The light of the afternoon sun sprinkled to the earth, after a low and short military trumpet, the Australian military formation, which was still a little noisy, suddenly became silent, and only insects and birds were left on the ground, at this time several green flags suddenly appeared at the end of the official road in the distance, and then, there was a horn horn sounded in the distant team, so the green flag began to sway rapidly---- obviously, the other party had found an army that was quietly waiting for them on the official road.

In the distance, the snow-bright broad-bladed bayonets were reflected very brightly by the sunlight, pointing to the sky like a forest, so that the soldiers of the Green Battalion who walked in front could see the strangely dressed but very neat team from a distance.

The chief soldier on the horse immediately grabbed the reins and stared into the distance, at this time his own soldiers immediately gathered around the adult, a general sentinel officer waved the triangular red flag to the team behind him, at this time there were a few horns, the chief soldier looked back at the team that was gradually stopping, and whispered a few military orders to the soldiers around him.

Soon, the original column on the official road became a horizontal formation, and nearly 2,000 green battalion soldiers lined up in several thick phalanxes in front and behind under the urging of the officers.

When the chief soldier saw his soldiers begin to line up, he turned around and took out a monocular commonly used by Hongmaoyi from his bosom and looked ahead.

It was an army that had never been seen before, indigo uniforms, and each soldier wore a strange helmet on his head, round like a large bowl buckled on his head, and looking at the material, it looked like rattan weaving, but these soldiers did not have any armor on them, and most of them did not seem to be Han Chinese.

"Anti-thief? Ming army? Overseas Warriors? Chen family pirates? Brigand? ”

The general soldier's mind flashed through the other party's various speculations, but they were not very sure, the key is that the other party does not have any banner, how can people judge?

The cautious chief soldier immediately ordered his own soldiers to ride forward to inquire about the origin of the other party.

The distance of three hundred meters on horseback soon arrived, and the soldiers reined in their horses and shouted at more than ten battles in front of the opponent's formation:

"Come on! The Qing Dynasty officers and soldiers are carrying Zizi, preventing our officers and soldiers from cutting! Be guilty! ”

"Hey, what is that thing talking about?"

Wei Hong looked at the knight suspiciously, and asked Xiao Ai beside him.

To be honest, Wei Hong was a little unexpected, he thought that the other party would immediately organize an attack when he saw him blocking the way, shouldn't there be a charge at this time? Why is there a messenger?

Xiao Ai scratched his head, probably because the distance was still a little far, obviously he couldn't hear what the other party was saying, so he turned his head and asked a herald next to him---- who said, look at that outfit, the person riding the horse should be a personal soldier of a certain adult, he just asked us to report the name, and said that the Qing Dynasty officials and soldiers are here, and if they block the officers and soldiers, it is a capital crime......

Xiao Ai frowned when he heard this, and immediately ordered the herald to say, you go and tell that person that Leizhou City does not welcome the Tartar officers and soldiers, let them roll as far as they want!

Wei Hong sneered when he heard it, and said that you may be inexplicable when you answer the other party like this, it is better to say that we are guests invited by General Chen Shangchuan, and General Chen asked us to help him guard Leizhou City, and tell them that these thieves are the realm of the Ming Dynasty, and you minions of the Qing Dynasty should go as far as you want!

Well, it doesn't seem like the other party can understand much when talking about this, right? Xiao Ai complained in her heart, but she felt that it was okay to say so.

Regarding the Australian Army and the Australian Federation, the people of the Huotang Club believed that it was better to let the Qing know as late as possible, so there was no need for the enemy to know the relevant information about this military operation.

So the herald ran to the front of the battle and relayed Wei Hong's original words word for word, which made Wei Hong very appreciative, thinking that Xiao Ai trained the herald well---- herald is to accurately transmit the commander's order, and must not be out of shape halfway, otherwise he will not be a qualified herald.

Not long after the knight on the opposite side rode back after listening, the horn sounded on the opposite side again, and unlike before, there was also the sound of drums, Wei Hong Xiaoai quickly cheered up and picked up the telescope on the horseback to observe.

Three hundred meters away, the 4,000 green battalion soldiers lined up in three phalanxes, arranged in a zigzag pattern, one in front and two in the back, the front phalanx was the largest, and it was more elite in terms of clothing and ordnance.

With the sound of drums, the three phalanxes gradually approached, Wei Hong and Erush silently counted the distance in their hearts at this time, the two had already done a lot of landmark measurements in front of the formation, and they decided to open fire at a distance of about a hundred meters from the enemy's own line.

At this distance, the current Type 57 rifle has improved its shooting accuracy, thanks to the rifling processing accuracy of Shuguang Machinery Factory and the improvement of Baisha Group's enhanced black ** process.

Today, the latest batch of Type 57 rifles has improved a lot in performance compared with the first few batches, especially in terms of accuracy of about 150 meters, which has reached the accuracy level of 100 meters of the old model.

There were more than 200 of these improved rifles in Wei Hong's garrison and 100 in Xiao Ai's garrison, and Wei Hong equipped all these new guns with his teaching company.

Now the company commander Chen Jiujin is standing in the first row of the line, and to his right is the 215 subordinates of the teaching company.

The teaching company was located in the middle of the array, and on their flanks were four more infantry companies and two infantry companies of the Wanshan Island garrison.

When the phalanx of the green battalion soldiers appeared in front, Wei Ai and the two glanced at each other, and then the two brothers couldn't help but smile slightly, that scene, if it wasn't on the battlefield, it would be a rush for people to make a foundation on weekdays.

There is no doubt that Wei Hong and Irush have already studied the tactics of infantry in this era in advance---- these two brothers are no longer the first to be on the battlefield.

How to use line infantry to deal with the attack of the infantry phalanx is a common discussion subject in the Huotang Club on weekdays, which has both the experience of predecessors and their own practice, in short, the two brothers have done their homework in this regard.

In the front, the green battalion soldiers in front of them are advancing in the drumbeat, in the process of marching, the three phalanxes basically maintain a neat array, it seems that Chen Shangchuan's intelligence is very correct, the green battalion in front of him is indeed a relatively capable team, and the scene of the attack is quite powerful.

However, in the eyes of Wei Ai and the others, the infantry tactics of the enemy on the opposite side are very old-fashioned, and of course, they are also very classic.

Therefore, it can be expected that under normal circumstances, these arrays will travel to a stop about 60 meters from us, because this is the effective killing distance of the firearms and bows, and then, after a burst of bows and arrows, hand-to-hand combat between the infantry will begin - if the leader is brave, he will lead his own soldiers forward to surprise forward, and then the large group of men and horses will follow, if the leader wants to preserve his strength, he will usually let his men take their own soldiers to make a tentative assault, and then make a decision according to the situation on the battlefield.

Obviously, the chief soldier and his several thousand were always a group of brave and fierce leaders, because at this moment, the chief soldier, surrounded by a large group of personal soldiers, was following the sound of drums and was steadily moving forward at the front of the army formation---- on either side of them were several thousand generals and their personal soldiers, and behind these people were the soldiers of the brigade, and at the back were the auxiliaries guarding the heavy chariots and horses.

Obviously, Wei Ai and the two will not stupidly put the enemy at a distance of sixty meters before firing, although the hit rate of the fire gun at this distance is simply miserable, but the bow and arrow have a certain lethality---- now their own soldiers in addition to wearing a rattan helmet on their heads, there is no armor on their bodies, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Wei Ai and the two decided to take the lead in firing at a distance of 100 meters, and catch the enemy off guard!

If, assuming that the enemy who has been hit is still very strong, insisting on braving the rain of bullets and stubbornly advancing to a distance of 60 meters, then they will be greeted by 57 grenades @ shells - through daily training, about half of the soldiers in the garrison can easily throw 57 grenades @ shells at a distance of about 60 meters, considering the effective killing range of 57 grenades @ bullets, at this distance most grenades @ shells will have a good killing effect on the enemy after exploding.