"It's amazing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info "At this scene in front of them, the generals of the two armies who were watching the battle were a little speechless for a while. Of course, when William was out, William had no other expression than a smile for a while. As the one who gave the order, he knew this outcome best.

The enemy, those Visigothic guys, still underestimated themselves in the end. Or maybe I think too much of myself.

Despite eight cavalry companies, less than a thousand cavalry casualties could not inflict a wound on the Britons and the Asturians. But such a result still frustrated the morale of the coalition forces. At the same time, it made Count Warren feel a little difficult to do.

"If we send more cavalry to attack now, then there will not be enough cavalry to attack the enemy's second array. But if infantry is sent to attack, then it is not known how many troops will be spent to crush the enemy...... Could it be that for the sake of a small force of less than 2,000 men, I specially shifted the artillery positions and concentrated the artillery to bombard the other side?...... It also seems too ...... Forget it, don't attack there just yet. Send a regiment of troops, confront the enemy, and then attack the Britons on the left and right flanks.

After losing the allies on the left and right flanks, no matter how strong this enemy is, it will not be able to recover. In the end, we will still win. ”

Thinking so in his heart, Count Warren breathed a sigh of relief...... But soon, he saw a scene that surprised him, or surprised him.

Hereford's White Legion, with less than two thousand remaining soldiers, left their positions. In its place, there was a regiment of Breton infantry.

The morale of this new infantry regiment was high, the array was strong, and the physical strength was abundant. The extra-long guns, arquebuses, cuirasses and helmets are all first-class products produced by the Briton Company. The quality is much better than what is popular in the market.

Elite soldiers. If you encounter such an enemy in normal times, you will definitely feel a headache. But the Visigothic and Asturian coalition forces on the opposite side were unanimously relieved.

Yes, such an enemy is difficult to deal with, though...... But it always belongs to the ranks of "can be dealt with".

On the other hand, those Hereford infantry belonged to the "unmanageable" class.

Cavalry charges, there will be heavy losses. If you attack with infantry, you will suffer heavy losses, and if you attack with cavalry and infantry continuously, you will still suffer heavy losses...... More than half of this infantry unit had already killed more of the enemy than they were.

The corpses of thousands of the dead, the corpses of people, the corpses of war horses were piled up in front of this front, almost making it difficult for the follow-up troops to advance. Naturally, no one in this situation will be able to muster up the courage to attack these enemies again.

"No, it looks like I'm still naïve. Seeing the appearance of the soldiers around him, Count Warren only felt a burst of headaches.

"The Hereford soldiers of the White Legion are so difficult to deal with...... It doesn't take that 30,000 troops are all white legions, even if there are only 10,000, our army may not be able to win - damn it!"

Thinking of this, Count Warren looked to the side again—the two regiments he had sent to the flanks to attack.

The two infantry regiments were like stuck in the mire, unable to advance an inch......

Between the layers of stakes, breastprints and trenches, they could barely move forward. At the same time, William's deployed chasseurs and riflemen were also in place. Deployed in loose skirmisher formations, these soldiers can easily kill any enemy soldier.

Those who can't move forward, can only stagnate, are like enemies like targets.

Muskets, muskets, muskets, although not as shocking as the volleys of muskets of privates, but the sound of muskets one after another makes people feel more restless......

At the same time, although it is not like an infantry who falls down in one breath like cutting wheat, the piecemeal, a little blunt knife cutting the flesh-like killing, is also more unbearable.

Of course, this is the role of the average light infantry - to harass, to make people feel restless, to attract approachers, to demoralize the enemy...... And so on and so forth.

But this one is different. Yes.

They used rifled guns. It is more accurate to shoot, so the casualties inflicted on the enemy are also greater.

The Visigothic and Asturian soldiers, who struggled between these obstacles, were soon surprised to find that they had suffered heavy casualties.

One by one, one by one, one by one...... One after the other...... Although a single shot can only kill a maximum of one enemy. But their shooting was very accurate. That's what it is, it's very ...... Terrible.

Anytime...... Within a few minutes, a large number of Visigothic and Asturian soldiers, who had rushed to the front, fell to the ground. The successive deaths made the other party hesitate.

Soon, however, the soldiers regained their courage.

"-- Forward, forward! Don't care about the formation or anything! Draw your sword! Throw your super long spear to the ground, draw your sword, and rush forward!" Many company commanders shouted -- these regular grassroots officers have quite good experience and vision, and they can see the shortcomings of these hunters at a glance.

That is, the melee ability is weak.

Neither the Hereford hunters nor the Briton rifles were equipped with bayonets on their muskets - because most of the bullets of this era were loaded in the breech, and the loading of the bullets with bayonets would affect the loading of the bullets. Recruits are in a hurry, and it's easy to get their hands cut by bayonets while reloading ammunition, and that's no joke.

And in addition to this, the bayonet also affects shooting, obstructing the view and affecting the accuracy of shooting.

Like a flintlock musketeer, he tries his luck with a salvo. But like the hunters, who rely on accurate shooting to kill and injure the enemy, the bayonet is a bit of a hindrance.

In fact, in the past life, until the East Asian theater during World War II, soldiers regarded bayonets as indispensable standard equipment. But at the same time, most of the time they usually did not take bayonets. Only when making a charge was the bayonet specially inserted into the card slot.

By the way, the Japanese infantry drill code stipulates that the bullet should be disarmed during hand-to-hand combat with a bayonet, which is not a bushido spirit, pedantic dogma or anything. The main thing is the fear of misfire and accidental injury.

The kinetic energy of the bullets fired by the Type 38 rifle is very large, and it usually does not stay in the body, and after penetrating one body, it will continue to shoot forward at another person. In bayonet melee combat, it is very easy to accidentally injure your own soldiers.

That's it. The Visigoths and the officers of Asturias had very good ideas. The Hereford seekers didn't appear to be armed with any melee weapons - their bayonets stuck in their boots made impossible to see without looking closely. And those Briton riflemen all have swords.

But the officers of Visigoths and Asturias did not think that the Breton lancers were superior to them in swordsmanship - after all, they were not supermen, and their shooting skills were so good that their hand-to-hand combat skills were naturally weaker. Not many people can do both.

So, the tactics of these Visigothic and Asturian officers were quite correct.

Lose formation, draw your sword, and quickly pass through the obstacles to kill those annoying hunters.

Yes, quite rightly.

It's just that there is one more point, which they did not calculate.

After a while, the bravest, most savage, and warlike Visigothic and Asturian soldiers dropped their spears, and quickly moved the barricades like apes, over the breastwork, over the trenches, and then exploded with a "boom".

"Is it a grenade? No, there is no sign of the other side dropping the bomb, or is it an artillery bombardment? Where did the shelling come from?!"

The Visigothic soldier who rushed to the second place watched as the soldier in front of him "boomed" and flew up. It fell to the ground and was incomplete.

He thought desperately in his heart, but he still couldn't figure out why. But at the same time, he didn't stop charging.

So three seconds later, he also "boomed" and flew up.

“...... It's underground. While both legs were blown up, the Visigothic soldier finally understood the source of the explosion.

Death, death, death.

The Visigoths and Asturian soldiers who rushed to the front were not only carefully cared for by the chasseurs, but also suffered from the sudden explosion under their feet.

After the bravest and most reckless people at the front died, the less brave ones at the back also discovered this mystery.

"The ground ahead will explode. ”

"The enemy planted gunpowder underneath!"

Thinking of this, they become even less brave. One or two lowered their heads and watched cautiously, like frightened birds.

Then, the slowed down creatures became targets for the hunters again.

They can't move forward, and if they stay where they are, they'll be targeted. Soon, these guys chose the safest path - they turned around and ran away without looking back.

The first attack ended in nothing. Immediately after that, the lieutenant colonels of the two infantry regiments organized two more attacks, but the results were no different from the previous ones. The two infantry regiments on the flanks were demoralized, and there was no longer any forward momentum.

"Barricades, mines, riflingmen. The effect of using it as a positional defense is quite good. The flanks can be relieved. Seeing this, William smiled.

It was like what he imagined. The flanks were safe, and it also restrained the combat effectiveness of the two infantry regiments of the opposing side. In this way, it depends on the frontal battlefield.

The battle situation there is also in William's control. Three regiments of Britons versus one regiment of colonial infantry against six infantry regiments of the opposing side. In terms of troops, it is a third less than the other side. The array width is also slightly weaker than the other side. In this case, it was very difficult for their own troops to hold the battle line. It looks like they won't be able to hold out for much longer.