The depth of the Thirteen State Colonies was not great. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 InfoAfter two days of marching west, the Scout Cavalry of the Visigothic Expeditionary Force received a report that they had discovered the camp of the Hereford family. There, it was the overwhelming majority of the combat power of the White Regiment.

Count Rochambeau, who learned the news, was very happy, the veteran general who had participated in the vast majority of the anti-Kalman IV campaigns in the Gothic Civil War, and like the vast majority of stubborn old men, was very disdainful of the rapidly rising Hereford family. Think the Hereford family is just a nouveau riche with luck.

After he was chosen by Louis XVI as commander of the expeditionary force, the longest thing he said was: "If it were that father, I would probably be a little more serious." But I'm dealing with the little one, and it's just too easy. ”

He didn't think William was anything remarkable, and he didn't think the war he was about to face was a big deal. Lead the army, land, fight, win, return. The whole process couldn't be easier.

Therefore, during the voyage, Count Rochambeau studied the most of the expeditionary forces of Briton.

As an old Visigothic rival, Count Rochambeau had a high opinion of the Britten army. He thinks they're the real threat to him.

So, his schedule was basically like this—to study the Breton expeditionary force in half, to conduct daily life in the remaining half, and to examine his army in the remaining half. The remaining half of the remaining half is thinking about what kind of benefits they should gain from returning to their homeland after the war is over. It is best to be able to move up one or two ranks. For example, Marshal Roshanbot, this title is quite good.

As for William, that kind of thing was not at all on the old general's mind.

Until the day before he was about to enter the battlefield, he had no idea what the opponent he was about to face looked like, whether it was square or round, what tactics he was good at, and how many troops he had. The Count is not very clear.

So, of course, he regretted it.

Stepping on the morning light, stepping on the beat of the drums. Pulling artillery with "requisitioned" mules keeps moving forward. When the Visigothic army arrived on the battlefield, they were surprised to find out what kind of enemy they were facing.

William built a very good defense system in his camp.

He deployed all his artillery in the forts, and at the same time built a long breastwork and dug trenches. At the same time, a road was reserved for cavalry sorties.

After seeing this defense system, the Earl was very surprised to find that his opponent was not the hairy boy he imagined. The arrangement looked quite sophisticated, and the musketeers with flintlock muskets in his hands, as well as the well-made cannons, looked definitely not to be messed with.

"Maybe I should study it before I lead an army to fight him. The Count couldn't help but think to himself. Unfortunately, he couldn't have led his army out of here without saying a word. This is detrimental to his reputation.

That's it, the Count took the plunge and gave the order to attack—

"Concentrate your fire and bombard the opponent's breastwork!

After the Count's order, two artillery regiments got busy. They drove the mules and horses, pulled the artillery to the front line, deployed artillery positions. At the same time, the Great Napoleonic guns deployed by the White Regiment began to roar - with the sound of loud explosions. The shells exploded near the opposing artillery positions.

Although before the war, it had already been surveyed and mapped, and the artillery was preset. At the same time, there was a rehearsal. But this round of bombardment still missed the target.

This is not to say, however, that there was no effect at all - the improvised mules and horses had no training for war. After hearing the sound of artillery, they were all frightened and panicked, almost uncontrollable. In this case, the artillery positions were set up much slower.

The Earl frowned, and immediately assigned a group of infantry to help. It took as much effort as possible to transport the artillery with manpower, and it took a lot of effort to set up the artillery positions.

"Alright, it's finally time for our cannons. The Count was a little relieved—just before he had noticed the difference in the guns of the White Legion.

The lethality of the Napoleonic cannon with flowering shells is amazing. At the same time, the technology of the artillery units of the White Corps, which used a full set of artillery sighting techniques, was quite reliable.

Under such circumstances, a dozen artillery pieces of the expeditionary force, as well as nearly two hundred artillery pieces and infantry, died under the guns of the Hereford family without firing a single shot.

This somewhat demoralized the Visigothic expeditionary force.

"The opposing side has an advantage in artillery...... However, the bombardment of the enemy's artillery positions, which almost no one had done before. Sure enough, young people just don't understand the rules. The Count couldn't help but complain in his heart.

- Yes, limited to the lack of power and accuracy of artillery, in the past wars, artillery generally had only two functions, one was to attack the defense of the city, and the other was to attack dense infantry arrays. The artillery array is relatively loose, and the probability of hitting the opponent's artillery with solid shells is not simpler than winning the lottery in later generations. Instead of counting on shelling out the opponent's artillery positions with artillery, it is better to count on them to kill some more infantry.

However, with the help of new aiming techniques, new artillery and new shells, this battlefield principle is becoming obsolete and outdated.

However, Count Rochambeau did not notice this - and soon the roar of artillery was also heard in his position - louder than the roar of the White Army. Immediately, the view was clouded by smoke.

The Count only thought it was pleasant. He could already foresee that such an artillery bombardment would in a short time tear to shreds the ridiculous breastwork of the opposing side, as well as the soldiers hiding behind the breastwork. After that, the infantry units under his command will flood into those gaps and establish victory in this war.

The only regret is that he only has two cavalry companies under his command, otherwise, it would have been better to use the cavalry assault ears after the roar of artillery.

"But I don't have to regret it too much, as long as I can win, it doesn't matter how I win. For a moment, the Earl seemed to have forgotten what had been done satirizing William's "bad rules" before. He thought smugly. Completely unobtrusive, after their artillery fired, all the infantry of the White Regiment jumped into the trenches behind the breastwork......