The real shelling of the tower batteries on the Bastille finally began, and the iron bullets hit the lines of the National Guard, most of them flew to the inexplicable obstacles, only a few happened to hit the target, and then ran a bloody way through the phalanx of columns, which were perfectly suited to be plowed!

This is also another defect of the column phalanx, different from the large horizontal phalanx with thin depth, the column phalanx with relatively thick depth, as long as it is hit by a direct iron bullet, it is a whole column of soldiers out of the battle sequence together!

The reason why it is said to be out of the battle sequence rather than dying is because every time you are hit by an iron bullet, there will always be a few lucky people, but the legs are discounted instead of the whole person being 'broken'......

A soldier with a broken leg can still be left with a life if he is treated in time to stop the bleeding, but for the rest of his life, he can only rely on the poor recuperation fees of some countries with a conscience......

In this era, countries that can regularly pay recuperation payments to disabled soldiers are really very conscientious, and most backward countries will at most give a one-time severance pay to let him go home and eat himself......

The scene of the iron bullets plowing through the column phalanx was very bloody, and the column phalanx that was hit couldn't help but have a slight confusion, and it was suppressed under the pressure of the officer's bullets and continued to advance!

In the era of queuing to shoot, the role of officers can be seen!

In this era of backward communication technology, middle- and low-level officers are almost the soul of an army, and officers are the people with the heaviest fighting belief and sense of honor......

In addition to the phalanx of columns that were beating head-on, there were also some skirmishers with better marksmanship, following the flanks of the main force and firing at the line infantry on the wall!

The artillerymen on the artillery positions of the National Guard are sweating profusely to increase their rate of fire as much as possible, regardless of whether they can hit people or not, they will shoot the shells out first!

As long as you can bombard the walls of the Bastille and make a pile of debris......

"Quick, get up and aim, get ready to shoot, the enemy is coming!" The line infantry officer, who had been peeking at the SNS attack through the cracks in the battlements, shouted loudly as soon as he was in effective range. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In a short time, the line infantry, lying behind the battlements of the enclosure wall to avoid gunfire and shelling, got up one after another to face the forward column of the National Guard approaching the drawbridge!

At the same time, the line infantry stationed on the inside of the drawbridge took the lead in striking a barrage of barrages among the command knives waved by the officers!

"Fire!"

"Fire!!"

"Fire !!"

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As the first volley of fire from the city gate hole was fired, the fire orders sounded one after another on the wall, and for a while, the phalanx at the head of the first battalion of the National Guard was fiercely washed by the rain of bullets!

It's just that because the distance between the two sides is a bit far, many lead bullets missed the target, so that the forward phalanx of the National Guard can still hold on......

However, bad luck often happened one after the other, and after the salvo from the wall was fired, grapeshot from the tower batteries was sprayed into the advancing National Guard columns!

It's just that due to the angle problem, they can't hit the National Guard at the forefront, and can only kill the soldiers in the front and middle parts.

After firing a volley of line infantry on the inside of the drawbridge and on the wall, they quickly retreated, replaced by a second row of soldiers, leaned on the battlements and the breastwork where the corpses were piled up, and fired another volley!

It is also the most commonly used tactic of the defenders, although it cannot mass-kill the enemy at one time, but it can steadily and continuously output firepower, so that the attacker will continue to bleed in the advance, only the troops with a firm will or a professional officer corps can survive under this continuous firepower!

The phalanx of the National Guard, the first two battalions of the National Guard, finally lost more than half of their losses and retreated after three volleys from the Bastille defenders, and their formations and officers were completely crippled and could no longer fight......

However, the phalanx of the rear column was not implicated in the collapse, this is the advantage of the formation of the right step, after the collapse of the troops in front, as long as the formation of the rear team is not chaotic, it can continue to be maintained!

After three volleys, the National Guard has really approached the drawbridge!

Behind the phalanx of the National Guard column were the noisy and chaotic armed citizens of Paris, all of whom were brave men who were willing to continue fighting to avenge their people!

And Arno hid in these crowds, slowly moving forward with the flow of people, these armed citizens of Paris were also the reserve for the attack on the Bastille, and in the face of the well-protected Bastille, Arno did not dare to charge in the rain of bullets......

After all, he's not an invulnerable superman......

Coming to the narrow drawbridge, the National Guard finally ended the dilemma of being shot and shelled on their feet, and at the shouts of the officers, these National Guards, among their comrades who fell from time to time, raised their flintlock pistols and pulled the trigger at the same time!

The line infantry standing behind the chest wall of the corpse suddenly fell backwards!

The distance between the two sides was too close, only a suspension bridge more than ten meters long was separated in the middle, and even if there was a breastwork to cover it, the opponent's volley almost emptied the line infantry in the first few rows......

The officer of the National Guard drew his command knife and shouted: "Get on the bayonet, attack!! ”

As soon as he finished shouting, half of his cheek was cut off by a lead bullet fired from nowhere, a piercing hole was punched out of his right eye, and he fell to the ground in a stiff position with a knife raised, and the National Guard soldiers behind him stepped unceremoniously over his corpse!

"Long live freedom!!

After all, the morale of the National Guard was stronger than that of the armed citizens of Paris, and they stepped on the drawbridge in the face of the rain of bullets on the wall!

And the line infantry on the opposite drawbridge, in the first moment of the opponent's bayonet, they withdrew to the city gate hole, and the real battlefield is behind!

As the column of this battalion rushed into the city gate with hundreds of men, the line infantry on the wall immediately turned their muskets back inside.

The column phalanx of the National Guard is a battalion as a single combat group, and a battalion including miscellaneous servants and military bands can have about 400 to 600 people......

When Arno saw the external fire on the Bastille wall shrink, his eyes flashed and he began to accelerate forward!