Molde finally pulled out his royal cavalry regiment, the Kingdom of France, the four major cavalry regiments, brought out two of them, one of which had been scrapped in the Battle of Medan, and now there is only this cavalry regiment at hand, plus the other participating cavalry troops, it is only 16 or 700 people, this is really a baby bump at the bottom of the box.

A group of cavalry gathered at the bottom of the hill and began to rush towards the top of the hill, the hill here is very gentle, although it is a back attack, but for the speed of the cavalry, the impact is not very large, the cavalry assault speed is very fast!

However, the cavalry assault naturally couldn't hide from Zhao Xin's eyes, and as soon as the artillery fire stopped, the Western coalition army dispatched cavalry, and it seems that the other party is really at any cost!

Zhao Xin directly ordered the artillery battalion and the rocket battalion to fire again, and hit the cavalry, and a shell fell on the road where the cavalry broke through, setting off a cluster of explosions, and the cavalry who was hit was directly blown out, as for the rocket, it was even more fatal, after all, the explosion of the shell, just like that, as long as it is not within the explosion range, there will be no danger, but the rocket, which is specially used for arson, is a large area when burned, and the royal cavalry regiment is under the threat of artillery fire, and it is impossible to organize an effective charge. What's more, there are also the rotational shots of the soldiers of the second town directly ahead?

Even if it was just a large infantry battalion, it was a strength of more than 5,000 people, shooting in turns, leaving no space on the entire hill, all covered by the fire of the Ming army!

After a shock, the cavalry was left with nearly a hundred corpses and had to retreat in a hurry!

"Damn, herald, all the artillery will bombard the Ming position, especially their artillery position and rocket position, bombard with all your might, and destroy their position directly!"

Molde roared angrily, it's just that in the last Battle of Medan, for the Western coalition army, the losses were too great, especially the equipment of the three artillery regiments was all lost, and now the Western coalition army only has three artillery regiments, and the artillery pieces they have are only sixty or seventy pieces, although the number is better than that of the Ming army, but the power is inferior, and the power of rifled guns is not comparable to smoothbore guns, not to mention, the Ming army also has rockets to help......

The artillery of the two sides began a direct confrontation, and began a fierce attack on the opponent's artillery positions, and as soon as they were shot, it was more than an hour of bombardment, and the two sides fired more than a thousand shells at each other, and there were casualties on each other!

During this time, Zhao Xin was not idle, and ordered his troops to constantly dig fortifications on the hills, even the simplest fortifications, which could also make the soldiers have a place to hide, and with the help of trenches and earth barriers, the lethality brought by artillery and muskets could be minimized.

In the blink of an eye, it was a two-hour confrontation, and the soldiers of the second town were under the siege of the Western coalition army, and the casualties were not small, but after all, the simple fortifications were built, and with the help of the fortifications, the Tianxiong army began to counterattack, which was more threatening than the previous counterattack!

Just one Kesford Mountain nailed 40,000 Western coalition troops to the bottom of the mountain, and it was too difficult for the Western coalition army to take the Kesford Mountain in front of them.

Molde was very anxious, now it was only a Tianxiong army, who knows if there is a second army on this island of Java? If reinforcements come again, this battle will be even more difficult to fight!

"Order, mobilize four infantry regiments, attack in turns, do not stop for a moment, all the artillery is aimed at the position in front, artillery bombardment, cover the infantry assault, attract the infantry on the flank, and the cavalry is ready to assault the flank again!"

Molde faced the tenacious Tianxiong army, there was really not much good way, the muskets in the hands of these people had a long range, high crosshairs, fast rate of fire, and most importantly, the bullets seemed to be inexhaustible, and they were shooting without their lives, who could stand this?

The four infantry regiments, at least six or seven thousand men, were constantly advancing towards the positions in front, wave after wave, and the hillside was full of dead bodies and seriously wounded Western soldiers, not only the English, but also the Dutch infantry and the French infantry were mobilized to exert full pressure!

Attacking in turns, the same as the Ming army's taking turns shooting, the Tianxiong army did not give the Western coalition army a chance to charge, and the Western coalition army did not leave a chance for the Tianxiong army to breathe, and the onslaught continued, and some of the Western coalition troops even directly impacted the distance of only thirty steps from the forefront of the Tianxiong army.

Finally, the strength of an infantry regiment finally pressed to the area of about thirty steps in front of the frontal position, thirty steps, as long as you stand up and charge, even if the firepower of the Tianxiong Army is fierce, it is difficult to contain the infantry of the Western coalition army, after all, there are no heavy machine guns in this era, and the dense soldiers charge together, and they are contained by single-shot rifles alone, where can they be contained?

However, the Ming army still has a big killing weapon that has not been used!

That's the grenade that has just been used in real combat for a short time!

In the battle of Medan, the grenade made a great achievement, and this time, the grenade once again exerted his greatest power when it was unexpected!

Seeing that the Western coalition army was not far from the position, the Ming army at the forefront suddenly stopped shooting, and the grenades, which had been prepared, were thrown straight to the short distance!

As soon as it came up, there were more than two or three hundred grenades, all of which exploded in the most densely populated position of the Western coalition forces, and the Western coalition forces had just stood up, and before they had time to charge, the grenades smashed down like hailstones, and then they exploded one by one, and shrapnel shot everywhere!

Spike!

Just a wave of grenades, at least hundreds of soldiers of the Western coalition army were put on the ground, heavy casualties, the front of the Ming army's position was full of the miserable howls of the Western coalition army, extremely miserable, the power of these grenades explosion is not large, but the power of this shrapnel explosion is too great, shooting in all directions, there is no dead end!

In the midst of the wailing, the second wave of grenades of the Tianxiong Army flew over again!

Boom Boom Boom Boom ......

There was another wave of violent explosions, and the Western coalition forces were blown up by grenades, and they no longer dared to stay nearby, and they retreated in a hurry towards the bottom of the hill one by one, for fear that they would walk slowly and be hit by this iron lump again, it was too bad!

Molde closed his eyes fiercely from a distance, it's over, my infantry regiment, grandma's, why are you so unlucky, just when the French infantry regiment broke forward, it encountered the most fierce attack, on the front of the position, at least more than 100 people were killed directly, as for the wounded, I am afraid that there are no less than 300 people, and the strength of an infantry battalion is scrapped like this......

(End of chapter)