18th century total war

Chapter 96 Support
The defenders, who were already under the pressure of the muskets, were bombarded round after round by the explosive shells of the mortars, and even their weak resistance disappeared.

At this time, another wave of infantrymen came out from behind and began to fill in those dangerous trenches.

These infantrymen were different from those in charge of suppressing firepower. None of them carried muskets.

Without the interference of weapons, these infantrymen began to fill the trenches with agility. In fact, at this time, the defenders behind the chest fortification line of defense had lost their restraint. Even grassroots officers were thinking about saving their lives. No matter how expensive the revolution The slogan became meaningless in the environment of the miserable corpses around and the screams of the half-dead and seriously wounded.

The reason why Captain Wright's faith in God was seriously shaken was because the scene of Shura was too horrifying. If God really loves the world, why would he make such a terrible scene in the world?

At this moment, human beings are being killed on the battlefield in various ways like livestock. They have no other choice but to scream in fear and cry for help in extreme pain.

Captain Wright, who was patrolling the retreat, suddenly straightened his body and stared straight ahead, with a calm face and a calm commanding appearance.

And not far behind him, the reinforcements of the brigade, holding their own battalion flag, and under the leadership of the officer, ran towards here for support.

What is military superiority?

Even if one company is disabled, the second company will immediately go up, and one battalion is destroyed, and two or three battalions just come to support them!

The arrival of reinforcements made Captain Wright heave a sigh of relief. He knew that he could finally bring the 'remnants' back to the rear to rest.

The calm and calm version of Captain Wright quickly completed the handover with a major who led troops to support him. Apart from a little sweat on his face, he couldn't find any faults.

It was a major who came, and it was obvious that Captain Wright's company was in charge of the defense area, and reinforcements came directly to a battalion!

This is the big boss commanders in the rear. They noticed the key attack area of ​​Li Wei's rebels, so they sent a large number of reinforcements.

There is no need to deploy troops from the rear line of defense. There are already many mobile reserves behind the first line of defense.

Compared with Li Wei who defended Rennes at the beginning, I don't know how many times richer he is!
The infantry guards, who had just filled in several wide attack routes in the trench, suddenly saw the defenders hiding behind the chest fortifications, and began to drill out continuously to escape to the rear.

The normal retreat fell here, and of course it turned into a rout.

If it weren't for the excellent marksmanship of the military law team set up by Senavi, these people would have collapsed long ago.

However, the infantry guards who were in charge of the coolies did not pay attention to this scene. Instead, the artillerymen responsible for firing the mortar shells stopped the shelling to save the shells, and followed the infantry guards to move forward more than ten steps away.

At this time, the infantry guards who had finished filling the trench had already changed into various sharp weapons such as axes, and began to chop and clear obstacles such as roadblocks, horse repelling and wooden fences behind the trench.

Behind these obstacles is the real parapet!
Moreover, the parapet is as high as one person, and it is difficult for the attacking side to climb over it alone. It is not difficult to climb with a musket on your back, but there are obviously a lot of bayonets hidden behind the parapet, and the moment you climb over it, wait for the bayonet to be added to your body!
Of course, facing the higher parapet of the attacker, there is a gentle slope on the inside, and you only need to stand up to reveal the low wall with half of your body for shooting.

The new force that had just come to support soon filled up behind the chest barrier. Not only did the company led by Captain Wright receive reinforcements, but every company received reinforcements from at least one battalion in all nearby defensive areas that were under attack!
The defense area, which was originally just a company, was suddenly filled with a whole battalion of troops, and it immediately became crowded. People were standing next to each other, and there was a large group of soldiers behind who were reduced to the second echelon and could not squeeze into the chest base. Behind the defense.

In the field of view of the infantrymen, densely packed human heads appeared behind the chest barrier almost at the same time, and they raised their guns and fired at the infantrymen who were clearing the roadblocks!
It's just that the infantrymen and sharpshooters, who had been monitoring the chest defense line and were responsible for covering, reacted one step faster than them, and fired a round of guns first!
The crowd that was head to head suddenly collapsed!

Some people were actually shot and fell, but most of the defenders were frightened by the volleys from the Guards infantry and voluntarily shrank their heads and hid behind the breastplate.

Their performance was no different than that of Captain Wright's men before them.

Afterwards, the mortar began to fire the first round of explosive shells, stepped on the infantry guards who had filled the ditch, took out the original explosive mine that they carried with them, rounded their shoulders like throwing a shot put, and threw the ignited explosive mine into the ground. Behind the chest fortifications.

Exploding bombs and mines fell behind the chest fortifications in no particular order, just in time to smash into the dense pile of reinforcements. Immediately afterwards, even Major General Karl, who was holding a binoculars in his hand, saw dozens of hundreds of figures coming from behind. The chest fortifications 'flyed' out!
The location of this wave of explosions is called 'on time'!
Captain Wright, who was counting the remnants behind the chest line and hadn't taken anyone away, trembled when he heard the continuous explosions one after another. He forgot everything he counted, and looked at The 'reinforcement' who was blown upside down.

Moreover, Captain Wright saw with his own eyes several leading soldiers pressing down behind the chest line of defense. The captain at the same level as himself was overturned to the ground by the explosion of a mine or a flower bomb. Although the fallen body did not die, but There was blood dripping from below...

That's horrible!
With a thud, Captain Wright's throat moved up and down, feeling that it was really dangerous to stay here, and he didn't care about counting, and pulled his company towards the second line of defense.

According to the military discipline on the battlefield, his team can return to the rear to rest.

Of course, if you are brave enough to insist on leading people to fight on the front line, there is no problem, and you will be credited with credit.

It's just that Captain Wright has never won this kind of credit!

Doing one's own job well is life-threatening. How can Captain Wright have the guts to pursue military merit?

Anyway, if the war is won, as long as he is not punished, he will be able to have more seniority, and with more seniority, he will naturally be able to get promoted and make a fortune.

The war is lost...

Well, Captain Wright doesn't have to care about his official skin anymore!
A series of explosions blew up the reinforcements who had just arrived, and the remaining soldiers were quickly blown out of courage.

(End of this chapter)