A slender red line appeared before the eyes of the Polish hussars, who had just broken through the Lithuanian militia wall phalanx, and the Polish hussars recognized at a glance the 'colors' that represented brutality and destruction in the lands of Eastern Europe.

In addition to the half-body cuirasse and iron helmet armor, the elite musketeers of the Taiping Army also wore a set of red robes in the style of the Taiping Army's Han style retro style, and a set of red battle skirts underneath, plus red streamers fluttering on the helmets.

In fact, compared with the gradually emerging modern military uniforms of the European continent, the appearance is far inferior, after all, the original uniforms of the Taiping Army are modified based on the green camp uniforms of the Qing army, except for practicality, there is nothing good.

Of course, with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's current 'reckless military rule', it is impossible to separate manpower and material resources to specialize in the production of new Taiping military uniforms, Hong Tiancheng is more willing to arrange those young and strong officials and slaves in military workshops and farmlands to produce lead bullets and black powder for the Taiping army, as well as to grow enough food.

Although the sacred treasury system made the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom make a large windfall in a short period of time, it was also equivalent to destroying the local economic system at one time, and completely became a military management system similar to the planned economy.

The biggest victims of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's economic system are undoubtedly those who are ruled by the white people at the bottom, those who have family members who serve in the Taiping Heavenly National Militia can barely eat, and those white civilians who are unwilling to convert are not far from starvation.

Of course, this is also one of the purposes of Zhang Juzheng's Han culture examination system, since the ruled are unwilling to accept the culture and language of the ruler, and even do not want to change their religious beliefs, then I'm sorry, I can only let you die.

This is the war between races, realistic and cruel, thousands of ethnic groups in history have been quietly wiped out in this way, and starving to death is always more efficient and trouble-free than killing people.

"Stop attacking! Veer! Turn! ”

When the individual officers of the Polish hussars who reacted quickly saw the thin red line, they hurriedly shouted at the cavalry around them, but in their desperation, they seemed to have forgotten a crucial factor, and the charging cavalry wanted to stop halfway, which was tantamount to a dream.

It's not that the cavalry who heard the order didn't want to stop, but they didn't dare, even if the cavalry in front and behind opened a sufficient 'safe distance', if the horses were suddenly stopped, the cavalry allies behind would collide, and the cavalry charge was a whole, unless the big guys slowed down and stopped together, any operation of a single cavalry that did not conform to the whole would make them die without a place to bury.

Moreover, most of the Polish hussars did not think that a thin red line on the opposite side could hold back the hussars' charge, and it was not the first time they had made a hard charge at the infantry line.

As a result, the sporadic shouts of halting were swallowed up by the rumbling hooves of the horses, and even the shouting Polish hussar officers did not dare to stop their horses, at most they appropriately reduced their horse speed at a safe distance, so that they could have more 'shields' in front of them.

The truth that the dead are not dead and the poor is also common in Europe, and there is actually no difference between the selfish instincts of the Eastern and Western races.

In the face of the flood of Polish hussar charges, the line of elite musketeers of the Taiping Army was as steady as Mount Tai, and they raised their guns to aim at the roaring cavalry units under the command of the officer, and quietly waited for the Polish hussars to enter the nearest firing distance, because they only had one chance to fire a salvo in front of the speed of the cavalry!

Bang bang bang......

After a burst of firelight, white smoke rose, and the Polish hussars, who rushed to a distance of 30 paces, suddenly turned on their backs, and then another volley of muskets covered the face of the Polish hussars behind.

There are only two rows of thin lines drawn by the elite musketeers of the Taiping army, the first row is half-kneeling and the second row is standing, in order to exert the maximum lethal effect, the salvo of the first and second rows of Taiping soldiers is fired separately, and the army that dares to do this when the enemy cavalry is close must first have two elements: crazy courage and strict discipline!

Only the courage beyond ordinary people can make the soldier calmly know what to do in the face of the tall war horse about to step on his face, and strict discipline ensures the neatness of the salvo.

Of these two elements, the former is much more important than the latter, discipline can be achieved through repeated training, but courage is difficult to achieve without changing the face of all soldiers.

In that tense moment, even if only one soldier pulls the trigger in advance because of panic, it will give the other soldiers a starting pistol-like illusion, causing all the muskets to fire together, in the noisy battlefield, the sound of one's own guns itself is one of the ways to determine the salvo, no matter how high the officer's voice is, it is difficult to ensure that all the soldiers can hear it in that chaotic situation.

Of course, on the real battlefield, it is enough for the officer to ensure that the soldier next to him hears and pulls the trigger, and the other soldiers will act correctly through the sound of the gun even if they do not hear the officer's command.

This is the reason why some scumbag armies will empty their guns because of the mistake of one person when they raise their guns in front of the battle.

Historically, the Ming musketeers often had this embarrassing situation, so every time they faced the Manchu iron cavalry, they would always fire a salvo outside the effective range, causing few casualties, and with the speed of the Manchu iron cavalry, it was obvious that the infantry musketeers would not be given a second chance to reload their ammunition......

The performance of the Ming army's weak scum even gave the Manchu army an illusion that the power of firearms was nothing more than that, if it weren't for the red-coated cannon that sent Nurhachi back to his grandmother's house, maybe the Manchu army would not even pay more attention to artillery.

No matter how good the weapon is, it is also used by people, the reason why the ancient countries of the East have been defeated repeatedly in modern times is not because of weapons, even in the second Opium War, the degree of firearms of the Qing army is also quite high, and the Anglo-French alliance at that time mainly used breech guns, and the weapon generation difference between the two sides is not high, so that the Anglo-French alliance can only defeat the Qing army with a bayonet charge......

Of course, the defeat of the Second Opium War was also due to the stupidity of the Manchu generals, and the rotten Eight Banners system not only made the soldiers lose their glory and courage, but even the upper-level Eight Banners generals became mentally retarded on paper.