Chapter 1398 Line Tactics (Part 1)

"Fire!" - With the order from El Bernard, brand-new weapons and tactics were officially announced, and the world's military history began to enter a new chapter.

The musket - there is no doubt that it was the first new weapon invented by the Eastern Qing Kingdom.

But the Qing people did not attach importance to this great invention.

On the contrary, El Bernard, who was located on the other side of the continent, keenly discovered the great use of the musket, and based on the matchlock of the Qing Kingdom, he created a brand-new musket - the flintlock, and invented a new tactic that could maximize the power of the flintlock - the line tactics.

Therefore, I think it is completely okay to call El Bernard the "Father of the Musket".

El Bernard single-handedly opened the prelude to the era of firearms and changed the form of human warfare.

In terms of contribution to human military, El Bernard of the Holy Hilan Empire and Su Cheng of the Britannia Empire are equally great.

Su Cheng left the General Staff to the world.

El Bernard left the musket and line tactics to the world.

The influence of the two on the world has continued to this day.

They are truly worthy of being called the "Two Heroes of the Western Continent in the Middle Ages".

Interestingly, the names of the "Two Heroes of the Western Continent in the Middle Ages" were all quite strange names in the eyes of people at that time.

El Bernard, who was born in the Holy Hiran Empire, was a very strange name in the eyes of the Hiran people at that time.

Su Cheng, who was born in the Britannia Empire, was a very strange name in the eyes of the Britannia people at that time.

Especially Su Cheng, his name is very similar to the name of the East Land Qing people. According to the description of Su Cheng's appearance recorded in historical materials, Su Cheng looks more like a person from the East Land than a person from the West Land.

It is precisely because of this that the famous academic debate broke out between the Britannia Empire and the Qing Kingdom - "Where is Su Cheng from?"

Of course, these are all later stories.

——"About the "Two Heroes of the Western Continent in the Middle Ages""/Written by Gulintav O'Brien, a strategist, military strategist, major general of the Britannian Empire, chief of staff of the Britannian General Staff, special professor of the National Royal Military Academy, and "genius staff officer"/Published in the 631st year of the Britannian Empire's imperial calendar

Chinor looked at the new-style troops getting closer and closer to the grassland army with worry.

Chinor was riding a warhorse at the left wing of the Xilan army.

Behind him were thousands of elite cavalry from their Far East Front.

The task that El assigned to Chinor was very simple.

That is-after hearing the order to attack, he led the cavalry to launch a fierce assault on the Xilan army.

There was no need to choose a special assault direction, just keep advancing deep into the grassland army.

Although El had told him about the fighting style of this new-style army and also told him that this new-style army had extremely strong fighting power, Chinoer had always been skeptical about El's words.

He did not think that the weapon called "musket" that looked like a water pipe could have such great lethality.

A group of senior generals led by Chinoer suggested to El more than once that they should not pin their hopes of victory on this so-called new-style army.

But no matter how Chinoer and others persuaded him, El remained unmoved.

He insisted on using this new-style army trained by him to launch the first attack and the first attack on the grassland army.

Not only did he want this new-style army to launch the first attack and the first attack on the grassland army, but El also had to leave the main camp and go to the front line in person, follow this new-style army and personally command this new-style army to fight.

After learning that El was actually planning to leave the main camp and go to the front line to command the troops, Chinoer and others naturally opposed it.

But——as expected, Chinoel and others’ opposition failed again.

El and Gabriel are now in the center of the new-style army’s formation,

and the generals and soldiers of this new-style army are marching straight towards the grassland army in front.

Looking at the new-style army getting closer and closer to the grassland army, Chinoel’s palms and forehead began to sweat a lot.

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Grassland Army, main camp——

“General.”

A general hesitated to Yegutai.

"What should we do now?"

As soon as the general finished speaking, Yegutai laughed loudly as if he had heard something extremely interesting, and said:

"Do you even need to ask this?"

"Of course, we should start the attack and take off the head of the stupid commander of the Hiran army!"

"I have fought in battles all my life, and this is the first time I have seen such a stupid commander!"

"Since the infantry are charging the cavalry without spears and crossbows."

"And the speed of the charge is so slow!"

"If we don't launch a general attack and destroy the Hiran army at this time, when will we do it?"

"Pass on my military order! Send out 20,000 cavalry to crush this enemy army that dares to launch a slow charge against our army!"

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The sound like thunder kept coming into the ears of El and Gabriel.

It also came into the ears of the musketeers and musicians.

The musicians stayed in the middle of the musketeer formation with El and Gabriel.

This was the first time for the musicians to go to the battlefield.

The first time they went to the battlefield, they faced the brutal grassland army, and it was a full 300,000-man army. It must be said that these musicians were also unlucky.

Tens of thousands of grassland cavalry had formed a wedge formation and launched an attack on the musketeers.

Looking at the grassland cavalry rushing towards them, some musicians began to tremble with fear.

Because some musicians could no longer blow the trumpet and drum properly, the originally passionate "Musketeer March" began to be out of tune.

"Don't panic!"

El shouted.

"Keep going!"

Hearing El's shout, the fear in the hearts of the musicians was slightly alleviated.

The reason why El insisted on going to the front line and advancing with the musketeers was, on the one hand, because no one in the army knew how to command the musketeers except him.

On the other hand, if he was not in charge, the morale and fighting spirit of the musicians might collapse.

Just as El expected, with his personal presence and command, the police officers and the musicians were still afraid, but not so afraid that their whole bodies were shaking.

The grassland cavalry gradually accelerated.

The musketeers continued to step on the drums and marched in neat steps towards the grassland cavalry.

El was silently calculating the distance between the two armies.

Gabriel on the side asked El anxiously from time to time:

"El, are you not ready yet? The grassland cavalry is coming quickly!"

"Not ready yet." El said directly without looking back, "It's not close yet."

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The grassland cavalry was close enough to see their faces clearly.

Not only the musicians, but also some musketeers' faces began to turn blue, and cold sweat began to come out of their faces.

They were all thinking: Can't we stop yet? The grassland cavalry is coming soon!

Under the expectation of everyone, El finally opened his mouth and shouted loudly:

"Stop!"