Become a feudal king from today - #948 - Chapter 960 The final battle!
“It’s simply a way to die!”
When the prisoners formed a skirmish line and rushed towards the Marine position, Chang Pan couldn’t help but shook his head. read
“They were originally serious criminals, and their death was in vain. This charge will definitely make a profit.” Zhao Xu smiled.
Chief Pan nodded, “In that case, we will do them a favor and execute these prisoners.”
Then he ordered the generals to be on alert, and at the same time ordered the artillery to clear the opponent’s field artillery hidden in the fortifications.
The opponent’s field artillery was not large in number and appeared sparse on the vast battlefield.
But occasionally a solid bullet flies over and can still cause considerable damage to the soldiers.
Soldiers manning naval guns would also be at risk.
After all, their naval gun positions were only five hundred meters away from the opponent’s trenches.
This distance is within the attack range of the opponent’s field artillery.
However, it would be fine if these field artillery were not exposed.
But as long as it is exposed, it is destined to be destroyed.
On the naval gun position, an artilleryman holding a telescope quickly locked the position of a field gun.
Given the direction and distance, the artillerymen adjusted their muzzles.
Immediately, a cone-shaped shell flew out and exploded thirty meters away from the field gun.
The huge explosion made the artilleryman in charge of the field artillery fall to the ground in fright.
“Northeast direction, the error is about thirty meters, readjust.” The last one was just a test shot to calibrate the position.
The naval gunner fine-tuned the muzzle again, and another shell flew out.
The shell exploded just five meters away from the field gun. The artilleryman in charge of the field gun was not as lucky as last time.
The flying shrapnel and powerful shock wave immediately killed them.
This was not over yet. The naval gunners fired two more shells. They did not stop until one shell hit the position of the field gun.
Meanwhile, a bombardment of British field guns was launched across the battlefield.
In less than a quarter of an hour, all thirty-six of the opponent’s field guns went out.
Some field guns were even bombarded by ten naval guns.
“Bang bang bang…”
As artillery fire was exchanged, the British prisoners continued to approach.
It didn’t take long to get within 200 meters of the Marine Corps.
At this time, the prisoners suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the Marines, roaring continuously.
The Marines were in full alert and pulled the triggers one after another.
On the flat grass, the accuracy of the Qin rifle was low.
These charging prisoners were undoubtedly targets.
Suddenly, the prisoners continued to fall on the path of the charge.
Being nervous, they could only shoot randomly with flintlock guns.
After firing a bullet, they had to stand still, take out the bullet and load it awkwardly.
Reloading this time takes about twenty seconds.
Obviously, a stationary target is the best target to shoot at.
Prisoners who loaded ammunition were often beaten into sieves before they finished loading the bullets.
The gunfire lasted for half an hour, and 70% of the more than 10,000 prisoners were lost.
The remaining 30% of the prisoners finally did not dare to continue the charge, but chose to escape back to the trench.
Forgiving his crime was naturally very attractive, but it was better to be guilty than dead, and some of them settled the score.
Those who didn’t make it were all dead.
“Boom, boom, boom…” Although the gunfire stopped, the shelling continued.
The bombardment lasted from noon until evening, when the bombardment stopped.
During this period, the Marines did not charge into the trenches and always defended their front.
The soldiers in the reserve even squinted to rest on the battlefield.
Because it’s their turn to work in the evening.
Night fell and darkness enveloped the land.
At this time, boxes of flares were sent to the battlefield.
The reason they didn’t charge during the day was to catch the opponent off guard at night and consume a wave of their soldiers again.
“The Queensland soldiers have never seen flares. They must have never seen flares. After the shelling during the day, they have suffered heavy casualties. This sneak attack at night should be able to defeat their main force.” Gong Ying felt itchy when he saw the flares. .
Because of their experience in using it, the mission of the sneak attack was handed over to the Marines led by him.
“This is best, but don’t force it. If we can’t take it at night, we will continue the bombardment tomorrow.” Zhao Xu ordered Gong Ying.
In response, Gong Ying happily went away with the flare.
Half an hour later, it seemed that all their soldiers had touched the edge of the trench fortifications.
At this time, a flare flew into the sky.
Like the fallen sun, it illuminates the earth.
At this moment, Oliver and Joseph, like the Queensland officer Harby, concluded that the Dasong army would not launch a night attack.
The sudden light stunned him and the Britons in the trench.
However, at this moment, they were covered with grenades and bullets, and were caught off guard.
Amid the gunshots and explosions, Oliver felt as if he had seen a ghost.
Finally Joseph could no longer maintain his composure.
“Governor, we have lost this war.” When Joseph said these words, all the strength in his body seemed to disappear.
Oliver nodded numbly. At this time, he had no energy at all.
In one day, more than 800 of the 3,000 British regular troops under his command were killed.
More than 2,000 militiamen equipped with rifled guns were killed, not counting the townspeople and prisoners.
At this speed, if Dasong’s army continues the bombardment for a few more days, they will be finished.
And now, what kind of weird situation is this?
No one could answer his question.
And he could only watch the trench become a mess and do nothing.
“Tell everyone that even if they die, they will have someone to support them.” Oliver suddenly shouted, his eyes crazy.
Joseph nodded and conveyed Oliver’s order.
Although he knew that this order had no effect.
Because they simply cannot effectively counterattack each other.
“No, no, no…” After a ball of light, another ball of light continued to fly on the battlefield, and the trenches were always as bright as day.
At this time, the Marines who touched the edge of the trench began to formally attack the trench after a sneak attack.
The entire trench fortification was filled with gunshots and grenade explosions.
However, the attack lasted only an hour before the Marines chose to retreat.
Since the battlefield was much more vast than Queensland, their flares were not sufficient to last very long.
When the Marines retreated, Oliver and Joseph immediately counted their troops, feeling desolate again.
There are only more than 1,000 regular troops left, and 8,000 militiamen.
Worried about being attacked again, the British soldiers in the trench fortifications spent another hard night.
Early the next morning, when they were particularly sleepy, the huge roar sounded again.
Dasong’s army launched another artillery attack.
In the next three days, although there were no more sneak attacks at night, they were replaced by shelling.
Under three days of continuous bombardment, the British regular army and militia suffered serious losses and could hardly sustain a decent battle. The morale of the townspeople and prisoners was also extremely low, and many people almost went crazy out of despair.
Under such circumstances, the morning of the fourth day was followed by another hour of shelling.
Marines charged from all directions.
“kill!”
Waves of roars filled the sky, and the Marines rushed toward the trench like a tide.
They were greeted only by sporadic rifle fire.
Some soldiers fell wounded, but this could not stop their advance.
They crossed the battlefield, jumped into the ditch, pointed their guns at the enemy, and raised their bayonets to fight the British.
Facing the full-scale attack of the Marines, the British finally collapsed completely. Many people crawled out of the trenches and fled to New South Wales.
Marines were in hot pursuit.
Like a shrinking pocket, they completely occupied and controlled the New South Wales city in the evening.