That's it, the emperor thought that his army could continue to support him and he had to think so. otbnkotgt However, the reality was completely different from Kalman IV's delusions.
The first array collapsed in an instant, and thousands of broken troops, although in their own square formation, had muskets.
Treating them like enemies, I calmed down somewhat, but that was only part of it.
There are also some who have been frightened crazy by the terrifying battlefield.
Even the attack from their own team can't calm them down again.
These people rushed into the second array of the Imperial Army.
It more or less caused a chaos.
Although this kind of chaos was not much, it still caused a certain impact.
"What a pity."
At the same time, William secretly shouted a pity It can't be like the first array, which can crush the enemy's tens of thousands of troops in an instant because before, our own troops pulled the enemy nearby and then covered the entire battlefield with artillery, which completely blinded the enemy.
Now, things are different.
Although the enemies in the second array are within our own range, their shooting distance is insufficient.
Therefore, the artillery bombardment of our own troops was basically concentrated on the opponent's front line.
Those light artillery pieces could maneuver quickly while riding on horses.
But it was very difficult to move the nine-pound, twelve-pound, or eighteen-pound heavy artillery.
In this way, the effect of bombardment is naturally not as obvious as bombarding the first array.
The damage caused to the enemy and the shock to the soul naturally meant that there were not so many soldiers who saw the enemy's retreat and did not break up the opponent's array.
Although the enemy's morale was greatly reduced, they still gritted their teeth and persisted.
William knew that this attack would not be too simple.
The first three cavalry regiments selected took this opportunity to retreat, and were replaced by three other cavalry regiments and two pistol cavalry battalions.
In the past, attacking and defeating the enemy was considered a trick.
This time, what William wanted to do was to use real cavalry and artillery to defeat the enemy in the offensive battle and win victory.
"This is not difficult."
William thought in his heart.
Under his control, the Imperial Army's artillery quickly aimed at the target, weakening several key points on the enemy's array.
At the same time, the cavalry, under the command of William, rushed towards the points most ravaged by artillery.
In the process, the imperial prince Archduke Charles shouted loudly, begging his father Kalman IV to retreat a little.
The artillery fire of the Hereford family was so fierce that he had the possibility that the explosions were right next to him.
Although it was said that In fact, based on this distance, the possibility of them being hit by a stray bullet is indeed very high.
However, Kalman IV completely ignored his eldest son's good intentions.
He looked at Prince Charlie as if he were his life-and-death enemy, and then slapped him so hard that stars appeared in his eyes: "Shut up."
There was no explanation or other insults, he simply gave him the order.
However, it was this attitude that made Archduke Charles feel unimaginably insulted.
He looked at his father in disbelief, and for a moment he couldn't believe this was true.
It was during this process that the Imperial Army's cavalry troops rushed over.
Listening to the sound of horse hooves that shook the earth, they felt that the land around them was shaking slightly, as if an earthquake had occurred.
Standing in the front row, the soldiers of the infantry companies who had not been destroyed by the artillery all looked pale.
It's been a long time since any fool used cavalry troops to attack the infantry array's defense head-on.
If it weren't for the Hereford family and that crazy genius who played such a trick, people might have forgotten that there is such an offensive tactic in the world.
In fact, even those veterans who have been in the army for more than ten years None of the oilmen dared to say that they had actually faced a frontal charge from the cavalry.
And now, they have the opportunity and the luck to experience it for themselves.
Although most people don't think this is a good thing, they only now remember that in the previous hundreds of years, the infantry troops were horribly dominated by the cavalry.
And the humiliation of weakness.
It was an innate fear that was engraved deep in the genes of any soldier.
In later modern battlefields, that fear was replaced by steel beast tanks and other infantry fighting vehicles, but its meaning was completely same.
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Being crushed, being overwhelmed, fighting those monsters with human flesh and blood.
This is an ultimate test of human nature.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, the vast majority of soldiers in this era, those soldiers who have been trained by whips and sticks, insults, and officers' leather boots, all have mechanical thinking.
They can To deal with this attack At the same time, the protected fusiliers also vowed to make the cavalry suffer losses and teach them an unforgettable lesson.
At this moment, many officers began to regret it.
If this had been known, they should have placed the artillery in the second array.
At least the artillery group should be separated.
Now, with the loss of the first array, those hundreds of artillery pieces of various types have become the enemy's trophies.
Although William completely looked down on these fragmentary, outdated antiques.
But for most countries in this era, these artillery pieces are a treasure that is difficult to describe in words.
The soldiers and officers of the second array will miss them because they can use an overwhelming round of shotguns at close range to kill the cavalry on the largest scale.
As long as a hundred three-pound, four-pound, or six-pound cannons stand ready and spit out cannons, even a cavalry regiment will suffer.
It's just that they don't have the artillery anymore.
However, the volley of flintlock muskets is still worthy of praise.
In the second line, nearly 5,000 soldiers from three infantry regiments in the first line stepped forward.
Under the volley of muskets, the bravest ones rushed to the front.
The cavalrymen fell down as if they had been electrocuted.
The horses that were hit also screamed, raised their hooves high, and threw their knights off their backs.
If you can cheer, then the Imperial Army must be cheering now.
This musket volley killed at least two hundred Hereford cavalry.
This was the largest number of enemy troops they had killed since the beginning of the battle.
After this, the musketeers continued to load bullets, although most of the musketeers felt that they had no chance.
Beside them, around them, and behind them, the super-long spearmen who had already been prepared became even more prepared.
They were waiting for the cavalry to hit them, and then it would be a battle where lives were exchanged for lives.
Unfortunately, they miscalculated The area where the Imperial Army's cavalry focused its attack was exactly the area that had been severely weakened by artillery before.
The Imperial Army's infantry units were very sparsely arrayed there.
Although the emperor, generals at all levels, and colonels all tried desperately to get the reserves to plug those holes.
But it was still too late.
The fierce attack of the Hereford family's lancers had naturally broken through the weak resistance.
In this way, they left the nearly 5,000-strong legion's defense line riddled with holes.
At the same time, facing the enemy's dense array, the cuirassiers and the revolver cavalry mixed with them stopped.
When the generals and soldiers of the Imperial Army were puzzled, they pulled out the revolvers from their waists, then fired as fast as possible, turned the revolvers, and fired within ten seconds, which was the most trained person.
Before the end of a volley of musketry from the skilled fusiliers, the two battalions of pistol cavalry had already used up the two revolvers they were equipped with, a total of twelve rounds of ammunition.
That was a rate of fire that was unbelievable, unimaginable, unacceptable, and unstoppable to the Imperial Army.
The firepower poured out by the pistol cavalry instantly caused the company they targeted to be riddled with holes and their morale was low.
Then, the charge of those pistol cavalry and cuirassiers was devastating.
The second array of the Imperial Army, the first front, collapsed quickly like this.
"Damn it, damn it.
How on earth did they do it?
How on earth did they do it?"
I watched the cavalry split their own array, then waved their sabers and easily slaughtered the left and right wings of the array, harvesting lives.
The emperor's eyes widened and he muttered these words in disbelief.
The front of the super long spear phalanx is difficult to break through, but the sides are very fragile because of the length of the super long spear.
Therefore, when the enemy approaches the flanks, even if they turn around, their spear points will not be able to pierce the cavalry.
In this case, it became a natural choice to put down the super long gun in hand and draw the long sword to fight the enemy.
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But in this way, the integrity of the entire company's square formation was broken.
The cavalry can easily separate their troops, go around behind them, or even attack from the front.
If it is under normal conditions, then the square company will be surrounded by friendly troops that support and cover each other.
But when the friendly troops who provided support and provided flank cover were destroyed by enemy artillery and cavalry, the flanks, their biggest weakness, became their most fatal flaw.
That's it, the Imperial Army's second array, first line, and three infantry regiments twisted and collapsed at extremely fast speeds.
This kind of collapse did not even need to wait for the follow-up infantry units of the Imperial Army.
Those infantrymen who charged with bayonets and guns held high had already reached their maximum.
I just held on for half an hour.
The three regiments of the Imperial Army were on the defensive and were beaten to the point of collapse by the Imperial Army.
The fate of the other three infantry regiments in the second line of the Imperial Army's Second Array was not much different from that of their friendly forces.
The Hereford family army easily defeated another enemy legion, tens of thousands of them.
Then he continued to move forward without hesitation, heading towards the third array of the Imperial Army, which had the largest number of people and the strongest combat effectiveness.
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