69novels Chapter 535 The Leisurely Artillery Commander of the Wuhun Empire
Chapter 535 The Leisurely Artillery Commander of the Wuhun Empire
Chapter 535 The Leisurely Artillery Commander of the Wuhun Empire
The victory was right in front of them. In the fish-scale formation, all the soldiers of the Star Luo Empire couldn't hide their joy on their faces. They had waited too long, too long for this victory.
However, what they didn't notice was that the arrow was blocked, but the speed was completely slowed down.
In the fortifications of the Wuhun Empire, a large number of crossbowmen have retreated from the original mountainside to near the top of the mountain, almost standing at the same level as the archers operating the yew longbow.
The company captain of the previous hundred-man company was standing in a trench on the top of the mountain with his phone in his hand.He knelt down, put the crank phone on the ground, and rang it.
"Beep, beep..."
Two seconds later, the phone was connected, and the voice of the previous artillery commander came from the other end.
"This is the artillery team, please tell me!"
The company commander spoke quickly.
"I am the company commander. The Star Luo Empire army is now 200 meters away from our forward position. It is estimated that it will enter our original position in 30 seconds. The direction is due south. Immediately attack with artillery."
"Yes!"
On the other end of the phone, under the arbor, the artillery commander responded solemnly and hung up the phone.
Putting down the microphone, the artillery commander quickly ran out of the shed, onto the hillside, and found a semaphore messenger.
"Ask for support from the artillery team of the third company, and shell the 200-meter open space in front of our company's frontal position and the frontal front."
The artillery manufactured by Qian Feier has the highest elevation angle, and the artillery team under the command of this artillery commander can only shell to a distance of six miles or more, and the artillery elevation angle cannot be raised any further within six miles, so it cannot attack.
However, if it is only used at a low elevation angle, that is, the method of direct firing, it is very likely that it will severely hit the friendly army. This method will be dealt with by military law, and the artillery commander obviously dare not do this.
On the hillside, the semaphore messenger heard the order and respectfully responded "Yes!", then ran to the top of the hill and waved the small flag in his hand towards another hillside far to the north.
On the hillside in the distance, another semaphore messenger replied "received" with a semaphore, and then ran to another pergola to tell a tall man the received command.
The tall man was a little lazy, he was sitting on a chair drinking a cup of green tea leisurely, he waved his hand casually when he heard what the bannerman said.
"Go, take my command flag and go there, say that the muzzle elevation angle is [-] degrees, load three rounds, and fire at a rapid rate."
When the semaphore messenger heard it, he pouted immediately.
How did you become an artillery commander if you were so lazy?
Seeing the expression of the semaphore messenger, the artillery commander immediately stared.
"Go, delay the opportunity to see if I don't cut you!"
"Oh, right now!"
The semaphore messenger hurriedly nodded, took a command artillery flag on the table, and quickly ran to the artillery positions scattered around.
But halfway through the run, the semaphore messenger immediately reacted.
Damn, isn't that his job?It's none of my business!
At this moment, the semaphore messenger felt cursing in his heart, wishing he could draw a circle and curse the artillery commander.
However, scolding is scolding, the battle is still going on.
That's all, let's convey the order first, and then settle accounts with this scumbag later.
The semaphore messenger thought angrily in his heart, came to the artillery position, and said loudly what the artillery commander asked him to say just now.
"All gunners obey the order, the direction is due south, the muzzle elevation angle is [-] degrees, three rounds are loaded, and they are fired at a rapid rate!"
Many gunners quickly took their positions, opened the barrel and inserted huge shells, then stuffed cylindrical solid gunpowder, closed the barrel, adjusted the elevation and direction of the artillery, and finally inserted the fuse and ignited it to close the fire hole.
After a while.
"Bang bang bang...!"
The smoke is gushing!
A large number of cannons shrank violently, and at the moment of shrinking, countless invisible phantoms flew out from the muzzles, carrying the strong wind of "Woooo...!", and flew into the sky with a sharp howl.
After flying to the highest point, these shells began to turn under the influence of gravity, and the pointy bullets turned to the ground, smashing down hard!
On the ground below, many soldiers of the Star Luo Empire formed a dense fish-scale formation, steadily approaching the fortifications of the Wuhun Empire, and they were about to enter within a hundred meters.
Everyone was very excited, thinking that they could win, and they didn't even notice that the god of death above their heads was descending.
It was also in this atmosphere full of joy that the Wuhun Empire's huge 150mm artillery shell fell from the sky and smashed hard into the fish scale formation.
"boom--!"
The artillery shell exploded violently in an instant, and countless soldiers were blown to pieces, together with their armor and heavy shields, they were blown to pieces.
The blood rained down all over the sky, staining the surrounding ground red, and pouring some soldiers all over their heads and faces.
"Ah wow!"
Several soldiers scattered in fright and ran away frantically, their eyes full of fear of death.
At the same time, violent explosions continued in this 200-meter open space.
"Bang bang bang...!"
A large amount of mud and rocks flew into the sky, flying tens of meters before starting to descend.
And among this large amount of mud and stone, there are many bright red dots mixed in.
Human flesh!
The soldiers of the Star Luo Empire gathered too densely, and everyone forgot about the existence of the artillery, which caused great losses in this wave of shelling, and the open space was emptied in an instant.
On a ground, Dai Mubai narrowly avoided this round of shelling, his eyes were red, and he gave orders loudly.
"Everyone, disperse quickly! Spirit masters of the White Tiger Sect, Blue Lightning Overlord Dragon Sect, and Haotian Sect stepped forward and quickly took down the Wuhun Empire's position. The rest of the soldiers disperse and advance, hurry—!"
When he said the last word "quick", Dai Mubai's throat almost broke.
On the battlefield, many Star Luo Empire soul master troops heard that even though they were facing the threat of the yew longbow and the divine arm crossbow, they still gritted their teeth and rushed to the front of the troops, each displaying their martial arts and soul skills, giving the ordinary soldiers behind open circuit.
Doing this seems to be sacrificing the elite, but Dai Mubai knew that if he didn't do this, when all the ordinary soldiers were shot to death, the soul master troops would also die.
That being the case, it is time to use the soul master troops to defend and move forward with as few casualties as possible!
Dai Mubai thought viciously in his heart.
On the ground, a large number of soul masters of the three sects advanced rapidly, constantly using their own soul skills to attack the arrows flying towards the face or overhead, trying to knock them into the air.
However, the Wuhun Empire's yew longbow and god arm crossbow belong to the apex of bows and crossbows, so how can they be so good at parrying and flying?
In front of the fortifications of the Wuhun Empire, a large number of intersecting arrows rained continuously, and the soul master troops of the Star Luo Empire fell to the ground one after another, only to hear a "Puff...!" Arrow, fell to the ground with hatred.
Of course, their soul skills still had a certain effect, a considerable part of the arrows were blasted away, and after paying a certain sacrifice, Dai Mubai and others successfully reached the fortifications of the Spirit Empire, completely occupying the forward position.
On the top of the mountain, the company captain of the Wuhun Empire saw that the forward position was already full of soldiers from the Star Luo Empire, so he immediately turned around and waved an order.
"Withdraw! Everyone, withdraw to the position of the second company!"
After finishing speaking, he set off first, led many archers and crossbowmen quickly down the top of the mountain, and quickly moved to the north hillside through the traffic trench in the shape of "Xun".
At the foot of the mountain in the south, Yu Linglong, with Liu Meifeng eyes and phoenix eyes, saw that the Wuhun Empire soldiers had all retreated, she immediately turned around and looked at Dai Mubai.
"Brother Dai, hurry up and lead your troops up. It is advisable to chase the remaining brave bandits, we can't let them go!"
Dai Mubai thought it made sense, and was about to nod, suddenly, Tang San next to him frowned, and pulled Dai Mubai's hand.
Dai Mubai looked at Tang San in doubt.
"Little San, what's the problem?"
Tang San's face was very cautious.
"Brother Mubai, the old saying goes: Don't chase after the poor. Just now, the soldiers of the Wuhun Empire retreated in an orderly manner, and their team hardly suffered much damage. The artillery we snatched has been blown up. If you rush to pursue it, it is very likely that you will die." fall into the enemy's trap."
trap?It's not impossible...
Dai Mubai pondered for a moment, feeling that what Tang San said was quite right, he was about to turn around and give the order to retreat.
But at this moment, beside Dai Mubai, Yu Linglong immediately patted Dai Mubai's shoulder, and looked at Tang San at the same time.
"Brother Dai, third brother, do you still remember the purpose of our reverse charge?"
Dai Mubai slapped his head, "It's a breakout, and I'll take the opportunity to attack the enemy headquarters!"
Yu Linglong smiled and nodded.
"Exactly."
Then, Yu Linglong stopped smiling, and looked at Tang San with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.
"Third Brother, do we have any other way out besides continuing to advance northward and breaking the enemy's encirclement in one fell swoop? If we turn around and go back, apart from killing a large number of soldiers, what is the result of this battle? What can we do? Can we escape? "
Before Tang San could answer, Yu Linglong shook her head and said the answer.
"Well, no, we have no choice. If we turn around now, we have almost no other results and possibilities other than being surrounded and eaten away, so..."
Yu Linglong's eyes became firm.
"Even if the enemy still has traps in the future, we must break through. We only have this way!"
On Dai Mubai's right, Tang San frowned tightly, after hearing what Yu Linglong said, he remained silent for a long time.
Indeed, turning around now may avoid falling into the trap of the Wuhun Empire, so what's the next step?Apart from running out of food and grass, waiting for the morale to be low, and finally giving the Spirit Empire a fatal blow, the army of the Star Luo Empire would have no other way to go.
Wanting to understand this, Tang San finally nodded heavily.
"Okay, follow Seventh Sister's command!"
"Thank you third brother."
Yu Linglong smiled, then turned her head to face the north, her majestic voice rolled across the entire battlefield under the urging of her soul power.
"The whole army obeys the order, march north quickly, and chase after the Wuhun Empire troops, not a single one will be let go!"
"Yes!"
Many soldiers of the Star Luo Empire echoed loudly, and the distant mountains and forests shivered with chilling aura.
Afterwards, Yu Linglong, Dai Mubai, Tang San and others took the lead, and the Star Luo Empire army quickly rushed up the hillside, to the top.
(End of this chapter)