Chapter 147: The Chronicles of the Battle of Laksa (3)
"Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-"
The continuous deafening sound of artillery bombardment immediately started to ring, spewing out balls of smoke from the city wall, roaring solid iron bullets towards the Spanish army about 500 meters away.
Fortunately, several shells roared past Soldado, but none of them hit him. Soldado was stunned for a while before he realized that the enemy also had
The cannons, and there are quite a lot of numbers, seem to be no less powerful than the Spanish army.
In fact, Viscount Soddado is not much better than his commander De La Pena, otherwise he would not have led more than 2,000 people to attack rashly, and Solddado himself lacks it.
After being experienced in the war, after being hit hard by the merchant army, the huge contrast caused his brain to be short-circuited and he could not react at all.
Just when Soldado was stunned, the artillery of the Merchant Army would not stop. There were more than 120 heavy and medium-sized artillery in the Merchant Army. Shang Yi divided the artillery into three batches and fired in turn to form a continuous operation against the Spanish Army.
At this time, in the Spanish military formation, the warriors formed a chaos and screamed in pain! Many soldiers were hit by shells, and they were smashed to death, and died of death. The warriors began to accumulate corpses on the ground.
At this moment, Soddado felt his body shake violently, and only heard the horse under his seat let out a shrill scream, his limbs softened, and he fell to the ground depressedly, pulling Solddado from his back
I got used to getting up, and got two or three out of the way on the ground.
When Suo Dadus stabilized his body again, he realized that a cannon was hit on the chest of his beloved horse, and blood was flowing out. It was probably all the menstruation of the sternum was broken. And around, was there any
A few Spanish soldiers lay down on the ground. The other soldiers also kicked off to minimize the area of being beaten. On the far city, the sound of shelling continued to sound. However, although they encountered such a
The attack, despite the chaos in the formation of the Spanish army, was not defeated, and it still showed the style of a first-class strong army in this era.
Only then did Soldado fully wake up, remembered his responsibilities as the commander of the entire army, and understood that he had to make a decision. Although the artillery and indigenous soldiers behind him also rushed up at this time, Suo
Dadu could also judge that the enemy's artillery was above him in terms of quantity and range, so it was obviously a disadvantage to launch artillery attacks with the enemy.
In fact, at this time, retreating is the most rational and the best choice, but Viscount Soldado's strong self-esteem and his chivalrous romantic personality did not allow him to make this decision. Instead, he suddenly stood up and said to the
The sword in his hand pointed to the county town of Cixi County and shouted: "Soldiers, the enemy is right in front of us. For the victory of the empire and for the honor of our Spanish Royal Army, we rushed!" As he said, he first looked like Cixi County Town
Rushed over.
The Spanish soldiers, led and instigated by the Viscount, also shouted and rushed up. The gunner also pulled the artillery and tried his best to move forward, striving to enter the range and launch a counterattack against the enemy. Only the native Manila people were the only ones.
The soldiers were the smartest. They saw from the scriptures that the situation was not good, so they all deliberately slowed down and fell behind.
Shang Yi watched the Spanish army rush towards the county town on the wall. At this time, Correa couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "General, at this time, we have to launch a meaningless attack. You said the Spanish arrived. Is it brave or stupid?”
Shang Yi glanced at Correa and smiled and said, "Maybe it can be called brave stupidity. Captain Correa, now is not the time for you to feel or sympathize with the enemy, prepare to attack. It's your turn to show off your mercenary team. It's time."
Correa is also an old professional soldier. After hearing Shang Yi's words, he immediately put aside all other emotions, saluted Shang Yi, and said, "General, wait for your order."
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When Soldado issued an order to attack, although the Spanish army was in chaos, the number was about one thousand people. The spearmen raised their spears, and the musketeers drew out their wearing daggers. Following Soldado, braved the fierce artillery fire of the merchant army, jogged up towards the city wall of Cixi County. Of course, what should I do when I rushed to the city wall? How to attack the city without a ladder? Viscount Soldado has not considered it yet This question.
The distance of more than 500 meters is actually not too long, which is only two or three minutes. Moreover, after the team is scattered, the lethality of the solid bullet has also been reduced a lot, so although it continues to charge forward. Some soldiers were knocked down by shells, but the Spanish army gradually approached the city wall very resolutely. At the same time, the artillery also pushed to a distance of about 300 meters from the city wall, and stopped and began to fix the artillery, preparing to fire the artillery on the top of the city. fight back.
But at this moment, the sound of gunfire like a bean burst suddenly rang out, and it was far more dense than artillery. The Spanish army rushing in the front immediately fell down a row. Then, another gunfire sounded, and the Spanish army blew up. The row fell down again, and after a while, the gunfire sounded in the third row. The Spanish army lost more than 200 soldiers in a short time.
Is this a physiological musket? And it was still a well-trained three-stage continuous shooting. Soon Dadu saw clearly that in front of the city wall, a concave trench was dug, which was a physiological trench. Soldiers shot themselves in the trenches. All of these are common tactics used by European troops, and it turns out that physiological people can use them all.
Moreover, since the European army had not invented the bayonet at this time, they could only wear a short sword for each musketeer and use it in close combat. Although this can enhance the musketeer's hand-to-hand combat capabilities, it also makes it difficult for soldiers to charge. When shooting, the firepower was reduced during the charge. Moreover, even though a few people were charging with muskets, the soldiers of the merchant army hid in the trenches, and the attack surface was much smaller than that of the Spanish army, so they faced the situation. The Spanish army had almost no ability to resist the musket shooting of the merchant army and could only keep falling to the ground and dying, but it could not cause any blow to the merchant army.
But at this time, a drum sound suddenly sounded from the city of Cixi County. After hearing the drum sound, the soldiers of the merchants who were ambushing in the trenches all held muskets and crawled out of the trenches. A considerable number of spear soldiers were also involved. It was obviously necessary to face the charge of the Spanish army. At the same time, the gate of Cixi County suddenly opened, and an army broke out from the city.
Although Soldado could see that the opponent had much more people than him, the enemy gave up hiding in the trenches for long-range strikes. It was indeed a good thing for the Spanish army, at least it could be with the enemy.
The white sword battle started. But immediately Sodada discovered that he was coming out of the trench, but the soldiers of the merchant army were not in a hurry to charge forward, but first pulled out a short sword from his waist and looked at the muzzle.
Then he rushed towards himself.
Soldado couldn't help but admire these physiological people. This was a good idea. If you insert the dagger into the muzzle, the musket turned into a spear, which was much better than a simple dagger.
After the call, you can learn... Wait... Soldado suddenly discovered that the physiological soldier raised the musket with a short sword and shot at him. The gunshot that had just been extinguished for a while rang out again, and the Spanish army was in the same place again
Many soldiers were shot and fell to the ground and died.
Can you still shoot with a short sword in the muzzle? Just when Soldado's mind flashed through this thought, he realized that it turned out that the physiognomy did not insert the short sword in the muzzle, but was under the barrel.
If it weren't for the battle, Soldado would have jumped up. This is really a smart invention. Is this what a physiological person does? But now Viscount Soldado cannot be asked to find the answer, because at this time, there is
Several physiological soldiers rushed to the front, raised the musket with a short sword, and stabbed them hard at him.
The Sixth Regiment was guarding the position in front of the city. In fact, Shang Yi could have them stayed in the trenches and shot, and could also eliminate the Spanish army. But I thought that all the soldiers in the Sixth Regiment were recruits, and there was only one
The musket camp and the rest of the spearmen were all in the village, so it was necessary to let them all go to the battlefield to fight and kill them, and see blood.
At the same time, Shang Yi also saw that the number of Spanish troops was not large, about 2,000, and nearly half were Manila native soldiers. The real Spanish soldiers were only about 1,200,300.
Just now, the artillery gun fired, and nearly half of them were killed. Now the merchant army has an absolute advantage. Unless some of the remaining Spanish soldiers are wearing underwear outside, the merchant army will not win.
After running away, they can use them to train their teams. Although this will lose a certain amount of soldiers, the price is something an army must pay during its growth.
After the two sides fought, the war was actually as Shang Yi expected, and there was no suspense at all. The Spanish army was originally small in number and had nearly half of the losses. The morale was low, and the formation was completely scattered, so they could not form the Spanish phalanx they used to be.
Fight. In fact, with the remaining Spanish troops, there is no Spanish formation. The merchant army is not only crowded, but also has a complete formation, and the rogue of guns is stabbing out. The Spanish army is unable to resist and are all being
The spear and bayonet were used to penetrate the body, and fell to the ground screaming.
Soldado has indeed received regular and strict military training. Although his command ability is average, his personal quality is not bad at all. He waved his sword to block the right frame on the left and right frame, blocking several spear-bayonets in succession, and he was able to catch it.
One chance, kill two soldiers from the merchant army.