Chapter 142: Beginning to Mend the Knife
In fact, the sailors were still a little resistant to Zhao Weiji's order to shoot indiscriminately, after all, although they knew that the exposure of the musket would bring serious consequences, but if they wanted to shoot their original companions by themselves, there would always be some reluctance in their hearts, although they did not have much intersection with these escort soldiers before.
But when the sailors went into battle, they found that they didn't have to, because the soldiers of the Empire were basically dying.
At this time, the Imperial soldiers and the Kalmat soldiers had entered the end of the battle, and the Kalmat soldiers gradually defeated and killed all the Imperial soldiers due to their numerical superiority, but they also paid a heavy price.
As the saying goes, if you hurt the enemy, you will lose 800. This kind of hand-to-hand white-knuckle combat has always been quite tragic, and there are only more than 200 Kalmat soldiers left at this time.
However, although there were only more than 200 people left, 200 was still an overwhelming number for sailors with only about 20 people, so when the sailors joined the battlefield, the Kalmat soldiers did not waver.
Instead, they stopped mending their swords to the Imperial soldiers and began to laugh at the inadequately assembled sailors.
In the face of the ridicule of their opponents, the sailors did not waver, and they began to act according to Zhao Weiji's command.
"Raise the gun, aim, shoot." With Zhao Weiji's order, the sailors fired the first shot.
The Kalmat soldiers, who had never seen muskets, naturally did not know what the sailors were doing, and they still enjoyed the performance on the other side as if they were watching a play.
That is until they hear the gunshots, and then see a group of companions begin to fall to the ground inexplicably.
Just when the Calmat soldiers couldn't figure out what was happening, the sailors immediately made the next move.
They quickly ran to the outermost defensive circle, then picked up the shields that had fallen to the ground, inserted them in front of them, and then hid behind the shields and began to reload.
It was only at this time that the Kalmat soldiers realized that the sound just now was the attack of the sailors, but it was too late at this moment, and the sailors had already finished reloading.
"Everyone, once you're done reloading, fire freely." With Zhao Weiji's second order, the sailors began to shoot freely.
Pull the bolt, load the bullet, load, aim, pull the trigger, take down an enemy, and repeat the previous move.
Because these sailors have been trained for a certain period of time, coupled with reality, the shooting accuracy is already very high.
And the other side is also very cooperative, and the Kalmat soldiers, who can't figure out how to deal with it, can only jump around indiscriminately, but don't know how to find cover to dodge, which leads to the fact that the sailors can basically knock down an enemy with every shot.
But after a moment of panic, the Kalmat soldiers finally came to their senses, and their men learned from the sailors to use the shields as cover, hoping to keep out the flying bullets.
However, their idea is indeed very good, but the actual effect is very bad, these shields are okay to block arrows, and it is still a little difficult to block bullets flying not far from them.
Although the sailors lost their aim because the Kalmat soldiers hid behind cover, there were always bullets that pierced the shield to hit the enemy.
The Kalmat soldiers were still in a state of disarray, and their remaining 200 or so men had been reduced to only about 150.
"My lord, what should I do? Their weapons are more powerful than bows and arrows. There's nothing we can do about it. ”
This problem is a huge problem for the commander of Karmamat, and he doesn't know what to do, and if he is shot with a bow and arrow, he can still support it with perseverance, and being hit by any part of the body with that kind of weapon basically marks the loss of combat effectiveness.
What's more, they had just experienced a series of fierce battles with the Imperial soldiers, and at this time, there was really no more strength to deal with this terrifying weapon.
However, at this time, his deputy commander was still able to calmly analyze the form of the battlefield.
He noticed that although the weapons on the opposite side were powerful, they didn't seem to be able to shoot continuously, and every time the soldiers on the opposite side finished shooting, they always had to hide behind the shield, and then come out again after a few seconds, so this might be an opportunity.
So he suggested to the commander that he gather all the remaining forces here, rush out together, and then disperse, and take advantage of the time difference between the opposing soldiers to get closer to them, although there will be a large number of robes that will be shot down before they get closer, but because of the absolute superiority of their own numbers, there will always be someone who can get close to them, and then they should be able to do something.
For this suggestion, the commander is still quite hesitant, after all, this kind of combat method is basically to fill in the life, and use the blood of the robe to open a road that may not necessarily lead to victory.
But he himself couldn't think of a better way, and while they were discussing the battle plan, more people continued to fall, and if they didn't make a decision soon, there would be no more chance.
So he agreed to the lieutenant's approach and gathered all the remaining men together.
However, when they gathered the rest of the people together, they ignored that Zhao Weiji also had a new move on his side.
He ordered his sailors to quickly bury explosives in the enemy's possible route, which, because of the sand all around, easily buried them in the ground, leaving only the lead outside, and could not be seen without entering.
Seeing this, some people may ask, where did these explosives come from.
These explosives were made by Zhao Weiji in order to buy raw materials in Baghdad City the day before departure, and then made them himself, although they were only the most primitive black powder, but if they exploded at close range, they still had strong lethality.
When the battle situation reached such a situation, Zhao Weiji knew that relying solely on muskets could not end the battle, because it was only a Mauser and not a Makqin.
If the enemy chooses to charge without a fatal charge, someone will definitely be able to rush to the vicinity of his team, and the number will definitely not be too small, after all, although the opponent has already killed many people, but there is still an advantage in numbers.
So Zhao Weiji ordered the sailors to take out the gunpowder, one of them buried the gunpowder in the enemy's possible charging route, and then the other part of the people covered them.
At this time, the other party was also very cooperative and completely shrunk behind the shield, and did not see the changes in the battlefield situation clearly, which also gave the person who planted the explosives enough time.
When the explosives were planted and the Kalmat soldiers were ready, they all stood up, raised their shields in front of them, and began to charge at the sailors' camp in the face of a hail of bullets.
However, when they began to charge, they were not met with the strong resistance of the enemy as expected, but the demonic sound that had been lingering in their ears stopped.
The Kalmat soldiers, who couldn't figure out what was happening, paused, but soon they heard another sound, the sound of the fuse burning.
The sound got closer, closer and closer, and then stopped. However, after the sound of the fuse burning, the sound of explosions began to be heard.
They were surprised to find that explosions began to occur around them, and their robes were constantly being blown up.
"Demons, that's a bunch of demons. Allah, why do you forsake us? Seeing his soldiers being killed in the bombing, the commander of the Kalmat soldiers finally went completely crazy because he couldn't stand the stimulation in front of him.
After the explosion, basically not many Kalmat's soldiers were still able to stand on the battlefield, and even if they were alive, they were seriously injured and fell to the ground.
"Cut the grass and eradicate the roots, everyone go up and see if there are any people who are still alive, and if so, give them the final blow."
After receiving Zhao Weiji's order, the sailors gathered their guns, picked up the scimitar abandoned by the fallen soldier from the ground, and began to step forward to check if there was any enemy still alive, and if they were still alive, then make up for the knife.
At the same time, Zhao Weiji returned to the innermost camel protection circle, because at this time, he could let these scholars go to see the tragic situation on the battlefield.
Because he needs this miserable situation to stimulate these grinding guys, and then they have to hurry up, and if they don't hurry soon, then everyone will be done with this again.
Although there were spies mixed in, because the people around him were all obedient to Zhao Weiji's orders, they stayed in the protective circle and did not stick their heads out to see what was happening outside, so it was not easy for the spies to stick their heads out to check.
As a result, the people in the circle had no idea what was going on outside, only screaming, gunshots, explosions, and wailing.
After these voices basically stopped, Zhao Weiji returned to the circle. After seeing Zhao Weiji come back, they asked about the battle situation one after another.
However, they did not get a positive answer from Zhao Weiji, but let them see for themselves.
So these people walked out of the protective circle one after another, but when they walked out of the protective circle, they saw a hellish scene.
In front of them were countless corpses, blood and the smell of burnt raw flesh permeating.
Many scholars had never even seen a dead person, let alone the scene in front of them, so many people bent down and began to vomit violently.
However, not all of them were vomiting, and there were seven or eight of them, although their faces were equally ugly, but they did not have any vomiting reaction.
Such a person attracted Zhao Weiji's attention.