Chapter 99: Grenadier, Forward! middle

Ciri Lafaeli, lieutenant colonel of the Grenadier Pioneer Regiment, shouted to the group of grassroots officers who were about to go to the front line in front of him: "This will be the first battle of our Grenadier Pioneer Regiment to make a name for France, and it will also be a key battle for our lord Lin Haoda, victory, you are the heroes of the future, whether you die or not!" If we fail, we will be spurned by thousands of people, and we will be stinking for 10,000 years!

Tell me, is honor or life important?! “

"Long live the honor, swear to fight to the death for my lord until the last moment!"

Siri Lafaeli was very satisfied with the fanaticism in the eyes of these junior officers, a soldier in an army can have complex thoughts, but the officer level must be a unified belief, and the officer is the soul of an army!

The reason why the Red Army in later generations was able to achieve the results that shocked the capitalist countries was precisely because of the existence of the political commissar, a special officer layer who combined ideological education and war supervision officers, and had the courage to dedicate himself, that the entire army was twisted into a terrifying army that fought for the last for the faith!

A good general can influence the officer corps under his command, and a brave junior officer can inspire his soldiers to charge forward!

The British Redwoods fought all over the world, but most of the soldiers came from rogue bastards and vagrants, and it was because the officers changed everything!

12 fully formed companies, with a total of 1,440 grenadier vanguard regiments, under the impassioned drumbeat of the military band, took the lead in breaking out of the Bastille, and with the line infantry behind, rushed to the National Guard front in the night!

The National Guard sentries, who were always on guard against the death-defying counterattack of the Bastille guards, soon noticed the emergence of thousands of blue military uniforms, and the crisp warning whistle was blown, and a large number of National Guard guards wearing white military uniforms who did not dare to sleep swarmed and lined up in a simple array of guns under the shouts of the officers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

As Lin Haoda expected, under the dark night sky, the artillery of the National Guard did not dare to shoot indiscriminately, you know, the number of the National Guard and armed citizens is far greater than the Bastille guards, and the probability of accidental injury from this cannon is great!

Relying on good training and discipline, the Grenadier Pioneer Regiment maintained a basic formation even when walking under the dark night sky, and this alone was several streets ahead of the main force of the National Guard on the opposite side!

If the National Guard marched in line at night, the whole queue would be chaotic and staggered after only going 100 meters......

Against the backdrop of the firelight, the National Guard on the front line soon saw the grenadiers coming in line, the bright feathers on their heads made the National Guard soldiers recognize the difference between this unit and the line infantry that fought before, if it weren't for Lin Haoda, the commander, who had so much money to spend, that these troops with significantly brighter uniforms were undoubtedly the elite of the Bastille guards who did not appear!

In fact, in the grenadier queue, the tall figures have confirmed the elite answer, it is not strange that there are several or even dozens of tall men in a company, but if they are all strong men who are one meter and eight meters tall, as long as they are not blind, they will know that this is an elite ......

"Fire!" At a distance of tens of meters, the National Guard's platoon gun array took the lead in firing a volley, and dozens of people fell in the ranks of the grenadier vanguard regiment!

Immediately afterwards, the beat of the drums in the grenadier procession became more rapid, and the stride of the grenadiers in the march became even larger, even to the point of 'walking in a race'!

Once again, the advantage of height is reflected, tall and long-legged, the steps are naturally larger, and the speed of progress is also faster......

After the shooting, the white-uniformed National Guard quickly retreated, and the waiting National Guard stepped forward and raised their guns, and another volley and white smoke rose, this time, more grenadiers fell, including several grenadier second lieutenant officers who were at the forefront!

However, the Pioneer Regiment of Grenadier stepped over the corpses of its own men without slowing down and continued forward, and the gap caused by the dead was quickly filled by the grenadiers behind!

"Grenadier forward! Advance!!! ”

The middle-level grenadier officer in the center kept chanting, urging the entire queue to press forward!

Finally, after reaching a distance of about 50 yards, under the command to stop advancing, the grenadiers with flintlock pistols on their shoulders faced the muzzles of the National Guard, and stopped in unison as they had done during training, and survived the volleys of guns!

After the National Guard fired a volley, the grenadiers who stopped raised their guns and pulled the trigger under the unified command!

Finally, the National Guard ushered in its first battle loss, disrupting the rhythm of the next round of salvos, but the main force of the National Guard, which had experienced bloody battles, had long been accustomed to this kind of face-to-face shooting scene, and there was not much panic to make up the queue and aim ahead!

And at this time, after the grenadiers fired a volley, they had already strode forward again, and the call to advance could be faintly heard even by the soldiers of the National Guard in the first row!

These National Guards also understand what kind of formation the other side belongs to, this is a group of grenadiers!!

In this era, the concept of grenadiers has long been popular in Europe, and the word grenadier can basically be equated with elite, and it is an elite title that is respected and recognized from top to bottom!

Because the grenadiers are always at the forefront of the attack, and it takes a lot of courage to move forward and throw grenades at a distance of more than 20 paces from the enemy!

This is a distance closer than the British Redwoods' 30-step volley of guns at close range!

It can be said that at this distance, a soldier can hit someone with a flintlock pistol with his eyes closed......

Bang bang bang ~~~

At a closer distance, the grenadiers were instantly killed by the dense salvo, and the first few companies had already suffered more than half of the casualties!

However, under Lin Haoda's field of vision, the morale of the Grenadier Pioneer Regiment as a whole could still maintain a green state, and successfully stopped at a distance of about 20 steps, and under the command of the officer, he took out the original large grenade that had been prepared and lit the fuse.

The soldiers of the National Guard, who watched the other side standing in front of him and lit the grenades, could no longer fire a neat salvo, and at such a close distance, the grenades in the hands of the grenadiers were too psychologically oppressive!

"Ready~"

Bang ~ Bang ......

Another salvo of not so neat fire came, and almost all the grenadiers in the first and second rows fell to the ground!

"Throwing !!"

From a salvo to throwing 'balls' together, there is not much difference in words, but the lethality has increased geometrically.

A large primordial grenade burning with a fuse smashed into the dense array of guns of the National Guard!