18th century total war

Chapter 211 The Great War Begins (addition for 400 monthly tickets)

"Citizens of France!

Follow me and move forward! ! ! "

The company captain of the Revolutionary Army for National Salvation, who had been fully inspired by the preachers in the army, took the lead, and personally held the red, white and blue tricolor flags and led the troops to charge forward!
Officers raised flags, which was very rare and even unreasonable in the original French army.

However, the French revolutionary government regarded the deeds of Arnaud, the commander of the Legion of Marseilles, which was destroyed before, as a heroic legend. habit.

And regard it as a very important honor to carry the flag and charge!

Up to now, under the guidance of the deepening revolutionary ideas of the preachers, if the grassroots officers on the front line do not carry the flag and lead the charge, it will be regarded as a sign of cowardice!

Although it will not be regarded as a violation of military discipline, the personal prestige among the soldiers under his command and even the prospects for future promotion will be greatly reduced.

In addition, the grassroots officers of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army are all from civilian backgrounds, and many of them even grew up hungry...

Such a troublemaker... oh no, such a great civilian officer of proletarian background, naturally he will not be afraid of death, and personally charge the front line with the military flag on his shoulders!
The strength of the two companies is not too much, but for this small village ahead, it is already a lot. After all, the total number of villagers in this village before is about these people...

Villages are also divided into sizes, and it is not difficult to gather thousands of people in a prosperous village.

But it is not easy for a small village with a population of one or two hundred...

As a matter of course, the villagers of this village left long before the start of the war, and now the village is full of defenders of the Black Dragon Legion, and the strength is an undersized company!
Yes, Wilkets was responsible for the combat mission of attacking this small village. He used a full battalion of troops to attack a company that was not fully formed by the Black Dragon Legion...

As far as this combat mission is concerned, it was considered a difficult task by Wilkers' superiors, and he did not despise him in the slightest because of the small number of defenders!
Today's National Salvation Revolutionary Army, if it does not have several times its strength, no matter how high its morale is, it would not dare to attack the Black Dragon Army, because that is not bravery, but death!

"Kill it!!!"

The brand-new red, white and blue tricolor flag fluttering in the wind rushed to the intersection of the village without hindrance. Relying on the irregular chest defense line established by the village buildings, their stormtroopers did not suffer the slightest blow before approaching 50 meters. No enemy was found on the wall of the defense line or even on the roof of the building...

The soldiers of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army who were attacking did not line up in a tight phalanx at all. They just held bayonets and followed their own red, white and blue tricolor flags. Pass the not-so-high chest line.

However, when the two companies of National Salvation Revolutionary Army soldiers crossed a distance of 50 meters, more than a dozen tall figures suddenly stood up behind the wall, as well as some Guards infantry, emerging from the top of the village buildings. Half of his body came up, and he raised his gun and pointed it at the crowd below.

There are only 30 to [-] infantrymen protruding out of their bodies. After all, troops are needed to defend in other directions.

Even the Black Dragon Legion of this company left a small reserve team in the center of the village to put out the fire.

bang bang bang...

The dense white smoke that emerged from the incomplete combustion of the black powder immediately enveloped the chest defense line in front of the village, and the soldiers of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army who were charging fell down like cutting wheat!

The shooting hit rate of the Guards Infantry is as high as [-]%!
However, as a force that can fight fiercely with the Black Dragon Legion, the National Salvation Revolutionary Army will naturally not retreat because of these casualties, and even the pace of the charge does not stop at all!
After firing a round of guns, the Black Dragon Legion did not reload the bullets on the spot. They knew that doing so would not be able to defend against the enemies who were already close at hand.

Large, crackling grenades fell from the sky and fell into the crowd of soldiers of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army who were charging.

Boom boom boom...

The denser white smoke and more tragic casualties finally stopped the frontal offensive of Wilkets' battalion!
However, after the remaining soldiers of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army came to their senses, they still set up the small wooden ladder on the wall of the breastwork without fear of death!
At the same time, gunshots and shouts of killing also sounded from the left and right sides of the village, but it was not as intense as the front.

Afterwards, the infantry guards of the Black Dragon Legion saw Wilkers in the rear and pushed all the remaining reserves up!

Although Wilkers has never fought against the Black Dragon Legion, he has heard the words and deeds of other officers for a long time, and knows that the most important thing in fighting the Black Dragon Legion is to invest the most troops in one go, and completely wipe out the Black Dragon Legion with absolute superiority. Don't expect the Black Dragon Legion to be defeated!
Once the soldiers of the Black Dragon Legion are given a chance to breathe, they are like fighting machines that will not get tired, and continue to resist the next wave of attacking troops with intact combat power.

Why was Gaskol, who died in battle, able to wipe out the National Salvation Revolutionary Army several times his own with such a small force?
It is because the National Salvation Revolutionary Army used the traditional fighting method and adopted the method of attacking in waves, sending waves upwards, and it turned into a refueling tactic!
The Black Dragon Legion, which will not let up in the slightest in spirit and will, likes to face the enemy's tactic most is the refueling tactic.

Therefore, without waiting for the attacking company to retreat, Wilkers himself rushed up with all the reserves.

In the National Salvation Revolutionary Army, not to mention Wilkertes, who is the battalion commander, even the regiment leader needs to lead the charge when necessary under the strict orders of the National Salvation Committee of the French Revolutionary Government, which is going crazy now!

The National Salvation Committee even encouraged division commanders to take the lead in charging to boost morale when all reserves were exhausted!

It is this kind of fighting method that allows officers to lead by example, which ensures that the Revolutionary Army for National Salvation can still maintain a good combat effectiveness despite the lack of training time.

The infantry guards, who were using their bayonets to pick off the National Salvation Revolutionary Army soldiers who were climbing the ladder one by one, saw more enemies coming up from behind, and when the bullets came raining down, they all shot at each other with the sound of a whistle behind them. Withdraw back.

The soldiers of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army, who were trying to find a way to cross the chest defense line, quickly recovered their morale after seeing this scene, and quickly crossed the low chest defense line under Wilkers' slogan!
After the first batch of National Salvation Revolutionary Army soldiers landed, the first thing that caught their eyes was a long row of neatly arranged muzzles!
(End of this chapter)