361 Annihilation of the British elite
The smoke of gunpowder, the wailing of the wounded, the mutilated corpses, the weapons discarded everywhere
General Carlson still can't believe his eyes, in addition to the loyal and fearless Young Guard, there is a strong army in this world that fights until the last moment!
More than three hours of fierce fighting, proved the heroism of the Scottish Highland Infantry, but also made General Carlson's plan that he thought foolproof bankrupt, this is not to say that the Scottish Highland Infantry really defeated the combined attack of the Infantry Imperial Guard with absolutely weak troops, after more than three hours of fighting, the Scottish Highland Infantry was finally annihilated on the spot, but more than three hours is enough time for too many changes in the middle of the battlefield in the fierce battle!
In the impassioned March of the Grenadiers and the British commander's own banner, the elite of the British Redwoods Army burst out with a rare will to die, gradually repelling the attack of the Imperial Guard, and forcefully reversed the situation on the battlefield.
The two thousand light cavalry, who had finally escaped from the Scottish Highland infantry, were completely destroyed by the elite of the British Redwoods Army, which had regained the advantage of the battlefield, and the horizontal array of guns that had been discharged in a few rounds of salvos.
More than three hours was enough to move back to the inferior British Redwoods, and the infantry re-established a flank defense, while the Imperial light cavalry, which had been killed by the Scottish Highland infantry, forced their attack under low morale, and it was no wonder that they were undefeated
Had it not been for the remnants of the Imperial Guard, which had surrounded and annihilated the Scottish Highland Infantry, to the aid of the mid-lane battlefield, General Carlsen would have been burdened with a humiliating majority being routed head-on by a minority.
"Tell General Parkinson that there is no need to contain the British German Army on the opposite side, launch an attack on all fronts, since the British want to fight hard, we will leave them all on French soil today!" General Carlson, who was reorganizing the retreating Imperial Guard infantry, ordered with red eyes.
The generals produced by the Total War system all have fanatical personality cult thoughts about Lin Haoda, they may not be a good commander, but they are definitely a qualified commander who is willing to give his life for loyalty, they will not care about the casualties of the soldiers under their command, only to pursue the prospect of victory!
In the army that came out of the all-out war system, the higher the rank, the stronger the loyalty, but those ordinary soldiers are often more afraid of death, such as the Imperial Guard in this battle, almost all the officers on the front line were killed in battle, but the Imperial Guard soldiers who disappeared in the establishment, many of them fled without a trace, and after General Carlson put in all the reserves, the deterrent power of the Warlord has almost disappeared, which naturally led to a large number of demoralized Imperial Guard soldiers fleeing the battlefield without permission.
This situation is the norm for the regular army of the native European country, because of the imperfect household registration system in the 18th century, as long as the deserters on the battlefield successfully escaped from the war zone, it is difficult to be found and disposed of, and they are often listed as missing persons, which is also the reason why the number of deserted soldiers remained high in the modern European war.
When General Carlson regrouped and routed his troops, the exhausted British army also stopped the attack as a matter of course, and the Imperial Guard that returned after annihilating the Scottish Highland infantry was full of thousands of people, and the elite of the British Redwoods Army, no matter how strong their fighting will was, was only human after all, and they simply did not have so much physical strength to continue to charge.
The large-scale fighting on the battlefield was peaceful for a moment, and only sporadic skirmishes remained.
After counting the number of remaining troops, the British commander did not want to continue fighting, because although the morale of the British army was much higher because of the victory just now, the loss of troops was too great, and even if the number of dead and wounded of the Imperial Guard on the opposite side was much higher than that of the British troops, the remaining troops were still higher than the British troops.
Most of the artillery units on both sides have been viciously destroyed in the battlefield battle, however, the British commander did not dare to give the order for the whole army to retreat, the cavalry of the Imperial Guard still had about 1,000 people preserved, and the main infantry force had no intention of leaving, so retreating at this time was not a good choice.
Just when the British commander looked at the sky and was about to leave while it was dark, he received the news that the Imperial Guard on the opposite side was attacking on all fronts, and even the two British German Legions on the periphery, which had been restrained, were also attacked by the enemy!
Lin Haoda's troops are completely in a state of mind of redemption and consumption, and they hold on to themselves!
This kind of crazy style of play is rare on the European battlefield, these veterans who have fought are a valuable asset to any country, and who wants to spend it meaninglessly here?
Even if the Imperial Guard and the Young Guards can really annihilate this elite of the British army, they will be completely disabled and lose their combat effectiveness, especially the Imperial Guard in the middle of the road, which is facing each other head-on, and the spirit is about to run out in the continuous and tragic war of attrition
After all, the Imperial Guard is just ordinary soldiers, not the madmen of the Young Guard!
In this attack, General Carlson had the mentality of winning or losing a war, and learned from the posture of the previous British commander with the officer corps and guards, holding high the battle flag and charging over the tables, and went to the front line to cheer up the demoralized Imperial Guard soldiers.
The commander personally commanded the battle on the front line, and the morale increase effect was still very obvious, and General Carlsen didn't really need to charge with a gun, he only needed to ride his war horse and walk around the advancing soldiers, and giving orders was enough to make the Imperial Guard soldiers feel good for a while!
After a simple volley of gun fire, the Imperial Guard, encouraged by General Carlson's presence at the front, launched a bayonet charge.
The elite of the British Sequoia Army naturally would not succumb to the defeat of these subordinates, and faced it head-on.
The battlefield that had just subsided once again ushered in the earth-shattering shouts of killing, blue uniforms and red uniforms were intertwined, constantly creating bright red corpses, and at the same time, the two young guards on the periphery also fought with the elite British German Legion, fighting selflessly.
The belief in glory and victory supported the soldiers of the armies on both sides, and the fierce battle without retreating, and the unscientific army produced by the system of total war was once again manifested, dragging the most elite landing force of the British into the bottomless abyss.
In order to prevent the retreat of the British Redwood Army, General Carlson has kept the 1,000 Imperial Light Cavalry as a reserve, and he does not expect this 1,000 Imperial Light Cavalry to make another achievement, the previous Scottish Highland Infantry has made General Carlson doubt the combat effectiveness of his cavalry, and does not want to continue to let the precious light cavalry go to death