171 Crowd Tactics
In Stewart's vision, the figures of Spanish soldiers were everywhere, boundless, and it was impossible to count the number of the other party.
Because not only the direction he stood, all the passages with the possibility of attack in the entire city of Perpignan were densely filled with Spanish army soldiers, and after completing the artillery attack, they launched a general attack regardless of order!
Obviously, the Spanish general who commanded this Spanish army was not a nobleman who relied solely on nepotism, but a truly capable general!
There are also many outstanding talents from the nobles of various countries in Europe.
Although the base of aristocrats is very small, they cannot withstand the high level of education of aristocrats. Everyone knows the principle of educating talents in the 21st century. Of course, the ruling class and upper class of this world are also very clear.
After taking office in Paris's National Salvation Committee, the first thing to do was to deprive the power of education controlled by religion!
To put it bluntly, since the Middle Ages, Europe has been full of believers of God, including many pious believers and even crazy believers. The main reason is that the church almost monopolized the educational power of the entire European continent. Except for aristocratic families who could afford private tutors, others could only choose church schools.
If it weren't for the later Renaissance and the Protestant Revolution that broke this tradition, Europe's secular power would still not be able to escape the shadow of the church's dominance, and the spiritual world of white Europeans would have been controlled by the church using its exclusive education power.
The decline of the church comes from internal divisions, and secular monarchs just seized the opportunity and took advantage of this.
Some priests with the "advanced" thoughts were dissatisfied with the control of the Roman pope, and under the guidance of Luther's pioneers, they started the Protestant movement. At that time, many European feudal lords also cooperated with Protestantism at the right time because they found that Protestantism was much easier to control than Catholicism, and Protestant priests did not want to step on the control and strength of European monarchs and nobles!
As a result, the strength of the church is getting worse every year...
By the 18th century, the church had degenerated from the era of taking care of everything to the era of cooperating with the monarchs of the continental powers.
The establishment of the Anti-French Alliance was behind the Roman Church.
The Spanish Army can not only launch an attack on the city of Perpignan from all directions at the same time, but also force the defenders of more than a thousand men from the Black Dragon Army, which are under-troop, to abandon the outer defense line and retreat into the city to defend. There are also second and third reserve echelons behind them, ready to enter the battle anytime and anywhere.
The Spanish Army's tactical ideas are very clear and simple, which is to use the tactics of the sea of people to drown the Black Dragon Legion defenders!
This is a very useful tactic in the era of queuing up and shooting!
The power of muskets and artillery is destined to be unable to stop the attack of the crowd. In bayonet battles, even if the individual combat quality of both sides is very different, more people can be used to make up for the disadvantages.
Can you fight three at one time, and which fight ten at one time?
This is not a simple mathematical addition and subtraction. After all, in a bayonet battle, one negligence and mistake may lead to one's stab to death.
What's more, no matter how bad the soldiers on the battlefield are, they are much stronger than the street gangsters.
"Alik, you said we are fine, why should we fight the rumored brutal Black Dragon Legion?"
"What Black Dragon Legion, that's called Li Wei's rebels!
We fight naturally because of the king's order. Who told us to be a soldier?"
"Our king only knows how to give orders, and the military pay has never been paid enough. People in my hometown also expect me to send some military pay back to buy more food for my younger brother and sister. As a result, I didn't have enough military pay, so I was embarrassed to reply to my family...
Alik, I heard that the Black Dragon Legion is best at fighting with less and being invincible. Can we go home alive this time?"
After hearing this, the soldiers called Alik were silent for a while and said, "Donn, we are lucky this time. The company we are in is assigned to the second offensive echelon. So many people are attacking in front. Maybe we will have nothing to do after they fight.
This time, there were only more than 1,000 rebels in Li Wei. We fought one of 50 of us, so we should be able to win.
If we can win, we can survive!”
"But many people say that we don't have to fight against Levi's rebels. Our enemy is Jacobin of France, and Levi's enemy is also Jacobin of France. This war was the idea of the nobles and His Majesty above.
Alas, the revolutionary army of the country-salvation commanded by Jacobin of France beat our vanguard to pieces, but this time we have to face the rebels of Levi, who are stronger than Jacobin's revolutionary army of the country-salvation. My suicide note has been written in advance.
Alik, if I am killed, please give me the suicide note to my parents. I thought I could have enough food for my parents and younger brothers and sisters after joining the army. Only after becoming a soldier did I realize that the military pay the king said was paid in a shortage, which was too unintentional!
I wanted to go home to farm, but those officers not only disagree, but also let me whip..."
Perhaps feeling the arrival of death, Dorn's words became even more numerous today.
"It is forbidden to whisper in front of the formation. I keep my mouth shut. Whoever makes a sound will be dealt with by military law!"
Alik saw a lieutenant coming and shouting, hurriedly closed his mouth, and at the same time pulled the corner of Dorn's clothes, imitating the way he was during military training, with his head held high and his chest held high, carrying a flintlock rifle.
They are in the second tier and must remain in a state where they can step onto the battlefield at any time, so they cannot sit down and rest like the reserve team behind them.
However, at this moment, the Black Dragon Legion defenders hiding in the Perpignan complex suddenly formed a square array towards the advancing Spanish line and shot a large number of flowering bullets!
Because the defenders in Perpignan were not prepared to face high-intensity war, they were not equipped with a field gun, only some old-fashioned mortars that were equipped with each battalion-level corps.
The cost of this kind of mortar is lower than that of the field guns of this era. Although the range is shorter, the fire is all flowering bullets, which have great lethality. Therefore, Li Wei equipped every battalion-level unit with this cheap mortar.
Not only Li Wei, but most of the army of European countries are equipped with mortars. This thing is a living target in artillery battles and will only be used during infantry duels.
Of course, if it is a diamond fortress that is rare in attack, the mortar cannon can also rely on curved shooting to become a weapon to kill the enemy!
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Chapter completed!