C2679 Battle of the Spicillins plateau 2 (1/2)

At the moment, the French lacked the heavy firepower to suppress the infantry. Without artillery and heavy machine guns, they could only rely on numbers to fight the enemy.

However, in the narrow and complicated terrain, the advantage of numbers sometimes could not be fully displayed. This was because the density of soldiers that could be endured in this area was limited.

To give a simple example, with a hundred meters of shooting line, 150 soldiers would already be squeezed into the crowd. How could there be 300 soldiers?

There was a limit to the number of people even if they lined up and shot in three or even four rows of Musketeers according to the era of shooting.

Thus, in the entire battle, although it seemed like the French army had the advantage in numbers, in those few heavily focused firefighting positions, the comparison in numbers between the French army and the Prussian army was actually only barely 2: 1.

With such a large advantage in numbers, the madness of the Prussian army was completely suppressed, and both sides quickly fell into a bitter battle.

When the soldiers of Queen's cavalry saw the fierce battle at the front lines, they stamped their feet in anxiety, ”What are you doing? Why didn't you send us?!”

”As long as we can break through the enemy's flank, this battle won't be that difficult!”

”Captain!” Let's go, we can't watch the Prussian act so arrogantly! ”

”Shut up!” Who would dare to attack without an order? Whoever dares to attack, I will send them to the military court! ”

”Sir, you have your own judgement. Are you sure the Prussian army below is not scheming? What if they are luring us to take the initiative? ”

”What if their idea is to come to the rescue? Shut up, get ready for battle, and wait for orders! ”

After a few bloody battles, there were still more than 1,100 troops left. However, through combining the forces of the other defensive locations of the cavalry unit, the number of cavalrymen he commanded did not decrease, but instead increased!

At the moment, there were a total of 5,500 cavalrymen under Alfred's command. With such a strong cavalry army, it was enough to determine the outcome of a great battle.

However, Alfred was also very clear that his appearance could not truly be converted into combat strength. This was because these cavalry soldiers were all part of the same unit, and many people were unwilling to accept it!

Whether he could mobilize some of his combat strength or not, he had no idea!

Even worse was the supplies. Cavalry soldiers needed far more supplies than infantry soldiers. War horses had to eat special alfalfa grass to have enough strength, and there were even nutrition products such as soybeans and eggs.

In a high-intensity battle, the leather equipment on the horses were easy to damage. Right now, many of the cavalrymen had broken their horses' hooves, but they couldn't wait for a new one. Even the damaged stirrups couldn't be repaired.

”The current supplies are only enough for two to three times the charge for the cavalry …” It's not like there's no reason for the commander to be worried. What if the supplies later on still can't keep up? ”

”If I really use up all my horse material, I won't be able to use this cavalry anymore!”

Just as Alfred was gritting his teeth, unable to find a solution, a clamor of discussion suddenly rose up from the crowd of onlookers.

”Look!” The front line had been broken through! ”The enemy suddenly accelerated their attack speed …”

”That's not right!” Look at the binoculars, our brothers have been killed by unknown gunmen! ”