18th century total war

Chapter 172 Crowd Tactics
In Stuart's field of vision, the figures of Spanish soldiers were all over the mountains and fields, boundless, and it was impossible to 'count' the number of the opponents.

Because not only the direction he was standing in, but all the possible offensive channels around the city of Perpignan were densely packed with Spanish army soldiers, and after completing the bombardment, they launched a general attack in no particular order!

Obviously, the Spanish general who commanded this Spanish army was not a nobleman who simply relied on nepotism, but a truly capable general!
There are also many outstanding talents in the nobles of various countries in the European continent.

Although the base of the nobility is small, it cannot support the high level of education of the nobility. Everyone in the 21st century knows the truth of educating talents. Of course, the ruling class and upper class of this world are also very clear.

After the National Salvation Committee in Paris took office, the first thing to do was to deprive the education power controlled by religion!

To put it bluntly, since the Middle Ages in Europe, believers of God have been everywhere in Europe, and there are many devout believers and even fanatics. The main reason is that the church has almost monopolized the educational power of the entire European continent. Except for noble families who can afford private tutors, other People can only choose church schools.

If it hadn’t been for the later Renaissance and the Protestant Revolution, which broke this tradition, the secular power in Europe would still not be able to get out of the shadow of the church’s dominance, and the spiritual world of European whites would be controlled by the church’s exclusive educational power.

The decline of the church came from internal divisions, and the secular monarchs just took advantage of this opportunity.

Some "advanced" priests were dissatisfied with the control of the Pope of Rome. Under the guidance of Luther's pioneers, they started the Protestant movement. At that time, many European feudal lords also cooperated with Protestantism at the right time, because they discovered It is far easier to control than Catholicism, and Protestant priests do not have the desire to manipulate and power to step on the heads of European monarchs and nobles!
As a result, the strength of the church has been weakened year by year...

In the 18th century, the church degenerated from an era when it could control everything to an era when it needs to cooperate with the monarchs of the European powers.

Among them, the establishment of the Anti-French Alliance was driven by the Church of Rome.

A total of more than 5 Spanish troops can not only attack Perpignan from all directions at the same time, forcing the defenders of the Black Dragon Legion, which is understrength, to abandon the outer defense line and retreat into the city to hold their ground. Two, three... Wait, there are multiple reserve echelons, ready to go into battle anytime, anywhere.

The commander-in-chief of the Spanish Army has a very clear and simple idea of ​​tactics, which is to drown the defenders of the Black Dragon Legion with the crowd tactics!
This is a very useful tactic in the era of queuing and shooting!
The power of muskets and artillery is destined to be unable to stop the attack of the tide of the crowd, and in the bayonet battle, even if there is a big difference in the quality of individual combat between the two sides, more people can make up for the disadvantage.

You can hit three with one, and try ten with the other?
This is not a simple mathematical addition and subtraction. After all, in a bayonet battle, an oversight or mistake may lead to oneself being stabbed to death.

What's more, no matter how bad the soldiers on the battlefield are, they are much stronger than the street gangsters.

"Alik, you said we are fine, why are we fighting against the rumored ferocious Black Dragon Legion?"

"What black dragon army, that's called Li Wei's rebels!

Naturally, we fight because of the king's order. Who calls us soldiers? "

"Our king only knows how to give orders, and the military pay has never been paid enough. People in my hometown expect me to send back some military pay to buy more food for my younger brothers and sisters. As a result, I don't have enough military pay to eat, so I am embarrassed to give it to my family. reply……

Alik, I heard that the Black Dragon Legion is best at fighting more with less and is invincible. Can we go home alive this time? "

After hearing this, the soldier named Alik was silent for a while and said: "Dawn, we are lucky this time, the company we are in is assigned to the second attack echelon, so many people in front are attacking, maybe they have finished the battle Nothing to do with us.

This time, the Li Wei rebels we surrounded only had more than 1000 people. If we fight one out of 50, we should be able to win.

If we can win, we can survive! "

"However, many people say that we don't actually need to fight against Li Wei's rebels. Our enemy is the Jacobin of France, and Li Wei's enemy is also the Jacobin of France. An idea from His Majesty the King.

Alas, the Revolutionary Army for National Salvation under the command of Jacobin in France beat our vanguard to disgrace, but this time we have to face the Li Wei rebels who are stronger than Jacobin’s Revolutionary Army for National Salvation. My suicide note Already hired someone to write it.

Alik, if I am killed in battle, please help me to give the suicide note to my parents. I thought that after joining the army, my parents and younger brothers and sisters would be able to have enough food. Only after I became a soldier did I know what the king said about the military pay It's all shortfall distribution, it's too black-hearted!
I wanted to go home and farm, but those officers not only disagreed, they even made me whip me..."

Perhaps feeling the approach of death, Dorn talked extra much today.

"Whispering is forbidden before the battle. Keep your mouth shut. Anyone who wants to make a sound will be dealt with by military law!"

Alik saw a second lieutenant approaching and shouting, and hurriedly closed his mouth. At the same time, he tugged on the corner of Dorn's clothes, imitating the way he did in military training, standing with his head held high and his flintlock gun on his shoulder.

They are the second echelon and must be ready to step onto the battlefield at any time, so they cannot sit down and rest like the reserve team behind them.

However, at this moment, the Black Dragon Legion defenders, who had never fired any artillery, hiding in the buildings in Perpignan, suddenly fired a large number of explosive shells at the advancing Spanish line phalanx!

Because the defenders in Perpignan were not prepared to face high-intensity warfare, they were not equipped with a single field artillery, only some old-fashioned mortars equipped with each battalion-level regiment.

The cost of this kind of mortar is lower than that of the field guns of this era. Although the range is short, all the bullets fired are explosive, and the lethality is good, so Li Wei equips every battalion-level unit with this cheap mortar. gun.

Not only Li Wei, most of the armies of European countries are equipped with mortars, which are living targets in artillery battles and are only used in infantry duels.

Of course, if you are attacking a diamond-shaped fortress that is no longer common, the mortar can also rely on curved shots to become a weapon to kill the enemy!
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