Chapter 343: Klevu's Death
Nearly a thousand lobster soldiers carrying flintlock pistols slowly marched towards the Bengal army with neat steps to the drumming of the military band, and the Indian native soldiers in charge of the two flanks also accompanied the main force under the command of the British officer, and the artillery erected in the rear began to test fire and shell. A small squad of cavalry stayed on the hill behind the ranks, ready to step into the battlefield at any moment.
Looking at the neat red phalanx on the battlefield, Li Mu was very emotional. To be honest, he still admires these soldiers who lined up to shoot the era. After all, not everyone will be able to step into the enemy's gun. Without the commander's order, even if the enemy's muzzle is already pointed at him, he is not allowed to return fire.
Due to the problem of accuracy, the main combat distance in the era of queue shooting was usually within 100 meters, and after two volleys, taking advantage of the disrupted formation of the opposite side and then the bayonet charge was the main theme of this era. Compared to World War II, when they were killed by stray bullets without even seeing the enemy, and when they were killed by shells that fell from nowhere, soldiers in this era unintentionally needed more courage.
At this time, the main weapons of Bangladesh were swords and spears, and when they saw the lobster soldiers on the opposite side approaching in order, they began to organize a formation to charge.
"Kill!" The native soldiers of Bengal began to charge at the lobster soldiers after receiving the order, and they brandished their swords and rushed towards the enemy on the opposite side. If you can kill three enemies, they will be promoted, whether the salary rises or not is a trivial matter, if you are valued by the commander, and the edict elevates a caste, that is, a person will ascend to heaven, and the descendants of the entire family will benefit from it. In a hierarchical caste society, it is a great honor to be elevated to a caste, and it is also an opportunity that many people struggle for all their lives but cannot obtain. Therefore, the native soldiers of Bengal at this time were still very courageous.
"Stop! Aim! The commander of the lobster troopers at the head of the queue raised his swords, and the lobster troopers behind him stood still, raised their flintlock pistols against their shoulders and aimed them at the rushing Bengali natives.
"Put!" Bang bang bang!
A series of gunfire rang out from the lobster soldiers' phalanx, and a puff of white smoke enveloped the lobster soldiers' positions.
Puff puff, However, no one would have mercy, and the comrades behind them stepped straight past them, and some simply stepped on them. Everyone around you is their own competitor, and no one will pity a competitor.
The lobster soldiers, who had fired one shot, quickly cleaned the barrel of their guns with a strip, then loaded them with gunpowder, buckshot, and prepared for a second shot.
"Ready, put!" The commander swung his saber again.
Bang bang bang. Another flurry of muskets.
More native soldiers fell on the way to the charge. The soldiers, who had been a little timid, slowed down, hesitating whether to wait for their comrades. However, the swords of their comrades in the rear were behind them, and they could not breathe at all, so they could only try to move forward.
"Coordinated charge." The Indian natives on both flanks were the first to charge from the flanks, while the lobster troopers in the center of the line marched in a neat march towards the Bengali natives and began to charge on foot. A whole row of shiny bayonets slowly approached and was still very imposing.
Bang! Two torrents collided together. The shiny bayonet against the shining sword and spear, the modern industry against the traditional agrarian society, this is a challenge, not the first time, nor the last.
The battle entered a white-hot stage at the beginning, and the two sides were anxious together, and it was difficult to distinguish for a while. Although the Bengali natives had few professional soldiers and most of them were untrained, they had a large numerical advantage and, with the stimulus of rich rewards, they performed very bravely.
Although the lobster soldiers are at a disadvantage in numbers, they are all professional soldiers, they are quite well trained, and the team is also very good at coordinated operations.
"Cavalry charge, cut into the battlefield from the rear flank, be sure to open the situation." The commander-in-chief of the lobster soldiers, Klevu, looked at the battlefield that had become a stalemate, and waved his hand at the troops behind him.
The cavalry of the squad was ordered to form a charge formation and rushed down the hill.
"Send all the reserves up, there's no need to stay." Nawab, Bangladesh, nodded to the herald. With the sound of a trumpet, the remaining native soldiers of Bangladesh also rushed forward.
Li Mu smiled as he watched all the troops on both sides rush to the battlefield, and now it was the best time to conduct artillery tests.
Li Mu then pressed the switch and turned on the arranged automatic attack smoothbore cannon. After detecting a large number of targets in front of them, these smoothbore cannons began to gather free energy in the air, and energy bullets were forming rapidly.
Boom, boom, boom.
A series of energy projectiles flew out of the trees and landed straight on the battlefield.
Boom boom!
A barrage of high-explosive energy bombs exploded in the crowd. After the energy bomb exploded, the energy storm that swept up continued to spread around, tearing apart one body after another in its way. Circular empty fields appeared on the originally dense battlefield.
The soldiers around them froze, they didn't understand what was happening, they couldn't understand in their worldview that there was still such a lethal artillery.
Boom, boom, boom.
Another barrage of energy bombs smashed through the air. Huge swaths of energy bombs exploded in the crowd again, and countless scorched corpse pieces scattered and fell on the luckier soldiers around them. Some soldiers even had large intestines half-hung on their bodies.
Boom boom! The third round of shelling began.
Some of the weak-willed soldiers began to turn and flee. They don't think about getting promoted to the caste anymore, and their only thought now is to flee this area and leave this battlefield alive.
The lobster soldiers were not much better, and many soldiers began to retreat in formation. When the consequences are known, it is much easier to muster courage than to face the unknown completely. Now when the lobster soldiers see this kind of power that is completely beyond their own thoughts, they are not much stronger than ordinary people. It's just that the years of training have prevented them from scurrying around like a flock of sheep in a panic.
"Childe, the experiment was successful." Shuang'er didn't have too much pity for the tragic situation on the battlefield, but was happy with the success of Li Mu's smoothbore gun test.
"There's still a lot of work to be done, and there needs to be precision strikes to collect enough data." Li Mu shook his head and divided the smoothbore cannon into two phalanxes, one phalanx was responsible for the Bengali native soldiers, and the other was responsible for the lobster soldiers.
With the automatic search and aiming rune array, these auto-attacking smoothbore cannons began to turn and extend their fire in the direction of the crowd's escape.
"Hell, notify the troops to retreat and rectify." In a fit of rage, Clevau threw his whip to the ground. He couldn't understand where this artillery fire, which was so powerful that he knew it was coming from. "I've never heard of it."
Just when Clevu was puzzled, with a snort, an energy bomb fell from the sky and hit him directly, and then his body was directly fried into minced meat like a roast chicken in the microwave oven, evenly scattered on the surrounding land within a radius of fifty meters, and the adjutants and co-commanders who followed him were not spared and all became the nourishment of the earth.
He hadn't yet said, "I was so stupid, I was surrounded by gold and silver jewelry, boxes and boxes of gold bars, bags and bags of precious stones." But I only took 200,000 pounds! The British commander of this famous phrase died in an experimental shelling.