Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 62

2021-12-19

Chapter 62 Da Vineta
Although two school shots were taken, it was not until Winters and Andrea It appeared that several heavy artillery guns in the direction of the bay were still throwing thirty-two pound iron balls at the dock with no precision.

It's not so much fire support for the navy's sailors as it's more artillery support. The main thing is to let everyone listen to it, and by the way, inform all parties that the artillery base has changed hands.

After a period of silence, when the artillery of the duckbill fort was roaring again, the naval officer who was directing the sailors to attack the dock was keenly aware that the situation of the battle seemed to have changed.

The duckbill fort was originally firing from the guns moved towards the surface, but now it turned and started firing at the naval dock.

Although the shells fell on both the attackers and the sailors indiscriminately, one could not help but suspect that the attackers' poor artillery skills were the only reason. But there is also another probability - reinforcements come and retake the fort.

The morale of the more than 400 sailors temporarily organized is on the verge of collapse. If it wasn't for the naval officers who retained more than 30 boarding crew members as supervisors, these mobs would have thrown away their weapons and ran away. .

The naval officers know very well that this group of mobs can only fight against the wind. Now that they have determined that they cannot win, they will turn their heads and run as long as they encounter any resistance.

A sailor is not a soldier, a sailor is a sailor first, and a navy second. Usually the work on the ship is extremely heavy, and the sailors have no time or energy to receive land combat training. Therefore, the battleship will deliberately set up a boarding fleet to fight hand to hand.

Similarly, the naval officer is a captain in his own right, and he can assemble sailors to counterattack in a chaotic situation. He really has no ability to lead this mob back to the dock.

Therefore, the few times the navy sailors attacked the dock were collapsed on the first encounter. One person turned and ran away, and everyone ran back. The naval officer looked anxious from behind, but was helpless.

The naval officer was overjoyed to discover that the fort might have been taken back by reinforcements. Leaving a captain with the overseer to look after the demoralized sailors, the naval officer and a few guards bypassed the dock and headed straight for Duckbill Point.

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Above the high wall, the officers on the night watch found a rider approaching the gate of the cannon in the dark, and the sound of horse hooves was particularly clear in the night.

A nervous officer, without saying a word, pulled out the red-hot iron drill from the carbon basin and stuffed it into the firing slot of the artillery.

A cannonball roared out of its chamber and flew into the night, not knowing where it went.

Before the sound of the cannon fell, the gunner took a solid slap in the face.

"Who [expletive] told you to shoot? Can't you hear the sound of hooves? It's just one person! What are you shooting?" Star Officer yelled angrily, and slapped the gunner with a backhand fiercely. .

Winters and Andrea keep quiet out of fear after hearing the sound, for fear of getting burned.

The rider was not frightened by the cannonball, and soon reached the gate, but did not announce his identity, but only shouted to see the person in charge of the cannon.

The other party didn't look like a messenger from Dongdaying in any case. Several night guard officers exchanged glances, grabbed the musket and started reloading, and Winters also took out the steel cone. .

"We are the Veneta Army, let me know your identity!" The Star Officer replied to the other party.

didn't expect The rider outside the wall heard this, turned his horse's head and ran away without a word. Leaving a few Army officers on the city wall feeling unfathomable mystery.

A few minutes later, the escaping rider led the naval officer to the outside of the fort.

It turned out that the outline of the gun fort became clearer and clearer just now, and the naval officer became more and more uneasy. In the end, I decided to keep an eye on it and send a guard over to investigate the situation first. After knowing that it was the army who recaptured the artillery base, they hurried over to ask for help.

But the delighted naval officer didn't even enter the gate of the fort.

The value Star Officer refuses to open the door to him without the high level officer's order. When Colonel Kara got the report and came to the wall, he even bluntly said to the naval officer: "If you have something to do, just talk outside."

In desperation, the naval officer raised his neck. He explained his intention, but was rejected by Colonel Kara: "The order given to me by Admiral Zio is to take back the artillery fort. We must hold on to this place until further orders are given. Forgive me, I cannot assign manpower to support your Excellency."

"The pirates won't come back to the duckbill, their ships have all run away. This is a rock, a dead rock!" the navy captain shouted angrily: "Are you going to watch Did the pirates burn all our ships?"

Winters, standing behind Colonel Kera, caught a few key words: pirate, run away. Winters doubted his ears: "How could a pirate dare to attack the home port of the Veneta Navy? Or did I hear it wrong? Or is 'pirate' not the kind of pirate I thought?"

But Colonel Kara remained unmoved. He pointed to the lonely big ship on the sea and said to the navy: "Your sailors on that ship, plus the current people, it is enough to take back the dock."

"That's not our ship! It's the ship of the Oathbreakers! They won't help us." The naval officer pushed back angrily, and begged in a low voice: "Help us, the pirates have taken our four ships. Big ships, if they let them burn all the ships in the dock, the fleet won't be able to recover for a few years."

His words were so pathetic that even the hard-hearted Colonel Kara couldn't help it. Treat him with indifference: "My cavalry is too small to be of any use. Two battallion infantry are advancing here, and they will be here soon. They will help you defeat the enemy."

"It's too late when they arrive!"

"It's too late! Whatever is in your dock is now charcoal, and I won't let officers die for charcoal. , please come back."

After saying that, Colonel Kara turned his head mercilessly and left.

The naval officer stood outside the fort for a while, and then rode away in despair.

Watching the back of this dutiful naval officer gradually fade away, the officers on the fort felt a little uncomfortable. The joy of winning a battle was also diluted, and everyone turned and left in silence.

"Look what's over there?" Andre yelled suddenly.

The officers heard the sound and turned to look. On the continent connecting Hailan City and Haidong Port, the black bushes are moving - a procession. With the sound of drums, the soldiers marched in eight columns in a uniform pace. From a distance, the super-long spears are like a forest, moving in an orderly manner.

Major General Antonio Serbia, arrived with the third Legion - "Great Veneta"!
A black spot separates from the queue, bypassing the dock, moved towards the fortress approaching. The cavalry officer drove the horse hard and galloped to the gate of the fort.

The horse was foaming, and the herald shouted: "Where is Colonel Kara?!"

"I am!" Colonel Kara strode back to the tower.

"Pass the password of Major General Serbia Ti: Order your department to cooperate with our department to attack the enemy who is entrenched in the dock!" After saying this, the herald pulled the reins and galloped away without stopping.

There is no explanation or description, just commands. The officers on the fort were a little dazed, and involuntarily focused their eyes on Colonel Kara.

Colonel Kara was stunned for a moment, but quickly regained his sternness. He glanced around: "Didn't hear the order? Wake up everyone! The lightly wounded stay here, and the rest attack!"

The naval shipyard is connected to the sea to the north, and the land part is separated from other port buildings by a ring of stone walls. It was with this stone wall that the attackers stopped the naval sailors from attacking several times.

The attackers placed a large number of musketeers along the parapet, and also dragged several short cannons from the ship being refurbished.

Navy sailors will be battered with matchlock guns within fifty paces, and the faint-hearted will turn and run after the front man is knocked down.

The behavior of individual people escaping from the battle could not be stopped, and it led more people to escape. The attackers strikes one more round with the cannon-loaded cannons, and the morale of the attackers is completely destroyed.

In the end, the navy sailors only dared to stand sixty paces away and carry out a painless musket fire with the attackers from a distance.

But the people who come this time are not sailors, but the most elite Veneta Standing Legion.

The configuration and tactics of the Alliance Army have not changed much since the end of the Sovereign War. Marshal Ned improved the phalanx long spear tactics of the Duke of Arleans, and kept some sword and shield players to restrain Arlean Duke Liang's phalanx, while replacing the crossbowmen and archers with musketeers.

In the Battle of the Butcher, Marshal Ned used this improved long spear phalanx to defeat the Duke of Arlean's troops in the field battle. today.

However, the phalanx is obviously not needed to deal with the enemy in front of you. To the sound of the drums, the infantry of the two battallions unfolded smoothly into rows. The lancers put the long spear on the ground, drew their swords, and lined up behind the sword and shield.

The Musketeer stands at the front of the line at two-step intervals, pulls out the push rod, and begins reloading the matchlock.

The enemy in the dock felt unprecedented pressure, and this time it was no longer the mob wielding sailor knives and shouting for courage.

The infantry of the third Legion stood a hundred meters away, the formation was as neat as a knife, but as quiet as hell. In addition to the wind on the battlefield, only the sound of lead bullets being pushed into the barrel can be heard.

The musketeers loaded the gunpowder, pushed in the buckshot, and inserted the push rod back into the empty slot under the barrel. Pour the gunpowder into the fire pit and snap the lid. Finally clip on the smoldering matchlock, under the watchful eyes of the enemy, calmly completed the entire loading process.

The officer in charge of commanding the musketeers passed in front of the line to confirm that all the musketeers were loaded. Standing in the stirrups, he waved the battle flag hanging on the lance three times.

Antonio, who was behind the array, saw the flag waving, facing his flag officer nodded.

The sorcerer officer galloped forward and shouted under the blessing of amplifying: "Da Vineta!"

The soldiers responded with a shout: "Kazar! [Long live]”

“Great Veneta!”

“Kazar!”

“Great Veneta!”

"KAZAR!"

Three battle cry, each time more powerful. Not only were the enemies in the shipyard terrified, but even the navy sailors behind them were trembling with fear.

A musketeer behind the stone wall was startled and pulled the stick, the gunshots rang out, and the lead shot made a hole in the ground. A dozen more gunshots followed, followed by the others subconsciously firing.

The officers who were lining up outside the fort heard these three battle cries and knew that the Third Legion was about to attack.

When the time was up and the others, Colonel Kara drew out his saber and loudly ordered: "Arrow formation, the colonel is in the front, the youngster is in the back, I will stand first."

"What beautiful things are you thinking about?" Colonel Bozukhov slapped the horse, slapped Colonel Kara's back with the back of the knife, and laughed and scolded: "Why are you standing in the front alone."

After three battle cries, Antonio turned his head to the adjutant beside him and said softly, "Let's go."

This was followed by a "forward" order. Drums sounded, the Musketeers were at the forefront, and the third Legion began to advance.

The soldiers of the third Legion approached the shipyard step by step like an unstoppable tsunami. When they were more than 60 paces away, another musketeer inside the fence couldn't bear the psychological pressure and shot at the army soldier who was getting closer and closer.

This time it wasn't just a dozen people who followed suit, all the musketeers with gunpowders in their chambers pulled their sticks. The sound of gunfire was like a burst of beans, and even the short-barreled cannons fired.

Dozens of grape-sized cannonballs shot out from the muzzle, forming a barrage.

Among the bullets and artillery shells, more than two dozen musketeers were instantly knocked down, and there were four or five more blood holes in their bodies.

It is a kindness to be killed directly, and most deaths are accompanied by cruel pain. A musketeer was shot through the lungs, blood poured back into the airway, and the alveoli were squeezed out of his mouth. But he didn't catch his breath, laying on the ground helplessly whimpering.

But the soldiers of the Third Legion marched forward firmly, the musketeers looking ahead, not even looking at their downed comrades. Not only the musketeers, but also the swordsmen and lancers behind them.

The soldiers turned a blind eye to the corpses and the dying, walking past them like a fallen log.

Proceeding to about fifty paces, with a "stop" command, the human wall stopped moving.

"The gun is on!"

The Musketeer inserted the support rod into the ground and set up the matchlock gun.

While this time their enemies were scrambling to reload.

"Ready!"

The gunmen blew lightly at the matchlock and opened the lid of the gunpowder slot.

"Aim!"

The gun is on the shoulder and the sight is aimed at the enemy.

"Fire!"

The smouldering rope slid in an arc, igniting the gunpowder in the slot.

The flames flickered, the gunshots rang out, and a row of lead bullets flew towards the stone wall in the smoke, and screams came from behind the smoke wall.

"Charge!"

The lieutenants who led the subordinates behind the musketeers' formation stabbed the horse's ribs and rushed to the front. The sword and shield soldiers followed behind them, shouting and rushing towards the Haidonggang Shipyard.

On the other side of Haidong Port, the officers and cavalry have finished their formation and are running towards the dock at the speed of a "trot".

Four colonels were at the head of the charge, leading the charge. Behind the four colonels, the width of the queue gradually increased.

The overall charge formation is arrow-shaped, and this formation is called the arrow formation or the arrow front formation. Just like the red horns won't be faster, the arrow formation won't increase the penetration of the charge.

The real function of the arrow front is: as long as each cavalry behind follows the cavalry in front, the front cavalry can guide the direction of the entire charging queue, and under this premise Increase the width of the formation as much as possible.

With less than 100 meters left from the wall of the shipyard, Colonel Kara shouted and issued an order to charge. All the officers drew their sabers, leaned down, and accelerated with all their might.

It was expected that the distance would require officers to break through in a hail of bullets, but no gunshots were heard in the stone walls.

The cavalry did not encounter any resistance, and rushed to the stone wall in a flash. Colonel Kera leaped without the slightest hesitation and gracefully crossed the parapet.

Kara leaped past the other officers, dumbfounded. Winters, for example, has never been trained to drive the hurdles. The warrant officer's heartbeat stopped for a beat when he saw Colonel Kara's prancing horse over the parapet.

He didn't know if the strong player would suddenly stop by the stone wall and threw himself away to break his neck. But if the seniors in front of them all jumped over, he also had to jump oneself.

Fortunately the others were not as reckless as Colonel Kara, and Colonel Bozukhov stopped at the reins by the wall. The rest also stopped.

Bozukhov foul-mouthed the other two officers over the parapet and opened the gate.

The cavalry stormed into the shipyard, but stayed there. There were no enemies in the shipyard, just people running away.

"[Vulgar language]?!" Colonel Bozukhov scolded: "Three Legions have done all the work! Leave us some leftovers."

"What about that?"

"What, what? What to do?" Bozukhov gave the questioner a fiercely look: "Don't eat the leftovers? Kill all those who don't wear military uniforms!" Pumped the flattery stock and rushed to the enemies who were fleeing the sea.

Winters, seeing Andrey following Colonel Bozukhov, happily went after the fleeing enemy.

The bonus to the cavalry arrow formation in the whole station series has always been to increase the penetration power. In fact, this formation really exists, but the main reason is that it is easy to turn, and the front rider can control the direction of the charge. Thanks to the book friends who have voted for the recommendation before, thank the book friends Yan Yunsan for their recommendation votes, thank the book friends for the recommendation votes that they don’t know what they are called, thank the book friends writersblock for the recommendation votes, thank you all.

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