Musket Girls! ~Tensei Sanbou to Senretsu Otome-tachi~ - Vol. 3 Ch. 18 - The Battle of Jarakhud - Part 1

[MangaDex]

 

[Nemo2342]

Thanks for the update! I am looking forward to seeing us get through volume 5 this year!

 

[GonzaloEV]

I wonder why, the army didnt use spikes and or made of wood walls, i cant remember the name, but they were commonly used as a weak shield, just to hide, reload, be safe of arrows and peak to shoot again

 

[unnamederror]

I wonder why, the army didnt use spikes and or made of wood walls, i cant remember the name, but they were commonly used as a weak shield, just to hide, reload, be safe of arrows and peak to shoot again

because their commander is an idiot

 

[Pyras]

Thanks for the hard work o7

Looking forward to this bloodied battle.

 

[MasterPannya]

Genghis Khan was one hell of a trainer.

 

[JoshLV_40]

"Well, sir, on first sighting the new chapter, I naturally gave it a read. That's my style, sir."

 

[GonzaloEV]

because their commander is an idiot

Indeed, but our MC and FMC are not idiots, welp, i cant wait for the next chapter

 

[tibz]

For a second there I thought we might get a wagon fort.

 

[sshvi]

Thank you very much for another translation!

Alter Oda Nobunaga Alzer was extra cute this chapter. We finally have actual combat after a long while (irl), yippie!

 

[sshvi]

I wonder why, the army didnt use spikes and or made of wood walls, i cant remember the name, but they were commonly used as a weak shield, just to hide, reload, be safe of arrows and peak to shoot again

After googling, I think you're looking for the cheval de frise? Probably because the commander is incompetent, or since they're fighting on a plains, they do not have the requisite material to craft it on site. Idk if they were in a hurry, but they probs also did not have the logistics to haul that much wood?

Likely cause author did not think of it haha.

 

[Hicleric]

...I might need to get back to playing Master of Command again

 

[AStrangerIsHere]

Yeah, that's stressful. I hope they won't suffer losses, or at least not a lot of them. As for the main army.... welp, that's all I have to say.

 

[KriegGuardsman]

I wonder why, the army didnt use spikes and or made of wood walls, i cant remember the name, but they were commonly used as a weak shield, just to hide, reload, be safe of arrows and peak to shoot again

There are at least 3 types of fortifications you're talking about.
The spikes could be either the abatis or the chevaux de frise. The abatis are merely whole wooden logs lined up pointing towards the enemy, meant to disrupt movement in formation, the chevaux is composed of one central shaft to which other pieces of wood, fashioned in St.Andrew crosses and sharpened at both ends, are attached.
Wooden shielding has been used in many cultures during the medieval period.

Of these 3, only the chevaux is easily portable and deployable as is (japanese variant of the wooden shield is also very short and stackable), keep in mind that it doesn't seem like the imperial army had any time to dig in.

To add to that, the wooden shielding had fallen out of use. While it seems a good idea at first, keep in mind that the true strength of musket armed line infantry lies in their disciplined and concentrated volleys. Breaking them up to have them take cover individually is how you get them ran down by cavalry. You'd have to dig trenches, but obviously that takes time.

Facing an army of cavalry was a dangerous prospect up until the infantry firepower revolution at the end of the XIX century, when bolt action guns had dramatically increased the rate of fire of infantry to the point of seriously limiting cavalry effectiveness.

At the Battle of the Pyramids, Napoleon deployed his infantry in Brigade-sized squares, where French troops prevailed on the massed Mamluk army of cavalrymen, but that requires a serious advantage in discipline and standardized training. Warhorses are inherently scary creatures, most cavalry charges worked by simply having the first lines flinch at the sheer size of the thing bearing down on them (which is why you see the prevalence of professional pikemen armies right as armored knights had reached their peak in terms of sheer intimidating armoring).

 

[MagnaDrake]

I wonder why, the army didnt use spikes and or made of wood walls, i cant remember the name, but they were commonly used as a weak shield, just to hide, reload, be safe of arrows and peak to shoot again

It's heavy, cumbersome, and does not really protect you from cannonfire or even opposing musket volleys. The army's common opponents are other kingdom with similar technology and military doctrine. They don't often clash with cavalry archers.

 

[Kanade0021]

thanks for the translation!

 

[kojirokakita]

"Well, sir, on first sighting the new chapter, I naturally gave it a read. That's my style, sir."

Did you tell your cousin in the Horse Guard?

At this point they should be borrowing Ziska’s Hussite Wagon fort

 

[hurafloyd]

I highly doubt there wont be any casualties this time…

 

[Bibliothecarius]

Thanks for the chapter!!!!

 

[Shygig]

Thanks for the TL guys, love you lots.

Let's hope the main army has the most casualties, and our girls (and boy) come home safe.

The artist has no reason to apologize, they've been drawing peak since the beginning, I don't mind waiting a bit more if it means the same or better quality.