The Marines were firing incendiary bombs from mortars, targeting an area 200 metres from their positions. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThis vicious weapon was not only extremely lethal, but also illuminated the targets in the range of the soldiers, and surprised all the Imperial Army and Marines.

There are too many people! If you look at it in the east, west, and south directions, there are people everywhere, people wearing all kinds of clothes and holding all kinds of weapons, and there is almost no gap. It's not just a few thin layers, but there is no end in sight, and there is no end in sight within the reach of the firelight anyway.

"How can there be so many people!" Hong Tao did not hide at this time, his chaise longue was placed on the roof of a transport ship, and he was sitting there with a cigar in his mouth. Around him were several commanders of the Imperial Army and his own Marine Corps, and the one who spoke was the captain of the Imperial Army, and his mouth couldn't close at this time.

"Nonsense, the most populous country in the world is Da Song, your geography class grades are not good, right? There can be nothing else here, and there will be no shortage of people anywhere. Shouldn't you tell your soldiers not to fire too fast, or it won't be long before the barrel will be red. Didn't all the spare guns in the cabin be brought up, let them use them, I don't think three guns for one person is too much. "Hong Tao has a little opinion on this captain, others are not surprised, you look at his virtue, what should this make the soldiers think. Since he was surprised by it, he had to remind him.

"Yes, yes, you're right, I'll send someone to inform you...... You! And you! Go and inform the squads on both sides of the strait, don't pick up a gun and start fighting endlessly, change guns, remember to change guns! The situation was much better than Hong Tao's prediction, the captain was not stupid, but a little distracted, so Hong Tao reminded him like this, and immediately pulled back his soul that was about to get out of his body, regained his senses, and gave the correct order to the two officers behind him.

"Prime Minister, what else do you think needs to be paid attention to?" After giving the order, the little captain was not very relieved, and came to consult Hong Tao again.

"You take two deep breaths and calm yourself. Think about it, you are a commander, don't expect others for everything, how you usually train now. There's no trick to fighting a war, it's just a step-by-step fight, you say? Hong Tao began to roll his eyes again, why is this person a little nervous, he understands for a while and is confused for a while. I don't know how Langya picked the person, don't be the subordinates he doesn't like, send them all here.

“…… Be! I'm sorry I was a little derelict in my duties...... The artillerymen were ordered not to open fire yet, but to let them go fifty meters before firing with shotguns. With such a dense formation, I really don't take the cannon seriously, how many people do you have to kill in this cannon? By the way, who of you knows how many buckshot bullets are in the number two shotgun? Let Hong Tao say this, the little captain finally calmed down, and remembered that he was the supreme commander here, bowed slightly to Hong Tao, and then began to give orders. It's a pity that the first half of the sentence is still relatively formal, and the second half of the sentence is starting to deviate again, which is very talented like Hong Tao's broken mouth.

"There should be twenty of them......" an officer next to him gave the answer.

"Where's Four?" The captain didn't give up.

"A hundred ......," the officer's answer was more certain this time.

"Order the artillery to use No. 4 shotguns for the next round of shelling, fifty meters is enough, let them taste what it means to be overwhelming, I don't believe that people are harder than lead bullets!" When the captain heard this number, he was finally satisfied, and revised his order just now, and after finishing speaking, he deliberately looked at Hong Tao.

"Awesome! That's it! Hong Tao was a little crying and laughing, this person asked for a long time, thinking about how to fight the enemy is more economical and cost-effective, he really deserves to be a statistician.

Just as Hong Tao and the captain's two broken mouths kept chewing their tongues, the crowd of black pressure had already rushed to within a hundred meters of the river bank. By the glow of the gas lights hanging high on the mast, you can even see the faces of some people. Their faces were hideous, they roared and screamed, their eyes were full of fierce light, and they ran forward like mad as if they were going to eat someone.

"Boom, boom, boom......" A few seconds later, large clouds of white smoke and orange-red tongues of fire burst out almost simultaneously on both sides of the river bank and on the south side of the river, and the Imperial Army marines opened fire.

Don't look at these two-wheeled marine guns with a caliber of only 70 millimeters, but they are all long-barreled cannons, using the smallest diameter of the No. 4 shotgun to shoot, the effective range is also about 100 meters, a distance of tens of meters is almost equivalent to a cannon fire. At the same time as the muzzle fire was lit, the crowd that had just been rushing forward flew backwards as if dust had been blown up by the wind, not only on the first floor, but also on several layers behind. The high-speed projectile penetrates the first layer, consuming part of the kinetic energy it carries, penetrates the second layer, and consumes another part until it is all consumed.

As soon as the sound of "bang, bang, bang......" had stopped, and a series of sounds rang out that were different from those fired from rifles. The crowd that had managed to pass through the rain of shotguns fired from the cannons was shrouded in a steel rain and fog again. This time the projectile was smaller, but it was also more numerous and tighter, and there were no more gaps to penetrate. And just after a rain of bullets, another one, one after another.

The shotguns in the hands of the marines spoke, they were much smarter than the captain of the Imperial Army, and they could change the appropriate ammunition according to the situation on the battlefield without waiting for the commander's order, and they also used the most loaded and short-range shotguns, which were also the most vicious.

As soon as the "all-......-to-all" shotgun stopped, the mortar spoke again, this time again an incendiary bomb, but it landed closer, within a hundred meters. The crowd that had just been strafed by shotguns, rifle bullets, and shotgun shotguns was smashed by a large fireball, and the momentum of advance immediately stalled. No matter how brave a person is, no matter how determined he is, the reality of the situation makes it impossible for them to move forward, because one step forward is doomed.

"Boom, boom, boom......" It's a pity that it is even worse to stop moving, the people in front have stopped, and the people behind are still rushing, and whoever stops will be pushed down by the people behind, and then step on a large number of feet. Not only the feet, but also dozens of small sparks, the Marines put down the shotguns they had just fired, ran backwards for a dozen steps, pulled a grenade from their chests, ran a dozen more steps, and threw a grenade on the heads of the crowd.

"Ah......" After a short psychological struggle, the human nature was revealed by the red fruit, and how fast the charging crowd came, it rolled back backwards at a speed of twenty percent of the bonus. The only constant is that the roar is still earth-shattering, whether it is a roar or an exclamation, when there are too many sounds, it is impossible to distinguish at all.

The mortars of the "all-......" Marine Corps did not matter whether you were advancing or retreating, under the command of the mast lookout, the third round of shelling began again, and the distance of this shelling returned to the 200-meter line, and what exploded was no longer a fireball, but a ball of steel. The small steel balls that burst out in all directions are a circle with a diameter of more than four meters when they are exploded, and if you look down from the sky, it is like a series of blank dots suddenly appearing in a colony of ants.

"Boom, boom, boom......" At this time, the Marine Artillery of the Imperial Army was not to be outdone, and spewed flames more than a meter long towards the fleeing crowd. This time, they also learned wisely, and replaced with a No. 1 shotgun that only contained ten large steel balls, and the range of this thing was more than 400 meters, and the dense crowd on both sides of the river bank like a colony of ants was instantly plowed out of more than 20 passages, and the passages splashed with blood were scattered.

"Toot toot toot...... Doodoo ...... Tick Tick ...... Tick ...... "After this round of shelling, the Imperial Army and the Marines invariably blew the brass whistle and the brass trumpet and stopped firing. It can also be seen from this point that these two armies have very similar operational concepts and very similar command methods, and if their weapons are unified, they can fight together without too much deliberate training.

(To be continued.) )