Chen Wencan also saw that the number of musketeers of the sea wolf was very high, and when these musketeers shot from a distance, they were indeed very powerful, but the musketeers were not good at close combat, which was the consensus of everyone, as long as the two sides closed the distance and could fight a close battle, he still believed that the officers and soldiers could have an advantage, and the knives and guns and the bird guns were still much more powerful than the bird guns in close combat.

Therefore, he ordered the whole army to adjust the formation and stay still, and the Chinese army moved the sword players to the front, lined up the shield formation, and tried to withstand the frontal attack of the sea wolf.

And at this time, in the camp of the officers and soldiers seized by the sea wolf, suddenly several huge roars sounded one after another, and four flames were raised.

The hearts of all the officers and soldiers suddenly shook again, because they all knew that this was the Hongyi cannon fired, and only the sound of the Hongyi cannon would be so loud, and these Hongyi cannons must be the Hongyi cannons they threw in the camp.

A few shells flew out of the positions built up in the battalion with a whistling whistle and smashed directly into the large array of officers and soldiers.

But this time the officers and soldiers were a little self-righteous, because these cannons that fired were not the four Hongyi cannons they had thrown in the camp, but the twelve-pounder cannons used on the Seawolf ships that Yu Xiaotian ordered someone to unload from the fleet last night.

Although they captured four official and military Hongyi cannons, but after Yu Xiaotian went ashore yesterday afternoon, he personally inspected these cannons, and sneered at the casting process of these cannons, these cannons are imitations of Western-style shipborne semi-snake cannons, although they are long-range cannons, but the casting process is very vulgar, the barrel casting is really thick, and it looks very stocky, but in fact, casting such heavy artillery, he knows better than anyone else, in fact, it is not easy.

The heavier the artillery, the more troublesome it is to cast, because the cooling rate of the inner and outer walls is uneven, and the mud fan casting method is adopted, the government hurriedly casts the cannon, but the speed does not take into account the quality, and the cannon body is full of large and small potholes, indicating that the mud fan is not completely dry when the cannon is cast, and the water in it is vaporized after the molten iron is poured into the mud fan, which affects the quality of the cannon barrel.

The craftsman who cast the cannon also took this into account, so he used the method of thickening the barrel to enhance the ability of the barrel to withstand the pressure of the chamber, but the more he did this, the faster the cooling rate of the outer wall and the slow cooling rate of the inner chamber, and the more likely the barrel to crack and dark wounds.

So in his eyes, these four cannons are not only thick and stupid, but also standard scrap, probably a few shots, but once the charge is a little more, there may definitely be an accident of exploding.

Moreover, the hasty use of this cannon also has the problem that Zài is not familiar with its performance, and the chance of accidentally killing the enemy may not be as high as the probability of killing one's own people.

Therefore, he ordered at that time to abandon these Hongyi cannons of the officers and soldiers, and unload a few twelve-pounder cannons from the ship to strengthen the defensive force of the battalion.

And now they are firing in the camp, not at all the four Hongyi cannons of the officers and soldiers, but the twelve-pounder cannons used in their fleet.

This kind of 12-pounder cannon has a direct firing range of more than 600 meters, and if it is raised to levate the elevation angle and fire, it can hit as far as 2.5 kilometers away, and it can basically hit five miles away, and it can definitely reach the large array of officers and soldiers.

This time, the officers and soldiers came in a formation about three miles outside the camp, and just now they moved forward about a mile or so, and entered a distance of about two miles, which could just be covered by the range of these cannons.

Seeing that Li Dazui personally led a battalion of soldiers to begin to advance forward, Yu Xiaotian ordered that the twelve pounder cannons in the battalion begin to fire to provide some fire support for the army, and to defeat the officers and soldiers first.

Several twelve-pounder guns fired in turn, although the gun mount of the naval guns was not very suitable for use on land, but in this case, it was still possible, as long as the ground of the artillery position was tamped down, and a thick layer of wood was laid on it, the recoil distance of the cannon was farther away, and it was more difficult to reset.

Several twelve-pound shells flew out with a roar, although they were not aimed at fire, but they were still almost all smashed into the formation of the officers and soldiers, even if they did not fall exactly in the formation of the officers and soldiers, as long as they fell in front of their formation, they could still use the ricochet effect on the ground to kill and injure the officers and soldiers.

A few shells fell, and suddenly several bloody alleys appeared in the official and military formations, raising a rain of blood, and the official and military formations suddenly had another commotion, and they were finally suppressed by the bullets again.

Under the operation of the naval soldiers, several cannons began to fire one after another, and almost every shell could reap the lives of more than a dozen officers and soldiers.

The officers and men stood there in fear, but they were helpless, because they had no artillery at hand, let alone a suppressive counterattack.

Chen Wencan's teeth were itching, he thought that these cannons should have been theirs, but now they had become a sharp weapon used by the sea wolves to slaughter their officers and soldiers, seeing that the sea wolf's infantry phalanx was slowly pushing towards them step by step, he didn't dare to order the officers and soldiers to evacuate the formation, so he could only stand here stiffly.

Under Chen Wencan's order, the limited number of tiger squat cannons carried by the officers and soldiers were erected in front of the formation, which was already the biggest weapon of mass destruction on their hands, and the officers and soldiers pinned their hopes on these tiger squat cannons, before the infantry phalanx of the sea wolves approached them, they could create some trouble for the sea wolves and kill and injure some of the sea wolf troops.

But how could Li Dazui let them get their wish, they also have this kind of tiger squat cannon used by the official army, and it is much more sophisticated than the official army's, and the range and power are far superior to the tiger squat cannon of the official army.

But even so, even the range of their Tiger Squat Cannon is definitely not as long as the range of their wolf tooth rifles, relying on this, they want to kill and injure a large number of sea wolf troops, it is a joke at all, it is just self-deception, and it can only strengthen the courage of putting it out.

As the sea wolf phalanx advanced, they were getting closer and closer to the official army array, and the cannonballs were still flying from the camp, smashing into the official army array, and every shell falling would bring a commotion to the official army array, and the entire official army array seemed to have the possibility of collapse at any time.

And as they advanced, the Seawolf's infantry phalanx also brought more and more pressure to the officers and soldiers, and all the officers and soldiers felt that this Seawolf infantry phalanx, which didn't seem too big, seemed to be like a boulder, which was unshakable.

When the distance between the two sides approached about two hundred meters, Li Dazui ordered to stop the advance, the phalanx stopped temporarily, and with a shout, the musketeers in the front row once again raised the spears in their hands and aimed them at the front of the officers and soldiers side by side.

Of course, at the forefront, there was still a battalion and a company, and with such a powerful musketeer, Li Dazui would not lightly advance to a distance of dozens of paces in front of the officers and soldiers to open fire.

After hearing another burst of gunfire, a blue-white gunpowder smoke rose in front of the sea wolf's phalanx, and the smoke slowly dispersed under the blowing of the sea breeze.

Looking at the gunners of the Tiger Squat Cannon arranged in front of the formation, even if they were knocked over, the remaining gunners who were lucky not to be shot immediately screamed and threw away their Tiger Squat Cannons, turned around and fled back into the formation.

Even some of the sword players lined up in front of them immediately fell to the front of the queue with screams, and let out a loud scream.

Li Dazui ordered a company of soldiers to take a rapid shot, firing three rounds in a row, because the officers and soldiers could not bear the pressure, some archers and musketeers, also counterattacked, but the distance of 200 meters was too far for them, their guns and arrows, not even half of the distance flew, they fell to the ground, did not pose any threat to the sea wolf at all.

However, the sea wolf's rapid shot suddenly knocked over a large number of officers and soldiers in the positions of the officers and soldiers in the central army, and the entire front of the Chinese army seemed to have been stripped off a piece and a half, and at least 100 officers and men were killed and wounded.

At this time, even if the Chinese army was the most elite town soldier led by Chen Wencan, it couldn't bear it at this time, and the formation began to be chaotic.

While ordering his subordinates to suppress the Chinese army, Chen Wencan hurriedly ordered the officers and soldiers on both wings to surround the sea wolf's phalanx, striving to encircle this group of sea wolf troops.

After hearing the order, the officers and soldiers on both wings could only surround the infantry phalanx of the sea wolf from both sides, and at this time, in order to avoid accidental injury, Yu Xiaotian also ordered the artillery array in the battalion to stop firing.

The whole officer and army began to surround the infantry phalanx of the sea wolf like a bag, and the officers and soldiers shouted loudly and trembled forward.

Li Dazui, on the contrary, did not continue to stop advancing at this time, but ordered the first company to stop firing, and the phalanx continued to maintain its formation and advanced forward, as if he was deliberately trying to put himself surrounded by the other party.

Yu Xiaotian also secretly sweated at this time, because this was the first time that the sea wolf had fought with the officers and soldiers on land on such a large scale, although he was very confident in the soldiers under his command, and he was also very confident in the infantry phalanx they formed, but after all, the officers and troops were now fighting the trapped beasts, and the number was far more than the strength of a battalion.

Therefore, if the official army comes to a big explosion of character at this time and sacrifices their lives to charge towards the phalanx of the first battalion, maybe it will really cause a lot of trouble for the first battalion.

Although many of the Seawolf infantry have already seen battles, a considerable number of them are new recruits who are new to battle, and if they can't withstand the pressure, they may even collapse.

At this time, Li Dazui did this, in fact, it was more risky, but he did not interfere in this, since he handed over this battle to Li Dazui to be responsible, then I believe that Li Dazui can take this responsibility.

In the rumble of war drums, the officers and soldiers slowly formed a semi-encirclement and began to surround the phalanx of the sea wolf, but the phalanx of the sea wolf did not stop advancing and turned to local defense, but was still in the whistle, stepping on the point of the whistle, and steadily advancing forward step by step, as if they did not see the officers and soldiers who were surrounding the two wings at all.