Eagle Byzantium

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaby" after receiving the military order from the Great Emir, all the Sagittus cavalry began to turn and ran towards the south to form an array. There were more than five thousand of them, several in front and behind, densely packed with horse heads and flashes. Liang's scimitar was so oppressive that it took one's breath away.

At the same time, the Fire Throwers came out of the gaps in the Guardian Brigade array. Their clothes were not much different from those of the Brigade soldiers. The only difference was that they wore black armbands like Pauline believers on their armor, and The iconic umbrella-shaped horsehair feathers on the helmets, but the shooting carts they pushed in their hands successfully attracted the attention of Merrick and all the Danishmend cavalry.

This shooting vehicle is extremely light and has two small wheels on both sides. It is actually a modified version of the original "Roma Fire Tanker". There is a horizontal "H" shaped wooden frame in front of the vehicle, and the wooden frame and the central half-pipe slide The slots form a cross shape, and then "bow arms" made of cherry wood are placed in the holes on both sides of the wooden frame. At first glance, this shooting tool looks like a short and thick version. "Large crossbow", but the chute of this shooting tool does not have iron spears or iron pellets inserted, but a leather magazine. There are hanging rings on both sides of the magazine, and the two bow arms are wrapped with strings, and then the bullet is There is also a hanging ring in the center of the bottom of the pocket, and the strings are also wound around the small handle wheel at the end of the chute. The three strings exactly form a "Y" shape.

Each shooting vehicle can be operated by only two fire throwers (in fact, in an emergency, only one person can be used). About dozens of these light shooting vehicles were pushed to the front of the formation and lined up in two rows. , one person is responsible for pushing the cart, and one person uses the shoulder straps and iron hooks Carrying a wooden box on his back, after arriving at the designated position at the front of the position, the two-throw fire soldiers followed the drill procedures and fixed the shooting vehicle on the soil with ropes and nails, and placed the wooden box next to the vehicle. Then the two fire soldiers Each person took out the shovel on the shoulder strap behind his back, and then A shallow pit was dug around the vehicle where the shooting tool was fired, and the soil flew up for a while - at the same time, the remaining approximately 500 fire throwers, holding various iron cylinders and copper pipes with wooden handles, lined up in a line with the shooting tool. Not far in front of the car, they all knelt down. Either holding a hemp rope or paper rope in the mouth, or wrapping it around the arm, slowly burning a hemp rope or paper rope. Sparks and smoke roared out, surrounding this group of brave and daring guys. This kind of lead rope passed by Soaked in special liquid, it burns extremely slowly.

Soon, the entire battlefield fell silent, and the sun slowly shone down. Branas's detachment, a total of more than 6,000 people, remained silent, trying their best to recover the physical strength lost by crossing the river and rushing through the night last night. There was only a match rope beside everyone's ears. The sound of burning is heard.

On the river bank over there, all the Red Hand Cavalry and Red Hand Brigade were rushing towards the branch of the river in front. Only Gawain and his two Guards Banner Squadrons and Armored Cavalry Regiment lined up on the edge of the river, watching. Watch the battle here.

Over there, the Danishmend cavalry, who were in charge formation more than a thousand feet away, suddenly burst into laughter. Many cavalrymen leaned forward and backward on their horses, "Rohm's cupcake truck came to resist the sudden cavalry, but also There are those pipes that can spray the fire control? It's simply unheard of. Let's charge and trample the enemy's corpse under the horse's hooves!" Then, with the first cavalry! Howling and drawing out their sabers, the rest of the cavalry pulled out their sabers and leveled their horses. The blades of countless weapons shone with a terrifying light. Many Sajitus Turk barbarians who were galloping simply took off their iron helmets. , letting the bald head face the sun, or letting the horsehair-like beard and braids flutter in the wind, while constantly slashing the air knife on his mouth, while constantly making incredible screams.

The horseshoes of the first wave of Turks were like countless hammers hitting the same number of drums. The soil in front of the shooting vehicles and light cannons was shaken and turned loose, and the subsequent throws After hearing the loud "preparation for ejection" sound, the artillery gunners said a few quick prayers in their hearts - the Germans and Anatolians What they were praying for was Jesus or the Holy Mother, or the Holy Patron of the soldiers, while the Pauline believers were praying for the real Jehovah. Then the former followed the old practice of touching a gospel and inserting it at the end of the shooting vehicle. , the Paulists did not do this, so every two of them were divided into a separate group and never mixed together to avoid conflicts with their companions.

Then, one of the fire throwers began to stand up and lowered his body. They looked at the rapidly charging Danishmend cavalry and silently urged themselves in their hearts, because once they entered a distance of a hundred feet, this group of plateau-loving cavalry would If you kill a nation, you will shoot horse arrows that can penetrate all armors and helmets. You must seize the time——Yu It was the fire thrower who began to bend down and hold the small pulley at the end of the chute with both hands, and quickly shook the handles on both sides, making a rapid "squeak" sound, and the "Y" shaped big string began to move rapidly. Straighten and lengthen, driving the bow arm to stretch back, and the magazine is pulled to the end position, and then clicked and locked with a mechanism.

During this time, another fire thrower opened the wooden box, which was divided into eight compartments with partitions and padded with paper and hay. Eight iron fire throwers were placed on top. He quickly took out one and placed it calmly. On the bullet pocket, slight thuds sounded one after another. Then the fire thrower pulled out the red-hot iron cone or pestle that was originally inserted into the tinder jar.

At this moment, the first wave of Danish Mondrian cavalry along the river corridor had arrived just over 400 feet away from the Branas detachment. The sound of horse hooves shook the earth, and countless arms were flying. Waving the saber, the horses' hooves flew like an arrogant swarm of locusts.

On the other side of the river, Gawain stared at all this, his hand holding the reins constantly oozing out tiny beads of sweat, and his forehead under the red feathers was constantly sweating from the dilated pores: it seemed that the Danishmond cavalry would crush the Guard Brigade and the large detachment of fire throwers in one go, which was the inevitable outcome in the next half second.

"Ignite."

With this command, the last fire thrower used the red-hot iron spike and iron pestle in his hand to ignite the fuse of the fire ball in the bullet bag, and sparks flew out violently with white smoke.

"Fire!" Finally, Leotius, standing in front of two rows of light artillery vehicles, took a half step, and then flattened the short halberd in his hand, pointing directly at the large groups of enemy cavalry rushing towards him.

"Click, click." The first fire-thrower gunner loosened the mechanism on the wheel. Almost at the same second, more than a hundred iron fire balls were shot up into the air from the 45-degree chute with the violent bounce of the bow arm. Then they passed over all the half-kneeling fire-throwers in front of them, and at the same time passed over the first wave of Danishmond's cavalry charge. After drawing a parabola with fireworks, they rushed to land on the heads of the second wave of assault cavalry, exploding one after another. Flames, poisonous smoke, lime, and debris exploded with the shock wave (although it was very limited), covering the entire second wave of Danishmond's assault cavalry. (To be continued ~^~)