Chapter 239. Blood and Fire!!
Dealing with the army of more than 10,000 skeletons in front of him, if it was faced by an ordinary human army, even if those soldiers did not flee from the battle, I am afraid that it would be difficult to have any fighting will. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, Chopin's soldiers are not ordinary human troops, they are the warriors of the invincible French Empire, who once crisscrossed most of the European continent and crushed the magnificent and powerful European countries one by one.
At that time, both the huge "empire on which the sun never sets" and Spain, an old power that once had an "invincible armada", were pierced by the dazzling light of the French Empire, which hung high in the sky like the sun.
And because of the attribute of "absolute loyalty" given by the system, the actual combat power of the imperial warriors recruited by Chopin is, to some extent, even stronger than those imperial warriors who really roamed the European continent in history.
Even though they were facing tens of thousands of enemies, the momentum of this army, which was no more than a thousand people, still climbed to the peak in an instant.
If the skeleton army in front of him showed a fierce wind and fire, ready to crush it with a huge force, then Chopin's imperial soldiers showed that they were as immobile as a mountain.
600 line infantry lined up in three rows at the first time, using the already dilapidated buildings on the ruins as shelters, stretching for a distance of several hundred meters.
The blackened tunnel-fired barrels pressed against the chests of these line infantry, and it seemed that in the next second, a surging light and a surging killing machine would spit out from it.
And in the face of the almost endless army of skeletons in front of him, Chopin couldn't tell what his mood was at this time.
If at the beginning of the discovery of this skeleton army of tens of thousands, it was shocked mixed with a little fear and retreat, and then unconsciously, the insignificant fanatical excitement like Mars suddenly rose, and then it burned the slightest hidden throbbing and wildness in Chopin's heart with a surging posture of burning the prairie with fire.
Looking at the formation displayed by the skeleton army in front of him, and thinking of the crazy beating of the soul of the "Skeleton King" before, which revealed emotions similar to human anger, Chopin also faintly guessed in his heart that behind the scenes of this skeleton army, there must be a special being with wisdom in command.
The advance of the skeleton army was orderly, and it was undoubtedly the lowliest cannon fodder like the skeleton warriors who were charging at the front.
Obviously, like Chopin, the existence hidden in the army of skeletons does not take these lowliest classes seriously, and such attrition and delay may be the only meaning of their existence.
Immediately behind the Skeleton Warrior was a skeletal archer with a bone bow.
Although the number of skeleton archers is undoubtedly much smaller than that of more than 5,000 skeleton warriors, it is still close to 2,000.
And while these skeleton archers followed the skeleton warriors forward, the movements in their hands never stopped.
Bone arrows, polished and extremely smooth, with deep grooves like prismatic thorns, rose from the sky like locusts, and then fell with terrifying penetrating power.
Although the accuracy of these bone arrows thrown over is actually quite poor because of the distance, the continuous projectile of nearly two thousand skeleton archers, even if an Imperial warrior uses the help of cover to resist, and all of them shrink into a ball, dead or alive, there are still many Imperial warriors injured and killed.
On the two wings of the skeleton army, there are thousands of hellhounds, their bodies almost close to the ground running, but every bend and vibration of the bones is to the greatest extent to vent the power of the landing, and then transform into amazing speed.
In the jaw of this head Cerberus Dog, there are still sharp and messy teeth, but just looking at the mouth that is the size of a watermelon after all of it is opened, the bite force of this head Cerberus is not inferior to those lions and tigers, and even better.
In addition, in this surging army of skeletons, there are monsters hidden that ordinary people can't understand and imagine......
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A great crisis is approaching, but at this time, Chopin, after all kinds of complicated emotions converge, finally entered a strange state of almost no sorrow and no joy.
At this time, he even felt that he had slowly turned into a cold machine, but the consciousness of the whole person was unprecedentedly clear.
And as the army of skeletons crossed an invisible dotted line carved in Chopin's heart, his loud and deep voice also suddenly sounded.
"Shoot!"
As if infected by this invisible fierce momentum, an imperial warrior also pulled the trigger without hesitation.
"Bang bang-"
The tunnel stone brings a faint but hot spark in the small but compact chamber, and then the gunpowder inside completes the trilogy of burning, expanding, and exploding in an extremely short period of time, bringing endless death.
In the barrel of the black oppression, what was constantly swallowed at this time seemed to be the light that had descended from heaven to purify all darkness, and the lead bullets that were fired out were the killing messengers sent by the god of death, harvesting the wisps of blue soul fire in the wildest and most efficient way.
As if to echo the roar of the tunnel guns, when the phantom shadows fell on the skeleton warrior at a speed that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, followed by a dense and crisp sound of bone shattering.
On the bodies of those skeleton warriors, the parts hit by the lead bullets, pieces of pale bones continue to fall off, and when several lead bullets fall on the adjacent parts in a row, the bones of that area of the skeleton warrior's body will even explode directly, bringing out the fragments that dance wildly in the sky, and then most of them will collapse together with the fragile skeleton of the entire skeleton.
"Click, click—"
The continuous cracking sound slammed against the ground like a rapid raindrop, compact, turbulent, and manic.
Under the impact of this completely unreasonable barbaric force, these skeleton warriors did not have the slightest strength to resist, and one by one the figures trembled and struggled, but in the end they still staggered and collapsed like mountain peaks.
However, the swaying soul fire on the skull of the skeleton warriors was possessed and plundered by the little white light at the moment when these skeleton warriors died, and then with the same wild attitude, all the sparkling soul fires were pulled into the holy cross around Chopin's neck.
"This is the power of God!"
When the blue ocean rushed towards him, Chopin also prayed from the bottom of his heart.
Chopin could clearly feel that in this world, or under the influence of the system, the ethereal and lofty God in the previous life did exist in some special situation.
And when the first round of fire was over, the two hundred line infantry in the first row quickly retreated, while at the same moment, the line infantry in the second row immediately moved forward, and then with the pull of the trigger, the flame dragon intertwined with endless flames swept away again, frantically devouring the bodies of those skeleton warriors.
"Bang bang-"
The continuous sound of popping beans sounded again, mixed with the extremely thick smell of gunsmoke, even these well-trained Imperial warriors couldn't help coughing at this time, but the noise and roar of the tunnel guns suppressed all the sounds.
It seems that in this heaven and earth, it is the only one that roars like a beast.
When the second platoon of line infantry finished firing, the third platoon of line infantry continued to refill the cycle, and so on, so as to ensure that as much fire as possible was released on the skeleton warriors, and at the same time greatly reduced the time consumption of gunpowder reloading.
On the battlefield, the accuracy of tunnel guns has always been a headache for countless commanders and soldiers, even in the 18th century, the accuracy of tunnel guns has not been improved.
However, in the face of the surging skeleton army in front of them, where do these line infantry need to aim, they only need to fill and shoot mechanically, and then fill and shoot again, which can end the life of a skeleton warrior.
And in the current situation of absolute abundance of ammunition, the only thing that limits them is the limited physical strength.
Seemingly easy shooting and loading, for these line infantry, the physical exertion does not seem to be large, but such a continuous cycle, the pressure on them is actually quite large, especially in the rapidly changing battlefield, they are not only subjected to this.
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The firepower of the tunnel guns was indeed ferocious, and a skeleton warrior kept falling, but the empty space that had just been cleared was quickly filled by the skeleton warriors in the rear.
The skeleton warriors stepped on the shattered bones of their companions and continued on their way, without the slightest effect on the speed of their advance, and once these damn creatures were brought close, Chopin and his soldiers would have been plunged into an endless nightmare.
If it was a one-on-one, even one-to-many head-to-head confrontation, Chopin believed that his men would not have much fear, and that the final victory in such a war would still belong to their side, although the price that could be paid was relatively large.
As long as the morale and fighting spirit of the other party are crushed with absolute momentum and crushing strength, then this army is basically finished.
But what Chopin and they were facing at this time was a skeleton that had no emotion at all and didn't know what fear was, and the difference in strength between the two sides reached an astonishing level of 1:10.
If these undead skeletons can't be suppressed with firearms, then the smoke of this war will probably end with the approach of both sides.
However, in addition to the musket, Chopin also had a more terrifying weapon in his hand, that is, the 6-pounder cavalry cannon.
And after perceiving that something was wrong, Chopin also immediately gave the order to fire the artillery.
The cavalry cannons have been quietly lurking behind the line infantry like docile sheep, and it is not until it shows its hideous and terrifying side that people know what kind of violent power this cavalry cannon will vent when the docile false skin is torn off.
"Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom T
A huge roar sounded like thunder and lightning, and the high-speed rotating iron balls, driven by the huge force of the explosion of gunpowder, seemed to have incarnated into the most terrifying, efficient, ruthless, crazy, and bloodthirsty killing messengers!
Each iron ball would smash straight into the boundless army of skeletons after drawing a graceful arc in the sky, and the skeletons in front of it would be easily torn apart, pierced, and then completely annihilated.
Although the 6-pounder cavalry cannon is not as powerful as the 12-pounder cannon, let alone the 24-way howitzer that once displayed unparalleled strength and beauty in "White Rock City", the berserk power is not much different from the human body or to these skeleton warriors who are equivalent to cannon fodder.
Because the terrifying kinetic energy emitted by the heavy iron ball was enough to easily tear their flesh or bones apart.
The roaring sound of thunder still echoed in the air, but the black iron ball had already crushed it with unstoppable power.
Each iron ball will be forced to plow a bloody path full of countless bone fragments in the skeleton army.
The roar of the artillery rang out one after another, and the curtain of death was opened again and again.
I have to say that although it has such and such shortcomings, artillery is indeed the most terrifying killing machine on the battlefield, but the number of artillery that Chopin has at hand at this time is too scarce, and when more than a dozen consecutive catharsis, the original cold bronze cannon barrel has become extremely hot at this time, if it does not stop, I am afraid that there will be a danger of exploding.
The continuous artillery roar undoubtedly eased the offensive of the skeleton army to a great extent, and also reduced the pressure of the line infantry who did not dare to stop back and forth in the slightest.
But as soon as the roar of the artillery stopped, it seemed that Chopin sensed their intention to engage in hand-to-hand combat with them, and secretly controlled the existence of this skeleton army, and immediately launched an even wilder attack order.
And with the spread of invisible sound waves, the thousand hell dogs that were quietly approaching from both sides before were also blatantly reactionary to a thunderous offensive.
"Whew-"
With a long exhale, looking at the turbulent waves that rose and rose like the tide of the sea, Chopin didn't have any good ways at this time, such a hand-to-hand confrontation, whether he wanted it or not, or it was inevitable.
Then, a hundred Guards Polish cavalry, a hundred Guards Grenadier Cavalry, and one hundred and twenty Chasseurs, who had not suffered the slightest casualty, all crossed the defensive camp and launched a surging attack on the skeleton army in front.
And what awaits them is an endless array of enemies.
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