Chapter 756 The collision of old and new (Part 1)
"Damn it Jacob, you shouldn't let this mad dog be responsible for the pursuit." Albrecht said angrily.
Jacob refers to Julius Jacob von Heinau, also known as the Executioner of Arad, the Hyena of Brescia, and the Habsburg Tiger.
"Commander, what should we do now?" Count Buller von Stein, the legion's second-in-command, asked.
"What else can we do? Mr. Stein, we are responsible for unexpected situations. If there are no unexpected situations, we can just watch the show and watch the battle here."
Albrecht called to the military cadets on the side to come over.
"You should also find a place to sit down and watch carefully. The old era is coming to an end."
"Advance!" With a hoarse cry, the ranks of the Polish Nationalist Army began to attack. The queues spread out like a long snake formation.
The two most important offensive formations in this era were columns and horizontal formations. The French once relied on column tactics to defeat various European princes.
Making annihilation wars the norm indirectly gave rise to universal compulsory military service. However, at this time, most of the officers of the Polish Restoration Army came from military schools in Prussia Poland, and they received traditional Prussian education.
Therefore, most people still studied the tactics of Frederick's era. Tactical innovation had to wait until William I's second military reform. At this time, Krasewitz's theory was not taken seriously.
Although "On War" has a high historical evaluation, it actually did not receive attention until the rise of Prussia in the late nineteenth century, under the strong promotion of Moltke the Elder.
But only the Prussians paid attention to it. The French did not accept the theory in the book until World War II, and the Americans did not accept the concept of "people's war" until the Vietnam War.
By the way, Clausewitz died of cholera, and many other famous people died of cholera.
The main focus of Scharnhorst's military reform was to streamline the organization and the conscription system, and to expand the officer group.
Therefore, although the Prussians established many military schools, the content of the classes was still about how Frederick the Great's horizontal formation tactics violently defeated the Russians, Austrians, and Gaulish barbarians.
At this time, Prussian military education also had a very significant feature, which was that it extremely underestimated the role of artillery.
This would not be reformed until the Austrian-Prussian War was unilaterally defeated by Austrian artillery. It finally shined in the Franco-Prussian War and also made Krupp Steel famous.
However, there is no absolute superiority or inferiority between horizontal and column formations. It depends on the battlefield and one's own situation.
The advantage of the horizontal team tactic is that the personnel are relatively dispersed, and the probability of each individual being hit by gunfire is relatively low. Once the French column was hit by an artillery shell, the scene could only be described as horrific.
In fact, the Austrian Empire usually adopted a horizontal formation, but it was formed by a mixture of skirmishers. In addition, the horizontal formation can also better utilize the advantages of firepower and troop strength. The disadvantages are also obvious: it is easy to get stuck in the terrain, easily overwhelmed by the flanking cavalry, and requires high discipline.
If the Prussian army was on the battlefield at this time, it would most likely advance in an ordinary way. However, the militiamen of the Polish Nationalist Army were not of such high quality. In just one minute, the distance between the front and back of the queue increased by nearly 100 meters.
At this time, the officers of the Polish Nationalist Army had to reorganize their formation to prevent a sudden collapse after the exchange of fire. Colonel Monta in Wubao knocked on the battlements angrily and kept swearing.
"Are they still fighting? Are they going to have a physical education class? Give me the gun!"
The adjutant quickly handed over the special sniper rifle, and the surrounding soldiers felt that the officer was confused. At this time, the distance between the two sides is at least 600 meters. If you can hit a target 200 meters away at this time, you can be called a sharpshooter.
As for the sniper scope, it does not improve the shooter as much as expected. Using a triple scope can effectively improve the shooting accuracy within 400 meters. However, the firearms at this time are still relatively primitive. Once the scope exceeds 450 meters, the bullet will deflect significantly.
However, sometimes it just takes a little luck and a thick skin to create miracles. A gunshot was fired, and about 1.5 seconds later, a Polish Zionist Army officer who was counting the number of people fell to the ground, and the bullet penetrated his left chest. .
Seeing this, the surrounding militiamen fled one after another, while a burst of cheers erupted from the battlements of Wubao.
"Good marksmanship! The regiment commander is really awesome!" The adjutant immediately flattered him, and the soldiers also cheered in unison.
Only Colonel Monta himself knew that he was actually targeting the officer standing motionless next to him, but this did not prevent him from bragging to relieve stress.
"Did you see that? Brothers! As long as you train well, even if you are not as good as me, you can still kill someone at a distance of four hundred meters.
Listen up, don't be polite to the rebels and beat their officers. Kill these bastards with no sense of honor! "
In fact, during this period, it is generally not allowed to shoot officers, but when dealing with rebels, any approach is usually acceptable.
Then the patter of gunfire rang out from the wall, and as the gunfire rang out, people continued to fall in the ranks of the Polish Restoration Army.
"These damn maggots! Honorless bastards! How did they do it?"
Burns Bock was an outstanding graduate of the Prussian Military Academy. He participated in two joint operations of the German Confederacy, but his rank was too low to prove his talents at all.
So Pence Bok decided to follow his classmates of Polish descent to come here to make achievements, and by the way, he could fight against the commanders of the Austrian Empire to prove his strength.
However, the reality is that as a Prussian, he was not taken seriously in the Polish Nationalist Army at all. Although he obtained the position of a major, he was in charge of a company.
(At this time the infantry company commander is usually a captain.)
What made him even more depressed was that the Austrian side had no moral ethics at all and actually shot the officers. They were really a bunch of despicable guys.
But what really makes Pence Bok despair is that the opponent can actually hit it.
Although as a soldier, he had long been aware of death, but it would be too uncomfortable to die before seeing the enemy.
Other officers felt the same way, especially when those bullets were aimed specifically at officers.
The emotions of the officers were quickly transmitted to the soldiers, and fear spread among the ranks.
Burns Pork knew that if he didn't do something, the army would be doomed.
"Don't be afraid! Listen! The opponent's firepower is very weak! And there is only one reason for shooting from such a distance! That is because they are afraid! The Austrians are afraid of us!"
The officers naturally understood what Burns Bock said, but the soldiers did not understand, someone said tremblingly.
"But they are shooting at us."
Burns Polk was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people, so he suddenly changed his mind.
"They have few people! With this kind of firepower, they only have a few dozen people at most, and how many of us are human! Don't be afraid! Charge me!"
At this time, the two sides were four hundred meters apart. Theoretically speaking, the distance was too far for a charge. They ran out of energy once they got there, but at this time the officers of the Polish Nationalist Army couldn't do much.