Therefore, William ultimately did not give any instructions to the artillery company, but asked them to continue bombarding the enemy's infantry units according to their previous tactics. otbnkotgt Just like this, after another round of solid bombardment, the coalition conscripts dropped more than a dozen corpses, and then fled back like a tidal wave.
The reason why the results of this round of bombardment were not as high as before was because the opponent deliberately evacuated the formation out of fear.
In this era of mixed and alternate use of hot and cold weapons, maintaining a tight formation is still a top priority for the army.
In William's previous life, a period similar to this era, even if the infantry units had completely abandoned super long guns and all switched to muskets and bayonets, their firepower projection capabilities had been greatly improved.
However, except for a few skirmishers, or what was called "freedom" In addition to the soldiers of the "Legion", other regular armies, private soldiers, and main forces still advocate close formations.
Because only a dense formation can give the army a guarantee of victory in the melee stage that can determine the outcome of the war.
Only the musket barrage composed of dense formations can inflict the greatest damage to the enemy.
Similarly, only a dense bayonet hollow square formation can block the opponent's cavalry attack.
"Sure enough, they are just a bunch of rabble."
Seeing the loose formation of the conscripts on the opposite side, William couldn't help but shake his head.
Unlike the new Circassian troops equipped with bayonets and muskets, the classical-style spearmen needed more formation than them.
In fact, if these spearmen don't have the "formation" thing, then they won't be able to exert even a little bit of combat effectiveness.
"The firing speed of artillery is actually not very fast.
And if the number of firings increases, the barrel will overheat and then explode.
So if you quickly walk up to our army while maintaining the formation, and then enter hand-to-hand combat, hundreds of At a distance of 300 meters, the artillery can only fire three to four rounds at most, and the opponent will only lose about a hundred people, which is better than the current situation.
In this case, they abandoned their most important formation for the long-range firepower of the Circassians.
This kind of thing of sacrificing the big and the small is really " Thinking of this, William shook his head again.
This is correct, but it is also incorrect.
If the other party is the new modern army, this is indeed correct.
The morale and organization of the modern new army allowed them to withstand extremely heavy casualties.
For example, in several battles where the power of gunpowder weapons was enhanced, the modern army showed terrifying rigidity.
In the war between Napoleon's revolutionary France and Prussia, the Prussian army, which ignored the development of gunpowder weapons and still strictly followed infantry drills and fired at close range within thirty meters, was almost completely annihilated by the free-firing French army.
The same example is during the American Civil War.
The appearance of modern breech-loaded rifles that had been popular for a long time almost wiped out the Yankees who insisted on line tactics.
In examples like this, these soldiers, who are arranged in neat square formations, marching forward with goose steps and carrying guns, are like robots under the constraints of strict military discipline, fearlessly marching towards the enemy.
Then he was mowed down like wheat by the hot weapons with intensive firepower from the opposite side.
At the same time, behind them, the friendly company phalanxes on the left and right sides watched these people fall to the ground, with large and small wounds caused by lead bullets on their bodies.
The corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowed into rivers.
It was in this situation.
Next, they were still marching in goose, and the military musicians were blowing bugles and drums as they continued to move forward.
This shocking and "stupid" example is enough to shock anyone's mind.
William felt that just by intimidating the modern army, it was enough to scare those feudal armies to death.
Of course, similar things have happened in modern wars.
Of course, most of them were deductions and fabrications.
But it’s okay to mention it for reference.
If anyone is interested, you can search Tashan Zhao Zilong Division on Baidu.
Of course, it’s the part of the three major battles filmed by CCTV.
In contrast, no matter how elite the army in the feudal era is, no matter how powerful it is or has outstanding military exploits, people cannot forget the fact that generally speaking, the feudal army's ability to withstand pressure is very poor, because Insufficient training.
Even Qi Jiguang's Qi Jiajun, who is known as Qi Jiguang, actually only maintains drills every two to three days because of the lack of qualified officers and professional non-commissioned officers.
It is also due to the lack of organization.
These feudal armies usually collapse after about one-tenth of them are killed.
And the feudal army, which would only collapse after two or three tenths were killed, was already considered an absolute elite.
That's it, that's it.
Even the so-called elite feudal army is actually just that, let alone a feudal army that is not an elite army.
Among the coalition forces, 80% were conscripts.
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They were "not an elite feudal army."
They were only slightly better than the rabble.
On the battlefield, my heart froze when I heard the roar of artillery.
Seeing the comrades around him turned into dregs by artillery shells, his morale was completely destroyed.
Then he ran away like a duck, which is not unimaginable.
In this way, the coalition forces attacked for two rounds.
Both rounds of attacks failed to reach the target.
A few hundred meters away, they were frightened away by a round of artillery fire from the opponent.
There were less than a hundred corpses left on the battlefield, dripping with blood, but very sparse, completely different from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood that William had imagined.
But this is enough to have a deterrent effect.
It was enough to deter thousands of other conscripts who had not gone to the battlefield.
Their morale dropped to varying degrees.
Some guys who were relatively close to the battlefield had their eyes blank and looked like they were stupid.
It seemed that they would not be able to go to the battlefield again in a short time.
"It's really bad."
Through the telescope, William clearly saw the virtue of these soldiers, and then couldn't help but shake his head.
Yes, it was indeed bad.
William had a direct impression of the poor combat effectiveness of the temporarily recruited peasant soldiers this time.
"In this era where gunpowder weapons and shock weapons are popular, the army has higher requirements for morale and organization.
It seemed that the time for temporary conscription of peasants and soldiers was over.
The scale of war will gradually shrink as the professionalism of the military increases.
It wasn't until a special era came when citizens were linked to national defense construction and a modern all-military service system was organized that the scale of the war became larger again.
But first, this requires strong centralization of power in the country.
I don’t know if I will see that day in my lifetime. " Unknowingly, William became a little sad.
However, the enemy did not give up the attack because of his sadness.
The war continues.
After the conscription soldiers fled back in embarrassment, the faces of the two earls were not very good-looking.
Although they had long been mentally prepared for the failure of their own conscripts, they originally thought that this war would be fought.
No matter what, we have to wait for our own troops to reach the outside of the parapet.
I had to endure a volley of musketry before I could escape.
Their requirements are not high either.
Really not high.
They didn't even think about putting these conscripts into actual hand-to-hand combat.
They just want these soldiers to take two more steps, delay a little more time, and consume a little more ammunition for the Circassian New Army.
If this requirement is considered high, then the word "low" may no longer exist in this world.
Unfortunately, even such low requirements were not achieved in the end.
The two earls looked at each other.
They all saw the anger and helplessness in their eyes.
For the two counts Sandomici and Vitra, as well as Leon, this scene is very weird and full of black humor, which makes people don't know how to evaluate it.
But for the mercenary captain of the Starlight Corps, this is an ordinary thing.
He traveled all over the country and fought so many battles that he was no longer surprised to see the peasants and soldiers recruited at short notice making fools of themselves much more often than the minor nobles of Mazovia.
Seeing the peasant soldiers in the first line leaving behind a hundred corpses and retreating with a crash, the mercenary captain just glanced at them and said nothing.
Then with a wave of his hand, the mercenary troops under his command began to advance.
The battlefield laid out by William was very suitable for defence.
Although there is mostly flat grassland between Sandomitz and Baudelaire.
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However, after his arrangement, the defense line composed of parapets, trenches and horses was strong enough.
In this case, it is a bit difficult to fight head-on.
"There are wooden stakes and trenches on both sides to resist horses, as well as a small number of skirmishers.
The cavalry regiment cannot make a breakthrough.
And if the infantry attacks, there is a risk of being flanked by the opponent.
The width of the battlefield is not large.
Now it is impossible to send troops in a roundabout way to catch up. .
In addition, the opponent also has two companies of light cavalry.
It is not cost-effective to send an infantry detachment to attack them.
In other words, the only choice is to break through."
Thinking of this, the mercenary captain immediately issued an order: "1st Infantry Battalion forward, skirmisher company covering" Following the mercenary captain's order, an infantry battalion of about three hundred people strode towards the new Circassian army.
They are equipped with chest plate armor, ship-shaped iron helmets, an iron shield tied to the left forearm, and a 4.8-meter-long super long gun.
In the four corners of the phalanx are arquebusiers to supplement their firepower, while on both sides of the phalanx are archery skirmishers holding longbows.
This is a standard and currently the most popular offensive echelon. 160420oshow7: