Rise of the Empire Total War

(The title of the previous chapter was written wrong, it should be Chapter 447, the title cannot be changed for the VIP chapter after it is released, and I am also drunk)

"Enter the combat station! Everyone, enter the combat station!"

Before approaching the village of Sara, the ringing bells from the inside of the village came from afar, reaching the ears of the marching Viginia army. The nobleman at the head was taken aback, knowing that he had been discovered by the enemy in advance, so He ordered the soldiers to speed up the march and prepare for battle at the same time.

When they arrived outside the village of Sara, the Holy Roman Empire army had already made preparations. A dozen soldiers were deployed behind each earthen wall. They put their guns on the wall and only exposed the part above the chest. The light infantry in Viginia's army had a headache.

Seeing this, the commander of the Viginia Army could only secretly scold the enemy for being despicable, while deploying before the battle, the same as the previous tactics, he put the light infantry in front, and the heavy infantry behind, waiting for a round of long-range firepower from the light infantry to pass , Let the heavy infantry charge. Although this trick is commonplace, it has always been used by the Osa army. They have always used light infantry to harass first, and then heavy infantry to fight hand-to-hand to decide the outcome.

"attack!"

Commander Vicnia roared loudly. As soon as he finished speaking, the light infantry in front of the army spread their feet and ran forward. Most of these light infantry were recruited from the bottom of the Vicnia Republic, because they did not They don't have enough money to buy armor and weapons, so they can only use the most crude javelins to fight. Although there are many archers with a little money among them, the impression of these poor light infantry troops has been deeply ingrained.

Behind the light infantry, the heavy infantry in chain mail and holding round shields and spears marched slowly. Enemies hiding behind dirt walls.

On the other side, watching the approaching Viginia light infantry, the line infantry checked the muskets in their hands again to avoid any mistakes. After making sure that there were no omissions, they returned their attention to the frontal battlefield. Pull the trigger, ready to go, just waiting for the officer's order to shoot at the enemy.

Finally, after the light infantry entered the range, Captain Aragon ordered to shoot. He pulled the trigger, and the flintlock pistol made a clear gunshot, as if some kind of switch was pressed, surrounding the village's earthen wall. Immediately, the sound of gunfire was loud, and the gunpowder smoke produced by the burning gunpowder and the lead bullets were sprayed from the muzzle together. The pungent gunpowder smoke enveloped the entire earthen wall. The soldiers were ready, and some people were choked Come on, cough again and again.

When the gunpowder smoke dissipated with the breeze, dozens of corpses lying on the open space outside the village suddenly appeared in the soldiers' field of vision. How could those light infantrymen without armor withstand the fire of muskets? salvo, but still inflicted considerable casualties on them.

The light infantry around looked at those comrades lying in a pool of blood, and couldn't help feeling lingering fear, especially when they saw some comrades who didn't die on the spot and were still struggling in pain, this feeling of fear was even stronger.

"Don't hesitate, keep going!"

The officer's encouragement sounded beside the soldiers at this moment. They peeped at each other, and finally bit the bullet and continued to charge forward. Just as they hesitated, the soldiers behind the earthen wall had already fired their muskets that had run out of bullets. Hand it over to the comrade behind him, and take another loaded musket from the opponent's hand, put it on the dirt wall, and pull the trigger.

bang bang bang—

The gunfire sounded like a life-threatening roar again, and the running light infantry fell down again. This time, they directly broke up their fighting spirit to continue charging. It is extremely normal, because no country's army can withstand the salvo of muskets and maintain a high fighting spirit.

Seeing the rout of the light infantry, the commander of the Viginia army was blazing with anger. He pulled out his sword suddenly, rode forward, beheaded a rout soldier who ran to him, and then held up the blood-stained sword , Shouting loudly: "No retreat! Attack! Attack!"

The actions of the commander frightened the fleeing light infantry. They subconsciously stopped and looked at the Viginia nobleman on the horse in fear. After careful consideration, they decided to turn around and fight. Rather than dying at the hands of their own people and being called a coward, it is better to die on the battlefield and become a hero. This is what each of them thinks.

Seeing this, the Viginia nobleman took out the trick of hitting a big stick and giving a sweet date. He continued to shout: "Kill an enemy soldier, reward ten silver coins! Kill an enemy officer, Reward fifty silver coins!"

Wow!

Such a generous reward immediately aroused the fighting spirit of the light infantry. A kind of flame called greed was burning in their eyes, and they rushed towards the village one by one, and the heavy infantry in the phalanx also rioted. Although their family assets are quite rich, it does not mean that they do not want rewards.

How could the noble commander not know what these soldiers were thinking? He smiled slightly, and then ordered: "Attack! In the name of the God of War, soldiers of the Republic, go to battle!"

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

With three cheers in a row, the heavy infantry followed closely behind the light infantry and attacked the village. For the generous reward, they even ran away eagerly from the phalanx, but this did not affect the battle situation, because no matter whether they were phalanx Still scattered, there is only one dead end under the muskets of the imperial army.

"Are these Vigilians crazy?"

Seeing the cheering and charging enemies, the soldiers behind the earthen wall were in a commotion. They talked a lot, but the loading action in their hands was not affected at all. Aragorn didn't intend to yell at them when he saw this. Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer to the shooting range, he held up his gun and said loudly: "Get ready to shoot!"

Swish Swish Swish——

There was a series of neat sounds, and dozens of muskets were mounted on the earth wall, aiming at the running enemy from a distance. Soon, the enemy ran into the range of fire, but Aragorn did not give the order to fire. He watched the distance between the two sides gradually narrow, and when the enemy ran to only 30 meters away from the earth wall, he roared and held The flintlock pistol pointed forward, and the trigger was pulled. As the first gunshot sounded, followed by dense gunfire, the running enemy fell down.

After a round of volley, without bothering to check the results of the battle, the soldiers behind the earthen wall quickly handed the guns that fired out the ammunition to the soldiers behind them, took the muskets handed over by the latter with the other hand, and then turned around to shoot at the enemy. This method of only changing guns without changing personnel undoubtedly increased the frequency of shooting. Within a short distance of 30 meters, the Viginia infantry suffered intensive firepower, suffered heavy losses, and was soon defeated again.

This time, even the shields in the hands of the heavy infantry and the armor on their bodies couldn't save them, and a shot from a distance of thirty meters was enough to penetrate the shields and armor.