For a long time, there has been no progress in the technology of warfare in the human world - I mean, in the technical aspects of defense. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoGenerally speaking, after entering the Gunpowder Age, the defender does not have much of an advantage. Conversely, the attacker's muskets, spears, artillery and shock cavalry combined attacks, charges, bombardments and salvos will cause the defenders to suffer heavy losses.

In this case, there is usually no pure defending side in the battle. Wars taking place in the plains, in the wilderness. Both sides attack each other and do not adopt any defensive stance.

Only when defending cities, fortresses, and dangerous terrain can the defenders gain the so-called "defensive advantage".

In the era of gunpowder weapons, in this era when gunpowder weapons were popular, this was originally the so-called "truth" that all military scientists, generals, and even ordinary people knew. But now, in the face of the White Army of the Hereford family, this so-called truth does not seem to work.

Despite the incredible firing of 200 guns, the casualties caused by them were very few.

The Hereford White Legionnaires, hiding in the U-shaped trenches, were almost unharmed by these ballistic cannons. Not to mention, these guns fired solid projectiles.

That's it, albeit somewhat destroyed some of the breastwork. But that's the best they can do. In the intervals of the shelling, the smoke cleared. General Rochambo couldn't help frowning when he looked at the silent White Corps position opposite, with only the artillery positions constantly roaring.

The breastwall obscured the view, preventing the general from really observing the battlefield. And the rigid brain made him unable to think of the "crooked way" of using preset trenches to avoid artillery fire, and in this case, the count was a little inexplicable.

"Where are the defenders on the other side? Could they all be killed by shelling? ...... way?" Thinking of this, the Count decided to make a round of attacks first to find out.

As soon as the military order was issued, a regiment of the Visigothic expeditionary force lined up and stepped forward. The musketeers are in front and the pikemen are behind. Concerned about security, the Count even went so far as to send one of the only two cavalry companies to consolidate the two flanks of the infantry array.

In this era, there was almost no such tactic as "infantry-artillery coordination". There will not be an extreme situation where a certain country in later generations is crazy enough to "bayonet on a cannon". After the infantry of the Visigothic expeditionary force advanced, the artillery of the expeditionary force immediately stopped firing in order to prevent accidental damage. As a result, the sound of artillery bombardment on the battlefield suddenly decreased by more than half.

However, the casualties caused by the shelling are rising rapidly.

The slow-moving phalanxes of infantry, formed in dense arrays, were the favorite targets of the Napoleonic guns armed with flowering shells—the white legions, armed with nearly a hundred guns, large and small, aimed at the opposing infantry units at almost the same time. If this round of salvo bombardment passes, then the infantry regiment that is conducting the test will probably be canceled -

"No, I can't. It's not a good thing to scare these guys away. William thought to himself - he had a great appetite, and the most important goal of the campaign was to annihilate the Visigothic expeditionary force. No matter how bad it is, it will cause serious casualties to the other party. If you scare the other side away because of an overly exaggerated shelling, and then cower in Charleston and desperately organize a defense, it will be more than worth the loss.

Thinking of this, William immediately ordered that only the Eleventh, with the Twelfth Artillery Company, be allowed to launch a bombardment.

The artillery regiment of the White Regiment, according to the pounds of artillery ammunition, was divided into three artillery battalions, the first artillery battalion was equipped with a twelve-pound Napoleonic gun. The subordinate artillery companies are numbered by the first, second, and third companies. Each was armed with nine Great Napoleonic cannons. The 2nd and 3rd Artillery Battalions were armed with six-pounder small Napoleonic guns. The company was numbered 11th, 12th, and 13th. Each was equipped with twelve small Napoleonic guns.

The firepower of the 11th and 12th artillery batteries was about one-tenth of the total firepower of the artillery regiment. Not a lot. If the opposing army is fully pressed, then the artillery fire that the infantry battalion will suffer is almost this number.

Still, it's enough.

Twenty-four guns in all, if Medieval artillery were used, plus solid shells, would seem to be somewhat lacking in firepower against an infantry regiment divided into twelve infantry phalanxes. But if you change to a flowering bullet, it's different.

The bombardment of Napoleonic guns, which had a radius of about three meters and an extremely high hit rate, was enough to break the bones of these infantry units! Every time a flowering bullet fell, it could take the lives of several, or even a dozen soldiers. At the same time, the blow of shrapnel splashing and shock wave is enough to injure other soldiers in this range and temporarily lose their combat effectiveness.

After being fired at by two artillery batteries in one salvo, hundreds of soldiers of the Visigoths infantry regiment lost their combat effectiveness! The battle losses of the whole regiment were close to one-fifteenth!

This figure is nothing for a modern soldier. The Visigothic regular army was good enough to sustain this level of casualties - but the problem was that it was just a round of shelling!

"The quality of the artillery on the other side is very high! It looks like they have been rigorously trained. The hit rate is also very high. Moreover, the other party's shells can actually explode?!" Opposite Hereford's army, Earl Rochambeau thought with a little surprise.

At the same time, the commander of the Visigothic infantry regiment, who was in command of this infantry regiment, as the vanguard, felt great pressure. Being on the front line, he is no better than the earl watching the excitement in the rear, and he is still in the mood to exclaim. Sweating unconsciously on his head, in addition to shouting loudly for the soldiers to organize the formation and speed up at the same time, he also began to secretly regret that he shouldn't be smart and be a pioneer for the sake of something like the first merit.

However, it is useless to say anything now. His company had already paid a heavy price in casualties.

"However, as long as you continue to move forward and get close enough, the enemy artillery fire is not a concern. He thought to himself - but then another round of shelling frustrated his plans.

"Why so fast?!"

The time interval between the two rounds of shelling made the other side feel incredible.

"Is the quality of the other party's artillery already so good? No, it's impossible, even the best artillery unit in the kingdom can't fire two rounds of artillery bombardment in such a short time! The other side must have adopted some kind of new technology, or simply obtained some kind of new artillery! Damn, those arms dealers should be put on the gallows! They only take out some outdated broken copper and iron to fool us every time!"

On the other side, Count Rochambeau made this judgment at the first time - although the army of the Hereford family has not yet exposed all the hole cards, but the earl feels that this is enough, and the battle situation can not be delayed any longer!

"The 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Royal Expeditionary Force are advancing!

After making up his mind, the Count immediately gave the order - a total of two infantry brigades, close to 10,000 troops, after he gave the order, they ran as fast as they could, in small steps, towards the array of the Hereford family!

"The decision is good, but unfortunately, the judgment is wrong. William thought to himself. Then there was a smile - two brigades, close to 10,000 troops, were already half the combat strength of the Visigothic army when the cavalry units were almost unusable. Other words......

"Artillerymen, you can fire them all. Rain down the flames of death and bury my enemies. ”

With William's order, the White Legion artillerymen, who had been impatient for a long time, sprang into action - reporting the coordinates, adjusting the lugs, loading the gunpowder, loading the shells, tamping it, lighting the fuse - and firing!

Under the turquoise sky, a hail of lead-gray metal was streaked. Immediately after, countless life-devouring fireballs exploded in the Visigothic Expeditionary Force, devouring lives, devouring lives, devouring lives—countless stumps and severed arms, human fragments, internal organs, organs, blood and tissue fluids flew out with countless screams, and scattered evenly on the land.

The infantry array of the Visigothic Expeditionary Force, which was originally neat like a work of art, was bitten bit by bite, like a broken wooden board that had been eaten by insects.

"The artillery fire is different from before! Damn, that bastard lied to me! I was fooled!"

Seeing this, Count Rochambeau only regretted it - not because he started this war, or because he had confronted William.

To this day, he still believes that his expeditionary force is more effective than the Hereford family. The only thing he regretted was that he shouldn't have been so impatient. If you had rested for a while, waiting until the cavalry units had regained their combat effectiveness, then the situation would definitely be different.

"My lancers will brave the artillery fire in the shortest possible time to rush into the opponent's line and tear it apart!

Despite this, the Count did not give up, or was ready to suffer defeat.

Despite the fact that the infantry units of the expeditionary forces suffered heavy losses under the artillery fire of the White Regiment. But their number remained at more than 8,000, and with the troops of the other two brigades under the Count's command, the number of the expeditionary force was still much larger than that of the White Army.

"As long as we can get into hand-to-hand combat, then we can turn the tide of things!" thought to the earl.

In fact, it was not only the Count who thought so, but also the officers at the front. That's why they loudly motivate their soldiers, get them to pick up speed, and do their best to keep the infantry companies in formation.