85_85536 Therefore, William did not give any orders to the artillery company in the end, but asked them to continue to bombard the enemy's infantry units according to the previous tactics.

In this way, after another round of solid bombardment, the coalition conscripts left behind a dozen more corpses, and then fled back like a tidal wave.

The reason why the result of this round of bombardment was not as high as before was because the opponent deliberately evacuated the formation out of fear.

In this era of mixed and alternating use of hot and cold weapons, maintaining a tight formation is still a top priority for the army. In William's previous life, similar to the time period of this era, even though the infantry units had completely abandoned the super-long spear and switched to the equipment of muskets and bayonets, and the firepower projection ability was greatly improved, except for a few stragglers, or soldiers called the "Free Legion", other regular armies, privates, and main forces still advocated dense formations.

Because only a dense formation can give the army a guarantee of victory in the hand-to-hand combat stage that can determine the outcome of the war. There is also only a dense array of musket barrages, which can give the enemy maximum damage. Again, only a dense hollow phalanx of bayonets was able to block the attack of the opposing shock cavalry......

"Sure enough, it's just a rabble. Seeing the loose formation of the levies on the opposite side, William couldn't help but shake his head.

Unlike the new Circassian army, armed with bayonets and muskets, the classical-style shield spearmen needed a formation more than they did. In fact, if these shield spearmen didn't have the "formation" thing, then they wouldn't be able to exert even a little combat effectiveness.

"The rate of fire from artillery is actually not fast. And if the number of firing increases, the barrel will overheat, and then it will explode. Therefore, if you quickly walk in front of our troops while maintaining the formation, and then enter hand-to-hand combat, at a distance of a few hundred meters, the artillery can only fire three or four rounds at most. The other side will only lose about a hundred people at most. It's better than not going up or down like now.

In this case, they abandoned their most important formation for the sake of the Circassian long-range firepower. This kind of thing that is too big to be small is really ......"

Thinking of this, William shook his head again, this is true, and it is not right-if the other party is a new army of modernization, this thing is indeed right. The morale and organization of the modern new army can make them suffer extremely heavy casualties. For example, in several battles where the energy of gunpowder weapons was raised, the terrifying rigidity of the modern army was like this.

In Napoleon's war between Revolutionary France and Prussia, ignoring the development of gunpowder weapons and still strictly following the infantry discipline, the Prussian army, which was shooting at close range within 30 meters, was almost wiped out by the free-firing French army.

The same example is that during the American Civil War, the appearance of the breech-loading modern rifle, which had been popular for a long time, almost wiped out the northerners who adhered to line tactics.

In examples like this, the soldiers, who were lined up in a neat phalanx, marching forward with their guns in their arms, fearlessly marched forward as if they were men of a machine, and then were swept down by the hot weapons of the opposite side as if they were cutting wheat.

At the same time, behind them, the phalanx of friendly companies on the left and right sides watched as these people fell to the ground crackling, their bodies being blasted by lead shells, large and small wounds, and their corpses piled up like mountains of blood...... It is in this situation that they are still stepping on the right steps, and the military musicians continue to move forward with the trumpets and drums.

This shocking, and at the same time very "stupid" example, is enough to shock anyone's heart. William felt that just by scare, the modern army was enough to scare those feudal troops to death.

Of course, similar things have happened in modern warfare...... Of course, most of it is a deduction. But it's okay to say it for reference, if you're interested, you can Baidu Tashan Zhao Zilongshi, of course, it's the part of the three major battles filmed by CCTV......

On the other hand, the army of the feudal era, no matter how much it claims to be elite, no matter how powerful or outstanding it is, it cannot make people forget the fact that in general, the pressure bearing capacity of the feudal army is very poor because of insufficient training.

-- Even the Qi family army, which claims to be how to be how Qi Jiguang, actually only maintains the process of training once every two to three days -- because of the shortage of qualified officers and professional non-commissioned officers. At the same time, it is also because of the lack of organization. These feudal armies usually collapsed after about a tenth of their lives were killed.

And the feudal army, which will collapse after two or three tenths of its casualties, is already considered an absolute elite.

That's it, that's it, even the so-called elite feudal army is actually just that, not to mention the feudal army that is not considered elite.

Among the coalition forces, 80 percent of the conscripts were such "not elite feudal troops", and they were only slightly better than the rabble. When I went to the battlefield, I heard the roar of artillery, and my heart was half cold. Seeing the comrades around me being bombarded into pulp by shells, the morale was completely gone. And then he fled like a duck, which is not unimaginable.

In this way, the coalition forces attacked twice, two rounds, and none of them reached the place. A few hundred meters away, he was scared away by a round of artillery bombardment from the other side. There were less than a hundred corpses left on the battlefield, drenched in blood, but very sparse, completely different from the sea of corpses and blood that William imagined.

But that's enough to have a deterrent effect. It was enough to deter thousands of other conscripts who didn't go to war.

They did not have a demoralization drop. Some guys who are closer to the battlefield are stunned, looking like they are stupid, and it seems that there is no way to go to the battlefield in a short time.

"Really...... Worst. Through the telescope, William was well aware of the hunger and saw this virtue of these soldiers, and then he couldn't help but shake his head.

Yes, it was indeed bad, the poor combat effectiveness of the improvised peasant soldiers, William had a direct impression this time.

"In this era of gunpowder weapons and deterrent weapons, the army's requirements for morale and organization are higher.

It seems that the era of temporary conscription of peasant soldiers has passed. The scale of the war will gradually shrink as the professionalization of the army increases. It was not until a certain special era arrived, when the people were linked to national defense construction and a modern system of national military service was organized, that the scale of the war became larger again.

But first, this requires a strong centralization of the state...... I don't know if I'll ever see that day in my lifetime. ”

Unconsciously, William became a little sad.

However, the enemy did not give up attacking because of his sadness.

The war continues.

After the levies fled in a wolf, the faces of the two counts were not very good-looking. Although they had long been mentally prepared for the defeat of their own conscription, they originally thought that this war would be fought. You have to wait for your troops to reach the perimeter of the breastwork. It took a volley of muskets to escape......

They are also not very demanding. It's really not high. They didn't even think about letting these levies actually go into hand-to-hand combat. They just wanted the soldiers to take two more steps, delay a little longer, and consume a little more ammunition for the new Circassian army.

If this requirement is considered high, then I am afraid that there is no time in this world when the word "low" is stored in zài.

It's a pity that even with such low requirements, in the end they were not able to meet them.

The two counts looked at each other. They all saw the anger and helplessness in their eyes.

For the two counts of Sandomitz and Vitra, as well as Leon, such a scene is very strange and has a taste of black humor, and it is not easy to know what to say.

But for the mercenary captain of the Starlight Corps, this is nothing more than a common thing. He had traveled north and south, fought so many battles, and had seen that the peasant soldiers who had been temporarily conscripted had gone abroad much more often than the small nobles of Mazovia, and he had long been surprised.

Seeing that the peasant soldiers in the first formation left a hundred corpses and retreated in an uproar, the mercenary captain just glanced at it and didn't speak again. With a wave of his hand, the mercenary troops under his command began to advance.

The battlefield set up by William was perfect for defense. Although the area between Sandomitse and Baudelaire is mostly flat. But after his arrangement, the line of defense, consisting of breastwork, trenches, and horses, was strong enough.

In this case, it is a little difficult to fight hard.

"On both sides there are stakes and moats, and at the same time ...... There were also a small number of skirmishers. The cavalry wing could not make a breakthrough. And if the infantry attacks, there is a risk of being flanked by the opponent...... The width of the battlefield is not large. Now it is impossible to send troops to catch up with the detour. In addition to this, the opposing side also had two companies of light cavalry. Sending infantry detachments in a detour is too likely to be assaulted by cavalry. Not cost-effective...... In other words, you can only choose to break through head-on. ”

Thinking of this, the mercenary captain immediately issued an order:

"The 1st Infantry Battalion is forward, and the straggler company is covering!"

With the order of the mercenary captain, an infantry battalion of about three hundred strode towards the new Circassian army. They were armed with breastplate armor, ship-shaped iron helmets, iron shields tied to their left forearm, and extra-long spears 4.8 meters long. At the four corners of the phalanx were arquebusiers who complemented and increased their firepower, and on either side of the phalanx were skirmishers armed with longbows - a standard, and by far the most popular offensive echelon