Chapter 978: Battle of the Rhineland (II)

Perhaps because of its proximity to the Isau River, the air here in the Rhineland Plain is somewhat humid.

The warm air filled with water vapor and the cold wind swept past Iser, who was wearing battle armor and carrying a red knight's sword at his waist.

His resolute face was reflected in the white light scattered by the rising sun.

Iser was standing on a watchtower made of wood, looking at the Frankish army formation in the distance.

The silver waves composed of the morning light of the rising sun dispersed the morning fog and night in the sky at an extremely fast speed. The sky became brighter and brighter, and the remaining night quickly shrank towards the other side of the sky.

Under the watchtower where Iser is located, 300,000 Britannia troops are arranged in neat military formations one after another.

Under the morning light, the soldiers' armor, swords, guns, arrows and halberds shone brightly.

Among the thousands of horses, there are knights with reins in their hands and knights' swords at their sides,

There were also ordinary soldiers armed with spears and swords. They rushed here from all over the Rhine Front just to fight to the death against the Frankish army that broke into their country.

They used different eyes to look at the Frank army in the distance who also had a dense military formation.

Have calm eyes.

Have plain eyes.

There are nervous glances.

There are looks of fear.

Iser is one of those people who stares at the Frankish formation in the distance with calm eyes from beginning to end.

Not only Isel, but also Albert, who was standing next to Isel at this time.

Both of them are fierce generals who have experienced hundreds of battles. Both sides have participated in countless battles with hundreds of thousands of troops.

Although this was the first time for both of them to experience this battle involving 600,000 people.

"Iser." Albert tilted his head and said to Iser beside him, "How to fight now? Shall we attack first?"

Now both sides have set up their military formations and can start fighting at any time.

Just as Iser was pondering,

When they were thinking about whether the Britannia Empire should take the lead in starting the war, there was sudden movement in the Frankish army formation in the north.

A group of heavily armed infantry broke out from the Frankish army's formation and ran straight towards the Britannia army.

"...It seems that the Frank army took the lead in attacking first." Albert said calmly.

"It doesn't matter who launches the first attack." Iser responded, "No matter what, the Frank army will be defeated by us."

After that, Iser waved the command flag in his hand and began to command the troops to meet the incoming Frank army.

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Rhineland Plain, Frankish Army, main formation.

"Commander." A messenger said respectfully to Walter, "Our army has begun a confrontation with the Britannian army."

Walter nodded gently: "Yes, I understand."

After saying that, Walter waved his hand and motioned for the messenger to retreat.

After the messenger left, Bazel, who had been sitting next to Walter, whispered quietly:

"Next...just wait until General Otto von Hollweg comes with our 'secret weapon'..."

The Frankish Empire invested three generals in this Nibelungen plan.

The troops participating in the Nibelung Plan totaled 500,000 people and were divided into 1st, 2nd and 3rd formations.

And these three generals are responsible for commanding these three formations respectively.

These three generals are:

General Bazel von Ludendorff was responsible for commanding the 100,000-strong army of the 1st Army.

General Walter von Zimmermann served as the commander-in-chief of the Nibelungen Plan and personally commanded the 200,000-strong army of the 2nd Army.

And——General Otto von Hollweg, responsible for commanding the 200,000 troops of the 3rd Army.

The 200,000 troops in the third formation were the secret weapons that the Frank Empire had been preparing for many years.

A secret weapon specially designed to deal with the Knights of the Britannia Empire.

Whether or not Iser's troops can be annihilated in the Rhineland Plain depends entirely on whether their secret weapon, the 200,000 special forces of the 3rd Formation, can successfully complete their mission.

When he heard the name Otto von Hollweg, a very obvious look of dissatisfaction appeared on Bazell's face.

"Alas..." Bazel sighed, "I really don't want to join forces with General Holweg... I hate him."

Bazell had a good personal relationship with Walter, so he dared to boldly express his dissatisfaction with his colleagues in front of Walter.

After hearing what Bazel said, Walter smiled helplessly:

"Bazel, please be patient. I don't like General Holweg either, but he is the key to this Nibelung plan, so no matter how much I hate him, I can only tolerate it."

In the Frankish Empire, there was a special naming culture.

That is, only people who are close to each other can call each other by their names.

People with distant relationships can only be called by their surnames.

That's why Walter calls Buzzell by his first name. When calling Otto, he is called General Holweg.

After listening to Walter's persuasion, Bazel curled his lips and continued:

"General Holweg is too arrogant."

"Arrogant to the point of discomfort."

"Aren't you just good at commanding ships and fighting water battles? What's so great about it?"

"Walter, don't you look at his arrogant attitude before the Nibelung Plan started."

"When I talk to you, I don't even use honorifics. It's really arrogant."

After listening to Bazel's complaints, Walter smiled helplessly again.

"General Holweg may be arrogant, but his ability is still worthy of our admiration."

"His ship command level and naval warfare ability are really unparalleled."

"Looking across the country, apart from him, there is indeed no one else who is capable of commanding the 200,000 troops of the third formation."

"So-Bazel, be patient. Our Nibelungen Plan is indeed indispensable to him."

"For the victory of our Nibelungen Plan, let's tolerate General Holweg's arrogance."

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