Chapter 756: The Collision of the Old and the New (Part 1)

"Damn Jacob, this mad dog shouldn't be in charge of the pursuit." Albrecht said angrily.

Jacob refers to Julius Jacob von Heinau, also known as the Arad Executioner, the Hyena of Brescia and the Tiger of Habsburg.

"Commander, what should we do now?" asked Count Buller von Stein, the second-in-command of the Corps.

"What else can we do? Mr. Stein, we are responsible for unexpected situations. If there are no unexpected situations, we will just watch the show here."

Albrecht called the military cadets to come over.

"You also find a place to sit down and watch carefully. The old era is coming to an end."

"Forward!" With a hoarse shout, the Polish Restoration Army began to attack. The queues were spread out like a long snake formation.

The two main offensive formations of this era were columns and columns. The French once defeated various European princes with column tactics.

The war of annihilation became the norm, which indirectly gave rise to the universal conscription system. However, most of the officers of the Polish Restoration Army at that time came from the military academy of Prussian Poland, and they all received traditional Prussian education.

So most people still learned the tactics of Frederick's era, and the tactical innovation had to wait until the second military reform of William I. At this time, Krasewitz's theory was not taken seriously.

Although "On War" has a high historical evaluation, it was not taken seriously until the rise of Prussia in the late 19th century under the strong push of Moltke the Elder.

But only the Prussians paid attention to it. The French did not accept the theory in the book until before World War II, and the Americans did not accept the term "people's war" until the Vietnam War.

By the way, Clausewitz died of cholera, and many other celebrities died of cholera besides him.

Scharnhorst's military reform mainly focused on streamlining institutions and conscription systems, as well as expanding the officer group.

So although the Prussians had many military schools, the content of the classes was still how Frederick the Great's horizontal formation tactics beat Russia, Austria, and the Gauls.

At this time, Prussia's military education also had a very significant feature, which was that the role of artillery was extremely underestimated.

This point would not be reformed until the Austrian artillery unilaterally beat the Prussian-Austrian War, and finally shined in the Franco-Prussian War, and also made Krupp Steel famous.

However, there is no absolute difference between horizontal and vertical formations, but it depends on the battlefield and its own situation.

The advantage of the horizontal formation tactics is that the personnel are relatively dispersed, and each individual is relatively less likely to be hit by guns and artillery. Once the French column was hit by a shell, the scene can only be described as horrible.

In fact, the Austrian Empire usually adopted the horizontal formation, but it would be mixed with scattered soldiers. In addition, the horizontal formation can better play the advantages of firepower and manpower, but the disadvantage is also obvious that it is easy to be stuck in the terrain, easy to be overwhelmed by the flanking cavalry, and has high requirements for discipline.

If the Prussian army was on the battlefield at this time, it would probably advance normally. However, the militia of the Polish Restoration Army was not so qualified. In just one minute, the distance between the front and back of the queue was nearly 100 meters.

At this time, the officers of the Polish Restoration Army had to reorganize their formation to prevent a sudden collapse after the exchange of fire. Colonel Munta of the dock knocked on the battlements in a rage, swearing non-stop.

"Are they still going to fight or not? Are they in physical education class? Give me the gun!"

The adjutant quickly handed over a special sniper rifle, and the soldiers around him thought that the commander was confused by anger. At this time, the distance between the two sides was at least 600 meters. At this time, anyone who could hit a target 200 meters away could be called a sharpshooter.

As for the improvement of the sniper scope for the gunner, it was not as great as imagined. Using a triple scope can effectively greatly improve the shooting accuracy within 400 meters, but the firearms at this time were still relatively primitive, and once it exceeded 450 meters, the bullets would be greatly deflected.

However, sometimes it only takes a little luck and a thick skin to create miracles. A gunshot was heard, and about 1.5 seconds later, an officer of the Polish Restoration Army who was counting the number of people fell to the ground. The bullet pierced his left chest.

The surrounding militiamen fled, and cheers came from the battlements of the fort.

"Good shooting! The commander is really amazing!" The adjutant immediately flattered him, and the soldiers also cheered in unison.

Only Colonel Monta knew that he was actually aiming at the officer standing still next to him, but this did not prevent him from bragging to relieve stress.

"See? Brothers! As long as you train well, even if you can't beat me, you can always kill people at a distance of 400 meters.

Listen, don't be polite to the rebels and shoot their officers. Kill these bastards without a sense of honor!"

In fact, officers should not be shot during this period, but any approach to dealing with rebels is generally acceptable.

Then the sound of gunfire rang out on the wall, and as the gunfire rang out, people in the Polish Restoration Army continued to fall down.

"These damn maggots! Bastards without a sense of honor! How did they do it?"

Pence Bock was an outstanding graduate of the Prussian Military Academy. He participated in two joint operations of the German Confederation, but because of his low rank, he could not prove his talent at all.

So Pence Bock decided to follow his classmates of Polish descent to come here to make achievements, and by the way, he could also fight with the commander of the Austrian Empire to prove his strength.

However, the reality is that as a Prussian, he was not taken seriously in the Polish Restoration Army. Although he was awarded the position of major, he was in charge of a company.

(At this time, the infantry company commander was usually a captain.)

What made him even more depressed was that the Austrian side had no martial ethics at all and actually shot at the officers. What a despicable group of guys.

But what really made Burns Poker desperate was that the other side could actually hit him.

Although as a soldier, he had long been aware of death, it would be too aggrieved to die before seeing the enemy.

Other officers felt the same way, especially when those bullets were specifically aimed at officers.

The officers' emotions were quickly passed on to the soldiers, and the fear spread in the team.

Burns Poker knew that if he didn't do something, then this army would be finished.

"Don't be afraid! Listen! The enemy's firepower is very weak! And there is only one reason for shooting at such a distance! That is, they are afraid! The Austrians are afraid of us!"

The officers naturally understood what Burns Poker said, but the big soldiers didn't understand, and someone said tremblingly.

"But they are shooting at us!"

Pence Poker was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people, so he changed his mind.

"They are few in number! With such firepower, they only have dozens of people at most, and we have so many people! Don't be afraid! Charge!"

At this time, the two sides were 400 meters apart, which was too far for a charge in theory. They would have no strength to fight back, but the officers of the Polish Restoration Army could not care less at this time.