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The first to roar was naturally the artillery units of both sides, and one after another, under the impetus of the explosive force generated by the violent combustion of the enclosed space of black powder, rushed out of the flat barrel and flew towards the enemy infantry line hundreds of meters away. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The infantry lines of the two sides were about 5 or 600 meters apart, at the edge of the effective range of the six-pounder infantry field guns, and although the hit rate was a little embarrassing under the bombardment of professional artillery units, at least every salvo had shells that hit the target.

Interestingly, the National Guard has a much larger number of artillery, but the results are poor, partly because most of the guns of the National Guard have been worn out over the decades, and partly because the artillery of the National Guard is not as professional as the artillery units produced by the Total War System.

The artillery of the National Guard is naturally much better than that of ordinary infantry, but it is not enough in front of professional artillery.

The vast majority of artillery bombardment in this era was solid iron bullets, and if they hit, they would kill the soldiers standing in a column, and the number of corpses produced was not large, but the scene of the human body being forced through a hole by the solid iron bullets, or simply beaten into minced flesh, was too terrifying, and it was easy to lower the morale of the surrounding infantry and cause panic.

Whether in the National Guard Front or in the French Foreign Legion Front, the company that has been bombarded with solid iron bullets will create a commotion that will require the officers to suppress it to be pacified.

In the eyes of later generations, these stations stood straight within the effective range of the artillery, and they behaved like fools in the face of direct artillery fire without moving, but it was this collective scene of standing in front of the artillery that made these line infantry can't help but have an inexplicable feeling in their hearts.

We are a group of warriors who do not change their faces in the face of artillery fire, and we are men who stand up to the sky!

Of course, after this feeling arises, it is a silent prayer to God and other gods, praying that he will not be hit by a solid iron bullet, and that he will not be able to keep even a complete corpse......

After the shelling lasted for half an hour, Lin Haoda found that the power of his eight artillery pieces was really average, and the opponent's dozen or so old artillery pieces were not a joke, so it was impossible to achieve much success in this way.

And so, the drumbeat of the advance began to sound!

When the order to advance was issued to the front line, the first to advance was the light infantry battalion that had been squatting on the battlefield in front, they silently walked forward with their delicate flintlock pistols, and after seeing the light infantry of the National Guard on the opposite side catching up, they estimated the distance between the two sides, stopped and aimed and fired!

The sporadic sound of gunfire was punctuated by the drumbeat of the French Foreign Legion, and the six-pounder infantry field artillery artillery that had not stopped was repeating the steps of loading, cleaning the chambers, stuffing gunpowder and shells, and aiming and ignition.

Bang bang bang......

"Onward! Advance!!! ”

The junior officers who walked at the front and held command knives gave orders as they walked, and there were one or two officers on the side or behind each company, constantly adjusting the queue to keep the whole forward phalanx consistent and avoid the entire horizontal line from getting out of the uneven line......

This is also the reason why the offensive front of the big horizontal team was eliminated later, because the horizontal line is too thin, and it also requires strict training to maintain the overall level when advancing.

The protruding horizontal phalanx will have to face all the enemy fire blows alone for a certain amount of time!

Therefore, the importance of discipline and training in the era of lining up to shoot is not at all less than morale!

One by one, the line infantry of the Fourth Infantry Division, which lined up six rows of horizontal phalanxes, strode forward expressionlessly, stepping on the drum beat with a strong sense of rhythm, and maintaining the basic pace in unison.

In almost every company, there is a golden fleur-de-lis eagle flag, which is also the regimental flag of the French Foreign Legion, and opposite is every battalion-level unit of the National Guard, a red, white and blue tricolor flag is erected.

The role of the flag is the same as the drum beat and the charge horn, theoretically the soldiers of a company follow the flag, after all, after receiving the enemy, the battlefield environment is very noisy, even if the officer shouts through his throat, there will be many soldiers who are unconscious, at this time the soldiers will naturally subconsciously look at their own battle flag there, and then move closer.

If the battle flag is advancing, the soldiers will shout and charge, if the battle flag is retreating in disarray......

Well, it's complicated!

The artillery was spraying lethal iron bullets, and the light infantry continued to shoot relatively accurate lead bullets into the opponent's body, however, the light infantry soon found that the enemy light infantry, which was also lined up in a skirmish line, was difficult to hit.

No matter how delicate the flintlock gun is, it is just a smoothbore gun, and when it is not close to a certain distance, it is difficult to improve the hit rate.

Therefore, in order to increase the kill rate, the light infantry on both sides began to move forward, especially the light infantry belonging to the French Foreign Legion, because the phalanx of the Fourth Infantry Division behind them had already moved here, and strode forward with great confidence to fight and rush.

As the distance closes, the light infantry on both sides finally began to suffer casualties, to be honest, the light infantry produced by the all-out war system is not better than the 'sharpshooters' selected from the tens of thousands of National Guards, and the two sides basically maintain a casualty ratio of 1 to 1, and the killing efficiency is extremely low!

Due to the obstruction of the light infantry of the National Guard, the light infantry of the French Foreign Legion could not get close to the immobile defensive infantry line of the National Guard, and finally had to leave the front line and withdraw to the two sides of the infantry line after the main force of the infantry on their own line pressed up.

The light infantry did not withdraw from the battlefield, but only made way for their own offensive lines, and they would continue to hide in the gaps between the line infantry companies or in the flanks of large units for fire support.

These light infantry will fight until the battle is completely decided, of course, they are just a group of archers who keep killing the enemy, and it is the attack of the main line infantry that really determines the outcome of the battle!

As the 4th Infantry Regiment approached, the hit rate of the National Guard's artillery finally increased, and the solid iron bullets they sprayed towards the dense infantry line easily cut out the flesh and blood in the horizontal phalanx at a distance of about two hundred meters.

Even a solid iron bullet that smashes on the ground will cause greater casualties when it bounces up a second time!

Of course, as the 4th Infantry Division pressed up, the six-pounder infantry field guns of the French Foreign Legion also began to slowly push forward, and with the main force of infantry attracting the attention of the National Guard, they could completely push the six-pounder infantry field guns closer to start shooting!

"Ready~~~"

Under the command of the junior officers of the Central Route Army of the National Self-Guard, soldiers wearing white-gray military uniforms and holding high red, white and blue tricolor flags raised their flintlock pistols alof.

"Aim!"

Hearing the new command, the National Guard slammed its flintlock pistol on its shoulder, and the first platoon crouched, while the two platoons in front of it simultaneously aimed at the 4th Infantry Regiment, which was about to enter the effective range of the flintlock musket.

After seeing that the other side was in effective range, the officers of the National Guard raised their flintlock handcuffs and shouted, "Fire!! ”

Bang ~ Bang ......

After the first flintlock gunshot, the entire National Guard defensive front erupted like firecrackers, spewing out a large amount of white smoke.

Scattered men fell in the ranks of the 4th Infantry Regiment, which had just entered the effective range of the flintlock pistols, and the first volley of the National Guard killed and wounded very few people.

After the first volley of the National Guard, the soldiers in the first two rows immediately put away their flintlock muskets, did not reload, but turned left and right, and lined up to go to the last row from the empty passage reserved between each National Guard battalion, and then continue to reload.

The entire National Guard Central Defensive Front was a full 8 rows thick, and two rows of two platoons were fired, and when it was the turn of the last platoon, it was enough for them to reload their flintlock pistols.

However, this method maintains the continuity of the fire and the power of the salvo, but it is not able to deal tons of damage in the shortest amount of time.

After the National Guard soldiers who had fired from the first two platoons jogged out of the way, the soldiers of the third and fourth platoons took three steps forward and repeated the preparing-aiming-firing routine again under the orders of the officers!

Bang bang bang......

In the second salvo, the distance of the 4th Infantry Regiment became closer, and the casualties naturally increased considerably, and the line infantry could not help but have a slight commotion, but they were quickly suppressed by the officer's bullets.

Immediately, the third and fourth platoons of the National Guard left in the same way, and the fifth and sixth platoons took three steps forward, raised their guns again and took aim and pulled the trigger!

Another group of line infantry fell on the way forward, and these line infantry who kept marching forward were like a bunch of fools who had been sent up and shot themselves......

Finally, after the third volley of the National Guard, the distance between the two sides finally came close to 50 yards.

Under the order of the junior officers of the Fourth Infantry Division to shout a halt, the horizontal phalanx of the line infantry company stopped one after another, and then the first three platoons of the line infantry, which had long been well-trained, squatted on the ground to the sound of unified commands and drums, and the line infantry in the last three rows immediately discharged the standard three-column salvo gun formation.

The first row is half-squatting, the second row is standing and raising the gun, and the third row takes a small step to the side, sticking out the muzzle of the gun in the gap between the two people in the front row and aiming ahead!

The soldiers in the front of the last three rows who are half-crouching and raising their guns to aim are slightly higher than the soldiers who are fully squatting in the first three rows, and the muzzles of the guns can be raised above the heads of the soldiers in the first three rows to avoid accidental injury, so all the muzzles of the guns in the back three rows have been aimed at the dense horizontal defensive array of the National Guard 50 yards away!

"Fire! Fire!!! ”

As the junior officers shouted out one after another, the three columns of salvos with great lethality in an instant hit the crowd of the National Guard!