Chapter 2874 Battle of the Bend (Ⅱ)

Facing the ferocious offensive launched by the enemy, the first line of defense of the Continental Army retreated in less than 20 minutes.

Little Winthrop watched the battle through the binoculars, feeling a little surprised at the smoothness of his side's attack.

Judging from the morale before the war, the Continental Army withstood the meteorite bombing without collapse, and the military discipline should be quite strict.

He had been prepared to suffer tenacious resistance, but when he fought, he realized that it was not the case at all.

To put it bluntly, the first line of defense of the Continental Army is made of paper, and it will collapse at the first touch!

Of course, Winthrop Jr. admits that the enemy troops are not useless, for example, their rifles are very good.

The famous Far East 1622 "Wind Gun" abandoned the traditional design of magic crystal firearms and used high-pressure gas cylinders to launch projectiles. It can be called the rifle with the best overall performance in this era.

The most prominent feature of this air rifle is high-speed continuous shooting, with a magazine capacity of ten rounds. When thousands of soldiers fire in salvo, the high-pressure gas pushes the projectiles to make a whistling sound, and they are connected together like a howling wind. , so it is called "the gun of the wind".

The dense rain of bullets on the Continental Army's position caused considerable damage to the attackers, and no less than two hundred Feizhen officers and soldiers fell on the way of charging.

However, such a strong firepower could not last long. Before Feizhen officers and soldiers rushed to the front, the Continental Army soldiers guarding the first line of defense picked up their rifles, turned around and ran up the hillside, running away quickly!

"It's such a waste of such an excellent rifle in the hands of those trash." Little Winthrop muttered to himself while holding up his binoculars.

The gun was a good gun, but unfortunately the Continental Army soldier who was holding the gun could not hold his breath, and emptied the magazine in two or three shots.

What's even more ridiculous is that they seemed so nervous that they ran away collectively without thinking about changing the magazine.

Yes, the first line of defense of the Continental Army, nine out of ten soldiers retreated after firing out one magazine...

"It's not like you... are so poor that each of you is only issued with such a magazine, right?!"

Seeing this absurd scene, little Winthrop could hardly laugh or cry.

"I thought you guys really had the courage to fight to the death, but the result is only ten minutes of fighting spirit? It's ridiculous!"

Little Winthrop showed disdain, feeling that this battle has been won for sure.

However, he was too happy.

In fact, the fragility of the Continental Army's first line of defense was completely within Colonel Audrey's expectations. Rather, it was an illusion she intentionally created.

According to general contemporary military principles, the first line of defense is the most important. If the first line of defense collapses easily, the retreating soldiers will only focus on running for their lives, and the follow-up line of defense will be disrupted.

Soldiers guarding the second and third lines, seeing their defeated comrades in front of them, blocking the enemies chasing up from behind, should they still shoot?

If you don't shoot, you will miss the fighter plane.

It is easy to accidentally injure your own people by shooting.

What's more terrible is that the atmosphere of "fear" will be contagious. When the people behind see the frontline soldiers retreating, they will instinctively feel flustered, and they can't help but also flee with the defeated army, spreading the word to hundreds of thousands, like livestock "exploding" battalion", the whole position will be thrown into chaos, and there will be no need to fight this battle.

Just to guard against this situation, professional military officers usually adopt two methods when arranging troops to avoid the collapse of the front line.

Either arrange experienced and calm veterans on the front line, so that they will not run away in fright when they hear the sound of guns, and set an example for the rookies behind them to be calm in times of crisis, and the position will be stabilized.

Either push the cannon fodder troops conscripted into the army to the forefront, and arrange the gendarmerie to supervise the battle, and order the cannon fodder to strictly guard against death. They can only move forward and are not allowed to retreat!

Whoever dares to take a step back, the bayonet of the supervising team doesn't care whether you are one of them or not!

The first method will inevitably damage the elite veterans in the army, and the second method is too cruel.

Only half of Audrey's troops are veterans, and she is reluctant to sacrifice these veterans who accompanied her in the north and south. The principles of the paladins do not allow her to use bayonets to force rookies to serve as cannon fodder on the front line. After repeated trade-offs, Come up with a formation that looks a little brutal but actually adequately protects the recruits.

The first line of defense is composed of more than 2,000 militiamen recruited from various villages.

Audrey told these rookies with an average age of less than 20 and lack of actual combat experience:

"There is no bayonet supervisor team behind you, and you don't need to fight until you run out of ammunition and food, empty your magazines, and immediately retreat towards the mountain."

"Retreat to the last row of the position. Unless the enemy breaks into your range again and forces you to commit suicide by jumping into the river without resisting, you won't need to shoot again for the entire battle that follows."

If Audrey was facing a group of veterans, or the militiamen of the old world, after hearing her words, she would let go of the stone in her heart and not talk nonsense, just obediently obey the orders of her superiors.

Sorry, but this is a new continent!

The militiamen in the New World are rich in "stealers", especially the young men, who are all flamboyant and thorny heads. Don't think that you are a military officer, we are going to fight!

As soon as Audrey finished speaking, the recruit camp below buzzed like swarms of flies in the toilet.

"Colonel! You don't care what you say! We don't accept it!"

"Why do you let us retreat after emptying a magazine, you are looking down on us!"

"Yes! This is looking down on us! Protest! Protest!"

Two years ago, when Audrey first started leading troops, she would have been at a loss when she encountered such a scene. However, after these two years of training, she has already understood the virtues of the group of recruits under her. To the clamor and protest of hundreds of militiamen, they just smiled lightly.

"I don't mind if you shoot a few more shots on the front line, the question is will you change the magazine?"

The question of the colonel's lady blessing the "sound amplification technique" echoed over the camp, and the drum noise immediately subsided.

"Those who can complete the magazine change operation within ten seconds, raise your right hand!" Audrey continued to ask.

The young militiamen looked at each other in embarrassment, and less than 1/10 of them finally dared to raise their hands.

"Colonel! It's not our fault!"

How could a real "skill" easily admit defeat? Some of the recruits complained.

"We country people have never seen a rifle that can change magazines before. We only got this weird air rifle three days ago. It's normal to be unskilled in operating it!"

"It's because you guys are not familiar enough with the 'Wind Gun', so I asked you to withdraw after finishing one magazine."

Audrey returned calmly.

"If you are not convinced, you can change to an old-fashioned magic crystal rifle, or a crossbow that you are more familiar with, but the ugly words are up front, so don't regret it after changing it!"

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