However, Frederick III's idea was still unsuccessful.
Why? Because Frederick III's batch-based approach solved the problem of the supervisory soldiers not being supervised too early, but after batch-based, the number of people in each batch was too small.
You should know that at the forefront of the Marin army, there were a total of 1,000 musketeers. The 2,300 farmers supervised by 500 soldiers of the Bossa coalition, walked forward with sandbags, and they were fined outside 50 yards, but they only lost more than 200 people. After all, the hit rate outside 50 yards is indeed very low.
But after entering the 50 distance, the casualty rate suddenly increased. Three or four hundred people fell in each round of volleyball shooting. By the time the distance was 30 yards, the 2,300 farmers had already fallen by one thousand, and almost half of the casualties were killed or killed.
At this time, the frightened farmers no longer cared about the Bossa coalition soldiers who were guarding them behind them. Because, if you are dying, you will also die from running forward. Moreover, if you are escaping, you will at least have a certain chance of survival. So the remaining more than a thousand farmers threw down sacks of soil and ran to both sides.
The supervising Bossa coalition soldiers behind them saw that what was wrong? So they raised the butcher knife to the escaped farmer...
Although some of the escaped farmers were killed, more than a thousand farmers in front of them scattered when they escaped, revealing the Bossa coalition soldiers who were supervising behind them.
When Schwartz saw the opportunity was rare, he immediately ordered - "Aim at those soldiers and fight!"
Then, bursts of gunfire came, and the soldiers exposed to the guns were killed more than 100 people at once. After all, the experienced musketeers had a high accuracy rate of about 30 yards.
In desperation, the remaining more than 300 supervised Bossa coalition infantry had to run back and retreat...
They were different from those farmers. They just held weapons in their hands and ran away very quickly. Unlike those farmers, who carried hundreds of pounds of mud sacks, they didn't run fast. Soon, they pulled back to a relatively safe area of ​​50 yards away. Moreover, they were running back. As long as they ran 100 yards, they were almost unable to be hit.
However, as soon as they ran, Frederick III's plan to fill the hole was vain...
Jokeem I murmured:
"There are too many people, and too few people, so what should we do? We can't let elite soldiers go up and eat bullets, right?"
Frederick III also frowned. He did not expect that there would be such troublesome musketeers. There were not no musketeers in the Saxony army, but only a very small number of people had them and were not large. Therefore, Frederick III never saw the power of musketeers. Now, after facing the battle formation with Marin, he truly felt the power of musketeers. Moreover, the three-stage shooting method used by the musketeers in the Marin army made the continuous firepower, which was extremely troublesome.
In desperation, Frederick III said:
"Let the sword and shield soldiers try it. Send 500 swords of shield soldiers and choose the kind of shield covered with iron!"
This attack was not a general attack, but a test of the defense of the sword and shield soldiers against muskets. Therefore, Frederick III only sent 500 people to the field.
However, he was destined to be disappointed. Because, the shield covered with iron can't stop the heavy projectiles of the 50-gram Mushket musket. Unless it is a pure iron shield. However, the pure iron shield is too heavy and ordinary soldiers can't handle it...
When dealing with musketeers, it is best to use cavalry to quickly attack, take advantage of the opponent's ammunition and kill into the pile of musketeers. Then, they will abuse them casually. Although the cavalry rushing in the front will inevitably be killed by musketeers, as long as the subsequent cavalry rushes up and rushes into the pile of musketeers, they will chop and kill them casually. In the late Ming Dynasty, this was how the Eight Banners Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty did.
In order to obtain more cannon fodder and protect the real elites of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty sent troops deep into the deep mountains and forests of the northeast, and captured uncivilized barbarians everywhere, which was what was called "Birth of Jurchens" at that time (in fact, they may not be from the Jurchens, perhaps from other ethnic groups such as Ewenki) and were incorporated into suicide squads. When facing the Ming army's musket troops, they drove these "Birth of Jurchens" wearing thick cotton armor and tied them to horseback (because the Jurchens in the deep mountains and forests were not good at riding) and charged in front. The real Manchu Eight Banners cavalry followed behind.
If those "Birth of Jurchens" were killed by the Ming army musketeers, the Qing Dynasty would not feel distressed. At worst, they could send people to the deep mountains and forests to catch them. If they survived, these "Birth of Jurchens" like barbarians would be named as small officials. However, these small Qing officers from the Qing Dynasty who were born in barbarians were very bloodthirsty. Although they were brave and very wild, they committed a lot of murders after entering the pass... It was a bit off topic...
But the problem is that Marin dug two very wide trenches at the front of the battle formation, which were filled with wooden stakes. Behind the two trenches, there were also oblique wooden stakes. This double defense is specifically designed to restrain the cavalry's charge. Whether it is light cavalry or heavy cavalry, it cannot be broken through with such a terrifying defense. As long as it falls into the pit, the war horse will definitely be pierced by wooden stakes. People are not much better. If the cavalry falls into the pit, the light cavalry will be poked to death, and the heavy cavalry will be killed by Marin's subordinates with muskets, or even smashed to death with a hammer...
Therefore, Frederick III felt very difficult in the face of such a formation that specifically guarded against cavalry charges. As for Jokiem I, it was even more helpless...
Seeing that the charge of the sword and shield soldiers was useless, Frederick III gave up for the time being. So he ordered:
"Go and urge the artillery troops and hurry up here. Tomorrow, we will use gunfire!" Then, the Bossa coalition withdrew its troops back to the camp. However, in order to prevent Marin's night attack, Frederick III sent many scouts to change shifts to supervise Marin's army.
The next morning, after using a telescope to see the Bossa coalition forces transporting artillery in a carriage, Marin was also shocked. So he quickly ordered:
"Hurry up, bring our artillery up there too. Be careful, face the enemy's artillery and specifically attack their artillery!"
Then, 50 6-pound cannons and more than a dozen 18-pound short-barrel Army versions of Karen cannons were pushed to the position...
The reason why Malin ordered people to specifically aim at the opponent's artillery was based on the reason. In this era, European artillery generally did not have a beacon behind the artillery (it was similar to the sight of the gun barrel, but was at the tail of the gun barrel). Moreover, the artillery of this era did not even have a gun stand. When fighting, experienced artillery soldiers were required to command other people to bury the gun body in front of the formation. Moreover, behind the gun body must be pits or piles of soil. This is to prevent the barrel from shifting due to the large recoil after the gun barrel is fired. If the barrel is moved, it will be inaccurate and needs to be re-arranged. And when there is no wheel of the gun bracket, resetting the barrel is a very troublesome thing. It requires several strong men to carry the barrel and lift it to its original position. When it is lifted, it must wait for the barrel temperature to cool down. Otherwise, it is very hot...
Marin's cannon with gun mounts is different. After this cannon fires, although the cannon will retreat. However, because of the wheels, the artillery can easily push the cannon to its original position. Then, the artillery in charge of aiming will squat down, put its head directly behind the barrel, and use its eyes to see the target through the sighting mountain similar to the sighting star. After aiming, you can continue firing.
Those who do not have gun mounts or watch the mountain are often miserable. They will ask experienced artillery soldiers to observe the effect. If the gun body is not moved, it is easy to say, and continue to load and fire. If the gun body occurs, it will be troublesome. After the gun barrel cools down, the soldiers must be allowed to lift the gun barrel and reset it, and then the experienced artillery soldiers can then continue to attack...
Therefore, the same artillery, due to technical differences, the interval between the two sides' firings is very different. Marin's infantry can definitely fire the second artillery within one minute. If it is faster, it can even fire one shot in 30 seconds. Traditional artillery, due to various troubles such as the displacement of the gun body, often only takes the second artillery for more than two minutes. Moreover, aiming is also very troublesome and may not be accurate...
Just as the experienced artillerymen of the Bossa coalition commanded others to set up artillery, Marin's artillery had easily pulled more than 60 artillery pieces into the front line, and quickly completed the loading, and began to aim and shoot...
"Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-"
Chapter completed!