I Became a Genius Commander at the Academy

EP.272

Captain Timo, commander of the Warsaw Grand Fleet, gritted his teeth and looked straight at the Reich Empire’s fleet, and indeed the current war situation.

The Reich Empire’s ships are like exhibitionist beauties, exposing their weakest sides and enticing the enemy to come in.

If the fleet had been intact, it would have been possible to blast a hole in the side of the entire Reich Empire battleship, including the flagship that Peter Jaeger is on.

Currently, the fleet under his command has completely lost control, and as a result, it has become impossible to ram the enemy ship with the bow.

“Two friendly ships from the right and two ships from the left and four ships from the rear have raised a no-combat signal! “It looks like the deck of the ship was breached by a friendly wave and is sinking!”

“Eight flags have been raised indicating sinking, and 12 flags have been raised indicating temporary difficulty in carrying out the battle!”

“The captains of each battleship, except for the leader, signaled that they would row to escape somehow! Please control it!”

In the aftermath of a maritime traffic accident between 115 allied ships, all ships except the leader are hindered by the allied ships closely next to them, making it impossible to carry out battle.

However, the leading Warsaw Navy ships alone were sufficient in number to engage the Reich Imperial Army, which numbered only 23 ships.

“We have to go into hand-to-hand combat like this and make sure that bastard Peter Yeager can’t do any more foolish things! “All battleships in the vanguard prepare for close combat!”

Following Captain Timo’s orders, the vanguard unit began charging to hit the Reich Imperial Navy’s main force.

Peter Jaeger, commander of the Reich Imperial Fleet, laughed at the enemy.

‘I’m so obsessed with my neck that the blood rushes to my head and I can’t see anything. Okay, if it continues like this, I can burn it all down.’

“Ballista crossbow wizards, fire all at once! At the same time, the remaining combatants guard the friendly deck with long spears, and the soldiers who launched long-distance attacks immediately take cover with pyeonguns and one-handed swords! “This is the beginning of a full-fledged dog fight!”

As soon as the order was given, the officers and soldiers on the deck of the Reich ship began to move without a hitch according to what they had been trained to do several times.

The guys operating the ballista aimed at the soldiers standing on the bow, while the other soldiers performing close combat covered the guys carrying out long-range combat in the cabin.

“You just have to move as trained! Ballista Fast forward! The crossbowmen grab whatever crossbows they find nearby and shoot them all! “If you just shoot them casually, they’ll run after you!”

“Do not recklessly cross over to the enemy ship until ordered to do so!”

“Think about when those who caught long spears behaved like dogs in training camp. All you have to do is stick it tightly together without any water leaks, just like before! Do you understand?”

After confirming that they were prepared, Peter Yeager gave a signal to raise his sword and aim it at the enemy instead of giving a verbal command, and the ballistas and wizards simultaneously fired arrows and magic at the enemy.

The ballista arrows close to the stake killed the enemy soldiers on the bow, 6 to 7 at a time, like falling dominoes, and every time the magic flashed, someone burned to death.

Those who were missed by magic and ballista arrows lost their lives after being hit by crossbows fired by crossbowmen.

“Ugh, you fucking Reich bastards. “You’re not even human, you fucking bastards!”

“My arm, my arm is gone! “Ugh!”

“Don’t panic! Grab your sword and go over to the enemy ship!”

The Warsaw soldiers who were victims of this terrible situation lamented, but the soldiers of the Reich Empire all cheered and cheered.

And this time, as always, Peter Yeager was at the forefront.

Although he did not stand at the front and brandish his sword like the last time the reconnaissance fleets faced each other, the commander wearing a rank insignia with four stars stood on the flagship and waved the Reich Reich flag.

“Soldiers of the great Reich Empire! Send down heavenly punishment on those who insulted His Majesty the Emperor. “You young soldier, become a legend of the empire!”

At that command, the soldiers holding long spears crossed over to the enemy’s bow while covering each other, formed a square as if fighting among infantry, and slowly conquered the Warsaw ship.

Every time the wall of Reich Empire spearmen advanced, the Warsaw soldiers fiercely resisted by firing crossbow and bow magic.

Usually, after shooting one by one, soldiers with one-handed swords or soldiers come out of the gap in the formation, select the long-distance attackers, and cut off their heads.

Then, Warsaw marines, mostly carrying one-handed weapons such as swords or maces, came out to retaliate, but in this case, Reich soldiers holding long spears several meters long provided cover.

It was a perfect formation for hand-to-hand combat, with no holes for even an ant to pass through, let alone a gap for water to leak through.

Warsaw’s vanguard captains saw the tactics of the Reich soldiers and issued different orders.

“Jump into the water! Crossing over to another friendly ship! “If you stay here, you will all die!”

“Follow me! Don’t be afraid of polearms and concentrate on hand-to-hand combat! Long live Warsaw!”

“congestion! Crowd in! “If we stick together tightly, the enemy won’t dare kill us carelessly!”

A captain who jumps into the water and tells you to cross to another ally’s ship, or a captain who takes the lead and tries to protect the ship at all costs.

There was even a strange captain who seemed to be fooling around on his own, even though they were of no help even if they came together with swords.

Because of this lack of unity, the Reich soldiers were able to capture the enemy’s battleship without much effort.

“The enemy ship’s deck has been completely occupied!”

“Long live the Reich Army! Long live Captain Peter Yeager! Long live your Majesty the Emperor!”

“Aren’t those bastards so numerous that they are complete trash?”

The soldiers were cheering and the officers were secretly congratulating themselves on their victory, even if it was limited to the enemy’s vanguard.

Peter Yeager saw with his own eyes that although the guys behind them were still very tangled up, they would soon come to attack them.

‘If those guys join in, we won’t be able to easily block them no matter how much we load up our ballistas and act like dogs. So now we should kill at least one more guy and return to our ship to strengthen our defense.’

“Kill or capture all the rowers below deck! Anyone who picks up a weapon or tries to resist even a little is killed, and only those who follow obediently with their hands up are captured. Then, they immediately return to their respective ships and reload their ballistas and crossbows! Hurry!”

The soldiers and officers also hurried down to the bottom of the ship as Peter Yeager had said, as they had not yet achieved a complete victory.

The Warsaw soldiers rowing were so embarrassed that they were unable to respond or tried to resist, and every single one of them was killed.

The Reich Imperial Army returned to their original ship, leaving no one alive on the ship they had occupied, and loaded arrows into their ballistas and crossbows to prepare for the next battle.

“Load the arrows! Load all the arrows into the crossbow and you guys help load the stones into the ballista!”

“Drink water even with salt in it! “If you don’t want to get thirsty, drink water!”

“Move all the wounded soldiers to the cabin, and take good care of those with relatively minor wounds!”

Peter Yeager sat down on the deck and began to rest, watching the officers and soldiers preparing for battle according to his orders.

I felt like I wanted to go into warm water and take a bath right now, as if my body’s fatigue from fighting the scout fleet hadn’t gone away.

What mattered to him now was not that, but when the 17 ships surrounding the rear of the Warsaw fleet would arrive.

‘They may be working hard to get around the island, but if it’s too late, no matter how hard they fight against Warsaw, they’ll be outnumbered…’

Thinking like that, Peter Jaeger felt nervous inside, and the watchman on the flagship shouted loudly. .

“Three fireballs have arrived! Three fireballs shot up into the air! “Our reinforcements have arrived!”

The watchmen of the Reich Empire all spread the same words to all ships, and the soldiers and officers who heard these words all shouted hurray, regardless of who they were.

“Reinforcements have arrived! “We won!”

“Long live the Reich Empire!”

“Now I live! Let’s hold on just a little longer!”

Peter Yeager and other generals knew that there were only 17 reinforcements, but junior officers and soldiers knew that there were at least several dozen ships.

Normally, this illusion should be corrected, but they all believed in it and their morale was high, so they kept quiet because they didn’t think there was a need to tell them the cruel reality.

At this time, the captains and generals commanding each ship simultaneously drew their swords and gave orders.

“The enemy is now surrounded on all sides, so they will be desperate to kill us!”

“Raise your spear! Pick up your sword and kill your enemy. If you hold on until the end, Captain Jaeger will do something!”

“Fight at the risk of your life and achieve victory!”

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