The war of lining up to be shot is extremely cruel. The armies of the two sides should not only compete in combat skills, but also compete in courage that is not afraid of death.

In the current era, Europeans are not so courageous. You know, those nobles and knights, once they encounter difficulties, will choose to surrender, and then wait for themselves to be ransomed.

However, in the era of queuing to be shot, bullets do not have eyes. Those lead bullets flying around the battlefield, it doesn't matter if you are a nobleman or a commoner. As long as they are caught, they will either die or be injured. Moreover, lead bullet injuries are extremely difficult to treat. Even if it is cured, there is a high chance that you will have an arm or leg sawed or something.

If it was still the current style of military fighting, many old-school aristocratic officers would probably not have time to surrender, and they would be killed and injured by the bullets flying randomly. And if the discipline of the soldiers of the army is not good and the willpower is not tenacious enough, once the commander is shot, the army is extremely prone to collapse.

Moreover, even a modern army with very strict discipline is prone to accidents when fighting a war in which people are lined up and shot. Of course, this is nothing to veterans who disregard death. But those who have just entered the battlefield are too cruel for them to line up to be shot.

On the battlefield where they were lined up to shoot, because of the touching accuracy of the smoothbore guns, the soldiers standing in the front row were gambling with their lives - betting that the opponent's bullets would not fly to them. This way of gambling on life is fine for veterans, but for new recruits, the mental pressure is too great. Therefore, in later wars, those who stood in the front row were often veterans. Otherwise, the recruits will be frightened and will easily collapse and run away, so they will not be able to fight......

Some people may say that it is simple, you learn from the British lobster soldiers, and after shooting at close range at thirty yards, launch a bayonet charge......

Whoever thinks like that, Marin, who has fought a lot of battles, will definitely spray in his face - you Sabi......

Why? Because this is determined by the background of the times......

The tactics of approaching salvo + charge of the British lobster soldiers were in the 18th century, which was in line with the social background of the time. Why? Because at that time the army was reloaded with muskets. After putting on the bayonet, everyone's weapons were about the same length. When fighting, whoever is brave wins......

But what about this era? This is the beginning of the 16th century! You know, the Plate Knight hasn't been completely swept into the garbage heap by the muskets yet. At this time, you let the musketeers charge with a bayonet, it will definitely be a long life!

In the face of the musketeers charging with bayonets, not too many, as long as a few hundred plate knights are sent on the opposite side, they can tear apart the charging formation of the musketeers, and then slaughter them on a large scale. Without lead bullets, the musketeers with bayonets in their hands are no different from the chickens waiting to be slaughtered in the face of the plate knights who are not afraid of the sword.

Not only that, but the musketeers with bayonets and the spearmen holding spears several meters long on the opposite side stabbed each other, especially looking for death. A spear is a few meters long, and a bayonet on your rifle is more than a meter long. The spears of Swiss spearmen are several meters long. You are a musketeer, and the musket and bayonet are only sixty or seventy centimeters long. You rushed forward with your bayonet, and you were still a few meters away from the house, and you were stabbed to death with a spear - no way, the length was not enough, you couldn't reach the enemy, but the enemy had already stabbed you......

To use an inappropriate analogy, Yao Ming and Pan Changjiang fought. Yao Ming didn't need to do anything, just straightened his arm and resisted Pan Changjiang. With the length of Lao Pan's arms and legs, he could only jump up and down there, but he couldn't hit Yao Ming. After all, Yao Ming's arms are too long, as long as he resists Uncle Pan, Uncle Pan can't reach Yao Ming's body whether it is his arms or legs......

Therefore, the bayonet is by no means an artifact, it depends on what era and what weapon the opponent uses.

Someone may have said - oops, it seems that the British army defeated the defenders of Zhenjiang with bayonets in the Raven War. But you have to know that most of the weapons of the army guarding Zhenjiang are not long weapons! The flag soldiers in Zhenjiang used a considerable proportion of their weapons - arquebuses handed down from the Ming Dynasty, and bayonets were not installed. The other thing is the waist knife used by the flag soldiers, which is definitely shorter than the musket with the bayonet. If you are not a person with strong martial arts (such as the 29th Army Broadsword Team), you will definitely not be able to please someone with a bayonet. It's a spear, and it can also fight with the bayonets of the British army. But the spears used in the Qing army were definitely inferior, and their own combat effectiveness and will to fight were the worst. If you have a little status, you will definitely mix it with a sheathed waist knife, and you will also have a little martial arts. And the spearmen, in general, are cannon fodder. Even those who use waist knives and shotguns have been defeated, and those who use spears still have the will to fight?

Moreover, those who guarded Zhenjiang and did not escape were more than 1,500 flag soldiers. Since they are old men, they will definitely not use a cheap weapon like a spear like a miscellaneous soldier, and getting a good waist knife and riding a Mongolian horse is their standard. Only those who are miserable will use the spear, the weapon of cannon fodder. If it is mixed in general, a shotgun is used, and there is no bayonet......

Therefore, the British dared to launch a bayonet charge against the defenders of Zhenjiang, in addition to being superior in numbers, it was to bully the opponent's short weapons. If you encounter a Swiss spearman armed with a spear several meters long, Nimad will launch a bayonet charge? The musketeers had no armor in the first place, and in the face of the spear, they were stabbed one by one......

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Therefore, Marin will not use bayonets, as a counterpoint to those enemy forces who have a large number of musketeers. Because, in this era, musketeers are a minority, and the mainstream, they must still be spearmen, as well as plate knights. In the face of these two arms, the musketeers with bayonets rushed forward to absolutely look for abuse. Instead of that, it would be better to stand and put a few more rows of guns. With the superiority of the number of muskets of the Marin army, it is still possible to suppress the opposing musketeers by firing at each other.

Also, Marin's army now uses clockwork muskets instead of arquebuses. In this way, the musketeers do not need to be separated from each other by 1 miller, and there is no need to worry about the gunpowder being ignited by the arquebuses of those around them.

But other countries are different, they currently do not have the technology of clockwork muskets, and can only use arquebuses. In this way, Marin's musketeers can achieve twice the density of musketeers compared to their opponents. The firepower density is naturally twice as high. When you shoot at each other, you must have the advantage......

Of course, Napoleon's experience taught Marin - against the opposite musketeers, artillery is king. Especially in the face of the dense queue of musketeers standing in rows on the opposite side, don't be too cool if you smash an iron ball and take away a line of musketeers......

The only problem is that if you use a lot of artillery, this gunpowder consumption is a bit large......

You know, a musket shot only costs 10 grams of gunpowder. As for artillery shooting, if you use a 6-pounder gun, according to the ratio of gunpowder to shells 1 to 3, you need 2 pounds for a single charge - this can be fired 90 shots...... If it is a salvo of hundreds of artillery pieces in a row...... Oh my God, there's not enough gunpowder...... Unless, with a stable source of large quantities of gunpowder......

So, let's go to Chile to find saltpeter...... Only with a large and stable supply of Chilean saltpeter could Marin use his cannon to take his opponent's musketeers into the sky with impunity. Your musket will shoot the at 100 meters, and my artillery will still aim at a few hundred meters, and one shot will take away a line...... If you line up and shoot, I'll shoot you...... Look who's ruthless......