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In fact, their weapons had already been checked countless times when they arrived, and their actions just now were just subconscious.
"Fifth Battalion, the target is from [-] o'clock to [-] o'clock, get ready!"
"Sixth Battalion, target direction from twelve o'clock to six o'clock, get ready!"
The two auxiliary battalion commanders gave the command to prepare for battle at the same time. Eight hundred soldiers stood on the same line, giving the impression that they were like a long green dragon, entrenched on the ground.
"shot!"
The distance between the two sides has reached only 400 meters, and it is completely within the shooting distance of the muskets. The two battalion commanders immediately issued the order to shoot, and the sound of gunshots suppressed the opponent's advancement in an instant. With the pace and sound, the bullets flew out.
When the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing, there were only about a thousand people, but they did fight tens of thousands or even more. The Qing army and the civilian Yihe Unity retreated in defeat.
At that time, the Eight-Power Allied Forces mostly used rifles, that is, the kind that needed to be reloaded for each shot.And the effective distance of such a gun is only two to 300 meters.In contrast, it is much worse than the Bayi Bar in the hands of the auxiliary soldiers.
Although the Bayi Bar is made by the Chixiancheng Arsenal, its polar performance is far inferior to the Bayi Bar in Yang Chendong's warehouse, and its quality is better.However, there are various books with detailed introductions and the best finished products as templates there. The performance of the Bayi Bar from this kind of arsenal is still very good, and it has reached [-]% of the effect of the original gun.
At least such Bayi Bar, although the effective killing distance has not reached the original 800 meters, it can reach about 500 meters now, and now at a distance of 400 meters, every bullet can kill people of life.
Of course, in the face of overwhelming enemies, you don't need to aim or anything. Just a random bullet, as long as it doesn't hit the sky or the ground, it can hit people.
Gunshots rang out.At the moment when eight hundred eight-one bars rang at the same time, the picture was still very exciting.And as their bullets poured out of their guns, as their enemies, the Jiaozhi soldiers who came from afar fell to the ground in pieces.
Before, they relied on their numbers and strength, and their morale was high.Even taking a step forward and shouting a kill word can indeed effectively boost their morale.But in the final analysis, it was nothing more than cheering myself up. When facing life and death, whether this courage is still useful, I really don't know.
Every time a bullet was fired, a Cochin soldier would fall to the ground.When things like this happened one after another without any sign of stopping, even if you still had the courage to shout the word kill, you actually started to get scared in your heart.
No one is not afraid of death, especially when they know that they must die, and there is no fluke mentality. It is conceivable what kind of blow to the morale of the army.
Shocked by advanced muskets, the morale of the Cochin Army began to drop continuously
As the figures continued to fall, they only advanced 50 meters, and the footsteps of the Jiaozhi army began to stagnate, and even some timid ones began to tremble with their legs, wondering if they had retreated and escaped.
Chapter 524 The East City Gate Breaks
To say that death is scary to some people, but to do it knowing that death is inevitable will only make people more frightened.
"Stupid, charge." On the top of the city tower, Prince Li Yuanlong watched the soldiers below die one by one under the guns of the mercenaries, even hundreds of people paid the price with their lives every breath of time. It's impossible, but now that he has charged, there is no turning back.That being the case, what I think about should be how to win.Undoubtedly, in the face of only a few hundred enemies, how to rush over and engage in a close combat to reduce the performance of the opponent's firearms is an urgent need to do.
Perhaps in order to confirm the prince's words, Li Shaozhong, the commanding general under the city, just issued an order for the entire army to attack at this moment.While constantly yelling the slogan of charging, he also shouted to the people around him bewitchingly: "They only have 800 people. As long as we can rush to them, victory will belong to us. Go ahead and kill one enemy!" Those who are promoted to three ranks will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"
With a heavy reward, there must be a brave man, especially Li Shaozhong who killed several soldiers who wanted to retreat. Under the shock, the other Cochin soldiers gritted their teeth and rushed forward.
Yes, the muskets in the hands of mercenaries won't be so effective once they rush up, and that's when they kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds.
"Back!" Seeing that the enemy finally woke up, he knew to charge.The two battalion commanders of the fifth battalion and the sixth battalion gave the order to withdraw the troops almost at the same time. At the same time, the guns in their hands continued to spray flames and bullets.
Cochin soldiers continued to fall on the way of charging, but because one side charged with all its strength and the other side retreated limitedly, the distance between the two sides was gradually getting closer.
"Turn on the burst mode in the first row, and shoot out all the bullets quickly. The second row and the third row are ready to drop bombs." Seeing that the distance between the two sides has dropped from the previous 400 meters to the current less than 70 meters, it will soon be only six It looked like [-] meters, and the distance was still rapidly shortening. The commanders of the fifth battalion and the sixth battalion issued new military orders.
With 800 people facing the charge of tens of thousands of people, it is impossible to say that they are not afraid at all in the bottom of their hearts. After all, with so many people rushing over, it is very scary just in terms of momentum. Fortunately, it is the usual training. effect.Yang Chendong, who has long expected that he will often use less to many, pays special attention to courage when training them. Lonely heroes have become the role models and goals that all fighters yearn for.
In addition, the two battalion commanders said during the battle that if anyone loses the chain, they will face the consequences of immediate expulsion from the military.After all, the sixth young master is watching from behind?As a member of the auxiliary army, it was rare for him to be so noticed by others. If he really retreated or even ran away because of timidity, he would really lose his face to grandma's house.
Under such encouragement, although there was still some fear in his heart, none of the soldiers retreated. Instead, he listened to the orders of the two battalion commanders, who fired and dropped bombs. Methodical.
Seeing that the mercenaries were getting closer and closer, the eyes of the cochin soldiers rushing to the front all showed excitement. In their view, victory was just around the corner.It only needs to advance tens of meters, as long as they can stick together with the mercenaries, the effect of the opponent's muskets is very limited, and that is the time for them to show off their prestige.The idea is beautiful, the reality is cruel!
Just when these cochin soldiers were trying to run forward and seemed to see the dawn, suddenly hundreds of thrown objects flew over their heads.
Those things seemed to have eyes, and fell into the team of the Cochin Army that was rushing forward, and then the next moment, bursts of violent and ear-splitting loud noises came one after another, and correspondingly, there were continuous Cochin soldiers Was blown out.
A grenade can be called a small close-combat artillery. Once it falls among the crowd, its power will be reduced to flat ground within a three-meter radius.Poor those who rushed the fastest, the Cochin soldiers who rushed to the front were instantly swallowed by the power of this gunpowder.
"Da da da"
The Bayi bars of the two auxiliary platoons started the burst mode. At that moment, the bullets swept across like rain. Some Cochin soldiers who were lucky enough not to be bombed by the grenades became living targets, and they were hit by bullets one by one. Hit, fell to the ground.
"Hand grenade, throw it!" Taking the squad as the unit, the sound of explosions could be heard endlessly. While the corpses were flying, the ground was also blasted into deep pits with different rules one after another.
"Run." I don't know which Cochin soldier yelled first, and the Cochin army, which was still aggressive, finally started to retreat.Especially when some soldiers found that the attack distance of things that could cause explosions when thrown on the ground was limited, it was even more fun to run one by one.The original wave of violent impact was suppressed.
"While chasing and fighting." Seeing the opportunity came, the fifth battalion commander and the sixth battalion commander put away the grenades, raised their guns one by one, and knocked down the slow-running cochin soldiers one by one to the ground.
In the middle of the mercenary army, Yang Chendong saw all this with a telescope, with a sense of relief on his face.
Just now, he had already made plans to send several other auxiliary battalions and even the main battalion of Leng Feng. After all, once the Cochin soldiers rushed to the front, the consequences would be unimaginable, and he did not want to see such a loss of.
Fortunately, the auxiliary soldiers of the two battalions did not disappoint him. They withstood the pressure in the early stage and won the final victory.
Of course, in the face of such an attack, Yang Chendong actually has a better way, for example, he can casually get a few powerful cannons from the big warehouse.Presumably when the real shell fired, the opponent's attack would be instantly disintegrated.But he still didn't do that in the end. He wasn't worried about how to explain the sudden appearance of the artillery. After all, Leng Feng had already regarded him as a god, and he didn't need to explain to anyone what he did.What he is worried about is, once the cannon is used this time, what about that time?
What should these mercenaries do when they want to attack the city or even destroy the country when they are not on the battlefield?
It is impossible to have the help of artillery every time.In the absence of chariots, not to mention that it is difficult to transport such things, it is said that once such treasures fall into the hands of the enemy, the consequences will be fatal.
Of course, it is also necessary to use the artillery properly. After all, the cold front in the future still needs to be equipped with certain artillery.It's just that even if you want to use it, you must use it wisely.
Besides, on the battlefield where the fire was being exchanged, as the mercenaries retreated, the auxiliary soldiers of the two battalions began to countercharge. Every time they fired a shot, there would still be enemies who were hit and fell to the ground.
"Open the city gate and let them in." West on the city tower, seeing the retreating Jiaozhi army being slaughtered right before his eyes, King Li Li's face was already pale.He suddenly realized that he seemed to be really old, and he started to be afraid in his heart. This was something he had never experienced when he was young. Even in the face of the mighty Ming Dynasty, he still made his own voice, dared to Go wrestling.
But now, facing the seemingly invulnerable mercenary army, he really didn't know what to do or what to do at this moment when he could easily repel his [-] army with less than a thousand people.
Above the city tower, the cochin archers began to shoot arrows continuously. Although they were still far from the mercenaries who were still 400 meters away, at least they had to make a show to show that they had the ability to fight back.
The East City Gate was opened wide earlier, allowing General Li Shaozhong to bring their defeated soldiers into the city smoothly.Although they were defeated, they were still cochin soldiers after all, not to mention, facing such an opponent, who could be undefeated?
After the soldiers poured into the city gate, the city gate was quickly closed without even caring about the wounded soldier who had been shot and was still alive.They were afraid that the mercenaries would take the opportunity to directly attack the city, but in fact, the auxiliary soldiers of the two battalions had already retreated.They killed at least thousands of people in this battle, successfully completed the task, and made a contribution.
When the Fifth Battalion Commander and the Sixth Battalion Commander returned to the barracks, he was naturally praised by Yang Chendong, and he declared that all these military exploits would be recorded, and that they would be commended only when the right opportunity came.
The two battalion commanders immediately received countless envious looks.Although the other battalion commanders are also jealous, they also know after seeing everything that these two battalion commanders are still capable. Just say that they are facing dozens of times the pressure of the enemy without moving a bit. Courage is admirable.
As for credit, with so many enemies, are you afraid that there will be no battles to fight in the future?As long as you are strong, gold will always shine.
After the first battle, it was almost night.Yang Chendong didn't mean to launch a night attack, not that he didn't have such ability, but that the current cochin is not worth it at all.So in addition to leaving the soldiers to carry out the necessary camp security, the other soldiers rested early after dinner.
Others can rest, Yang Chendong is not enough, he still has too many things to do.
For example, there was news from the Second Battalion Commander Chen Bo that they successfully completed the mission and killed nearly 1000 people including General Lati, the reinforcements of the Lancang Kingdom, and the other [-] Lancang soldiers, as well as those who won the battle. All the more than [-] Cochin soldiers in Loucheng became captives in their hands.
The first step was successfully completed, and Chen Bo asked for instructions on what to do next.Regarding this, Yang Chen said the order, and Humang was in charge of recording.
"Notify Hanoi City to send 2000 educated youths from Chikan City, of whom [-] stayed in Yinglou City for preaching activities. Preparations for receiving the captives and sending them to Chixian City."
Chapter 525 I want peace talks
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