On August 4, 1781, the sixth day of the siege of Petersburg, Washington, who had gathered 15,000 troops, finally launched a frontal attack, and the soldiers of the Continental Army bent down in a skirmish formation, and slowly approached the position of the 131st Regiment under the cover of artillery fire.

"Boom, boom, boom......!"

From time to time, incoming shells fell to the ground, killing and wounding nearby Continental Army soldiers, but the other Continental Army soldiers ignored the casualties of their comrades and continued to advance, and soon came to a ditch.

In the past few days, Washington has not waited in vain, he has gathered the army and ordered the soldiers to make tools to cross the ditch, so many soldiers of the Continental Army who participated in the attack worked together to carry the wooden ladder that was made close to the ditch.

Wooden ladders were erected to the ditches, and the attacking Continental Army soldiers stepped on the wooden ladders to prepare to cross the ditches, so that the ammunition they carried would not be wet, but because of this, the wooden ladders and the Continental Army soldiers on the wooden ladders became the main targets.

"Boom...... Whoa!"

A cannonball hit a wooden ladder accurately, and the fragile wooden ladder became two, and several Continental Army soldiers on it also fell into the water screaming.

"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang ......!"

The 131st Regiment's position was full of smoke, and the soldiers armed with Minnie guns pointed their guns at the Continental Army soldiers on the wooden ladder, and under their accurate shooting, the Continental Army soldiers from 200 meters away kept falling, and the Continental Army soldiers who were crowded into a group around the wooden ladder were the best targets, and the soldiers of the 131st Regiment only needed a slight aim to shoot at the target.

At present, there are only more than 1,000 Mini rifles in the entire 131 regiment, in order to improve the continuity of fire, Ouyang Yu has adopted a more unique method, by a soldier with the best marksmanship to shoot, and then three soldiers are responsible for loading in the back, although this reduces a certain density of firepower, but greatly strengthens the continuity of firepower, the soldier in charge of shooting only concentrates on shooting, can fire about twenty times per minute, forming a steady stream of barrage.

The war of the eighteenth century was not like the two world wars later, the soldiers would lie down or look for cover, because of the relationship of firearms, the soldiers of this era would only straighten up and carry out line tactics, and the soldiers of the Continental Army who would not dodge under the dense rain of bullets were hit one after another, especially the soldiers on the wooden ladder and nearby were attacked by concentrated fire, and the few lucky ones passed through the first ditch, and soon were shot into a hornet's nest in the second ditch.

Under this precise and brutal blow, deserters inevitably appeared in the Continental Army, whose morale was already low, and then the soldiers of the entire attacking force collapsed, and the first attack carefully prepared by Washington failed.

More than 1,000 corpses were left in front of the position of the 131st Regiment, most of the corpses were poured near or in the ditch, the blood that flowed out stained the muddy water, the groups of corpses floated in the water and slowly floated, the wounded who were lucky not to die lay on the ground and screamed, and the whole battlefield was like hell on earth.

Before the attack, Washington had expected that there would be no intensive fire at a distance of a hundred meters, the 131st Regiment did not have much artillery, and the first attack should allow the Continental Army to control the range of the first hundred meters of the position, laying the foundation for a later attack, but the accurate Minnie gun completely broke his plan.

Washington couldn't understand why the soldiers of the 131st Regiment could hit the target from a distance of two hundred meters with rifles in their hands, and with the tragic accuracy of the smoothbore guns of this era, it was almost impossible to hit a target that far away, but the soldiers of the 131st Regiment did it and more than one.

The crushing failure of the first attack caused Washington to halt the second offensive, and if it was not clear why the soldiers of the 131st Regiment were able to hit targets two hundred meters away, any further attack would only result in the soldiers dying in vain.

"General, there's a girl who says she has important information to report to you, and she has a plan to help you defeat the British in the city. ”

Just when Washington and the generals were at a loss, the guards brought them good news.

"Invite her in!"

At this time, Washington didn't care who it was, as long as he could help him defeat Ouyang Yu, he was willing to hear and see.

After a while, a petite figure walked into the tent, she was the arrogant and indifferent green-haired girl that Ouyang Yu had met in the restaurant, and the girl was followed by two soldiers, one of them holding a rifle in his hand, and the other holding two grenades.

"Hello Miss, what is your name, and what important information can you tell me?" said Corporal Washington with a smile.

The green-haired girl's tone of reply was as cold as ever, "My name doesn't matter, it's this." The green-haired girl pointed to the rifle in the hands of the soldier behind her and said: "This rifle is called the M1781 rifle, which was invented by Catherine, the commander of the British army in the city, last month, and she improved the existing rifle by adding rifling to use special bullets, so that this rifle can hit targets at a distance of 500 meters." The green-haired girl introduced the characteristics of the Minnie gun to the generals of Washington and the Continental Army in more detail.

Washington, who took the Minnie gun from the soldier's hand, sighed deeply and said with a wry smile: "In addition to fighting, Her Royal Highness the princess actually invented such a firearm, I can't think of it, I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out." ”

"And this. The green-haired girl pointed to the grenade and said: "This weapon is even more terrifying than the rifle in your hand, it can explode, when it explodes, dozens of fragments will be generated, and people or animals within a radius of ten meters will either be killed or injured, and the princess Catherine has also organized a special army to throw this weapon, this weapon is simple and can be produced in large quantities, hundreds of them are produced and equipped every day." ”

Washington and the generals were cold when they heard this, really according to what the green-haired girl said, unless they fought with the flesh and blood of the soldiers, just like the Japanese more than a hundred years later, they would have no chance to recover Petersburg.

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, Washington asked again: "Miss, you said that there is a way to help us defeat the British army in the city, what kind of way is it?"

"It's simple. The green-haired girl replied with a sly smile, "Dirtwork." (To be continued.) )