Chapter 220: An Accident Within an Accident
In the face of the facts, no matter how unwilling the rebel commander is, he can only reluctantly accept this fact.
After a long sigh, he had to open his mouth and order: "Strategist, you go and do it... If the war is really lost, the 5,000 elites on the front line can withdraw as much as they can. As you have always said, these soldiers are our capital, as long as we have the capital in hand, we can start again anywhere. “
"But if we lose that capital, we will lose even the chance to start again..."
"Yes, big marshal..."The middle-aged army commander replied loudly while breathing a sigh of relief.
The military division had just left with a hint of anxiety, and the battlefield that had just been restored to calm by the retreat of the cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army had a new movement again...
The position of the Haw Par Army, a mile away, according to the letter, only sent a musket array, slowly drove out of the position, and entered the battlefield.
The command flag waved, and the huge infantry phalanx composed of a thousand musketeers, under the gaze of tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides of the battlefield, quickly began to change...
In less than a cup of tea, a musket array with a frontal width of more than three hundred meters and a total of four rows in front and rear appeared...
As soon as the 1,000 musketeers finished changing formations, they formed a straight line under the command of Lingqi and slowly pressed towards the mountain beam.
300 steps...... Two hundred steps... One hundred and fifty steps...
In the face of the approaching Haw Par musketeers, although the morale of the rebels defending the mountain beam was gone, in the roar of officers at all levels, they still held back the fear in their hearts, held their weapons in their hands, and leaned out half of their bodies from behind the stone wall......
Prepare to wait for the Haw Par Musketeers to enter the strike range of the weapon in their hand. Fight back.
However. As they waited with trepidation. The 1,000 musketeers, who were slowly advancing forward, stopped a hundred paces in front of the position.
And the next scene made the rebels on the mountain beam feel even more puzzled and worried.
A thousand musketeers, arranged in four rows, were unexpectedly split in two here. The last three rows of musketeers stopped directly in place, ready to shoot.
The more than 200 musketeers who rushed to the first platoon quickly dispersed and continued to attack in formation.
More importantly, the more than 200 musketeers did not follow the same level as the other officers and soldiers. Holding his waist up, he attacked forward regardless of a qiē. Instead, he held a musket, bent over, and felt to the top of the mountain step by step.
Although the Haw Par Army's offensive method has never been seen, anyone with a little military knowledge can see that the Haw Par Army intends to use the main force of musketeers to fire on the rebels on the mountain beams. A small number of musketeers, who were responsible for the attack, quickly approached the rebel positions in Shanliang under the cover of the main force's fire. Open a gap in the mountain beam.
However, another problem arises.
The main force of the Haw Par Army's musketeers stopped a hundred paces in front of the position. This means that the Haw Par Musketeers intend to attack themselves from a hundred paces away... But could the new musketeers of the Haw Par Musketeers be so lethal?
You must know that the muskets equipped by ordinary officers and soldiers, even if they are of acceptable quality, can only inflict damage on the enemy at a distance of 50 paces.
More than fifty paces, even a person stands motionless in front of him, and the lead bullet fired from the musket makes a mark on the enemy's body at most, and it cannot penetrate the enemy's body at all.
However, the rebels did not dwell on this issue for long. Because, the next action of more than 700 musketeers of the Haw Par Army directly told the rebels with the facts, and the muskets equipped by the Haw Par Army were not only powerful, but also far beyond everyone's imagination.
More than 200 musketeers in charge of the attack had just dispersed, and the first row of musketeers a hundred paces away had already leveled their muskets, and under the stunned gaze of the rebels, they did not hesitate to pull the trigger in their hands.
A series of crisp gunshots rang out on the battlefield, and two hundred and fifty lead bullets, wrapped in flames, quickly erupted from the barrel of the gun. Then, with a whistling sound, he flew towards the rebel position a hundred paces away.
For a flintlock musket with a range of 150 paces, there was absolutely no problem in hitting the target as long as the musketeer shot accurately. And the musketeers under the command of Wang Feng, although they have not been trained for too long, have been fed enough bullets....In less than a month, each musketeer fired hundreds of lead bullets.
Therefore, in the middle of the more than 200 whistling buckshots, at least 150 rounds clung to the edge of the stone wall and flew behind the corpse wall.
Some whistling all the way to the end of range and digging into the dirt. And some of the lead bullets, directly under the gaze of the rebels full of horror, pierced their bodies, and punched a bloody hole in their chests.
As for the remaining 100 rounds of lead bullets, they slammed into the stone wall, shooting a string of sparks.
"Ahhh
When the screams rang out, dozens of rebels who had been hit by lead bullets had fallen heavily in a pool of blood with faces full of despair, and their lives and deaths were uncertain...
A few dozen people, for a rebel army with five thousand troops, can definitely be called insignificant. However, the death of dozens of people, the shock to the five thousand rebels, is unparalleled...
The Haw Par Musketeers can literally kill themselves from a hundred paces away... And the musket in his hand can only kill and wound the enemy fifty paces away. In other words, before the Haw Par Army enters the range of the musket, he can only be attacked by the Haw Par Army Musketeers and be beaten passively.
At this moment, the second round of buckshot fired by the Haw Par Army had already arrived, and under the horrified gaze of the rebels, it was fired at itself.
Another series of screams rang out on the mountain beams, and dozens of rebels fell in pools of blood with their dying despair.
The 5,000 rebels reacted from shock and panic after five rounds of buckshot fired by the Haw Par Army in a row, and they made some moves.
Before a new round of lead bullets came to the battlefield again, a loud shout quickly sounded on the front line of the stone wall.
"Brothers, hurry....squat down, the musketeers of the Haw Par Army are too powerful, they all hide behind the stone wall..."
As a result, the rebels, who had paid more than 200 casualties, were like shrunken turtles, and all of them became shrunken turtles.
It was not until more than 200 musketeers rushed fifty paces in front of the rebel position, and the rebels, who were hiding behind the stone wall with a cold face, cowered and stuck their heads out from behind the stone wall amid the roar of the officers, ready to counterattack.
However, they are fast, and buckshot flies faster ....
As soon as the dense head protruded from behind the stone wall, the sound of muskets and beans rang out on the battlefield...
Before the rebels who had just shot their heads from behind the stone wall could react, the screams of their comrades had already reached their ears. Behind the three-foot-high stone wall, there were dozens more rebel corpses.
Under the threat of death, the rebels, who had completely lost their morale, were afraid. No matter how the commanders around him shouted, they didn't dare to stick out their heads anymore and wait for the buckshot shot by the Haw Par Army to shoot themselves in the head.
At this moment, the more than 200 musketeers of the Haw Par Army, who were still fifty paces away just now, had already rushed to a distance of forty paces. If they don't fight back, the musketeers can rush in front of them and open a gap in the defensive line.
Just when the rebel commander was about to order the overseer to come out and forcibly order his subordinates to risk their lives to counterattack. The lieutenant who was standing next to him suddenly reminded.
"General, there are only more than 200 people in the Haw Par Army attacking us, and we still have more than 4,000 people, even if one person spits at the mouth, he can kill more than 200 Haw Par Army in a short time..."
"My advice is that we will directly put more than 200 tigers and leopards in to fight... Before the follow-up troops of the Tiger and Leopard Army rush to this place, eat more than 200 of them, and then fight a decisive battle..."
"Good way..."The rebel commander didn't want to watch his men so much, and before he could even see the shadow of the enemy, he was killed by the long-range fire of the Haw Par musketeers. So, without thinking about it, he affirmed loudly to the adjutant general. And shouted an order to his subordinates.
"That's it... Immediately bring in a thousand pikemen, and as soon as more than 200 tigers and leopards rush into our position, they will surround me and eat them quickly... As for the musketeers, quickly plug the gap and swear to the death to stop the follow-up troops of the Haw Par Army...."
"Order the Warlords, and quickly enter the battlefield... After the order to counterattack is issued, if someone is afraid of the enemy, kill them directly...."
In the face of this murderous order, his subordinates did not dare to slack off, and hurried to carry it out...
In an instant, the position of the Panjun army, which had just been roaring loudly, directly became quiet.
Thousands of rebels armed with cold weapons and muskets are like hunters lurking in the forest, quietly waiting for their prey, that is, the more than 200 tiger and leopard musketeers in front of the position.
However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
The more than 200 musketeers, who easily advanced to the front of the position because of the rebels' self-righteousness and underestimation of the enemy, rushed directly to the stone wall without weapons in hand.
Instead, under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes, he once again made an action that surprised the rebels.
More than 200 Haw Par musketeers suddenly stopped twenty paces in front of the stone wall and pulled out a grenade with a handle and a fuse from the grenade pouch at their waist.
Then, take out the fire fold...
After igniting the grenade lead with a fire breaker, he picked up his arm and threw the grenade that had begun to emit white smoke at the position of the Panjun army behind the stone wall...
"What is that....iron balls....Could it be that the Haw Par Army wants to smash us to death with these iron balls..."The rebel soldiers, who didn't know that the grenade was stored, asked their comrades around him with a puzzled face.
However, they had never seen a grenade, and except for shaking their heads, they just kept silent.
At this moment, more than two hundred white smoke grenades had already crossed the corpse wall and appeared above their heads... (To be continued......)