Chapter 110: Array (II)
A few meters away, next door to the Spanish mercenary group, on the position of the German mercenaries, the atmosphere was a little more tense than that of the Spaniards, but only a little.
Müller Christian, the head chosen by the Germans themselves, constantly patrolled the trenches, occasionally patting his colleagues on the shoulders to make them relax.
In fact, he himself is probably the most nervous one, and his head is sweating......
However, at this time, Christian's biggest concern was not the few artillery pieces, but the fact that he was the regiment commander for the first time, for fear of messing up the battle......
In this way, the cannon rang out for a full hour, and in the middle of the year, Xu Ping'an spent the first half 0-0 with casualties on both sides......
The long-awaited coalition of the indigenous forces of Marrakech has finally begun to let the infantry appear.
During the period when the artillery of the Marrakech coalition army was raging, the kobold artillery on the mountain did not fire a single shot, half of it was because the timing of the cannon was not very appropriate, and the other half should be blamed on the system......
On the castle tower, Xu Ping'an and the three kobold little heads were arguing endlessly!
The boss of the "theory", Xu Ping'an is actually a pure civilian job, and after going through so long, he actually relied on his teammates to win, and he almost never touched the handle of the knife a few times! Therefore, when arranging troops on the battlefield, it is inevitable to refer to the opinions of those kobold "experts".
And there are three kobold leaders with the most voice and experience: they are the commander of the infantry regiment Taidamir, the civil construction contractor Xiao Bailang, and the manager of the trading company.
Xu Ping'an himself supported the artillery to counterattack at the first time, and it was best to counter the artillery team on the opposite side, because he was worried that the mercenaries at the foot of the mountain would not be able to withstand the enemy's bombardment...... However, this guy has soft roots and is not very resolute.
Tedamir insisted on holding his troops still: "Don't be in a hurry, there is no immortal in the war, and it is not my people anyway!" When the enemy's infantry came up, the artillery opened fire again, and the cannon was eroded for dozens of miles, and the human beings wept bitterly...... Wangha~"
When it comes to excitement, I can't help but laugh.
Everyone's shame: Do you want to bombard the mercenaries together!
Ruth, who was in charge of trade, also chimed in: "That's right, that's right, Wang! This way, the cannons can be sold more! Now we can fire the cannons, and if the foreign trade cannons are broken, people will say that the cannons we sell are rubbish!"
is worthy of Liu Jingtian's seed, this is an undisciplined arms dealer!
Xiao Bailang, the last contractor, stood firmly in Xu Ping'an: "Quickly counterattack Wang! Wait until the defense is broken, it's not that I have to work hard to repair it!"
This reason is also very powerful, and everyone does not know how to refute it for a while.
There are also a lot of kobolds who follow these four bosses, so naturally it is another noise.
Fortunately, seeing that it was getting late, the morale of the coalition army was getting lower and lower, and the two lords of Marrakech had to let the infantry attack early.
The infantry of Marrakech formed a very distinctive formation - the infantry formed more than a dozen small phalanxes, each of which was about 100 people. And there was a gap of seven or eight meters between each small phalanx, as if to leave a gap for the rear colleagues to advance.
All in all, it looks like some kind of variant of the 'Fish Scale Array'.
The cavalry and musketeers also began a complex movement, some following the small phalanx of armored infantry, others moving nimbly in small groups, apparently ready to move.
Xu Ping'an and the others couldn't help but quiet down, and commented on this:
"This formation doesn't look simple, there must be something to say!"
"It's not the artillery's favorite dense phalanx, and the advantages of the cannon are difficult to play Wang!"
"The time of the formation is very short, and the desert guys are well-trained, not a rabble!"
At this moment of speaking, the artillery of the coalition forces also ceased firing one after another, and in order to make way for the infantry in the rear, they began to shift their positions, as if they were going to form a dense formation on both sides of the position.
At the same time, to the accompaniment of various unheard musical instruments, the enemy's armored infantry, stepping on the beat of drums, had already begun to step through the artillery positions and steadily advance.
Although their uniforms are a little messy, and the races and nationalities are also diverse, a closer look will show that the infantry is actually very well-equipped, at least, much more luxurious than those TV series that are reluctant to spend money in later generations:
Two-thirds of the soldiers wore a variety of armor—chain mail, piercing, and iron-inlaid armor—but the plate armor was barely visible. And the third of the worst equipped ones also have a 'Koizumi brand sharkskin windbreaker' to make up the numbers;
On his head he wore an onion-shaped Arabian iron helmet, a round wooden shield covered with iron, and a variety of melee weapons—straight-edged swords, maces, infantry spears, and so on.
A group of musketeers and cavalrymen followed the infantry, staring ahead.
On the mountain, Xu Ping'an couldn't help but start sweating - he looks a little elite!
At the foot of the mountain, the two mercenary groups were also silently observing their opponents.
However, the mentality of the mercenaries is far more relaxed than that of their rookie boss.
Because they have a good employer - Liu Jingtian is an out-and-out equipment controller!
This monster boss has a thousand shortcomings, but as long as it is related to all kinds of guys who fight and kill, it must be mixed! The degree of enthusiasm is second only to eating and drinking.
The wide variety of equipment is proof of this.
Plate ...... Not for the time being, they have all been robbed of the 'Battle Nun', 'Martian Cavalry' and other descendants, but the weapons are much richer, especially in the warehouse, so many 'foreign trade tail goods', no need to use in vain!
At the moment of the great enemy, everyone also decorated these 3,000 mercenaries as much as possible.
Now the mercenaries have a lot of household goods, but there is a little shortage of armor, and there is no loss at all in terms of weapons, a surplus of spears, all kinds of 'Koizumi brand' hot and cold weapons, flint three-eyed guns, light cavalry helmets, and a large number of iron-clad shields that have been rushed out of the work, all of which have been distributed, and are piled up by the mercenaries behind the breastwork.
Captain Diego picked out his weapons and explained the task to his subordinates:
"Alecondero, you pick the biggest guy of five hundred grades, go to the second line, you just shoot with this strange short musket, and the first line can be handed over to us. ”
A bearded man took the order: "No problem, lieutenant! Although these guns have shorter tubes, they are no less powerful than turtledoves within a hundred feet!"
Diego: "Suare, my finger is broken and I can't hold a knife, you bring the hundred guys with the best armor, wait a minute, I will take the spearmen against the enemy, and the work of 'harvesting' will depend on you." ”
Another group of people took the order and left.
At this time, a young man posted it depressedly:
"Dad, what about me? My swordsmanship is no worse than yours, why do my uncles have arrangements, but I don't have any work?"
The bearded Diego looked at him at this time, a rare smile appeared on his hairy face, patted the young man's delicate and tender face, and said:
"Pablo, there is a job for you, go to the mountains, go to our Indian boss, I need hundreds of idlers to help us load muskets, you take them, you don't have to go into battle, just help Alecondero load muskets!"
"Oh no! it's not fair to me!"