060 Under the attack of the Poles
Fortunately, the two towns that Hong Tiancheng later fought surrendered on their own initiative, and they did not waste a single shot and captured a large number of projectiles and black powder, and the ammunition was a mess, and he didn't care about this war loss.
The Poles all fired, and the Taiping musketeers naturally did not stare dryly, even if they were on the verge of 'flying', the opposite side was densely packed with people, and there were still results in the battle, but the casualties on the Taiping side were all the Polish slave soldiers who were in the front, and they were not distressed by how many Hongtian CDs died......
Under the thumping free fire, both the Polish musket militia in front of the array and the Taiping army's city head were shrouded in huge white smoke, but the probability of both sides firing and hitting basically depends on God's face, and it doesn't matter if there is white smoke, the Polish musket militia only needs to aim forward, and the Taiping musketeers aim forward and down.
In the confrontation, the Polish musket militia array fell from time to time, but it was not worth mentioning compared to the overall base of the Polish musket militia, and the same was true of the Polish slave soldiers on the opposite side, but the Polish slave soldiers were unable to resist and were killed, which was naturally very different from the feeling of dying in battle in the combat state of the Polish musket militia!
Therefore, more than half an hour after the confrontation began, there was a large commotion in the array of Polish slave soldiers, and if it were not for the Polish Taiping warriors behind who tried their best to suppress and even kill dozens of Polish slave soldiers who tried to escape, I am afraid that this group of Polish slaves would have collapsed on their own......
Krysztof was also expected of the unrest of the Polish Dalit phalanx, and as he gave further orders, the Polish musket militia began to move forward and gradually approach the phalanx of Polish slave soldiers, so that the casualties on both sides began to rise steadily!
On the battlefield, the muskets were very happy to shoot, and no matter how low the hit rate was, the casualties began to become appalling as time went on.
Finally, as the firing line of the Polish musket militia approached, the Polish slave soldiers could no longer support this 'flesh shield phalanx', and they felt as if they were on the execution ground, constantly facing the looming harvest of the 'Grim Reaper'.
Of course, the Polish slave soldiers' own array was completely chaotic, even if the Polish warriors of the Taiping Army tried their best to suppress it, it was useless, and many Polish slave soldiers escaped to the open space where there were no enemy troops and 'friendly troops' on the left and right, even in the face of bullets and bullets.
To be precise, these Polish slaves are on the verge of madness!
Krysztof in the rear saw the Polish slave soldiers who had escaped alive and scattered, and ordered the cavalry commander beside him: "Send a team of cavalry to capture the Polish untouchables who have been taken out of the area of fire, these people are young and strong, and they are still useful to us." ”
In the wars of this era, ordinary civilian soldiers and prisoners of war were often relegated to slavery or simply killed by anger, of course, there were not many cases of anger killing, after all, the value of slaves was greater to the nobles.
In the gradual collapse of the Polish slave soldiers, the Taiping Army musketeers were not without gains, the Polish musket militia on the front line had almost been replaced, and a large number of Polish musket militia with serious battle losses had been replaced to replenish the new force.
If the casualties of the team are too large, it will put great psychological pressure on the soldiers, resulting in a very low combat effectiveness and even a rout, so in wartime, they often take turns to replace the soldiers on the front line with fresh troops, which will also make the soldiers more balanced in their hearts, so as not to have the unfavorable idea of using themselves as cannon fodder.
Because of this, the Polish militia was able to continue fighting despite casualties, and they generally believed that they would survive and be replaced......
Like the situation in war film and television dramas, where a wave of soldiers fight from beginning to end and don't want to die, it will not appear on the battlefield, at least before the appearance of the terrible war idea in later generations, it is difficult for soldiers to persist in fighting non-stop.
Battles are fought in waves!
After the Polish musket militia pressed to within 50 meters, the Polish musket militia hula retreated to both sides of their phalanx, and the Polish spear militia, which had been staying behind and following up, shouted and rushed forward under the leadership of the officer!
The reason why the Polish militia chose to charge at this time was mainly because the Polish slave soldier array on the opposite side had broken up at this time, and even the battle line with the Polish Taiping warriors had become unstable!
The object of the Polish pikemen militia was naturally not useless cannon fodder slave soldiers, but those Polish Taiping warrior battalions who really had the will to fight.
The soldiers composed of these Polish traitors are quite complete in terms of cold weapons, and they have everything in terms of broadswords and spears.
In this way, the Polish pikemen fired more and more accurately against the musketeers of the Taiping Army at the head of the city, and collided with the scattered Polish slave soldiers and the phalanx of Polish Taiping warriors, and started a bloody hand-to-hand combat.
The senior Swedish swordsman stood quietly under the city wall, looking at the Poles who were clearly stabbing and slashing each other in front of him, his eyes were full of indifference to life.
Although the fighting power of this group of Polish pikemen from Zhytomyr was higher than that of the Taiping Warriors Battalion formed by Polish traitors, they had to face a continuous volley of guns overhead, and a large number of Polish pike militia were killed every moment.
Although the Polish musket militia, which was pushed to the sides by the Polish pikeletal phalanx, tried their best to raise their guns to counterattack upward, they were obviously at a disadvantage in the counter-fire and suffered heavy losses!
It didn't take long for the phalanx of the Polish militia to retreat like a tide, leaving corpses all over the ground.
Krysztof looked at the Polish slave soldiers who had 'disappeared' under the walls of Beshev with satisfaction, and gave a categorical order for the general attack: "Let the mercenaries and militia troops attack together, and within half a day, all the Taiping soldiers under the walls of Beshev must be annihilated!" ”
"Kill ~~~ Long live Great Poland!!"
The crown banner of the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania fluttered high and filled the open space in front of the walls of the small town of Beshev, and the overwhelming Polish militia and mercenaries, under the cover of musketeers, hit the already fragile line of the Polish warrior battalion of the Taiping Army like a wave of layers hitting the coast!
It's not that the Polish warrior battalion of the Taiping Army is not desperate, their families are staying in the small town of Beshew, they themselves know very well what the Poles do to traitors, they are ready to fight the Polish army at the moment they defect to the Taiping Army!
Unfortunately, being prepared and having the courage to fear life and death are two concepts, and in the third charge at the beginning of the general offensive of the Polish army, the Polish Taiping Warrior Battalion collapsed on all fronts.
From the small soldiers of the Polish Taiping Warrior Battalion at the bottom, to the town of Fastov, who was appointed as the captain of the hundreds, and the mayor and city security officer of Beshev, they died under the city wall one by one.
Kaspersky and Hamsbond at the head of the city looked at this real and tragic scene with pale faces, and couldn't help but feel glad that they met Hong Tiancheng when the Taiping Army was just starting out.
However, this euphoria did not last long, as the defense line under the walls was on the verge of collapse!