Chapter 440: No Retreat

"Wait!" Fu Wendao shouted loudly, "Wait! We must wait for the time! ”

The reason why the French artillery changed the whole battle in an instant was entirely the input of artillery shells - that is, shrapnels.

This kind of artillery shell can fire hundreds of shells into the crowd in the air, and sometimes a well-positioned shrapnel can even completely penetrate most of the infantry company, which can be said to be an absolute weapon that can change the entire history of world warfare like Mini rifle bullets.

The shells fired by the French army now are almost all howitzers, they are sharper than the ceiling, hundreds of shrapnel make the formation of the rainbow army have to disperse, and because their artillery is European-style heavy artillery, they can fire outside the range of the rainbow army's artillery, so they suppressed the artillery of the rainbow army at the first time.

There was already a lot of blood on the artillery positions, and there were also sacrifices in the infantry formation, and the entire rainbow army could only silently wait for the start of the next wave of attacks: "Wait, we must wait!" ”

Shi Huiji's fists were clenched tightly, and he said to Fu Wendao on the side: "It's the first time for me to fight back in such a fight that I can't fight back just by being beaten, but I have to admit it!" ”

"I have to admit it!" Fu Wendao said good things about Liu Chang there: "His Royal Highness King Yan's deployment is very good, if the five infantry battalions are crowded on the first line, then there are not a few rounds of artillery bombardment, I'm afraid we will be disabled!" ”

The French artillery firing was carried out about five rounds, and then the Qing infantry appeared in the sight of the rainbow army, taking advantage of the power of the shrapnel shells, these Qing infantry had already acted as the vanguard of the rainbow army, and now the company commanders and deputy company commanders of each company are shouting orders: "Fight when you get closer, fight again when you get closer!" ”

Although they were covered by the French infantry behind them, the Rainbow Army did not pay attention to these Qing infantry wearing uniforms, and the bravery of these Qing infantry was unexpected by the Rainbow Army, and they strode forward, even raising bayonets in their hands.

Although they were equipped with some weapons that the Hong Army had not purchased, these Western weapons gave these Qing infantry a lot of courage. About three hundred Qing soldiers had already roared and rushed to the front of the first line of defense of the Hong Army, but this was also the farthest they had rushed, Liu Chang shouted towards Nanbo Hang: "It's time for us to strike!" ”

"That's right!" Nan Bohang agreed with Liu Chang's point of view: "Order the artillery, fire quickly and don't cherish the shells!" ”

In fact, it would be a powerful artillery assault that these Qing troops had never encountered. With the wave of several red flags, the entire artillery unit of the Rainbow Army began to act, whether it was battalion artillery or field artillery, and immediately began to concentrate all the artillery and began to roar.

"Put"

"Put"

The artillery of the far left flank bombarded first, and after the white smoke, the second artillery joined the ensemble of the symphony, and another began to bombard. Although they did not use the extremely powerful shrapnel of the French army, the grenades, shotguns, solid bullets, grapeshot bombs, and incendiary bombs they fired made these Qing troops suffer.

"Woohoo"

The rifles of the three infantry battalions, whether they were Mini rifles or older repeating guns, all started to fire, and these most heroic Qing troops in this time and space were completely unable to properly adjust the rhythm of the battle in front of them, in fact, according to Nan Bohang: "This is not a battle, this is just a one-sided massacre" Under the shooting of bullets, these Qing soldiers wearing uniforms only held out for a minute or two, watching rows of comrades fall directly to the ground. They soon lost all their will to fight, and even threw down their flags, only to turn around and retreat. He shouted loudly: "French lord! ”

No matter how great the French lord is, he can't help them much at this time, but at this time, many officers and soldiers of the Rainbow Army have already shouted: "Get down!" Get down! "..., that's right, that's the sound of the French army's shrapnel flying in the air, this most powerful weapon in time and space instantly blew up several artillery positions of the Hong Army, blood and water everywhere, and even artillery was damaged in the explosion, where in addition to the shouting, Liu Chang could only hear one voice: "Health soldiers." Sanitary soldiers, someone is wounded"

The infantry units also suffered heavy casualties in the volley of the French platoons, and now Montoban himself rode up on horseback: "French soldiers, the time has come to make a meritorious deed"

In fact, without the command of Montoban, the five infantry battalions of the French army, many of whom were veterans of the Crimean War, had already cut down in a neat pace. Even if the bullet glides in his ears, he will still move forward at the most appropriate pace, and as the core of the entire French army, Liu Chang feels a unique classical beauty when he looks at the formation in front of him.

It was one after another company phalanx and platoon phalanx, although the Hong army also lined up in the same phalanx to attack, but today's Hong officers and soldiers have a feeling of holding their breath, yes, this is so coordinated and perfect.

Looking at their advancing pace, as well as the drums and artillery shooting, it can be said that it is impeccable, and in the face of such pressure, some soldiers have unconsciously opened fire, and beside them, the rainbow army shouted: "Shoot closer, shoot closer!" ”

After the impact of the Crimean War, the impact of the French army was by no means an ordinary dense phalanx charge, but scattered the company phalanx and the platoon phalanx, but maintained mutual support, they braved the bullets and shells that came to them and slowly accelerated, bringing more and more impact to the hearts of the officers and soldiers of Hong.

"Don't be in a hurry!"

"Put"

There was something wrong with the coordination of the various infantry companies of the Rainbow Army, some of them had already opened fire, while others were ready to wait for the French to get close and shoot again, only by this time, a French colonel had already given the order: "French soldiers, aim, shoot!" ”

"Aim! Shoot! ”

This was perhaps the most violent round of gunfire suffered by the Rainbow Army, and the French infantry phalanx not far away was completely completely submerged in a cloud of white smoke, countless bullets flew over with a scream, and many of the brave soldiers standing on the breastwork had fallen to the ground with a single thud.

This round of rifle fire was more powerful than the first two shotgun shots, and everywhere you could see blood gushing out, and everywhere there were soldiers calling out to the sanitary soldiers: "Sanitary soldiers, I am wounded!" ”

And the infantry of the Rainbow Army no longer cares about aiming: "Let go"

Naturally, the results of such shooting were not good, and when the white smoke on the French army dissipated, a whole four battalions of infantry with bayonets on them had already rushed towards the position of the rainbow army like the wind, and they did not know what to shout loudly, and there was only a breastwork in front of them.

But just when the French thought victory was within reach, they suffered the heaviest casualties since the beginning of the war: "Release! Put! Put"

The artillery, which had been suppressed twice by the French at first, was now resurrected, and although several of the guns were still silent, the entire Rainbow artillery welcomed the enemy infantry under their noses with the utmost enthusiasm: "Release! Put! Put! ”

The enemy troops were so close that there was even an illusion that they didn't need to aim, and they stood up in a pool of blood and manipulated the artillery in braving the platoon of guns that came over: "Artillery put!" ”

The entire formation of the French infantry swept in countless shells at once, some grenades, some shotguns, some solid shells, grapes and incendiary bombs, but what terrified the French infantry was a sharp and incomparably sharp scream.

That's a shrapnel!

Although the number of shells that are most amazing in this time and space for infantry is very small, the rain of bullets after their explosion in the air is as dense as raindrops, often covering the formation of the entire infantry company, without any adjectives, and a large piece of red breeches falling next to them is the best annotation of this kind of shell. ..., "Damn, they also have shrapnels!" ”

The French soldiers can be said to be the best soldiers in this time and space, although they suffered a lot of casualties in this round, but they have already raised their bayonets in the next moment: "French soldiers, for Napoleon!" ”

"For His Majesty the Emperor!"

"For France!"

They still had a little blood on their bodies, but even the lightly wounded who were hit by bullets on the other side walked desperately forward with their rifles: "For France! ”

And the Hongjun side, in addition to the initial chaos, was also organized because of this round of shelling, and they also shouted: "Yan Wang Yan Wang"

The shout erupted at the same time as the screech of bullets, and at this range, whether it was a Mini rifle, a rifle, or a flintlock pistol, all had the same lethal power, and every now and then a red breeches fell down, dyeing the blue military uniform of the upper body a peculiar deep purple with blood.

But for both sides of the war, the brutal fight was just beginning, and the next moment the French infantry found that there was not only a breastwork in front of them, but there were many obstacles in front of them, but they were not the infantry of Shengbao, and soon some soldiers pushed away the obstacles, rushed into the infantry position of the rainbow army, and started a desperate fight.

"His Royal Highness King Yan, it's too close to the front line" A deputy company commander who had already taken the second line position gave up his command responsibility and rushed towards Liu Chang's command position: "There is only one guard platoon on your side, and the strength is too thin, I am willing to guard here for you!" ”

In fact, this small hill has become the focus of the French army's attack, and the French army obviously found that this is the front line command post of the Rainbow Army, so they have invested a lot of troops, and some French infantry have already rushed into the first line of positions, which is only half a mile away from this small hill, but Liu Chang rejected his kindness: "No, the real battle has just begun!" ”

The entire position responded with the same voice: "King Yan! King Yan! King Yan! ”

I will not back down.