1717 New American Empire

Early in the morning, the British army got up and got busy. The musketeers made fires to cook, and the cavalry were responsible for patrolling and guarding. The busiest ones were the artillery, with thirty four-pound cannons, twenty nine-pound cannons, and ten twelve-pound cannons.

The soldiers pushed out the 3-pound cannon and five 18-pound cannon. They came to 700 meters outside Xiaoqingshan and began to build an artillery position. Even the thirty three-pound cannon sold to the Indians were pushed out.

, the whites knew how to build artillery positions.

That's right, Clark didn't plan to attack by relying on the number of people. The loss would be too great. In the previous contacts with Yanhuang Trading Company, he was on the defensive side. Before the cannon could exert its power, he was attacked by Yanhuang Trading Company.

It was damaged. But this time, the attack and defense changed. It was them who attacked and Xiao Lin defended. He had a total of 95 cannons and 15 heavy cannons. Clark knew the power of 12-pounders and 18-pounders.

So very confident.

Xiao Lin also rested at the headquarters above the Xiaoqingshan position last night and got up early in the morning. There were hundreds of observers, working in three shifts, and they had already discovered the movements of the British army. Since the enemy wanted

If there is an artillery battle, then Xiao Lin is naturally ready to fight. It seems that he only has seventy cannons and forty small three-pound and six-pound cannons. However, Xiao Lin has the other thirty cannons.

Lin felt that they could be killed.

The range of Heavy Fist I can be hit anywhere within one thousand meters, but Clark didn't know the existence of Heavy Fist I. Last time he thought the mortar shells were gone, and even if it came again this time, he wouldn't be afraid.

Duo Clark naively believed that as long as the fort's defense facilities could be built well, all 95 cannons would definitely not be destroyed. Xiaolin's gesture of buckling the ropes had unexpected results.

The enemy was still building a fort, so the escort artillery could not fire. At this time, shooting could only kill a few ordinary soldiers, but it would only alert the enemy. Apache felt a little guilty about this.

"Boss, it's not good to let the enemy do whatever they want in front of us."

"What are you afraid of? I just want them to be able to build fortifications there with peace of mind. Shooting the gun in advance will scare them."

"Oh, this is the one you said you can't alert the enemy to, right?"

"No, we still have to hit the grass, but we can't really hit it."

Seeing the weird smile on Xiao Lin's face, Apache was completely confused. He followed Xiao Lin to the artillery position. A few minutes later, the three-pounders began to fire wildly with a feeling of frustration. The shells hit

In front of the artillery position being built, it seems that the range of the artillery is insufficient.

Clark was originally shocked by the convoy's shelling. When he saw the result of the shelling, none of the people building the artillery positions in front were injured. Now Clark smiled happily. He was originally worried about the mortar shells.

After showing off his power, he caused damage to the soldiers building defensive facilities. However, the enemy only used the three-pound cannon that had been captured from them before, and the range was not enough, only five or six hundred meters. Now, he was not worried at all.

By noon, the artillery position had been built. Clark's requirements this time were very strict. The defense facilities around the entire fort were all made of strips of stone mixed with lime mud. This kind of fort has a stronger defense than the previous one.

The fort made of wood was more than superior. After lunch, the British army officially pushed the artillery into the fort facility and began to prepare for shooting. The soldiers were full of resentment and wanted to use the big killer in their hands.

Teach the enemy on the opposite side a lesson.

Why? It's not because of lunch. The wind is so strong that it blows the aroma of two thousand people cooking instant noodles on Xiaoqingshan to the bottom. A group of British people just ate hard bread and drank some thin soup.

Soldier, when have you ever seen this kind of smell? That greedy man's eyes were all red. He was so envious and jealous. Clark just took advantage of this opportunity and said that as long as he penetrated the enemy, he could grab a lot of good things. Soldier Ruffian

Their fighting spirit was suddenly very high.

Xiao Lin, on the other hand, stayed at the artillery position waiting for this moment. The seventy cannons were all aimed at their targets. This time the gunpowder was fully loaded, so there was no problem with the range. Even the three-pounder can fire a mass of seven hundred people.

Targets that are many meters away. If they are not powerful enough, just hit the small cannons operated by the Indians. Twenty heavy punches and ten mortars, put them together two by two, and be ready before the enemy can react.

, and destroyed all fifteen twelve-pound and eighteen-pound cannons.

As soon as the British soldiers pushed the cannon into the fort, they heard the unique sound of artillery shells flying across the sky. With the previous example of the three-pounder cannon, these people thought that the enemy was trying to bluff to scare them. However, these thoughts were wrong. The solid bullets first

Arriving in one step, the fortifications that had not yet completely solidified were smashed into rubble. Mortar shells arrived shortly after, completely destroying the entire fort. Before Clark and the soldiers in the fort could react, the second batch

The shells have already arrived.

The fifteen large-caliber artillery pieces that had just been placed were all hit by artillery shells. One fort was also in bad luck. The gunpowder placed near the fort was ignited by the high temperature, and the entire fort was blown up to the sky. Clark was shocked.

I was stunned. How could a European white man understand the horror of the Thirty-Six Strategies of Chinese Art of War? Show confusion, then wait, and deliver the fatal blow. This is also the reason for the unequal intelligence. Last time, the one hundred cavalry sentries were captured.

The second battalion was completely wiped out in the valley, and the two families did not send new ones.

I didn't know the existence of the heavy punch style, and I thought that all the mortar shells were gone. As a result, I paid a heavy price. After three shellings, fifteen large-caliber artillery were killed, leaving only a pile of

Residues. The next thing is that the small-caliber artillery suffered. If Bobby hadn't been preparing to catch Clark's mistake in order to regain the command, so he reacted in time and had people drag out the remaining artillery, I am afraid that one

None can be left behind.

Seeing that the enemies were running a thousand meters away, Wei Xiao also ordered the escort artillery to stop firing. The only thing he was worried about was the fifteen large-caliber artillery pieces. Others, even nine-pounders, in front of the complete trenches,

It also couldn't exert much power. Bobby's final count was that of the 95 cannons, only 21 were left. Fifteen of them were three-pound cannons, four were six-pound cannons, and the last two were nine-pound cannons. At the same time, there were also

There were one hundred and seven white men and seventy-three Indian warriors who lost their fighting ability.

This time, Clark was miserable. All his previous guesses were wrong, causing the entire artillery unit to lose more than 70% of its combat effectiveness. Bobby, who had always been looked down upon and ignored by others, got angry this time. In the command tent, when

In front of all the mid-level and senior military attachés, he criticized Clark as useless. Clark, who caused this situation, was originally confused and had no idea what to say. Therefore, the command was taken away by Bobby.

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In the face of a formidable enemy, there is still the desire to fight for power and internal fighting, which is indeed one of the most terrible bad habits of human beings. On this day, the entire British army made no new moves. Bobby thought that he had to appease people's hearts and re-boost morale.

However, he did not comfort everyone. He comforted the middle and high-level officials, and then handed over the task of comforting the people below to the military attachés he had comforted. Not everyone has the talent of a political commissar. Many military attachés,

There are only a few pale words.

The little comfort effect did not work, but it also made the lower-level soldiers even more afraid of the Yanhuang Guards. If Poppy had sent out a large army to attack that afternoon, morale would not have dropped much. This approach now, without knowing the truth

It seems to people that they are just afraid. Talking on paper can only have this kind of consequences.

The next morning, Bobbi specially brought out meat, preparing to give the soldiers a meal, and then began to attack. The impact of this behavior was good and bad. The morale of the soldiers who were not scheming increased a lot after eating.

, and the scheming soldiers felt that this was a meal, and their morale dropped a little. Bobby also knew that the enemy had a lot of artillery, so he did not attack with a musket array. Instead, he used a skirmish array, each

There is a long distance between the soldiers.

The soldiers also knew that there would be a day when they had to serve as soldiers, and they would not become deserters at this time. Taking the brown Bess rifles, they dispersed and approached Xiaoqingshan. The artillerymen of the escort were also prepared. In addition to mortars,

The guns are all loaded with shotguns.

As soon as the enemy reached a distance of 300 meters, all the artillery immediately started shooting. The entire front of Xiaoqingshan was almost filled with shotgun pellets. The British soldiers who rushed at the front were suddenly shot out with bloody flowers.

, fell to the ground without even letting out a scream.

Fortunately, because of the skirmish formation, only a hundred or so people were killed or injured in the first wave of shooting. This loss is considered very good. If we advance in a neat formation, the casualties will be at least tripled several times. Three hundred meters

The distance allowed the artillery to fire four waves, causing a total of more than 500 casualties. Once you set foot on Xiaoqingshan, you would not be hit by heavy artillery. Only the three-pounder was still firing. The heavy artillery was too powerful, and I was afraid that

Inadvertently hurting one's own people.

However, instead of heavy artillery, rifles, submachine guns and even machine guns were added. In order to ensure the hit rate, Xiao Lin specifically ordered that the design could only be carried out within a range of one hundred and fifty meters. The gap of thirty meters also caused casualties to British sergeants.

It was disastrous. When they reached 120 meters, they

They began to fight back. The sound of firing from Brown Bess muskets began to sound on the battlefield. However, the soldiers of the escort had trenches and sandbags for defense. The target they lay on was too small. How could they hit it at once? They were special forces.

A sniper can't do it with a muzzleloader.