"Don't be afraid, aim and hit!"

"Well, yes, haven't peed your pants yet!"

"Shoot people first and shoot horses, pick up big heads, and shoot accurately!"

"Be hidden, don't expose yourself to the trenches!"

"Don't fucking want to rush forward when you see the enemy, this time it's not an offensive battle, I'll give you credit for holding the position!"

"Put on your helmet, it can save your life when it counts!"

"Commander Sun, you are not allowed to take a step back without an order, and if you lose your position, I will hang you on the flagpole to show the public!" ……

Wang Gang hunched his waist through the trenches, chattering as if he was possessed by words, encouraging recruits, comforting veterans, and intimidating officers, his purpose was to let everyone know that the capital was with them, so that the soldiers would be greatly comforted psychologically, and they could quickly settle down from the panic of the war.

"How's it going, what's the morale?" Ma Wei got into the forward command post and asked before he could stand still.

"Lieutenant Marshal!" Wang Gang hurriedly put down the kettle and replied, "I just took a turn in front, my mood is okay, there are almost no casualties, don't you feel at ease with me!" ”

"Well, the Leopard Wing Army and the Wolf Wing Army haven't fought a big battle for many years, even if many veterans who have served for many years haven't seen blood, and even you and I haven't experienced this kind of big battle a few times today, I'm afraid I won't be able to withstand it!" Ma Wei said with a worried face.

"What's this, when we first arrived in the northwest with the emperor, it happened to be a vicious battle with Western Xia, at that time, a few people had seen the battle of tens of thousands of people, and those who had seen blood had just killed a few grass cowards, and they all survived!" Wang Gang said with a smile.

"Think about it, too. At that time, he was only fourteen or five years old, and we were only eighteen or nine years old, and the soldiers were just full of 10,000, and the equipment was not as good as now, but I just didn't know what it was to be afraid, even if the emperor led us to 100 personal guards to be surrounded by thousands of Xia troops in Yamato Fort, he was not afraid! Ma Wei said with a self-deprecating smile.

"Deputy Marshal, I took a turn in front of me just now, and suddenly I remembered the emperor. At that time, I was terrified when I saw the enemy army in front of me. But when he saw the confident appearance of the emperor around him, he immediately calmed down. I feel that as long as the emperor is here, there is no one who is our opponent, and there is no enemy that cannot be defeated! Wang Gang said, "Now we are all generals leading thousands of troops." Think back to that time. The emperor must be in the same mood as us. But he can quietly lead us to fight the enemy, and the pressure he is under can be imagined! ”

"Yes, at that time, the emperor often stayed up all night during the big war. I always thought that the emperor was strategizing and trying to defeat the enemy, but now I realize that he is determined to be difficult, and he can't sleep if he wants to! Ma Wei sighed with deep understanding.

"So don't worry too much, since the decision is made, we will continue to fight, we must believe that our soldiers can defeat the enemy, this is also a rare experience for them, as long as they can survive, whether they continue to serve in the army in the future, or go home for the people, there will be nothing to frighten them!" Wang Gang understood that as the deputy marshal of the expeditionary force in charge of the land battle, Ma Wei was under great pressure when there were no specific orders, no clear instructions, and no experience to follow, and there was only one goal, so he comforted the old brother.

"Well, that's right!" Ma Wei exhaled deeply, and his body seemed to be much more relaxed, "It's reassuring to have the old brother by your side, the battle here will be handed over to you, and the marines are also under your command, as long as you hold on until the sailors come back, the victory will be ours!" He patted Wang Gang on the shoulder and said.

"That's great, I'm worried that I don't have a reserve in my hand, that kid from Sirod said it nicely, and now I'm so scared that I don't know how to get into that hole!" Wang Gang said happily when he heard this, now only a small number of reserves are left in each brigade, and there are no more people in his command except for his own personal guards, and with the mobile strength of a brigade, this battle will be much easier to fight......

The first attack of the Roma heavy cavalry was more of a tentative one, and after being hit hard by artillery fire and the first line of infantry, they retreated, and began to attack again with a little reorganization when the day was a little brighter. This time, they still discharged the best 'Crescent' battle formation, thick in the middle and thin on the sides. Obviously, from the first round of attack, they had already sensed that the artillery of the Song army was arranged on both flanks, and thought that as long as they strengthened the strength of the Chinese army, they could break through the blockade of artillery fire and rush into the middle of the infantry defense.

The Roma cavalry attacked even more rapidly, and they rushed to the Song position with a linear front to increase the distance between the ranks, and the charging soldiers raised their horses to the highest speed beyond the range of artillery fire, intending to rush through the line of life and death in front of them as quickly as possible. The artillerymen opened fire first, but the enemy was so fast that they had only time to fire two rounds of artillery fire before the enemy in the front line had already rushed within three hundred paces.

"The rapid-fire cannon is reloaded with shotguns to speed up the firing!" Qiao Shijun looked at the rapidly approaching enemy army and ordered in a deep voice. The artillerymen all know that the range of the shotgun is short, and it is used to kill and injure living targets at close range, and if the shotgun is fired, it means that the enemy has already rushed through the long-range blockade line, and the enemy cavalry will arrive in front of him in less than a dozen breaths.

"Mortar shells continue to shoot and block the enemy's follow-up troops!" According to the artillery shooting tutorial, when the enemy approached the artillery position, the slow and bulky mortar guns had to be evacuated from the position first to avoid losses, but when they fired the shells in their chambers and gathered the gun carriage to prepare to withdraw, they received an order to continue firing.

"Fire!" Although the enemy troops rushed through the artillery blockade, a straight line had turned into an intermittent ellipsis, and it was obvious that the casualties under the artillery fire were not small. After they came within range of the muskets, Sun Bin, the commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade, gave the order to fire.

Thousands of guns and nearly 200 machine guns were fired almost simultaneously, tens of thousands of bullets were discharged at the same time, and the battle line, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly turned into a continuous stream of evil dragons spitting tongues of fire. The Roma cavalry, no matter how brave they were, could not withstand the deadly fire, most of them were shot and fell off their horses, and the few survivors were so stunned by the sudden blow that they forgot their badly trained tactical maneuvers, and their weapons were overwhelmed and swept off their horses by another round of fire.

After all, the Roma cavalry was the elite who had defeated the Crusaders, and they were not deterred by the huge casualties, but the blood aroused the bravery in their bones, and under the command of their own commanders, they faithfully and resolutely carried out every order, and did not hesitate to brave the fierce artillery fire and dense fire nets. As a result, groups of knights fell only a few dozen steps away from the Song army's blocking position, and they were never able to stand up again.

The Song army's artillery was hot beyond the limit due to the constant firing, but they still continued to fire at the risk of exploding. The machine guns and serial guns of the infantry also fired non-stop, spilling deadly projectiles. Despite this, a handful of Roma heavy horsemen broke through the fire blockade and entered the effective range of the bow and arrow, and these skilled 'gurrams' showed their superb marksmanship, clamping their legs between the belly of the horses, holding several long arrows in their left hands, and constantly sending out sharp arrows with rapid volleys.

There were heavy cavalry of the Roma Kingdom that were lucky enough to rush into the Song army's position, brandishing scimitars or spears to rush left and right, desperately slashing and killing Song soldiers; Others, who were seriously wounded after being shot, threw their weapons at the enemy with all their might, trying to sacrifice themselves to create a breakthrough for their comrades behind. But the cavalry, which had lost its speed of impact, was no better than a chicken even if it was heavily ridden by the infantry, and was either killed by a musket on its chest, or dragged off its horse and hacked to death with a knife.

But it was such a small group of Roma cavalry who broke through the defense line, they shot long arrows, split long knives, flying horses' hooves, even if they were desperately hit when they were dying, the heavy armor on the men and horses was like a meat bullet smashed into the Song soldiers in the trenches, which caused considerable casualties to the Song army, causing a short pause on the blocking line, but the enemy was still difficult to cross the line formed by this trench......

The Roma army was not afraid of the onslaught of casualties and failed to defeat the Song army, but was defeated by the weather. As the sun rises, the heat comes again, and the burning of gunpowder also produces a lot of heat, and the double layer of superposition deforms the metal, which reduces the function of the gun and increases the malfunction of the gun. Once the heat of the cannon body reaches the ignition point of the gunpowder, the gunpowder will be ignited instantaneously when loaded, and the chamber will be exploded.

"Immediately withdraw to the second line of defense, transfer all the reserves to it, and increase the firepower!" The sound of guns and artillery fell, Wang Gang immediately realized that something was wrong, and he hurriedly took advantage of the gap between the enemy's attacks to withdraw them to rest, because the artillery needed to cool down for a long time, so he could only send all the reserves to make up for the lack of firepower. The first line of defense of the Song army was captured, and the morale of the Roma army, which had suffered heavy casualties, was boosted, and they launched a brave attack again, and the battle resumed and the two sides fell into a stalemate for a while......

The infantry army, which had been fighting for a long time, finally waited for the return of the naval warships, and their arrival quickly broke the stalemate on the battlefield. The battleships fired back and forth in the waterways outside the bay, the guns of the ships were long-range and powerful, and the overwhelming shells continued to smash into the enemy group, covering all the attacking Roma troops under artillery fire, and the dense group of shells made them unavoidable, wailing and struggling in the cage woven of iron and fire, annihilated, torn to pieces, and turned into dust!

When the Roma finally collapsed, the survivors turned around and ran, just thinking about escaping the horrific killing zone as quickly as possible. The Song army cavalry was outside, and the infantry had the heart to chase it, but they could only watch the remnants of the enemy go away, but the piles of broken corpses on the battlefield marked their victory in the decisive battle...... (To be continued......)