18th century total war

Chapter 136 Fear (subscribe plus fourth update)
"Don't make meaningless noises and try to identify the source of the gunfire. We are not surrounded, we just encountered the vanguard of a small group of enemies!"

Although Russell was a little tipsy, he still had sense. He was not so arrogant that he got drunk while performing a mission!
That is irresponsible for one's own life!
Once you die on the battlefield, won't you be unable to drink in the future?

For Russell, this was more uncomfortable than killing him...

Roselle's voice quickly overwhelmed the voice of the recruit who had lost too much blood and called 'Mom' except for cursing.

Of course, no one cared about this person's life and death at this time, after all, everyone was on the verge of life and death.

Roselle could hear from the frequency of the gunfire that the number of Levi's rebels attacking them was not many, it could even be said to be far less than the company he led!
But their marksmanship is too accurate, and there are too many new recruits in the team under their command!
The performance of these recruits on the training field must be qualified, but when they are suddenly attacked on the battlefield, can their performance on the training field be [-]% or [-]%?
Judging from the fact that most of the people were running, jumping and screaming around (the instinctive reaction of people under extreme fear), it can be seen that the battlefield experience of this group of recruits must start with 'zero'!
Roselle's voice was very loud, but on the battlefield with constant gunshots, only the soldiers not far from him could hear it.

At this time, they were in a relatively flat bush, and there were still many obstacles. Naturally, it was impossible for the team to gather together. They all spread out and swept forward to clear the way for the large army!
Of course, there must be many soldiers who cannot hear Russell's cry.

The most important thing is that Roselle had heard how good the marksmanship of the soldiers of the Li Wei rebel army was. He didn't dare to stand up from the beginning to the end. He just lay down in the grass and looked out from the gaps in the grass... How can this be seen? to what?
As a result, many soldiers couldn't see Roselle who was hiding in the bushes, thinking that their highest officer had died, and the chaos further aggravated.

Many of the lieutenant and second lieutenant officers tried to stand up and restore the decline, but the military uniforms of these officers were obviously different from those of the soldiers (in order to facilitate the identification and installation of forks by the soldiers), and they all became live targets for sharpshooters!
On the battlefield, shooting the officers first and then the military band is a matter of common sense known to sharpshooters.

Naturally, with the tragic death of several officers, no officer dared to gather troops anymore...

Obviously, Arnaud overestimated the combat quality of these troops. Although they were "elite soldiers" carefully selected by the Girondins from all over the country, the targets selected by the Girondins were the provinces. Apart from the few that were defeated by the Black Dragon Legion, how many of these local second-rate forces like the Coalition Army have experience in large-scale wars?

Therefore, in the eyes of Roselle, who had personally participated in the battle, even though these soldiers could pass all the combat skill tests, they were still just recruits.

Soldiers who have never seen blood, no matter how well they are trained, will still have obvious differences.

"Captain, we can't go on like this, otherwise the entire company will collapse in a short time!
Those sneak attackers used muskets, so the hiding distance must not be far away, and their number will not be too many. We just need to organize our troops and rush up, and we will definitely be able to defeat them! "

Jürgen also heard the disadvantage of the opponent's small number from the gunshots, and even heard from the difference in gunshots whether the opponent used a smoothbore gun or a muzzle-loading rifle.

Not all of Levi's sharpshooters are equipped with front-loading rifles, because the loading speed of front-loading rifles is too slow, and the effort of one shot is enough for the enemy to shoot three or four shots!
This is still based on the loading efficiency of the sharpshooter at his peak hand speed!

Therefore, when performing the task of attacking and killing the enemy, sharpshooters use a mixture of smoothbore guns and front-loading rifles.

If you only need to harass the enemy from a long distance, you will naturally use a front-loading rifle. If you want to kill a large number of enemies or even defeat them, a smoothbore gun is of course easy to use.

The smoothbore guns used by sharpshooters are all high-quality smoothbore guns, and their accuracy is generally higher than that of ordinary smoothbore flintlocks.

The musket is also accurate!
It's just that the cost of high-quality smoothbore guns is too high, which is not conducive to large-scale installation, so most of the smoothbore guns that appear on the battlefield are ordinary smoothbore guns or even low-quality smoothbore guns.

Those who can be equipped with high-quality smoothbore guns are a small number of elite skirmishers.

After hearing Jurgen's shout, Roselle naturally understood what he meant, but he dared not get up now!

Standing up at this time, it is likely to be shot into the soul like the second lieutenant who arranged himself, and died without any pain...

There is no way, why is Captain Russell's military uniform unique in the entire company?
Jurgen looked at Russell, who was silent, with shock on his face.

He naturally understood why his own official didn't respond. His voice was so loud at such a close distance, as long as he was not deaf, he would definitely be able to hear it!

In other words, Captain Russell is timid...

Jorgen couldn't believe it at first, but after thinking that his opponent was the invincible Li Wei rebels, Jorgen was relieved.

Before Arnaud's arrival, these teams did not dare to take the initiative to attack, and let Li Wei's rebels invade the province of Vendée. To put it bluntly, it was because of fear!
Every time the Li Wei rebels fought a large-scale battle, it was achieved with a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, killing more people than the foreign intervention army!
Such a terrifying enemy, of course they dare not take the initiative to attack...

The Paris government has not yet noticed that the provincial coalition forces in many parts of France have already shown obvious symptoms of fear, fear of the Black Dragon Army under Li Wei's command!

People in the Paris government are surrounded by a high-spirited revolutionary atmosphere, so naturally they cannot detect the mentality of the local army when they face the Black Dragon Army.

It was precisely because of this mentality that Arnault's seizure of power went very smoothly. Those generals only needed Arnault to ensure that they would not have to go to the front line, and they had no intention of fighting for military power.

As one soldier after another fell, more and more soldiers who responded fell to hide behind bushes or other obstacles.

From the moment they were attacked to the end, the soldiers under Russell's command did not even mount an effective counterattack!

When all the soldiers lay flat... oh no, after hiding, not far away from where the gunshots came from, a chorus of shouts suddenly broke out: "Drop your muskets, stand up with your hands, we can forgive you." life!"

Jurgen sighed helplessly when he heard the repeated calls to surrender. He knew that this battle was over...

The tragedy is that they don't even have the courage to stand up and retreat!

(End of this chapter)