Chapter 269: Blood Beach (6400 words)

Xijiang Water Village is too rich. 【】

The endless supply of iron products alone has fascinated the military leaders of Mara City, and the comfortable and beautiful clothes and quilts are strongly sought after by the nobles, and even the food they have cooked has a special fragrance...... Coins flowed like flowing water from all corners of the Mara city-state to Xijiang Water Village, if it weren't for the fact that there were warriors in charge, this foreigner's village would have been reduced to a certain bigwig's villa manor.

Not every military leader can be patient, although a knight with a fighting spirit of six or seven levels sounds terrifying, but in the face of thousands, tens of thousands of metal sword interests, it is weak. It didn't take long for Kaman, the flag bearer of the infantry battalion of the Third Front in Mara City, to begin to reassemble his armament.

said that he was the flag bearer, but in fact he was the head of the army. The soldiers of the Third Array Infantry Battalion were all from the tribe of Kaman, so there was no one to direct except him. In the Mara city-state, such tribes and infantry battalions are the main field forces, spear and heavy infantry that can resist cavalry, which is very rare. As for Kaman himself, he is also a "Temple Warrior" with a level 6 fighting skill, he doesn't know how to fight immediately, but he is not inferior in terms of fighting spirit, relying on the strength of the crowd, and his combat power is not weak.

Carman knew that merchants like this, who could sell tens of thousands of swords, either from the Don Valley, from Canterlot, or even from some temple. Therefore, once the war starts, it must be slaughtered cleanly, leaving no future troubles. Therefore, even if he was reluctant in his heart, he still divided one-third of the benefits and invited the first cavalry battalion, the owner of the only cavalry battalion in Mara City, Rubas, and on the other side of the river, left a phalanx of 1,000 people to ambush, ready to wipe out the people of Shuizhai who had escaped without Xiaoxiao's heart.

All the tandem work was carried out very quickly, about a month and a half, and the tribe of Kaman had prepared the marching food such as the roogan, and it took a little longer to rebuild the equipment, after all, it was time-consuming to repair, and the current leathermen and blacksmiths, who all walked sideways.

At the level of the western continent, it is normal to spend half a year preparing logistics before sending troops, except for the non-permanent Jingrui cavalry that will maintain a combat state at any time, and the hoplite phalanx even began to supervise the construction of spears and armor before the war - hardwood spears are often more than 6 meters, and the extra-long spears in the back row are 20 meters, which should be used on the shoulders of the soldiers in the front row, and the wear and tear is also very fast, especially in the humid environment of Mara City, it is rare to change a batch of spears in three or five years.

At the last moment before the sun set, the city of Mara closed its heavy walls, and the infantry battalion of the third formation, divided into 20 large ships, sailed towards the Xijiang Water Village, and the soldiers sat cross-legged in the cabin, combing their beards with combs and nails, dipped in saliva. Legend has it that only a man with a full beard could sublimate his soul under the guidance of the temple messengers, and in the army, grooming his beard was a form of momentum and proof of his undaunted spirit.

Standing in front of the bow of the ship, Carman asked for a moment, "How long will it take?" ”

"2 sand, I will definitely arrive on time." The answer was the captain of the temple's fleet, a tall and thin man with a full face of mao, who was wearing a set of cotton clothes with "eon" printed on them, which was naturally sold by Xijiang Water Village. This kind of clothing is not necessarily more comfortable than silk, but the nobles of Mara City have never worn such sturdy and close-fitting clothing, so it is quite sought after, which can be described as a fashion stream, each worth more than a snail, and in terms of weight, no less than a sword.

2 Sand is one-twelfth of the time of the day. Swimming against the current, this speed is already very fast. The big ships belonged to the temple, and some of them were war slaves, and Kaman made money, and almost tripled the number of oarsmen, all working hard below the waterline.

Kaman made a sure sound in his nose, but he took out a money bag from his hand, stuffed it into the hands of the captain of the fleet, and said with a smile: "Before we get to the water village in a while, let the people below rest for a while, and then help us rush to the river beach in one breath." ”

"Wash up on the beach, the boat is going to be scrapped."

"It's big today." Kaman took out another money bag and handed it to Mao Nan.

The latter tossed and nodded silently. The ship was broken and repaired, and the money from the temple was used, but the bag in his hand was really his own.

Kaman was also smiling. If he rushes directly to the beach, his men can line up in the shortest possible time, and avoid wasting time swimming in the water, and the hoplites are no more than others, with an average weight of more than 50 kilograms per person, and the speed of travel on the road is enough to choke, and the water is slower than that of turtle beasts. In addition, Kaman is also afraid that the Xijiang Water Village will react quickly, and dozens of more people may die.

"Casualties can't break 100"

This is the requirement that Kaman set for himself, and in fact, it is also the requirement of the temple to the various military leaders. Heavy infantry is a very useful but highly technical branch of the army, and it often takes two years to train a qualified rear heavy infantry. The older senior heavy infantry, who often stood on the inside of the phalanx with shorter spears, was more skilled and more powerful. On the big battlefield, veterans are the only option to maintain the battle line, as long as the brave and good veterans can maintain the discipline of the phalanx and can withstand huge casualties, there will be no enemies on the mainland.

Kaman was not worried that his heavy infantry would actually incur losses of dozens of people, and could decide on the phalanx of heavy infantry on the frontal battlefield, unless it was in a large-scale war of extermination, the attrition rate was relatively low, and because of this, although the temple could not control the tribal leaders to call the heavy infantry as private soldiers, there were strict rules on the casualty rate in non-war times.

If he wasn't confident that he could capture the water village within 100 casualties, Carman would definitely not have sent troops.

Of course, this is also thanks to the fact that Xijiang Water Village only has three city walls, if there are four city walls, there will be nothing to do with his heavy infantry, and the slave army has to come out and rely on human lives to pile up, it is not a matter of 40 snail shells, it has to be five or six hundred, or even thousands to do it, in case there is no card outside, but it will be a loss.

Realizing that he had no last resort, Kaman closed his eyes and began to enjoy the river breeze.

On the horizon, the last red glow was like a gongji whose throat had been cut, and he trembled and hung his head. The faint starlight is like the crown of the mother's ji, the silhouette of the large ship is faintly visible, and the moving fleet relies on the rhythmic sound of oars to determine each other's orientation.

Carman returned to the cabin and began to get dressed. The equipment of the heavy infantry is made of the skin of the beast, and it is usually the outermost and hardest skin of the various beasts to be peeled off and tanned, and finally these layers of skin are superimposed together, and the gum is bonded with the specialty of the Northland, so as to form a multi-layer leather armor that is as hard as iron, and the temple leather armor made in accordance with the standard regulations can ensure that ordinary long-range weapons can never be pierced, not to mention bows and arrows, even the cavalry javelin, which can only play a role within thirty steps, not to mention the infantry javelin, without the impact of the mount, The strength of a soldier's arm alone, a javelin smashing against a strong heavy cavalryman, would not necessarily knock him down - perhaps two ribs would be broken, but in the heat of battle, it was nothing, at least not in combat.

The young and beautiful Banner Commander followed, and then successively put on a silk underwear, a linen inner armor, and then a multi-layered lizard dragon skin breastplate. In the group phalanx composed of spears and super long spears, except for the soldiers in the front row holding long shields, everyone else does not carry shields, and in the most brutal spear stabbing process, a good cuirass can increase the survival rate by several times. Because of this, many soldiers wore their ancestral equipment, and some even had metal embedded in their leather armor in the hope that they would not be impaled by the enemy's extra-long spears at the most critical moments.

The shoulder and arm armor were simpler, as usual, made of the second skin of the beast, and the helmet was a pointed helmet that did not cover the eyes, and was covered with a little metal to defend against arrows falling from above.

Kaman touched the beautiful face of the servant, cocked his crotch proudly and said, "When I come back, I will love you well, and now go and call everyone to me." ”

It takes a lot of time to put on the equipment, and it takes even more time to queue up. The third-party infantry battalion has a scale of 4,000 people, and the largest battle queue can be 20 columns and 200 people wide, which is enough to crush a town, and in the history of the Western Continent, there were once 120,000 slave rebels who were blocked on a peninsula, repeatedly attacked by two infantry battalions, and slaughtered for three days and three nights before they were killed. Although the troops had 1,000 men on the road and were spread across 20 ships, Carman was confident that they would be able to form a neat and unified phalanx in half a meal.

There are 200 people in a horizontal row, 15 people in a column, and they are armed with a supernormal gun with a maximum length of 18 meters, which makes people's blood boil when they think about it.

Suddenly, the ship made an unpleasant sound of squeezing wood.

"It's about to run aground." The captain of the fleet hurriedly informed Carman.

"Get off the boat as quietly as you can." Karman immediately gave the order. He wasn't afraid of being discovered, it didn't matter if it was 3,000 heavy infantry, not a slave legion, let alone mercenaries, or an equal number of knights.

Of course, the "Temple Knight" who has a fighting spirit of level 6 or above should pay attention to it, and if he can't do it, he will go out on his own.

Kaman gathered a fighting spirit all around him, he was at the level of level 6 fighting skills, under the protection of the phalanx, he was not afraid of temple knights of the same rank or slightly higher level, and he was not a single person in the ring, at most he would give up the lives of thirty or fifty heavy infantrymen, and he would always be able to trap him.

On the water village in the distance, there is only one xiaoxiao flood control embankment, and the height of 2 meters is better than nothing, and in the dark night, it seems to be buried below the waterline.

The silence in the dark night is the most terrible, the regular and irregular waves wash the river beaches of the delta, and the cold river wind whistles by for a while, and then disappears without a trace.

An alien mercenary rubbed his nose and stood up and stretched, ready to find another nest to sleep in.

There was a sudden sound of "bang" and "bang" in front.

The "boat" sentry almost roared, and he turned around and ran towards the stockade, muttering in his heart: I said that I would build a wall on the water...... I don't know how many people there are.

He didn't dare to shout, because as long as a fighter at the first level of fighting skills, he could kill himself with one arrow, and before a burst of notice and his name, the mercenaries' cao guards were quite limited.

On duty today is Li Changning, plus four mercenaries of different races, as well as more than a dozen soldiers from Yuncun and Hunting Village. The latter is equivalent to the sub-machine gunner of the heavy machine gun, although he has been trained, but his level is really poor, mainly because he has the strength to fight.

In the Western Continent, no matter what kind of business you do, you will have some fists and feet, and hunting skills, so when recruiting soldiers, everyone is rushing to come, anyway, they take spears in their own houses, and they also stand guard outside. Although everyone was a little distrustful of heavy machine guns, and even fearful, this did not prevent Yu Weichao from training them with silver bullets -- the so-called silver bullets were actually a monthly subsidy of 5 copper coins for heavy machine gunners and 3 copper coins per month for sub-machine gunners, and the village in front of him almost went crazy.

The mercenaries, on the other hand, have a strong work ethic, neither learning the new weapons of the water village nor interfering with their defensive arrangements. For these aliens, it is the same wherever they are soldiers, as long as they are worthy of their share of the money, as for learning new things, they feel that there is no need, because no one knows how long they will work in the water village, looking at their appearance, they will soon have their own army, and the aliens do not want to be bored and break the rules.

The mercenary sentry ran out of breath to the military building near the stockade, and shouted inside: "Enemy attack, many ships." ”

Li Changning, who was sleeping with the quilt, woke up suddenly, his bones turned up, his mouth was dry in an instant, and he didn't know what to say. Xiao's fat body was also trembling slightly.

As a person in the Western Continent, he had seen the size and strength of the beasts, and Li Changning was quite distrustful of the defense of the Xijiang Water Village. Several students in the same group are also general thoughts, so when learning heavy machine guns, everyone is working very hard - although it is an old gun nearly a hundred years ago, but the muzzle velocity of 930 meters per second M2 Browning, naturally will make people feel at ease, just look at its majestic appearance on the gun carriage can understand, modern new machine guns, some are not even 20 kilograms, the name can be comparable to heavy machine guns, but it is at best a general-purpose machine gun, expensive light machine gun.

The second master of the alien mercenary was nicknamed "Long Spear Two", he originally looked down on the soft and chubby Li Changning, and felt that he was like a rabbit who sold himself, but now seeing him at a loss, he was even more uncomfortable and said: "You go and report to the master of Yu Zhai first, the old five and the eighth, you go to gather people, don't ring the bell first." Lao Ten and I went to have a look. ”

Li Changning finally recovered, and easily untied a accessible police single-pass night vision device from his waist and handed it to the "Spear Two", saying: "Use this to see clearly, Yun Wu, you go to inform the owner of the village, and I will go to the bunker to have a look." How many of you...... Yun Jiu Yun Twelve followed me, and the others stayed here, waiting for orders. ”

The reason why there is no stone wall on the river, on the one hand, is to save money and materials, on the other hand, it is also to provide a wide perspective, after all, there are hills and trees in the other three directions, even the slightly undulating terrain will interfere with the play of heavy machine gun fire, but on the side facing the river, there is no such problem, the target on the water is very clear, it is a completely open delta river beach, even large stones are very rare, if someone uses this place as a landing ground, it will definitely be exposed to several reinforced concrete bunker targets.

"I hope the heavy machine gun can wear it." Li Changning's confidence is not very strong, but he believes in heavy machine guns more than foreign mercenaries.

Among the several bunkers in Linjiang, with the best vision of No. 15, Li Changning ran over while trembling, but fortunately, his physical skill level was good, and he reached the position in three minutes.

The bunker could only be opened from the inside, and he made a big circle before knocking on the stone door, and after getting inside, he only felt a warmth.

"Electric stove?" Li Changning's eyebrows were all sideways.

The four people in the bunker were sleeping comfortably, and they were very unhappy after being disturbed, and the hunter of the hunting village raised his eyebrows and said, "The weather is so cold...... Are you from Jiangning? Oh, you're Lee. ”

Yu Weichao and others all announced that they were from Jiangning, anyway, the Western Continent didn't know where Jiangning was, the world was so vast, there was about a place called Jiangning. However, since the upper echelons of the water village are all Jiangning people, all the people who come and go to the water village, when they see a young man with short hair and a white face, will be a little more careful.

Li Changning was also a little more relaxed when he saw that he was recognized, he took out the observation hole leaning against the dark castle, and said, "You all prepare, there is an enemy coming." ”

"Who?" Everyone was nervous.

"I don't know yet." After Li Changning finished speaking, he lowered his head and began to check the heavy machine gun.

A heavy machine gun crew must have at least two people to cooperate in order to operate, otherwise just changing the barrel will be exhausting. The Browning M2 does not have a water-cooled model, so if you sweep it at full speed for two minutes, the barrel will be piping hot, and you will have to use thick cotton gloves to replace it.

Coupled with the large number of ammunition supplied and the complexity of firearms compared to rifles, it is still difficult to train a good machine gunner. Several soldiers in the dark fort were villagers two months ago, and if they want to talk about the combat skills of hot weapons, they can't be compared with Li Changning, at least they have watched TV and movies.

During the time of inspecting the machine gun, Li Changning gradually calmed down, he ordered Yun 12 to turn off the electric stove, and ordered Yun 12 and two deputy machine gunners to get more bullets. The bunkers are now self-contained, and waiting until after the war to get bullets is dangerous and inefficient.

From the observation hole, it was pitch black, but if you listened closely, you could detect the creaking of large boats, which was caused by the misplacement of boats in the river. Li Changning exhaled a breath of turbidity, and suddenly thought that there were night vision scopes in the bunker, but the distance was relatively short.

He touched the ground twice, grabbed the scope from the wooden box, and leaned down to look at it.

The moment the direction was aligned, Li Changning's heart almost stopped working.

How many people are there?

In the dark, the tattered night vision goggles can't be seen clearly, but the dense array looks worrying. He grabbed someone next to him and asked stupidly, "Is there any army nearby?" ”

The fellow shook his head with a smile and said, "I don't know." ”

Li Changning "stuck", pulled the bolt of the gun, and asked: "Can the local army fight at night?" ”

In his impression, the ancient army could not fight at night, there were too many constraints, and the night was dark and the wind was high, so they could only fight themselves.

Instead, the Heavy asked suspiciously, "Why not, the black cats come out at night." ”

The black cat is an animal often caught by the locals, the rou is fresh and tender, the size is small, and it is easy to cook.

You let out an "oh" and put your hand on the trigger, not knowing if you should pull it down.

Below, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of people

In fact, there were only 3,000 people below, but with the 20 big boats behind him, it was easy for Li Changning to think of the unit "10,000".

Who knows that the ships of the Western Continent will be able to carry 150 heavy infantry.

The other people in the dark fort couldn't see the scene on the river beach, and they were all wrapped in clothes and comfortable, but they heard Li Changning scolding something, and their shoulders rested on the heavy machine guns.

The phalanx of heavy infantry began to move.

"1000 meters away." Li Changning nervously adjusted the mechanical cover door. The effective range of the M2 Browning is 1800 meters, which is 6 times that of an automatic rifle such as an AK, and in addition to its poor accuracy and large weight, it is simply a continuous sniper rifle, and its power is not inferior at all.

In the era when there were no tanks and armored vehicles, heavy machine guns were slaughtered in the face of unprotected soldiers, as evidenced by the battlefields of World War I, and even in the landing operations of the Second World War, there were heavy machine gunners who killed more than 1,000 people a day.

Li Changning has learned relevant knowledge and knows that the heavy machine gun in his hand can hit 7,400 meters, that is, 7 kilometers away, and now the dark fort is only 2 kilometers away from the nearest river beach, and it is no problem to penetrate and transport animal skins.

But he didn't dare to shoot Huo Ran, although there are many hidden castles around, can the natives rely on it? If only he fired the gun, and the other bunkers did not fire, even if there was a heavy machine gun, I am afraid it would be difficult to survive......

However, he is the officer on duty in Shuizhai today, if he doesn't shoot, who will shoot?

Seeing the phalanx gradually leaving the shallow water, Li Changning's sweat was about to drip down.

Xiucai rebelled, and it didn't work out for ten years.

Smart people decide things, think too much, but it is difficult to choose.

"Can't wait, didn't they find Yu Weichao? She Lei's place of residence is not far from the river beach, and if you can't find someone, you will be miserable. ”

"If I don't come again, I'll have to shoot."

Li Changning glanced at the side and ordered: "Be ready to change the barrel at any time, right?" ”

Several natives had already looked at him in a daze, and they didn't hesitate to say yes at this moment. They are not stupid and know what is going on.

There was a flash ahead.

Another flash.

"It's dawn?" Yun Twelve shouted in surprise, and then changed his words: "It's a photo, a photo." ”

"It's a flare." Li Changning's tone was full of excitement, he almost immediately grabbed the two grips at the tail of the receiver, and the index finger of his right hand pulled the V-shaped "butterfly" trigger, and at the same time adjusted the bolt to fully automatic firing.

In the next second, Li Changning scolded "Mind your mother", his fingers tightened, and a brisk copper sound suddenly sounded.

A bright red dragon, like lightning, streaked across the black and white night sky.

Ten seconds later, a new fire dragon joined.

And then another.

At least 3 dark forts were rushing towards the river beach at full speed, and the three fire dragons gathered fire, and in an instant, the neat phalanx opened a gap.

Notch of blood serum.

Tracer bullets, incendiary armor-piercing rounds, and ordinary copper bullets appeared one after another, but what worried Li Changning the most did not happen -- the phalanx infantry lined up neatly on the river beach did not have anyone who could resist the .50 caliber heavy machine guns with their bodies. The bullet was like a razor, scraping off the people on the phalanx layer by layer.

"Single chain." Li Changning roared, and a fishy smell blew into his mouth along with the river wind.

Li Changning was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and began to vomit violently.

The co-gunner ignored the strange smell that permeated the bunker and quickly replaced the bullets according to the usual training procedures.

By the time Li Changning returned to Shekou, the number of fire dragons in front of him had increased to 10, and the incendiary bombs in the sky had increased unabated.

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