505. Chapter 505: Groundhog Tactics

"These human soldiers have no sense of honor at all. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" The commander of the Ottoman army on the opposite side couldn't help but curse after seeing this scene.

"They are like rats, hiding in the filthy, rotten, smelly gutter, these bastards, without the slightest courage at all, and without the slightest sense of honor as soldiers!"

The officer's speech was pandered to by many indignant Ottoman officers. Of course, if the Hereford army's army had suffered heavy casualties under their artillery bombardment, they would have had a different face.

"It's terrible, this improvement has rendered our artillery useless. On the other side, the female Sudan Fatima, who was watching the battle, thought to herself: "It's okay if it's a hard-fought battle, but like this, in the offensive and defensive battle of the enemy's preset position, our advantage is ...... It's terrible. ”

Of course, while bad is bad, and it feels wrong to feel wrong, the offense is still inevitable. The Hereford army was still in front of them, and they were crushed. Or at least to be able to probe the reality of the other party, and be cannon fodder and paving stones for the main force and the dark elf troops, which is the responsibility and obligation of these army infantry legions.

Come to think of it, these guys are also very pathetic. Knowing that the opposite side was definitely death, he had to continue to attack.

Even if you give your life, I am afraid that in the end, you will not gain anything. This situation is difficult for even cannon fodder to accept. Therefore, although cannon fodder is very much, cannon fodder also has the ideal of cannon fodder.

It seems that this is the case, and the artillery regiment directly under the regiment of the Hereford family, that is, the reinforced artillery regiment that has been expanded, has 50 cannons for the Great Napoleon and 100 cannons for the Lesser Napoleon. Heavy casualties. Immediately afterwards, it was bombarded by the regiment's light artillery, that is, the three-pounder gun, and the organ cannon, and suffered heavy losses.

Shotguns at close range, combined with the fire of the huntress company, suffered heavy casualties, and volleys at close range, as well as grenade throwing, suffered heavy casualties......

The infantry of the Dark Elf Legion, which is based on traditional tactics and mainly armed with cold weapons, naturally suffered heavy losses when attacking the positions of the Hereford family, plus heavy losses, and finally still heavy losses.

An army of tens of thousands of troops lost nearly one-third in one go, that is, more than 4,000 soldiers were either killed or wounded. More than a dozen companies simply canceled their numbers.

In this case, the surviving infantry of the Ottoman Army Corps were naturally silent one by one. No matter how much the officers threatened, beat with whips, bayonets, and fists, threatened, and brandished bags of gold coins to promise the title of officer, these fellows bowed their heads like dead men, and at the same time made up their minds that they would not attack the Hereford family positions again under any circumstances.

These guys were scared out of their hearts.

On the other side was the army of the Hereford family.

Seeing that he broke through the enemy's attack so easily. The Hereford family's front-line army, where soldiers and officers looked at each other. Then a pleasant smile appeared.

What a thing. That's just the case with the enemy. These guys look pretty powerful, though. But in fact, it seems that it is no different from the enemies that were easily defeated before. It's easy to beat.

Thinking about it this way, the morale of these troops and soldiers instantly rose to a very high level. Loud cheers, loud howls, roars, laughter, etc., expressing joy and pleasure, are also naturally displayed.

In this case, the middle and high-ranking officers of the Hereford family also breathed a sigh of relief.

Nothing difficult. If the battle is like this, then how can you lose it? hehehe, hahaha, heheha.

For a while, a relaxed and happy atmosphere enveloped the entire Hereford family army, and even with William, Elise and Charlumie's mood became very good.

But William didn't.

Seeing that his defense system had succeeded as easily as usual, William did not show a happy, relaxed expression. Because he knew that the real test had not yet come, and that the enemy's true elite troops, the Dark Elf Praetorian Guard, and the War Machine New Army, had not entered the battlefield. These two fully musket-based troops, both in morale and combat effectiveness, were much higher than the legionnaire infantry.

If this time, the army sent by the enemy was theirs, presumably the front line of the Hereford family would not have defeated them so easily.

And that's exactly what happened.

"It's daunting. On the other side, the officers of the Ottoman army, who had attacked the Hereford family, were cowards, who only dared to hide in the dug dirt and shiver, and did not dare to fight the army of the great Ottoman Empire head-on, all shut their mouths for a moment.

It's just horrible. In this world, I am afraid there is nothing more terrifying than the previous scene. This made the vast majority of generals and officers who were accustomed to low-intensity battles and watched both sides chop around with cold weapons, and it took a long time to distinguish the winner from the loser.

The rate of consumption of this kind of army and infantry is greatly beyond their imagination.

"Could it be that the Empire is going to be defeated? It's hard to imagine that there is such a powerful army in this world. Many Ottoman officers and soldiers couldn't help but have such thoughts. Before this, their arrogance and arrogance, the idea that Lao Tzu was invincible in the world disappeared in an instant.

There really are enemies in this world that are very powerful, very powerful, so powerful that they can't imagine. And this enemy is not far away, nor does it appear in some myth or historical story, these enemies are in front of them, just behind the line of defense about five hundred meters away, waiting for these poor victims to go into battle again.

"It's horrible. Such exclamations spread among these people again, and the morale of the Ottoman Empire's army also dropped further.

"That's not going to work. Nu Su Dan frowned, and then changed her position on her soft couch so that she would be more comfortable. After this, she made a decision: "Send a new army into the field." At the same time, do not stop shelling...... Although it is not necessarily useful. But let's do it. ”

That's how a legion of the New Army, that is, those war machines, the Iron Warriors operated. Dressed in armor similar to that of the Dark Elves, but blue and green, not black, the New Army soldiers leveled their bayonets and flintlock pistols in their hands, and continued to stride towards the battlefield in neat, small steps.

At the same time, the Dark Elves' artillerymen began to get busy. After receiving orders from Nu Sudan Fatima, the artillery unit began to prepare a 64-pounder cannon and a 32-pounder cannon. Prepare to take back a city with powerful artillery firepower.

"But what the hell is going on with that kind of cannonball being able to explode, and the speed and accuracy of the shot are ridiculously high unheard of......" On the other side, the female Sudan Fatima was still thinking about it. If she could, she would have rushed up to William and asked him what was going on. Of course, William would never tell her.

"In any case, after this war is over, we need to get the craft of the Hereford family...... No, it's not just the Hereford family's cannon casting skills, there's definitely a lot more to learn...... I'm getting more and more interested in you, Wilhelm von Hereford. ”

The female Sudan Fatima sighed secretly in her heart. At the same time, he kept a close eye on the direction of the battlefield.

After watching the Forces nouvelles enter the battlefield, both sides focused their energies.

Both sides wanted to see what was so good about these guys...... At the same time, the artillery of the Hereford family, as well as the artillery of the dark elves, roared together.

Nearly a hundred giant cannons, and the bombardment of heavy artillery instantly overwhelmed any sound in this world. It was deafening like thunder in the sky. In an instant, the dark elves of Ottoman, who were too close to these giant cannons, only felt dizzy, and many people's ears were buzzing, and then, in a short time, they were deaf.

This is also one of the two inevitabilities that the artillerymen of this era have to experience.

One of them, to varying degrees, was affected by hearing, and the other was due to a blow chamber, or something, missing a part or two on the hand, or somewhere on the body.

The veteran artillerymen regarded it as their medal and honor, and even despised the little bunnies who had just graduated from school as if they were on an outing.

That's basically it, with honor, ideals and the largest caliber artillery in the world, the artillery of the dark elves, this time it is not just from the momentum, suppressing the artillery of the Hereford family.

They completely suppressed the Hereford artillery.

The Hereford soldiers hiding in the trenches were not at all pressured, no matter how loud the sound of the shells was. On the other hand, the artillery aimed at the artillery positions of the Hereford family, and those aimed at the cavalry positions, achieved some success.

In addition, the three-pounder guns and organ guns deployed behind the breastwork also suffered losses to a certain extent. To make matters worse, some of the artillerymen who filled these guns with ammunition were also killed by enemy artillery.

But of course, this is still a minority, and for the large army of the Hereford family, these sacrificed troops are only a part of the Hereford family army.

On the other hand, the combination of Napoleonic cannons and flowering shells in the face of the Hereford family. The troops of Ottoman's new army, however, suffered heavy casualties...... The twelve companies that rushed to the front suffered more than half of the casualties in a very short period of time.

It was in this context that William noticed that these Forces nouvelles units were different from ordinary troops.

Often, with half of the force still in force, the companies grit their teeth and insist on continuing to advance. But these Forces nouvelles units are different. The company that has lost more than half of it will not hesitate to turn around, disperse the formation, and then move to the rear through the gap in the array of the follow-up company.

In other words, at the forefront of the Hereford family's army, it is always the enemy company that remains intact.