Chapter 51 Marine Corps, it depends on the battle!
Amid the sound of war drums, the Spaniards followed the Burgundy Cross Flag, and headed for artillery fire on the ridge, and began to accelerate along the gentle slope.
Although the power of the Xuande cannon is small, its recoil is also small. The position is also set in front of the gentle ridge, which saves even the small earth slope for resetting.
After firing one shot, the cannon truck retreated only one meter and immediately returned to the cannon position along the slope. After countless practices, the gunners immediately stabilized the cannon truck and then started loading tacitly.
After gunner No. 1 dipped the gun brush in water to clean the barrel, gunner No. 2 immediately loaded the fixed shell, gunner No. 3 stuffed a ball of greasy linen into the barrel.
Then the gunner No. 1 brushed the bullet pusher on the other end and sent the shell into the bottom of the chamber to compact it. The grease linen is used to block the muzzle to prevent air leakage. This can increase the power. The grease can also be used to lubricate, making the shells easier to stuff in.
Then the No. 4 gunner used a thick awl to punch holes in the medicine bag through the fire door, and then used a pointed-mouthed medicine pot on his waist to add some launching medicine to the fire door to improve the success rate of flintlock.
Finally, the gunner commander fine-tuned aiming, and ordered the gunner No. 1 to pull the gun rope and fire!
The whole set of actions is troublesome, but the gunners who have been tempered for thousands of times can be completed in just over ten seconds! It is like a car that caresses a race car to enter the station in later generations.
Twenty Xuande cannons hit the Spanish square formation with a very high firing rate.
Indeed, each gun cannot cause too much damage, and even if it hits, it can only penetrate three or four people. But it can't stand it fast. The Spaniards can move forward for 100 meters and the Xuande cannon can fire three or five guns.
Moreover, as the distance gets closer, the shooting rate and lethality of the artillery are increasing sharply, and the accumulated damage is still considerable.
When the Spaniards advanced to four hundred meters, the square formation in front had been significantly thinned a lot.
But perhaps because of the pride of the king of the world, or perhaps because of being in a desperate situation, the Spaniards continued to move forward in the sound of drums, the people in front kept falling down, and the people behind silently filled in and then fell down again.
Three of the flag bearers who were being taken seriously have died at this time. The fourth flag bearer held the flag and continued to lead the phalanx forward.
When they advanced within 300 meters, the Marines who protected the artillery team set up launchers about a foot long and began to release the Oda City rocket.
Although Oda City can shoot one or two kilometers away, it can only be within three hundred meters to ensure that it is not outrageous.
The difference between this field rocket and the burning family type is that its warhead uses high-nitrifying gunpowder, which can achieve stronger explosion effects!
Moreover, my nephew who has been relying on his hands to the entertainment industry has been crazy about using a double-layer warhead, a bamboo tube for easy transportation, and a porcelain bottle of medicine in the inner layer. After the explosion, he used a fragment to kill the enemy!
Therefore, older single men are very scary. You should care for them and find a partner for them, otherwise it would not be surprising that they would do anything outrageous.
With a whistling sound, Oda City's rehabilitation flew out in a swirling manner. It shot into the Spanish phalanx from various angles, and many Spanish officers and soldiers were shot directly to the ground.
As the bang was like a firework, rockets exploded in the enemy formation. In the violent explosion, fragments splashed, causing the officers and soldiers to scream and throw themselves into weapons, covering their faces and rolling all over the ground.
‘Oda City Reconciliation’ is like its name, beautiful and dangerous. Although it is not fatal, it can cause a large number of soldiers to be injured and lose their combat effectiveness...
"Don't worry, move forward, move forward!" Colonel Saldo was also covered in blood by shrapnel. He waved his sword with a ferocious face and roared: "Retreat is death, only by moving forward can you have a way out!"
"I saw it, God smiled at us on the top of the slope!" The priest of the army also tried his best to add his domineering uniform.
The Spanish officers and soldiers were indeed in desperate situations. At this time, their hypoxia brain had only one thought to fight to death and make a bloody road, so that they could go home! Go home! As for where the home is and how to go back, they didn't think about it at all.
This is the reason why military strategists always say that the enemy should not pursue. People will always burst out with incredible combat power in desperate situations.
But Zhao Hao's order is to wipe out the entire body!
"The Marine Corps will be determined today!" This is Mr. Zhao's speech to his subordinates before the war!
‘Marines, it’s up to one battle!’ This sentence has also become the Marines’ future slogan.
The Spaniards risked great damage and almost broke the second formation in the previous formation in almost half, and finally rushed to within 200 meters.
The heavy convex gunman crossed the square formation and stepped forward, set up a fork to put on a gun, ready to kill the opponent's gunner!
"Replace the shotgun!" The Marine Corps artillery commander ordered loudly.
The gunners immediately stuffed the bags of shotgun into the barrel. As for the grape bullets, the barrel was too thin to be inserted.
But killing infantry and shotgun are enough!
Bang bang bang, the confringer fired, and more than a dozen gunners fell down.
Boom boom boom, Xuande cannon also fired the cannon at the same time, and the barrage of the shotgun ejected, instantly covering the rows of musketeers in front!
The musketeers immediately became sieves. All of them were gone after the shooting, including those who had no time to retreat, and those who were about to step forward to take over the shooting...
No matter how light the Xuande cannon is, it is also a cannon. Each shotgun fired is comparable to the projectile of a heavy-core gun. Thousands of shotguns are fired together, which is comparable to the strafing of a heavy machine gun.
"Go forward! Keep moving forward!" Gonzalez, the red-eyed phalanx, took advantage of the Ming army's gunners to reload, personally held the battle flag and took the lead in charging.
"We are the Spanish Philippine Corps! The record of the Imperial Army's undefeated cannot be ruined in our hands!"
The Spanish officers and soldiers had lost their ability to think and only knew that they would follow the officers and see that they started rushing, they would fight desperately!
It doesn’t matter what keeps a dense formation anymore. Hurry up and take down the artillery position before talking about it!
The gunner fired two more rounds, and both sides had already reached within a hundred meters.
Amid the dense gunfire of dada, the Gatmu Thunder gun began its performance.
There are only a hundred left in the second team of Espanyol.
Within fifty meters, the Marines threw out the tea tea grenade again!
Artillery fire, rockets, dense rain of bullets and grenades completely buried Spain's second formation...
The phalanx leader Gonzalez was also hit by a grenade fragment and fell in front of the Ming people's artillery position.
But the sacrifice of the second phalanx was not in vain. The officers and soldiers of the third phalanx followed the bloody path they had opened and entered the artillery positions of the Ming people!
Under the cover of the Marines, each artillery team quickly withdrew from the position, crossed the ridge, and fled downhill!
This made the Spanish people who were already in madness very angry. Light musketeers raised their guns and shot some Marines.
Just as the Spanish crossed the artillery position and were about to rush up the ridge in one breath and started to chase, they suddenly heard a burst of intense military horns!
This inspiring voice was like a devil's roar in the Spanish ears. It made them shudder, and their movements stumbled, and the speed of the sprint slowed down.
No, right? No?!
I saw a long row of enemy troops lined up into thin lines with them one step ahead of them from the other side.
The look of despair appeared on all Spanish faces.
They never expected that there was a large group of enemy troops hidden behind the ridge line!
This feeling of encountering ambush after making great sacrifices is like the last straw that crushed the camel, breaking the string in the hearts of the Spanish soldiers...
The soldiers were similar to the outfits they had seen before, all wearing beautiful blue battle robes, white trousers on the lower body, and short black leather boots.
What's slightly different is that these soldiers who formed thin blue lines had a sharp iron helmet on their heads and a half-body chain mail on their upper body, showing their Marine Corps identity!
The Marines standing shoulder to shoulder on the Ridge Line, raised their guns without saying a word!
The two sides are less than twenty meters apart at this time, so how can they use aim? Shoot directly in the face and hit every shot!
A rain of bullets knocked down all the more than 200 Spanish soldiers rushing in front like mowed grass.
If a formation of muskets were set up to shoot each other, it would not cause such great damage in one afternoon.
This is the true meaning of Houpo tactics. Since the musket is touching, I will hide it first and wait until you get in front of you before firing! Putting the muzzle into your mouth will not go wrong, right?
However, the Marines adopted this tactic mainly to overcome the weakness of the musket's range being inferior to the opponent's opponent. I waited until such a close distance before popping up, and the gun I held in my hand was the same.
In fact, Wuda's plan showed up at 50 meters, but unexpectedly, Spain finally ignored the formation and started a charge. So the Marines went up the ridge a little late.
But on the battlefield, it is impossible for everything to be as satisfactory as possible. Surprising is the norm.
After the shooting, the Marines in the first row did not stop and continued to line up the thin blue lines to face the Spaniards.
Behind them, another row of marines came up and raised their guns to aim!
At the sharp whistle, the front line of the Marines squatted down together, and the back line of the team pulled the trigger. The projectiles passed through the front line and poured down, and blood plum blossoms bloomed. Another row of Spanish soldiers was knocked down...
This time, one hundred and five were eliminated...
Then there is the third row.
This time, the killing was less than 100, because the Spaniard was frightened and could not move forward. The Spaniard, who had a range, had already fallen into pieces in the first two rounds.
After the third row, there was only one reserve team in case of accidents. Naturally, I couldn't get out of the battle at this moment.
But this has already damaged the house, okay? There are three rows of 1,800 Marines lying behind the ridge!
How many unethical people can come up with this idea!
A young master Zhao who did not want to be named sneezed in the camp...
This tactic is used for the first time, and the effect is naturally excellent.
Seeing the blue army everywhere fighting out in rows and slaughtering their comrades madly with guns, the Spanish people in the third party were hit by a fatal blow.
What's even more terrible is that when they charged, they were already in a mess and could not form a phalanx...
Chapter completed!