Chapter 193: Entanglement
The night shrouded the mountains and forests, but in this mountain col, it was still bright.
The fire continued to burn, and the high-energy searchlights and flares emitted from time to time illuminated the surroundings where the ancient heavenly kingdom army array was located. Leng Yueshan will not give the opponent's sneak attack, leaving any chance.
The artillery fire was stretching forward, and the whole hill had been flattened, and in the col there was a pungent smell of coals and dust drifting in the wind!
If the other party wants to flip the situation, they can only look for an opportunity to raid, and this dark night is their only chance!
Leng Yueshan glanced at the other side coldly, he could even imagine how restless the other party lord would be in his step-by-step advancement.
There is a limit to human patience, and once he feels that if he waits like this, there is only a dead end, then he will resolutely launch a surprise charge. After all, the most important thing for the martial artists of the Guwu royal family is courage.
Leng Yueshan didn't feel sleepy at all, he was just waiting for this counterattack.
Two hundred musketeers, one hundred hand-to-hand combat masters, armed with crossbows, defended around the artillery positions formed by fifty artillerymen.
The others dragged back dozens of meters, and together with the command, as a reserve, they also held their own rear roads at the same time.
The whole formation, like a moving fortress, slowly moved forward.
As time passed, Leng Yueshan's face gradually became ugly.
In the entire mountain col, there was not a trace of movement from the Guwu royal family, as if they had not moved a single bit from the beginning.
It was almost dawn when the brigade of the Ancient Heavenly Kingdom drove in front of the dense forest.
There is no doubt that a dense artillery fire and incendiary shells opened the way! Thirty minutes later, the forest had turned into a scorched earth!
The woods fell, and Leng Yueshan finally saw the Phoenix King Banner erected high behind the trees!
Looking at the shadowy hidden soldier caves in the telescope, a sneer appeared at the corner of Leng Yueshan's mouth.
I thought there was some clever trick, but I just wanted to be a mole! With the help of this hidden cave, can you block the sharpness of the artillery fire?
Presumably, the other party's generals are hiding in the holes, waiting for them to rush up and fight with white knives, right?
How can it be!
They have absolutely no idea what the power of firearms is, where they are!
Leng Yueshan raised his hand and pointed to a slightly empty gravel ground next to him, and shouted: "Cover the artillery to set up a line at that position!" Listen to my orders and prepare to give a position of 100 meters around that big flag for fifteen minutes of continuous shelling! Every five minutes, drop an incendiary bomb! ”
Think you'll be safe by digging a hole in the ground?
On the battlefield, the sharpest thing about artillery is not the direct lethality of artillery, but the smoke mixed with sulfur dioxide caused by violent explosions. If you add to this the high temperature of the incendiary bombs, and the ubiquitous dust after the land is burned. Hehe, it only takes fifteen minutes, and they will know how stupid it is to hide in that hole!
To build an artillery position, priority should be given to building a defensive line ahead. Otherwise, once these martial artists realize that something is wrong and rush out desperately, once they really destroy the artillery position, this battle will be unpredictable.
Leng Yueshan is proficient in firearms warfare, so he naturally knows this truth.
Two hundred musketeers and one hundred melee crossbowmen, working in tandem with each other, quickly advanced forward.
The woods ahead, freshly destroyed by artillery fire, still smelled of burnt and scorching heat. Everywhere the stumps were broken and dry, and many of them had unfinished flames.
This is where the best line of defense is built.
First, there is still a distance of more than three hundred meters from the position of the Guwu royal family, and even if it is a charge, there is a perfect angle to gather fire. Thinking from this point of view, Leng Yueshan even regretted a little that this forest was destroyed a little early.
But in other words, if this forest was still there, they would not dare to go deep into this position.
Second, after the baptism of artillery fire, it is safe here. Under the incendiary bombs, if someone hides in the dense forest, it is believed that it is impossible to escape all of them.
But Leng Yueshan has been locking on to this forest with a telescope, not only has no one rushed out, but there has also been no movement.
Third, this place is relatively close to the cliff, and when the Guwu royal clan charges, there is one less direction, and it will be easier for Leng Yue Mountain to defend.
The three hundred men quickly took up their position in the woods, looking for a relatively neat position, taking a stand, and quickly extinguishing the flames around them. As for those broken trees, they happened to be used as cover, and they were also an obstacle when the Guwu royal clan charged.
In just ten minutes, the defensive line was set up.
Two layers of muskets, forming a narrow crescent, in the middle, are melee crossbowmen!
This is a standard defensive formation, with a depression in the middle, and a trap for the fastest charging enemy, who will receive crossfire from three sides!
These are soldiers who have seen blood, and their ability to adapt to the environment is extremely strong.
At least, on this scorched earth where the residual heat is still there, a front was formed on the spot, the heat wave was rolling, quickly steaming the moisture in their bodies, and the sweat on their foreheads had been dripping down, but no one had the slightest impatience and boredom.
The front was erected, the artillerymen put away their guns, pushed these heavy weapons forward, quickly entered the designated position, and began to regroup.
If all goes well, this will be the last time they will shift positions.
Leng Yueshan's command post moved forward synchronously, steadily protecting the retreat behind the artillery unit.
The same meniscus formation can be pressed forward at any time to support the first line of defense.
When all the teams arrived at the designated position, Leng Yueshan looked at his watch and raised his right hand high! The commander beside him has already put the general's horn in his mouth.
As long as his hand falls, the ancient martial royal family that has been inherited for thousands of years is basically cut off!
This kind of trampling on history made Leng Yueshan couldn't help but be excited, and the blood in his body was almost boiling. Maybe after today, the name of his Leng Yue Mountain will be recorded in the history books like those ancestors of the Hao clan in the northern capital!
Destroy their faith and liberate their souls.
Picking up this boundless fantasy, Leng Yueshan's right hand trembled, and as soon as he gritted his teeth, he was about to cut it off fiercely.
"Kill!" A scream, like a crack through the clouds, resounded in the night sky!
Leng Yueshan's heart twitched violently, and he raised his eyes to look.
At the very center of the defensive front line, that is, in the scorched earth, countless martial artists suddenly rushed out, and many of them were still burning with flames!
A big man in ragged clothes shouted: "Rush to the left and right along their line, and wrench with them!" ”
Sun Huabei's voice was hoarse, and the eyebrow stick in his hand was like flying, and he had already rushed into the crowd first!
The sound of gunshots, crossbows, shouts of killing, and screams suddenly exploded, like a firecracker set off in the night sky.
Sun Huabei hid the main force of more than 300 people under the woods!
After waiting for nearly ten hours, let the artillery bombardment, let the flames burn, and never moved!
Three hundred soldiers were in ambush, and now when they rushed out of the fight, less than two hundred stood up. More than one-third of the martial artists were killed and died in the artillery fire.
But they didn't let out a single scream.
Because before Sun Huabei's word "kill" was exported, everyone's mouth was tightly strangled with a wet towel and wrapped around the back of their heads! Even if you die, there will never be a single sound!
Sun Huabei is gambling, he uses the lives of more than 100 martial artists to gamble on this chance to get close!
He succeeded, and not only that, but he was sure that the Heavenly Soul was now under their artillery position. Each round of artillery fire covered would have a pause of nearly thirty seconds, and only thirty seconds would be left for the Heavenly Soul.
What he has to do now is to attract the first round of artillery fire to his position!
The sudden change, even the soldiers under the command of Leng Yueshan, who had experienced a hundred battles, also fell into a brief chaos. Sun Huabei's more than 100 people quickly formed a huge kill.
Leng Yueshan couldn't think about how these guys were carried under artillery fire and incendiary bombs. He had to make a decision, a cruel decision!
For him, it was not difficult.
"The artillery obeys the order! The scorched woods in front of the target are covered with indiscriminate artillery fire! ”
Leng Yueshan's voice was loud and calm, without even a hint of trembling.
Indiscriminate Attack! Leng Yueshan has already given up more than a hundred warriors who are entangled with Sun Huabei!
A strong man breaks his wrist, and the overall situation is important! This is the kind of education he received since he was a child. For the sake of victory, anyone's life can be given up at any time!
The artillery decisively adjusted the target, carried out the first round of artillery cover!
Countless stumps and severed arms flew up, and the violent heat wave impact overturned the sergeants on both sides of the battle, and many people were directly buried in the deep pit.
The earth rumbled like an earthquake.
The Heavenly Soul bit the double-headed hook in his mouth, held a large gun in each hand, and suddenly bounced up in the ground, crashing into the soil layer above his head!
The two spears directly penetrated the more than five feet thick layer of soil, hugged his arms tightly, closed them in the middle, and rotated his body hard.
The gravel fell, a big hole one meter square, the heavenly soul rose to the sky, pulled up a phantom, and killed the crowd, everywhere, a rain of blood!
In the hole, one by one, the figures rushed out quickly, waving the iron pickaxe in their hands, and frantically slashed at the artillery troops on their sides!
After the first round of fire coverage, the reloading of ammunition quickly began.
But after this round of firepower, the artillery positions were completely dumbfired! The heavenly soul is killed, and there is no one under his command at all. These sixty or seventy artillery positions are simply not enough to kill!
"The rear army pressed forward and recaptured the artillery position!"
Leng Yueshan roared, reached out and pulled out the saber on his waist, slashing forward.
He didn't care about the lives of the more than a hundred fighters on the front front. As long as the artillery positions are still there, he can also reorganize the defensive line and crush the enemy army! So he chose to attack indiscriminately at the first time, that is, to cut through the chaos quickly and continue to maintain this safe distance.
But now, the artillery positions are lost, and then it will take his own life!
If you can't seize back the artillery position, it will be impossible to completely distance yourself and get rid of the martial artists of the Guwu clan who have been entangled. If you can't get rid of it, it's definitely a fiasco!
The two hundred or so men of the rear army quickly rushed towards the artillery position, and the gunfire rang out like fried beans.