Molde is not incapable, the armies of the three Western countries are definitely not a rabble, and now the Western army is transitioning to military modernization, and its strength is really not weak, but as soon as it came up, the Western coalition army was stunned by the artillery fire of the Ming army, and the shock brought to the Western coalition army was too powerful.

The number of artillery of the Western coalition army is also quite a lot, there are nearly 100 guns, but the Western coalition army is at a loss, there are too few flowering cannons, their artillery is too backward, the flowering artillery has not solved the problem of fuse and rifling, from the range, power, rate of fire, hit rate and other angles have fallen behind the Ming army, the Western artillery fires a shell in two minutes, and the Ming army fires a shell in a minute, in comparison, compared to the north of the happy Western coalition army, the Western coalition army is now equivalent to using a hundred artillery against the Ming army 200 artillery, And the range hit rate and power are all backward, and if you don't get hit, that's hell.

If it is only the artillery attack that cannot be resisted, it is just a reversal, at least the 30,000 troops of the Western coalition army will not be intimidated by the artillery fire of the Ming army, but the Western coalition army never dreamed that the Ming army's elite cavalry would hide such a big killing weapon as a grenade, casually thrown far away, and exploded forty or fifty steps away, as long as it is within ten steps, it will definitely not be able to avoid the attack of grenade shrapnel, as for being blown up head-on, it can only wait for the missing arms and legs, of course, the small life is absolutely gone.

In the past few years, the Ming Empire's scientific and technological progress has been rapid, and the progress in the steel smelting process is too fast, and the earliest grenades can only explode six or seven fragments, but now it is different, a grenade can explode at least twenty or thirty fragments, looking at the fragments are not big, but as long as they are hit by fragments, this fragment will be like a bullet, fiercely invading the bones, and the lethality of irregular fragments is far more powerful than bullets!

Some grenades have exploded even in mid-air, covering the heads of the Western coalition forces, and exploding directly, even if they dodge the bombing, this fragment will blow down, and it will hurt countless people!

The unlucky Western coalition army was beaten by the elite cavalry of the Tianxiong army in an instant, and the Western coalition army was split into two pieces!

What's worse is that no one of the Western coalition forces dares to lean up, for fear that these cavalry will throw a few more iron lumps, and they are really going to report to Lord Yama.

"Cavalry, cavalry, order the cavalry, give me the attack of the Ming army's elite cavalry, and beat them back to me!"

Molde was furious, shocked and angry, I really didn't expect that as soon as I came up, the Ming army gave myself a vicious dismount, they were not unprepared, but they had already prepared, they expected that they would land in Medan, and there was a fleet in the rear to help, and they were unwilling to fight hard with the Western coalition forces under the cover of the fleet, so the troops retreated, and when the fleet returned, they gave themselves a hard knife.

This knife was so hard that it almost cut off all the bones......

However, at this time, the French cavalry finally dispatched and killed the elite cavalry of the Ming army, and the Tianxiong army did not show weakness and collided with the Western cavalry!

The Western cavalry has good combat power, and the cavalry of the Tianxiong Army has never lost a battle, whether it is a hot weapon or a cold weapon, slaughtering countless people, a saber slashed together, splashing a spark, and blood is flying everywhere!

Taking advantage of the entanglement of the cavalry, the Western infantry began to surround the elite cavalry of the Tianxiong Army, ready to eat the elite cavalry of the Tianxiong Army in one go!

However, how could the Tianxiong Army give such a chance to the Western infantry? Now the Western coalition army has been torn into two ends by the elite cavalry of the Tianxiong Army, and the end and end cannot be taken into account, in the distance, the elite infantry of the first town of the Tianxiong Army has begun to charge, while charging, they are shooting fiercely at the Western infantry in the distance.

The most unfortunate is the Western coalition army in the north, just surrounded by cavalry and Tianxiong infantry, but it is still the Dutch infantry and the Spanish infantry, the two forces add up to more than 10,000 troops, although the troops are strong, but there is no unified command of Molde, the two infantry are fighting separately, and they are flanked by cavalry and infantry before and after, where can they withstand the pincer attack of the Ming army?

The melee between the two sides, from before dawn, lasted until noon, and the Western coalition army was besieged by 50,000 foot cavalry of the Tianxiong Army, and they were defeated and retreated, and they couldn't resist it at all!

"General Molde, we can't fight hard, we will definitely lose, the combat power of the Ming army is too strong, you look at their muskets and artillery, the shooting speed is too fast, and the hit rate is extremely high, we don't have any chance of winning at all!"

Blanco, the chief of staff on the side, shouted urgently.

Molde said angrily: "After only half a day, you are going to retreat? So how are we going to attack the Dumai fortress next? In any case, it is necessary to repel the attack of the Ming army! As long as we stand firm, we will be able to defeat the Ming army! ”

Blanco shouted, "Wake up, General Molde, you're still on your way to attack the Dumai Fortress!" The Ming army in front of us has at least more than 40,000 people, how do we attack the Dumai fortress, to be able to keep the main force is already God blessed, at the beginning of the Ming army's artillery bombardment and the Ming cavalry charge brought us too much impact, the first opportunity is lost, the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it is for us, if you want to turn the tide of the war, you must first get out of the battlefield, the whole army and then fight! ”

Moldeden was silent, how could he not have known, now that the defeat was decided? But it was too embarrassing to be defeated by the Ming army like this......

"General Molde, it's not too late to retreat now, we can still keep most of the main forces, no matter how long it drags on, it will be difficult to evacuate the battlefield!"

Blanco shouted: "I suggest, immediately retreat in the direction of the port, and then send ships to the rescue of our main fleet, once we can no longer support it, the fleet can launch an attack from the sea to cover our withdrawal to the sea, otherwise, we are isolated on the island of Sumatra, it is very likely that we will be surrounded and annihilated by the Ming army!" ”

Molde's heart woke up, yes, the fleet, if you want to turn the tide of the war now, you must order someone to summon and ask the fleet to come back!

"Blanco, immediately order someone to go to Dumai for help, and the rest of the troops retreat in the direction of the port, build fortifications on the high ground in the southwest, and prepare for a full defense! Be sure to hold out until the fleet arrives! ”

Molde snapped.

Molde had to order the army to retreat temporarily, avoiding the edge of the Ming army, however, the Western coalition retreated, but the Ming army was pressing forward step by step, not giving the Western coalition army a chance to breathe at all!

(End of chapter)