18th century total war

Chapter 173
Stuart's original mortar equipment, together with a few old-fashioned artillery found in the city of Perpignan, began to bombard the Spanish offensive echelon that had approached within a hundred meters.

The location where Stewart is located is the main gate of Perpignan, which is an area with flat roads and a wide view. The Spanish Army has invested the most troops here, and it is also the main direction of attack.

In fact, in the face of the attack of a full 5 troops, even if the defenders of the Black Dragon Legion with more than a thousand people retreated into the city, their strength was seriously insufficient. .

That's right, in the eyes of outsiders, Stuart naturally didn't have any extra thoughts about this battle that was sure to lose. He and his troops didn't evacuate, not because Stuart was so arrogant that he wanted to use more than a thousand people to defeat 5 people!

The reason for not evacuating was simply because Stewart and the officers and soldiers of the Black Dragon Legion under his command did not receive orders from their superiors.

These officers and soldiers of the Black Dragon Legion are extremely loyal. Their superiors did not order a retreat, so they planned to die here!

There is no reason, even if Stewart had already guessed, the superior's retreat order was not communicated, probably because the communication route was cut off by the Spanish Army in advance.

Stuart clearly knew that this was a battle that must be lost, so of course he no longer expected to win. All his combat arrangements were focused on how to kill more enemies at a lower cost.

Whether the city has fallen, Stuart is as sure as the commander of the Spanish army on the opposite side, the city of Perpignan cannot be defended!

This is also the reason why the commander of the Spanish army on the opposite side is puzzled. The situation is such an obvious offensive and defensive battle. Why do the Li Wei rebels in the city insist on defending?

Do you really regard the Spanish Army as a militia?

The Spanish army commander felt nothing but humiliation!
Therefore, as soon as the war started, they went all out to put on the main force. There were too many main forces to attack the battlefield of Perpignan at one time, so they were divided into several offensive echelons and reserve teams, rushing up wave after wave!

With such a punching method, even if you don't use a bayonet to shoot, you can kill all the Li Wei rebels in the city.

Unless all the citizens of Perpignan City have lost their minds and insisted on obeying the command of Li Wei's rebels, they desperately fought against the attacking Spanish army.

Of course, the citizens of Perpignan would not be so stupid. If the French Jacobin Revolutionary Army for National Salvation was stationed here, there might still be a little bit of possibility to encourage the citizens to arm themselves and participate in the defense of the city.

Today's citizens of Perpignan City, if they don't add chaos to the defenders of the Black Dragon Legion, it is already the Black Dragon Legion's reputation that is notorious.

The Black Dragon Legion has fought all the way, and it is not without records of massacres that have been circulated among the French folks. After the cities that resisted to the end are breached by the Black Dragon Legion, [-] to [-]% of the people will be killed and sent to labor centers!

Then the Black Dragon Legion moved people from the surrounding villages to the empty cities to restore the city's productivity.

Because of this, wherever the Black Dragon Legion goes, as long as there are not enough defenders in the city, they will choose to surrender very sincerely.

In the face of the butcher's knife, the revolutionary righteousness is not very easy to use.

Naturally, before the start of the war, Stuart sent someone to inform the French citizens in Perpignan that anyone who dared to make trouble in the city should be buried with the Black Dragon Legion!

Under the bayonets of the Black Dragon Legion, the citizens of Perpignan were as well-behaved as quails.

Even many citizens were driven by the soldiers of the Black Dragon Legion as a labor force to help build barricade defense lines and deliver supplies.

The mortar positions fired in the city of Perpignan were relatively hidden, and the bullets fired at tricky angles were all sent into the dense crowd of the Spanish army brigade. The speed of the offensive line phalanx suddenly became slow or even stagnated.

Even though many Spanish Army officers took the lead and shouted at the top of their lungs, the Spanish Army's advance speed still could not be increased.

This scene naturally fell into Stuart's eyes.

"These Spanish soldiers are not a bit worse than the National Salvation Revolutionary Army trained by Jacobin.

It's only been a few rounds of shelling, and the entire attacking queue is showing such chaos.

It's a pity, if I have several times more troops at this time, I can launch a counter charge to repel this wave of offensive.

Alas, the Spaniard's attack was really sudden this time, otherwise I wouldn't have to fight alone here. "

Stuart sighed in his heart, resisting the desire to lead people out.

More than a thousand people are distributed in various defensive points in Perpignan City. Even if Stuart has concentrated the so-called superior force here, there are only a few hundred people.

If he rushes out at this time and each of the Spanish troops on the opposite side fires a shot, Stewart's concentrated force will be almost exhausted.

The absolutely inferior force made it impossible for Stuart to step out of the city and enter the open battlefield!

The explosive bombs of this era are filled with black powder, and the charge is not too large, the airtightness is average, and the power of the explosion is not satisfactory. The chaos of the first wave of the Spanish Army's offensive echelon is not the mortar of the Black Dragon Army The power is too great, but their morale is unstable!
After all, these Spanish soldiers knew that they were fighting against the famous Black Dragon Legion in the French Civil War!
This Black Dragon Legion is crushing the Jacobin National Salvation Revolutionary Army, which is far more numerous than them!
And Jacobin's Revolutionary Army for National Salvation, not long ago, beat their vanguard. With this simple comparison, can the Spanish soldiers not be discouraged?

Of course, if the Spanish royal family paid enough for the army, the Spanish army soldiers would still dare to fight.

The soldiers at the bottom of this era don't have so many complicated thoughts. If you give enough money, I will fight for you with my life. It's only right and proper!

You can't blame others if you die on the battlefield, you can only count yourself as bad luck.

But the money wasn't enough, and he let himself fight to the death with an enemy whose combat power was over the top, which was a bit...

Fortunately, the front-line officers of the Spanish Army are all of noble origin. These people have a more sense of honor than soldiers, and they have not been deducted from their salaries (because they can also share the deducted military salaries of the soldiers), and they still dare to fight.

The aristocratization of Spanish army officers is even more serious than that of the former French kingdom, and civilian officers have almost no chance to stand out.

With the efforts of these Spanish noble officers, the large force finally launched a bayonet charge forward.

Because the Spanish noble officers found that it was really embarrassing for these soldiers with low morale to walk 'goose' against the enemy's artillery fire and bullets.

Anyway, there are few enemy soldiers, so go straight up with a wave of bayonets!

(End of this chapter)