Chapter 797 A few blind beatings!
A rough calculation shows that there are at least five or six military commanders of Apocalypse's knights and knight brigades who have expressed their willingness to follow Flynn to fight the empire.
Their total strength is between 20,000 and 30,000 men, many of whom are veterans and elite heavy cavalry.
The world has been suffering from Qin for a long time!
Everyone is looking forward to having someone fuck Te Niang's empire!
From this point of view alone, Flynn's coming to the Knights of the Apocalypse to fight in person this time is already worthwhile.
But one thing is certain, other people will come to join him, and this is also part of Flynn's plan.
Flynn's personal expedition was originally meant to be a political show, but now it seems that the show is off to a successful start.
Thanks to the various lords of the Apocalypse Knights, the knight commanders rebelled or were neutral.
Now Flynn and the army led by Knight Fekir only need to fight this first and last battle.
As long as you win, you can easily enter the capital.
Letting Knight Fekir, who is the crown prince himself, take control of the country in a return-of-the-king manner, and also bring more powerful cavalry troops to Flynn.
Flynn was looking forward to this battle and wanted to show off.
On the battlefield, the numbers of troops from the two armies can be said to be evenly matched.
Flynn's army, which was mainly attacking, numbered around 50,000, and was divided into five distinct square formations.
Flynn placed two infantry phalanxes in the center of the battlefield and lined them up left and right to form a front line that could take care of each other.
Behind the two first-line armies, Flynn himself led a reserve force of 10,000 people. They were on the second line of the battlefield, located in the middle of the two Chinese formations in front.
The cavalry force of Knight Fekir is mainly composed of his own Apocalypse Knights and the noble blood cavalry he received from the blood people before.
Flynn placed all the strength of the two cavalry units on the left wing of his center army, instead of the conventional placement on the two wings.
Looking at the overall situation, it can be seen that Flynn's troops clearly have a posture leaning to the left.
The left is strong and the right is weak, it can even be said that the right has no wings at all.
This is both a tactic and a flaw - Flynn is not a rookie, but an excellent general who thinks he commands 95-100.
Therefore, Flynn's arrangement has its own meaning.
But what exactly Flynn's arrangement will look like depends on how both sides perform on the battlefield.
The command of this battle is currently being carried out by Flynn.
In fact, in the previous plan, Flynn did not intend to serve as the commander-in-chief himself.
Flynn said to Fekir before: "Although I am your superior lord now, after all, you have more experience in commanding large armies in combat than I do."
"Now we are in the Knights of the Apocalypse, your motherland, and you are fighting at home. I have decided to hand over the command of this battle to you. Can you do it?"
Flynn's statement is reasonable. After all, let Fekir Knight come to the home court to show off his commanding skills.
Allowing him to show his prowess in front of the people of the country and his hometown elders can help to sharpen his reputation, which will help him sit more firmly after ascending to the position of grand leader.
But Knight Fekir desperately refused and refused many times with righteous words.
He said that with the invincible Lord Flynn at the scene, he, a mere cavalry commander, would not dare to show off his sword in front of Luban's gate or use his sledgehammer in front of Guan Gong's gate.
It’s understandable that subordinates don’t dare to show off when the leader is present.
So Flynn could only reluctantly take over the command and said, "Hey, I didn't want to reveal more about my commanding skills."
"But there is no way. I also know that after all, you are specialized in commanding cavalry. Commanding the current coordinated combat of infantry and tanks may be a little bit difficult. Okay, then you can learn."
Back on the battlefield, Flynn formed a formation with a strong left and a weak right, with obvious flaws.
The danger of this formation lies not only in the weakness of the right wing.
At the same time, because Flynn moved the two infantry phalanxes on the front line to the left and right, with a distance in the middle.
And his own Chinese army reserve team is just behind the gap in the middle.
So in fact, to a certain extent, the Chinese Army Reserve to which Flynn belonged was also directly exposed to the enemy.
If the enemy's tactical impact capability is strong enough.
It is entirely possible to directly attack Flynn's reserve force in the middle, regardless of the front-line armies on both sides.
As it happens, as we all know, the Knights of the Apocalypse are a powerful cavalry nation characterized by heavy cavalry. What they are best at is the brainless pig charge.
When the time comes, faced with the decapitation operation, Flynn will probably be able to just run away with his head in his arms.
Flynn's formation is a big problem!
On the other hand, the number of elite soldiers led by the Grand Master of the Apocalypse Knights on the opposite side should be around 50,000.
The composition of the troops is very similar to Flynn's, also about 2/3 infantry and 1/3 cavalry.
But in terms of the army's formation, it is very different from Flynn's side.
The Kingdom of the Apocalypse Knights, although they are a strong cavalry country, they use cavalry as their trademark.
But the Knights of the Apocalypse are not a nomadic army after all, so it is naturally impossible for them to have more cavalry than infantry.
Everyone knows that the main force of the Apocalypse Knights' army is the cavalry.
Their infantry also serves the cavalry.
The formation of the Knights of the Apocalypse, here is a combat formation mixed with horse and foot, and there is no clear distinction between legions.
Infantry brigade, cavalry brigade?
It's not divided so finely.
Instead, they were scattered, with some cavalry mixed with some infantry, and some infantry mixed with some cavalry.
The infantry includes heavy infantry wearing solid armor and luxurious armor.
Also includes those, light infantry and archers, etc.
From the first glance, there seems to be something wrong with the formation of the Knights of the Apocalypse.
There is no clear distinction between cavalry and infantry, which makes it very difficult to command.
It's simply impossible to do it, Jingwei is as clear as an arm's drive.
Flynn estimated that if the Grand Commander's army of the Apocalypse Knights on the opposite side got into a fight, it would most likely evolve into the most popular football tactic in the world today.
A fighting version of blind kicking - blind beating!
When Flynn first saw the chaotic formation on the opposite side, he actually felt a little funny.
"Apocalypse Knights? That's it?"
"This kind of mixed army is simply a swarm of barbarians!"
"I heard that the Knights of the Apocalypse are very powerful in fighting. Why did the grand leader command the battle and form such a formation?"
"This, this, this... it's just a group fight. It doesn't look like a well-trained army at all."