In this way, in the face of the artillery bombardment of the Hereford family, these small trotters of the New Army soldiers were expressionless, and entered the range of the chasseur unit as fast as they could, and the shotguns and organ cannons were within range. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Unfortunately, the light and organ cannons that fired the shotguns were not partially loaded, and some were destroyed in the previous shelling. Less than a third of them can currently make a difference.

As a result, the number of kills at medium range is still insufficient...... The enemy threw 12 companies on the first line and 15 companies on the second line, and the total loss of troops was no more than 13,400 troops. It accounts for only one-tenth of the entire corps of the New Army.

In theory, this round of long-range attacks by the Hereford family is not satisfactory.

"In other words, the next step is to have the real fight. William looked at the situation at the front and thought to himself-

In other words, the Hereford Family Praetorian Guard will face the biggest test after becoming an army. This will cost them heavy casualties. At the same time, it will also make them reborn.

At a distance of seventy meters between the two sides, the Janissaries raised their flintlock pistols with a little nervousness.

Speaking of which, for the Praetorian Guard troops, this is a new thing that has never happened before, that is, the enemy soldiers did not continue to advance at the first time, or partially forward, partially stopped, but all stopped.

"Seventy meters, that's a little far from the distance of the queue to be shot in the previous life. However, the musket technology in this world is a little better than in the previous life, so ......"

William thought so in his heart, calculating, weighing the pros and cons. Thinking about whether you should order your own troops to move forward, get some distance away and shoot again, after the enemy troops have fired.

But after thinking about it, William still didn't give the order.

The first is that the distance between the two sides is too far. Although William is now in the line of defense of the First Army, he is actually a little far from the real front line. If you send a herald to give the order, it is very likely that it will be too late, and it will disrupt the current rhythm of the Hereford family's army.

Second, the Hereford family army currently has an advantage in shooting, and this advantage is the artillery and the breastwork.

The artillerymen were still desperately filling their guns, as fast as they could, expecting the maximum damage from these powerful weapons. At the same time, although the breastwork was bombarded by the opponent's artillery, it collapsed a lot. However, there are still some that can be used, which can provide some level of defense for the Hereford family's infantry. Taken together, these two points gave the Hereford family army a certain advantage.

Of course, this advantage is actually not very large.

But even if it's not big, the advantage is still an advantage, and it can still help the Hereford family army win in the next battle.

That's it. For the rest of the day, the musketeers on both sides leveled off at almost the same time, raising their muskets. And then the shooting began. At a distance of seventy meters, the flintlock pistol was powerful enough to be fully exerted. In an instant, there was a burst of gunfire on the battlefield. Large groups of soldiers trembled as if they had been struck by a hammer, and then fell without saying a word.

Bang bang bang, bang bang, bang bang......

Company by company, the War Machines Unit of the Forces Nouvelles, and the infantry company of the Janissaries of Hereford, all used the same tactic, which was three-stage shooting. On the battlefield where bullets are flying, the attack of the musketeers, like cutting wheat, shoots a large area of the enemy on the opposite side, and then falls.

Death, death, ......death,

On the battlefield, in front of the lead bullet of muskets, these guys do not discriminate, there is no difference. In addition to death, there is death, and in addition to death, there is death.

Every moment and every second, there will be a continuous stream of dead people around them. After a round of three-stage shooting, a fully formed company will lose at least twenty percent of its soldiers. And after three consecutive salvos, this company is likely to lose more than half of its troops.

In the current war, if the number of dead and wounded exceeds half, it can be easily understood as the loss of combat effectiveness and the loss of formation. It is more likely that even the officers in command will be lost.

Even if such a unit insists on staying on the front line, it will have no effect, and it can only retreat to the second line and reorganize to see if there is any possibility of continuing to go to the battlefield and launching an attack.

For a qualified flintlock shooter, the average velocity interval between firing a bullet is twelve seconds - plus the time it takes to change the queue, no more than fifteen seconds at most. In other words, it takes less than two and a half minutes to carry out a three-wheel, three-stage design.

To put it simply, to put it bluntly, it is the company at the forefront of the front, less than two and a half minutes, it will lose its combat effectiveness!

This time, for a battle, is no different from a moment.

The two sides fought, exchanged fire, and in less than five minutes of the opening game, the front-line troops on both sides had already changed people. Fourteen of the fifteen companies of the new Ottoman army collapsed, and eleven of the thirteen companies at the forefront of the Hereford family.

On the battlefield, behind the breastwork, on the field, a large area was hit by large-caliber lead bullets, and there were more bloody and hole-in-cheek guys on their bodies, their skulls were overturned, their chests were broken, their abdomen was smashed, or they were curled up and died, or they wailed in pain, and hundreds of soldiers who had not died for the time being were spread all over the ground!

"That's what it is...... Is the so-called queue to be shot?" William was in a trance for a moment.

The speed was too fast, it was too fast - even with the help of shotguns and organ cannons, the Hereford family forces inflicted more losses on the enemy, and more, even with the help of the breastwork, the casualties of the Hereford family forces were a little smaller. But it's still too much.

It can be said that since the founding of the army, the army of the Hereford family has not died as much and so quickly as it does today.

"It's horrible. William sighed in his heart. Sure enough, after the war entered this era, tactics and skills became secondary. Manpower and firepower became the most important factors in determining whether a war was won or lost.

It is precisely because of this reason that France took the lead in transforming into a revolutionary republic and started the mobilization of the whole people, and this super-talented France was able to fight the anti-French alliance again and again.

To be honest, this really doesn't have much to do with Napoleon. Of course, Napoleon was a great fellow. But William believed that under the circumstances and circumstances of the time, any strong, not stupid guy could do as well as Napoleon.

After all, before that, before Napoleon took power, Europe had organized several anti-French coalitions. And these anti-French coalitions did not even break through into the territory of France, and in the border areas, they were defeated by the French Republic, which was mobilized and armed.

"Manpower. William sighed secretly in his heart: "Perhaps, the study of doctrine and thought should be accelerated and put on the agenda." "Yes, that's it, if there is no doctrine that can unite the hearts of the whole country, then it is impossible to motivate the people of this country to fight for this country. It will not be possible to light up the scientific and technological tree of the universal compulsory military service system for the whole people.

Therefore, many people have a misconception that professional soldiers are better than conscripts. Many guys who travel back to ancient times like to professionalize the army, and then replace those unprofessional conscripted peasant soldiers or something. I think it's amazing.

William said hehe...... These guys are completely weak -- the real strong should be to unify the whole country with doctrine and ideology, and turn the whole empire into a big barracks. With a single order, all citizens can be called into the army, trained, formed into an army, and then bulldozed the whole world.

What is the use of the army that has been trained with a high salary and all kinds of hard work. What's the point?

As long as there is a high-intensity, high-intensity battle, those guys will be wiped out. Damn or die when the time comes.

"I really don't understand...... So......" William sighed in his heart. At the same time, he was secretly vigilant. Of course, this topic can continue to be discussed after the war, and the focus is still on the battlefield. Gradually becoming intense, white-hot frontal battlefield.

That is, after the two sides changed a group of troops, and also after William sighed slightly, in a few minutes, more than a dozen companies were disabled. In this case, the front-line officers of the Hereford family, as well as the officers of the new army of Ottoman opposite, felt that this would not work.

If this continues, the battle between the two sides will turn into a war of attrition with a simple number of people. And it's the one that makes both commanders feel extremely painful.

In such a situation, there is only one thing that should be done - and that is to charge.

The front-line commanders on both sides almost unanimously thought of this. Perhaps, the commander of Ottoman's new army was a little more impatient. Because the reserves in the rear of his army were being bombarded by the Napoleonic cannons of the Hereford family, and every minute, hundreds of shells exploded in or near their arrays.

If it persists like this, then this new army corps will probably have to be explained in this battle.

And so, after continuing, according to the customary three-stage shooting, the soldiers on both sides did not continue to reload their ammunition, but shouted, with bayonets in their hands, and rushed forward over the breastwork. Aimed his bayonet at the opponent's chest and stabbed him.

An incredible battle of cold weapons with bayonets is about to begin.