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Chapter 1511
The final decisive battle between the King's Army and the Parliamentary Army took place on a small highland about 1.5 miles north of Brentford. The Parliamentary Army still took the initiative to occupy favorable terrain as always, and provoked the King's Army to attack them.

In order to lure the king's army to make a quick decision, Cromwell's troops took the initiative to retreat slightly from the top of the highland, in order to create the illusion that the parliamentary army fled.

Although this method of luring the enemy has its advantages, it also has certain dangers.

"Forward!" The king's army seemed impatient this time, but took advantage of the opponent's retreating trend and began to slowly advance towards the high ground.

Ten cannons from the east were roaring, and the king's army and the parliamentary army still put out a typical formation of infantry in the center and motorized cavalry on the left and right wings.

The infantry of the King's Army was divided into two lines, with 3000 Eastern soldiers and 1000 soldiers trained by Sun Chuanting at the front, and ordinary militia behind.

The first-line elite no longer used peasants holding scythes and steel spears, but pure musketeers. They formed three deep horizontal formations to ensure the firepower of frontal shooting.

Prince Rupert and Wilmot led the cavalry ready to charge.

Sun Chuanting and others commanded the infantry to march forward amidst the beating of drums.

The parliamentary army is facing enormous psychological pressure, they did not expect the king's army to be mobilized so easily.

"Everyone follow me!" The Earl of Manchester faced the active attack of the king's army, and he needed to fight the king's army before their morale collapsed.

The cavalry on both sides have already begun to trot and charge, and the infantry line in the middle is approaching each other.

When the infantry on both sides was still 130 meters away, to the desperation of the officers and soldiers of the parliamentary army, the opponent had already stopped and was about to shoot.

"Impossible! How could such a long distance cause effective damage!" The Earl of Manchester saw that the opponent's infantry planned to launch the first round of salvo at a distance of 130 meters, which was simply incredible.

"Is the machine gunner in position? Report in position, ready to shoot!" The orderly passed the message quickly in the team.

The musketeers in the front row had already squatted down, and the three rows of musketeers held the most advanced Dreiser rifles in their hands.

The two machine gun groups pushed the machine gun into the gap between the infantry lines. The range of this machine gun is actually farther than that of the rifle, and it is enough to be a nightmare for infantry at a distance of 130 meters.

"Shoot!" The officer drew out the command knife on his waist and pointed it straight ahead.

The three rows of musketeers pulled the trigger almost simultaneously, and the dense bullets pressed over like a wall, and many English militiamen on the opposite side were shot and fell to the ground.

Da da da!Two machine guns that played a big role in the expedition to Egypt were also brought in. This more lethal weapon caused a lot of casualties to the parliamentary army!
Metal shells kept jumping out and landing on the ground. The sound of this metal made the scalp tingle.

"Reload, go!"

After the first round of salvo, the king's army continued to advance while loading ammunition.

Dozens of people fell under the first round of volleys on the parliament side. This result shook the hearts of many English militiamen.

Even many aristocratic officers of the parliamentary army were overwhelmed by the opponent's firepower, and their confidence was shattered.

The distance between the two sides got closer. When the distance was only 70 meters, the king's army fired again, and more people from the parliamentary army fell down.

Panic began to spread among the parliamentary army. The English militiamen could not bear the pressure brought by the other side. Regardless of the officer's order, they started their first round of salvo in a hurry and panic.

However, there is a gap between the muskets, and the salvo fired by the parliamentary army at a distance of 70 meters does not seem to have much power.

The machine guns were pushed further forward, and more and more English militiamen who stood were strafed and fell to the ground!

The fierce battle lasted for half an hour. This time, it was not the cavalry of the parliamentary army on the two wings who were defeated first, but the central army composed of a large number of infantry could not withstand the firepower of the Eastern Legion and the Royal Guards. The English militiamen who used matchlock guns didn't know how happy they were. Round after round of continuous firepower, the English militiamen couldn't bear it anymore, and fled backwards without obeying the officer's orders.

The two machine gun teams ran out of bullets not long after the battle started, and could only take off their muskets and join the horizontal line.

Although the machine gun is a good thing, it consumes too much bullets. When it is intense, it can shoot 1-200 rounds of bullets per minute.

The number of metal bullets carried by the Portsmouth garrison is limited. Most of the bullets were used during the expedition to Egypt and against pirates. They have not received supplies from the mainland. When they participated in the British Civil War, the bullets of the two machine guns increased. With less than 5000 rounds together, the machine gun is equivalent to scrap metal when all the metal bullets are used up.

Even so, the shooting of 5000 rounds of bullets has made the opposing English militia frightened!The three rows of musketeers here are the main force. Every time they reload and fire a volley, thousands of bullets fall on the opposite front like a meteor shower!
After the first two rounds of salvos at distances of 130 meters and 70 meters, even the strictest officers could not continue to command the front to conduct unified salvos. Instead, it became a free fire. The soldiers loaded the bullets mechanically, and then Find the target to shoot, and then repeat the mechanical action of pulling the bolt and loading the bullet.

When the English militiamen in the front row of the parliamentary army fled backwards, their escape caused the militiamen behind to panic. Before they even started hand-to-hand combat, they retreated steadily under the firepower of the opponent!

"Forward!" The commander at the front saw the signs of the parliamentary army retreating, and let the front line continue to approach the parliamentary army.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and Sun Chuanting saw that the formation of the opposite horizontal line was in chaos, and the retreating parliamentary army was obviously panicked.

This is a good time to seize the opportunity to decide the outcome in one fell swoop!
With a clang, Sun Chuanting drew his sword and said, "The whole army advances!"

The horizontal formation of the king's army accelerated, and after the opponent began to collapse, it directly smashed the central army of the parliamentary army with a bayonet formation!

The parliamentary cavalry officers Cromwell, Fairfax and others who were still on the left and right flanks originally benefited temporarily by virtue of their geographical advantages, and gained the upper hand in the contest with Prince Rupert and Wilmot. When they discovered that the musketeers and pikemen who played the main role were crushed by the opponent's horizontal firepower and bayonet charge in advance, they began to panic.

The victory or defeat of a war often depends on who can make a breakthrough in the battle first. The so-called defeat is not a war game until the end, and once there are signs of collapse, cracks will open like spider webs!

Since the previous Battle of Mount Edge and the Battle of Marston Moor, it was the first time that the Chinese infantry of the Parliamentary Army was defeated so quickly!
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