Chapter 36: The War of Annihilation
The artillery is useless, and whoever gets close to the artillery now will be killed by concentrated fire. Babu also couldn't figure out how the enemy could have such accurate marksmanship. However, this cavalry was not of much use, and the enemy was on the slopes of the hills, so it would be strange if they rushed up the hill and were not killed at once. What made Babu angry the most was that they were actually suppressed by bows and arrows.
"What's the panic, and there aren't many people dead, organize me to fight back! Fight back! Fight back!"
"Bang bang bang!"
Babu roared, not only calming down the panicked lobster soldiers, but also attracting a bullet. Fortunately, Babu reacted quickly, and his old background still existed, and he knew that it was dangerous to expose his commander's position and position on the battlefield, so he always squatted behind a rock near the left hillside, and as long as he did not show his head, neither side could hit him. The bullets smashed the stone into a splinter, but it had no effect at all.
The lobster soldiers assembled and began to form three teams ready to shoot. Speaking of which, their movements are strictly in accordance with the infantry drill code, which belongs to the most mainstream and advanced tactics in this era. However, in the eyes of Shawlin in the 21st century, this kind of behavior is to seek death. Originally, the range and power of the official rifles far exceeded the smoothbore guns in their hands, and they didn't want to find a cover to advance into their effective range first, but instead gathered together and ran to an unobstructed place.
This Xiao Lin was not polite, and immediately used the walkie-talkie to inform everyone not to rush, and wait until they were gathered together before attacking. Now, aim at those who are scattered and fleeing, and let them run away and not come back, without seeking to kill or injure. A team of 100 people, it didn't take long for them to be assembled. Sholin sent the Apache down a twenty-five-meter hill, only fifty meters in a straight line from the lobster soldiers. All the grenades were in their hands, and twenty of them were all the ones with the strongest arm strength that had been picked out in previous training.
With a wave of his hand, it is absolutely no problem to throw the grenade fifty meters, and it is extremely accurate. Three hundred grenades, all of them were thrown out in ten minutes under the hands of these twenty men. The three hundred lobster soldiers who had just gathered were blown up and turned over on their backs, and the formation that had just been lined up was chaotic at once. The Apache threw the grenade and without delay, returned from the pit to where the large army was.
When the smoke cleared, the three hundred grenade shells actually only made more than seventy enemies incapacitated. The others, who were only slightly injured, did not affect the battle. However, this is very traumatic. This kind of attack is weaker than artillery, but the momentum is the same. The lobster soldiers, who didn't see the situation clearly, were so frightened that they thought that the enemy had more than a dozen artillery pieces constantly bombarding them. And there are only three artillery pieces on his side, and they have not yet exerted their power, and no one dares to approach.
In the era of firearms, artillery is the god of war, and whichever side has more cannons represents which side has a greater chance of winning. Therefore, the lobster soldiers, who had finally calmed down, became chaotic again. Only Babu, the commander who had been hiding behind and peeping, noticed that the enemy was not attacking with cannons, but with the casualty effect of the explosion of small balls thrown at him. Babu also knew what his subordinates thought, but these didn't take a good look at it, and they collapsed directly.
This is also the disadvantage of the colonial militia, which is not the time of American independence, nor is it the latter part of the decisive conflict with the Indians, and they have no experience in fighting a tough battle. Especially these in his hands, they usually follow him in the small town to raise waste. The really elite ones were transferred to the big colonial cities.
At this time, more than 100 lobster soldiers lost their combat effectiveness. All armies, with 20% casualties and combat effectiveness, are regular troops, 40% casualties still insist on fighting, that is, elite, and 50% casualties do not collapse, that is, the elite of the elite. If you keep fighting to the death, you will encounter a life-and-death crisis. Even on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, from time to time, so many Kuomintang troops betrayed the country and defected to the enemy.
Seven hundred lobster soldiers, and now the casualties have reached two hundred. The casualties have reached thirty percent, which is already the limit of the British militia. Even the cavalry began to move out of the battlefield. It was also because of the terrain that Xiao Lin knew that they could not pose a threat to his side for the time being, and the bullets and arrows did not greet them. If you don't run at this time, then when will you run. In particular, the cavalry commander was also a man who was at odds with Babu.
The warriors of the Eagle Tribe have already pulled their hands with bows and arrows, and they can no longer continue to use compound bows frequently. Xiao Lin directly put them into a spare medium formal rifle, and after two weeks of training, no matter what, they learned to shoot and they would not be frightened. Xiao Lin didn't want them to maintain the accuracy and speed of the compound bow, so they let them aim there, and everyone was allowed to shoot for at least thirty seconds.
However, in doing so, the number of people who used muskets also increased. Bows and arrows, in fact, the lobster soldiers are not afraid at all, in their eyes, the most powerful is the musket. As soon as the sound of muskets increased, the remaining lobster soldiers ran faster, and the one hundred and fifty mercenaries under Babu could not stop them at all.
Even so, Babu was not going to give up, and fled like this, and he did not end well. On the British side, because of the Addams family, there is definitely no going back. On the French side, he didn't have an army in his hands at that time, and he didn't have much money, and maybe he would be handed over in the end to appease the anger of the Addams family.
In his hands, there are also one hundred and fifty Hessian mercenary-turned-soldiers, all the time, he has eaten and drunk well, and there is no shortage of money at all, just to use them at such a time. Born as mercenaries, they have a lot of combat experience and will not be as stupid as these militia-level lobster soldiers. With their examples, none of these mercenaries have directly assembled. Instead, they dispersed, each looking for cover, and rushed to the hillside on the left.
On the left, there are many trees and rocks, so you can find more cover. Go to the right, both sides have a good chance of attacking them. Xiao Lin had already seen that it was impossible for these experienced mercenaries to be killed on the way to approach, at least, more than a hundred people would reach the point of close combat. On the hillside on the left, there are 200 people here because there are many Tibetans. Except for the seventy Eagle Tribe warriors who have been using bows and arrows with sore hands, the rest of them have not yet consumed much physical strength.
Melee combat is imminent, but Xiao Lin looked at the box cannon in his hand and was full of confidence.