By the time the Teutonic heavy catapults, giant pole scale catapults and "porcupine" ballista burst fires were launched, the area covered by the Teutonic heavy catapults and the giant pole scale catapults poured all the assembled incendiary bombs, the open space in front of the first line of defense had completely transformed into a sea of fire, in which billowing black smoke rose straight into the sky, and the scope forced the shots of the shotmaru, who had wanted to arrive over the scene to shoot the shots, had to avoid this place, and kept hovering and taking pictures in the surrounding high air.

"Unprecedentedly tragic, much more shocking than the earth-shattering bloody battle seventy years ago" Constantly pressing the shutter, Shotimaru sighed while desperately taking photos from various angles, at this moment the clearing that turned into a land of flames reminded her of some previous memories, "I didn't expect those Teutonic people to really be able to do this, human beings are so ruthless to their own kind, or use such a cruel way to strike, and say that we monsters are more terrible than anything else, it's really ironic." ”

Aside from the long sighs of the shotimaru who was collecting information from afar in the sky as news material, in the forest, the young daimyo who saw the cruel scene in the basin outside the forest was already trembling.

"Ju is actually over like this?" Looking at the positions that were burning in the sea of fire and constantly collapsing, as well as his own ashigaru and samurai who were still screaming and struggling, Shiozukigawa felt that his heart was dripping blood: these ashigaru and samurai who had just lost were veterans who had experienced several battles, even those Ashigaru who had just been recruited into the army some time ago were far better than ordinary ashigaru's combat effectiveness, not to mention those samurai who fought on the battlefield while their father was still alive, and it was distressing enough to die any one," They actually set up catapults on the frontal battlefield? Where did they get so many fireballs and thunderbolts? Didn't they only use them when they were besieging and defending cities?"

"I don't know, my lord!" replied the military advisor standing behind Shioyuechuan, bowing deeply, "Our horsemen have only received information that they have built camps and positions here to engage us, but because the enemy is so tightly guarded, our horsemen will not be able to obtain more information even if they pay the price of many sacrifices!

"It's none of your business, who would have thought that they would be able to use catapults on a frontal scale and have so many fireballs and thunderbolts. Yan Yuechuan waved his hand, he knew very well that even if his horsemen were rich in reconnaissance and intelligence detection, it would be very good for such a group of troops who were completely unfamiliar with combat style and weapons and equipment to know their attack intentions, and he couldn't force too much, "Strange, how can they still launch such huge arrows? Could it be that there are giants in their army?"

This question is not only for the daimyo Shigetsukawa, but also for all those present who saw the crossbow arrows piercing the bodies of their own ashigaru and samurai. However, it is no wonder that this group of Japanese generals who wore and deviated from the Warring States period of Japan from God knows which parallel plane, at that time there were basically no long-range weapons such as crossbows among the many weapons used in Japan, let alone ballistas, they rarely even used catapults, basically either battering rams or ladders, naturally they would not have thought of the Teutonic troops using ballistas to cause the effect of rain of arrows on their ashigaru and samurai troops.

"What now, my lord?" asked a Japanese samurai holding the katana at his waist, some of the ashigaru and samurai who had just escaped from the front had been evacuated with great difficulty, but most of them had suffered burns ranging from severity, and very few were undamaged, and the tragic condition of Ashigaru, who had just been baked by the wave of fire and shed his skin all over his body at a very fast speed, made his eyelids jump after seeing a lot of bloody scenes. If we continue to send ashigaru or samurai, we will not be able to deal a blow to the enemy once they throw those fireballs and thunderbolts again. ”

"When the flames in the basin are extinguished, send out the bamboo spears and attack the enemies armed with various arrows, and if the enemy fireballs and thunderbolts are fired from the catapults, they will immediately retreat, and if they are just those huge arrows, leave them alone. "Although it hasn't been long since he sat in the position of the Daimyo, Shiozukigawa has fought a few battles after all, and soon found that although those crossbow arrows can directly nail people to the ground in disregard of armor, they can't be too flattering, and they can't be compared to the enemy's fireballs and thunderbolts that ignite a large area with a casual smash." If it is found that the enemy's fireballs and thunderbolts have been used in the strike just now, then send some samurai on foot, but the cavalry must not move, unless the enemy chooses to attack, otherwise the enemy who is defending on the hillside will not need to fear our cavalry at all. ”

"Yes, my lord!" replied the Japanese samurai with a bow, and then walked down to give the order to the back-to-back flag-bearers.

For some time thereafter, both sides remained quietly in their respective territories, waiting for the flames in the basin to be extinguished, so that the time passed from morning to noon, forcing another war to be delayed for some time.

"All eat separately in the same order as before! Those who don't have their turn to eat should be defensive!" Under the orders of Feng Longde and other company commanders and detachment commanders, the Teutonic soldiers in the first and second lines of defense began to eat on the spot, and those who had their turn to eat pulled off their cotton chain armor masks and took out the bread and dried meat prepared in advance from their arms and stuffed them into their mouths and slowly tore them, and at this time, some armed human workers would transport drinking water from the pre-war camp to the first and second lines of defense to ensure that the Teutonic soldiers would not have unnecessary negative effects due to dehydration in the sunny environment, and those Teutonian soldiers who had not yet taken their turn to eat still maintained a normal defensive posture at this time to prevent the enemy from attacking at this timeto ensure that the first and second lines of defense are always on alert and can respond in a timely manner.

As for the Teutonic artillerymen and lich mages in the third line of defense, they are not to mention, the latter basically do not need to eat and drink, they can maintain their fresh body state in the best state by relying on muscle rejuvenation and activating liquid, only occasionally a lich mage who still retains his living eating habits will eat something, but it is nothing more than bread and water; the Teutonic artillerymen did not eat dry food, and basically spent half the morning busy with the operation and preparation of various heavy weapons, and they were enjoying the freshly cooked meals of the cooks who rushed from the Teutonic campIf it weren't for the fact that the Teutonic soldiers in the first and second lines of defense needed to be vigilant against enemy movements, they would have eaten a hot meal instead of a makeshift meal with bread and dried meat.

Although the Lich Mages who are responsible for monitoring the Revenant Rangers can relay the latest information to the Undead King anytime and anywhere and convey instructions instantly through the soul connection between each other, after all, this is not a former Teutonic army with all the deceased, but a Teutonic force that is almost entirely human soldiers. The speed of the communication between the detachment leader and the squad leader is not much faster than that of the modern troops, so it is very necessary to maintain normal vigilance, otherwise it will be too late to be dumbfounded.

Compared to the situation of the Teutonic troops who were wary of the enemy and ate in an orderly manner, the Japanese army of the Sengoku period seemed to be a little chaotic - not that they ate in an orderly manner, but the overwhelming regional fire coverage of incendiary bombs and ballistae in the morning left an indelible impression on everyone, especially those who saw the ashigaru and samurai burned to death by the standard incendiary bombs, and now vomited immediately when they saw cooked or grilled meat, and could only drink gruel or eat wild fruits

At noon, the battle continued to pause for a while because both sides needed to eat to replenish their strength, but when both sides finished eating at about the same time, the battle still began.

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"Bamboo spear ashigaru, forward!" After eating and resting for a while to make sure the food was almost digested, along with the orders of the Ashigaru generals, they arrived at the various bamboo spear ashigaru troops, and after the shouts of several Japanese samurai leading the group, the bamboo spear ashigaru wearing a hat on their heads, wearing simple equipment or cloth clothes, and holding bamboo spears in both hands began to fish out of the forest and slowly advanced towards the first line of defense.

At this time, a sea of fire in the open space has now been extinguished, but there are still a large number of blackened corpses and jagged mutilated positions and crossbows on the charred ground, the armor on the corpses of the Japanese samurai who were burned to death has revealed the iron part inside, and the exquisite and gorgeous bamboo and wooden armor outside has been completely reduced to ashes, but the corpses are still well preserved, that is, the skin and flesh are burned, and they look quite hideous and distorted

For Feng Longde, the burning effect of the standard incendiary bomb will not cause too serious damage to the corpses, and it is a big deal that these enemies who are burned to death by the standard incendiary bomb will not be reincarnated as a deceased person who retains self-consciousness and memory, and simply remove the charred skin and flesh and then use the muscle rejuvenation technique to reshape it and reincarnate as an ordinary undead creature, which has a very high recyclable value; , and even some young Japanese samurai couldn't help but take off their face armor and vomit to the ground.

This time, Shiotsukikawa had clearly learned his lesson, and the number of bamboo spears he sent was not large, and he was only guarding against the terrifying incendiary bombs and ballistae of the Teutonic troops, and he also needed to use a small number of troops to conduct a tentative attack with the Teutonic troops in the first line of defense to confirm the enemy's combat effectiveness.

"Huh, use the ashigaru, that is, the light infantry, to attack us?" Looking at the bamboo spears and ashigaru who were slowly approaching with bamboo spears in their hands, Zhu Henghong snorted disdainfully, and then waved the one-handed long sword in his right hand and shouted loudly: "Boghall pikemen company, super long spear solid phalanx!"

"Drink!" Under the command of Zhu Henghong, the Boghall pikemen under his command quickly formed a solid phalanx of super-long spears, and the super-long spears and halberds stood in a forest, forming a gun forest composed of spear heads; at the same time, under the orders of their respective company commanders or detachment leaders, another Boghall pikemen company and five Acropolis regiment detachments also lined up in their respective formations, waiting for the enemy's ashigaru charge.

Originally, Zhu Henghong was a little strange why the Teutonic artillery no longer carried out regional fire coverage strikes, but he was relieved to think about it briefly: he had participated in the combat meeting and knew the situation of the Teutonic artillerymen very well. The regional firepower coverage strike of the iron cannon ashigaru and the Japanese samurai wielding the bow consumed all the standard incendiary bombs and ordinary ballista crossbow arrows, although there are also Chana fire incendiary bombs and various special crossbow arrows with enchantment effects, but it is too wasteful to deal with the bamboo spear ashigaru who are quite conscripted light infantry, and their own top boss is definitely adhering to the principle of careful calculation in this regard, it is estimated that if the enemy does not send a large number of Japanese samurai on foot or Japanese samurai immediately, the Teutonic artillery will always maintain the current state of watching the show。

The same is true for the Boghall riflemen, who were not so outnumbered as last year against tens of thousands of Aztec fighters, so all but a few of the Boghall snipers who targeted the Japanese samurai in the lead remained in a gun-holding position and did not intend to fire - the Burghall pikemen and Acropolis legionnaires in the first line of defense were enough, and the Mauser bullets were not worth hitting them.

From this, we can see the current operational concept of Feng Longde and the Teutonic troops: to deal with any enemy, use weapons of corresponding equivalent value, instead of using expensive weapons wantonly and indiscriminately like the losers, after all, although the current Teutonic camp is not particularly worried about financial problems, but it is not rich enough to use anti-aircraft guns to beat flies, so this combat concept is very necessary now, and at the same time, it is also through actual combat to make the vast majority of Teutonic troops who are new recruits familiar with all kinds of battlefield rhythms, otherwise once they encounter adversity, they will be as easy to produce unnecessary combat attrition as modern American GIs, this is not what Feng Longde wants to see - you must know that recruiting soldiers from the human world now needs to rub shoulders with Huiyin, and if you need to add too many new soldiers, Huiyin will definitely nag him for several days and there is a certain possibility that she will give him a head hammer (to be continued). )