Finally, after the Tartar artillery attack was over, it was as if the officers and men of the Second Division and the First Regiment of the Second Division, who had been in the anti-artillery hole for a century, finally had the opportunity to show their heads from the battlefield.

More than 2,000 soldiers, even with trenches and anti-artillery holes for protection, still more than 300 people were either killed or injured by flowering shells, and lost their combat effectiveness.

Therefore, the regiment of soldiers in front of him who can still fight is less than 1,900 people.

Aobai, who was determined to wipe out all the more than 2,000 tiger and leopard troops here, did not intend to give the tiger and leopard army any time to breathe and repair their positions.

No sooner had the heavy artillery fire stopped, and under the cover of artillery fire, the 2,000 Tartar musketeers and the 2,000 cavalrymen who had abandoned their horses jumped up from the ground and rushed towards the position of the Tiger and Par Army with a roar.

Looking at the Tartars that were already close in front of the position, the first reaction of the more than 1,000 tigers and leopards was to be taken aback.

However, as a group of battle-hardened veterans, they still reacted at the first time.

Subconsciously picked up the musket that had been loaded with lead bullets, and pulled the trigger without hesitation on the Tartar who was getting closer and closer outside the position.

With a chaotic array of gunfire ringing out on the battlefield, a row of Tartars rushing to the front threw themselves to the ground without the slightest accident.

Of course, this is just the beginning.

As the gunfire rang out, more and more musketeers began to react from their shock and join in the counterattack against the Tartars.

Coupled with the command of officers at all levels, the gunfire that was still chaotic just now slowly became orderly.

The Haw Par Army had muskets. Tartars are also available. Although the muskets armed with the Tartars were far inferior in power to those of the Haw Par Army.

But. Shoot at a distance of 100 paces. It's still quite powerful.

Soon, the Tartar musketeers, a hundred paces away, fired the first round of lead bullets at the position of the Tiger and Par Army.

On the battlefield, although there was a broken breastwall in front of the Haw Par Army, blocking most of their bodies.

However, a round of hundreds of buckshots, a large part of which still clung to the breastwork, shot at the Hawpanzers behind the breastwork.

A string of screams rang out. More than 30 musketeers were shot and fell to the ground, their lives and deaths unknown.

But that's just the beginning. As more and more lead bullets began to be fired by the Tartar musketeers, the losses of the Haw Par Musketeers became more and more significant.

Although on the battlefield, the losses of the Tartar attacking troops were twofold, even triple, or four times greater than those of the Tiger and Par Army.

However, in a situation where the strength was much lower than that of the Tartars, the losses of each musketeer were for the regimental commander. It's all very heart-wrenching.

After losing hundreds of musketeers in a row, the regimental commander, who had been paying attention to the battlefield, finally became angry.

He scolded loudly at his subordinates: "What about the artillery." What are the artillerymen doing to eat, and why don't they fire yet...... Are they going to watch the musketeers be consumed by the Tartars......"

The artillery staff officer beside the regiment commander hurriedly replied: "Regiment commander, the more than 100 red-coated cannons arranged around the Tartars are all staring at us, as long as our mortars are fired, they will be devastated by the Tartar red-coated cannons, please be cautious!" ”

Hearing this, the anger on the regiment commander's face became even stronger.

A pair of eyes just stared at the artillery staff officer in front of him, and scolded loudly: "A devastating blow, you haven't thought about it in your heads, once the musketeers are wiped out by the Tartars, can the artillerymen who lose the protection of the musketeers continue to live on the battlefield......"

"Fire, fire...... Whatever the reason, the artillerymen must immediately blow up the Tartar musketeers in front of the position, and they must not continue to threaten our musketeers......"

Under the almost murderous gaze of the regiment commander, the artillery staff officer could only withstand the risk that the artillery might be subjected to a devastating counterattack by the Tartars, and ordered the artillery to immediately set up artillery and counterattack.

Of course, the artillery staff officers also played tricks when they gave orders.

After all, the target was only a hundred paces away from the position, so the artillery staff directly abandoned the medium and heavy mortars with a longer range, and divided the huge number of light mortars into three artillery positions, and took turns firing fire shells at the Tartar musketeers.

Five rounds of flowering shells were fired from one artillery position, and then a second artillery position was followed by a second five-round flowering shell, followed by a third artillery position......

As a result, mortars were used throughout the battlefield to fire a steady stream of shells at the Tartar musketeers

However, the Tatar artillery unit had difficulty finding the specific location of the artillery position of the Tiger and Par Army, and could only counterattack very blindly......

But even then, the Tartars, with more than a hundred cannons in red coats, still in aimless counterattacks, directly destroyed more than eighteen light mortars.

It was not until the Tartar musketeers were blown apart by the flowering shells that the cavalry, which had suffered heavy losses, had to retreat......

Ostensibly, the 2nd Division and the 1st Regiment held their positions and repelled the first attack of the Tartars, destroying more than 2,000 Tartars in front and behind.

However, those who pay close attention to the battlefield will find that throughout the battle, the Haw Par Army fought very hard because of the limitation of troops and firepower.

In less than half an hour, the Haw Par Army lost more than a dozen light mortars, more than 200 musketeers and artillerymen......

It can be said that if such an attack were to be carried out three or four more rounds, the positions of the Second Regiment, which had limited troops, would have been broken by the Tartars because of too great losses and insufficient troops.

As a veteran of the battlefield and having fought many battles with the Tiger and Leopard Army, Ao Bai saw very clearly the weaknesses of the Second Division and the First Regiment.

As a result, the attacking force of less than 2,000 men had just begun to retreat, and with a ruthless face, he very decisively ordered the artillery to cover the positions of the Tiger and Par Army.

The Haw Par Army, which was caught off guard, had to lose more than 100 people again before all of them retreated to the anti-artillery shelters to avoid artillery fire.

More than 100 red-coated cannons fired more than 2,000 shells at a group of positions before they stopped.

Ao Bai, who was still holding on to the Haw Par Army not giving any respite, did not think about it, and immediately issued a new round of attack orders.

The new 2,000 cavalrymen and 2,000 musketeers, like divine soldiers, suddenly leaped up from the area a hundred paces in front of the position, and rushed towards the position without fear of death.

This time, because of the early opening of the artillery, the losses of the musketeers were not so great.

However, the artillery, which played an important role in the battle, seemed to have lost 25 mortars directly because the Tatar gunners slowly figured out the operational rules of the artillery of the Haw Par Army.

Suffice it to say that if only light mortars are counted, the losses of artillery are already more than half, almost incapacitated...... (To be continued......)