Chapter 57 The Battle of Waterloo (5)
The name of this ordinary player is Liu Cheng. He recalled the game teaching he had just passed. When the generals were familiar with their soldiers and officers, the roles of these ordinary players played by soldiers were spent several hours learning various simplified game operations.
Many of the infantrymen have experience in using muskets and arrays, but they are relatively simple. In the war in the early 19th century, although muskets were greatly improved, they still had to rely on dense arrays to exert their power.
Artillery soldiers must learn how to load and aim, shoot, reset, clean the cannon chamber, etc., and even how to drag the cannon with a horse to achieve battlefield maneuver.
He has played many horse riding battle games in his daily life. The lances in this battle are more realistic and of course more difficult. Generally, if players are disabled, they can only be appointed to handle it. They only need to issue orders for charge, as well as orders such as retreat, and turn.
Cavalry, a strategic armament in human history, with the rise of muskets and the strength of infantry, was eventually eliminated and could no longer be the main armament to determine the outcome of the battlefield.
But in this crucial battle, the cavalry also plays a major role, and the cavalry of both sides plays an important role in supporting the battle. For both sides, they want to use cavalry to destroy the other side's artillery. The difference is that Wellington achieved his goal. Although he paid the price of all the cavalry, the cavalry commanded by Marshal Ney encountered the British phalanx trap. Although they were brave and fearless, they broke through some of the phalanxes and killed some of the artillery, but they were more sacrificed in vain and did not achieve decisive results.
Liu Cheng just saw these things. He was more concerned about which cavalry sequence he was in and when he would be ordered to attack.
"Hansen, Lancer of the 2nd Lancer Regiment, Commander Mihaud," this simple message is all his identities. As for whether it is consistent with history, he does not know. He only knows that the cavalry regiment he belongs to is the heroic commander of the cavalry, Mihaud, which seems to be set up to change the tactics of French cavalry in history.
The battle began soon, and Liu Cheng could not see the situation on other battlefields on his screen, and he could only see the situation of his cavalry regiment.
The soldiers sat upright on the horse with a solemn expression. Liu Cheng could tell that those movements that were slightly shaking were played by players because they needed to operate the mouse and keyboard at all times to ensure that they would respond immediately after hearing the order. In order to let others know that they were also players, they had figured out some general operations. The changes in the movements and expressions of the soldiers' characters brought about by these operations will not violate military discipline.
It is of course beneficial to let others know that their players are, so that they can join forces on the battlefield once they enter the free fighting stage. NPC soldiers will not obey the orders of ordinary players. They will fight according to their established purpose and cooperate in groups of three or five.
After all, players have their own habits, and cooperation with NPCs is often not good, which brings many problems.
The battle was very fierce, and the rumbling sound of 12-pound cannons was heard from time to time in the sound. The screen was filled with heavy smoke from guns and cannons fired. Only when the wind passed by can you see the scene in front of you clearly.
Liu Cheng knew that Napoleon's powerful artillery group was bombarding the enemy opposite, Duke Wellington's infantry, but there were two unfavorable factors that caused the early artillery attack not to achieve the expected effect. First, it had just rained heavily, and most of the shells fired drilled into the soil impregnated by the rain, causing no damage, and the terrifying jumping and killing was weakened by the weather. Second, Wellington had a good position, and he set up a formation along the hillside, which was a gentle ridge, about 4,000 yards long, so that he could let the soldiers hide behind the hillside to avoid the French artillery fire.
The cannons of this era naturally lack threat to the soldiers behind the mountain. Liu Cheng understood this. He believed that his mission was to rush across the enemy's square formation, destroy their artillery, and allow his artillery to move to the front of the enemy and exert his true power.
Just as he was in a daze, the horn of charge came to his ears.
"Heroic cavalry, destroy any enemies that are blocking you! Charge!"
A mighty general was inspiring in front of them. He waved his saber and commanded the lancers, chest plaque cavalry, and dragon cavalry regiments, and began to advance towards the British phalanx. They wanted to break through the British positions that were blocking in front of them, seize the key point of the Lahaisaint who covered the center of Wellington, and then be able to attack the central part of Wellington and defeat it.
Before Liu Cheng could see the surrounding battlefield situation, he operated his characters and started charging with the cavalry of the brigade.
The ground was still muddy, and the cavalry's speed did not increase quickly. The smoke, dust, mud and water that rose along the way sprinkled half of the screen.
Hundreds of meters away were neat British phalanxes. In front of them were British front artillery. Faced with the cavalry's charge, these artillery still calmly fired a series of shells.
This is a frontal attack. Just like in history, even if players know the various deployments in history, they cannot change them at will, because this is basically the best offensive and defensive method that conforms to the environment at that time. Even if there is a genius idea, it is necessary to consider whether the soldiers who are executing can accept it. Simple and effective command is the guarantee of victory, not a clever plan. The ultimate goal of the plan is nothing more than dispersing the enemy's troops and letting your own troops fight less.
Liu Cheng and other lancers rushed towards the British military formation with an unstoppable attitude.
After raising the perspective, Liu Cheng could still see that behind them, one cannon roared again. However, in this era, the cannons have limited accuracy, so they cannot play a good synergy when the cavalry attacks. They just lengthen the range and bombard the rear of the enemy's phalanx to block the battlefield.
The only thing that made him feel more at ease was that Marshal Ney had learned from history, and behind the five thousand cavalry, nearly 30,000 infantry also launched the usual column charge at the same time. They had a strict array and consistent pace, following the cavalry.
Obviously, this joint charge is not very perfect, after all, it is a problem for soldiers to continue to execute smoothly.
"Assault their flank formations, don't go through the center, and the infantry attacked through the torn holes." One by one, the orders flashed across the screen, and Liu Chengdu turned a blind eye. What he could do was to attack with the brigade of cavalry.
The attack was not smooth, and the power of the bombardment at the beginning was reduced too much, and it did not disrupt much of the British phalanx. The road was also rugged and difficult, which brought difficulties to the cavalry's maneuvering turn, forcing them to stay in the front of the enemy phalanx for more time before they could attack on the flank.
When Liu Cheng entered the range of enemy artillery fire, he opened his eyes wide and watched solid bullets rushing towards his cavalry array. He couldn't help but pray in his heart that he would not hit him, at least he would have to wait until he stabbed his cavalry gun on a British soldier before talking.
However, his prayers were ineffective. A solid bullet that became larger and larger in his screen cut off his horse's head, and the horse charging at high speed immediately hit the ground.
Then his screen went dark and "You have been killed."
Chapter completed!