It is not difficult to fire the first salvo on the battlefield, it is rare to reload and shoot later, especially for cannon fodder soldiers who are not strong enough in their hearts.

In continental Europe, the salary and equipment of hand-to-hand combatants have always been higher than those of musketeers, because muskets can be used as long as they are casually trained for a period of time, but hand-to-hand soldiers need to have enough courage to fight the enemy face to face!

It's easy to shoot, just pull the trigger, but the white knife goes in and the red knife goes out but it is not something that ordinary people can quickly accept.

After firing the first bullet, the musketeers in the front row of the main defense line of the Polish-Lithuanian coalition army faced the musket queue of the Taiping Army, which was approaching more and more unchanged, and many people fell into panic and sluggishness, even if the shouts and even kicks of the officers were constantly heard.

As a result, after the second wave of firing was fired, a terrible scream suddenly came from the crowd of Polish musketeers, and the Polish musketeers who were loaded with muskets in a panic covered their cheeks or arms and half-knelt on the ground crying bitterly, like a bullied 'schoolboy'......

Even more interesting is the fact that the Polish muskets fired an uncountable number of stabs in the firing queue, which flew a few steps away and then fell to the ground, adding to the joke.

Of course, the 1st Regiment of the elite musketeers of the Taiping Army, which was closer, suffered pitiful casualties in the second round of fire in front of the first Polish-Lithuanian line.

The first step of the elite musketeers of the Taiping Army, which was gradually approaching, made many timid Polish musketeers scream and flee backwards, but fortunately, behind this group of Polish artillery musketeers was a phalanx of pikemen with high morale and morale, and the Polish deserters who were frightened by the Taiping army were stabbed into hedgehogs by this group of compatriots who had not hesitated to do so!

The bloody corpses quieted the commotion of the Polish musketeers a little, but at this moment, the Taiping Army's First Infantry Corps came to an abrupt halt less than a hundred paces away, and the textbook-like military orders and movements were displayed in the eyes of the Polish officers and Marshal Jan Skzhetuski and other senior generals of the Polish-Lithuanian coalition army in the rear.

Under the unified command, the musketeers of the first step of the Taiping Army in the first three rows knelt down in unison, while the elite musketeers of the Taiping Army in the last three rows stood and staggered, and the last two rows of musketeers stretched out their muzzles from the side of the Taiping musketeers in the penultimate row from the left and one behind, aiming at the Polish musket line in front of the commotion.

"Fire !!"

With the swing of the Taiping sword, the musket platoon, which far surpassed the first salvo of the Polish musketeers, was unveiled, and a patch of blood-colored flowers was shot out on the thick and dense Polish musket line!

Before the Polish musketeers could figure out what was going on, they fell neatly in front of the battle like wheat harvesting, and the Polish musketeers, who were lucky enough not to be hit in the torso, fell to the ground weakly and cried out for help with their wounded parts, but unfortunately, no one around had the heart to help him, or no one knew how to save him!

In this era, there is only one way to save the lives of the wounded who have been hit by lead bullets - amputation and scraping.

"Stand up! Keep moving!!! ”

After the salvo was fired, the elite musketeers of the Taiping Army in the first three rows once again got up in unison under the command of the officer, raised their legs and took a unified step, and walked forward with their guns without changing their faces, which formed a sharp contrast with the Polish front on the opposite side, which was filled with wailing, crying for help, prayers, cursing and other chaotic noises.

"Damn! The Taiping army used the tactics of the Ottomans so exquisitely! Tell the first, the second cavalry is ready to strike! ”

Marshal Jan Skrzetuski hated to take down the monoculars and ordered the surrounding officers, in order to facilitate command before the war, Marshal Jan Skrzetuski temporarily divided the Polish cavalry and Polish hussars belonging to different noble generals into 10 cavalry teams, which included all the cavalry elites and servants in the Polish-Lithuanian coalition army except for the necessary scout cavalry.

Marshal Jan Skzhetusky, who had fought against the Ottoman Empire, could see at a glance the familiar tactical routines of the Taiping Army, which was also the classic combat method of the famous Ottoman Janissaries.

Advancing in unison, the last three rows fired a volley after entering the effective range, and then continued to about thirty paces, followed by another volley from the first three rows, followed by a sword draw.

This method of fighting was completely dependent on the discipline and morale of the army, because the musketeers of the Ottoman Janissaries, who were the last to strike, had to walk through the artillery bombardment area of the enemy corps and also heard at least one salvo from the enemy, in which case it was necessary to keep the queue in order!

Otherwise, it will not be possible to make an effective salvo.

Therefore, while this mode of combat shines on the battlefield, it is difficult to be imitated by the European countries controlled by the military aristocracy, and the knights with enough morale are not willing to walk straight up and be shelled and shot, they are more willing to ride fast war horses to charge, and the upper noble class is not willing to consume the small number of military nobles here in vain.

And the civilians at the bottom are treated with very low military salaries or even no military salaries, so it is better to let them go right in the face of bullets and artillery, and it is better to shoot them directly......

Therefore, in the very beginning, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which also relied on religious fanaticism to fight, was able to play in this way.

Of course, with the progress of the modern military reform of the European continent, the sense of honor and treatment of soldiers has gradually improved, and this tactic has also been widely promoted among the European continental powers, especially the English Empire, in the 18th century in the European continental and colonial wars, the Ottomans from this close-range three-column salvo tactics have been improved more frantically, and the 'invincible' state has been maintained on the field battlefield for more than a hundred years.

In the 18th century, the countries of the European continent even came up with a unified opinion, in the plain with a wide field of vision, without an absolute superiority in troops, it was absolutely impossible to fight the British Redwoods head-on, because the result was already doomed before the battle began......

However, at this time, the British Army had not carried out this kind of reform, and although the morale of the Ottoman Guard's Janissaries was strong, there was a gap in discipline, and this tactic was not well played, so Marshal Jan Skzhetusky only felt that the Taiping Army was a little tricky to fight, but did not feel invincible.

After a volley, the Polish musket queue on the front line lost even the most basic counterattack ability, and a large number of Polish musket militia and musket mercenary strong men fell into panic and confusion, they have completely lost the courage to resist!

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