Chapter 507: Demon Wind
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The rain of bullets from two machine guns poured out, knocking the soldiers of the South Bank Army who had no time to dodge at the head of the city to the ground, piling up a layer of corpses on the walls of the wooden fort, and the soldiers behind continued to climb upward. Seeing that another wave www.biquge.info of enemies rushed up, the two machine guns on the brick wall suddenly burst into flames, and their machine guns quickly ran out of 200 rounds, and they were changing the barrel to sort out the ammunition supply plate, these things were not easy in the first place, and it was even more difficult in the wind and rain at this time.
The Foreign Legion and Marines on the city walls were not happy, and the officers and soldiers on the south bank below were only having a hard time, many of the soldiers had already begun to collapse from the cold, they had not eaten in the first place, their stomachs were empty, and their bodies had long since lost their heat in the icy rain. Many soldiers who have not yet had time to climb the city wall still have a lot of rain on their bodies, they are thin and small, there is almost no fat on their bodies, and they are shaking and swaying in the crowd, but it is okay to climb the city wall by the cold wind, and they suddenly feel that they faint in front of them.
This situation is like an infectious disease, the soldiers who fainted at the front fell down, and the people behind also fainted when they were blown by the cold wind, rolling down the mountain of corpses.
"Demon Wind!" "It's Demon Wind!" "Ruan Shun has cast a demon spell!" The soldiers in the back saw this situation, they couldn't understand what this situation was at all, the people in front rushed up and didn't even use the enemy's hands, they just "died", they couldn't understand what is called the normal reaction of the human body, seeing this situation, they were frightened by this invisible means of killing people, and they all stood up and looked at the situation at the head of the city.
Sure enough, the soldiers who were driven up to the city were blown by the cold wind, and they fell on the city wall so softly with their legs and feet, and then no soldiers dared to go up, and even the officers behind were stunned by this situation, and just stood in place and didn't know what to do.
New figures soon began to appear on the walls, and soldiers in red or blue uniforms, armed with rifles with bayonets, reoccupied the walls and began to fire again with their guns pointed down at the crowd.
Real combat does not frighten the soldiers of the South Shore Army, who have long been in battle and are immune to these; Being shot and shelled is not something that is too frightening for them, anyway, it has reached this distance now, and the probability of being hit among so many people is really not very high, and there is a time gap for the other party to shoot and fire, so there is always a chance to hurry up and rush forward. But now the situation they faced was too strange, the enemy did nothing, but a gust of wind blew, and their own people died there piece by piece, while their people stood there without doing anything. Anyone is always full of fear of things that cannot be understood, what if they are blown by these demon winds? Do the blue-clothed soldiers and red-clothed soldiers really cast demon spells? How powerful is this demon spell? They were already cold and hungry, but now they were so frightened that everyone shivered, and they couldn't help but hold on to their weapons.
"They're going to cast spells again! Come on! This sentence was like an anthill in the crack of the embankment, which completely reduced the last bit of morale that had been left, and the soldiers around him roared in horror and threw away their weapons, turned around and ran back.
In the eyes of those behind, it was only a small group of people who had collapsed, and the Overseer soldiers next to them were carrying weapons and trying to stop them. This situation has happened many times before, and they have already blocked it, and now the battle situation has reached a critical situation, and the army must not be allowed to collapse at this moment. "Don't stop me! Go away! "Ruan has a demon law! If the wind blows, you will die! "Go away!" The soldiers roared wildly, completely unconcerned about the swords and spears in front of them, just dodging the attacks and tugs of the warlords, and fleeing to the west.
The people of the Warlord were also stunned, they had encountered any reason for the collapse before, but they had not seen much of the situation where they would die when they were blown by the demon wind. At this moment, another group of soldiers of the South Bank Army was driven up to the city, and the soldiers and the overseers of the collapsed army could not help but stop and stand in place to watch their situation. Sure enough, the moment they rushed to the city with bullets, they were blown out by the strong wind.
"Sure enough, it's a demon wind!" "Run!" This sentence was like the last straw that tired the camel, and the siege army of the entire South Bank Army completely collapsed, and the surging crowd fled back at a faster speed, and any soldier who tried to block it was immediately overthrown to the ground and trampled to death on the spot, and a building car located behind was squeezed over by the crowd and smashed into the middle of the crowd, and the crowd that was smashed to the point of bleeding lay on the pile of corpses that were already horizontal, screaming and groaning one after another.
The people behind didn't know what was going on in front of them, and suddenly they collapsed without warning, and they were also frightened, and they turned around and ran backwards, like a contagion, from the collapse of the forward to the collapse of the middle, and the collapse of the middle became the collapse of the whole army in the blink of an eye.
The cavalry behind was originally the last line of defense to supervise the battle, but now when they saw the crazy crowd rushing like a rushing herd, they were also frightened and their legs and feet were weak, and the horses were also trampled with two front hooves, and they were so frightened that they wanted to run backwards.
"Get out of the way! Don't stand in our way! "The soldiers of the South Bank Army, who still had a little morale before, have no will to fight at this moment, they just want to escape from this terrible crowd - they don't need to run faster than the demon wind, they just need to escape faster than the people behind, but anyone who runs slowly will be trampled to death by random feet.
Although these tall horses looked intimidating, no one cared about the horses at the moment of life and death, and the crowd rushed towards the herd of horses that were trying in vain to hold back the crowd, and the horses that were so frightened that they also broke down and retreated with the knights on their bodies. Many of the riders tried desperately to pull the reins around, but the frightened horses did not bother to turn around, twisted their heads and galloped towards the west, and in the blink of an eye they rushed into the woods. The dense branches tripped the knight and dragged him to death after the horse, or the horse struck headfirst into the trunk of a tree without seeing the road, and was either killed instantly, or had his neck broken, fell to the ground in exclamation, and was trampled to death by the crowd behind.
There were also many people in the crowd who ran wildly, and they lay down on the ground as soon as it was dark, and these circumstances "proved" that Ruan Shun had a demon law, and the fear of the demon law and the fear of the crowd made these soldiers full of panic in their chests, and they ran wildly, and they didn't know that their hair was scattered, and they were covered in mud and blood, and their heads were scattered, waving their hands in the air, and rushing to the west like a terrible madman.
"What? Fled? Zhao Ximin was taken aback by the herald's report, and the herald didn't dare to raise his head, but just knelt on the ground and bowed his head and said, "Yes, general, the striker has collapsed, and they are fleeing towards this side." ”
"How is that possible?" Zhao Ximin was about to go crazy, so he jumped up and swept all the cups and teacups on the small table to the ground, "Didn't you already go to the top of the city just now?" He walked back and forth in the tent several times, "There are so many people dead, and the city is all on board, why did they flee?" ”
"General, we're getting out of here," a couple of staff officers ran in, "the rout is coming this way, and if they're caught up, they won't be able to escape." ”
"What escape? Stop them! Zhao Ximin was almost angry, and took out the sword hanging on the side and waved it in the air a few times, "Someone! Gather all your own soldiers, and let's stop the rout! ”
"The rout is unstoppable!" A staff officer hurriedly said, "It's okay if you're coerced, but if you're trampled underfoot, you'll definitely die!" ”
The people present, even Zhao Ximin, who was the commander, could not compare to Ruan Wei in stature, and there would definitely be only a dead end after being stepped on by more than n people. Zhao Ximin took a deep breath and calmed down, and before he could speak, he saw a staff officer arch his hand and said, "General, please give an order, I can evacuate here later." ”
Zhao Ximin was unwilling, even in the tent, he looked up to the east. rushed to the city with such great effort, but collapsed at the last step, and no one would be happy. However, the rout army is surging towards this side, if you can't make up your mind quickly, once you are coerced by the rout, there is basically no hope, so it is better to lead the troops back ten miles and stabilize the position.
"Okay!" Zhao Ximin took a sip fiercely and ordered loudly, "Our army will retreat ten miles for the time being, gather the troops and reorganize, and wait until the heavy rain has passed before attacking the city again." ”
The staff officers were about to turn around and leave, when they suddenly heard a burst of fire from the north, and everyone couldn't help but be shocked, could it be that Ruan Shun's subordinates had such a demon method? Can you rush over and outflank them at such a fast speed?
Rushing over were several companies of the army units, led by Zhao Yong's first company. Since the replacement of the 1628 rifle, the tactic of lining up to shoot has been abandoned in the army drill code, and their soldiers have formed a sparse skirmish line of three or four people. These improved versions of the new rifles have increased magazines and fired more than three times faster. There were three precision marksmen in each infantry platoon, using breech-loading hexagonal rifles, which were assigned to each squad.
They had been waiting in the jungle for an opportunity to attack, because the upper layer of the jungle was thick with leaves, and they were not bothered by too much rain, but Shabak was very unhappy when he was besieged by the sea of people. Just now, Shabak reported to the Bunker Hill General Headquarters that the attacking enemy forces had collapsed on all fronts, and the headquarters issued an order to raid the grain storage place.
Although everyone knew that the South Bank Army had little food left, attacking the food storage and burning what was left could still seriously damage the morale of the South Bank Army.
The sudden rush of an enemy force from the flank caught the South Bank army by surprise to those who had not yet collapsed, and they had no idea that there would be people lurking in such a dense jungle, and there were six or seven hundred of them.
The first group of South Bank Corps facing the army did not have much fear of this enemy army, and a partial general led a cavalry of eighty men to assemble from the flank, and at the same time the infantry had begun to gather in front, ready to directly attack this rushing force. Although they already knew that the enemies in the city were also using similar weapons, but now they were real swords and guns, and once the two sides approached each other, they would have no advantage in firepower, not to mention that there were cavalry to provide support, and it was not hopeless to annihilate these enemies.
But the rifles on the opposite side were completely different, these rifles fired fast, the loading action was simple, and the continuous shooting made the soldiers in the front row directly knocked to the ground, and many people in the back were shot.
"No! Cavalry on! Seeing that the infantry was beaten to pieces under the rapid fire, the general shouted, "Cavalry! Rush! ”
Cavalry has always been the nemesis of infantry, and the Song Dynasty could only study heavy infantry because of the great lack of horses. They were able to hold off the Jin and Mongol cavalry with the help of heavy equipment, but they were unable to encircle and annihilate the highly mobile cavalry. With the same number of cavalry, they can easily produce an overwhelming attack on the infantry, and the infantry is almost unable to stop the presence of cavalry.
However, the blue-clad infantry in front of them did not panic at all, and when they saw the cavalry starting to assemble from the left flank, the army soldiers knew that the opposite side was preparing for a cavalry assault. Zhao Yong waved his hand at several fireteams and pointed at the cavalry in the distance - these cavalry were only five hundred meters away, although it was not the distance at which the 1628 rifle could exert its power, but at this distance it was the world of hexagonal rifles.
Several precision marksmen with flat-ended rifles half-knelt on the ground, holding their breath to aim, and then firing at the horses in the distance. Shoot men and horses first, and although these rifles equipped with scopes are more difficult to fight cavalry, they are still no problem when used to fight horses. With the sound of a thud of gunfire, the three or four horses that had rushed to the front fell to the ground on their knees, and the riders on horseback were thrown to the ground, and then trampled to death by their own hooves in a frightened cry. The cavalry behind didn't care about avoiding their own people at all, but continued to clamp their horses with their legs, desperately shouting "Hurry!" Fast! ”
The horses neighed and charged forward, and the riders were full of panic, if they could not disperse the group of blue-clad soldiers, then the defeat of the whole army was a matter of time. But the infantry in front of them who watched them rush over did not have a panicked expression, they were half-kneeling on the ground, flat-ended rifles, aimed at their cavalry, and fired three volleys, and more than thirty people at the front of the cavalry were immediately knocked to the ground, and the cavalry who fell to the ground crawled to both sides in panic, but were immediately trampled to the ground by the cavalry behind.
The cavalry behind panicked, and turned their horses and ran back, the enemy's attacks seemed to be endless, and they were simply going to die, and no one could be generous to die when they were certain to die. The collapse of the cavalry drove the stunned infantry on the side, and they also turned their heads and fled backwards, the cavalry fled, what are their infantry still doing here to die?
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