In addition, after the first shot, each soldier's loading speed will be different, which will greatly affect the neatness of the second round of volleys.

If the soldiers' psychological quality is not in place and make mistakes during loading, the firepower density of the second round of volleys will be reduced.

After each war, the poke bars shot out by muskets can always be found on the battlefield. This is the result of the soldiers making mistakes and shooting the poke bars together with bullets under the pressure of life and death.

Therefore, after each round of volleys on the battlefield, the firepower density will be reduced accordingly. The more volleys, the less lead bullets can be shot out!

Many muskets may even have problems such as chuckling.

This is not necessarily a problem with the quality of the musket. It is likely that the soldiers made mistakes in operation under extreme tension, resulting in damage to the musket.

This is not difficult to understand. If anyone is queuing with the enemy in line to kill him, he will not be as calm as he wants!

Unless it is a madman who wants to die!

Therefore, many ordinary troops often require soldiers to shoot freely after the first round of volleys. Even if they require volleys, they will adopt the rotational shooting tactic of queue change.

Soldiers who have fired back to the back of the queue to load ammunition can eliminate inner fear to the greatest extent and reduce the chance of making mistakes.

Of course, doing so will also lead to many soldiers being unable to shoot at the same time, reducing their own firepower density.

But there is no perfect thing on the battlefield. The British's three-row volleys followed by bayonet charges is already a perfect tactic.

Resarith, who knew the importance of the first shot, naturally hoped to enter a closer distance and fire. However, when crossing the threshold of 50 meters, Resarith found that the enemy on the opposite side still had not stopped!

At this time, the corps under Resarith could not withstand it. In order to reduce the inner fear of the front row soldiers, the limit of the Bavarian corps in Resarith was 50 meters away. After entering this distance, the officers in the front formation immediately ordered to stop.

The officer walking in the front of the Bavarian Corps retreated to the side of his phalanx, raised his command knife and issued a loud command. Soon, the first row of soldiers half kneeled on the ground and raised muskets, while the second row of soldiers stood up and raised their guns, forming two platoons.

This is the standard platoon tactic of the current era, and it is easier to alternately transform arrays with the rear platoon soldiers.

Three rows of volleys are extreme, because when three rows of volleys, the first row is half kneeling, the second row stands, and the third row needs to place the muskets between the shoulders of the second row of soldiers, which is equivalent to sealing all gaps between the soldiers!

In this way, after a round of gunfire, it will become very troublesome to step back and let the people behind come up.

Of course, the British did not have any solution. When three-row volleys, each square matrix can be divided into three parts. After the three-row volleys are finished, stand still and load ammunition, and then the second part continues to shoot until the third part is finished. The first part is almost loaded with ammunition.

However, doing so requires a high level of demand for soldiers, and each part of the soldiers must complete the loading after two rounds of volleys!

If you want to do this, you must overcome your inner fear. You must not shake your hands and feet when loading, or even make any operational mistakes!

This tactic is still very advanced, because the three soldiers do not need to change the array when loading, and they can just stand on the spot to load, which saves the loading time to the greatest extent. In addition, the three parts are fired one after another, which can create fire sustainability.

Even if the enemy suddenly rushed over when they went crazy, they would be smashed to pieces by rounds of gunfire.

Even if it has not been broken, because the overall three-row volley formation has not changed, it is enough to directly hit the enemy with a bayonet when they rushed in front of them, so there is no need to worry about the formation being broken.

Of course, this tactical flaw is also obvious. When three rows of volleys, the soldiers who have fired must stand on the spot to load ammunition, which is equivalent to keeping them within the enemy's shooting range!

This is really standing straight and letting the enemy shoot him. If it weren't for the flintlock's hit rate, it wouldn't be possible that anyone would use this tactic.

In addition to this flaw, this three-column volley tactic is almost the most perfect counterattack tactic of this era.

Soldiers do not need to change their formation frequently, so naturally they will not cause chaos and errors. After the front row falls, the people in the fourth row behind can be replaced.

This is also why the British often arrange four to five rows of gun platoons.

Not changing the formation can also save the most time to load ammunition.

Three rows of volleys can allow three rows of people to shoot at the same time. Even if they are cut into three parts, the fire density is equivalent to that of a whole row of volleys.

The most important thing is that it is difficult to catch the second round of guns after a single row of people shooting, but when three rows are volleyed, they are cut into three parts, which ensures that each part can be seamlessly connected and fired, and only one instruction is required!

Naturally, continuous firepower was formed that was no less than a row of soldiers' volleys.

Under such firepower, the enemy troops who can last for a few minutes without collapse are all elite!

If the terrain is favorable, a second or even a third three-row volley array can be formed on a rolling slope to form a stepped fire network.

Do not need to change the formation when shooting, which means that the space occupied is also narrow, so you can naturally place more square formations.

Unfortunately, this tactic not only requires extraordinary courage, but also skillful loading techniques. Otherwise, the volleyball connection is inconsistent, which can easily lead to chaos.

This is why Li Wei did not use this tactic. His basic line infantry queues are not good, and the speed of loading ammunition is not good!

"Open fire!"

As orders were issued, the Bavarian Corps, which lined up in two rows of guns, pulled the trigger.

After the fight, the soldiers and officers did not look at the results of the battle and immediately retreated from the gap between the soldiers in the back row. The soldiers in the back two rows followed the trend and half-kneeled in the first row and stood up in the second row to raise their guns.

Although this platoon gun tactics are not as efficient as the three-row shooting tactics, it is the most common tactic in Europe.

Because this tactic does not require too high a soldier's courage, the requirements for queues and loading speed are also average.

The soldiers who returned had time to load ammunition and reorganize the queue, because there were still several rows in front of them that needed volleys.

Of course, this made the Bavarian Corps necessary to ship more lines, resulting in the Bavarian Corps clearly having as many as twice the strength of Polcha’s troops, but the cross-section length of the face-to-face battlefield was about the same!

Resarith also knew that his soldiers' tactics were not as good as those of the other party, but the three-row volley tactics seemed simple, but not everyone could afford it!
Chapter completed!