"The Donghua people started shooting!" the officer on the side exclaimed.
We have just entered three hundred yards now, and we are still far away from the range of the flintlock gun!
Did these Donghua people panic when they saw so many people attacking?
Of course not. Because Mansour could clearly see that his own soldiers were constantly falling.
Although at this distance, the fallen soldiers were not as dense as a close-range shot, but this shows that the Donghua people's muskets can indeed hit such a long distance.
"Damn! They just played a trick. These people used rifled guns, which are popular in Europe now. These Donghua troops are really cunning. If they can't do it, they order the soldiers to charge."
Who is behind these East Chinese people and the Spanish government? This is impossible. The Kingdom of Spain does not have that much money.
Is it the British? Do they want to colonize South America like Spain?
Didn’t the British have enough colonies?
Moreover, the independence of these colonies was more or less supported by the British.
Mansoor suddenly thought in his mind that he did not believe that these Indians and Chinese could do this on their own.
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the Chinese countries across the ocean are supporting them.
As trade with China has increased in the past two years, many Peruvians have become aware of China, a big country in the East.
In the eastern part of Peru, some cash crops such as sugar and cotton were exported to China with the fleet.
Is it the mother country of the Chinese that supports them? Isn’t it said that it is a backward and old empire?
It seems pointless to think about these things at this time, and besides, that is something that the Peruvian government should worry about.
When encountering each other on a narrow road, the brave wins. Mansour knew that the best way now was to charge forward and use the numerical advantage to fight the opponent hand-to-hand.
Mansour's order was passed down by the messenger.
The drummers in the original team stopped beating, and then the horn of the charge sounded.
One by one, the soldiers of the La Montaña Army charged forward with their flintlock rifles equipped with bayonets.
He has quite an aura of being brave and not afraid of death.
At this moment, Donghua Army's artillery roared again.
Artillery shells fell into the camp of the La Montaña coalition, reaping the lives of coalition soldiers.
Soldiers were blown away by artillery shells while screaming, and as they landed, the sound stopped abruptly.
Unknowingly, these descendants of white people played the role of the Indians back then.
They became the one who charged and the one who was passively beaten.
No matter when you fall behind, you will be beaten. These descendants of the old colonial empires have gradually been unable to keep up with the development of the times.
These coalition soldiers had some courage. They ran forward with muskets in both hands.
Their mouths opened wide and they roared loudly, which seemed to dilute the fear in their hearts.
Among the many battalion-level phalanxes, there was a coalition battalion commander named Frandy.
He and his men were all from Iberia, so the battalion he was in was also called the Iberia Camp, which was an area on the border between Peru and Brazil.
Frandi's hometown of Iberia is not a stable place.
They sometimes had to fight the Indians in the rainforest.
These rainforest Indians have a strong sense of territory, and Frandy and his manor often infringe on their territory during their expansion.
They may even have conflicts with Brazilians.
Although Brazil's political situation is unstable, they are the most powerful country in South America.
Because of being in such a place, Iberia formed a guard force.
Frandy was originally the captain of the guard. He was not the eldest son in the family, and it was impossible for him to take care of the family estate, so he could only try to make a career in the army.
With the support of his family, Frandy's guard team did an impressive job.
This time the coalition was formed, Iberia sent 500 people to form an infantry battalion, which was affiliated with the Second Infantry Regiment.
Another reason why Frandy was so active in leading troops to the war this time was that he wanted to occupy a piece of land in the central region and establish his own manor.
Although Peru is a vast country and sparsely populated, most of the land is owned and cannot be occupied at will.
Enclosure like Donghua relies on their strength to support it.
Even so, he was still criticized by other manor owners.
Therefore, land is not that easy to obtain.
At the beginning, Frandi and the others were full of confidence because they were told by superiors that they were going to fight the indigenous people.
Frandy thought he was going to fight the Indians with bows, arrows and spears.
But as soon as they came up, their artillery was destroyed.
The enemy on the opposite side is clearly more elite than the Spanish government troops.
Next, the commander sent two regiments up to test the attack.
The battle was fierce, and the natives on the opposite side were obviously all equipped with muskets.
When were the natives equipped with muskets and artillery?
Frandy felt that the people above must have deceived them, and the battle this time was not so easy.
He had already retreated in his heart, but with so many troops here now, he could only lead his men and charge forward.
Yes, the damn commander actually let them charge. Because the enemies on the opposite side had obviously replaced them with rifled guns, and their shooting range was far beyond theirs.
It was a damn charge. It reminded him of his previous battle with the Indians. The Indians charged against their muskets and artillery.
Then the men all fell before their guns.
At this time, the positions were reversed.
The soldiers wearing green uniforms opposite were indeed indigenous people with black hair and yellow skin.
But why is it that the other party is wearing a uniform military uniform, while the people around him are wearing a variety of clothes?
The opponent used more advanced rifled guns, but they were still using flintlock guns.
Who are the indigenous people?
Except for the Peruvian government army, local armed forces rarely adopt uniform military uniforms. If you have the money, you might as well buy more guns.
This is the way warlords think. The number of soldiers and guns is what they need most.
That's their confidence.
Frandy thought that if he couldn't occupy the territory this time, he could also grab a lot of wealth, so that he could feed more troops.
When the time comes, the strength in his hands becomes stronger, and the family will rely on him even more.
Other forces in Iberia should also give him a little more face.
There will also be more resources available to him.
Just when Frandy and the others were receiving rifle fire from the enemy.
The charge whistle sounded. Frandy knew that it was a wise choice to charge at this time. Although he didn't like such a charge.
If they continue to advance in formation like this, they will undoubtedly suffer greater casualties.
But at this time, the enemy's terrible shelling sounded again.
Explosive bombs have been around for a long time, but they are very expensive and require skilled gunners to operate them, otherwise they will easily explode in the barrel.
So, the question arises, where did the natives on the opposite side get so many skilled gunners?
Frandy held a saber in his hand and walked to the side of the team.
Bullets and artillery shells passed through his side. The honor of the soldier allowed him to keep his original posture and continue to move forward, but he was extremely frightened in his heart.
Seeing the soldiers he had worked so hard to recruit fall one by one around him, he felt a little distressed in his heart.
At the same time, I also have a deep fear, when will the bullet hit me?
Frandy was even thinking at this time, why didn't the army around him collapse?
If the entire army collapsed, he could escape with his men.
He didn't want to fight, so it would be nice to stay in a small Iberian town and live the life of a small warlord.
There are maids to serve in daily life, and occasionally they bully the Indians.
"Boom boom boom..."
"Bang bang bang..."
Artillery and rifle fire continued.
The men around Frandy were completely out of formation after the charge was launched.
Frandy also fell behind.
Otherwise, he would have been knocked down by his enemies long ago.
On the Donghua Army side, seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, the officers began to order their soldiers to prepare grenades.
The enemy has entered a range of thirty meters.
"Drop the bomb!" came the order from the company officer.
In front of the Donghua Army, grenades were thrown out overwhelmingly as if they were free of charge.
"Boom, boom, boom..." The explosion bloomed in front of the parapet like raindrops on a rainy day, creating a purgatory of blood and fire.
"ah……"
"God, save me!" The bombed coalition soldiers with mutilated limbs struggled on the fragmented river beach.
Mansour's attention was completely attracted by the fierce battle ahead.
At this moment, three screams sounded from the rear of the Donghua Army.
Three red flares flew into the sky.
Mansour's pupils contracted.
"What's going on?" Many coalition officers had a question mark in their hearts.
Mansour suddenly felt that the soil in his makeshift headquarters was shaking slightly.
"No, it's the cavalry!" a staff officer couldn't help shouting.
Now the infantry of both sides are completely fighting together.
After the consumption on the offensive road.
There are no more soldiers left on the coalition side than there are on the defensive of the Donghua Army.
After the coalition infantry was baptized with grenades, someone finally climbed onto the parapet.
The front row soldiers of the Donghua Army rushed forward with bayonets drawn.
All the coalition soldiers who climbed up the parapet at first were bayoneted.
Soon, with the arrival of follow-up coalition soldiers, the two sides finally came together in hand-to-hand combat.
The fighting scene was very fierce. This was the first time that the Donghua Army encountered such an intense battle.
In terms of hand-to-hand combat skills, the Donghua Army is on par with the Lamontagna Allied Forces.
Donghua Army's casualties are also increasing.
Mansour already saw hope of victory.
However, the tremor of the earth at this time seemed to suddenly pour him a basin of snow water from the Waslanka Mountain.
His mood instantly hit rock bottom.
"Commander, it's the enemy's cavalry. Thousands of cavalry are coming from the rear." A messenger came riding from the rear in embarrassment to report.
Quickly mobilize the reserve team to stop them.
Mansour still has a regiment of reserve troops in hand, and together with the guard troops around him, he can make up 2,000 people.
However, no defenses against the cavalry were built in the rear.
There were no obstacles that could stop the cavalry on the open river flats.
When he originally chose this place as a battlefield, Tian Fang had already considered that it would be more suitable for the deployment of cavalry.
The Donghua Army has a total of two cavalry regiments.
This time, the First Cavalry Regiment that came out to fight Tian Fang, led by its commander Li Yunshan, fought its way out of the hidden woods to the east.
First, they swept through the enemy's logistics camps placed in the rear.
A battalion placed by Mansour in the logistics camp was defeated in one blow.
Li Yunshan left behind a man who even guarded the prisoners and captured and consumed the supplies brought by the enemy.
Then he took the remaining people and continued to fight forward.
The whole process only took ten minutes.
From a distance, Li Yunshan saw that the enemy had organized less than two thousand people to form a blocking front.
It is estimated that the enemy was in a hurry. They did not build any fortifications.
"Charge!" Although he had to bear a certain amount of casualties, Li Yunshan decided to charge directly.
By this time their horses had picked up speed.
Without artillery support, these enemies want to use one or two thousand infantry to block cavalry of the same magnitude as themselves. This is simply a wishful thinking.
"Bang, bang, bang..." Even the lances of the Donghua Army's cavalry have a farther range than the flintlocks used by the Lamontagna coalition.
Before they could fire, these coalition soldiers were killed and wounded by Donghua cavalry.
This kind of killing has a very great psychological impact on soldiers.
Li Yunshan now has no time to slowly consume the other party.
After using up all five bullets in his rifle, he waved his saber and led his cavalry to kill him.
This time, one regiment of allied infantry held off the Donghua cavalry for only ten minutes.
Frandy, who was urging his men to move forward to kill the enemy, also noticed the movement behind him.
There are only a few small woods on the entire river beach.
Frandy could roughly see what was happening behind him clearly.
The signal flare just now was the enemy summoning his cavalry.
If this servant had a cavalry attack behind him, it would undoubtedly be devastating.
So when the opponent's cavalry came out, Frandy couldn't help but look back.
He saw the commander sending out reserves to block these enemy cavalry.
However, the blocking infantry was quickly defeated.
He saw the cavalry continuing to charge towards him.
Many people were concentrating on fighting the Donghua Army and did not notice the cavalry coming.
Frandy knew very well that everything was over and all the efforts just now were in vain.
"Retreat, follow me!" Frandy is a smart man.
He knew he couldn't wait any longer and took advantage of the enemy's cavalry before they arrived.
Maybe for a few more minutes none of them would be able to escape.
He quickly called on a few of his cronies to escape with him.
Frandy doesn't want to die here.
Frandy followed the dozen or so people around him and began to retreat.
He is obviously not the only smart person.
Some people in the fighting team fled one after another, finally causing a chain reaction.
Before Li Yunshan's cavalry regiment arrived, the Lamontagna coalition forces had already begun to collapse.
Li Yunshan could only chase and kill these defeated soldiers.
They continued to kill, but these people stopped running away. Many people knelt on the ground and surrendered.
Mansour had already escaped on horseback, escorted by his personal guards.
Li Yunshan sent a company to chase after him. It would be bad if the other party's commander was let go.
The battle has been won or lost, but the war is far from over.
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