With a "bang" sound, the single-tube telescope made of gold and engraved with exquisite patterns fell on the big rock, and the lens was cracked. Prince Hansback was dumbfounded as he looked at the rows of people lying on the hillside of Wilfgang in the distance.
The soldiers on the ground did not understand what was going on...
Not only him, but all the attendants, officers and soldiers who were standing at the rear and watching the battle were dumbfounded, staring blankly at the battlefield. This offensive battle suddenly became very strange. First, the attacking queue was met with a barrage of fire from the enemy on the defensive position.
Shooting, they suffered huge casualties. They all saw clearly that the soldiers in the first few rows were almost wiped out.
But then Lieutenant Colonel Roesler, who was in charge of the attack, waved his command knife and ordered the soldiers in the rear row to step in to fill the gap, reorganize the formation and launch the attack again. At this time, everything was still normal. The enemy on the defensive position was ready again.
When the ammunition was about to be fired again, a large foam cover suddenly appeared on Lieutenant Colonel Roesler who had retreated to the side of the queue. It shone with colorful light under the sunlight, attracting the enemy's attention and even being attacked by the enemy.
Shooting in unison, they were beaten into a hornet's nest...
If there are still officers present at this time, they should immediately take over the responsibility of commanding the attack. Taking advantage of the gap after the enemy has just fired, they should rush forward immediately. But starting from the soldiers in the front row, they suddenly lie down on the ground, followed by the soldiers behind.
They all followed suit, lying down in rows on the ground. There were only a dozen low-level officers left on the hillside battlefield, standing there with bewildered expressions looking at the soldiers lying on the ground in a daze. A few officers hesitated for a moment and then fell down.
He fell to the ground, and then the remaining officers also fell to the ground one by one...
If the eldest prince was also on the hillside, then he would understand why these officers lay down. Why don't they lie down and wait to serve as targets for the enemy formation at the defensive position on Wilf Hill? Moreover, this is also a herd mentality. Everyone is
Why should I stand while lying down? The order to lie down has been sent from before. Although I don’t know what happened, it is always right to obey the order. Besides, lying down is better than standing up and dying. Lying down on the ground is better.
There is a sense of security...
Now only the prince's guard battalion was left standing in neat rows three hundred meters away and firing at the enemy's position. In addition, the soldiers lying on the ground also raised their guns and opened fire at the enemy's position. Starting from the front row,
The soldiers lying on the ground behind them didn't care, they raised their guns and opened fire at the enemy position on Wilf Hill. The white smoke soon filled the entire hillside, forming a vast expanse of white...
"What's going on?" Prince Hansback was furious: "How can Rosler know magic? Why are those soldiers lying on the ground? Can anyone give me an explanation?"
Prince Hansback was very confident about this attack. Lieutenant Colonel Roessler had already led the two attacks. According to his report, the remaining enemy troops on Wilf Hill were only five to six hundred.
The people were at their sway, and the previous five attacks had consumed a large amount of artillery shell reserves on the position. As long as we persisted in launching one or two more attacks, we would definitely be able to recapture Wilf's Hill.
Prince Hansback was convinced. After the attack started, the enemy marched to a distance of more than 500 meters before firing the artillery. It only fired six rounds before stopping. This gave the prince great confidence. The enemy's artillery shells
The consumption is too great, and there is no supply of supplies. It is not a delusion to launch an attack with superior force and regain the position. As for how many soldiers will be killed or injured, this is not yet under the consideration of the eldest prince...
At this time, the enemies on Wilf Hill also began to panic. They had never encountered such a situation before. The enemy lay on the ground and did not rush forward, which made the four cannons loaded with shotguns useless and fired.
There was no enemy, and the distance was not enough. However, the soldiers lined up on the position became the targets of the enemy's battle camp 300 meters away. Although they only caused a few casualties each time they fired, no one could bear to be beaten.
Don't fight back and stand as a target!
The most unbearable thing is the enemies lying on the hillside. If you don't want to come up and die, just lie down. Why are you still shooting with guns? The first burst of shooting caused dozens of soldiers lined up on the position to fall.
, the crew members of the four artillery pieces were almost wiped out. For the soldiers of the Nasseri Kingdom, their impression is that it is OK to lie down on the ground and shoot, but you have to stand up when loading the ammunition.
, as long as you stand up, then we can fight back.
But the problem is that the enemies are still lying there, and no one is willing to stand up. Instead, dozens of muskets continue to fire. Almost every time a gun is fired, the soldiers in the defensive position fall to the ground. As for the four
No one wants to get close to the cannon. Any figure who appears next to the cannon will become the target of several muskets.
Claude was giving orders, and now he had become the frontline commander. Once Lieutenant Colonel Rosler died, the soldiers in the front rows followed his orders, and the lieutenants and second lieutenants at the back did not even think of coming to the front.
Without his command, no one is willing to take the initiative to die.
There were nearly a hundred soldiers in the Ranger Battalion, some of whom were injured. The sergeant major following Claude was the veteran who Claude knew, who called Lieutenant Colonel Rosler an old boy.
Originally, he followed Claude and wanted to pretend to be injured and fall down to save his life. Unexpectedly, Claude shouted to lie down, so he lied down while passing the order to the back. As a result, everyone fell down.
Claude looked up and found that there were still about twenty people in his squadron still alive. Belklin was lucky to be unscathed, but Diavid fell to the side with a bandage on his arm and half of his body.
Bloody, but still in good spirits, he commanded the three or four surviving soldiers of his own team to fall to the ground, load their ammunition, and fire.
"You, go down and bring me up the musket that's the same as mine." Claude loaded the musket in his hand and kicked the thirty-year-old man lying next to him who continued to pray to the God of War.
Soldiers of many years.
"Oh." The soldier stopped praying and was about to get up. Claude grabbed him and said, "If you want to die, lie down on the ground and crawl down. Don't stand up and become a target."
"Xia Shili!" Claude called the veteran Sergeant Oil who was lying behind him.
"What are you doing?" Veteran Youzi was also lying down loading his musket, and his movements were a little slow.
"Pass it on and ask the soldiers behind to pass up the muskets of our ranger camp and have them fix their bayonets and prepare to charge!" Claude said.
"Charge, you're crazy. Just lie down on the ground and shoot hard. Why rush up and die?" Veteran Youzi cursed in a low voice.
Claude was so angry that he kicked him on the shoulder: "How can we occupy the position without charging? If we are asked to withdraw as a whole team and attack again later, wouldn't it be the same as getting killed? It's better to occupy the position now.
It’s not that troublesome. Besides, I didn’t ask you to charge, so you just lay down on the ground and shoot to cover me, and let the soldiers from other battalions charge..."
"Understood." Veteran Youzi nodded repeatedly: "Okay, it's up to you. I'll pass it on and let them fix their bayonets."
How could Claude plan to occupy the position without meeting him in advance? The eldest prince at the back was angrily ordering: "Blow the trumpet and ask the people above to withdraw, and we will form a team to attack."
"Wait a minute, Your Highness, take a look at the situation above. Our people are attacking." Captain Skerry handed the bronze single-tube telescope to Prince Hansback.
"Lying on the ground and firing a gun counts as an attack?" the eldest prince mocked, but still asked the messenger to wait. He took Captain Skerry's single-tube telescope and prepared to take a closer look.
"Huh? What are they doing with bayonets?" Prince Hansback muttered in surprise, and then he saw the soldiers in the first two rows aiming their guns, firing, and then handed the fired muskets to the soldiers next to him and took it himself.
Another loaded musket continued to aim and fire.
"Are they still lying on the ground loading their muskets?" The eldest prince remembered the training that the sergeant named Croton he had seen at the entrance of the mountain road gave his squadron. It could be seen from the single-tube telescope
It was very clear that the soldiers in the first two rows who fired all had Obash type III standard matchlock guns in their hands, while the soldiers in the back who held Obash type II standard matchlock guns had their bayonets attached and lay on the hillside slowly firing.
crawling forward...
Then he pointed the single-tube telescope at the enemy's defensive position on Wilf Hill. Prince Hansback opened his mouth in surprise. What was so surprising was that the enemies who lined up neatly and fired in unison had disappeared, and most of them were hiding.
They held muskets and fired indiscriminately from behind various defense facilities, but they did not pose any threat to the attacking team lying on the hillside. On the contrary, the enemies who exposed their bodies were quickly hit by the bullets fired from the hillside.
Earn your life on the ground.
"It turns out that this is the true purpose of the Obash Type III matchlock gun..." Prince Hansback suddenly realized. Hateful, I almost went astray, actually thinking that this kind of accurately aimed and fired musket can only be used in defensive warfare.
It plays a role in the attack. Unexpectedly, it can also use precise aiming and shooting to suppress the enemy's counterattack during the attack, making it impossible for them to defend effectively.
"Their artillery cannot be used..." This is an obvious fact. The piles of corpses around the four artillery have proved this. Any enemy who appears next to the artillery will be shot by several muskets. As for queuing up
Shooting in unison is even more of a joke. The queue is used as a target for the soldiers on the hillside.
Prince Hansback became more and more excited as he watched: "Damn Rosler, how could I appoint this idiot to be in charge of the ranger camp? He never reported such an effective strategy, damn it!"
After cursing for a long time, Prince Hansback finally remembered that Lieutenant Colonel Rosler had been beaten into a hornet's nest: "Good death, you idiot! If this method of attack had been used earlier, Wilf Hill would have been recaptured long ago.
I don’t have to sacrifice so many soldiers and pay so many casualties..."
At this time, Prince Hansback remembered the corpses of soldiers lying all over the hillside, and his heart became a little heavy. Captain Skerry curled his lips next to him and said to himself that an hour ago you were praising Lieutenant Colonel Roesler as a brave soldier.
He had extraordinary courage and took the lead. He also promised to promote him to colonel and serve as the commander of a regiment when he recaptured Wilf Hill.
"Baker, Dede, and Chasri, you command the soldiers in the ranger battalion to continue shooting and provide us with cover. Remember, the first target is next to the artillery!" Claude ordered.
"yes!"
"clear……"
"Know!"
Three people gave three answers.
"Follow me and charge forward!" Claude stood up, bent over and charged forward. But no one followed him in the charge, and most of the soldiers with bayonets on were still hesitating.
Claude rushed forward a dozen steps, and when he looked back, he was sweating. There were only three or four people following him, and most of the soldiers were still lying on the ground.
"Brothers, retreating is a matter of military law, but it is still a dead end! Only forward! Only forward is the way to survive! Mount your bayonet, follow me, and charge forward!"
Claude's roar was heard, and the low-level officers lying on the ground also woke up. They knew very well that the eldest prince behind them was staring at them. If they didn't behave at this time, they would be punished by military law when they retreated. Claude
That's right. The enemy had been suppressed by the shooting in front, and they rushed forward to engage in hand-to-hand combat. So they hurriedly got up and ordered the soldiers to rush upward by kicking them.
The enemies on the same defensive position also heard Claude's roar. Many enemies shot down with muskets, and some enemies who were not afraid of death rushed towards the artillery, but unfortunately they were all killed by bullets fired from the hillside.
Knocked to the ground...
Several stray bullets fired from the defensive position passed by Claude, and two soldiers running straight forward were shot and fell to the ground.
"Move quickly, bend down, don't be a target! The gun is a fool, the bayonet is a hero, don't be afraid, the enemies are all cowards, they will run away if we charge at them..." Claude shouted and urged
The soldiers charged upwards, while they knelt down and fired at an enemy who was eager to load the musket that he had just fired. The enemy fell to the ground. Claude held up the musket with the bayonet and bent it.
The body rushed forward.
"Go up, go up!" A scene of soldiers rushing to the defensive position and bayoneting the enemy appeared in the monocular. Prince Hansback danced with joy from behind: "Immediately give the order to have the guard battalion also rush up, the action