18th century total war

Chapter 143 Karl's Battle Report

"More than 400 infantry guards lost more than [-] sharpshooters. It seems that most of the losses this time were on the frontal battlefield, which is why the infantry guards lost so much.

But in today's French Republic, who can cause such a large loss to the infantry guards?

What kind of brutal fighting broke out in the second half of the night and during the next day, so that there were so many battle losses?

Isn't the regular army that France can fight all in Paris and outside the border?

Forget it, when the battle reports from the front line come back, we will naturally know the specific situation, which is better than me guessing here. "

After another day or two, Li Wei was reminded of the reward from the total war system again. This time, it was the result of Carl and Polcha's joint efforts to encircle and suppress the four enemy legions on the two flanks.

"That's right, two normal victory evaluations, a total of 4 glory points, and the losses of the infantry guards, which are only in the early [-]s, are much lower than the previous battle losses.

The two battles won this time should be the follow-up battles of the previous battle with severe damage. The main force of the attacked enemy army was either driven to a desperate situation or lost most of their resistance morale, so it was possible to easily win two battles at such a small price. Battle victory evaluation.

I don't think it will be long before I receive news that a large number of prisoners of war have been transported back from the front line. I can just use the 16 points of glory I gained this time to start the next round of military expansion.

I don’t know whether this harvest mainly relied on the Guards infantry or sharpshooters. Although the sharpshooters suffered smaller losses, this seems to further affirm the role of the Guards infantry on the battlefield.

After all, high battle damage means more intense battles, and low battle damage does not mean that the role played on the battlefield is great.

We have to wait for the news from the front line for the specific situation.

Alas, the 18th century was too backward, and communication basically relied on "legs". I don't know how long it will take to wait for detailed information from the front line.

Next, I will ask the labor dispatch department (the official name of the labor agency) to focus on building roads and building postal and communication stations.

Even after the war is over in the future, these post stations can still make a profit by mailing letters..."

Li Wei thought about it, took out the paper and pen, and began to record his next work priorities.

Levi knew that he was not an outstanding talent before time travel. For example, his math scores were always lagging behind when he was in school!
However, Li Wei can always reflect on himself, find out his weak points, and seize all available time to study.

Even with Li Wei's order now, there are a large number of highly educated talents who have been enlightened by the total war system to work for him, but Li Wei still has not devoted himself to enjoying it. So far, there is only one Annie with a childlike face and big breasts to take care of him. Li Wei's daily life.

It's not that Li Wei is pure-hearted and ascetic, but he knows that he still has many shortcomings, and there is still a Parisian revolutionary regime that is breeding a terrible spiritual bomb in front of him, and he hasn't had the time to relax and enjoy it yet!
Therefore, in this parallel world, Levi developed the habit of taking notes. A bad pen is more practical than a bad brain after all.

Compared with the time when he just traveled here, the current Li Wei can already handle most of the administrative documents and various complicated data forms by himself.

If Li Wei had had the motivation to study in his previous life, he would never have failed the final exam of advanced mathematics in his freshman year!
A few days later, Li Wei got his wish and saw the detailed battle report written by Karl himself, and according to Li Wei's request before the expedition, he analyzed the performance of the sharpshooter and infantry guards during the battle.

The conclusion given by Karl is similar to what Levi had expected before. On a frontal battlefield with a wide field of view and relatively flat terrain, infantry guards are more useful than sharpshooters. In complex terrain such as mountains, rivers, and jungles, there are a lot of bunkers for sharpshooters Tuck yourself away in a safe location to get the most out of your sharpshooter's shooting abilities.

Later, Karl told Li Wei through actual combat that what Li Wei proposed before, on the frontal battlefield, the sharpshooter is responsible for shooting and killing the enemy, and the infantry guards are responsible for using dense lines as the sharpshooter's backing tactic, which is not as reliable as planned .

This is mainly due to the rate of fire of the front-loading muskets. Even if the enemy did not send light cavalry to expel the protruding sharpshooters, they can still send a large number of light infantry to launch skirmishing bayonet charges against the sharpshooters. Sharpshooters simply don't have the time and energy to reload and kill!
Due to the small number of enemy light infantry who launched a bayonet charge, even if the guard infantry behind the formation immediately rescued them, they could retreat calmly. When the sharpshooter stepped forward again, they would rush up again, and during the pursuit, they would face the retreating infantry. The sharpshooter calmly shoots a lot of bullets from his back!

As for the idea of ​​fighting while retreating, it is too idealistic. After all, when humans are running forward and shooting, it is more convenient and flexible than turning around and shooting while retreating. Army light infantry!
If the enemy sends out a large number of light cavalry troops while the sharpshooter is shooting, it will be even more disaster for the sharpshooter.

Because the light cavalry has better maneuverability than the light infantry, they can completely avoid the line formation of the infantry guards rushing up after harvesting the sharpshooter's life, and shoot and kill the enemy's sharpshooter from the protruding position of the front line. Become a victim...

This is still in the case of a large group of infantry guards behind the sharpshooter to protect the formation!

If the sharpshooters are allowed to fight alone, as long as the terrain is not complicated by mountains, rivers and jungles, the enemy only needs a small number of light cavalry troops to slaughter the sharpshooters.

Sharpshooters often have difficulty hitting opponents when facing fast-moving light cavalry...

The effective way for sharpshooters to cooperate with the Guards Infantry can only be brought into play when the Guards Infantry is close to the enemy, because at that time most of the enemy's energy is on dealing with their own Guards Infantry and they do not dare to separate. Send out light infantry and light cavalry to chase the sharpshooters so that the sharpshooters can shoot calmly.

But by the same token, the enemy can also shoot at the approaching infantry, causing considerable damage.

This makes it impossible for the guard infantry to use their own sacrifices to cover the sharpshooter with a low rate of fire to kill the enemy accurately!
Even if they could exchange one for one, it would be a huge loss to the Black Dragon Legion. It would be better to let the infantry guards charge directly with bayonets after firing a volley, and give full play to their own tactical advantages in bayonet hand-to-hand combat.

Carl knew that Levi, who came from the 21st century, had a different preference for snipers, and this preference was passed on to the sharpshooters of this era, so Carl's tone was very tactful, and he didn't directly say that sharpshooters couldn't bear the frontal battlefield at all. .

(End of this chapter)