C343 Austrian Army Charge! (1/2)
Ah Lan would never be able to forget this scene in his life. When the telescope displayed the outline of the Shiqiao uplands, he was surprised to find that this group of Prussian soldiers was right now … Digging!
Yes, Ah Lan's eyes were not blurry, the military officers around him were not blurry, the lenses of her high grade military telescope were also unblurred, and on the Shiqiao uplands that was only nine meters above sea level, what was this?
Countless busy figures bent down as the Engineer's spade worked like a high-speed windmill. Every time they shoveled down, they would bring out a large amount of pitch-black soil, and looking at the soil that was thrown in the air, then looking at the other busy figures with their butts raised, Ah Lan felt that they were not humans, but a group of prairie marmots working crazily.
”Oh, God! Is the Prussian crazy? They occupied the highlands first and didn't rush to line up their firing formation. How could they have the leisure to dig? Are they going to hide in a rat hole to avoid our bullets? ”
The more Ah Lan thought about it, the more she found it laughable. He carefully filtered all the manuals in the Military Academy's Church, and discovered that other than when they were in defensive battles in towns, there were no precedents for these types of battles.
At that time, more than 90% of the Military experts s were stubborn and adhered to traditional methods of fighting. All the military schools still taught them the combat discipline of the pre-equipped gun era.
Gunpowder and bullets were not one. If a soldier wanted to fire a firearm, he had to first load the gunpowder, then press the bullets, then add the projectiles, then press the bullets, only after two rounds could he shoot.
This wasn't the end. After shooting, he still had to clean up the chamber. If he didn't clean up and fired continuously, the probability of the gun exploding would increase exponentially.
In other words, a soldier who was strictly disciplined would have to use a handgun three times in order to fire it. It was in this way that soldiers could only choose to stand and wait in line to be shot.
You want to lie down and shoot? How are you going to load up your powder and shrapnel while you're lying down? How can you play with that long strip lying on the ground? That would be unrealistic.
In the countless movies Xiao Letian had watched in his previous life, Xiao Letian had seen more than one battle where people were lining up to shoot, especially during the period when Napoleon was the leader of Europe. Groups and groups of red-clothed soldiers lined up in a long battle formation, and under the command of the military drum, they walked towards the enemy together.
When the enemy forces were about a hundred or two hundred meters apart, the commander waved his sabre and shouted, ”Shoot!” The soldiers on both sides started pulling the trigger without even aiming at the target.
The sound of gunfire was like muffled thunder, the bullets were like torrential rain, and the white smoke was rolling like clouds.
In this cruel war of life and death, there was no need to consider personal courage and military prowess. Everyone was betting their lives, while the commander was betting on the mental strength of his soldiers, just to see who would break down first.
Humans were after all human beings, although they were beasts, they were left behind after thousands of years of training in the social order. Few people could watch as their comrade's head was smashed into smithereens without any fear.
Maybe in the next second you'll be covered in the brains of your comrades around you, and in the next minute your own chest will be pierced by the bullets and you'll have to go to God early.
There was always a limit to how long both sides could persevere. When one side couldn't take the heavy casualties and the formation loosened up, or when deserters appeared, the classic lineup shooting battle would be coming to an end.
This kind of war situation had lasted for more than two hundred years. It was so long that everyone felt that this kind of war was a matter of course. The human mind was not so easily changed.
”Ridiculous, truly laughable. Truly a group of cowards from the East. They don't even have the courage to fight a fair and square battle. Are they trying to dig a trench?” Do you really think that you are guarding a town? ”
”Abandoning the formation that the Infantry soldiers depend on to survive, using such a loose and disorderly shooting position, you still want to block our Austria Army? Don't forget that I have more soldiers than you do, even if I rush into the bayonet, I can still kill you all one by one … ”
Viscount Ah Lan contemptuously put down her glasses, raised her pure white sheepskin Gloves and pointed towards the mud floating in the air and shouted, ”Brave soldiers, the enemies are too cowardly to fight us anymore, they only know how to hide in the pit and shoot. These enemies are even weaker than women, they are not worth our time …”
”Pass on my orders, the entire army will charge and ruthlessly stab our military boot in their faces. Long live the king!” Long live the Austria! ”
”Long live!” The soldiers under him cheered. Humans were just like this; beating a drowning dog was always a happy thing. The two battalions on the high ground had yet to form a formation, and the number of soldiers was much lower than the ones here.
Ah Lan's first group had a total of over 1200 people. When they charged forward, they saw that the entire ground was covered by a tide of people, and the shiny bayonets were pointed towards the sky as they rolled forward like a forest.
All the officers were cheering and cheering within the crowd of soldiers. All the soldiers were cheering and cheering, and it was precisely this kind of loud and hoarse roars that made everyone fall into an excited state of battle.