That's it, the commanders at all levels and departments were severely reprimanded by William, and one or two of them were disgraced. After www.biquge.info go back, these guys will naturally put pressure on their subordinates in the same way. That is, those infantry regiments, the commanders of the cavalry battalions, and the battalion commanders put pressure.

And these infantry regiments, the major captains of the cavalry battalions, after being reprimanded by their respective commanders, had nowhere to vent their anger, and naturally went to their own subordinates, that is, the captains of those infantry companies and cavalry companies.

These guys are going to trouble the ordinary soldiers. In this way, the pressure is conveyed down one level at a time. The condition of the entire Hereford family army is like a spring that is crushed, and an artillery battle that is full of gunpowder. Full of instability, anger, and a desperate need to vent.

Of course, the object of these guys' frustration is no one but their enemies, the dark elves. The Dark Elves are also quite sad at this point, they haven't provoked anyone since the beginning.

However, it makes no sense that the world is like this, or the truth of the world is that power is truth, that is, whoever has a strong army and whose army can fight is a reasonable guy.

Although it is a little too cruel to say this, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the truth. At least before the advent of nuclear weapons, which everyone owns, can destroy each other, and the final result is likely to be the same death, war is everyone's favorite, most direct and most effective solution to the problem.

That's it. The morale of the Hereford family, as a matter of course, increased rapidly under such high pressure, and was reflected in the following battles.

That is, on the third day, the day after the night attack. After resting and having won the previous victory, the Dark Elf army decided to launch an assault on the Hereford family's defenses.

Of course, it wasn't the Dark Elves who attacked this time.

Instead, he was inspired by the great deeds of the Dark Elf army, and became a hundred times more energetic, like those guys who want to die with the Hereford family army.

To put it more simply, the Levantines and Turks, as well as other people, such as the Caucasians and the Slavites, were the "elite troops".

That is, the three legions in Ottoman's "Army Corps" are relatively morale-strong and relatively capable of fighting.

The 16th Army, the 22nd Army, and the 7th Army.

And the one who went to the battlefield today, bearing the wrath of the Hereford family, was the 22nd Legion, which was the most unlucky and tragic in the lottery.

Under the orders of the dark elves, more than 13,000 warriors of this legion entered the battlefield. Shouting the name of their true god, wielding a scimitar and a halberd. Supported by the roar of the Ottoman artillery, an attack was launched towards the first line of defense of the Hereford family, the 1st Praetorian Guard.

It was in the first line of defense of the 1st Praetorian Guard, and after a regiment on the left was annihilated, a regiment of infantry was drawn from the reserves, refilled, and then repaired.

In total, a strong defensive line consisted of three infantry regiments, an engineer brigade - a total of three hundred and sixty combat engineers, and two cavalry battalions, a total of six hundred cavalry. In addition to these troops, there were 120 three-pounder light guns attached to the regiment and 120 organ guns for continuous fire.

Plus the barracks, the breastwork, enough to repel horses and the s-shaped undulating trenches. This line of defense was expected to be able to kill at least 10,000 enemy troops.

In other words, this line of defense needs at least 10,000 lives to be able to feed.

Of course, this "10,000 lives" is a conservative estimate of the Hereford family. They counted 10,000 elite troops armed with flintlock pistols and bayonets, supported by ample artillery fire and cavalry. Such an elite army can be the Janissary Legion of the Hereford family, the new army of the Ottomans, or the Praetorian Guard, or the new army formed by the Britsons and the Emperor. But it is absolutely impossible, it is the so-called "elite troops" in front of them who are armed with scimitars and halberds and are formed with cold weapons as the main force.

"Ah, still don't you realize that such an army is outdated? William couldn't help but sigh. Then we saw the armies advancing in battle formation, tight, dense, and at the same time marching with high morale towards their own lines.

Behind these guys are the main force of the Dark Elves, a Dark Elf Praetorian Guard used to crush the formation, and a war machine, the New Army Legion. In addition to this there was the heavy firepower of the Ottoman army, their artillery units.

It is a pity that these artillery units, although sufficient, have a cup - I mean the caliber is quite good. But in reality, these things are outdated.

Although their caliber was sufficient, their construction was unscientific, and the copper and cast iron used to cast these guns were actually outdated. The ****** of these guns is still the traditional black powder. And the vast majority of the shells equipped with these guns are also traditional solid shells.

For solid bullets, maybe siege shooting is different. Artillery solid shells of a larger caliber were able to cause greater damage to city walls, fortifications. But for people, for the army, for army infantry, solid bullets make no big difference. Death is going to die anyway. There is really no difference between a bigger ball, and a smaller one, for humans.

The only thing to distinguish between this kind of attack is probably only William, a great mentor with great fighting spirit.

Because for William, he can ignore the bombardment of small-caliber artillery. But for large-caliber bombardment, such as a sixty-four-pounder cannon, it is still necessary to be more careful.

If one is accidentally hit, then the skin will be peeled off if you don't die.

Of course, then again. William didn't think he would be so weak, and he just happened to be hit by a cannon bombardment.

And so, although in the eyes of the middle and high officers of the Hereford family's army, these guns are old and backward, and the casting process is very poor. If it's useful, it's really useless except for decoration.

Although it is said that these iron and copper can also be re-cast. But it's easier to mine new iron ore directly than to waste that effort.

At least that's what William thought.

However, although this is true for mid- and high-ranking officers, it is a different matter for the junior soldiers and junior officers of the Hereford family.

Although William has already carried out the work of eradicating illiteracy in the army, so far the results have not been very good. The Hereford army's army was still in the dark. Maybe better than the average army, but definitely not much better.

They are not sensitive to new science and technology, new processes or anything. Unless the facts are really in front of them, they will never believe the words just by speaking. As it is now, although the mid-ranking officers, plus the junior officers who have been forcibly ordered, all tell that these cannons have nothing to fear, they just look powerful, and in fact they are not at all inferior to our Napoleonic guns!

But the junior officers and ordinary soldiers all said, I don't know anything about science, and the artillery on the other side looks very powerful, after all, it looks so big, and the shells look heavy. And the artillery on our side, although it seems to be fancy, has played a very good role in various previous wars.

But even so, the officers and soldiers of the Hereford family still felt uncertain.

Again, unless they see it with their own eyes. Otherwise, it will never be admitted.

So, the next thing, they saw it with their own eyes.

As a matter of course, as the "king of war". At the same time, it is also a safer class of cavalry than infantry, and the artillery units of the Ottoman Empire are mostly composed of dark elves. These dark elves have accumulated over hundreds of years, or even longer, so they have a lot of experience. If you talk about experience, even if it is ten Hereford family artillery combined, I am afraid that it is not as high as one dark elf artilleryman.

However, one thing that is very unfortunate is that the Harmony Dark Elves only have experience, not technology.

It is well known that artillery is currently the most technical of the three arms of infantry cavalry artillery. Whether it's ballistics, measuring the direction of the wind, or distance, adjusting the muzzle angle, etc. It requires a lot of math knowledge.

In this case, the dark elves have a hard time chasing the professional, technical elite artillery of the Hereford family.

Plus their already aged, obsolete artillery. So in fact, these artillery units, which looked very scary, were just jokes in William's eyes.

And what happened next also proved that William's judgment was completely correct.

With the deafening roar of artillery, a total of hundreds of guns opened fire in unison - of course, neither the 64-pounder cannon nor the 32-pounder cannon did not fire for the time being.

The Dark Elves regard these heavy cannons as a trump card, and they will not use these secret weapons unless the situation is critical and the last resort is necessary.

But, even so, the twenty-four, eighteen, and twelve-pound groups of infantry guns fired with enough sound and power to roar.

The soldiers on the front line of the Hereford family, one by two, huddled in the S-shaped trenches, endured such shelling. Occasionally, the sand flew, and some gravel fell on them, which made them shiver a little.

This shelling lasted a total of fifteen minutes. The soldiers of the Hereford family endured this impatiently for fifteen minutes. During these fifteen minutes, the breastwork in front of them was shattered and basically lost its defensive function. But happily, the Hereford soldiers were not much injured.

After all, counting on the hit rate and lethality of the remnant of the solid bullet, it happened to fall into the trench, and then happened to fall on the head of the soldier in the trench......

This kind of coincidence requires a certain amount of imagination.

Therefore, the 6,000 troops on the front line, in the face of the enemy's fifteen-minute artillery bombardment, ended up with a pitiful casualty figure. Only a very few, a dozen unlucky ghosts happened to be hit, and among these dozen unlucky ghosts, three were relatively lucky, but they were just injured.

For a time, the morale of the Hereford family's army was greatly boosted. The little frustration just now is gone.