"What's going on? Tell me more about it. ”

"Well, that's right, the enemy appeared in the eyes of the patrol at six o'clock this morning, and now he is eight hundred meters away from the wooden wall, and it seems that he is making breakfast. ”

"Telescopes. ”

"Here. ”

Before Kent and Clark could get out of bed, several heralds called them up. Before they could get angry, the herald told the two of them about the discovery of the enemy. The two also received a warning from the family and remained vigilant during this time. As soon as you hear that the enemy is really coming, how can you still feel sleepy. None of the maids came to help, and they immediately put on their own uniforms and followed the herald to the wooden wall.

After Xiao Lin's blow, the two were originally a little disheartened. For a month, the two completely degenerated into gentlemen who only knew how to eat, drink, and play with women. However, the talents of the two made it impossible for the two families to give up on them, and after more than half a month of hard work, various methods were tried, and finally the two of them cheered up. They were sent to the town again, each leading their own family's army. After all, there are now 2,500 troops in the town. The Addams family is strong, with 1,500 people, while the Pandey family has only 1,000 people.

The two of them took the monocular from their deputy and carefully observed the Yanhuang Trading Company's escort eight hundred meters away from the wooden wall. As a soldier of the convoy who has received military training in the 21st century, the first thing he does when he comes to the vicinity of the enemy's territory is to build fortifications.

Tribulus terrestris, which was specially designed to deal with cavalry, barbed wire to prevent the enemy's massive charge, trenches with a depth of one meter and eight meters for soldiers to hide in and shoot, and cat's ear holes that had a strong protection against shelling, all had to be built. Even if the cat's ear hole was not very necessary because of the poor performance of the current front-loading artillery, Xiao Lin asked the soldiers to build it carefully according to the knowledge they had learned. Even with a high-quality steel sapper shovel, it took them more than two hours to complete the basic construction.

The reason why the fortifications were chosen to be built 800 meters away was because the artillery in Xiao Lin's hands here could exert enough power. With the use of new gunpowder and improved barrel technology, these front-loading guns were able to hit targets slightly larger than humans at a distance of 800 meters. Even if the hit rate is only about 60 percent, it is better than getting too close and being wiped out by the enemy's artillery. Because the enemy's artillery was still mounted on a wooden wall seven or eight meters high, Sholin had the soldiers modify the style of the 20th-century enclosed turret and build a sufficiently strong fort facility.

When the attack officially began, that is, when the fort was built, it would take about two hours. The reason why it took so long was that there were only a hundred people in the construction, and the rest were all in place, holding rifles and submachine guns at the gate of the town, in case the enemy cavalry rushed out to attack the construction soldiers. Although Kent and Clark don't have as strong binoculars as they do in the 21st century, they can still see the Guardian soldiers who are always on guard. The hundred cavalry they had left could not be consumed like this.

The muskets and artillery could not be hit, the cavalry and infantry did not dare to let them leave the protection of the city walls, and Kent and Clark did not have much to do. Now, the two had to ask the soldiers to reinforce the fortifications again, hoping that the reinforced defenses would be able to block the fire of the enemy's artillery. Mortars are not good guns for destroying fortifications, they are designed to kill soldiers in trenches and destroy machine-gun positions.

Since the last time Sholin used mortars to break down the gate and part of the wall, the two families have been strengthening the wall. Because the wooden walls had already been built, it was impossible to tear them down and rebuild, so they had to fill the key parts with stone and lime mortar, and also used masonry to build a layer of defensive walls on the wooden walls. However, in order to prevent the direct fire artillery on the walls from reaching their targets, they could not raise the wall on the outside side to guard against mortar shells.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the fort defense was built, and the soldiers began to boil hot water and make instant noodles to eat. The tempting scent, which wafted down the wind to the city walls, and the sound of the stomachs of the town's soldiers who had been on guard since the early hours of the morning was really connected. Compared to them, who could only eat bread with cold water, they were able to eat a bowl of steaming instant noodles, but they were the best treatment in the autumn war, and for this reason, the soldiers stood up and swaggered to eat, as if they were showing off.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the fighters took a nap after breakfast, and the mortar group was preparing to start the attack. After ten minutes of aiming, they had locked onto the target. The three six-pounder cannons placed on the walls were the targets they had to knock out in the first step. The position of the mortar was a thousand meters from the city wall, and Kent had no choice but to be bombed passively. The leader of the mortar squad used the walkie-talkie to report that Sholin had finished aiming, and Shawlin immediately gave the order to shoot.

"Knock knock!"

The distinctive sound of three mortar fires rang out, and two seconds later, three huge fires appeared on the city walls. After three loud explosions, Kent clearly saw that the turrets of the three six-pounder guns had collapsed, and the soldiers around them had been beaten into a sieve by rubble and pieces of broken iron. Fortunately, the gunpowder was not placed aside, otherwise there might have been a martyrdom and more casualties. Kent didn't expect that after not seeing each other for two months, the combat effectiveness of these people had increased even more.

"Well done mortar squad, give me to continue to aim at the exposed enemy batteries, be sure to aim well before shooting, we have enough time, don't be in a hurry, wait until the task is completed, go back and give out the bonus." ”

"Yes!"

After two months of intensive simulation training, the technical level of all the fighters responsible for operating mortars has improved significantly, especially the elite of the twelve selected elites. As long as you are not in a hurry, keep your mind steady, and aim and shoot slowly, the hit rate can be maintained at more than 90 percent. This terrible hit rate, when destroying the nine forts on the ground, really frightened the soldiers of the two families. Everyone was far away from the fort, not to mention the rescue artillery, and they wanted to run farther, for fear of being affected by the explosion.

Thirty shells were fired, and the twenty-seven guns deployed on the city walls by the two families were knocked out by the 120-mm mortars. The mortar team finished their mission, packed up the mortars, began a maintenance cooling wipe, and then stored them in the weapons case that Xiao Lin had brought with them. By the time the mortar team had retreated, Sholin had already ordered his fifteen front-loading guns to fire.

There are a lot of white men under this command, and there are really many white soldiers who have mixed in the artillery unit or have been in contact with front-loading artillery. There were also three Indians, who also entered the artillery unit because of the speed of learning. For the operation of front-loading guns, the best and most efficient operation process has long been summed up in later generations, and it is not the first time that they have operated these guns. Because the ammunition for these guns could be made on their own, after getting this batch of guns, they had already conducted more than two dozen shooting trainings.

More than 200 rounds of artillery shells were expended back and forth, and their proficiency in these guns was no worse than that of the British regular army. With the use of new gunpowder and alloy shells, the range and power are about a third stronger than the guns of the same caliber owned by the two families. At this time, only twelve three-pounder guns remained on the wooden wall of the town. Under the three concentrated fires, all of them also lost their combat effectiveness. Now that the artillery had been solved, Sholin began to move forward with the infantry.

Coming to a distance of two hundred meters from the city walls, the warriors stopped. Since the enemy's rate of fire is not high, then they do not need to pursue a high rate of fire either. Every soldier can shoot after five minutes of aiming, because the enemy can't hit them. Even with the help of the city walls, Kent and his men could only guarantee a lethal effect on the convoy fighters within a hundred and fifty meters. Kent saw that all the soldiers who came out of the wooden wall were hit, and he was so anxious that he felt that he had called these people off the wall.

Xiao Lin always used the high-powered telescope used in the 80s of the 20th century to observe the enemy, and he was able to see clearly at a range of several hundred meters. Now that the battle goal has been reached, the artillery has also shifted the target, and the gate of the town is just an ordinary wooden gate. Ten six-pounder guns, after a single shot, knocked down the gate. However, when Xiao Lin saw the scene behind the gate, he roared out directly.

"Get down!"

Kent and the others have also learned wisely, knowing that they are no match for the Yanhuang Trading Company in terms of long-range firepower, so they plan to put the battle at close range. With the support of the two clans regardless of the cost, the whole town could have sixty guns, although there were no large-caliber ones, but the three-pounder guns were sufficient. There are fifteen gates, all of which are placed behind the gate of the town. As soon as the gate fell, the guards were exposed to the muzzles.

Kent they fired not solid shells, but iron nails and gravel. Some of the fighters reacted quickly, and when they heard Xiao Lin's roar, they reflexively fell to the ground and escaped. However, most of the fighters still failed to react and were hit by these things. Fortunately, Sholin was careful and not mistaken, and the attacking warriors wore the cuirasses and leather armor that had been made and captured from the Addams family's army. For the time being, no one has died for this.

Seeing that the enemy was preparing for a second shot, Xiao Lin picked up the submachine gun beside him and accelerated with all his strength to sprint towards the city gate. Running and yelling, all the soldiers immediately shot at the artillery behind the city gates. The soldiers woke up from their stunned stupor at the roar of Xiao Lin, rifles, pistols, submachine guns and grenades, and the enemy artillery was thrown into disarray.