Fox of France

Early the next morning, when the sun had just risen, General Dracotree’s troops had finished their breakfast and started a battle formation. As for Napoleon, naturally he already knew the enemy’s actions, and from the commanding heights, he carefully observed the enemy’s formation with a telescope.

　　 This commanding height is a castle outside Le Mans. The castle built on a small plateau is still a relic of the Hundred Years’ War. Perhaps many years ago, the French knights fought the British longbowmen here. Now the castle has long been abandoned, and the straight walls are covered with green vines. But this is still a rock fortress after all, and it hasn’t become a crumbling house. Because of the good vision here, Napoleon put his headquarters here.

　　 “It seems that the rebels are ready to attack today.” Napoleon said to himself, passing the binoculars to the serviceman next to him.

　　 Then he looked towards the front line again and said to himself: “Today should also be the time for us to attack.”

　　 At this time, you can see the rebels from a distance, and a flash of light shines-this is the rebels firing at Le Mans.

　　The artillery of this era mainly uses solid shells, and the threat of shelling is far from that of later generations. The shelling of the rebels was mainly aimed at the temporary walls built around Le Mans for defense. And some obstacles such as refusal of horses. If you can’t cause some damage to these soil walls and the rejection of horses, then the soldiers will suffer a lot when they come forward and attack.

　　The artillery bombardment lasted for a long time. Under the difficult conditions of logistical supply, the rebels also carried out such artillery preparations, which shows that they really want to finish their work.

　　 By about eight o’clock, the rebels and earth walls on the battlefield had been destroyed a lot, so the rebel soldiers began to press on.

　　 After the revolution, the French army, a major feature of its tactics is the large number of skirmishers. This is mainly caused by two factors. One is that the training of the French army after the revolution has not been very good, so that their ability to complete complex queue changes in battle is very poor. Another reason is that their morale is generally quite high.

　　 The first factor made them unable to queue up, so they simply reduced the queue. The second reason is to ensure that even if they don’t have a queue, the soldiers won’t know where they are going, like in some countries. (I’m talking about you, Austria! Although Archduke Karl recognized the advantages of skirmishers early on, Austria’s skirmishers were always not used well. One of the reasons was that these Austrian soldiers would disperse as soon as they dispersed. It’s really gone.)

　　 When the morale of the Vendée rebels was high, they also relied mainly on skirmishers. But the offensive a few days ago showed one thing, that is, the Vendée rebels no longer possess such morale. Once they dispersed, they immediately disappeared on the battlefield. In short, you don’t want to see them again when you are not eating.

　　 So in this general offensive, General Dracotri had to abandon the skirmish tactics and instead march forward in formation-at least, the soldiers are all in the queue, and whoever dares to run can enforce battlefield discipline on the spot.

　　 However, due to insufficient training, the formation of the rebels is very irregular. They lined up in a long horizontal line, looking far away, but it was not a straight line, but a wavy line. In many cases, this wavy line will be disconnected from time to time because some people walk fast and some people walk slowly.

　　The horizontal team actually evolved from a square formation, but from a square to a rectangle. The length of the rectangle gradually increased and the width gradually decreased, and it became the current horizontal team. This change is often used to reduce the damage of artillery to the army and increase the firepower output during a salvo. However, the rebels’ queue now has some tendency to return to ancient times, and their queue thickness has reached six rows.

　　 This is actually a last resort, because the smaller the horizontal team, the longer the formation and the more difficult it is to control the formation. Moreover, the thicker formation also prevents the low morale soldiers caught in the middle from easily fleeing on the battlefield or falling down and pretending to be dead. (There are too many people behind, you will be trampled to death if you fall)

　　 But as a price, such a formation would have more casualties when it was hit by artillery.

　　 Sure enough, when they were close to more than three hundred meters away from the defender’s first earth wall, they began to suffer shells. Unlike the situation a few days ago, this time, the defenders’ artillery fire was not only violent, but also had a fairly high hit rate. The defender’s artillery base was further behind, and there were still seven or eight hundred steps away from them. However, this round of salvos successfully drove dozens of artillery shells into the rebels’ queue.

　　 Of these shells, except for a limited number of shells, which were dropped directly into the ground, the others all formed ricochets, directly piercing the six-layered formation.

　　 Just one round of shelling caused hundreds of casualties to the rebels. Such shelling accuracy has never appeared in previous battles.

　　 But in fact, this is not luck in favor of Napoleon, because a few days ago, the artillery of the National Self-Defense Army was mainly the artillery of the National Self-Defense Army.

　　Of course, even the more well-trained artillery under Napoleon’s hand, under normal circumstances, it is actually difficult to shoot such a precise salvo. But here is different, because here is also a preset battlefield, in the battlefield, all positions within the range of the artillery have been accurately mapped. The artillery fired at these positions. So even the first round of shelling can achieve such a high hit rate.

　　 The rebels were blinded by this round of shelling. Some of them want to rectify the formation, some want to rush forward, some want to turn around and run, and they suddenly become a mess.

　　 In such chaos, the second round of shelling accurately sent dozens of shells into the rebels’ queue. Now, the rebels’ queue was completely chaotic. They dispersed, most of them turned and ran behind. The officer in charge of controlling the queue can no longer control them, and can only be held back by them.

　　 “It’s time.” Napoleon had already left the headquarters and came to the forefront. At the side of the artillery, he watched the rebels flee in chaos, then turned around and said to the messenger next to him: “Go and inform the leader of Augerello, let him attack immediately!”

　　 Then Napoleon got on his horse, took a few guards, and quickly rushed to the ranks of the National Self-Defense Army nearby. Fouché was waiting for his orders there.

　　 “Commissioner Fouché.” Napoleon said, “Now, please give me the command of the National Guard.”

　　 “You are the chief military officer, you can give orders at any time.” Foucher said.

　　 “That’s good,” Napoleon said.

Then he rode on a horse and shouted to the National Guards: “You know what happened in Angers. Now, the beasts that destroyed Angers are right in front of you. You tell me they are here for What are you doing? Are they here for outing? No, they want to rob us of the fruits of our labor, they want to take our wives and children from our arms! Can we let them succeed?”

　　 “No! No way!”

　　 “Let them die!”

　　 “Kill them all!”

　　 The soldiers shouted.

Napoleon continued yelling: “Warriors, warriors! Because of our heroic resistance these days, now they want to escape. We can let them escape back to their lair like this, heal their wounds, and find a Is there another chance to threaten our wives and children?”

　　 “No!”

　　 “No!”

“Yes, we can’t let them escape like this!” Napoleon drew out his saber and shouted, “We must not let them go and let them have a chance to mutilate our relatives in the future. So, soldiers, you are willing to follow me, Go and wipe out those venomous snakes and beasts?”

　　 “Yes!”

　　 “Yes!”

　　 The shouts of the soldiers rang out.

Napoleon looked at the soldiers with satisfaction, and then learned the way Du Maurier was at the beginning, (he practiced this movement for a long time in private). He pulled the reins with his hands to make the horse raise the two front legs, and the man stood up. Yelled: “Warriors, follow me, go forward!”

　　 General Dracotri was stunned by the previous defeat, but he soon discovered that something was not right, and the ruined troops ran towards the camp, and the enemy actually took advantage of this opportunity to chase him up. And the number of enemy troops far exceeded his expectations. He knew that the current situation was very critical. If the rebellion could not be stopped and the enemy rushed into the barracks, his army would completely collapse.

“Put away the springboard, shoot at the defeated army, and drive them aside!” General Dracotri yelled ~www.wuxiax.com~ The soldiers panickedly put away the springboard on the trench and hid. Behind the breast wall, he retreated to the side of the trench, yelling frantically at them, asking them to catch a springboard, and open the door to let them in. The comrades who came in raised their guns. Some people jumped directly into the trench and came over here, and then more people jumped into the trench and tried to climb into the barracks again.

　　 “Shoot! Shoot!” General Dracotree shouted.

　　 “Bang! Bang!…” The gunfire suddenly sounded, and the gray-blue gunpowder smoke rose, and soon everyone’s eyes were blurred.

　　 “Bang! Bang!…” The rebels outside the wall also shot into the barracks, and many people fell to the ground screaming.

　　 People who were still comrades-in-arms a while ago, at this time they were shooting at each other randomly in this chaotic gunpowder. After a while, the gunfire finally stopped gradually.

　　 “Those guys outside ran away?” General Dracotree thought this way, and at the same time opened his eyes wide, trying to pass through the thick gunpowder and see what was behind it. However, there is no wind on the battlefield, so the thick gunpowder has not dispersed yet. But he suddenly felt that the earth seemed to start to vibrate, and then the sound of hurried horses hoofs reached his ears.

　　 “It’s a cavalry…” General Dracotree shouted: “Get ready…”

At this time, a steed horse rushed out of the gunpowder, jumped over the trench with a sudden jump, and then jumped again, jumping over the breast wall, and the warrior on the horse swung a knife at the same time, killing a frightened betrayer. Soldiers cut to the ground…

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