The lord hunted down by the game

Chapter 197
The expressionless Spanish line infantrymen in shit-yellow uniforms held their bayonets straight and launched a bayonet charge across the mountains and plains regardless of casualties!

This is the last desperate assault of the Spanish Legion after being half surrounded by the main force of the British army in the middle!
The commander of the trial legion Spanish Legion knew that his troops, who had suffered heavy losses, were helpless after being trapped in a semi-siege, so he directly issued an order for the entire army to assault, which was actually not much different from a suicide charge.

The artillerymen who had shot out the shells drew out their sabers, and the cavalry gave up their flintlock pistols, and directly followed the infantry brigade to launch a cluster charge towards the local artillery positions!

Faced with this desperate charge, the British army's frontline officers and soldiers, who had re-stabilized their position and were encircling and annihilating the enemy step by step, also panicked. The British army, which was facing the assault direction of the Spanish Trial Corps, only held on under a desperate bayonet charge. After half an hour, everything collapsed!

Even if the friendly forces on the two wings are rapidly compressing the movement space of the Spanish Trial Legion and using their superior artillery to continuously kill the Spaniards on a large scale, they are still inevitably defeated!

When General Raphael received this battle report, apart from his embarrassment, he showed no signs of panic, as if he had already expected this result.

After all, Yuri's summoned army has known the fearless fighting style for a long time. This time it is not a few thousand people but a full [-] army, and it is also a full-scale army with mounted artillery!
It is not surprising that they can break through the main line of defense of the British army one after another.

Subsequently, under the military orders of General Raphael, a large number of prepared reserves began to accept the rout, and blocked the pursuing Spanish army on the newly built line of defense.

After a large-scale breakthrough, even the trial soldiers became exhausted.

However, their retreat has been cut off, and there is no chance of turning back!

Obviously, it is impossible to defeat the highly organized and disciplined British Red Shirts at once. After many British Red Shirts fled to the rear, they were reorganized and organized into temporary operations The phalanx is thrown into the front line!

This organizational strength alone cannot be matched by the Spanish colonial army in the Americas...

Even if the armies of the entire European powers are pulled out, there are only a handful of people who can achieve the organizational strength of the British Red Shirt Army.

At least the Holy Roman Empire, which was strong from the outside, could not do it, but the army of the Kingdom of Prussia inside could reach this level.

This organizational strength is not just based on the fighting spirit of the soldiers. After all, the patriotic sentiments of the soldiers in this era are a bit too lofty. Most of the soldiers are to serve as soldiers for food, and maybe some pensions after death can be added. Let the family live better.

Therefore, the organizational strength of the army mainly depends on the fighting spirit and professional ethics of the officer corps of each country.

Most of the officers of the British Red Shirt Army in this era came from aristocratic groups. It was not without civilian officers, but at most they could only reach the grassroots level, not even the school level.

These aristocratic officers have received good military and cultural education since they were young, and they understand why they are fighting. They also have enough professional knowledge to command troops and face various special situations on the battlefield.

This is the root of the strength of the British Red Shirts!
After all, England is an empire, and empire means that the nobility is an indispensable vested interest group in this country, and the bourgeoisie can at best join in to get a share of the pie.

In fact, many British capitalists in this era did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to marry traditional nobles, just to make their family's bloodline have noble characteristics!
No matter how bad it is, he will use the money offensive to seek the status of a lord and gentleman for himself.

The entry requirements of the English Empire for lords and gentlemen below the baron are relatively loose, giving those rich people the opportunity to step into the threshold of nobility.

"Report to the general, the main force of the enemy army has been wiped out, our army is cleaning the battlefield and killing the remaining enemy troops.

The casualties of our First Infantry Division exceeded 6%, the Second Infantry Division’s casualties reached 5%, and the First Cavalry Regiment’s casualties reached 4%…”

Following the battle damage report, even though General Raphael tried to calm himself down, his face was still twitching unnaturally.

This time Yuri summoned the legion to cause more damage to the main force in the middle of the British army than expected.

The main army in the middle of the British army, with the most powerful troops and the largest number of artillery, lost one-third of its combat effectiveness in this battle!

This does not include the blow to the morale of the army and the lack of officers in this battle!

For the British Empire, which has colonies all over the world, it has actually become very easy to replenish soldiers, but it is not easy to replenish officers.

Because the British Empire adopted a strict system of native officers.

The colonial army is not counted. The officers of the British regular red shirts must come from local military academies. For this reason, the British Empire did not hesitate to open the door for civilian children to apply for military academies.

Allow civilians without noble status to serve as junior officers in the regular army.

Even so, in the face of the huge British Army, there is always a shortage of officers. Who told the British Empire to keep fighting?

People will die in war. With the tactics of the era of queuing and shooting, let alone the grassroots officers who are at the forefront, it is nothing new for middle and senior officers to die on the battlefield.

The British aristocracy group is large, but the British mainland is that big, and the number of aristocrats is even more limited, and not all British aristocrats are enthusiastic about joining the army. Aristocrats are not sows with a bunch of cubs in a litter. How many nobles can there be? The children successfully graduated from the military academy and entered the army as officers?
Is it true that the British dignitaries are willing to share the rights of officers with the children of civilians?

It's just that because the number of noble children is not enough, outstanding children have to be promoted from civilians to fill the gaps of grassroots officers with a huge base.

Without enough officer corps, it means that a large army cannot be formed. No matter how many soldiers are recruited, there are not enough qualified officers, and they are nothing more than a mob with advanced weapons.

This is intolerable for the London government, which pursues the quality of the army.

Therefore, as the British army is depleted in large numbers on overseas battlefields and the officer corps is in short supply, more officer positions must be opened to civilians to fill the gap.

After all, the base of civilians is not comparable to that of nobles. It is easier to cultivate and train excellent officers from civilians than nobles, but doing so will shake the foundation of the British aristocratic class!

The army is the backbone of a country's ruling class. Will they allow the army to be filled with a large number of civilian officers?
If a revolution breaks out in Britain, who can guarantee that those civilian officers will definitely side with the royal family?
Therefore, General Raphael hesitated about the next war.

(End of this chapter)