Looking at the low city wall in front of him, which was no more than a foot high, the first reaction of the commander of the second regiment of the 10th Division was contempt, contempt for Qingchuan County and the entire Qingchuan defenders.

Because of this, Regiment Commander Xiao Dan opened his mouth and ordered without thinking about it: "First battalion commander, I will hand over the Qingchuan County in front of you to you...... Immediately send a company to attack and have a look, and test the strength of the Qingchuan defenders......"

Because the Haw Par Army always looked down on the imperial court officers and soldiers, the commander of the first battalion was also full of contempt for the Qingchuan County in front of him.

In his eyes, attacking Qingchuan County is the regiment commander's war exploits to himself......

There is almost no need to pay the price, and it is very easy to hold this battle in your hands.

Therefore, as soon as the order of the regiment commander Xiao Dan was issued, the face of the first battalion commander was covered with a thick hot expression.

Facing his subordinates who were also full of hot faces, he decisively ordered: "Four companies will attack, and five or six companies will provide fire cover...... The artillery platoon, with six light mortars, immediately set up positions to provide artillery support to the fourth company at any time......"

Although the commander of the first battalion was very arrogant, he looked down on the imperial officers and soldiers who defended Qingchuan County.

However, when it comes to assigning tasks, it is still very decent.

The entire order to attack was given in exactly accordance with the most basic offensive method that he had learned in the officer school, and there was nothing fancy......

Soon, a battalion of more than 500 tigers and leopards walked out of the camp and slowly approached Qingchuan County.

One hundred and fifty paces, the defenders of the city wall did not move, one hundred and twenty steps, and still no movement.

And just when hundreds of musketeers had just advanced a hundred steps from the city walls. The sound of gunshots like bursting beans rang out directly at the head of the city.

Then I saw it. A dozen Haw Par musketeers at the forefront. With screams. Fell heavily on the way to the charge.

The officers and troops suddenly counterattacked, although they took the attacking troops of the Tiger and Leopard Army by surprise.

However, they were well-trained, and there was no fluctuation because of this casualty.

A company of more than 100 musketeers quickly adjusted the offensive formation......... Bending down, in a more dispersed array, continue to advance towards the walls.

Five or six two companies, more than three hundred musketeers. They stopped directly in place, and quickly formed a musket formation in platoons.

raised his musket, aimed at the court officials and soldiers who were almost half of their bodies exposed at the head of the city, and pulled the trigger without hesitation......

For a musket without rifling, the longer the firing range and the higher the muzzle velocity, the higher the accuracy of its firing.

Therefore, with an effective range of more than 50 paces, the Haw Par Army is equipped with the firing accuracy of the musket. It was definitely a musket that far exceeded the equipment of the imperial court.

More than 300 musketeers, although the first round of shooting only fired more than 100 lead bullets.

But. More than 100 lead bullets, but in a very short period of time, caused at least 20 casualties to the defenders at the head of the city.

On the other hand, the more than 100 musketeers of the fourth company who continued to attack the city, because their formation was too scattered, and the lead bullets fired by the officers and soldiers had already begun to drift after 80 paces.

Every round of gunfire in the city can take the lives of seven or eight Haw Par musketeers, and thank God.

And when the muskets on both sides are coming and going, firing at each other.

The six mortars of the artillery platoon were also ready to fire.

The six mortars that had already aimed the muzzles of the black hole at the head of the city, and under the care of the gunners, they directly let out an angry roar......

Six flowering shells with a screeching sound, after only a short flight, smashed into the target and exploded......

The three flowering bombs that fell on the head of the city, like the Grim Reaper, directly blew up three pieces of no-man's land at the head of the city. More than thirty and the officers and soldiers, without even having a chance to react, fell heavily on the head of the city with a miserable scream, turning into corpses.

Muskets suppress, artillery kills the enemy...... Under the combined attack of the musketeers and gunners of the Haw Par Army, the casualties of the officers and soldiers at the head of the city immediately increased.

Faced with this situation, not only did not see the slightest worry and solemn expression on the faces of the officers and guards at the head of the city, but a sneer flashed on their faces.

Because, there is still a killer weapon in its hand that has not been used.

After three consecutive rounds of flowering shells exploded at the head of the city, the official and army guards finally opened their mouths and ordered: "The red-coated cannon, aim at the position of the Tiger and Leopard Army, immediately open fire and destroy it...... Light artillery, aimed at the attacking troops of the Tiger and Par Army, immediately fired...... Strive for three rounds of artillery bombardment to break up this offensive ...... of the Haw Par Army"

"Boom Boom Boom ......" was directly placed at the head of the city, and the sound of artillery bombardment sounded at the first time.

Then, a dense burst of bullets enveloped more than 100 musketeers in four companies as if it were raining.

With heart-rending screams resounding on the battlefield, the musketeers of the fourth company of more than 100 people were directly beaten into a hornet's nest by this impenetrable steel storm......

And just when the attacking troops of the Haw Par Army were shot and fell to the ground. An even dull roar followed in Qingchuan City.

Then, eighteen flowering shells with a screeching sound crossed the city and flew towards the artillery position of the Tiger and Par Army.

The aim of the redcoat cannon is not very good, though. However, shooting at a target of two or three hundred paces is still very accurate.

Therefore, out of eighteen flowering shells, three directly hit the target.

As the sound of violent explosions sounded in the artillery position, three mortars, connected by four or five gunners, were directly swept to the ground by the air wave generated by the explosion of the flowering shell. Seven or eight gunners, who should have been hit, were hit by the fragments from the explosion of the flowering shells, and with screams, they fell to the ground covered in blood and turned into corpses......

On the battlefield, everyone, including the regiment commander Xiao Dan, did not expect that the battle situation would change so quickly......

The imperial court officers and soldiers defending Qingchuan County were not only equipped with a large number of muskets, but also a large number of artillery, and also had a powerful red-coated cannon that could fire flowering shells.

Therefore, in the face of the artillery counterattack of the officers and soldiers, many people were directly on the spot because of shock.

In particular, the dozens of gunners who operated six mortars, from the moment they began to equip mortars, they have always been fighting the enemy, where have they experienced the enemy hitting themselves with flowering shells......

Of course, there are also people who react quickly.

The commander of the first battalion, who directly commanded the attack, fought back sharply in the face of the sudden arrival of the officers and soldiers. In addition to being shocked, he immediately thought of the new army that the imperial court had formed for a year.

Then, like an angry lion, with an anxious face, he cried out loudly......

"It must be the new army of the imperial court, and it must be the new army of the imperial court standing in front of us...... Only they can be equipped with so many redcoat cannons...... What are you doing...... Retreat immediately, if you don't retreat, the red-coated artillery of the officers and soldiers will blow up all the soldiers......"

Three companies of musketeers, accompanied by the sound of the retreat horn, quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

However, the well-trained new army of the imperial court still used artillery to leave at least fifty corpses of the Haw Par Army on the way to retreat......

Therefore, in just one round of tentative attacks, the first battalion paid a heavy price of more than half of the casualties because of the unknown enemy situation...... (To be continued......)