All the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were half-crouched in the grass at the foot of the mountain, and the more than 800 men of the two battalions were each wearing a new red combat uniform, carrying a diagonal pattern ammunition bag full of bullets, and the flintlock guns in their hands were all placed on the ground.

"All stand up!"

The first time I came to the battlefield after changing back into armor, the herald immediately gave an order, and all the soldiers stood up in unison, and the muskets in their hands were also in their hands, this was my first actual battle, and it was also the first actual combat of these people, and I could see all kinds of expressions on their faces, excitement, excitement, and calm.

This will be the first time that this new-style armed force has appeared on the stage, and the enemy is the old enemy of Daming, or the old enemy of the Chinese, I will not hesitate to deal with these people, let alone feel that there is anything to restrain them, and this battle, let everyone know that the Chinese must not be bullied.

"Ladies and gentlemen! The Woko are inside! Today we are going to prove ourselves with our weapons! Let's avenge those relatives who died! I don't need mercy! And no need for captives! Kill all the pirates! "I loudly announced my first pre-war mobilization to all the soldiers, and this time, there is no doubt that I will kill all the Japanese invaders.

"Execute the order!" The battalion commanders standing in front of their respective battalions began to shout loudly, and the platoon commanders of each platoon immediately stood up!

"Organize the formation!" Under the command of the platoon commander, the platoons began to line up in the column formation that they usually trained. Looking at the uniform movements, I was still worried about this battle, and I was already relieved at this time.

"Where does the rain go?" While I was in formation, I asked Resca, who was beside me.

"Don't worry, I've sent your guards to protect her! Let's have a good fight! Reska seemed excited about the battle that was coming, fiddling with his musket and saber in his hands.

"Is the artillery ready?"

"It's perfectly ready according to your arrangement, Zhang, and I have to say that sometimes your idea is so brilliant that with horses and wheels and boats, we can pull the cannon wherever we want to go! Now this group of Japanese will taste the power of our new cannon! Reska smiled, her face filled with eagerness and excitement for the fight.

I nodded, and when the battle was about to begin, I wasn't excited, just calmly looking at the soldiers in front of me who were doing their final checks.

"Also, after breaking through the village, immediately let two platoons follow the Japanese girl to rescue all the captured civilians!"

"Don't worry! I've already asked that old man to do it! He will rush in with two platoons as a vanguard! Reska looked at me and seemed to appreciate my calmness.

"Zhang, you're going to be a good commander! And I will always be the one who charges on the battlefield! ”

I smiled, nodded, and continued, "Confirm the order again!" ”

Reska nodded knowingly: "Organize a formation at Taniguchi, install artillery, and start shelling the village after completion!" After that, the first battalion will begin to attack, the second battalion will also attack, after entering the village, put on the bayonet and prepare for the bayonet charge, the first and second platoons of the second battalion will be responsible for finding prisoners after entering the village, and the rest will sweep the village in all directions, leaving no one alive! ”

"Execute the order!"

"Let's go!" Reska nodded, and raised the musket in his hand. The battalion commander and platoon commander immediately conveyed their orders, and all the soldiers immediately put their guns on their shoulders and began to march. The guns that landed at the end of the line also began to move slowly, and a few horses pulling the wheeled guns began to move slowly.

"Is this your troops?" I don't know when, Jing appeared behind me, calm, keeping a distance.

"I will avenge the people of the Ming Dynasty!" I didn't turn around, I didn't look back: "I will avenge you too!" ”

Jing didn't make a sound, just now, she was still so enthusiastic and trusting of me, but now she kept her distance from me, no matter what I said, she wouldn't throb.

What about not saying anything? Settle everything in battle! I took the Flying Snow Sword handed over by my subordinates and hung it on my waist, Zhang Ziyun's first battle in this time and space began like this!

"First Row Preparation"

"Second Row Preparation"

"Third Row Ready"

At the mouth of the valley, the soldiers of the first battalion in charge of the attack were forming three columns under the command of their respective platoon commanders, and the platoon commanders were constantly giving this order, while the battalion commander of the first battalion stood behind the three platoons, waiting for the final attack order!

"First row loading!" The soldiers quickly took out the paper shell bullets from their ammunition packs, then tore the outer wrapping paper, filled the gunpowder close to the barrel, and then used the loader they carried to press the gunpowder and the projectile, the whole process was faster than 20 seconds, slow about 30 or 40 seconds, the process of loading ammunition was originally slower, but after long-term training, the loading time of the vast majority of soldiers has been compressed to about 40 seconds, It can be said that in the era of flintlock fire, this reload speed was already terrifying.

"Reloaded!" With the first soldier reloading, he put the loader back on his waist, then put the musket in his hand beside him, made a standing position, and then followed by a series of "Reloaded!" After confirming that everyone was loaded, the platoon commander put the command knife in his hand one by one and shouted loudly, "The first row is loaded!" ”

The second and third rows also quickly completed the loading action. Then the platoon commanders of the three platoons simultaneously issued the order "Hold the gun!" All the reloaded soldiers immediately took up their guns and prepared to attack!

The village in the distance was also ready for defense, and I stood at the headquarters temporarily set up behind the first battalion, carefully observing the enemy's movements with the binoculars in my hand, the archers in charge of the long range were already standing in the defensive positions on the high wall, and the rest of the soldiers were standing on the high wall in neat gear and feet. On the front of the high wall, opposite me, there was a group of people clustered around a middle-aged man dressed in black with a beard, wearing a black helmet embroidered with a tiger's head, and he was also looking at me with a monocular, looking at his momentum and the respect he had for him.

All of them are samurai! Looking at the one color on the other side, I can understand why the last time several times as many guards were defeated in their hands, and there are a bunch of samurai on the other side! Even the bows and arrows were made by samurai, and these were battle-hardened veterans, and even if they were fighting against the guards whose training was a problem, even if they fought with one to ten, the guards had no chance of winning. The heart I had just put down immediately hung again.

"Lake, do you think this situation can force an attack?" I put away my binoculars and looked at Reska, who was also looking with a telescope next to me.

"If we go up now, our unprotected soldiers will be targeted by those well-trained archers!" Reska put down her binoculars, her face no longer the excitement and excitement she had just had. "You're right! The phalanx, which completely abandoned the traditional infantry, was not yet ripe. Completely unprotected musket units will suffer heavy losses if they rush into the battlefield! Thanks to you, I had the artillery regiment with me, otherwise we would have lost a lot of money if we wanted to take this village today! That would be too much to lose! ”

"yes!" I nodded, the two battalions in my hand are the elite of the Shenji Battalion, if they are lost in a battle, it will be worth the loss! "Is the artillery battalion ready?" I immediately asked in a loud voice.

The artillery regimental drill of the Shenji Battalion and the basic infantry regiment began at the same time, and by modifying the new cannons brought by Reska, making special artillery carriages for them and equipping them with horses to pull the guns, they were organized into a complete field artillery regiment. The entire artillery regiment had eighty cannons, organized into four artillery battalions, each with twenty guns. In large-scale operations, the entire artillery regiment provides artillery support for the four regiments of the entire Shenji battalion, and when each infantry regiment fights independently, an infantry regiment is attached to an artillery battalion to provide fire support. Although this was only an operation of two infantry battalions, just in case, I deliberately sent someone back to tell Reska to bring an artillery battalion anyway before going to the island to reconnoitre. This whim-of-the-moment decision saved the battle, as unsuspecting musketeers could be shot into hedgehogs by opposing archers if the infantry had been attacked alone.

The commander of the artillery battalion, who had been standing below the headquarters, immediately reported after listening to my inquiry: "General, all preparations have been made, and all twenty guns have been loaded!" ”

"Good!" I nodded, then turned on my binoculars and looked at the village. In the face of our army, which was numerous and armed with muskets, it did not move at all, and there was no panic and chaos at all, everyone's faces looked quite calm, and Masao Ando, who retreated to a higher command tower behind the high wall, also looked very calm, giving orders without disorder, and seemed to despise our army very much.

"Artillery battalion ready!" Since it's time to fight, let's get started! Now that this situation is no longer interesting, I put down my binoculars and give the order decisively.

"Artillery battalion ready!" The herald immediately conveyed my order, and then the artillery battalion, which had been standing between the 1st and 2nd battalions, pushed the artillery to the front, and the artillery battalion had a total of twenty guns, each with eight men, four soldiers responsible for the handling and protection of artillery and shells, two chargers, one for charging and one for loading, and the other two for gunners, one for measuring distances and aiming, and the other for firing guns.

"First round of reloading complete!" In order to improve the rate of artillery salvo and reloading, when I organized the artillery unit, I specially arranged a firing herald in addition to the eight-person configuration of each cannon, and they were equipped with two flags in their hands, when the white flag and the red flag were raised, in order to wait for the firing state, the red flag was waved down to open the cannon, so the gunner only needs to pay attention to the command of the artillery command next to it.

The loading of the first round of shelling had long been prepared, so when twenty cannons lined up, the red and white flags of all artillery orders were raised.

"Shoot ready!" The battalion commander, who was standing behind the artillery battalion, immediately gave the order to prepare for the shot, and this was the time for the gunners to adjust the angle of fire.

"Ready!" With the sound of completion one after another, most of the guns did not move their positions, and some of the muzzles were only slightly adjusted.

"With earplugs! Raise the flag! "Under the order of the battalion commander, all the artillerymen wore earplugs, which were also my own invention, in order to prevent the loud sound of the artillery from causing damage to the soldiers, after wearing the earplugs, all the instructions would be conveyed through the flag!

Seeing that the herald next to him raised the flag in his hand, the final preparations for shooting were completed!