In the first few rounds of shooting, the casualties of the Tiger and Par Army on the battlefield exceeded that of the Ganning New Army.

That didn't last long, though.

As the artillery entered the battle, the shield wagons used to block lead bullets were destroyed.

The Haw Par musketeers, who held the head of the city, only needed to aim slightly, and they could shoot lead bullets out of the new musket formation of Ganning through the gap blown up by the guò flower shells. The casualties of the musketeers of the new army in Ganning immediately rose in a straight line.

The Tiger and Leopard Army, protected by the city wall, suffered casualties instead of rising instead of falling because the artillery constantly harassed the musket array of the new army in Ganning with flowering shells......

In round after round of shooting, the ratio of casualties between the enemy and us finally showed signs of reversing.

At the same time that the regiment commander Zhang Jingchu subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, tens of thousands of Ganning new saber and shield bearers who were not blocked by muskets and artillery had already held their shields and rushed to a position less than forty steps away from the city wall......

At this time, some bombardiers with strong arms can already condescend and throw grenades at their side.

Therefore, before the regiment commander Zhang Jingchu could react, a company commander who commanded these bombardiers gave the order to drop the bomb.

More than two hundred grenades emitting white smoke were thrown directly out of the city walls by these people.

The grenade exploded, and the offensive path of Gan Ning's new saber and shield men was immediately covered by a thick smoke mixed with black smoke.

As for the grenade fragments flying around, they were also very lucky to eliminate dozens of sword and shield men who rushed to the front.

In the face of an attack, in the face of such a close threat of death.

These sword and shield bearers who have not undergone much training, although full of fear and fear.

But. Under the threat of the officers around him. He could only hold a shield and a broadsword. Keep going on the offensive forward.

Preparing to use his own life as a bait, he kept approaching the city walls, concentrating the fire of the Haw Par Army on the musketeers, and attracting a part of it to himself.

Although the regiment commander Zhang Jingchu had already thought of this trick, he also specially dispatched more than 200 people to act as bombardiers to prevent them from approaching the city wall and throwing grenades at the city wall.

However, for an earthen fort with four walls. Two hundred bombardiers is still too little.

A steady stream of grenades, though constantly exploding outside the city, formed a fire barrier at a distance of thirty or forty paces from the city walls......

However, there are still a large number of gaps in this fire barrier.

Many sword and shield bearers, with shields on their heads, followed these gaps, over the fire belt, after all, the city wall.

So, the grenades in the hands of these sword and shield bearers were thrown at the head of the city without accident......

"Boom, boom, boom ......" was witnessed by the head of the regiment, Zhang Jingchu. The three Gan Ning new saber and shield men who rushed through the fire barrier threw three grenades with white smoke at the city.

Although these three sword and shield bearers. It was destroyed by a grenade from the castle in the first place.

However, the grenades that flew up to the city still blew up three pieces of no man's land at the city head at the first time...... Instantly took the lives of dozens of Haw Par Army officers and soldiers......"

"These sword and shield men are actually equipped with grenades......" On the city wall, Commander Zhang Jingchu, who had a solemn face, let out an exclamation again.

Then, a reality that he had to face was laid out in front of him......

No matter how dense the grenades thrown by the bombardiers under his command are, as long as the sword and shield men outside the city do not rush forward with their lives, there will always be a few fish that slip through the net.

Not to mention, a fish that slipped through the net threw a grenade at the city wall, and it only took a few dozen grenades to bring a devastating blow to the defenders of the city wall...... Therefore, I must adjust my tactics again......

Otherwise, with the limited forces in hand, not to mention holding out until the arrival of the division commander, it would not be possible to hold on to an offensive of the Ganning New Army.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jingchu's mind quickly worked......

However, in the case of limited forces, limited artillery...... No matter how he thought about it, Zhang Jingchu couldn't think of a way to hit both the musketeers of the new army of Ganning and their sword and shield men, and to defeat them with heavy casualties......

Under such circumstances, Zhang Jingchu could only pin his hopes on the musketeers and artillerymen...... Hopefully, they will be able to quickly repel the musket units of the new army in Ganning. As long as these musketeers are repulsed, the remaining sword and shield men of the new army of Ganning will not be worried.

Of course, while entrusting the soldiers under his command, he also pinned on Gan Ning's new saber and shield bearers who did not have such a high will to fight.

In the face of the heavy casualties caused by grenades, they collapsed without a fight......

In this way, the various crises that you are facing will disappear completely.

Just when Zhang Jingchu continued to pay attention to the battlefield with an anxious face.

Maybe God was going to help him once, and he didn't want him to be defeated so quickly. What Zhang Jingchu was looking forward to finally happened on the battlefield.

On the battlefield where the grenade explosion continued, more than a dozen sword and shield hands slipped through the net, broke through the fire barrier, and threw grenades at the city.

The sword and shield hands in the four offensive directions were already covered with a thick layer of corpses on the fire barrier belt that was no more than three battles wide.

At this moment, if Gan Ning's new saber and shield man wanted to cross this fire barrier, he had to rush over with the corpse of his colleague.

A group of sword and shield men who only dared to attack after a short period of training, relying on the threat of killing their heads by officers. When have you ever seen such a tragic battlefield.

In the face of death, in the face of the bloody offensive road in front of you...... They were scared.

Ignoring the threat of the officers around him, he carried a shield, turned around and fled backwards, wanting to escape the range of the grenade as soon as possible......

The sword and shield men began to retreat and flee for their lives, and the musketeers, who were constantly facing death, directly lost the courage to continue fighting under the cover of the rout of the sword and shield men......

Leaving behind the heavy shield cart and carrying the musket, he followed and joined the rout.

In the face of this change, Zhang Jingchu breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, a smile full of luck appeared directly on his face.

In the continuous confrontation with the Ganning New Army, the musketeers of the Ganning New Army died at the hands of the musketeers and artillerymen under his command, although more than 2,000 people.

However, the musketeers also paid very heavy casualties!

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it...... More than 700 musketeers were killed in direct fire with the new army of Ganning.

More than 100 musketeers were killed and wounded by grenades thrown on the city wall by Gan Ning's new saber and shield men......

After the battle, the entire regiment, the musketeers who could continue to shoot at the new army of Ganning, were less than 800 people at full capacity.

However, there are still more than 2,000 people in the Ganning New Army......

Zhang Jingchu could say without hesitation that if the new army of Ganning could hold on to the battlefield for a while, the musketeers under his command would be completely lost in a very short time......

If you lose the musketeers, no matter how powerful you are, you can't avoid being wiped out by the new army of Ganning...... Therefore, Zhang Jingchu is very glad that God will not let him perish. (To be continued......)