Chapter 243: The Bloody Battle at Jiayuguan (2)

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10,000 infantry built a simple city wall composed of large wooden shields of 5,000 square meters. Behind each shield were two spearmen. Not only that, but before this side could be settled, 10,000 shield soldiers came out, and also set up a simple city wall twenty or thirty meters behind, and also hid 10,000 dragon spearmen. 40,000 troops were just laid out more than 100 meters away from the vanguard of the coalition forces.

This distance of more than 100 meters, if the allied infantry gives up filling the pit and directly crosses all the obstacles in a difficult way, it will only take two or three minutes to complete the distance of 100 meters. But in fact, under the perverted criterion of the Dragon Lance Army, it is undoubtedly a dream to complete this distance unharmed. On top of that, those potholes are no longer safe potholes, and there are a lot of sharp barbs planted underneath, and the only thing that happens if you fall down is to die. The allied infantry undoubtedly had to be very careful if they wanted to cross, but under the dense musket attack, there was a danger of killing at any time. Who can have that calmness? Ten thousand steps back, what if they get there? Did the other side's 10,000 shield-supporting infantry put there to watch? The row of dragon spearmen behind the opponent is not a decoration?

As soon as Da Zhao put on this kind of musketeer defensive formation, he made it clear that he would not fight with them at close range. Rather, as soon as the opponent approaches a few tens of meters, they will immediately retreat back, and the musketeers in the rear will take over the attack.

There is no doubt that this is a dead end. If you dare to attack those musketeers without using a shield car, how many people will die. With this kind of canyon mouth, you can't go around behind them and kill them. The commander of the vanguard infantry also saw through the conspiracy of the Da Zhao musketeers in the blink of an eye, and immediately called on the soldiers to calm down, and it was undoubtedly safe to hide behind the shield cart. The shield of the shield cart was several fingers thick and strong enough to withstand a musket attack from such a distance. Continue to push forward some shield carts, and then continue to calmly fill the pit. From here, to the outer skin of the Jiayuguan city wall, it is only five miles to die. With each obstacle removed, the coalition forces took a step in the direction of victory.

Countless coalition infantry, bent on their waists, quickly pushed small carts, filling cartloads of mud and gravel into the holes. Or lie on the ground under the cover of the shield cart and the shield of their companions, desperately sawing the rough repulsion formations made of a single piece of wood. Under the bite of the coalition infantry, which outnumbered the ants, the shield cart advanced little by little.

Ninety-five meters, ninety meters. From the first column of musketeers, the distance is getting closer. And Zhao Zhe's precious dragon spear guards also looked extremely flat. Touching and wiping your beloved delicate gun, or playing with the magazine when you have nothing to do. However, as the enemy forces got closer and closer, although it was a turtle speed, it had to be admitted that it was advancing little by little. Everywhere they passed, all obstacles were cleared as if they were plains.

Eighty meters later, the spearmen began to place their spears on the notches of the wooden shields. Squinted and took a closer look.

"Bah~" I don't know which dragon spearman fired the gun, but a coalition infantry who just showed half of his head behind the shield car was blasted out of a bloody hole in his head, and he died directly. Immediately afterward, a series of gunshots rang out. The ones who hit are those who are a little careless, showing their hands and feet, or their heads. For example, the dragon spearman not only has a gun mount, but also plays the sniper mode within a safe range, and the hit rate is exaggerated to the point that it is impossible to say. After all, the bullets that everyone feeds are an extremely exaggerated number. Of course, Rao is like this, and the hit rate is not willing to reach ten percent, in fact, it is very good to have three or four percent of the hit rate. It's good to snipe the enemy directly, but it's better to wound those infantrymen.

Because if a person is injured, at least someone else will be implicated to save him, and even if he is rescued, it will cost an extra piece of food, a resource, and manpower. This is a war that is not destined to last too long, so it is more efficient to let the opposing soldiers be injured and ineffective as much as possible.

The shield convoy, when it was sniped, seemed to stall for a moment. After being stunned for a while, bows and arrows began to be thrown in this direction to counterattack. But the vast majority of arrows, even if they are projectile, may not be able to go that far. And the so-called projectile can basically exclude the concept of hit rate. Occasionally, arrows landed on the line, but most of the body's body was buried behind the shields, and the height of the shields on both sides from the direction of the parabola made the lines in which the parabolas could fall on the people was extremely narrow. You have to have shit luck to do it. Besides, the dragomen are not dead, and the arrows they throw fly very slowly, so they can dodge them as long as they are a little shorter.

However, there were constantly bold archers, who dared to attack from outside the shield car, and before they could shoot arrows, they were shot and killed on the spot by the dragon spear army.

After seeing this scene, the commander of the opposing infantry army hurriedly urged the musketeers of the Rakshasa Kingdom to step forward and shoot at the Zhao army musketeers behind the shield car. But alas, the opponent's shield cart is very high, and the musket can't hide behind to play projectile. I had to move the two shield carts closer together and try to shoot through the gap between the two shield carts.

The dragon gunners have long known that the other side's musketeers can only shoot if they do this. The muzzle of the gun had already been intentionally or unintentionally aimed at the gap where there was a strange shield car, only to feel that there was a figure in the gap flickering, and decisively shot and sniped. Human lives are being harvested. However, the Rakshasa musketeers gathered more and more. At first, Suo didn't rely entirely on the shield car to fight back. Groups of musketeers, lying on the ground, desperately fought back against the dragon spearmen. After firing a shot, he flashed back to the back of the shield cart.

There was a crackling crackle, and the muskets on both sides continued to spew sparks, smoke, and the crisp sound of gunfire that continued to resound like firecrackers. No doubt. Da Zhao's exquisite spear is much stronger than the Rakshasa musket in terms of design and manufacturing. The Rakshasa musket, which uses directional gunpowder, is many times faster than the oldest muskets, but it is still far inferior to the magazine-type flintlock pistol of the Linglong gun. If the rate of fire is purely proportional, the dragon spear army may not be able to reload the second bullet after the dragon spear army shoots a magazine.

In addition, because the Linglong gun uses standard bullets, there are strict standards for mass-produced things. In a sense, the exact surname is also more than the Rakshasa musket. Another important point is that among the Rakshasa musketeers, even if they are a veteran who has played with muskets for ten years, the bullets they have shot in a lifetime may not be more than a year's worth of dragon musketeers.

It can be seen that the dragon lancers are stronger than the rakshasa musketeers in either direction. It also occupies a geographical advantage and a psychological advantage. This mutual sniper battle was fought extremely smoothly. Of course, there is also the occasional chance that the big Zhao Long spearman will be sniped by one shot. It's just that the battle loss ratio between the two sides is very large, so big that those Rakshasa musketeers are almost about to collapse.

If you go down according to this ratio, you have to use the surnames of 200,000 Rakshasa musketeers to kill these 10,000 Great Zhao Dragon spearmen. You must know that although the Rakshasa Kingdom sent millions of troops, the musketeers only occupied 100,000 people. This means that all the musketeers are dead, and there are still half of these hateful Great Zhao musketeers left.

Of course, war is not so simple as a preliminary casualty ratio. For example, if the opponent's 100,000 musketeers gather together and fire a salvo, in a few rounds, they can bombard and kill 10,000 dragon spearmen of Dazhao.

As a result, a large number of Rakshasa musketeers are gathering together. Due to the lack of space, the ordinary infantry went back to make room for the musketeers to fight first. And the coalition forces are not fools, if Da Zhao can use that kind of tactic, they will naturally do too. With an army of millions of people, what kind of siege or defensive equipment will become extremely fast.

In less than half an hour, the first large shield was transported to the battlefield, and then the shields were continuously transported. The two sides fought back and forth for half an hour, and the coalition forces had advanced about fifty meters, and the first platoon of the Great Zhao Dragon Spear Army had already withdrawn to the rear of the second platoon five minutes earlier. In less than half an hour, more than five hundred of the ten thousand dragon spearmen had been killed and two or three thousand wounded. Dozens of infantry were also bombarded. Of course, the damage of the Rakshasa musketeers is higher, but it is only a preliminary estimate that the death toll of the opponent will not be less than five thousand, and the wounded will be at least twenty thousand.

The wounded and dead dagoons were carried back by the infantry with shields. Then there was a new dragon spear corps, which took the place of the casualties. Due to the casualties on both sides, the dragon spearmen in the second row were particularly fierce when they exchanged fire with the enemy. And the Rakshasa musketeers also inspired the murderous surname because of the unprecedented casualty rate. , desperately fighting back. There were constantly Rakshasa musketeers, who rushed to the frontline positions despite orders.

Their commander had no choice but to turn a blind eye. Because they have also seen that after imitating Da Zhao's shield defensive shooting, the gap between the two sides is narrowing little by little. The more and more Rakshasa muskets gathered, also put tremendous pressure on the Great Zhao Long gunguards. The huge numerical superiority began to allow them to play three and six shots behind the shield, making up for the disadvantage in rate of fire with their numbers.

In this situation, the shield cart continued to advance extremely slowly. And the Rakshasa musketeers also seemed to play with rhythm and feeling, constantly beating the Da Zhao musketeers backwards. One meter, ten meters, one hundred meters. After more than 200 meters. Suddenly, a series of sky-shattering roars rang out. Round iron cannonballs roared towards the Rakshasa Musketeers' positions.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of thousands of iron balls, those shield carts were like fragile toys, shattered to pieces. Due to the dense barrage of musketeers, there was a high density of gathering on each other. Often one shell can be smashed down, relying on the bounce, and several can be killed. The Golden Eagle Army, the unique golden eagle chirping, also sounded suddenly......

(To be continued)