Chapter 76: Head-to-head
These are two blasting shells, which are the 'good start' that Zhao Dutian exchanged for at a high price, and the target of these two shells is the dense salvo line lined up by the Spaniards!
And it was the 18-pounder Unicorn Heavy Siege Cannon that fired these two shells with a long range!
"That'...... What is that?! The Spanish commander, who had been observing the battlefield, couldn't help but exclaim. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
I saw that in the dense Spanish infantry cluster, two deep pits were suddenly blown out, and the Spanish infantry in the center was directly blown into pieces, and the dozens of Spanish infantry around were knocked to the ground by the air wave, and they couldn't get up one by one......
Many of them were shocked by the shock wave of the explosion, and their internal organs were shattered, and they didn't have long to live!
As two 18-pounder unicorn heavy siege cannon shells were fired, a large number of regular Indian field troops in black uniforms strode forward from the flanks of the artillery positions set up by the Spaniards!
One by one, the field guns were quickly pushed out by the artillerymen, and they were pulled by the horses to advance towards the artillery positions that had been estimated in advance!
The Spanish commander looked at the regular army of the Han Empire that suddenly appeared on the flank of his main force, and could only helplessly deploy a temporary patchwork of infantry regiment there to defend it, the time point selected by the Han army was very good, at this time it was the time when the Indian cannon fodder was charging like a rainbow, and the main Spanish force had already arranged the defensive formation, and the artillery had already been ignited, even if he wanted to change the direction, he had to repel the Indians who rushed over on the opposite side first!
The Spanish crusading army had already lost a large number of troops under the layers of Indian cannon fodder blocked by Zhao Dutian, and it can be said that the current strength of the Spanish crusading army could not even reach 10,000 people!
What's more, one of the Spanish infantry had just been beaten back before!
The Spanish infantry that was placed on the flank by the Spanish commander to face the advancing American Field Army was composed of the Spanish infantry that had retreated!
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The Spanish artillery fired a volley at the charging Indian cannon fodder, and then the Spanish infantry, who fired at a closer range, fired a volley of volleys at the charging Indian cannon under the bombardment of the 18-pounder Unicorn heavy siege cannon!
Normally, the Indian cannon fodder who was killed like washing the ground should retreat at this time, but today's Indians seem to know something, gritted their teeth and continued to charge at the Spaniards, and then were crushed by the next few rounds of volleys!
The Spaniards suffered almost zero casualties, using 3-stage shooting to kill the charging Indian cannon fodder all over the ground, however, the sacrifice of the Indians was not in vain, and when the Spaniards slaughtered the Indian assault cannon fodder, the 6-pounder infantry guns of the Han army had been arranged!
Oh yes, and two large 12-pounder cannons!
As for the 18-pound big guy, because of its size, it was too time-consuming and laborious to arrange, so it was concealed in the rear in advance......
The field guns arranged at close range began to shoot at the infantry line on the Spanish flank!
Iron eggs pricked out a bloody path in the Spanish infantry line, making the Spanish infantry line chaotic, and then the American field army, under the adjustment of the military band, entered the 50-meter range, and stood up to the volley of the Spanish infantry who were bombarded by artillery, and played a standard three-stage salvo, and then inserted the bayonet and rushed forward!
This time, it was the whole army charge, with the American Field Army with bayonets in front and the American Field Army with hand-to-hand combat cold weapons in the rear!
Of course, many people in the American field army with muskets don't seem to like to use bayonets, and when charging, they put their muskets behind their backs, pull out the hand-to-hand combat cold weapons they carry with them, and rush forward with the brigade!
The Spanish infantry front, which was bombarded by the Han artillery with gaps one after another, could not stop the American field army whose combat effectiveness and morale had risen to a higher level, and in less than 10 minutes, the front completely collapsed!
The American Field Army swept through the rout and assaulted all the way to the Spanish artillery positions!
Then, of course, I met the Spanish cavalry troops who rushed to the rescue and a small number of Spanish officer guards who came over!
The commander of the Spanish crusade has sent all his troops out!
The Spanish soldiers who slaughtered the Indian cannon fodder head-on saw that the flanks were in danger and became disorganized, but under the pressure of the officer's powerful bullets, they still insisted on completely defeating the Indian cannon fodder!
The main Spanish infantry, which had defeated the Indian cannon fodder, naturally all turned en masse and reinforced, in the direction of the American Field Army, which was dragged by their own cavalry!
On the way to reinforcements, these Spanish infantry have been suffering from the field artillery bombardment of the Han army, and they are dying every moment!
The Spanish artillery positions also began to prepare for the transfer, and after the departure of the Spanish infantry, this position of theirs became extremely dangerous!
Sure enough, just as the Spanish infantry went to reinforce it, the Han Guard, the real elite of the Han Empire, shouted and charged at the Spanish artillery position from the opposite direction of the Spanish infantry!
Yes, it was a charge, and Zhao Dutian, who was slamming the door, did not buy cavalry troops, so he had to charge with infantry......
The Spanish artillery positions were not without resistance, and when they saw another group of enemies in black uniforms charging here, they did not move the artillery positions, turned the muzzles, and directly charged at the enemy's infantry in formation, firing patches of grapeshotfire!
The small number of guards in the Spanish artillery positions also raised their muskets and opened fire on the charging enemy!
According to common sense, the Indian army that has been baptized by grapeshotfire should have collapsed a long time ago, they have not encountered any Indian army that can survive the salvo of dozens of artillery grapeshotfire and continue to charge hard!
It's a pity that this time it's not an ordinary Indian army, but the Great Han Guard, whose spirit is not much different from the elite of the European powers!
The power of the grapefire salvo at close range of the Spanish artillery was quite large, and in an instant, the Han Guards fell thousands of people!
No wonder those Indians suffered a nervous breakdown when they were so sudden......
The soldiers of the Han Guards were almost all veterans, and after a pause in the charge under the loud roar of the officer, they quickly rushed to the artillery position of the Spaniards!
The Spanish artillery and a small number of guards could not defeat the thousands of Han Guards, and the Spanish artillery changed hands in an instant!
At this time, the Spanish infantry was fighting with the American field army, and the Han Guards immediately turned the Spanish artillery around and aimed in the direction behind the Spanish infantry!