18th century total war

Chapter 134 Master Li Wei!Long live!
Of course, what Borcha said about the 'bayonet of the Guards infantry' was not to belittle the combat effectiveness of sharpshooters, but to emphasize the use of Guards infantry.

Although sharpshooters are very skilled in marksmanship, they are limited by the performance of muskets in this era and are still fundamentally different from snipers during World War I and World War II.

The sharpshooter's strongest point lies in concealment and harassing the enemy.

But attacking an organized army is not as good as the Guards infantry, especially the ability to fight with bayonets. One Guards infantry can fight two sharpshooters without any pressure!
In the era of queuing to kill, the final battle was determined by bayonet style. This is why the Tsar's gray beasts, even though they were using inferior muskets with constant problems, could still become Europe's steamroller.

Rely on the bayonet!

The main purpose of queuing up and shooting in front is to break up the enemy's tight formation, or to break down the morale of the enemy, so as to create favorable conditions for the last trembling... oh no, the bayonet charge!

If sharpshooters are forced to charge with bayonets, it is not impossible, but it would be too wasteful. The bayonet skills of the infantry guards can reach the top level of the current European continent. After all, the level of formation is inferior to that of the infantry guards, and the formation when launching a bayonet charge must be inferior to that of the infantry guards.

In the era of queuing and shooting, whether it is firing a platoon or launching a bayonet charge, the formation is very important!

The tighter the formation, the greater the advantage in a local area when rushing up with a bayonet, and you can fight more with less!
In other words, if a battle that can be won with a sharpshooter's bayonet charge is replaced by a guard infantry to charge with a bayonet, the number of casualties must be at least discounted.

Li Wei, in the top ranks of the Black Dragon Legion, made repeated orders to cherish the lives of soldiers. Naturally, Bolcha was unwilling to watch sharpshooters fight bayonet battles that he was not very good at (compared to infantry guards).

Karl was not surprised at all when he heard Bolcha's proposal, and it was obvious that he also had this idea.

Who is to say that the record of the Black Dragon Legion is too abnormal, even a revolutionary madman has to face it with caution...

"1 people is indeed a bit too much. It is easy to frighten the revolutionary general Arnault, so let's allocate [-] infantry guards to help the sharpshooters blocking the flanks.

By the way, about a thousand sharpshooters were left behind and scattered into the forests around our army to guard. I don't want to suddenly rush out of an enemy cavalry regiment from the flanks and rear during the fierce battle. "

"The general is wise, leaving 6000 people behind, Arno's side has three times the strength advantage, and our army has never built a solid defensive position. The battle between the two sides is no different from an encounter in the wild. Arno will definitely not let it go. this opportunity.

I heard that the Marseilles were so arrogant that they defeated the private guard of the Duke of Marseilles with 500 volunteers. "

"Yes, the slogan of the Paris revolution is indeed very easy to confuse people, especially the Parisians who are deeply affected by it. Once we attack Paris, they will definitely stick to every block and every house to fight with us. This is why Lord Li Wei did not choose the first The reason for attacking Paris for a while.

It just so happens that the fruits of the Paris revolution have been seized by the republicans. These republicans are now fighting among themselves, so let them kill each other first.

For Lord Livy, there are many cities in France that are as important as Paris! "

All the colonels at the scene straightened up immediately, raised their right arms at a 45-degree angle upwards, looked serious, and shouted: "Master Li Wei! Long live!"

This is a military salute that has recently become popular among the Black Dragon Legion to distinguish it from the military salute of the French revolutionary regime.

Of course, the root cause of the popularity of this military salute is Li Wei's vanity!

Levi seems to have been fascinated by German military uniforms from a certain period in his previous life...

After the colonels finished shouting, Major General Karl also straightened his body, raised his right arm calmly and shouted: "Master Li Wei, long live!"

Li Wei rarely emphasizes his surname in public and has always been proud of his own name. This makes the Black Dragon Legion rarely mention Li Wei's surname and only call Li Wei's name.

This is mainly because Li Wei believes that the surname comes from the glory of the family, and the spread of the name represents the honor created by himself!

Levi wants the world to remember not the Charles family, but the name 'Levi'!
It was Levi who created the glory of the Charles family, not the Charles family who created Levi.

This is the difference between Li Wei and the local nobles in this world. After all, he is the soul of a traveler, and he really does not have a strong sense of belonging to the family...

Arno, who had the advantage of light cavalry, naturally learned of the mobilization of Levi's rebels on the opposite side immediately.

This was already in Arno's expectation. After all, it was not hundreds or thousands of people who turned around on both sides, but a large-scale movement of four legions with a total of 4 people. As long as the commander of the Li Wei rebel army is not a fool or a blind man , will definitely notice!
Even if Arno's light cavalry controlled most of the field of vision on the battlefield, it was impossible to hide it.

After all, Arnaud's cavalry is only more than Li Wei's rebels, not that there are really enough cavalry to 'wrap' the entire battlefield. After all, there is always a gap for Li Wei's rebel scouts to rush out to investigate the enemy's situation.

The Black Dragon Legion also has cavalry scouts. To be precise, they are horse scouts, that is, a group of sharpshooters barely learned how to ride a horse, and then use their sharpshooter abilities to evade enemy scouts to detect the enemy's tracks.

Compared with the rampage of the main force of the Black Dragon Legion, the scouts of the Black Dragon Legion have always been cautious. Even after many sharpshooters were discovered by the enemy, because they couldn't fight horsemanship, they had to give up their horses and drill into the complex terrain nearby, using the sharpshooter's marksmanship to drive away powerful enemies or hide yourself.

Without a professional cavalry team, the life of the scouts of the Black Dragon Legion is not satisfactory.

As for training local cavalry to serve as scouts, firstly, the cost is too high (cavalry is an expensive unit in any era), and secondly, the combat quality of local cavalry is not as good as that of sharpshooters who can ride horses!
Unless Li Wei spends a lot of money and a lot of time to train a group of light cavalry who can serve as scouts.

It's just that Li Wei has been waging war since his rise. Where can he find the time and money to build a large number of light cavalry scouts?
It would be more convenient to train a group of sharpshooters who can ride horses!

After learning the news of the division of Li Wei's rebel army, Arno, who found out the approximate number of the main force of Li Wei's rebel army on the opposite side, immediately became confident.

"It won't be long before the Legion of Marseilles will become the heroic army of the whole of France!"

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