As with any modern war of gunpowder weapons, both sides were initially greeted by the roar of artillery. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And it's the same thing that happened to William against the Count of Rochambeau. William did not bring out the full combat effectiveness of the artillery under his command.

Only a quarter of the artillery deployed on the three hills, as well as on the first line, was firing, that is, more than a hundred.

On the opposite side, Visigoths and Asturias dispatched a total of nearly one artillery division and 500 artillery pieces, and the roar of more than 100 guns was inconspicuous compared to the earth-shaking sound of artillery fire.

However, if you compare the results of the artillery of both sides, then the White Legion and the Briton coalition army, which can hide in the trenches, have suffered much lighter losses than their enemies.

"I see, use trenches, to avoid the fire of the opponent's cannons. That's a good idea. Beside William, Victoria looked at the scene and nodded secretly. I thought to myself, this is a good idea.

But at the same time, William was also nodding secretly: "In a sense, the trenches do reduce the casualties under the shelling. However, if the opponent is equipped with more mortars, howitzers, and even mortars with higher trajectory, and the same flowering shells as your own, then your casualties will never be so low.

Of course, William would not have told Victoria these words. Seeing that this guy was so attentive, William knew that when she returned, he would change her army according to his own tactics. I thought that in this way, I would be invincible in the world.

If she really thinks so, something very interesting will happen in the future. William thought to himself.

It was pleasant, very pleasant. He thought so in his heart.

In total, the artillery of the Visigoths and Asturians roared for almost twenty minutes. After this, a total of three regiments and nearly 5,000 infantry marched slowly to the sound of the drums of the military band. drove to William's position. It was no different from what William had thought before, and this time, the Visigoth-Asturian alliance also did not understand what infantry artillery coordination was. While they were advancing with the infantry, the artillery again stopped roaring to prevent accidental damage. This made William look very emotional.

"Although I heard about it in my previous life, the tactics of these guys are indeed rigid and rigid, and they don't know how to be flexible. And the evolution of tactics is really slow," William couldn't help but sigh. But soon, he left these contempts in his heart behind.

Maybe he could laugh at these guys, but he didn't laugh at them on a fair standpoint.

The reason why he is proficient in these tactics and knows the changes in tactics is only because he has hundreds of years of experience and vision more than the other party. It's not because he's really good himself.

"That's enough, though. William held a telescope and observed the situation in various parts of the front-line position. As he thought, the soldiers who were safely crouching in the trenches did not suffer any casualties.

In other words, some stupid people who tried to escape from the trenches died—the Cherokees, and the Gothic colonists.

These guys were so frightened by the roaring artillery fire from the opposite side that they suddenly forgot what they had been told before the battle. Then, among these bastards, some of the unlucky ones were concentrated by the shells, and their limbs were immediately broken, their heads were cut off, or their bodies were smashed into a large hole......

The injuries were all different, but the end result was the same.

Death.

Or die outright, or die from excessive blood loss. It doesn't make a difference anyway.

"What a bastard. William frowned, then cursed quietly. At the same time, Victoria beside him was talking coolly: "It seems that those colonial soldiers you have high hopes for are not playing their due role, Your Highness William." ”

"They're all recruits. William said calmly: "Let them go to the battlefield in itself to let them learn more." It's not about making much of a difference for them. ”

"That's right...... "Victoria smiled, her eyes filled with distrust. Or this guy believes what William says, but he just wants to make a disbelief appearance, just to laugh at William more.

At the same time, three forward infantry regiments on the opposite side were already within the firing range of the coalition artillery.

Three hundred meters away. The front-line artillery group is enough to inflict great fire damage on the opponent.

As one after another flowering bullets were blasted into the opponent's array, the opponent's casualty count began to rise rapidly.

"Just like the intelligence shows, the enemy's artillery uses explosive shells...... Count Warren on the other side thought to himself: "If you send a small force to attack the other side, then under the strong long-range fire of the other side, you will be defeated...... So ......"

Thinking of this, Count Warren immediately issued a new order: "Send another infantry regiment forward, and then, ask our allies to also send an infantry regiment forward!"

With the order of Count Warren, soon a Visigothic infantry regiment and an Asturian infantry regiment were sent to the front. They formed a phalanx on the left and on the right, forming a company as a unit, and slowly advanced towards the defensive line on the outskirts of Savannah.

Speaking of which, the previous shelling of the Visigoth-Asturian coalition was not without effect. At the very least, the heavy shelling had almost dismantled almost all of the breastwork and horse-repellent piles of the first array.

In this case, the White Legion was better off than the Briton veterans, but the newly recruited colonial infantry was more or less demoralized.

"Remove the factor of the breastwork. Now there is no problem for the two sides to say that they will fight. William thought to himself, "Don't let me down, my soldiers. ”

With two regiments of reinforcements to defend the left and right flanks, the first wave of attacks by the Visigoths and Asturians reached a staggering seven and a half hundred. Almost on par with the defenders of the first front.

And as the number of people increases, the effects of the fish school effect also begin to show. The morale of the enemy soldiers had somewhat improved - they had maintained a relatively slow pace and advanced to a distance of nearly 100 meters from the first line of defense of Savannah.

"It's time too. ”

Seeing the soldiers on both sides approaching. William, Victoria, and Earl Warren all raised their attention, and the generals on both sides watched the battle at the front line with their binoculars intently - and the battle situation did not "disappoint".

After entering the range of 100 meters, the artillerymen of the first line began to reload their guns with heavy shotguns - the lethality of the shotguns in this range was extremely impressive.

Nearly forty six-pounder guns, twelve eight-pounder guns, twenty-two twelve-pounder guns, and nine eighteen-pounder guns were successively loaded with a sufficient number of shotguns, and then fired.

In an instant, in the roar of artillery large enough to burst the eardrums, countless lead balls were sprayed out, and the lead-sprayed cannons weaved a blazing metal rain in mid-air, and then tore apart the super-long pikemen, musketeers, standard-bearers, drummers, and trumpeters who were marching forward with their heads held high on the opposite side......

The enemies in the front row were as if they had been electrocuted en masse, and their bodies trembled violently, and countless lead bullets reached a sieve, and every bullet hole continued to bleed out...... Or other more viscous bodily fluids, or brain plasma or something. I couldn't even scream, so I died completely.

It was at this moment that more than a dozen companies in the front row on the opposite side were cut off from the grassroots level. It's like someone has neatly cut off a slice of butter with a knife, or grilled meat.

Such a terrifying metal storm made the soldiers on the opposite side breathe a sigh of relief. Such an attack, whether it is flesh and blood, or equipping a cuirass on one's body, cannot change the outcome.

A shotgun attack at close range is always the best way for artillery units to kill or injure infantry.

"But it's just one round, just one round of bombardment, and the enemy can't do it anymore to reload the shells and bombard another round. ”

The Visigothic and Asturian soldiers at the front thought to themselves - yes, indeed, yes. These seasoned veterans were indeed shocked by the fact that their enemies had concentrated so much artillery for a salvo of shotguns. But at the same time, they also understood that a cannon that could not be fired did not mean anything even if it weighed 1,800 pounds!

"Onward!"

"Attack!"

"Charge!"

The captains of the various companies shouted loudly with their swords held aloft in the air. At the same time, it speeds them up.

Having already had experience in engaging the enemy, they naturally knew that it was better to enter the stage of hand-to-hand combat as soon as possible than to stupidly shoot at each other with a small number of arquebuses.

They quickened their speed and began to charge—and then the shouting was drowned out by a massive, dense, bean-bursting musket fire—

The White Legion musketeers, the White Legion chants, who were deployed at the forefront, opened fire at almost the same time as the three Briton rifle battalions.

In an instant, the damage caused by this round of musket salvo was already equal to that of the previous artillery shotgun bombardment.

In an instant, the dozen or so Visigothic companies that rushed to the front were scrapped.

"It is necessary to pay attention to the enemy's muskets. Seeing this scene, Count Warren's heart beat violently a few times - it was terrible. He had never seen anything like it.

"If arquebuses were used, it would never have been possible to inflict such heavy casualties on the enemy in such a short period of time and within a range of seventy meters! ”

This lesson of Count Warren was learned a little late, and in addition to that, it was paid for by the lives of hundreds of Visigothic soldiers. In any case, a dozen of his companies have been scrapped, there is no doubt about that.