18th century total war

Chapter 103 Night Attack
"Everyone cheer up, General Kanol issued an order, and the alert is raised to the highest level tonight!
Li Wei's rebels like to attack at night, and they don't want to be smeared on the neck in their sleep, so they put their eyes on the bright spot for Lao Tzu! "

At midnight, Captain Wright was not sleepy at all. He was patrolling the defense area that had just been assigned to him and his hands were still warm. Whenever he saw any soldier showing signs of low energy, he would immediately be scolded or even cursed!

This is not because Captain Wright is naturally grumpy, but because he has just been sprayed with spitting stars by a new superior, that is, the major who directly supervises him, and several other surviving captains who have withdrawn from the first line of defense. The face is full, and the mood is extremely bad!
The new major has bad breath!
Captain Wright dared to bet all his property, the other party had eaten shit!

Captain Wright, who had just been taught a lesson like a grandson by a strange superior, naturally would not have a good look at the officers and soldiers under his hand. Even his trusted adjutants did not dare to touch Captain Wright's bad luck at this time.

At this time, Captain Wright couldn't help but miss his old superior. Although the old man was a little greedy, he would occasionally send someone to arrest some young farmers' daughters to play with him (Captain Wright did this kind of thing), but at least the other party He has a good attitude towards his own people, and won't spit at every turn...

Unfortunately, when the first line of defense collapsed, Levi's rebels pursued them too closely. Captain Wright knew the age of his old superior, and he was sure to die in a race against Levi's rebels.

After all, that major couldn't be replaced like a front-line grassroots officer like Captain Wright.

In the battle during the day, the number of casualties of ordinary soldiers has not been counted, but the number of deaths of officers above the school level has been spread in the army.

A school-level officer is usually the sky in the eyes of soldiers, a position that is difficult to achieve in a lifetime!

However, during the daytime battles, two lieutenant colonels and 11 majors were lost!
Of course, colonels are all senior officers in the army, and they generally don't appear on the front line. Unless they are very brave or very unlucky, it is difficult to die in battle.

What made Captain Wright feel aggrieved was that he was obviously already a senior captain, but he was not promoted even though so many colonel positions were suddenly available!
Even if you become an acting major!

The major who washed Captain Wright's face before was actually the newly promoted acting major.

The word 'agent' will only make Captain Wright even more angry!

If it wasn't for General Kanol's order, how would such an acting major dare to put his nose on the senior captain?

This time, General Kanol, who was the commander-in-chief of the front line, was really ruthless, and he would press down on the next level.
If the military law team finds dereliction of duty, the military law team has the right to kill him on the spot!
In addition, General Kanol was also very angry at the defeat during the day, so he expanded the supervisory team to stand behind the front-line combat troops, and announced to the whole army that whoever dares to take half a step back without the sound of the withdrawal call, immediately You will be shot by the supervising team!
The supervising team is all infantry with good marksmanship carefully selected by General Kanol, and they are all equipped with front-loading rifles. The accuracy of this thing within a hundred steps is completely fine, and it can even be used as a sniper rifle!

This kind of front-loading rifle is matched with the "sharpshooters" selected from the whole army as the supervisor team. Which of the officers and soldiers on the front line is not afraid?
Even Captain Wright was trembling in his heart, not knowing how to escape safely on the battlefield...

In the middle of the night, the torches of the second line of defense were connected together, and where there were mid-level officers, kerosene lamps were even lit!

Moreover, behind the chest defense line, there are five steps, one post, ten steps and one sentry post. From time to time, there are large mobile patrols passing by. It can be said that in this state of alert, any night attack by the army will be discovered immediately.

It is really not difficult for the army of this era to guard against night attacks. It only needs to strengthen vigilance and have a certain military quality to detect the enemy's night attacks.

Captain Wright's company was full again at this time. Many lieutenant officers were killed or injured during the daytime battle, and they withdrew from the battle sequence. Naturally, the soldiers under these lieutenant officers were merged into other teams.

Everyone is a remnant soldier, so there is no need to promote a large number of lieutenant officers to fill the vacancies. After all, everyone has lost a battle to get this situation. After the defeat, the front line promotes officers. What is the reason for this?
Not to mention lieutenant-level officers, even those major vacancies that have crossed the threshold of mid-level officers have not been filled, and some mergers have been carried out.

At least, Captain Wright's original battalion-level organization has been abolished and incorporated into the new battalion-level organization.

After a few rounds of inspection, Captain Wright lazily went back to a small shed to sit down and rest.

Sitting down, the exhaustion brought about by fighting during the day suddenly surged, and now it is the middle of the night, which is the time when human beings are most likely to get sleepy.

"Yawn~
I hope there will be no night raids by the Levi rebels tonight, sleep soundly, complete the security mission tonight, and I will be able to return to the rear at dawn.

I don’t know if it’s good luck or bad luck that I was assigned to be on guard at night…”

Captain Wright thought about it, feeling drowsy again.

But he insisted that he dare not fall asleep. If the patrolling military law team found that he had fallen asleep during the alert period, he would definitely be arrested and handed over to the acting major with bad breath!
At that time, it will not be the 'elegant' treatment of being sprayed with saliva...

In the past, the task of guarding at night was Captain Wright's favorite, because in this era, few people attacked at night, and the task of guarding at night basically did not need to face real battles.

But when it fell on the Li Wei rebels who had the miracle of the overnight battle, Captain Wright kept beating drums in his heart.

bang~
Captain Wright, who was half asleep and half awake, was suddenly startled by a gunshot and fell off his chair. Then the gunshots rang out one after another, and the cold sweat on Captain Wright's forehead immediately flowed down like a faucet turned on. Drip!
If one gunshot could be caused by a misfire, with so many gunshots, any fool would know that the night attack really broke out!
No, according to Captain Wright's understanding of Li Wei's rebels, their gang of lunatic soldiers will not attack at night at all, they will only attack at night!
Still the kind that never dies!
Just when Captain Wright's mind was dominated by fear, the defense area where he was located suddenly crackled with incoherent gunshots. Against the backdrop of a large number of torches, Captain Wright could clearly see the sky above his defense area filled with white-gray smoke!

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