In the eyes of twenty-first-century people, the behavior of Austrian soldiers is undoubtedly foolish, but during the era of firing squads, it was nothing out of the ordinary.
Given the accuracy of the flintlock musket, it would take hundreds of shots to possibly hit them through the crevices of the parapet.
So, the soldiers were accustomed to standing boldly in the face of the enemy.
One soldier realized and loudly warned: "Maybe they are riflemen!"
The soldiers of Zimmerman's Company were about to squat down to dodge when someone retorted, "Definitely not, I didn't see their hammers just now."
In this era, a rifleman's gun, that is, a rifled gun, was extremely difficult to load, requiring a hammer to force the bullet into the barrel.
The sergeant next to him also shook his head, "The firing speed of riflemen couldn't be so fast either."