18th century total war

Chapter 97
The soldiers who had just come up to support, before the remnant soldiers who retreated from the front and left the first line of defense, were dizzy by the large number of mines thrown by the infantry guards. , the 'courage' to hold your head and pray...

Captain Wright walked in a timely manner, because the area where the first line of defense was being stormed was just as he left with his remnant soldiers on the front foot.

The chest fortification was freed from bayonets and bullets, and the infantry guards cleared the roadblocks more smoothly, and a large number of small wooden ladders prepared in advance were erected on the breast wall.

In this way, the guard infantry finally didn't need two or three people to build a ladder to climb up!
The field fortifications in this era are so crude. In the past field camps and fortifications, the walls should be at least a few meters high.

However, with the increasing power of artillery, the lethality of mortars with the help of knowledge of mathematics and geometry has become more terrifying, and tall field fortifications have become worthless.

Once the wall is high, it will become a ready-made target for those field artillery, and it will blow you down in a short time!

This is why parapets and sandbags became popular.

It is difficult for a breast wall that is not high to be bombarded by artillery, at least it is difficult for artillery of this era.

However, it is not difficult for infantry to attack this kind of low wall.

The attacking line infantry can easily climb up whether they use ropes or simple wooden ladders.

The guard infantry and sharpshooters even used precise marksmanship and ferocious mine blasting to directly abolish the provincial coalition infantry behind the parapet.

It wasn't until the first batch of guard infantry crossed the low but troublesome parapet that the provincial coalition infantry who had just recovered from the thunder and thunder did not think of resisting.

Many infantrymen of the provincial coalition army stretched out their hands and found that their muskets had been thrown somewhere before...

Obviously, the guard infantry will not give the infantry of the provincial coalition army much time to react, even after their number has been bombed and baptized, they are still much more than them!
The infantry guards who jumped down the parapet immediately raised their guns and pulled the trigger at the standing enemy infantry. The distance between the two sides was only a few steps away, and there were even infantrymen of the provincial coalition army who were lucky enough to survive the jump. At the feet of the infantry guards on the parapet!

Of course, the provincial coalition infantry in this position is the most unlucky, and the guard infantry is not blind. If they pretend to be dead and do not move, they may not be able to see it for a while, but the provincial coalition infantry lying on the ground sees the enemy. Jumping to my side, how good an actor's self-cultivation is to be "immovable like a mountain"?
As a result, these provincial coalition infantrymen who had been lying down to avoid the mines were stabbed down by the quick-responsive guards infantry with bayonets just as they moved.

There are even some unlucky ones who just happened to be stepped on by the infantrymen who jumped down, and they shouted heart-piercingly...

At this time, there is no need to fire volleys in battle anymore. After jumping into the parapet fortifications, the infantry guards will no longer reload the bullets in their chambers, and will directly launch bayonets at the enemy a few steps away. assault.

Bayonet combat is the best combat method of the infantry guards!
Even if the provincial coalition infantry, who had already lost their nerve, could not withstand such a fast-paced attack, even if they had the advantage of being outnumbered.

Captain Wright, who was walking quickly back with his remnant soldiers, suddenly saw a large group of 'friendly soldiers' emerging in front of him again, striding towards the direction behind Captain Wright with muskets raised.

Listening to the screams and fighting sounds coming from behind, Captain Wright subconsciously turned his head to look.

Seeing this, Captain Wright suddenly felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet and hit his forehead!
In less than 10 minutes, the battalion that changed defense with me was completely defeated. In the distance, there were either soldiers kneeling on the ground and raising their hands begging for mercy and surrendering, or throwing away their muskets and moving towards where they were. The broken soldiers running wildly in the direction!

Captain Wright with better eyesight (probably because he didn't have a mobile phone to access the Internet), saw the major who had handed over to him at a glance, and was lying at the feet of a Levi rebel soldier covered in blood.

The blood under his body is still slowly spreading, obviously he just died not long ago...

Not only the small section of defense area in charge of Captain Wright, but also the surrounding defense areas selected by Li Wei's rebels to storm, basically none of them could stop the infantry guards who came in through the parapet fortifications.

It's just that the length of the collapse is slightly different.

However, Senawi, who is an expert in military affairs on paper, has made preparations for the past two years. There are large and small support channels behind the first line of defense. They are all smooth official roads, which are most suitable for soldiers to run forward.

Between the first line of defense and the second line of defense, many garrison points, that is, small military camps, were built, especially in flat areas that are easy to be attacked, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of troops!

Now that the main attack direction of Li Wei's rebels has been determined, mobile reserves from other regions have been continuously drawn in, and those garrison points are like barracks in the Age of Empires game, one team after another 'spits troops' outside!
The strand that Captain Wright saw was only a small part of it, and it was still an entire battalion!
The infantry guards who stepped into the chest fortifications were like entering the enemy's base camp, and there were large groups of enemy reinforcements rushing in all directions!

After these reinforcements staggered past those routs, the whole team immediately formed a horizontal formation of guns, facing the guard infantry who were constantly climbing over the chest fortifications, before they had time to form a whole team, they fired round after round of guns!
Although the guard infantry has been shooting freely to fight back, after all, the number of gun barrels is too small. Even with the help of wooden ladders, it is impossible for the guard infantry outside to rush in together in an instant!

The infantry of the Provincial Allied Forces who attacked the Guards infantry were all fresh troops, and they had been recharging their energy in the back before. They were neither bombarded by Li Wei's rebels, nor encountered the precise volley of guns from the Guards infantry.

Coupled with the support of the inspiring slogan of "freedom, equality, fraternity, or die", the morale is still worthy of a battle.

The lack of these provincial coalition forces is mainly due to the combat quality of individual soldiers. It may not be possible to see how far they are from the infantry guards in volleyball. Once bayonets fight hand-to-hand, they will be hanged and beaten into grandchildren every minute...

All of a sudden, hundreds of muskets were firing at the infantry guards who had just jumped into the chest defense line!
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(End of this chapter)