However, Frederick III's idea fell through.

Why? Because Frederick III's method of batching solved the problem that the supervising soldiers could not supervise the farmers in front of them, the number of people in each batch was too small.

You know, at the front of the battle formation of the Marin army, there were a thousand musketeers. The 2,300 peasants supervised by 500 soldiers of the Bossa coalition army walked forward with sandbags on their backs, but they were fine 50 yards away, losing only a few dozen men. After all, the hit percentage from 50 yards away is really low.

After reaching 50 range, the casualty rate increases dramatically. In each round of platoon firing, three or four hundred people fell. By the time they reached a distance of 30 yards, 1,000 of the 2,300 farmers had fallen, and almost half of them had been killed or wounded.

At this time, the frightened farmers could no longer care about the soldiers of the Bossa coalition who were guarding them behind. Because, moving forward is also death, and running away is also death. Also, if you escape, you have at least a chance of surviving. So the remaining 1,000 or so farmers threw down their sacks of dirt and ran to the sides.

The supervising Bossa coalition soldiers behind them looked at it - is this still a good thing? So they raised their butcher's knives at the fleeing farmer......

Although he killed some of the fleeing farmers, the more than 1,000 peasants in front of him scattered to escape for their lives, just in time to reveal the soldiers of the Bossa coalition who were supervising behind.

As soon as Schwartz saw the rare opportunity, he immediately ordered - "Aim at those soldiers and fight!" ”

Then, bursts of gunfire came, and more than a hundred soldiers who were exposed to the guns were killed at once. After all, at a distance of about 30 yards, the accuracy rate of experienced musketeers is still very high.

In desperation, the remaining 300 overseers of the Bossa coalition infantry had no choice but to run backwards and retreat......

They are different from the peasants, they only have weapons in their hands, and they can still run quickly. It's not like those farmers, who carry hundreds of pounds of dirt sacks on their backs and don't run fast. Soon, they were pulled to a relatively safe area 50 yards away. And, still running backwards. As long as you run 100 yards, it's almost hard to hit.

It's just that as soon as they ran, Frederick III's plan to fill the pit fell through......

Joakim I muttered:

"If there are too many people, and if there are too few people, what should we do? You can't let elite soldiers go up and eat bullets, right? ”

Frederick III was also frowning, and he did not expect that there would be such trouble when there were too many musketeers. It was not without musketeers in the Saxon army, but only a very small number of them had them, and they were not large. Therefore, Frederick III never saw the power of the musketeers. Now, after coming into direct contact with Marin's battle formation, he really felt the power of the musketeers. Moreover, the three-stage firing method used by the musketeers of the Marin army made the fire continuous and extremely troublesome.

In desperation, Frederick III said:

"Let the sword and shield soldiers try, send 500 sword and shield soldiers, and choose the kind of shield that is covered with iron sheets!"

This attack was not a general attack, but a test of the defense of the sword and shield soldiers against the muskets. So, Frederick III sent only 500 men to the field.

However, he was doomed to disappointment. Because, even the shield covered with iron could not stop the heavy projectile of the 50-gram Mushkert musket. Unless, with a shield of pure iron. However, the shield of pure iron is too heavy for ordinary soldiers to handle......

To deal with musketeers, it is best to use cavalry to charge quickly, taking advantage of the gap in the opponent's reload, to kill the musketeers in the pile. Then, just abuse it casually. Although the cavalry that rushed to the front was inevitably killed by the musketeers, as soon as the cavalry rushed up and rushed into the pile of musketeers, they could be slashed and killed. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Eight Banners cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty did just that.

In order to get more cannon fodder and protect the real Manchu elite, the Manchus sent troops deep into the mountains and old forests of the northeast to capture uncivilized barbarians everywhere, which was called "born Jurchen" at that time (in fact, they may not be Jurchen, maybe Evenki and other ethnic groups), and incorporated into death squads. When facing the musket troops of the Ming army, he drove these "raw Jurchens" who wore heavy cotton armor and tied them to horses (because the raw Jurchens in the deep mountains and old forests were not good at riding) and charged in front. And the real Manchu Eight Banners cavalry followed behind.

If those "raw Jurchens" were killed by the Ming army's musketeers, the Manchus would not be distressed, and it would be a big deal to send people to the deep mountains and old forests to catch them. And if they survive, these barbarian-like "born Jurchens" will be made a petty official. However, these Manchu petty officers from barbarian backgrounds were very bloodthirsty. Although he is brave, he is very wild, and after entering the customs, he has caused a lot of killings...... A bit off topic......

The problem was that Marin was at the front of the battle formation, digging two wide trenches filled with wooden stakes. Behind the two trenches, there were also stilted wooden stakes. This double defense is designed to restrain the charge of the cavalry. Neither light cavalry nor heavy cavalry could break through in the face of such a terrifying defense. As long as it falls into the pit, the war horse will definitely be pierced through the belly by the wooden stake. People are no better, the cavalry will fall into the pit, the light cavalry will be poked to death, and the heavy cavalry will also be killed by Marin's men with muskets, or even with hammers......

Therefore, in the face of such a formation specifically to guard against cavalry charges, Frederick III felt very tricky. As for Joakim I, it's even more ridiculous......

Seeing that the charge of the sword and shield soldiers was useless, Frederick III also gave up for the time being. So he commanded:

"Go and urge the artillery troops, hurry up this way. Tomorrow, we shell with shelling! Then the Bossa coalition withdrew its troops and returned to the camp. However, in order to prepare for Marin's night attack, Frederick III sent a number of scouts to oversee Marin's army in shifts.

Early the next morning, Marin was also taken aback when he saw through his telescope that the Bossa coalition forces were transporting artillery in a horse-drawn cart. So, he hurriedly ordered:

"Quick, get our artillery up too. Pay attention, to face the enemy's artillery, specifically hit their artillery! ”

Then, 50 6-pounder guns and a dozen 18-pounder short-barreled army versions of the Cullen guns were pushed into position......

There is a basis for Marin to order someone to specifically target the opponent's artillery. At this time, European artillery generally did not have a lookout mounted behind the gun (similar to the front sight on the barrel, but at the tail of the barrel). Moreover, the artillery of this era did not even have a gun mount. When fighting, experienced artillerymen are needed to command others to bury the artillery body in front of the formation. Moreover, there must be a pit behind the barrel, or a mound of earth that has been erected. This is to prevent the barrel from shifting due to the high recoil after the barrel is fired. If the barrel is displaced, it will be inaccurate and will need to be rearranged. And in the absence of wheels for the gun carriage, resetting the barrel is a very troublesome thing. It required several strong men to carry the barrel and lift it to its original position. And when it is lifted, it must wait for the temperature of the barrel to cool down. Otherwise, it's hot......

Marin's artillery with a gun carriage is different, this kind of artillery will retreat after firing. However, because of the wheels, the artillerymen could easily push the artillery to its original position. The artilleryman in charge of aiming would then crouch down, place his head directly behind the barrel, and use his eyes to look at the target through the crosshair-like lookout mountain. Once you have aimed, you can continue to fire.

And those who do not have artillery mounts and lookout mountains are often miserable. They will let the experienced artillerymen observe the effect, and if the gun is not displaced, then it is easy to say, continue to reload and fire. If the cannon body happened, it would be troublesome. It was necessary to wait for the barrel to cool down, and then let the soldiers carry the barrel back into position, and then let the experienced artillerymen see it with their eyes again before they could continue the shelling......

Therefore, for the same artillery, because of technical differences, the interval between the two sides is very different. Marin's infantry guns, in a minute, will definitely be able to fire a second shot. If it's faster, it can even fire a shot in 30 seconds. However, traditional artillery, because of various troublesome problems such as the displacement of the gun body, often takes more than two minutes to fire the second shot. Moreover, aiming is also troublesome, and it may not be accurate......

While the experienced artillerymen of the Bossa coalition army were directing others to lay out the artillery, Marin's artillerymen had easily pulled more than sixty guns to the front of the formation, quickly completed the loading, and began to aim and fire......

"Boom-boom-boom-"

The sound of artillery came out, which directly stunned the Bossa coalition army...... [.]