In the wilderness, a group of black figures slowly approached the silent village with guns in hand. Their movements were very gentle, for fear of making too much noise, and they tiptoed like little thieves.
Although they were cautious and seemed to be doing so, the effect could not be said to be very good, because their formation was too dense, with hundreds of people divided into three teams for dense group exercise, and the target was really too big.
Needless to say, these are the men and horses of Fras. The two companies are leading the way, and Daniel's three companies are hanging on the tail. The three large groups of people are approaching the village in a crowded way. There is no concealment at all, unless
Boris and the others are blind, otherwise they would not be able to see.
Why not spread out and approach the village in a skirmish line? It’s not that Fras is an amateur, but it’s determined by the limitations of weapons. As a unit that still uses muzzle-loading muskets, if you want to maintain the density of firepower,
If you want to attack the enemy, you must form a dense formation.
Because the accuracy of the musket is so damned, basically you can only rely on luck from a hundred or ten meters away. If you don't form a dense shooting formation, you can only hear the sound. And if you want to enter the battle immediately, you must maintain the density of firepower.
Therefore, the only way is to group people into a group, and to form a tight formation even when marching, so that they can quickly change formations and join the battle when they hear the order.
The opponent that Fras faced was the regular army. Naturally, he did not dare to be careless and had to be ready for battle at any time, so he could only approach the village in a dense formation.
Of course, this was almost the end of the queuing and shooting formation. Soon in the Crimean War, the Russian army with outdated equipment was severely taught by the British and French troops who used breech-loading rifled rifles.
Because of the use of new breech-loading rifled rifles, the accuracy and shooting frequency of the British and French armies were much higher than that of the Russian army. In the dense formation of fire, the Russian army naturally suffered a big loss and was killed by frantic mowing.
Of course, the performance of the British and French armies was not very good. Although they used more advanced weapons, they could not completely get rid of the tradition of lining up to be shot. So you can see these pig-headed commanders constantly letting soldiers pile up to die without repentance until
In World War I, the unprecedented efficiency of machine guns completely woke them up, and then they threw the dense formation into the trash.
But Boris's side is different. Although the performance of the Andre Leonid rifle is not very good, its accuracy and rate of fire are still far better than the old-fashioned smoothbore rifles equipped in the Russian army. And there is Li Xiao.
The time traveler helps with cheating and is really not interested in dense formations.
Although there are still formation drills in daily training, they are really only used to deal with military parades and superior inspections. In actual battles, according to Li Xiao's requirements, the 748th Regiment used more loose skirmish formations.
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Especially on streets with densely populated houses, the 748th Regiment is required to avoid crowding and rely more on solid fortifications and complete defense facilities, such as barricades and trenches, to resist enemy attacks.
But Fras' men and horses had no such awareness at all. They rushed into the narrow country lanes almost in a parade formation, and then formed a mess and approached the second company's station. To put it bluntly, this
It's simply an act of suicide!
But Boris was not in a hurry. Even if he really wanted to fight, he also knew the importance of closing the door and beating the dogs. He let Vlas' men go deep into the village and approach his station, patiently waiting for the most appropriate opportunity.
On the other side, Fras also followed the rear troops into the village, not because he was timid, but because he wanted to keep an eye on the third company as a reserve force. He really couldn't trust this company, and when he finally solved Daniel,
The only people he can trust are his own guards.
This kind of big thing must use the most reliable people, otherwise if it fails, it will really lead to endless troubles!
However, when Fras entered the village, he suddenly stopped. His keen sixth sense seemed to detect something, and he felt an inexplicable feeling of heart palpitations as soon as he entered this small village.
Facing a veteran who had crawled out of a sea of blood from a mountain of corpses, Flass immediately froze his figure and carefully looked at the village in front of him, a pair of gloomy triangular eyes flashing with an elusive brilliance.
"Batalion Commander, what's wrong?"
Faced with the questions from his subordinates, Fras said nothing. Instead, he looked more carefully at everything he could see. Every house, every tree, every street corner, as long as he could see clearly, everything was
Observe carefully as if passing through a sieve.
After a long while, he asked with some uncertainty: "Do you feel anything is wrong?"
None of his confidants had such a keen sixth sense. Naturally, Monk Zhang Er was at a loss. He could only imitate Fras and pretend to observe for a while, and then replied with a trace of uncertainty:
"I don't feel anything wrong! Battalion Commander, what did you see?"
Fras frowned and said impatiently: "If I really saw something, I wouldn't need to ask you!"
This made his subordinates even more confused. Since they didn't see anything, what was the reason for this sudden surprise? Are you kidding us?
So they could only reply: "Battal Commander, the Third Company has gone far away. If we don't follow, it will be bad if that boy Daniel escapes."
Fras clicked his tongue and shook his head, as if to throw away the inexplicable heart palpitations. He took a deep breath and ordered: "Keep moving forward, and watch that little bastard!"
Flass led the guards and continued to move forward, but even though he said he wanted to keep a close eye on Daniel, his speed slowed down significantly, as if he was cautiously testing on the edge of a cliff.
"What's going on? Why are these guys so cautious? Is the person lurking at the entrance of the village exposed?"
Boris was a little unhappy. He had good eyesight and was as bright as a cat at night, so he could still see clearly scenes that others couldn't see. And Fras slowed down obviously, which is definitely not normal!
"No, the ambush position we arranged is very hidden. Even if you look carefully during the day, it is not easy to find. It is even more hidden at night. It is impossible to be exposed like this!"
"And if the enemy really discovers the brothers at the entrance of the village, they should not continue to advance. There should be other situations! Deputy company commander, do you want to send someone to observe?"
Boris did not agree to this suggestion, but decisively ordered: "Observation is nothing! The enemies have entered the village. If we send people to observe again, wouldn't it be directly exposed? Inform all combat positions to be ready for battle. Once the enemy escapes,
trend, you don’t need to wait for my order to fire directly!”