Just after the French ** team completed the deployment, the British ** team's attack also began.
Sixty heavy guns were closely lined up at the forefront of the British ** team, and when Hagen saw these big guys in the telescope, his brows involuntarily furrowed together.
The French ** team also had artillery, but these guns were all light artillery, and compared with the heavy artillery of the British, the range of French artillery was undoubtedly much shorter, and for the French, the problem of range was undoubtedly somewhat fatal.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The sound of huge artillery rang out on the battlefield, accompanied by a huge wave of air, and one shell after another smashed on the positions of the French.
"Get down, Eric, you little!"
A law officer kept ordering his soldiers to lie down behind his position, but one of these soldiers named Eric seemed to be stupid by the British artillery, so he stood in his previous position in a daze, without even bending down.
The officer gritted his teeth and rushed to Eric's position regardless of the ammunition flying over his head, and just as he rushed to Eric's side and was about to forcibly press Eric's body down, a cannonball landed not far from the two of them, and the huge wave of air caused by the cannonball crashing down made both of their bodies fly involuntarily.
For the entire battlefield, this scene is only a trivial fragment of the entire battlefield locking, but for this officer and this soldier named Eric, this scene is the end of their lives.
"General, the British are too firepower.
And we have nothing to do, the front line has already suffered a lot of casualties, and our bunkers are about to be destroyed by the British.
Is it all we have to watch?
” A French lieutenant colonel stood in front of Hagen with a very excited expression, and after listening to the officer's words, Hagen's eyes widened and he said: "Mirel, you should know that in order to complete the mission, most of the troops in our army are carrying light artillery, and there are more British ** teams on the opposite side than us.
They even wish that we would not be able to survive and take the initiative, and that we must be patient in war!
” "But the general...."
Hagen interrupted him and said: "Mirel, no!
I am the commander-in-chief.
You should do my bidding!
” Seeing that Hagen was already glaring a little blowy, Mirel had no choice but to retreat and say: "In that case, then, General, my army deployed on the front line has already suffered a lot of casualties.
I need reinforcements!
” "Okay, Mirel.
Dare to talk to me about the conditions!
Tell you, I have a lot of use for every soldier, and I will see the situation depending on the reinforcements, but now I tell you clearly, there is not a single reinforcement!
” Hagen's answer made Mirel's face look helpless, and Hagen saw that Mirell was still standing in front of him and immediately shouted: "What are you doing here, get me back to the front!"
After snatching Mirel away, Hagen's forehead was tightly clenched.
History of Europe.
Napoleon was arguably the most important commander of his time in the army, although history has changed.
But Napoleon was still very enthusiastic about the construction of the army's artillery.
And in order to make his idea of artillery acceptable to everyone, Napoleon also carefully expounded it at the meeting of army generals many times, and the current situation facing Hagen is exactly what Napoleon envisioned.
Like Napoleon, many European generals were loyal supporters of "artilleryism", and Brooke, who was the vanguard of the British army, was one of them.
Since artillery has been widely used in warfare, the only way to face the enemy's large-scale artillery bombardment is to preserve its own strength as much as possible, and rashly attacking in the face of unequal firepower between the two sides is the only way to die.
An hour later, the sound of artillery on the battlefield had stopped, and there was silence between heaven and earth.
Looking at the French position, which seemed to have been ploughed several times by artillery, Brooke raised his fist and swung forward.
"Forward !!"
Countless orders rang out in the British infantry array, and as the order to advance was given, the sound of drums rang out from the ranks of the British troops.
Thousands of British infantry followed the beat of drums and marched towards the French position, and at this moment, on the French position, many French officers shouted: "Quick, get up and get ready to fight!"
The officers said as they kicked the slower-moving soldiers in the ass.
"Tell the artillerymen to wait until those British come into range and fight hard, and we must let those British people taste our previous sins!"
After saying that, Hagen said to the staff officer beside him: "Send someone to the west to see, and if General Mana's army has not gone far, let him take some reinforcements for us, or I am afraid that we will be dragged here by these Englishmen!"
As he spoke, Hagen's heart was also clouded.
The previous plan was for Napoleon to have Hagen stationed in Beveren for a day, so that Mana's troops could rush to the next line of defense in time, and Napoleon's move was also to mentally let the British fall into his trap.
But who would have thought that Mana actually performed quite extraordinarily in the battle of Recht, and even beheaded a cavalry division commander of the British, although this move increased the prestige and morale of the French ** team, but at the same time, it also made the British desperate for revenge at the same time pay special attention to the French ** team, and now Brooke as a forward does not forget to carry a large number of heavy artillery is a clear proof.
The reason why Napoleon set the decisive battle in Nicholas was because Nicholas was far from the coast and could keep the French army away from the threat of the British navy, and on the other hand, the British went directly to Nicholas to fight the French army after capturing Antwerp, which was bound to greatly threaten the physical strength of the British soldiers.
Soon, on the battlefield, the distance between the soldiers on both sides was narrowed.
"Reload, prepare!"
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Just when the British soldiers were still some distance away from the French position, the French artillery position suddenly sounded an order, and one by one the artillery soldiers quickly stuffed the shells into the barrels.
"Launch !!"
With a loud roar from the artillery officer, the soldiers guarding the side of the chamber immediately lit the fuse on the chamber, and a few seconds later, the shell slammed away from the chamber.
The suffering of the French army before is now on the heads of the British soldiers.
Fortunately, under the restraint of the British ** officer, the British ** team did not become chaotic because of the threat of French shells.
"Keep going!"
The British soldiers continued to walk towards the French positions with their weapons held high, and in the face of indiscriminate shelling, the British soldiers finally brought the French positions into range.
"Raise your gun, shoot!"
Looking at the French soldiers who were most of their bodies covered by bunkers not far away, the British quickly raised their weapons, and then bullets erupted at the officer's order.
While the British opened fire, the French soldiers also attacked the British.
This kind of attack seems very stupid today, but at the time, it was the most conventional method of warfare, and it was under such a test that it would show how precious the veteran was.
People are constantly falling on the battlefield, and this moment is a feast for the devil, the devil is smiling hideously and reaping the life on the battlefield, ironically, everyone on the battlefield is the devil's helper at this moment.
"Let the 13th Regiment go to the left flank to strengthen the defenses there, and the 19th Regiment to prepare" Hagen looked at the weakened left flank in the telescope, and couldn't help but give the order for reinforcements to the staff officers around him, and the army deployed on the left flank was none other than Mirel's army.
The British suffered more than the French.
"Are the artillery ready?"
"Your Excellency, the artillery is ready!"
Brooke nodded, then commanded decisively: "Order all the artillery to fire in unison, and I'm going to send all those French dogs to the sky!"
The previous stop of shelling was not because the British ** team had no shells, but because the breeches of the guns needed to rest, after all, in this era, the breeches of the guns were limited by the times and materials, and the life span was very limited.
A new round of artillery bombardment by the British ** team began, and more than 100 artillery pieces made the entire French position suddenly feel like purgatory, and the incessant explosions were a test and a torment for the French soldiers.
While the British artillery was in full swing, the French artillery was dumb, because they also needed to let the artillery rest.
But at this time it was very tragic for the French artillery unit, because the previous bombardment had exposed the French artillery position, and at the same time that the British artillery played again, the French artillery position became the focus of British heavy artillery.
"Quickly transfer the artillery!"
Hagen roared angrily, in fact, he didn't need to say much, the French artillery knew that they had been exposed, so after stopping the shelling, all the artillery struggled to push the artillery to transfer, but the British artillery was too fast, and before the French could transfer the artillery, the British shells had already fallen on the heads of these French artillerymen.
The sound of gunfire on the battlefield has been drowned out by the sound of artillery, but it does not mean that the infantry on both sides has stopped fighting, on the contrary, the soldiers on both sides continue to raise their weapons and shoot deadly bullets at each other despite the loud sound in their ears.
More than half an hour later, when the British artillery stopped shelling, a huge shout sounded in the British ** team "Get on the bayonet, attack!"
The British soldiers loaded their bayonets and rushed towards the French positions.