"By Your Majesty's order, the army of my Tang Kingdom will launch a full-scale attack on your army, if you admit defeat, it is still too late to beg for mercy."

"The valiant and tenacious Mexican army will crush any delusions of aggression and tremble at the roar of artillery, Orientals......" Major General Gutierrez continued, glancing back at his thicker infantry array, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes; My army will shatter the myth of the invincibility of the Tang Kingdom, pay tribute to the invaders with bayonets and bullets, and defend the glory of the Mexican soldiers. ”

Indeed, Mexicans do not lose to anyone when it comes to lip service.

Colonel Tian Mantun politely put his hand on the brim of his hat, made a simplified version of the hat salute, and replied; "In that case, let's see you on the battlefield."

After saying that, he turned his horse's head and galloped towards the square array.

In the middle of the battlefield

The front-line commanders of the Tang Kingdom and Mexico did not speculate for more than half a sentence, and each rode back to his own array.

The battle horn sounded

Under the order of the commander, the soldiers of the two sides who stopped and waited carried their guns and lined up in a long "one" shape to face each other, and the distance between the two sides quickly approached from 3 kilometers to within 2 kilometers.

"Ready, fire!"

Seeing the Mexican attacking soldiers entering the firing range, the artillery commander of the Tang Kingdom issued an order to open fire.

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

Forty-eight Colt 12-pounder guns roared angrily, smashing the hot shells into the Mexican army's column, and nearly half of the guns hit one after another, directly creating more than 20 bloody alleys in the Mexican ranks.

The bouncing solid shells were invincible, the Mexican soldiers were broken and wailed, and the advancing ranks were momentarily sluggish and agitated, forced to move on by the commander.

"Well, yes, Colt's new breech-loading gun can have a range of up to 1,850 meters, which is one-third longer than the old gun, and its power is greatly enhanced." Richard said with an approving look on his face.

This is a new 12-pounder field gun developed by the Colt Arms Company, with rifling, breech loading and wedge sealing technology, and an improved version of black powder, which is indeed much more powerful than the old artillery, and the range of artillery fire covers a wider range.

The only drawback

It is that the development progress of the new shell is lagging behind, and for the time being, only the old-fashioned solid bullets and shotguns can be used, which cannot give full play to the full power of this Colt breech-loading gun.

Even so, the accuracy of shooting has been greatly improved.

Richard observed that within five minutes of his artillery position, three rounds of artillery fire had been fired in succession, setting off a bloody storm and wailing all over the Mexican army.

So he decisively ordered;

"The artillery unit suppressed the fire output, bombarded at a rate of three minutes, don't break the Mexicans early, go and execute it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Mexican army unilaterally endured the bombardment of the enemy's artillery, and the two armies were separated by more than 1,300 meters, and they had already lost three or four hundred men, and the long queue had already been twisted and deformed, and had become unstable.

The Mexican army is equipped with old Spanish artillery, the youngest of which is more than 60 years old, and more than 100 years old artillery abounds, and the battle has not been fought until now.

It's not that I don't want to fire, but the range is poor.

Most of these old Spanish artillery guns have a range of 800~900 meters, and the enemy's infantry array has not yet entered the firing range, and firing is also a waste of shells.

Major General Gutierrez, who was in command on the front line, also knew about this huge drawback, but he didn't expect that the artillery of the Tang Kingdom could hit so far and so accurately?

But there was no turning back from the bow, and Major General Gutierrez could only order his officers; "Order the soldiers to move quickly, shorten the distance between them and the other side as soon as possible, and the artillery to prepare for battle."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The order was quickly conveyed, and the commanders of the Mexican army waved their command knives in their hands, loudly urging the soldiers to move quickly, and the formation of the attack became more distorted.

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

At this time

The artillery positions of the Tang Kingdom opened fire again, venting the dense artillery fire in the Mexican army's array, and because the distance was shortened to less than 1,300 meters, the artillery fire became more dangerous and deadly, and the strike accuracy was higher.

The largest part of the 48 guns hit the Mexican attack line, and the entire row of troops was splashed with blood, and the stumps and broken arms flew into the sky with spinning, and they fell like dogs' teeth.

This round of shelling alone caused more than 230 casualties among the Mexican army.

This made Major General Gutierrez's eyelids twitch fiercely, and Tie Qing ordered the overseer to kill the soldiers who left the queue without permission, and maintain the offensive queue from collapsing.

The Mexican army with 20,000 against the 9,500 infantry of the Tang Kingdom, although it lost six or seven hundred people under artillery fire, the overall strength was still superior, and it was not impossible to fight.

Major General Gutierrez is convinced;

Bullets hit Oriental soldiers will still die and be wounded, as long as they endure the casualties and hold on, they can see the dawn of victory.

The Mexicans endured heavy artillery fire, and the two formations continued to approach, and as the two sides approached within 900 meters, the Mexican artillery positions could not wait to open fire.

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

More than 30 scorching shells were fired, and very few could really hit the queue of the Tang Kingdom, and the shooting progress of these old-fashioned Spanish guns was quite touching at the extreme range.

Although not much was achieved, the involvement of the Mexican army's artillery was able to give the soldiers some comfort.

But this illusory consolation was soon shattered, because the artillery positions of the Tang Kingdom turned their guns and began to bombard the Mexican artillery positions fiercely, enveloping them in a cloud of artillery smoke and dust.

By the time the smoke of gunfire gradually cleared, the Mexican artillery positions had been smashed all over the place, more than half of the artillery had been destroyed, and the positions were littered with artillery corpses.

In the face of the long-range and precise attacks of the artillery of the Tang Kingdom, the old artillery of the Mexican army had no power to parry at all, and they were ravaged one-sidedly.

Fortunately, the Mexican artillery positions temporarily attracted the enemy's artillery fire, which made the advancing Mexican soldiers' queues much easier, and quickly shortened the distance between the two.

800 m ...... 700 m ......

When the dense and deadly artillery fire of the Tang Kingdom completely destroyed the Mexican artillery position, the military columns of the enemy and us were less than 600 meters apart, and each could see the expression of each other's eyebrows and eyes.

The artillery positions immediately turned their guns and bombarded the Mexican forces intensively and frequently.

At this time

The artillery commander received the order to "let go of his hands and feet and go all out to output firepower", and the artillery positions immediately threw off their arms and worked hard, frantically venting their firepower with an average of one round of intensive artillery fire every minute, and the Mexican army facing collapse.

At this critical time

Major General Gutierrez gave the order to charge on all fronts, hoping that the close quarters battle, which had cost a lot of casualties, would make up for some of his losses.

As a result, nearly 20,000 Mexican troops launched a full-line charge, and after entering a distance of 300 meters, they fired the first round of guns, causing more than 300 casualties to the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom.

But that's about it

Richard watched the frantic onslaught of the Mexican army and gave the order to "open fire on all fronts" after the enemy approached to a distance of 250 meters.

In an instant

The soldiers of the Tang Kingdom opened fire fiercely with Colt Type 1848 repeating rifles, round after round seemingly endless, and a dense rain of bullets and locusts enveloped the Mexican ranks, making them cut leeks and knock them down piece by piece, killing and wounding.

And that's not all

Forty-eight Storm heavy machine guns appeared on both sides of the Tang Kingdom soldiers' queue, and then opened fire, spreading a deadly rain of bullets on the Mexican army.

Artillery rumbled, heavy machine guns roared......

The unprecedented intensity of fire turned the battlefield into a bloody hell of death, which was a one-sided slaughter, and the strong smell of blood and gunpowder smoke mixed together, conveying a strong smell of conspiracy.

The Mexicans never expected that the firepower of the Tang Kingdom was so strong, and the United States did not make a noise after suffering enough of the Storm heavy machine gun and the Colt 1848 repeating rifle, but knocked out teeth and swallowed blood, and quietly endured it.

The words in the war report were vague, and I didn't expect to hurt the Mexicans.

"Retreat...... Hurry up and retreat, the whole army retreats. "Admiral Héctor dos Santos, who was standing in the rear, was already pale with fright, and gave the order to retreat in a panic.

In fact, there is no need for him to say that the Mexican army in the hell of death had been defeated as soon as the firepower of the Tang Kingdom broke out, and countless people threw down their muskets and hugged their heads and ran away.

It's a pity it's late

Entering the dense coverage area of the Tang Kingdom's army's firepower, it is extremely difficult to run, and people can't always run bullets.

Countless Mexican soldiers were knocked down by bullets as they fled, and their bodies were stacked on top of each other, stretching for hundreds of meters outside the valley, making people's scalps tingle to watch.

More than 10 minutes later

The order of "ceasefire" was conveyed to the battlefield, and all the troops of the Tang Kingdom stopped shooting, and the thick smoke formed a blue-black haze, making the visibility of the battlefield quite poor.

Just a few minutes later

The warm wind blowing through the valley lifted the smoke and presented a scene of bloody slaughter, with the 20,000 Mexican soldiers who attacked the army wiped out, and almost no one could escape.

The fast-legged Mexican cavalry had already retreated into the valley in fright, and the battlefield was as silent as death.

The infantry of the Tang Kingdom had already scattered in all directions, mending the corpses on the battlefield one by one, and collecting the Mexican soldiers who pretended to be dead to deal with the aftermath.

The smell of blood in front of the battlefield in the valley was strong, and the Mexican soldiers huddled in the valley shivered one by one, looking at the hellish slaughter scene in front of them, they had lost most of their will to resist.

The cuirassier regiment of the royal guard, with bright armor, approached the valley in a neat cavalry formation, and the officer at the head shouted loudly;

"All the Mexican officers and soldiers in the valley, King Richard of the Tang Kingdom has personally conquered here, and those who surrender can be spared from execution, and they will be incorporated into the ranks of the servant army of the Tang Kingdom and enjoy preferential treatment.

Those who die without repentance will be slaughtered by the whole clan, and there will be no forgiveness for killing.

If the army arrives tomorrow and the Mexican army is still stubborn, on the day the city is broken, everyone will be executed, and no pardon will be given.

Who goes and who follows is a matter of life.

Wang'er waited before thinking twice, don't make mistakes, the end will be like the 20,000 unjust ghosts in front of the valley.

Don't be unpredictable. ”

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