18th century total war

Chapter 328 Stupid Bayonet Charge
"It's time to turn all artillery around.

I didn't expect to enter the final steps so quickly. Aristotle on the opposite side seems to have guessed our tactical plan. "

"For the Greek Republic, this was a decisive battle that decided the country's life and death, and Aristotle naturally wanted to do everything he could."

"Aristotle should be content with the fact that a hundred thousand Indians buried him with his presidency."

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The British generals in the rear watched as one after another, thousands of Indian servants' battle lines were penetrated and breached. Groups of Indian servants were slaughtered and surrendered on their knees. They did not panic at all, but instead issued a series of new orders. .

None of these orders were to support the Indian servant army!
Everything was as the Greek generals feared. The Greek cavalry that charged to the last battle line had lost nearly half of their speed and were seriously short of positions. After all, the Indian servants' combat effectiveness was so high that the number of them was there.

Every time a new line of Indian servants was charged, these Greek cavalry had to endure a round of gun volleys, and then they had to face crooked, but large numbers of spears horizontally!
Therefore, losses are inevitable, not to mention physical exertion.

However, the leader of the Greek cavalry general, who has been firmly protected by his own bodyguards, is not worried about the condition of his cavalry. The Indian servant army's battle array in front of him can already be seen to the end. If they are overwhelmed, you can see the bright colors behind them. The Union Jack and the unique military flag of the King's German Regiment.

He also completed his combat mission, and the rest can be handed over to the infantry of the Greek Defense Forces behind.

The sacrifice of the Greek cavalry is meaningful. They saved Aristotle a large number of reserve troops. Without the consumption of the Indian servants, the British King's German Legion would have to face the resistance of the tens of thousands of Greek defense forces!

At that time, it is not certain who will win the deer.

The two sides seemed to be fighting one after another, but in fact the fighting time had just reached the afternoon, and both sides still had plenty of time to arrange their troops and fight!

In other words, the [-] Indian servants only lasted for half a day on the long front.

“For Greece!”

"Long live the Republic!!!"

The Greek cavalry general led the Greek cavalry under his command, urged the horses that were gasping for breath, and launched the final charge!
After a row of guns, the Greek cavalry skillfully rushed into the seemingly scary spear jungle, but in fact the resistance was not strong. After less than half an hour of fighting, the last battle line of the Indian servants was chiseled. Through dozens of gaps, the entire battle line is disintegrating!

However, at this moment, many Greek cavalrymen suddenly saw countless artillery of various calibers emerging in front of them!
At the most critical moment, all the artillery pieces were loaded with grape bullets, and the mortars were all loaded with high-yield explosive bullets!

Before the Greek cavalry completely defeated the resistance of the last Indian servant army, a round of earth-shattering artillery volleys blasted from the front and the positions of the British King's German Army on the left and right sides.

Whether it is a thinly dressed Indian servant soldier or a brave and fearless Greek cavalry, everyone is equal under the gun, reduced to a bloody corpse!

The momentum of the Greek cavalry was interrupted by this volley of artillery shells, and the Indian servant army was completely blindsided.

The artillery was fired at their backs and sides. Why were they bombarded by friendly forces when they clearly hadn't escaped yet?

The bewildered Indian servants and their charge were interrupted, and the Greek cavalry in a state of chaos fell into a brief stagnation.

The British gunners skillfully took advantage of this gap to reload quickly, and then did not wait for other artillery to fire. One artillery after another sprayed the most lethal canisters.

Sweep a large area in a fan shape!

Occasionally, scattered Greek cavalry, probably because of their enthusiasm, single-handedly rushed towards the artillery position of the King's German Regiment with their sabers brandished, and were easily killed and dismounted by the light infantry of the King's German Regiment who interacted with the artillery.

The sound of cannons continued, and Aristotle, who was holding up the binoculars behind him, looked ashen. The main force of the cavalry of the Greek Defense Forces will enter a state of reorganization on this day if there is no accident...

Aristotle could not even find the Greek cavalry general!
I don't know if it has been blasted into a sieve?

The continuous shelling finally woke up the Indian servants from their daze. They discarded the weapons in their hands and fled towards the direction of the Greek Defense Forces crying for their mothers!

The Greek cavalry, on the other hand, completely lost their organizational system. They couldn't find their generals, and they couldn't find their soldiers. Some Greek cavalry were still charging bravely, and some Greek cavalry mixed with Indian rout troops, heading towards their own battlefield. Collinear direction rout.

The only constant is the steady rhythm of British artillery fire!

The British gunners did not stop this inhumane massacre until there was no more standing man or horse within the range of the artillery shells!

Then, the exciting "Grenadier March" was played, and the soldiers of the King's German Regiment held their heads high and walked on goose steps, as if they were going to lift their noses to the sky, forming a dense wall of people, facing the impact of the defeated soldiers. The extremely chaotic Greek Defense Forces went to the front line.

At this time, Aristotle, who was in the rear, could not give orders to the Greek Defense Forces on the front line.

We can only rely on the Greek Defense Force officers on the front line to 'adapt to the situation' on their own.

At this time, a Greek colonel on the front line with a brilliant mind suddenly shouted loudly and ordered: "Everyone, kill all those Indian prisoners, we cannot fight with a group of prisoners.

For Greece, kill all aliens! "

This order instantly awakened many Greek officers. Their confusion had not been calmed down, which had a lot to do with the Indian prisoners who needed to be guarded.

Crowds of Indian prisoners of war with their arms raised high, standing or squatting, listened blankly to this incomprehensible words, and this order was shouted back and forth by many Greek soldiers and officers.

The next moment, the screams of Indian prisoners of war echoed throughout the battlefield!
Poor Indians cannot gain the right to survive even if they surrender!

The unarmed Indian prisoners of war had no time to react before they were knocked down by bayonets and bullets. Many Indian prisoners of war who were gathered together were beaten into a sieve by a series of volleys of guns!
There were even impatient Greek officers who directly mobilized the mortars that accompanied the infantry and fired explosive bombs at the pile of Indian prisoners of war!

Go down and lay down a group of Indian children...

The Greek Defense Forces soldiers behind the front line were massacring the newly captured Indian prisoners of war. The Greek Defense Forces soldiers in the front row were not idle either. They put the Greek cavalry that had fled back into their own formation, but they attacked the Indian troops who had escaped with them. A thrust.

Many Indian soldiers who were driven crazy wanted to struggle before dying, but were soon beaten to death by Greek soldiers several times their size...

Losing its organizational system and formation, and even its weapons and equipment, the Indian army was defeated and had no resistance in front of the Greek Defense Forces.

At this time, a British general who saw this scene with a binoculars in the rear grinned cruelly.

“Those Greeks also started killing Indian untouchables.

It seems that our God really hates these Indian pagans, and even our opponents are not willing to let them go, haha~"

Amidst the cheerful laughter, a more rational voice came out:

“The officers of the Greek Defense Forces are not idiots, they just don’t want too many Indian prisoners to disrupt their formation.

This is not good news for us. "

"In front of the powerful British King's German Army, the Greek army was no match at all, not to mention that they had so much strength consumed by the Indian untouchables.

I estimate that the number of Greek cavalry who fled back was less than [-]% of the number when they rushed out.

This should be the main cavalry force in the Greek Defense Forces. "

In the circle of British generals, the atmosphere is very relaxed.

It seems that everyone is sure that victory is in sight!

At the same time, the British artillery also began to move forward slowly, and the large-caliber naval guns that were difficult to maneuver on the battlefield were replaced with solid iron bullets, and they bombarded the Greek Defense Forces who were massacring Indian prisoners and organizing their formations one after another. .

Although the aim is bad, the dense infantry formation of the Greek Defense Forces is still easy to bombard.

As for the artillery of the Greek Defense Forces, they are either second-hand products eliminated in Europe, or old-fashioned cannons left by the Ottomans. The effective range is not worthy of the British artillery...

Throughout the battle, the artillery of the Greek Defense Forces was being suppressed by the British artillery.

Perhaps the harassment tactics of the British artillery had an effect, or it may be that the number of Indian prisoners of war was too large, and the British King's German Army was advancing too fast...

Of course, the biggest reason should be that this group of Greek Defense Forces has been fighting for a long time and is physically exhausted!
All in all, until the 50-meter distance of the British King's German Army, the battle line of the Greek Defense Forces still had not been sorted out. Some companies had already fired salvos, and some companies had less than half of them shooting freely!

The most terrifying thing is that the British German Legion did not stop their advance!
When the British King's German Corps advanced to a distance of 30 meters, the officers of the Greek Defense Force finally couldn't help it. They seemed to understand that their own troops, whose chaos had not been completely resolved at this time, couldn't stand a round of three salvos at all!
The close-range three-column salvo of the British Red Shirts is well-known in continental Europe!

Even before the rise of Livy, all European countries had a consensus - when the military advantage is not great, never fight with the British army in open flat areas!
No troops can stop a triple salvo at close range, no one!

Of course, after the rise of Levi, this curse was broken.

"For Greece, all attack!"

"Long live the Republic!!!"

The front-line soldiers of the Greek Defense Forces, led by their officers, held their bayonets straight and tried to break away from the ranks of the British King's German Legion while their foothold was not yet firm.

However, how could there be such an obvious and stupid loophole in the short-range three-column salvo that allowed the British lobster soldiers to colonize the world with one move?
The distance of 30 meters is really not far for an adult man, and it is almost there in a sprint.

It's a pity that no matter how fast an adult sprints, can he be faster than a bullet?

A long row of muskets was put down, followed by an earth-shattering row of gunfire!
The soldiers of the Greek Defense Forces in the front row were swept by countless buckshot storms within a distance of less than ten meters.

The soldiers of the Greek Defense Force rushed so close that thousands of them fell down without any suspense in an instant...

The British general in the rear almost laughed when he saw this scene.

"It seems that the Greeks have been ruled by the Ottoman Empire for too long. They were stupid enough to launch a bayonet charge when three columns of volleys were fired. Isn't this just putting their faces on the bullets?"

"Haha, a bunch of Greek fools who thought they could run faster than bullets. The soldiers brought out by Aristotle were nothing more than that. I really don't know how stupid the Serbs were after being defeated by Aristotle one after another. nationality."

"Generals, I think the battle is over, isn't it?

Maybe everyone should think about how to find a beautiful woman with big boobs in the Greek countryside. "

"Don't be too happy, Aristotle still has a reserve team of tens of thousands of people, even if most of those reserve teams have fought against Indian untouchables."

"No matter how much rubbish there is, it is still rubbish. If I were Aristotle, I should have decided which army should be at the rear. This would allow him to keep some chips, so that he would not be unable to return to Athens."

Amid the ridicule of a group of British generals, the Greek Defense Forces, who were hit in the face by three salvos at close range, collapsed as expected.

All the people in front fell down, not to mention the Greek Defense Forces, any European army that has not been brainwashed by Levi will have a nervous breakdown!
What's more, after the volley, before the smoke cleared, the British King's German Army charged forward with bayonets raised and shouts!

Even if there were some Greek soldiers who were so brave that they were not afraid of death, they were quickly swallowed up by the bayonet torrent like a tide.

Tens of thousands of Greek defense troops on the front line collapsed...

Several Greek soldiers who were massacring Indian prisoners of war at the back saw a large group of friendly soldiers fleeing forward with their helmets and armor removed, and immediately left the Indian prisoners of war who had not been executed in their hands and fled to the rear.

The Indian captives who were waiting to die in despair, looked at the fleeing Indian soldiers, wept with joy, embraced each other, and kept thanking the gods they believed in, without any gratitude to the British soldiers who rescued them.

But it soon proved that the actions of these Indian prisoners were correct.

When the Indian prisoners saw the British soldiers approaching, they quickly stood up and greeted them with a flattering face, and were then shot to the ground by a volley of gunfire!

The British generals had given orders that they did not need a group of resentful Indian pariahs. The historical mission of the Indian servant army had been completed, and they could send this group of infidels to hell!

(End of this chapter)