Crossing the Continent in the Eighteenth Century

When everyone was busy, Felicia came up and asked, "Why don't you take this opportunity to evacuate??"

I took out the binoculars and looked at the smoke and dust pulled up by the Russian infantry and said, "With so many wounded soldiers, where can we go in a short time? There is still a chance of survival here. If we retreat, Ryan Stein The Great Emperor had a famous saying: The rout of an army is as unstoppable as the collapse of a mountain. The shadow left by the battle will continue to expand in the hearts of the soldiers. Once they are bitten by the Russians, they will wait for the Russians to slaughter us. "

Hippias nodded: "The Russians retreated in a hurry because of the illusion created by His Highness, but it will not take too long for them to find something strange, and then come back. It's just this time, how much is it..."

I pointed to the staring Russian cavalry in front of me and said, "I think within two hours."

"So long?" Hippias asked in astonishment.

I handed him the binoculars: "When I first broke in, I let the chasers under me frighten away the Russian sentries around. They couldn't see our reality for a short time. Anyway, the Russians should only know that we have come a lot. People. Look at those cavalrymen again. The costumes of these cavalrymen are colorful and have everything. Most of them are sentries. All the cavalry on the ground have been sent out. There are no scouts out everywhere, and now I have two lines of cavalry rushing into their rear. In order to ensure that the back road will not be cut off, the Russians can only retreat. The Russians Even if they see something strange, I don't think they will attack immediately. Combined with the current actions of their commander, and considering that the commander is the lover of the woman in Moscow, I think he will definitely spend money carefully for insurance and investigation. Time to confirm, because he can't afford to lose. This way, the time is about the same. So two hours, enough for us to take advantage of this time difference to take down the cavalry and artillery left to us by the Russian commander's own wisdom!"

That's right, knock out the Russian cavalry and artillery!

When the two armies confront each other, if one side retreats, the cavalry and artillery will often be the first choice for the rear. My target after intimidating the Russians is these people!

I opened my pocket watch uneasily. My original plan was to destroy this group of people, and take advantage of the fighting time to load the wounded into carriages and evacuate them.

The previous Chexuan Formation was not the formation in which a certain beauty in Japan swung thousands of troops around like a wheel. This required too much commanding ability from the commander.The predecessor's so-called car suspension array actually meant that the enemy walked past the car round after round.To put it simply, the infantry is surrounded by vehicles and divided into three or four large circular formations. The cavalry is in the center, and the infantry cooperates with artillery to defend with muskets. After the enemy is newly defeated, the cavalry is sent to attack the enemy's formation.This trick has been tried and tested on the Mongols and the Green Sect, but later it met Timur with elephants, and it was a tragedy.Hitler's army and Stalin's army were defeated by the onslaught of Timur's 10,000+ army.

It's just that the risk of the plan is a bit high, and if you are not careful, the whole army will collapse, because the Fifth Spartan Army is newly defeated, and morale is a problem, but since there are villages to rely on for defense, I don't have to leave.

At 900:[-], the battle between the Fifth Spartan Army and the Russians began at ten o'clock in the morning. In about an hour and a half, the Fifth Spartan Army lost nearly [-] people.

Of the five battalions of the main regiment, two were lost combat effectiveness, one was severely wounded, and the remaining two infantry regiments deserted in each battalion.The two additional cuirassier battalions left by Uncle Zimiskia to Hippias after less than 10 minutes of fighting, the full number of more than 800 people was reduced to only 228, and a total of more than 2400 people were lost in battle.

According to Fatty's estimate, they wiped out less than 2000 enemies, perhaps 1 infantry, and more than [-] cavalry.This is still the result of relying on sticking to the back.If the fat man's estimate is reliable, there are still more than [-] people in Russia, with a large number of infantry and few cavalry.

A high sense of honor is a good thing, but sometimes too much sense of honor often brings unnecessary troubles. If the fat man followed Uncle Zimiskia's order and just blocked here instead of actively attacking, he might not have lost nearly The strength of 2000 people is so miserable.

Assuming that Maozi came back, facing Maozi's superior force, I brought three infantry battalions and three cavalry battalions together with the remaining Fifth Sparta, which barely exceeded the number of 7000 people.Fortunately, the Fifth Spartan Legion still had eleven cannons.

Three six-pounders, four eight-pounders, and four mortars, and Maozi only had four.I believe the bluff got the Maozi to put all their artillery and cavalry on the table as a backstop, so in order to gain an advantage over the Maozi we have to eat them!

There was news from Leon that the Russians had left. I didn't need to think about it to know that it was Maozi who went to report something strange to their commander.

Four eight-pound guns were placed on both sides of the cuirassiers for me, and they fired continuously for more than ten minutes. The Russians fired back without any reply from the commander. I think the order they received before was nothing more than When the enemy charges, use shotguns and the like at close range.

The effective range of our eight-pound gun is about 700 meters, and the maximum range is 2400 meters. The shells fly out of the effective distance, which is similar to the bullets fired by smoothbore guns.The two sides fired at each other at a distance of more than 1000 meters. Basically, it was a cannon that hit mosquitoes. It would be a miracle if they hit.

Let the remaining cuirassiers of the Fifth Spartan Legion line up on the left and right sides of the Atalandi Cavalry Battalion, and let the Poles stop their running back and forth. I gathered more than 1000 cavalry on the frontal battlefield.

Divide the cavalry on hand into three. I am very curious what the Russians will do. If all the cavalry is concentrated to face the cuirassiers, the Atalandi Cavalry Battalion will be in a hard fight, but the Fifth Spartans on both sides The cuirassiers of the Legion will crash into their soft abdomen from the side, causing them huge damage, and the cannons lacking cavalry protection are basically destroyed in one round under the impact of the Poles, and then the Poles Will join the battle group to fight more and less.If they were divided into three groups, it would be exactly what they wanted. The Atalandi Cavalry Battalion assaulted from the front, and the cuirassiers of the Fifth Spartan Legion advanced left and right. When the cuirassiers were in time, the Poles could disperse from the left and right sides and attack the Russians. cannon.

The Russians fought, and the cavalry hid behind the cannons, trying to bombard first, and then the cavalry assaulted.

"The cuirassiers withdrew to the two wings and let the Poles act as frontal vanguards. If the artillery turned their muzzles and the cuirassiers attacked from the left and right, take advantage of this time to cover up the Polish cavalry!"

The Russians changed their movements with our disposition, the muzzles did not change, and the Russian cavalry were divided into two parts, slightly more numerous than the cuirassiers I had discharged from the flanks.

"Tell the Poles to stop at the 350-meter line if they don't want to be shot to death."

In fact, without my order, the Poles stopped by themselves first. Are these Poles who were brave enough to die during the Napoleonic Wars, and burst into several artillery positions when the French army marched into the small universe of the Spanish highlands?Anyway, the Poles in this era are by no means as heroic as in the other world. It’s okay to be greedy for life and fear death. The ability to grab credit and make trouble is by no means weaker than the legendary Italian pig teammates.

The Atalandi cavalry battalion on the front was split in two, and the cuirassiers of the Fifth Spartan Legion slowly advanced to the 300-meter line. On the Russian side, a dispute arose at the moment the Poles stopped moving.

Later they launched a cavalry charge as the cuirassiers advanced from the side to the 200-meter line.

The cuirassiers also sounded the battle horn at that moment.

"Tell the Poles to bypass the entanglement of cavalry and attack the Russian artillery positions from the other side."

Thousands of horseshoes rumbled, and two cavalrymen collided on the plain in front of this small village in southern Poland.

What is the scene of a big car crashing into a car, what kind of scene it is here, corpses flying in the air, screaming sharply, and flesh and blood flying in an instant, but overall we still have the advantage.

Relying on the advantage given by the tall horses, the cuirassiers not only knocked the Maozi cavalry away, but also slashed at a higher place during the fight. This distance may be very small, but it is precisely such a distance It gave the cuirassiers a greater advantage and more chances of survival.Because the slashing process requires a certain amount of space to swing the arm, so that the strength of the arm can be brought into play, the height of the horse shortens the falling distance of the sabers held high by the Maozi a lot. This space and time are enough to reduce their slashing. On the contrary, the cuirassiers are condescending, and the slashing is more powerful, and the cuirassiers' cuirassiers are not free armor. As long as it is not a fatal wound to the head, ordinary slashing can make the solid armor give Block it.

In the first round, seven or 80 Maozi cavalry fell from their horses. If it was a normal wall charge, most of the Maozi cavalry with the same number would be wiped out without even meeting each other. But now, due to the scattered formation, more than half of the Maozi cavalry Survived the charge.Turn the horse's head and fight again. At this time, the Poles drove the horses and appeared behind the Russian artillery. As a last resort, the two Maozi cannons turned their muzzles.

Soon, the Poles in the front split into two and also launched a charge.

The four cannons that Maozi placed high hopes on were shelled in two rounds, and less than a dozen Poles were swept away, and they fell into the hands of the Poles.The cheap Poles were transferred to join the battle group against the Maozi cavalry.This made the troubled Maozi cavalry even worse.

I opened my pocket watch, and it was past [-]:[-]. I finally let me eat the cavalry and cannons that Commander Maozi had left behind.

"Hippias, ask your people to put the carriages at the gate of the village, and then pull the Russian cannons over. We will keep them for use."

"But we don't have any spare gunners!"

"Let some infantry dress up as gunners and throw them behind the village!"

There is still one hour left for us. I asked my more than 1000 people to buy time to rest, because they will be the starting lineup later. The soldiers of the Fifth Spartan Legion have already become frightened, and then let them face Maozi's infantry sea. , I am worried that they will not go well.

"Ok."

The waiting time was boring. When I finished setting up the artillery positions, the Russians hadn't returned yet.I sat on the edge of the carriage stopped in front of the village and asked the fat man who couldn't stop watching, "Hipias, do you know that in Russia, a bullet is a fool, and a bayonet is a hero?"

"Is there such a saying?" As a Prussian, Frederick was curious, "What do you mean?"

I even forgot that there was this girl by my side: "It means that no matter how powerful a bullet is, it is far less powerful than a bayonet."

"No wonder the Russians are so good at hand-to-hand combat!" Hippias said with lingering fear.

"Here are the Russians from Minsk. They are the trump card of the main force of the Russians. Their hand-to-hand combat skills are all trained on the Swedes." Felicia Cope said.

I laughed out loud and said, "So what! Bullets are idiots? Huh, the Russians are now like noble ladies who have reached the age of tigers and wolves, and the Swedes' small sticks can no longer meet their needs. Wait a minute, I will let you Those Russians who are used to small and weak bullets understand that there are bigger and thicker things waiting for them in this world."

"Did you hear, soldiers, His Highness said that he would serve those hungry Russian ladies with something bigger and thicker than bullets!"

The joke Hippias caused me caused a burst of laughter from the surrounding soldiers, which relieved the tension that many battles were imminent and that we had nowhere to escape.

Felicia said, "Can't you stop saying such nasty things?"

"You can think of this as the last word before a strenuous exercise..."

"Who would say these things like that!" Felicia said speechlessly.

"What do you think?" The smiling Assassin's complaints at this time made the corners of my eyes twitch with the female Wenqing. Uh, where is your integrity, Assassin!

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