18th century total war

Chapter 40 The First Shot

"Hello, Major, I'm Rolf, the Major's adjutant of the Bavarian Corps..."

Before Rolf could finish introducing himself, Bolcha suddenly interrupted: "Let Lesarite take his team back to the original place and continue to advance, otherwise I will include the Bavarian Corps among the ranks of the enemy!
If you want to betray the great Baron Levi, you must be prepared to die! "

Rolf opened his mouth slightly, and stared at Bolza in a daze.

He was very curious, how the other party associated a mere baron with the word 'great'!

When I came into contact with them before, I didn’t find that these people were mentally abnormal.

Could it be because after the falling out, the other party revealed his true nature?
No wonder I think the loyalty of the Black Dragon Legion to Li Wei is weird. It turns out that this group of people are lunatics similar to church fanatics!
How did Levi do it?
witchcraft?

The priest's blessing?
Or some kind of secret experiment?

At this moment, Rolf thought a lot, but only one word came out: "Okay."

Seeing Bolcha's serious face still staring at him, Rolf quickly added: "Please rest assured, my lord, I will pass on the original words to Lesarit, and promise to let him know his way back and not talk to your ministry." conflict.

After all, we are our own people. "

Bolcha nodded slightly, letting the guards let Rolf go.

When Rolf returned to Lessalit, he immediately reported with an unlucky face: "Sir, that Bolcha is a lunatic. He actually asked us to disarm and surrender to him, and then escorted us to see Li. dimension!
My lord, I suspect that Bolcha has already sent someone to contact Li Wei's main force. We are running out of time, so hurry up and attack Bolza, and then leave.

Borcha is not going to give us a way to survive, and we have to let him die badly! "

Lesarit looked at Rolf: "Bolcha really wants to disarm us?"

Rolf was a little guilty, but his face remained unchanged. Anyway, he was sure that Lesarite's temper would not allow him to send someone to contact him. What's more, with his identity, Lesarite would not dare to kill himself!
"Bolcha admired Levi extra, and our behavior completely angered him."

Rolf replied firmly.

"Forget it, it's been torn apart anyway, as long as Bolcha is not a fool, he will definitely send someone to notify Li Wei's main force.

Our time is running out.

Ready to attack! "

Lesarite didn't bother to talk to a villain like Rolf, so he turned around and gave a series of orders to the officers around him.

Soon, the drums of military music sounded, and the second lieutenant of the Bavarian Corps walked in front of the company phalanx under his command, holding a saber, leading the soldiers behind him to step on the drums.

After Bohr checked it, he was not surprised at all, and seemed to be sure that Lesarit would not be able to submit.

The drums of military music under Bolcha's command then sounded, and the drums of the two are different.

The military music of the Bavarian Legion is the military song of the Principality of Bavaria, while the military music of the Black Dragon Legion is just an ordinary rhythmic drumbeat.

This kind of drum beat is not really a tune, but it is enough rhythm to keep the soldiers moving forward.

The reason why the army of a big country chooses a certain tune as the drumbeat of military music is mainly to enhance the cohesion and patriotic enthusiasm of the army, not to say that adding music will make the sense of rhythm stronger.

The Black Dragon Legion does not need military music to enhance cohesion, and naturally uses the simplest rhythm and drums.

The officers of the Black Dragon Legion all know that their best tactics are three volleys and bayonet charges.

Other tactics are relatively unfamiliar to them. If they fire alternately, the basic line infantry with weak formation ability will easily get confused. If they form a formation and shoot at each other, the loading efficiency of the basic line infantry is not high, even by the standards of the regular army. can't reach it.

Even if it is bayonet fighting, the ability of the basic line infantry is similar to that of the militia.

Can't fight with guns, can't play in formation, can't fight with bayonets, and the basic line infantry with nothing but morale can only use three salvos at close range!
There is no need to test the efficiency of loading when firing the first shot, and there is no need to consider the bayonet combat ability of individual soldiers when charging together.

The combat effect of three salvos has been confirmed by the British, and the only thing needed is courage.

Of course, in the army of this era, queues, proficient use of muskets, bayonet fighting, etc. can be continuously improved through training and war experience. Only courage is more metaphysical.

After all, human beings are creatures who are greedy for life and afraid of death!
Lesarite has never seen the Black Dragon Army fighting, but Lesarite has seen the training scene of the Black Dragon Army, and thinks that the Black Dragon Army is just a quasi-regular army that is slightly stronger than the militia.

If the Black Dragon Legion hadn't won the Battle of Vannes, Lesarit would never have looked at the Black Dragon Legion directly.

This is the pride of a veteran colonel.

At this moment, Lesarit saw that Borcha's troops were walking towards his own, facing each other, and he couldn't help showing a look of surprise in his eyes.

"The courage of the Black Dragon Legion is admirable. They fight more with less, and the formation of the soldiers is not chaotic at all."

Resalit held a monocular and looked at the soldiers under Borcha's command with their heads held high and their chests high, and their faces were proud, and he thought to himself.

Rolf did not take part in the battle, his status was high enough to enjoy a safe position beside Lesarit.

And Lesarite didn't want to deliberately kill the 'contact person' of the Grand Duke of Bavaria.

The distance between the two sides was not far to begin with, and soon shortened to a hundred meters, which was already the standard distance for musket shooting during this period.

General troops stop at this distance and raise their guns to shoot.

Only elite troops will shoot at a distance of 50 meters. Those who can do this are veteran troops from various countries who have been training for at least several years.

Although the musketeers in the queuing-to-shoot era are easy to train and can be put on the battlefield in three months, it also takes a long time to train and consolidate to become an elite. It often takes several years to train a troop that can advance under artillery fire. Elite troops.

Those who have been trained for three months can only be regarded as cannon fodder...

Entering a distance of [-] meters, the Bavarian regiment did not stop, and the Porcha team also did not stop.

The record of the British guy is vivid. Everyone knows that the closer the first shot is to the enemy's target, the better the effect. collapsed!

Bolcha has only one order for the officers under his command—keep walking until he can see the eyes of the soldiers in the front row of the enemy, and then stop and shoot!
The troops of 1000 people were all spread out evenly, forming a row of three rows of horizontal formations, without any depth at all!

The first shot is either life or death!

(End of this chapter)