Chapter Twenty-Six: Not War, It's Slaughter!
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"Kill! Kill all those Chinese! The natives shouted as they charged from the Exoces. Although there was no formation to speak of, it was very imposing, as if they were hunting wild beasts in the forest.
Thornton, the patriarch of the Mang'abong tribe, was very satisfied when he watched the charge of the natives, and in his mind, those timid Chinese must have trembled with fear in the face of the charge of the brave natives, and they didn't dare to fight them at all! It is expected that soon the native army will be able to defeat the timid Chinese, and then all the wealth here will be theirs! Like the patriarch of the Buena tribe, Aenardo, Thornton has always been obsessed with the wealth of the Chinese and the beauty of the Chinese women!
In fact, tens of thousands of natives charged together, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and there was no end in sight, which really brought a lot of pressure to people! The 4 main companies of the Flying Fish Army are okay, they have experienced the last battle against the Buena tribe, and they can be regarded as seeing a big scene. Although there were more natives this time, after systematic training, they believed that with the weapons in their hands, they could defeat these natives. However, the performance of the two newly formed companies was somewhat unbearable. Many of them were already trembling, and if it weren't for the commander watching, they might have thrown away their weapons and fled! An army that has not yet been on the battlefield will inevitably look like this!
The Chinese in Flying Fish City are even worse than these soldiers. Some women and children cried in fright. Even those villagers of the original Wujia Village, who originally had great confidence in the Flying Fish Army, were terrified when they saw tens of thousands of natives attacking. However, they have no other way but to pin their hopes on the Flying Fish Army! Otherwise, once the Exoces are defeated, they will have only one way to die. Many people are also praying for God's blessing to bless the Exelfish to defeat these vicious natives.
"Are the Flying Fish all idiots? They only lined up a sparse line of defense, so they would be easily overwhelmed by the natives! Liu Wu looked at the formation of the Flying Fish Army and was very disdainful. Although he was born in a Chinese village, he had also been to Manila and seen the training of the Spanish Army, so he knew a little about the use of firearms. Therefore, the performance of the Flying Fish Army is very unfavorable.
"Alas! It seems that the Flying Fish Company is finished this time! It is very difficult for the Chinese to rise in Mindanao! Liu Mingde sighed. He couldn't help but be a little glad that he hadn't promised Balan Village to join the Flying Fish Company, otherwise, this time Balan Village would also be affected by the Flying Fish Company.
When the natives rushed to a distance of only a thousand meters from the Exocets, the battleship Exocet docked on the dock opened fire. 12 guns on the port side, firing at the maximum rate of fire at the indigenous troops three thousand meters away. After improving the recipe of gunpowder, three thousand meters is already the maximum range of these breech guns! Although it was only a two-pounder cannon and a four-pounder cannon, the power of the cannonball explosion was still enough to easily tear these natives to pieces!
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The shells exploded among the indigenous troops, producing clouds of black smoke. Shrapnel is everywhere, reaping life wantonly. Many of the natives were hit by shrapnel and fell to the ground screaming, wailing like dying beasts.
The shells exploded, leaving gaps in the charging native army. However, the indigenous people who then flocked to the area filled the gap. The small-caliber cannon using black powder is still too powerful, and the rate of fire is too low, so it is simply impossible to inflict a substantial blow on the attacking natives!
Although the natives who were killed by the shells died a miserable death, it did not frighten the natives, but more like it inspired their ferocity.
"Humph! A few artillery pieces are like a warrior holding back the great Mang'abon tribe, this is completely delusional! Thornton, the patriarch of the Mang'abon tribe, said contemptuously. In Mindanao, they are the natives who are the supreme rulers. Even the mighty Maguindanao Sultanate and Buayan Sultanate did not dare to confront their natives easily. Especially in the vast forests, they are the natives who occupy a great advantage!
"The warriors of the great Mang'abong tribe will easily defeat these timid Chinese!" The patriarch of the Buena tribe, Enado, also hurriedly said. Although the musket troops of those Chinese left a great shock on him last time, he believed that this time tens of thousands of people were dispatched, and it was completely possible to defeat these Chinese easily. After all, muskets are fired too slowly, and those musketeers will be dead if they are approached by the natives!
"Ready, fire!" When the natives rushed to three hundred meters away from the Flying Fish Army, the military officer Niu pulled his throat violently and ordered loudly! Originally, the maximum effective range of the Exocet rifle was only more than 200 meters, but after improving the gunpowder formula, even at a distance of 300 meters, it could cause fatal damage to unprotected targets. These natives were naked, and except for a few leaves covering their bodies, they could be regarded as having no strands of body. There's no way they'll be able to withstand the Exocet rifle!
"Oh my God! Are these Exoces wasting bullets? They opened fire from a distance of 300 meters, did they think they could shoot the natives at this distance? Liu Wu looked disdainful. You must know that even the Spanish Army, the distance between them and the enemy is mostly about 100 meters. The Flying Fish Army had already opened fire when the enemy was three hundred meters away, and in Liu Wu's opinion, this was completely the Cowardice Army of the Flying Fish Army, trying to embolden itself in this way! However, what happened next made his eyes widen, and his face was full of disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost!
"Bang bang bang!" A crisp gunfire rang out in the open space outside Flying Fish City, and black gunpowder smoke came out of the muzzles of the Flying Fish Army. And the natives who were attacking fell to the ground in response. In this first round of shooting, more than 200 natives were shot. The natives are crowded together, they hardly have to aim, as long as they fire in that direction, as long as they don't shoot bullets into the sky, they will always hit the natives!
The soldiers of the Exocet, after firing, immediately skillfully withdrew the bullets, then took out the bullets from the bullet pouches, re-stuffed them into the chambers, and continued to shoot. The whole process only takes three or four seconds.
At this time, Liu Wu was completely shocked. He never expected that the Flying Fish Army's rifles were so powerful that they could shoot those natives at a distance of three hundred meters. A thought popped into his mind: "Could it be that these Exocet are equipped with rifles that are more powerful than the Spanish Army?" Although he thought this idea was ridiculous and ridiculous, what was happening in front of him told him that it was all true!
Moreover, the soldiers of the Flying Fish Army then started the second round of shooting a few seconds after firing, which also shocked Liu Wu very much. The Spanish Army soldiers were the fastest at all, firing only five bullets a minute. And the Exocet can complete a shot in just three or four seconds, doesn't this mean that the Exocet can shoot more than three times faster than the Spanish Army?
"Shoot freely! Kill all the natives! "Military Officer Niu Meng ordered! Because the soldiers have different rates of fire, it would be a bit of a waste of time if they fired a salvo. Therefore, simply let the soldiers play freely, which is conducive to the high rate of fire of the Exocet rifle as much as possible!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! A crisp gunshot rang out in the clearing outside Flying Fish City, and almost every time it rang out, a native fell to the ground. The soldiers of the Exocet Army have fully exerted the rate of fire performance of the Exocet rifle.
At this time, the soldiers seemed to have no other thoughts, and completely became a war machine, all they had to do was to shoot bullets out of the cannon and kill the natives. It's a simple repetition, but it's powerful!
The distance of 300 meters is about a little more than a minute for an adult to charge quickly. The natives are a little shorter, but it only takes about two minutes to run the distance of 300 meters! However, the distance of 300 meters seems to have become an indescribable obstacle! Under the superior firepower of the Exoces, these natives continued to fall, and their corpses were covered with a thick layer on the ground.
"Damn, how is that possible? How could the rate of fire of those Chinese muskets be so fast? Thornton, the patriarch of the Mang'abon tribe, roared like an angry beast. Seeing the warriors of the tribe constantly falling on the way to the charge made his heart feel as if he was dripping blood! You must know that although the tribes that are extremely attached to the Mang'abang tribe have a population of 40,000 or 50,000, the maximum number of troops that can be assembled is only more than 10,000. This time, except for the two thousand people of the Buena tribe, the rest of the people were sent by the Mang-Abang tribe, and if they suffered a crushing defeat, it would be an irreparable blow to the Mang-Abang tribe!
The patriarch of the Buena tribe, Enardo, shrank his head and said nothing, he was afraid that Thornton would send fire to him. He didn't expect that in just over a month, these Chinese had become more powerful.
"Attack! Offensive! Go faster, rush in front of those Chinese, their muskets will be useless! Thornton yelled. Now he can only hope to pin on this. By the time the battle began, the Mangabon tribe had already suffered heavy losses. If you give up now, these warriors will be lost in vain. This would also have a great impact on his prestige within the tribe. So, he had to fight hard!