Chapter 805: Occupation of Australia (5)
Viscount Dalgrass glared again, and at a distance of nearly three hundred meters, the Ming soldiers opened fire, and killed one of his British soldiers with one shot, which means that the range of the musket in the hands of the army is at least nearly three hundred meters.
Such an advanced musket, incredible! Fighting is tantamount to death! Run!
",,, don't fight, retreat! Evacuate! Viscount Dalgrass shouted at his soldiers.
Immediately, the British followed Viscount Dalgrass in a rapid retreat towards the jungle to the north.
Viscount Dalgrass is a very cunning British general, very good at analyzing the situation of the enemy and the enemy, he will resolutely meet and defeat the enemy, once he finds that he can't be defeated, he will choose to flee without the dignity of a warrior.
Obviously, he had less than 3,000 British soldiers in his hands, and it was impossible for him to be the opponent of the Ming army, which was more numerous and more advanced, so escape was the only way for them to survive.
"Chase!" Yan Yingyuan also led the Ming army to follow reluctantly in pursuit!
"Bang! Bang"
"Poof! Ahh
While pursuing, the Ming soldiers kept firing, as long as they were slightly behind, and those who were included in the range of the Ming army's rifles were several, or even a dozen Ming soldiers' rifles aimed at him and shot.
Viscount Dalgrass's face darkened, and he was so angry that he wanted to bite his teeth off.
He wanted to order his soldiers to stop and engage the Ming army and defeat it, but he knew it was impossible.
While running, Viscount Dalgrass couldn't figure it out, obviously when they sold the red-coated cannons to the Ming Dynasty decades ago, the firearms technology such as guns and cannons had already surpassed this mysterious Eastern Empire, and even ten years ago he dared to be sure that the firearms technology of the Ming Dynasty was still surpassed by them, but why now, the firearms technology of the Ming Dynasty was so advanced all of a sudden, their cannons could sink their six British warships at a long distance, and their muskets had a killing distance of nearly three hundred meters, which was incredible, This must be a joke by God.
Escape! You can only escape!
Viscount Dalgrass desperately pushed aside the branches that stood in his way and ran forward quickly.
The other British soldiers were equally frightened, thinking that they had also discovered the range and power of the Ming rifles, and without the advantage of firearms, they could not defeat the Ming army, which outnumbered them.
During the flight, British soldiers were shot and killed.
Soon, the number of British soldiers had dropped from 3,000 to less than 2,800.
"Bang Bang Bang"
Suddenly, a group of Ming soldiers came out of somewhere in front of them, blocked the escape of Viscount Dalgrass and other British, and shot and killed seven British soldiers.
"Oh, no! There are also Ming troops here, and the road here is blocked! "Viscount Dalglas's face turned pale and extremely ugly.
"Quick, evacuate to the east!" Viscount Dalgrass shouted.
Then they fled in the direction to the east, where no Ming army appeared.
However, before they had gone far, a group of Ming soldiers also emerged from the jungle to the east, and this group of Ming soldiers was led by Feng Houdun himself.
"Hahahaha, fire!" Feng Houdun ordered with a smile.
After a round of gunshots, nearly a dozen British soldiers fell.
Viscount Dalglas was shocked, there were enemies on three sides, and only the last one remained. Viscount Dalgras still did not choose to stop the battle, but continued to flee in the last direction.
"Retreat south!" Viscount Dalgrass yelled and led the remaining British soldiers to retreat in the direction of the last Ming soldier who had not yet appeared.
Seeing that Viscount Dalgrass continued to escape, Feng Houdun was not in a hurry, but smiled.
"Hehe, there's a grassland in that direction, just run there, see if you can escape!" Feng Houdun smiled extremely sinisterly, you know, they brought war horses, the grassland is the world of cavalry, if this is still in the past, the British may still have some hope, but if they escape into the grassland, then the British can only wait for death.
The Ming army was flanked from three sides, and the bullets did not hit the trunks of the trees with a popping sound, and from time to time the lagging British soldiers were hit and killed by bullets.
The British didn't have a warring **, and they all wished they could have two more legs.
After running for about a stick of incense, there was a sudden uproar in front of me, and it was a grassland!
Viscount Dalgrass's eyes widened, and he subconsciously wanted to turn back, running into such an open and unsheltered grassland was not a good sign.
However, in the jungle behind him, there are figures of Ming soldiers everywhere, and if you don't choose the right direction when you turn around, you will definitely crash into the arms of the Ming army, which is not a good sign.
Viscount Dalgrass gritted his teeth, helpless, they could only continue to run towards the grassland.
"Bang! Bang" Two more British soldiers fell in response.
Viscount Dalglas did not hesitate any longer, and took the lead and ran towards the steppe ahead.
After a while, Yan Yingyuan and other Ming soldiers also chased out of the jungle.
"Hmph, ran into the steppe, the British are dead!" Yan Yingyuan sneered.
In a moment, the horses were pulled out.
A large number of Ming soldiers turned on their horses and chased after the British, who had already run seven or eight hundred meters away.
"Boom"
The sound of a large number of war horses galloping caused Viscount Dalglas to glance back, this look, the soul was about to scare him, damn, the Ming army even brought so many war horses.
On this prairie, it is impossible for them to outrun the war horses.
800 meters, 700 meters, 600 meters
The war horses of the Ming army galloped very fast on the grassland, and I believe that in a few moments, the Ming army will definitely be able to catch up with them.
Deadlock!
Viscount Dalgrass was so desperate that his face was about to twist, there was no hope of escape, and the dog would jump over the wall if he was in a hurry!
"Stop running away, line up! Against! Against! Viscount Dalgrass shouted angrily, since there is no way to escape, let's fight, whether you can fight or not, you will only know after you fight!
Viscount Dalgrass is still a bit bloody.
About 2,700 British soldiers were left to stop fleeing and quickly formed a three-stage battle formation.
At the same time that the British quickly formed a formation, the Ming army iron cavalry that rushed to the front also arrived, and instigated war horses to surround the British such as Viscount Dalglas in the middle.
More and more Ming soldiers arrived, and the British such as Viscount Dalglas were covered in sweat.
"Fire!"
"Bang bang bang" began to have Ming soldiers on war horses shooting at the British.
"Poof! Burst! Poof" Suddenly many Britons were shot and fell.
"Attack!" Viscount Dalgrass gritted his teeth and yelled.
Passive can only be slaughtered, only active attack, and maybe there is still a slight chance, Viscount Dalgrass thinks so.
The British began to stare at the bullets of the Ming army to attack forward, and in the process, a large number of British soldiers were killed and fell, and the Ming army did not enter the range of the British flintlock pistol at all.
This was not enough for the British to despair, and soon something appeared that made the British completely desperate.
I saw some Ming soldiers quickly jumping off their horses and quickly unloading some things from the backs of other horses. They were all machine gunners in the Ming army, and what was unloaded was naturally a part of a machine gun.
The parts of the machine gun are very simple, just a rack and a gun body, put it on, load it with bullets and be able to shoot.
Several machine guns were set up almost in just a few breaths, and the bullets were quickly loaded.
The "Da Da Da" machine gun opened fire and swept towards the British in front.
Immediately, the British soldiers at the front fell in patches like wheat harvested.
"Ou! Myga, oh my God! What is it! Viscount Dalgrass's eyes widened and he said in horror.
Viscount Dalglas collapsed directly!
"Nope! We can't beat them at all, we can only be slaughtered by them! Viscount Dalgrass shouted in despair.
Under such dense firepower, the British were killed and wounded at a rapid pace, and it was like being slaughtered.
Two thousand six hundred, two thousand four hundred, two thousand
When the British were reduced to just over a thousand in a short period of time, Viscount Dalgrass could not bear it, and he made a wise decision.
"We surrender! Don't shoot! Quick, throw away your weapon! We surrender! Viscount Dalgrass shouted to the surrounding British soldiers who had not yet been shot.
The British were also frightened by this massacre pattern, and as soon as Viscount Dalgrass said surrender, they immediately threw away their flintlock pistols and raised their hands in surrender.
"Stop!" Seeing that the British had thrown away their weapons and surrendered, Yan Yingyuan immediately ordered to stop firing.
About 1,300 Britons, including Viscount Dalglas, surrendered and became prisoners of the Ming army.
Surrender was not a shame in Europe, but a tradition, and Viscount Dalgrass and others did not feel any shame, they only imagined that their queen would soon send someone to ransom them and let them out of captivity.
Viscount Dalgrass and the others didn't know that they had become prisoners of the Fourth Army such as Yan Yingyuan, no matter whether the Queen of England would send someone to ransom them back soon, in the future, only misery awaited them.
After the battle, Yan Yingyuan set out on the road back to Sydney City with the army and the captured Viscount Dalgrass.
The whole process of the extermination war was very simple, there was almost no fierce battle, the gap was too big, the British originally relied on advanced flintlock pistols to bully and bully the natives, and when they encountered the more advanced firearms of the Ming army, they were also the same as the natives who were slaughtered by them, only the part of being slaughtered by the Ming army.