Apache led the second battalion and captured the town of more than 6,000 people in just two hours. Basically, no civilians reacted and fled. With a population of a few thousand, the Apache is ready to do the next. In this world, whoever does not treat the pound as money the least, that is the company. There is a set of printing lines, and you can print as much as you want. All the men in the prime of life were hired to help the army build fortifications on a temporary basis, and were paid three pounds a day for three meals, which was a good thing that most of the civilians in the town could not dream of.

Relying on nearly two thousand civilian men, the next morning, the town's fortifications were restored and somewhat strengthened. Shoren, who was sitting in the back, was also inspired by Apache's actions and asked each battalion to take the same measures. After three days of continuous construction, the fortifications were enough to deal with the first wave of reinforcements from the British. There will definitely be reinforcements coming later, and the size and elite will increase significantly, but there will be more time to build more and stronger fortifications.

Especially with machine guns, it is possible to build a defensive weapon that is unimaginable in this era, machine gun bunkers. Even if the firepower was a little lacking due to the small number of machine guns, there were no rear-loading heavy guns, no wooden-handled grenades, no tank flamethrowers and other weapons that could damage the bunker, the British could not do anything about it. Xiao Lin was also ruthless this time, thirty revolverning machine guns were all transferred by him, and a battalion was divided into three, but in order to prevent a lot of damage, the soldiers were still asked not to use them as much as possible.

The company's convoy had finished the battle, and all ten British settlements had been captured. The rest, naturally, is a matter for the Charles family and the trader tribe. The five targets left for them are not big targets, the largest settlement is only 3,000 people, and the militia is only about 500. The Traders' tribe and the army of the Charles family have been strengthened by Sholin. The infantry firepower was all replaced by Hall M1819 rear-loading rifles, and the artillery was also a heavy-fist front-loading rifled gun eliminated by the company.

More importantly, it absorbed the advanced training experience of some company escort teams, which made their army undergo a qualitative transformation. This battle is extremely important for both forces, and even related to whether the two forces can continue to exist. As long as these five settlements are captured, fortifications are built, and the British counterattack is blocked, they can officially join the Yanhuang Trading Company. Although the treatment of the army may not be the same as that of the guards soldiers, at least there is not much shortage except for weapons.

In fact, neither Alger nor Quelder knew about it, and Shoren said that they were lying to them. These five white settlements are not at all the vital defense nodes in Shawlin's plan. Even, in Shawlin's original plan, there was no such settlement at all. It's just that because it was a settlement captured by the Guard, the Charles family and the trader tribe suddenly said that they wanted to join the company completely. In order to test the strength of the two forces, Xiao Lin classified these five settlements as targets.

Xiao Lin always felt that the company could not give people the impression of a garbage can, and could not let any cat or dog feel that they were the talents that the company needed, so as to cause more trouble. Don't dare, Alger and Quelde, both have a lot of certainty. The Charles family had a total of 2,000 private soldiers, originally only 1,000, but during this time, they relied on trade with Yanhuang Trading Company to form another 1,000 people. The members are all the descendants of the old servants of the family and the soldiers of the British army who have been in their hands for a long time, and their loyalty is enough to guarantee.

Therefore, the three largest settlements were handed over to the Charles family to attack. And the two weakest settlements are naturally the dishes of the Quelder family. Alger personally led the troops, and with the convenience of Charlie's transfer order, he easily entered the three settlements, and also took in the five hundred soldiers of the Trader tribe unknowingly, lurking in the hidden terrain outside the target. It was also half past eight in the evening, and at the time agreed by everyone, they also started.

After all, the trader tribe has been embracing culture for a long time, and has long since changed the bad habits of the Indians. Therefore, under Xiao Lin's notice, it was carried out in a similar way as the escort team. Their target was so weak that they didn't even have a wooden wall, just a simple wooden fence around the houses. The Indians are also experts in camouflage in the Dark Night Forest, so naturally they were not discovered by the enemy in the preparation stage, with a total of fifteen heavy-fist guns, nine of which were divided into settlements with many enemies, and only six of them outside the other target. Five hundred warriors, also divided into three hundred and two hundred teams.

After the heavy fist fired, the wooden fence naturally fell in response, and the fighters rushed up. The Charles family is simpler, although under Charlie's orders, the militia are a little wary of the Charles family, but it is not much. Alger spent a lot of money to take out all kinds of delicious canned food and bread snacks from the company and the shelf life factory, and prepared a very sumptuous Christmas dinner with the roast goose made with the company's spices.

Using this as an excuse, all the leaders were invited. People in these small places, when have they seen so much luxurious food, naturally let go of that little bit of vigilance, and happily brought their families to the Charles family camp to enjoy a big meal. Alger wasn't a murderer either, and he didn't kill them. Instead, in the midst of their eating, a large dose of sleeping pills was given. In the 21st century, there are sleeping pills with low side effects sold in pharmacies outside. With Xiao Lin's strength, it is naturally very easy to buy some sleeping pills.

In the 18th century, there was little resistance to antibiotics, and these sleeping pills were so effective that they exploded. These prisoners who were tied together, even the sound of the earth-shattering fire of the heavy-fisted artillery, showed no sign of awakening. Without command, the militia is even more vulnerable. The private soldiers of the Charles family are much stronger than those of the trader tribe. Fighters are more disciplined, more in-depth in their exploration of new tactics, and more proficient in new weapons.

The Hall M1819 rear-loading rifle was originally designed by the Americans for use by their own white army. The Americans were basically formed by white people who were mainly British immigrants, and the physical characteristics of the warriors were exactly the same as those of the Charles family. Both the length and the recoil were perfectly within the range that the white fighters were most suitable for. The company's craftsmanship makes the style of the rifle more refined and robust than the original historical American arsenal.

Keeping in mind the shooting drills, the soldiers first took out a bullet, removed the bolt, stuffed the bullet, put it back in the bolt, aimed at the enemy, and pulled the trigger. The sound of fire, which was very different from that of the front-loading muskets, rang out, and the enemy fell in response. Before they died, these enemies were still compacting the gunpowder in the chamber of the gun before loading it. Although the Hall M1819 is the most littering of the rear-loading guns, firing several steps more than bolt rifles, it can still be compressed into less than five seconds by skilled fighters. At this time, the musketeers who used the front-loading guns were only able to compact the gunpowder.

One step ahead of others can lead step by step, not to mention double the time of the first. Even they didn't have Type 56 submachine guns, they didn't have Type 17 pistols, they didn't have light machine guns and heavy machine guns. However, relying on the power of the Hall M1819 rifle, they still had no power to fight the enemy. The chamber was made of steel using late-20th century craftsmanship and was enough to withstand more than 5,000 shots. The stability is not at all comparable to the front-loading musket, the front-loading musket is afraid of the gunpowder loading more explosive chamber, and the Hall rifle that uses bullets does not have this problem at all.

Alger's eldest son, Toth, the deputy commander of the army, watched this scene and was completely stunned. Originally, he also thought that Xiao Lin was too bad at being a man, and he had eaten his two sisters, and sold them weapons that were inferior to those equipped with his own army, and even doubted the power of this rifle. At that time, for the sake of secrecy, no shooting tests were conducted, but I did not expect that the effect would be amazingly good in a real battle. The huge generation difference in weapons makes the combat effectiveness of the two sides not at the same level at all.

Even the yellow powder grenades were not used, and the militia, which was not much inferior in numbers, was defeated in front of the private soldiers of the Charles family. Even, after an hour of fighting, the only few wounded soldiers of the Charles family were just wrestling or breaking their feet during the pursuit. Toth stood still, amazed at the sight of the money.

"What's the matter?

"Father, I just, I didn't expect that with a new weapon, our family's private soldiers could be so powerful. ”

"Hehe, now, you have no objection to my choice. ”

"Yes, or your father, you are wise, just these weapons that are backward compared to the company can form such a powerful combat power, I even wonder how powerful it can be if it is a weapon used by the company's escort team. ”

"Don't worry, you'll see. Xiao Lin is your brother-in-law, I am also old, and your younger brothers still have some business talents, and the family will have to be handed over to you in the future, and there is a chance to lead the troops. However, you also have to adjust your attitude, after all, don't be too presumptuous in the future. ”

"Don't worry, I know all of this. ”

"Okay, let's go, intensify the attack and settle the battle within an hour. There's already news from your brother-in-law's side that they've all settled the fight. ”

Alger and Toth rushed to the front of the unit with a Hall M1819 rifle and began to direct the battle. Both were veteran generals in the army, and their command skills were very strong, and the private soldiers immediately became more organized and did not waste too much energy on unimportant goals. Since then, the population of the Yanhuang Trading Company has doubled, and the area of domination has quadrupled before, officially entering the world stage.