All the onlookers, including Lieutenant Most, Lieutenant Quemondo, Lieutenant Colonel Leoncro and the fat Major Morimede, were running towards the defensive position on the hillside. They couldn't wait to defeat him.
Lord asked his soldiers to move the fallen human wooden targets to the mound for inspection, but instead ran over to take a peek.
It's incredible. The entire offensive drill was like a joke. Claude led a security team of more than 20 people to first pass through the artillery attack area in a dispersed formation, rendering the defender's artillery useless, and then
They lay down on the ground and crawled forward at the maximum range of 300 meters of musket fire, leaving the defenders with no target to aim at and could only prepare for close combat. As a result, Claude and the others were at 150 meters.
When he reached a distance of about 200 meters, he stopped moving forward and instead lay down on the ground to aim and shoot.
This is simply target practice! Even if the defender has an artillery, all the onlookers are clearly aware that in the face of such an attack, the artillery has no effect at all. Even if the shot hits 100 times, it can only hit five times in this time.
The attack was launched, and Claude's attacker could only reduce the number of five soldiers at most, but this still could not change the outcome of the defender's entire army being annihilated.
We can't blame the human wooden target on the defensive position for standing there motionless. This is the current military regulations. It is strictly stipulated that soldiers must also line up during defense and use volley fire and musket shooting far beyond the enemy's range to eliminate or destroy the enemy.
It is to defeat the enemy's attack. Even if a comrade is hit by a stray bullet and falls to the ground, injured or even sacrificed, the remaining soldiers must still line up closely, fill the gaps in the queue, and continue to obey the commander's orders to load ammunition and fire in unison...
Sixty-one human-shaped wooden targets on the defensive position are neatly arranged on the hillside. Because it is a field confrontation exercise, these human-shaped wooden targets are brand new just brought out from the warehouse. Onlookers can see these human-shaped wooden targets.
The clear and brand-new bullet marks left by the hit on the wooden target.
The shooting accuracy of the garrison soldiers trained by Claude is still very good. Although it is not like target practice in the big yard behind the treatment center, and the distance is more than a hundred meters, but because they are used to lying on the ground
Shooting and gun muzzles can still be suppressed. In addition, the human-shaped wooden targets that are closely arranged and clustered together on the defensive position look relatively large as aiming targets. Even if you miss the target you are aiming at, you don’t have to worry about the gun flying.
Where to go, because this shot is likely to hit the human-shaped wooden target next to it.
Most of the targets of the first and second rounds of musket shooting were around the human-shaped wooden target next to the tree that served as the cannon. It seemed that the soldiers of the guard kept in mind what Claude said in advance. On the battlefield,
Artillery poses the greatest threat and must be struck as soon as possible. As long as those artillery crew members are eliminated, the artillery will become a decoration and will not pose a threat to everyone's life safety.
The third and fourth rounds of musket shooting wiped out most of the human-shaped wooden targets arranged in three rows. There were a total of twenty-seven muskets. The fat-bellied Gimi was tall and powerful, and Claude asked him to carry five
He followed him with the spare musket that was loaded with gunpowder. When he started shooting, Claude only needed to light the match rope to shoot six times in one go. He was very confident that he would hit five in the first round of shooting.
It was a target. It was not clear whether the last shot hit Claude. It was very likely that it hit the human-shaped wooden target that had already been shot once.
The last two rounds of musket shooting were purely a matter of filling in the gaps, because there were not many human-shaped targets left. Before the fifth round of shooting, Claude remembered that there were still six or seven erected, but before the last round of shooting, there were only a few left on the defensive position.
Of the next three human-shaped wooden targets, two were only hit by two or three shots. The last human-shaped wooden target was the worst, with seven or eight bullet holes in it.
Looking at the bullet marks left on the 61 human-shaped wooden targets arranged on the hillside, many onlookers were amazed. They did not expect that Claude could use this method to defeat the weak.
This was a big surprise for the officers who used the method of fighting such as marching in formation and firing in unison. Many people had begun to think about whether Claude's offensive method could be introduced into large battles.
Lieutenant Kemengduo looked at the human-shaped wooden target on the ground, his face turned green and white. He was very confident when he first started the drill, but he didn't expect that his face would be beaten so quickly. It was his own side that failed. With superior troops,
Artillery was used to assist the battle, but the result was that the entire army was annihilated.
"I don't accept it, Sergeant Claude. You are acting like a fool by fighting like this. You should line up openly and openly and attack my soldiers with volley fire. Only by annihilating our defenders can you truly gain something."
Victory..." Lieutenant Kemengduo was a bit arrogant.
Claude shook his head: "That way my soldiers will die, and my troops will be at a disadvantage. In addition, my task is to occupy the position, not to line up to fight you. Now that I have occupied the position, it shows that my attack
The method is very effective and feasible..."
"If you think that you can win this field confrontation exercise by letting your soldiers crawl around like maggots on the ground, then I have no objection to your self-righteous victory." Lieutenant Cmondeau blushed and retorted: "I regard you as a
I am a soldier of the glorious Blue Feather Legion, so I want to compete with you openly, but you disappoint me. Look at yourself, do you still have the dignity of a soldier?
Our soldiers of the Blue Feather Legion must keep their appearance neat and tidy even if they die in battle. But look at your soldiers, do they still have the dignity of soldiers like this? They are soldiers, not beggars, lying on the ground and sneaking around.
Shoot, there is nothing glorious about such a victory. If we learn your fighting style in the war, then even if we win, it will become a joke to the entire Farea continent. We are the Blue Feather Legion, not the Maggot Legion!"
The April rainy season has just passed, and although the mountains are green, the soil is still a little moist. When practicing the attack, Claude and his security team first ran on their stomachs, and then crawled forward on the ground. In this era,
To be honest, the quality of military uniforms is not that wear-resistant. In just over 100 meters, the knees and elbows of many guardsmen have been worn out, and there are also a few military uniforms that are damaged by rocks, vines and other things on the ground.
It made a big hole.
Coupled with the soil stained on it, and his face blackened by gunpowder smoke when he was lying on the ground and shooting, Lieutenant Kemont's accusation was not wrong. After such an offensive drill, the soldiers of the garrison did look like those sloppy soldiers.
Even Claude was no exception. There were a lot of muddy stains on his military uniform, and there was a big crack on the outside of his left leg pants. Even the gray-white wool thermal long johns underneath could be seen.
See you...
Originally, the onlookers of the legion were surprised by Claude's attack method and results, but after listening to Lieutenant Quemondo's rebuttal, and looking at the current appearance of Claude and the guardsmen, they couldn't help but think that Quemont
What the second lieutenant said makes sense. Although Claude's attack method was very effective, it was very embarrassing. He was able to win by crawling on the ground, which made many onlookers who valued military honor higher than their own lives return to the battlefield.
I was thinking in my mind whether it was worth it.
Claude could only smile bitterly. With his different ideas, he could not convince officers like Lieutenant Cmondeau. What he wanted to do was to try his best to save the lives of his soldiers on the battlefield, so that he could sacrifice a few less soldiers whose uniforms were in tatters and looked like beggars.
The price is already a huge advantage. Isn't the essence of war just to destroy the enemy and preserve oneself to win? Why bother with all those bells and whistles?
You would rather your soldiers die on the battlefield with neat appearance than learn to crawl around like maggots on the ground to survive. This is bullshit. Do you think all the soldiers under your command are willing to die like you said? What if?
If it weren't for the harshness of military law, which soldier would be willing to line up in a neat queue and walk towards the enemy's fire to face the threat of death...
There are many officers like Lieutenant Kemengduo not only in the Blue Feather Legion, but also in the kingdom. They regard the soldiers as nothing more than their own brothers and sisters. For them, if the soldiers go to the private sector to recruit young people, there will be many new recruits.
After a short period of training, they only need to learn to march in formation, fire in unison, and obey orders before they can step onto the battlefield and become a step for them to gain military merit and glory. As for how many soldiers died, they didn't care. At the worst, if they all died, they would be recruited again among the people.
Although lieutenant-level officers also risk their lives on the battlefield and withstand the test of artillery fire, their survival rate is much higher than that of soldiers who are regarded as cannon fodder, at least higher than that of sergeants like Claude. Just like the platoon
When marching in a queue, sergeants like Claude often become the soldiers' dependence. He needs to stand in the middle of the queue and direct the soldiers on both sides to ensure the speed of the queue and the distance from the front row.
Lieutenant Xiang Kemengduo, on both sides of the queue, two or three meters away from the queue, supervised and blew the copper whistle in his mouth, so that the soldiers' queue followed the rhythm of the whistle. Before entering the enemy
After the range of the shooting range, everyone can imagine whether the enemy's salvo fire will be aimed at an officer standing alone or at a queue of soldiers clustered together. Unless you are unlucky, a row of soldiers, non-commissioned officers and sergeants will be targeted.
They were all sacrificed, but the officer next to him was still able to lively direct the subsequent queues to fill the vacancies in front...
There are also medical soldiers and stretcher teams. When providing first aid to wounded soldiers on the battlefield, the first rule is to save the officer first. If the soldier is seriously injured or the officer is slightly injured, the officer should be saved first. If the officer dies in battle or the soldier is injured, the officer's body should be saved first.
The corpses were taken off the battlefield and placed there, regardless of the life or death of the injured soldiers. Only when no officer casualties were found on the battlefield, battlefield rescue can be carried out for injured soldiers.
It is such unequal military regulations that have caused the actual contradiction between the two classes of officers and soldiers. Of course, this is also closely related to the large number of noble children of the kingdom joining the army and becoming formal officers. As a result, the kingdom's army has to be separated from soldiers.
China vigorously promotes veterans to become noncommissioned officers and master sergeants to bridge the tense relationship between officers and soldiers.
Therefore, what Captain Cmondeau said against Claude was very pleasant to the ears of many people, such as the fat Major Maurymed, who loudly agreed: "Well said, our soldiers of the Blue Feather Legion
We should line up in neat queues, take firm steps, and stride forward with our heads raised and our chests held high! No matter how fierce the artillery fire is, it cannot destroy our belief in victory. Let the enemy collapse in front of our steely will.
, even though we have paid a huge sacrifice, we can still carve a heroic image in the hearts of the enemy, so that all enemies will be frightened and run away when they see the blue feathers flying on our military caps...
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Claude didn't want to argue with a fool. Major Morimed was just a bystander, so he could naturally praise the soldiers who died and talk nonsense. If you let him stand in the first row and watch in the middle
Look, he might just piss himself when he hears the enemy's artillery fire after walking a few steps, and he might even collapse on the ground and dig into the pile of dead bodies...
Instead, it was the conversation between the lieutenant colonel and the other officers next to him that attracted Claude's attention more.
"In fact, building a low wall in front of the defensive team can withstand most of the attacker's shots, and can effectively reduce the unnecessary casualties of the defensive soldiers. Perhaps we can include this as one of the key points to pay attention to in the defensive position...
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“I think it’s too rigid for the defenders to line up and wait on the defensive position. In fact, the attackers don’t have enough troops. When they start to lie down on the ground and shoot, they immediately launch a countercharge and rely on their superiority in strength to rush over and eliminate the enemy in hand-to-hand combat...
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Claude walked towards Lieutenant Most: "Are we going to conduct a defensive drill next?"
Second Lieutenant Most shook his head: "No need. Lieutenant Kemondo thinks that as long as you lie down on the ground and shoot and attack in the same way as defense, he will not be able to conduct drills. He thinks this is a very rogue and embarrassing way of playing.
, without any military grace or honor, so he didn’t want to have the same experience as you, so he took his squadron back to the camp first..."