Chapter 998: Hell on Earth

The morale of the army gradually stabilized.

At the beginning, the rain of arrows caused a lot of panic, but slowly, everyone found that the trench had become a powerful barrier for them, not to mention, the steel helmet on the head would not be fatally injured, if it was an arrow elsewhere, it would not be irreparable, at least the military doctors had begun to act, they hooked their bodies, used the board as a shield, followed by a few auxiliaries, and began to carry the wounded to the nearby trench.

People naturally have a certain adaptability to the harsh environment, but this half-year drill has already honed the patience of the soldiers.

The counterattack began.

They began to skillfully reload, hold their guns, and shoot as they normally would.

Smack, this is a skilled voice, in fact, they don't know if they have shot, and then, they just need to draw the fire gun back into the trench, reload the ammunition, and continue shooting.

By this time, the artillery positions behind were all ready.

Hundreds of artillery pieces, all of which are bursting shells at the moment. After a roar, the cannon erupted tongues of fire, and then a roar rang out, and the sky ...... Whirling, a meteor-like cannonball perfectly slashed through the air in a half-arc.

Immediately, the cannon smashed down, and the roar resounded from the swarming cavalry, flying sand and rocks, and the smoke was filled, and the air wave even rushed the horses directly into the sky, and then smashed down like sandbags.

It was only at this time that the powerful firepower of the new army began to impress the Hu people.

Their front team had fully entered the effective firing range, and one after another began to fall off their horses, and the shells falling from the artillery frantically harvested the lives of the rear cavalry.

In an instant, the formation of the shock had begun to become disorganized, and the number of casualties had begun to soar.

Countless cavalrymen were hit by sudden bullets before they knew what was going on, and after some of the horses were hit, they collapsed to the ground like crazy, throwing the cavalry off their horses directly.

"Kill!" This hellish scene on earth gave the Hu people a sense of tragedy.

They held their swords high, like knights running to hell, looking fearless, but their flesh and blood were quickly torn to pieces by shrapnel.

In fact, at this time, the Hu people had already begun to fall into a strange situation.

When the tribal leaders who sensed that something was wrong seemed to suddenly realize that this firepower would cause them huge casualties, they also began to realize that the Han man named He Xiu was right, and it was a bit stupid to fight the Han people here.

But the problem is that on this battlefield where artillery is roaring, bullets are flying, bows and arrows are like locusts, and war horses are flowing endlessly, there is no way for me to effectively order the warriors to retreat.

Once the whole line is charged, it is really an impossible task to get them to quickly withdraw from the battlefield.

So, it seems that I have no choice but to bite the bullet now.

Helian Khan looked at the scene in front of him, he was still galloping on horseback, looking at the flesh and blood of countless people, he was so easily strangled, he had not heard of firearms before, and even heard that the smugglers of the Han Dynasty had mentioned the horror of this firearm, but at that time, although he was afraid, deep in his heart, he was still faintly dismissive.

He even thought that this was just an exaggerated description, and that the fearless warriors did not care about these firearms, but only more powerful than the firearms they had encountered before.

And now, he realizes that he is wrong.

Because there was a cannonball, which fell dozens of kilometers away from him.

Only in an instant, he found that his ears were shocked and suddenly lost the feeling of the outside world, but the tinnitus was terrible, he couldn't hear the sound of cannonballs, he couldn't hear the sound of horses' hooves and shouting to kill, the only thing he saw was that within a radius of a few zhang, several cavalry were directly hit by the impact of the cannonballs, and then, it was the iron filings and shrapnel in the sky that made the dozens of cavalry around them become bloody people, even if it was more peripheral, the people who were affected by the aftermath and stray bullets also fell a lot, and dozens of zhang away from themselves, suddenly felt the heat wave hit, The whole person almost didn't stabilize at all, and fell off the horse directly.

What's even more terrifying is that this meteor-like cannonball, never stopping, crazy bombing, but even more terrible is the cavalry at the forefront of the charge, the grenadiers began to fly out one by one without hesitation, although the power of the hand bullet is not as good as the cannonball, but the explosion that is close at hand will tear the Hu people into pieces, people turn over on their backs, and the wailing people will fall down like dead wood after making a terrible roar, and some people will be directly charred, only the rest of the body will be wiped out.

"Italian cannon!"

Even so.

Wave after wave of Hu people and iron horsemen, although they fired frantically, they still did not stop their charge.

At this point, it's getting closer.

The recruits began to gradually calm down, and after the baptism of blood and fire, they gradually forgot their fears, and only knew that they had to fight, and they would keep fighting, and there would be no luck or retreat.

Seeing that the cavalry was rushing forward, Chen Wou-Ki let out an angry roar, his face was dusty, and his heroic image was now gray-faced, but now he couldn't care about anything else, he shouted: "Italian artillery!"

On the position of the first battalion and the first brigade, almost all of the nearly 3,000 men and horses were brought out.

More than thirty Italian guns had already been erected, and in fact they themselves did not know how many Hu people were attacking their positions head-on.

Now that the brigade officer gave the order, a signal flare flashed in the air, making a high-pitched whistling sound, and immediately, the Italian cannon began to spew tongues of fire.

The Italian cannon, which barely had any accuracy to speak of......, was frantically consuming bullets, da- A steady stream of bullets erupted and roared.

As soon as I heard the deliberate sound of the Italian cannon, the world ...... It seemed to be a lot quieter, and many nervous soldiers began to feel a lot more relieved, such a clumsy guy who had no accuracy at all, and whose range was too far worse than a rifle, had become a divine weapon at this time.

In an instant, before the cavalry more than a dozen feet away showed their joy, they were like autumn winds sweeping away leaves, and they were instantly harvested by the Italian cannons in front of the formation, and some people were shot into blood by dozens of bullets in just a moment.

Then, more and more Hu cavalry swarmed again, and then, another piece fell.

The Hu people seemed to be a little timid, but they also seemed to realize that they had no choice, so they ...... They had to hold their long knives high and shout to give themselves courage, and to leap through this last barrier.