More than a dozen artillery guns of the Vanne defenders were all arranged on the small high ground in the rear row of the infantry queue, and only the old-fashioned mortars with a range that were too close were placed at the forefront.

These old mortars were not fired because their effective range was similar to that of the flintlock gun. You must wait until the enemy advances to the shooting position before you can effectively kill the enemy.

Although these mortars have a short range of effective range, their lethality is not weak at all, because they are equipped with flowering bullets of this era, which is the originator of grenades!

Even if the black gunpowder explosion filled with flowering bullets in this era is not too powerful, it is quite effective than the solid projectiles to kill infantry, not to mention that in this era, they rely on infantry cluster phalanx battles. Once the flowering bullet hits the target, they often fall into the middle of the crowd to explode!

As for the remaining direct-fired cannons, the effective range is quite long. When the Black Dragon Legion was still moving forward from a distance, it was bombarded by solid iron bullets. From time to time, several unlucky guys would be smashed by iron bullets!

This kind of long-distance direct-fired artillery is not efficient in killing the enemy, but it is very effective in attacking the enemy's morale, because people killed by solid iron bullets are often very miserable. When a solid iron bullet hits any part of the human body, it will smash it to blood and blood on the spot!

Li Wei, holding a monocular telescope in his hand, saw a line infantry advancing with his own eyes. He had a serious face in the last second, but turned into a headless corpse in the next second!

My whole head was broken!

Even the line infantry, who were brainwashed to the point of loyalty, changed color one after another, and a solemn look appeared in their eyes very rarely.

Click ~

Boercha, who was standing next to the queue and following his soldiers, heard the sound of cunning bone cracks, couldn't help but turn his head and look, and then his face couldn't help but twitch.

Because he saw a big hole in his chest, and the ribs inside were broken and scattered around the corpse lying on the ground, the soldiers in the back row stepped over the position of the person on the top of the corpse.

Now that Boercha, who is in the rank of captain, just controls a company phalanx. As the company's chief officer, he doesn't have to stand in front to lead the team, he just needs to follow at the edge of the back row of the team.

"It's almost there, you can attack the enemy by walking a hundred steps!"

At this time, the infantry in Vanne did not move towards each other, but formed a tight battle line and stood straight.

This was a wild showdown, and the defenders of Vanne did not stay in the chest defense line behind.

The reason is very simple. If the defenders of Vanne City do not come out on their own initiative, Li Wei will naturally not take the initiative to attack the field defense fortifications that are heavily guarded by heavy troops!

With such a large area in Vanne, where can't we attack?

More than 5,000 people said that there were no more or less, and it was okay to encircle all the city of Vanne, but doing so would be equivalent to dispersing the superior forces. As the attacking party, Li Wei's Black Dragon Legion could concentrate on attacking with all his strength!

Because Li Wei's Black Dragon Legion marched rapidly, the city of Vanne had never thought that a war would break out. There was no time to build permanent fortifications outside the city to surround the entire city, so naturally he did not dare to divide his troops to garrison.

Without permanent field fortifications, relying solely on temporary excavated trenches and chest bases, the defenders of Vanne City really dare not resist the attack of the Black Dragon Legion with their inferior forces.

This is why the defenders of Vanne City were brought out by Yoshimoto and took the initiative to intercept the Black Dragon Legion outside the city.

The defensive fixed point cannot determine the enemy's offensive route, but it is easy to intercept Li Wei's Black Dragon Legion if it comes out, unless Li Wei gives up attacking Vanne City and turns around and leaves.

After all, Li Wei's troops were infantry and could not come and go like the wind like cavalry.

In the field of intercepting Li Wei's large army, the Vanne city's army naturally could not build fortifications in advance. Even if it was simple, there was nothing we could do, because Li Wei would not watch the Vanne city defenders dig holes and fill the soil there!

So, a wild encounter broke out.

Of course, the Vanne City defenders still have a certain advantage because they have artillery. After the two sides contacted, the Vanne City defenders did not have to take the initiative to attack. They just arranged the artillery and bombarded the Black Dragon Legion fiercely.

The Black Dragon Legion must attack the defense line of the Vanne City defenders as fast as possible. If one more minute delay means one more bombardment!

Even if the bombardment of solid iron bombs is not strong, it is not a solution to not be able to hit the enemy in this way.

Therefore, when Li Wei decided to fight, he had to do his best to attack and then attack!

Who told Charles Town that I can’t even build a cannon!

When approaching the defenders of Vanne City, the Black Dragon Legion had been shot to death by enemy artillery and dozens of people were left behind!

The closer the distance, the greater the casualties!

Moreover, the injured were all seriously injured with broken arms and few legs, and they completely lost their combat effectiveness.

Under the bombardment of solid iron bombs, it is impossible for minor injuries to appear.

Of course, for a large army of 3,000 people, the casualties of dozens of people are just a drop in the bucket.

The morale of the brainwashed Black Dragon Legion is still very stable.

This made the defenders of Vanne City feel uneasy. The enemy who had been bombarded by artillery for so long was actually suppressed like nothing happened!

From this point of view, the Black Dragon Legion is no less than the regular army!

The front row of the defenders of Vanne City was already ready. The first row was half kneeling and the second row stood in a group, with two rows in a group, and there were gaps between each square array.

On both sides of the square array are old-fashioned mortars, which have been filled with ammunition. The launcher holds a red ignition rod and can ignite the launching medicine package on the base at any time.

"Prepare~ open fire!"

When the Black Dragon Legion entered a hundred meters distance, the defenders in Vanne City were the first to issue the order, and then the sparse sound of gunfire was fired. Then the defenders who had fired the gun retreated from the gap in a mess, while the soldiers behind took a few steps forward and raised their guns to shoot.

After the first round of volleyball, the defenders of Vanne City never fired volleys again...

In the film and television dramas of the era of queuing and shooting in the previous life, military volleys seem to be very common, but in fact, on the battlefield of this era, except for the volleys that had been prepared for the first round, the subsequent volleys are basically free to shoot.

Only very elite troops can fire volleys one after another!

Because volleys have very high requirements for morale and queue formation transformation capabilities. Forces that do not meet the requirements will forcefully pursue volleys, which will only cause large-scale chaos in their soldiers and lose the opportunity to output firepower!

The officers of the Vanne City defenders also knew what this unit was. It was just a matter of being uncomfortable to expect them to fire the volley, and it was even more impossible to bring the enemy closer, because as long as one person couldn't help but open fire when the enemy was advancing, he could not shoot out the volley!
Chapter completed!