18th century total war

Chapter 69 Levi's Danger

"This firepower... Li Wei's rebels really only trained for a few months?

The skilled reloading techniques of those rebel soldiers would have been impossible without a few years or even more than ten years of immersion! "

A general who accompanied Wallace, the "sightseeing group commander" at the rear, held up his binoculars dumbfounded, and clearly saw that the infantry guards displayed a reloading speed far exceeding that of ordinary soldiers.

Although this general is standing here because of his background, he at least knows the military. Compared with the laymen who are watching the excitement and marveling at the powerful combat power of Li Wei's rebels, this general has no idea why. The general understands better what it means for Li Wei's rebel soldiers to do this!
It can be said that in the field encounter, if the soldiers of Li Wei's rebels faced the most elite regular army of the Kingdom of France with the same strength, if they fired at each other, the result would be that the regular army of the Kingdom of France would be defeated!

Although the rate of fire is not the only criterion for measuring the combat power of the army in the era of queuing and shooting, it is definitely one of the most important factors after morale!

Why do Russian old men like to play 300-meter bayonet charge?

Isn’t it because the quality of the muskets produced by Lao Maozi is so poor that shooting against each other is like being a living target for others...

Don't think that the 300-meter bayonet charge sounds very brave and manly. The troops who do this on the battlefield will first face a large number of enemy firepower. Even if they win, the casualties will not be small!

It's like the British lobster soldiers' three salvos at close range, and they have repeatedly created victories in field encounters, but the British Army doesn't like this kind of victory for a reason.

The victory under this tactic is often based on the premise of a large number of grassroots soldiers being reduced.

In the era of queuing and shooting, it is not impossible for the victorious side to lose as much as 50.00% of their personnel. There have even been strange situations where the victorious side lost as many troops as the defeated side...

Of course, this refers to the dead, and if the captives are counted, the defeated party will lose more.

As we all know, the British like to forcibly conscript local hooligans into the battlefield. One of the reasons is that the close-range salvo tactics of the British lobster soldiers seriously damaged the soldiers, which caused the British civilians to resist joining the army. Forcing the British government had to catch those social 'idle people' into the army.

Anyway, when a scumbag dies, everyone will take it for granted, and the stick education can be ruthless during training.

However, doing so also caused sequelae to the British lobster soldiers, making the combat effectiveness of the British army erratic.

Sometimes the British army is invincible by relying on three salvos at close range, and sometimes its morale is so low that even the Indian Asan rebels can't beat it...

Previously, the Black Dragon Legion used three salvos at close range to achieve victory. No one was surprised. The only requirement for this tactic was morale, and it did not have high requirements for other aspects.

Moreover, this tactic will often cause additional battle damage to one's own side. Just look at the proportion of soldiers killed in each battle of the Black Dragon Legion.

If the Black Dragon Legion has been relying on the tricks of the British lobster soldiers to fight, it will be exhausted sooner or later.

Losing one-third or even nearly half of the troops in one battle, even if they replenish quickly, they can't stand the toss!
However, the individual quality of the rebel soldiers under Li Wei's command is now jaw-droppingly increasing, which is very dangerous!
Obviously, the officers and soldiers of the first attack wave on the front line also found that they had a serious shortage of firepower for counter-targeting.

So, the surviving officers began to blow the offensive whistle, and under the support of the Franc offensive, the motley soldiers of the three battalions burst out with enthusiasm that they had never imagined before, and charged up with bayonets, howling, and then Against the pouring firepower of the opponent, they began to fill in the trenches...

During the process of filling the trench, soldiers were constantly shot and fell down, and their bodies were not wasted by their companions, and they were thrown into the trench together for cushioning!

Under such a bloody trench-filling tactic, wide and deep trenches were filled in at a speed visible to the naked eye, with sections of wide 'dirt roads' that could supply a whole battalion of infantry to step on.

Then, the soldiers of this first attack wave collapsed...

The casualties were too great, even with the spiritual support stimulated by francs, the surviving soldiers looked back, good guy, their number was reduced by more than half, what a fart!
Regarding the failure of this offensive, Wallace and his party, who are military laymen, were not too surprised, let alone horrified. Only the general who knew soldiers was pale.

Wallace, who had been supervising everyone, quickly noticed the general's abnormal expression after putting down his monocular, and said curiously:
"what have you found?"

Wallace's biggest character advantage is that he never pretends to understand. If something he doesn't understand is important enough, he will not hesitate to ask about it. Even when facing his subordinates, he also behaves like a curious person. Enthusiastic student.

This makes Wallace's questioners generally not too difficult for Wallace's questions, and are willing to answer them sincerely.

As for those who are hostile to Wallace, Wallace will naturally not ask questions.

The general who was questioned by Wallace did not dare to offend the district speaker. The other party is now his immediate boss, both in name and in real power!
After the Paris Revolution, the Constitutional Convention clearly took the government to lead the army as its basic political program, and the original privileges of aristocratic officers and generals in the army were almost reduced.

Naturally, the parliament, the symbol of the highest power of the local government, can appoint and remove senior officials of the local army.

And now because of the incident of Li Wei's rebellion, the Paris government has granted Wallace temporary powers. Wallace can even find a reason to dismiss any senior officers and generals in the current army!

Of course, doing so is very easy to offend people, and Wallace will not be stupid enough to use this right casually.

"Your Excellency, the soldiers of Li Wei's rebel army showed far faster reloading speed than ordinary soldiers when they fired at each other. Even the most elite soldiers in our Kingdom of France can only reload at this speed."

The general didn't dare to say directly that the soldiers of Li Wei's rebel army can reload at a speed that can crush all the regular troops in the Kingdom of France!
After all, the regular army of the Kingdom of France does not have too high requirements for shooting training, and it is not as perverted as the Kingdom of Prussia!
Of course, what this general is talking about is the average level. If a few soldiers with special talents are drawn from the army alone, it is not difficult to reach the level of infantry guards in loading speed.

However, wars are not fought by a few soldiers!
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