"Forward——"
Irving stood on the far left side of the queue, directing the knife forward. The British army marched forward again.
In the cracks in the team, thick mortars roared, and fine iron bullets and pebbles rained down on the Yun clan soldiers' positions, beating them so hard that they could hardly lift their heads.
Irving ordered to move forward quickly.
Unfortunately, their pace was once again slowed down by Yunzhen's Crouching Tiger Artillery. The shells exploded in the red crowd. Even if the British army wanted to maintain an orderly queue, they were destroyed by the debris generated by the explosion and The shock wave hit everything in pieces.
Lao Zhou once again ordered a retreat. They had keenly discovered the British army's eagerness to get close to them and initiate a hand-to-hand combat.
When I was at the Phoenix Mountain Military Academy, the instructors had long said that some positions could be voluntarily given up when the enemy could be effectively killed.
This shelling is the greatest help that Yunzhen can give in a short period of time, because the barrel has become red and useless. If you want to launch another violent bombardment, you must replace the barrel, which requires time.
The British army was approaching step by step. They were not afraid of death or being blown apart by artillery shells, nor were they afraid of enemies who kept retreating. In their view, if they pursued for a while, the enemy would be defeated.
They have seen many such scenes.
However, they did not realize that as the battle line continued to move forward, there were more and more enemies opposite them, the bullets became denser, and the number of partners around them was constantly decreasing.
A clear red line appeared in Baron Nelson's telescope... This red line was composed of the bodies of British soldiers who died in battle, extending from the beach to the land.
Colonel Owen has not yet ordered the pursuit, which shows that the resistance of the enemy on the opposite side is still very tenacious and further pressure is needed!
"Our gunfire is getting sparser and sparse. When our gunfire stops completely, you can take all our gold ashore and redeem their bodies from Owen."
p>Baron Nelson put down his telescope, whispered to his secretary, and left the front deck.
Irving threw a grenade with all his strength. The grenade drew an arc in mid-air and finally landed on the Ming army's position. The fuse on the grenade was still burning, and it was immediately killed by a Ming army. Picked it up and threw it out.
The grenade finally exploded in front of the position, causing a dark red fire.
At the same time, many grenades were thrown over by the Ming army. Perhaps because these Ming soldiers were too scared, the fuses of the grenades were not ignited. Some curious British soldiers picked up the grenades and wanted to After repeated use, the grenade exploded in their hands.
"Free Assault!"
Irving shouted, picked up a musket with a bayonet from the ground, and took the lead in running forward.
Immediately, his adjutant threw away the brokenBagpipe followed his commander and charged forward. Soon, more people joined the charging team.
"Free fire! Hand-to-hand combat after three rounds!"
After Lao Zhou shouted, he put the rifle on his shoulder and fired, reloaded, fired, reloaded, and then He fired, then jumped out of the trench with his bayonet mounted rifle and rushed toward the advancing British troops.
Lao Zhou's behavior inspired the rest of the Yun clan soldiers. After the shooting was completed, they also followed Lao Zhou towards the British army with bayonets raised. For a while, the shouts shook the whole field.
Standing in the command position, Yun Wen felt that the blood in his body was boiling all of a sudden. He threw away the telescope in his hand, picked up the rifle and was about to leave the command position to fight the enemy.
Lao Chang hugged Yunwen's waist desperately and said: "Master, you are the leader of an army. You cannot go to the front line to fight directly."
Yunwen's nose spit With burning lungs, he howled: "I don't care..."
Old Chang begged: "I can't."
Yun Wen shouted: "Quan The army attacks!"
Lao Chang heard that Yun Wen had issued a formal military order and had to let go of Yun Wen. He took the lead and rushed out of the command post with his rifle, shouting: "The whole army attacks. The whole army attacks!"
Suddenly, the call for the whole army to attack spread throughout the position. The grooms, cooks, clerks, and medical soldiers all left the position and ran towards the strangled front line. Yun Zhen and other artillerymen who were replacing gun barrels also abandoned their artillery positions and gathered towards the front line positions with whatever weapons they could find.
Colonel Irving stabbed a Yun clan soldier in the chest with his gun, took a step back and drew out the spear thorn, hit another Yun clan soldier in the face with the butt of his backhand, and then used the spear thorn to open up the stabbing soldier. He stabbed a Yun clan soldier with a spear, then jammed the barrel of the gun around the neck of a Yun clan soldier, pushed him out violently, then turned around and stabbed the bayonet into the waist of a Yun clan soldier who was besieging the adjutant, then turned the spear and stabbed him, Pull back the bloody spear thorn.
Take advantage of the situation and stand back to back with the adjutant.
"Al, fire a flare and tell Baron Nelson that we need intensive artillery fire coverage here."
Al pulled out a flare from his waist and was about to light it. At that moment, a blood-red spear pierced his arm holding the tinder, and the tinder fell to the ground. Before Al could lean over, the spear pierced his temple and penetrated his entire head, leaving Lieutenant Al His movements were frozen in the one before his death.
"Al!" Owen shouted, and when he looked back, he saw a ferocious face.
“Kill!”
After Lao Zhou stabbed Al to death, he quickly stabbed Owen with a shot. Owen dodged to avoid it, but he did not prevent a Yun clan soldier behind him from attacking again. With the bayonet stabbed at him, he dodged again and stood with his back against a thick dead tree.
At this time, there were only less than 300 British troops left, and they were finally captured by the clouds.The superior strength of the clan soldiers was overwhelmed.
Irving did not show any sadness on his face. Instead, he dropped the butt of his musket to the ground in strict accordance with the infantry drill. He held the barrel of the gun with his hand, his feet apart at shoulder level, and looked in front of him. Lao Zhou said: "Come on!"
Lao Zhou saw that several of his teeth had been knocked out and the interpreter who was vomiting blood said: "Tell him, for the sake of being a good man, I agree. He surrendered."
The interpreter vomited another mouthful of blood and was about to speak when he heard Owen saying to Lao Zhou in awkward Ming dialect: "All my men have died gloriously, and now it's my turn.
Are you the commander of this battle?"
Lao Zhou shook his head and said: "I am not, I am the commander's follower, our commander is Colonel Yu Wen. , a young man."
Owen saw the cloud pattern that was obviously an officer, and spat on the ground with disdain: "Is he a noble?"
Old Zhou nodded. : "Yes, he is a royal family!"
Owen grinned: "The Yun family? Veteran, you have to be careful of the nobles. They are the most despicable group of people in the world, and the royal family is the most despicable group of people in the world. People are the ones who cannot be trusted."
Lao Zhou shook his head and said, "You don't need to waste time. I saw you let a few people leave when you launched the charge. I should have stopped them. It's a pity that your attack was too violent and you succeeded in making them escape.
Since you want glory, then I will give you glory and you can commit suicide!"
Owen smiled and said: "Those who commit suicide cannot go to heaven, so I can only die in battle with honor. Since you are unwilling to attack, then I will attack."
After that, throw away your own He was wearing a big cloak, held a gun in both hands, shouted and rushed towards Yun Wen...
After these days of war, Yun Wen has learned to be calm. Seeing Owen rushing towards him, he did not move. He trusted himself. 's men would easily kill Owen.
Owen died in the battle. Even though his whole body was covered with bayonets, he was finally picked up by the bayonet, thrown into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground. He still stubbornly raised his head and looked at the cloud pattern and said: "I I will come back."
Yun Wen looked at the dead Owen and said, "When you come back, I will kill you with my own hands, no matter how many times you survive. Don't you dare to resurrect!"
After Yun Wen finished speaking, Lao Zhou looked at Yun Wen and said: "Master, don't you know that you have to be prepared for artillery attacks when the troops gather?"
Yunwen said: "I know."
Old Zhou said: "I will report this matter to the master."
Yunwen laughed loudly and said: " It's up to you, it's just a beating, in short, I'll be happy."
Old Zhou stopped talking, but focused his gaze on the excited Yun Zhen's face. He lowered his head and quickly slipped away from the crowd. He knew clearly that the war was not over yet. He, the artillery commander, left the artillery position and should be executed according to law.!
However, he was not afraid. Yun Wen, who shouted "All troops attack", was the one who deserved to be beheaded the most.
Under the command of Lao Zhou, all the ministries returned to their respective positions, leaving only some black people responsible for collecting the loot.
The battlefield became completely quiet.
Baron Nelson turned his back to the battlefield and remained silent for a long time.
In front of him stood three embarrassed British soldiers. On the table in front of him were two damaged Ming Dynasty Chinese Type II firearms and an unexploded Tiger Crouching Cannon shell.
"Baron, Colonel Irving said that he kept the flag of our Ninth Fairfax Infantry Regiment, and also kept me as a reserve officer. He hoped that the Ninth Fairfax Infantry Regiment The infantry regiment will not die.
At the same time, he left his command knife to the Ming Dynasty officer who defeated him. He hopes that we can get his command knife back in the future. ”
Nelson. He coughed and said: "Young man, your enemy is very powerful, extremely powerful. As far as I know, this army is not the most elite army in the Ming Dynasty, or even a newly formed army.
Are you confident that you can recapture Owen's command sword?"
The young officer candidate said: "I already know how to fight the Ming army, so we can fulfill Colonel Owen's last wish."
Nelson waved his hand and said: "Then go back to London with the merchant ship, tell Cromwell the news of Colonel Owen's death in battle, and tell him that the British Empire has encountered an unprecedentedly powerful enemy in India."