 12th unified knight in the history of the empire, Isel feels that his ability is not as good as Su Cheng?"

"In some places, I am indeed not as good as my son-in-law."

After saying that, Iser pointed to his head.

"Young people like Su Cheng have very active minds and can quickly accept and master new things. They can also come up with some creative ideas that we old people can't come up with."

"Old men like us can't do it. Because we are older and our thinking has become fixed, it is already difficult to accept novel things and come up with novel ideas."

“It’s like ‘The King Strikes Back’ three years ago.”

"If I were asked to serve as the commander-in-chief of the 'Overlord's Counterattack', I would never be able to think of the tactic of 'coordinated naval and army operations'..."

Speaking of this, Iser suddenly paused.

Then his eyes slowly opened.

Just now, when he said the words "coordinated operations of the navy and the army", Iser felt a lightning flash in his mind.

"Huh?" Albert looked at Iser with confusion, "Iser, what's wrong..."

Before Albert could finish his question, Isel raised his hand to signal Albert to be quiet.

Then he began to think back to the formation of their Britannia army on the Rhineland plain.

"Albert..."

Iser asked Albert with a trembling voice:

"Our army's military formation is facing the Frank army in the north and its back is facing the Ysou River in the south, right?"

"Huh?" Although Albert was confused by the question Iser asked, he immediately replied, "Yes, we are facing the 300,000 Frank army formation and our back is towards the Isso River. ”

Bang!

Iser and Albert are now standing on the wooden watchtower of the formation.

As soon as Albert finished speaking, Iser punched the wooden railing of the watchtower hard, and then said loudly in a hoarse voice:

"I know we missed something!"

"The Franks may use their naval fleet - we missed this!"

"Our current formation is too dangerous! We must change the direction of the formation as soon as possible!"

"We cannot turn our backs to the Isso River..."

"Lord, coach!!"

Before Iser finished speaking, an anxious shout suddenly came from downstairs. This sudden shout interrupted Iser's words.

Isel and Albert turned their heads in unison.

Under the watchtower, I saw a bloody and panting messenger.

After Iser and Albert turned their attention, the messenger hurriedly said:

"Commander! A large number of enemy troops have appeared in the rear! The number of enemy troops is about 100,000!"

"The troops in the rear did not expect such a large-scale Frankish army to appear behind! They were attacked! The casualties were quite heavy!"

"The knights in the rear army request the commander to reinforce as soon as possible!"

After saying that, the messenger who rushed back to the main camp from the rear army fainted due to exhaustion.

After learning that a Frankish army of 100,000 people appeared behind the army, Issel and Albert's throats twitched slightly involuntarily.

The blood on their faces faded at a very fast speed.

Issel and Albert have been through many battles, so they understand what the consequences will be if an enemy army appears behind the army, and it is an enemy army of 100,000 people...

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At the same time-

On the surface of the Issu River in the southern part of the Rhineland Plain.

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