Chapter 15 Artilleryism

The traditional phalanx was inflexible, but the mercenaries were experienced in combat, and with great courage, the soldiers withstood the continuous casualties and allowed the musketeers to concentrate on the perimeter. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Soon, the German musketeers also began to fight back. Although they were only half of the total force, more than 400 muskets with longer barrels, many of which were flintlock muskets, were also a formidable force:

Although the reload speed is inferior to that of the kobolds, the accuracy and range of the infantry are even higher than Teemo!

Teemo's horse team has been taught a hard lesson!

The battlefield was filled with fire and smoke, countless lead bullets flew in the middle of the battlefield, and the officers shouted loudly, directing the gunners to fire round after round.

From time to time a galloping horse fell to the ground, and a few poor dogs' heads, wrapped in cloaks, rolled on the ground on horseback. The phalanx of German mercenaries also lay wounded on the ground, and it was just a moment of effort, and the battlefield turned into hell mode.

In the smoke of gunfire, the two sides conducted an unknown number of rounds of firing.

Although the German mercenaries did not have many highlights in tactics and fighting spirit, their endurance was unexpectedly strong for the tragic casualties, and the phalanx silently suffered huge casualties, and even the wounded soldiers gritted their teeth and did not say a word. Comparatively speaking, the kobolds are much worse, and the kobolds rolling around the ground are about to turn the battlefield into a vegetable market.

There is no doubt that the Timo cavalry regiment, which is only willing to fight with the wind, is one step ahead. The kobolds increasingly felt that the deal was not worth it, and after losing dozens of horses, they had to retreat fifty meters to avoid the enemy's accurate firing range.

Next, Teemo, who was unwilling to give up his credit, led the cavalry regiment to form a team two hundred meters away - this was already the limit of the killing distance of the short-barreled arquebus.

He began to dismount and lay the horses to the rear, and the kobold began to shoot at the enemy endlessly. At this distance, the hit is all blind, and the lethality of the bullet is greatly reduced, even for European rifles with longer barrels.

So, the battle went into garbage time.

The German mercenary musket is more powerful, but the target is also larger. The dog's spears can only inflict skin wounds, but they can lie on the ground and reload and fire. There were many serious injuries on both sides, but the mortality rate dropped significantly.

The enemy does not like to be consumed on the spot like this, but the other side has cavalry, and the infantry without formation for protection has no right to speak in front of the cavalry. Timo played the kraft candy spirit of the kobold: it doesn't matter if you can't win, it's okay if you can't lose!

Liu Jingtian, who was watching the battle from afar, finally couldn't stand it anymore.

"I originally wanted these idiots to brush up more combat experience, but I never thought that this would be a war of attrition!, no, if we continue to fight, I'm afraid that the ancestors of the production and construction corps will be unstable!"

So, he turned back to the Titanic and said, "It's your turn, do it all at once!"

Titanic, who had been scratching his ears and cheeks in a hurry, jumped up happily: "Yes!

Behind him was a large platoon of artillery that had been waiting for a long time: ten twelve-pounder field guns, twenty six-pounder breech guns, and a brand new iron cannon, all newly built in the past few months.

There is one thing that the locals cannot imagine, and that is the incredible speed of the kobold cannon. In fact, there were a lot of bulky snake cannons and eighteen pounder guns left in the fortresses all over the place.

In this era, all artillery had very ornate 'decorative carvings', while the kobolds' cannons were all bare-plated. Moreover, the smelting of bronze cannons uses countless small furnaces to melt copper, while at the same time accepting an astonishing scrap rate. And the kobold's craft has been improved several times, and cracks in the chamber are almost impossible.

At the same time, the built artillery needs a boring machine to turn the barrel, and in this item, the kobold machine tool technology is far ahead.

More than 100 livestock, under the command of more than 2,000 kobolds, rolled forward with artillery and walked out of the city gate in an orderly manner.

Before the enemy could respond: the smoke was so thick that only a group of vague shadows were seen walking out of the walls of Agadir.

The kobolds went out of the city in an orderly manner, placing a long row of cannons in front of the formation, placing shields in front of the deer village, and starting to put down ammunition trucks in the rear.

When the smoke cleared and the enemy pushed all the cannons to the front of the formation in a panic, the fire had already begun here.

The poor German mercenaries, although they brought more than thirty cannons, were completely inferior in performance. In this era, although artillery technology has been very mature, artillery is a pitiful little neglected by the army. It is not for nothing that a two-pounder cannon is a small smashing cannon, a three-pounder cannon is very common, a six-pounder cannon dares to be called the main heavy artillery, and a twelve-pounder is a completely rare species. In fact, until the XIX century, the six-pounder was still very active.

Therefore, when the Portuguese sailors who were temporarily brought in to be used as gunners saw the neat and neat thick barrels on the opposite side, their morale was not far from collapse.

The battle that followed was completely one-sided. The other side is still in the era of direct sighting, and this side has already begun to calculate the elevation angle of the cannon watch. After a few rounds of firing, the opponent dropped the cannon and ran away, and the artillerymen, spearmen, and musketeers retreated hundreds of meters and squeezed into a big lump.

The kobolds suffered very little losses: only a few unlucky loaders, plus some of the untrained animals that frightened them, and even more kobolds were injured in order to hold them down.

Now, all the kobolds are celebrating: "We beat those big guys!"

Liu Jingtian frowned: "These guys have a strong will to fight! They are still crowded there, and they don't have a white flag!"

Temo led the cavalry in a gray manner, and slowly swam around the phalanx of the Germans, like a group of sharks waiting for a full meal.

The Titanic's artillery, also under Liu Jingtian's order, stopped firing. Because the distance is a bit awkward now, either raise the muzzle of the cannon and sacrifice accuracy to shoot, or push the cannon a few hundred meters forward, but this work is too much of a toss-up.

Combat experience, limited to someone in a computer game, stuck. As a result, thousands of mercenaries and dog heads were at a stalemate, and the sky was slowly darkening.

Finally, a herald brought a message: "Wang, some humans want to talk to you!"

Before the war, the work of the major 'production and construction corps' had been suspended, and under the supervision of Ma Qianzhi, Taidamir and other troops, they squatted on the slopes of the northern part of the city to 'watch the play'. All the people are concerned about this fight.

Represented by Perez, many experienced 'slaves' have discovered a sad reality - 'righteous earthlings', this is to kneel!

Thirty heavy guns washed the ground, and the 'Galen ship' of less than 1,000 tons could not carry it, not to mention a group of infantry with toothpick cannons in tow and without even horses......

What's even more sad is that the 'righteous earthlings' obviously want to surrender, but they can't speak dog language......

So, the slaves plucked up their courage and sent a representative to negotiate with the kobolds, and that's what happened next.

Liu Jingtian was speechless: It turns out that these guys have wanted to surrender a long time ago, but they can't do it in foreign languages......

"Alright then, among you people, send some representatives out and go and recruit them. Do a good job, the old man is planning to engage in trade recently, and there is a shortage of account managers and trade representatives, so I am optimistic about you!"

A few 'slaves' who could speak more than Chinese ran to negotiate happily.

Looking at their backs, Liu Jingtian touched his hairless chin and said to himself: "In other words, although it occupies the territory of Portugal, the old man feels that the two families should still have room for relaxation, because they can't win if they are tired...... The old man has an immature idea......"