What does it look like when there are thousands of iron balls flying in the sky?
otbnkotgt Unlike the Russian Gothic Empire, the traditional round ammunition mode has been abandoned and replaced by a combination of cones and cylinders.
The artillery of the Visigoths today is still the traditional round ball.
There are even many that are the most traditional solid lead bullets.
This kind of weapon may be somewhat powerful when bombarding dense infantry arrays, but it seems too incompetent to use it against the fortifications of the Russian Gothic Empire.
Just like before, in the counter-insurgency war in the New World a few years ago, William invented the combined tactics of parapets and trenches to minimize the power of enemy artillery shells.
Although the opponent was not equipped with more powerful explosive shells, William did not invent the S-shaped trench, nor did he introduce the weird "cat-ear hole" in the trench world to scare people.
But in modern warfare, ordinary linear trenches are sufficient.
That's it.
A total of three rounds of huge bombardment only destroyed a few sections of parapets and collapsed some lookout posts and shooting towers.
The damage done to the Russian Gothic Empire army can be said to be minimal.
In contrast, the Briton army stationed in the fortress was a little more difficult.
Although, as Freya blamed before, Victoria and all the Britons did not pay attention to the construction of fortresses in the Frisian region.
However, after learning that the Visigoths were about to attack Frisia, Victoria still built some fortresses in an emergency to defend Rotterdam.
And because the situation was urgent and there was not enough time, in the end, only three of the twelve large bastion fortresses that were originally expected to be able to defend the entire Rotterdam were completed.
All located on the west side.
The west side was also recognized by the Britons as the most strongly defended area of Rotterdam.
It is also natural that they can live in areas with a higher probability of survival.
Yes, when allocating garrisoned defense lines, the Russian Gothic Empire was assigned to the Eastern Front, which did not build permanent fortifications, while the Western Front, which built a total of three bastion-style fortresses and had more fortifications, was Got it by the Britons.
Before the war started, this was always regarded by the Britons as a rare victory, and it was a very rare and pleasant victory that could deceive teammates.
But their reasons are also valid: the Britons are simply weak in fighting ability and have weak teeth.
Isn't it natural for the Britons with poor combat effectiveness to be stationed on the relatively safe Western Front?
The Russian Gothic Empire's army was as powerful as Aheyan, so of course it had to garrison the more dangerous and important Eastern Front.
The Britons have a little bit of caution here.
Since the defense on the western front is stronger.
Then the opponent should attack the eastern front.
In this way, people like them may not even encounter war.
In this way, it would be great if they won, and the Britons could win without hesitation.
And even if they failed, the Visigoths' breakthrough would be on the eastern front.
They can retreat calmly as quickly as possible after getting the news.
And the entire blame for the defeat in this battle can be placed on the Russian Gothic Empire army.
In this way, the war would be perfect.
Perhaps it was because of repeated defeats on the frontal battlefield.
Therefore, during this period of time, the military morale of the Britons has been greatly damaged.
When an army is thinking hard every day not about how to defeat its enemies, but how to calculate its allies, it is conceivable how low the combat effectiveness of this army will be.
What's even worse is that there are contractors who are making money for the country, lax inspection systems, and a non-militarized production system.
After William used the latest cement to build a fortress at the mouth of the Vistula River as quickly as possible and blocked the army of the Centaur Khan, cement, a pleasant building material, replaced the difficult to mine at the fastest speed.
The stone has become the favorite material of various fortress architects.
Of course the Britons also knew this stuff and were very fond of using it.
It's like building a fortress this time.
It's a pity that many unscrupulous businessmen have taken advantage of the above-mentioned disadvantages or loopholes.
As we all know, the best quality cement in the world comes from the Russian Gothic Empire, while the second-best cement is produced by the Briton Kingdom.
Once again, there are large businessmen and large factories in other powerful countries in the human world.
But if we wait a second time, it will be basically impossible to see the magical appearance that the thing has solidified.
The several fortresses currently stationed by the British Army were built with such "first-class" cement.
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Cracks appear quickly after drying, and a large piece can be removed with just your hands without tools.
If it is bombarded with artillery, it will naturally have an extremely destructive effect on the fortress.
The consequences of the British merchants being too powerful and too involved in military affairs are constantly being reflected.
All the military uniforms, uniforms, food supplies, and even weapons and equipment needed by the army are contracted and provided by private factories.
It is natural to choose the product with the highest price/performance ratio, never focusing on quality, but focusing on rebates, collusion between government and business, etc.
All this flooded the British army with inferior and cheap weapons, equipment and other supplies.
In the period when Britons were strong, all this was naturally not a big problem.
They themselves have enough force, even if they are weaker, as long as they can defeat their enemies, it is enough.
But now, when the strength of the Britons has dropped significantly, these things have made the Britons' army and the morale of the Britons become worse and worse.
Just like it is now.
A burst of artillery fire came down from the Visigoths on the opposite side, and these British soldiers looked like they were about to die.
What's worse is that these artillery fire only fired two or three rounds, and the fortress that received the most artillery fire even looked a little shaky.
Judging from the scene, this fortress that seemed majestic and majestic before was now shrouded in dust.
These are all dust composed of cement residue.
It is very choking and may cause lung disease to those who inhale the dust.
Of course, the Britons currently stationed in this fortress are no longer in the mood to think about that kind of thing.
Even if they were to die because of this, it would be a few years, or even ten or even decades later.
Compared with that kind of thing, the immediate crisis made them feel more frightened.
In other words, after several rounds of artillery bombardment, their fortress wall became thinner.
The cement was bombarded in large chunks.
It looks simply shocking.
"What a terrible bastard."
Amidst the cheers of the Visigoths, the garrison general of the fortress and the officers under his command looked extremely ugly.
They all cursed in unison, cursing the profiteers who produced this cement, cursed the profiteers who used this cement, cursed the profiteers in their own army for leaving such an important matter of building a fortress to profiteers, and unanimously decided to kill them all.
Hanged and sold their families into slavery.
Of course, if they didn't survive, they would never see this scene.
When they think about the possibility of dying on the battlefield and all their efforts being in vain, the morale of these guys is almost infinitely reduced.
That's it.
Rotterdam's offensive and defensive battle presented an extremely strange scene from the very beginning.
The eastern defense line, which was originally thought to be difficult to defend, not only withstood the opponent's bombardment, but also fired their artillery at the enemy.
A total of more than 500 heavy artillery pieces in the three legions, as well as hundreds of light artillery pieces deployed on the front line and attached to various infantry regiments, together formed an artillery density that exceeded the opponent's.
More importantly, the Russian Gothic Empire had artillery shells filled with new explosives.
Although these artillery shells with silk as launch packages could swallow more than thirty florins of silver coins each time they were fired, such a high price The price is indeed worth the money.
Seeing that the opposite side wanted to launch a charge after the bombardment, the densely packed infantry troops were bombarded like Sun Tzu.
Freya barely hesitated before giving the order to counterattack.
Although he did not use his trump card, the cavalry regiment, right away.
However, there were a total of three cavalry regiments of the levy corps and the regular corps.
The rapid assault of more than 3,000 cavalry still plunged the Visigoths on the opposite side into great confusion and panic.
If it were not for the fact that the enemy's strength was too large, and the feeling that although the opponent was in chaos or even collapsed, the army still had the desire to fight and began to reorganize, various legions, regiments and companies were quickly mobilizing and working hard to reorganize the army.
Given time, Freya might even push the infantry forward and launch a fierce counterattack.
Of course, there was another reason why she didn't do it, just because she didn't want to.
The enemy is indeed the enemy.
But this war was not for the Russian Gothic Empire, but for Briton, an unreliable and unreliable ally.
The Visigoths were very good at fighting, but their willpower was quite good.
If she insists on fighting a tough battle in which less can win more, then Freya is confident that she has a great chance of doing it.
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But there will definitely be heavy casualties.
It is possible to lose more than half.
Excluding the main body of the conscript army, they were all new recruits who were thrown into the battlefield after several months of intensive training.
The Army Corps and the Cavalry Corps are both elite standing armies.
If you die too many, it won't be a big deal, but it will hurt your heart for a long time.
Therefore, Freya gave up this tactic that sounded very tempting.
After the cavalry regiment achieved fruitful results, it gave up and returned to a defensive posture. 160420oshow7: