The Red Bear Is in Nihonkoku Shoukan

Liberation of Altarus(2)

'Workers of Leningrad, Now is not the time to die, Now is the time to live, Hitler Seeks A War to the last drop of Workers Blood, If he wants to bleed the world of Good men, Then we must bleed the World of Bad men' -Vasily, November 7th 1941, Leningrad

Socialist Republic of Altarus, Baron Plains, December 9th 1639

General Pakour looked at his enemy 3Km away, both sides had very well spots, with 20Km Of terrain to move by, they could both move as they pleased, Wyverns were out of the Picture due to a Night time Air Battle that saw both sides suffer too many losses to continue to use their Wyverns, In fact Rodenuis had only 37 left, Meaning they lost 213 to the Papaldian 65 of 150.

Myrus looked at the Battle formation, which both sides had made pretty standard, 5 lines of Infantry, Cannons in the middle and horseman in the flanks, But Papaldia had fewer cannons at 250 against 400 of Rodenuis. Pakour knew that whoever crossed the river first, would lose, and neither could afford to wait, Pakour knew the river was shallow enough that a Man could cross it without the need to swim, But he also knew that Ice Magic could render it null, Then they was the entire idea that the Papaldian navy could blockade him from any outside help.

''Good grief Comrade, We will win, Have faith In Your men'' Said Moiji

Moiji, A Half man Half Lion was a Great Commander from The S.U.E.R And was already a General, With Pakour, this entire campaign was meant to secure  the official end to tension of the 2 countries. Despite some minor arguments like attack plans and Where to Place the 1000 Russian Sneak attack force, they got along well enough.

''Yes Comrade, All we need to do is convince them to attack us first, But how?'' Pakour said

Moiji said nothing but nod, But then they saw the Papaldian line move, It seems they were going to attack, Which made them a bit uneasy, despite their forces being trained, the fear that this was Papaldia made them cautious and fearful of defeat.

As the Drums of Papaldia got louder and louder, the soldiers face grimaced into one of panic, But Pakour and Moiji were quick to act and began to parade their Flags around, the hammer and sickle fluttering in the wind, As the Papaldians reach 100 yards before they could fire their artillery they stopped.

Before they could think what they were planning, it soon became clear, the dust of 20 000 Calvary of Papaldia, Which to the Russians reminded them of Napoleon's Horses, Began to ride towards their lines, And with that The Battle commenced, Rodenuis had Only 13 000 Calvary But they Had A Longer Sword, Made By The Russians based off the Cossack swords.

As The Papaldian Forces crossed the River the Rodenuis Forces attacked, And in the river, A Massive Battle erupted, Men clashed on horses, The Fighting got intense very quickly, But it was in Vain As after about 1 Hour, The Papaldian Calvary broke Rodenuis, Forcing the 4800 Survivors to flee behind the Infantry,  But Papaldia also could not use it's horseman as well either, For they lost 10 400 Men, General Skit Gave the Order for them to play as rear units.

After the hellish horse fight, both sides didn't really know what the next plan of action was, But General Skit, Who because of Papaldia's overconfidence and a Long history of Papaldia's generals being reckless, Gave the order for the cannons to open fire at the enemy while he had his first and second line cross the river, he intended that in one solid blow they would fall.

''Damn They really are going all out huh?'' Said Moiji

''Yeah'' Said Pakour as his mind was too busy coming with a way to counter this move. ''Fire all our guns at once right when they are about to finish crossing the river''

''Yes Comrade'' said the chief of staff

As the orders went out, a somber, horrific silence creeps over the Battlefield with the occasinal Papaldian Cannon volley that smashed in the first enemy line, killing very little men because they were only 100 meters away from being in range.As the Papaldians in their always scary Red-Blue Uniforms crossed the River, They felt so sure of Victory that some broke into their Famous Victory Chant only sung after the won a battle.But then came the sound of Rodenuis 400 16 Pound Cannons.