18th century total war

Chapter 68

"Ready to attack!
The first person to cross the enemy's line of defense will receive an extra reward of 100 francs!

If you capture the enemy's outer defense line, all participating officers and soldiers will be rewarded an additional 50 francs each! "

In the midst of the rumbling artillery preparations, the Provincial Allied Forces, which had already stepped into the forward position, and the three battalions in charge of the first attack wave, listened to the preaching officer shouting the reward at the top of his voice.

This time, the parliamentarians and capitalists above the Provincial Coalition Army really became cruel.

You must know that the current franc has not depreciated significantly, and the monetary system under the gold standard is still very strong!

Therefore, one franc in this period is approximately equal to about 60 to 70 yuan of the currency of the motherland of the world in Li Wei's previous life!
After the Provincial Allied Forces streamlined their ranks and merged the small number of people, each battalion-level team was full or even overstaffed. The first wave of offensive echelons composed of three battalions had nearly 2000 people.

If you really win the outer line of defense, it will cost tens of thousands of francs to go out...

Currency in this era is still very valuable, and those with assets of tens of thousands of francs can definitely be called the rich class.

In Paris, the capital of the Kingdom of France today, the average annual salary of civil servants is less than fifteen hundred francs...

The monthly salary of landless peasants is only about 3 francs!

It is conceivable that the amount of reward offered this time will be very attractive to those muddy legs below.

Originally, the morale was mediocre, and many people even felt frustrated. The soldiers who were ranked in the first attack wave immediately turned red when they heard the amount of reward.

Regardless of the purpose of joining the army to fight, money is what these people desire most.

none of them!

They all knew that the so-called outer line of defense was the circle of chest fortifications visible to the naked eye.

Step over and hold the fortification, and everyone will get the money.

After all, in today's Kingdom of France, civil servants are truly prestigious positions. The income of ordinary workers and citizens is not worthy of giving civil servants their shoes...

This is completely different from the 21st century in Li Wei's previous life.

Who said that this era is still dominated by agricultural production?
Becoming a civil servant can be said to be the highest dream of most civilian families in this era.

Amidst the rumble of cannons, the offensive echelon smoothly entered the position 200 meters away from the chest defense line.

Subsequently, in order to prevent accidental damage, the artillery of the provincial coalition forces behind them stopped firing. However, behind the infantry brigade, mortars carried away by several people were following. They would provide firepower when their own infantry brigade attacked. Covering fire at close range.

This kind of mortar is the real siege weapon in this era. It shoots a parabola curvedly. After calculation of mathematical geometry, it can shoot shells into the bastion from the trench outside without worrying about the artillery bombardment on the bastion!

The withdrawal of bastions from the war system is inextricably linked to the development of mortars and mathematics.

Knowledge is the power to change the world!

Mathematics, physics and chemistry are the ladders for a country to reach its peak.

After the artillery of the Provincial Allied Forces was turned off, the guard infantry hiding in the anti-gun hole quickly moved behind the chest line of defense, and poked out their heads at the same time as the guard infantry hiding behind the chest rampart.

And a sharpshooter, in their respective shooting positions, fired at the enemy infantry within a distance of 200 meters.

A dense infantry phalanx is like a living target in the eyes of sharpshooters. Basically, not a single bullet is wasted. Someone will fall when the gun is fired!

If these sharpshooters did not use complex and laborious front-loading rifles, but replaced them with semi-automatic rifles later, the provincial coalition forces of these three battalions would not be able to reach the chest line of defense at all!

The marksmanship of these sharpshooters has reached the level of snipers of later generations, and they are still very experienced snipers. Within the effective range of muzzle-loading guns, they can completely achieve a hit rate of more than [-]%.

During the advance, the infantry of the provincial coalition army in the first attack wave kept falling. If it was normal, these infantry from the motley army had already begun to panic at this time, and it was not impossible for them to even disperse.

But now, having been stimulated by money, they continued to march forward bravely against the bullets, and when they were about to step into the range of [-] meters, they suddenly accelerated their pace.

After they entered within a distance of [-] meters, they did not stop to shoot, because the guard infantry behind the chest rampart had not fired yet, and they were all hiding behind the chest rampart, with only a few officers in charge of observation showing their heads.

After the enemy brigade entered a distance of 50 meters, the infantry guards leaned out amidst the roar of the officer, and pulled the trigger at the infantry of the first attack wave of the provincial coalition forces that swarmed in.

A sheet of white smoke drifted across, and the front row of the infantry of the first attack wave, who had stepped forward, immediately fell down more than half of them!
The infantrymen of the Provincial Allied Forces, who were so excited by the money, came to their senses in an instant, and raised their guns in a panic to fight back.

Soon, these provincial coalition infantry found that the enemy on the opposite side shot and reloaded far faster than them. They shot one bullet on average, and the enemy on the opposite side could fire two bullets!

Obviously under the same cross-section, the attacking provincial coalition infantry faced far fewer enemies than their own, but they were suppressed by firepower...

The Black Dragon Legion in Rennes didn't even use their artillery!
Just by shooting at each other, the infantry of the three battalions of the provincial coalition army could not move forward to cross the network of life and death.

A guard infantry with peak reloading ability can shoot four to five rounds per minute on average, and if they play well, they can occasionally reach a hand speed of six rounds per minute!
You must know that during the training of the Prussian army under Frederick the Great, the best result of the line infantry using the musket was only 5 rounds per minute.

This is the result on the training ground, not on the battlefield!
No matter how good the psychological quality is, it is impossible to show the results on the training ground on the battlefield.

The average rate of fire that veterans of this era use muskets to shoot on the battlefield is about three rounds per minute.

The premise is that the veteran will not appear physically uncoordinated due to fear.

If you make a mistake when loading, let alone three rounds per minute, you won't be able to fire one round per minute...

In the era of queuing and shooting, after every battle, you can find all kinds of muskets with damaged chambers on the battlefield, as well as the unlucky ones who 'suicide' because of the explosion...

When people are extremely afraid, they tend to make many low-level and childish mistakes.

In the era of queuing up and shooting, standing upright for the enemy to shoot while loading bullets is really a test for the fragile hearts of human beings...

However, the infantrymen are not afraid of death, so their level of performance is exactly the same as that on the training ground. Even if the most elite rapid-fire veterans from Prussia come over, the firepower of the same number of infantrymen will not be able to suppress the infantrymen, let alone This mob army?
(End of this chapter)