Lined up!

Pay attention to the flanks, the phalanx advances!

Song Baqi's cavalry attack was crazy, but because their numbers were too small, the commander of the Virginia Legion didn't care too much.

With a mere five or six hundred people, it is simply impossible to form a front of 12,000 people in the cold winter.

On the orders of the commander, a phalanx of fifteen hundred men came out from the flank, formed a forward rush to meet them.

Obviously, this is to use 1,500 men to drag the cavalry of Song Baqi and prevent them from making trouble for their flanks.

The British phalanx was no different from the Spanish phalanx.

At the beginning, the Spanish phalanx was impressive, and it was in the limelight for a while.

Therefore, many countries in Europe have begun to learn and use this very effective battle formation.

Spears and muskets, as well as phalanx of swordsmen, have been popular in Europe for over a hundred years.

Although the sudden appearance of the Song Empire brought new tactics and tactics, the British also began to learn. But after all, the time to learn is still very short, so it is simply impossible for all troops to use this method of warfare.

Therefore, the mainstream battle formation of the British is still the Spanish phalanx.

Although this kind of battle is very old-fashioned, it is still very effective against cavalry in this era.

Those cavalrymen of Song Baqi also knew this, so it was impossible for them to charge directly with their brains and rush forward to die.

"Don't get close, fire muskets freely from a distance!"

Under the leadership of Algernon, the cavalry drew an arc directly, and at the same time picked up flintlock pistols from behind, and began to shoot freely at the phalanx from a distance.

Bang!

Bang! Bang!

The iron-making skills of the Song Empire were very superb compared to the countries of this era.

In addition, these flintlock pistols are all purchased from the virtual world through the space-time trader, so the range and power are far greater than the arquebuses of this era.

So. Before the British thought that they had reached the range of the shooting, the shooting of Algernon and others had already killed and wounded the British.

And because Algernon is a cavalryman, his mobility is much greater than that of the phalanx.

They kept shooting, then pulling away, and then shooting and then pulling away.

The cycle goes on and on, and the phalanx is miserable.

Because they had to maintain their own phalanx, the British soldiers had to keep the same pace as their companions, so their speed would definitely slow down.

In this way, in front of Algernon, these people became live targets.

"Let them taste great. The master has equipped us with such a good weapon, we can't be ashamed. ”

Ooh! Ooh!

The soldiers of the Eight Banners raised their weapons aloft and rode back to the side of the phalanx, shouting in unison.

From the beginning of the battle to the present, although the time is not very long, dozens of people have fallen in the phalanx.

On the other hand, none of them have been injured.

"These guys are so arrogant, do they think we have nothing to do!"

The captain of the Spanish phalanx, a non-commissioned officer with the rank of major, looked at the soldiers of the Eight Banners cheering in the distance, and his eyes were very unkind.

"Archers! Musketeers prepare! ”

Subsequently. At his command, the archers and musketeers in the phalanx ran to the front from the inside.

Then he began to aim at Algernon and pulled his bow. and arquebuses.

The muskets used by the British were still very old arquebuses.

The arquebus was heavy and required a gun carriage before it could be fired.

Both in terms of the rate of fire, and the distance of the shot. None of them are comparable to the flintlock pistols of the Song Empire.

Of course, the power of this musket is still okay, at least it can shoot through a pair of armor and kill the enemy.

It's a pity. Their current opponent is the Song Imperial Army, and they are facing weapons that are much more advanced than this era.

The attack of the British did not cause any damage to Song Baqi's cavalry, but it was just a little scary to look at the momentum.

The benefits of the Spanish phalanx were many, and for now, whatever direction Algernon and his cavalry turned, he would have to face the enemy's side.

The British, just need to turn their bodies to change direction and deal with it.

I have to say that the Spaniards still have some ability to create this kind of battle formation.

Algernon was very clever, and he knew that his cavalry could not fight these British, and that it was basically equivalent to looking for death.

He wouldn't do such a brain-dead thing.

After all, the enemy's hedgehog-like spear is nothing to show.

If you rush over in such a daze, you will definitely be stabbed through with a spear.

As for the method of cracking the Spanish phalanx, they had learned it in the Empire.

It's very simple, as long as you keep firing with muskets, you can break this Spanish phalanx.

Simple, isn't it.

It's easy to say, but it's not something that everyone can do.

You must know that the Song Empire had the 'flintlock pistol', a weapon that was ahead of the world, and the flintlock pistol was not possessed by all countries.

Shooting range, lethality, and reload time are unique only to the Song Empire.

Coupled with the five-stage firing tactics of the Song Empire, and the application of all-musketeers.

Only the Song Empire was able to adopt such tactics.

Algernon, though they were small in number, and not the Army, could not use five-stage firing tactics.

But they relied on themselves to be cavalry and had great mobility.

Therefore, they always fired at the British phalanx from a great distance, and when the British got closer, they would ride their horses and run farther away.

It can be said that they turned the British around, and they themselves were not damaged in the slightest.

But the British phalanx is not good.

Every time Algernon fired his shot, the soldiers on the periphery of his phalanx would fall a dozen or more.

And the lead bullet of the Song Empire, I don't know how to get it, after hitting the human body, it will burst open and explode a bloody hole inside the body.

Therefore, the soldier who was shot was far from being injured, but died on the spot or became permanently crippled and incapacitated.

The horror of the weapon, coupled with the fact that he could not attack the enemy at all, made the morale drop to the extreme.

A lot of soldiers. They all participated in the battle with Zhao Hongyu last year.

So, everyone thinks of that terrible battle last year.

The commander of this phalanx knew that it would never work to go on like this.

If he can't figure out a way, then these people will collapse immediately.

After all, in the face of an enemy who can't attack himself, but can always attack himself, even an immortal can't do anything in such a situation.

Soldiers are people too, they're not that kind of machine.

Soon, the formation of the phalanx began to become unstable, and some soldiers began to fall behind.

This is the precursor to the collapse.

The captain was anxious.

He gritted his teeth. Thinking that it's already like this anyway, it's better to break the jar.

"Disband! Charge! ”

If you continue to line up in the phalanx, then your team will definitely not be able to get rid of the opponent's shots, and sooner or later they will be defeated or completely annihilated by Du Xuanang.

In that case, it would be better to let the soldiers charge on their own.

And he thought that if everyone charged, there would be no neat queue.

That way, you don't have to be a live target anymore, do you?

His ideas cannot be said to be wrong.

It's just a pity that they met the opponent today. It's not the same as before.

So, as soon as this battle began, it was doomed to their end.

"The enemy has charged, change weapons!"

Algernon saw that the phalanx of the Englishmen who intercepted him on the opposite side 'hulala' dispersed at once. Then the British soldiers turned their heads and shouted as they began to yell and charge at themselves.

Everyone, including himself, put the flintlock rifle behind him, and then took out a short barrel of musket with a flare-shaped muzzle from his back.

They changed this weapon. It is the 'shotgun', a powerful weapon in the Song Imperial Army.

This gun has a wide range of fire and is very lethal.

Basically, one shot down. Enemies within a 50-meter radius of the opposite sector will be hit.

Combined with the addition of fine-grained ammunition than the usual lead bullets, and the iron triangle plates that are loaded, this weapon is very vicious.

"According to the simulation we often practice in training, three waves of offensive!"

Algernon roared, and then rushed out of the city.

The cavalry behind him quickly formed two columns, and then followed behind Algernon in the first row.

The army has the army's five-stage shooting, but their cavalry also has its own tactics.

Algernon did not charge head-on, but made a large circle, drew a large arc, and rode past the charging Englishmen.

Sitting on the back of a galloping horse, Algernon turned sideways and aimed his shotgun at the charging British.

Subsequently, they pulled the trigger.

One person, two people, three people.

The whole team slowly formed a big circle.

And this circle, depending on the speed of the opponent's charge, slowly moves backwards.

They keep their distance from the place forever, so that the other party cannot attack them.

However, it will always keep the enemy within the killing range of its own shotgun.

This tactic allows five or six hundred cavalry, each of whom can attack the enemy.

And everyone still has time to reload ammunition and continue the attack.

For this tactic, Zhao Hongyu called it the 'Circle of Death'.

Song Baqi achieved good results here, and their tactics caused the British to suffer heavy losses, but they did not lose a single hair themselves.

On the other side, the main force of the Song Empire and the main force of the British were still facing each other.

It seems that the fight over there is in full swing, and it has nothing to do with them at all.

"Hehe, these Eight Banners soldiers are quite hardworking, and this kind of big circle circular cavalry shooting technique seems to be very useful." (To be continued.) )