Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 944

[Chapter 944 The battle is over!]

“It’s almost death!” When the

prisoners showed up as skirmishers and rushed towards the Marine Corps position, Chang Pan couldn’t help shaking his head.

“They are serious criminals, and their deaths are for nothing. This charge is sure to make money.” Zhao Xu smiled.

Pan Chang nodded, “In that case, we will do them a favor and execute these prisoners.”

Then he ordered the generals to stand on guard, and at the same time ordered the artillery to clear the opponent’s field artillery hidden in the fortifications.

The opponent’s field guns are not many, and they appear sparse on the vast battlefield.

But occasionally a solid bullet flies over, and it can still cause a lot of damage to the soldiers.

Soldiers in charge of naval guns are also threatened.

After all, their naval gun positions are only 500 meters away from the opponent’s trench.

This distance is within the attack range of the opponent’s field artillery.

However, these field guns are not exposed.

But as long as it is exposed, it is doomed to be destroyed.

On the naval gun position, an artilleryman holding a telescope quickly locked the position of a field gun.

Given the direction and distance, the artillerymen adjusted their muzzles.

Immediately, a conical shell flew out and exploded thirty meters away from the field gun.

The huge explosion frightened the artilleryman in charge of the field artillery to lie down on the ground.

“Northeast direction, the error is about 30 meters, readjust.” The last one was just a test firing to calibrate the position.

The naval gun artillery fine-tuned the muzzle again, and another shell flew out at this time.

The shell exploded just five meters away from the field artillery, and the artilleryman in charge of the field artillery was not as lucky as last time.

The flying shrapnel and the powerful shock wave immediately reaped their lives.

This was not over yet, the naval artillery fired two more shells, and they didn’t stop until one shell hit the position of the field gun.

Meanwhile, shelling against the British Field Artillery was carried out across the battlefield.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the opponent’s thirty-six field guns were all extinguished.

Some field guns were even bombarded by ten naval guns.

“Bang bang bang…”

The British prisoners kept approaching as the guns fired at each other.

It didn’t take long to enter within 200 meters of the Marine Corps.

At this time, the prisoners suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the marines, roaring continuously.

The Marines, who had been on the alert, pulled the triggers one after another.

On the flat grass, the accuracy of the Qin-style rifle is under.

These charging prisoners are undoubtedly like targets.

Immediately, the prisoners kept falling on the way to charge.

Under tension, they could only shoot randomly with flintlock guns.

When a bullet was fired, they had to stand still, take out the bullet and load it awkwardly.

It takes about twenty seconds to reload this time.

Obviously, a stationary target is the best target to shoot at.

The prisoners who loaded the bullets were often beaten into a sieve before the bullets were loaded.

The gunfire lasted for half an hour, and 70% of the more than 10,000 prisoners were lost.

The remaining 30% of the prisoners finally dared not continue to charge, but chose to escape back to the trench.

Forgiving his crimes is naturally very attractive, but it is better to be guilty than dead, and some of them have figured this out.

Those who didn’t count, all died.

“Boom boom boom…” Although the gunfire stopped, the shelling continued.

The time lasted from noon to evening before the shelling stopped.

During this period, the Marines did not charge the trenches, but kept their lines.

The soldiers of the reserve team even squinted and rested on the battlefield.

Because it’s their turn to work at night.

As night fell, darkness enveloped the land.

At this time, boxes of flares were sent to the battlefield.

The reason why they didn’t charge during the day was to catch the opponent by surprise at night and consume their wave of soldiers again.

“The soldiers in Queensland have never seen a flare, and they certainly have never seen a flare. After the bombardment during the day, they have suffered heavy casualties. This sneak attack at night should be able to defeat their main force.” Gong Ying felt itchy when he saw the flare .

Because of their experience in using it, the mission of this sneak attack was handed over to the marines led by him.

“This is the best, but don’t force it. If you can’t take it at night, you can continue shelling tomorrow.” Zhao Xu instructed Gong Ying.

In response, Gong Ying happily went away with the flare.

Half an hour later, it seemed that all their soldiers had touched the edge of the trench fortification.

At this time, a flare flew into the sky.

Like a fallen sun, it illuminates the earth.

At this moment, Oliver and Joseph, like the Queensland officer Harpy, judged that the Dasong army would not launch a night attack.

The sudden light stunned him and the Britons in the trench.

However, at this moment, they were covered by grenades and bullets, and they were caught off guard.

Amidst the gunshots and explosions, Oliver seemed to have seen a ghost.

Finally Joseph could no longer keep his composure.

“Governor, we have lost this battle.” Joseph said this, and all the strength in his body seemed to disappear.

Oliver nodded numbly, now that he had lost all energy.

In one day, more than 800 of the 3,000 British regular troops under his command were killed.

More than 2,000 militiamen with rifled guns were killed, not counting the townspeople and prisoners.

At this speed, if the Dasong army continued to shell for a few more days, they would be finished.

And now, what kind of weird situation is this?

No one could answer his question.

And he could only watch the trenches become a mess and could do nothing.

“Tell everyone that even if you die, you have to be backed.” Oliver suddenly yelled, his eyes crazy.

Joseph nodded and conveyed Oliver’s order.

Although he knew that this order had no effect.

Because they simply cannot effectively counter each other.

“噗, 噗, 咖…” After the ball of light, balls of light flew up on the battlefield again and again, and the trenches were always as bright as day.

At this time, the marines who touched the edge of the trench began to formally attack the trench after the sneak attack.

Gunfire and grenade explosions were heard throughout the trench work.

However, the attack lasted only an hour, and the marines chose to retreat.

Since the battlefield was much larger than Queensland, their flares were not strong enough to last very long.

When the marines retreated, Oliver and Joseph immediately counted the troops, feeling desolate again.

There are only more than 1,000 of their regular army left, and 8,000 militiamen.

Fearing another sneak attack, the British soldiers in the trench fortifications stayed up all night.

The next morning, when they were extremely sleepy, the huge roar sounded again.

The Dasong army launched another shelling.

In the next three days, although the sneak attack at night disappeared, it was replaced by shelling.

Under three days of continuous bombardment, the regular British army and militia were seriously damaged, and they could hardly support a decent battle. The morale of the townspeople and prisoners was also extremely low, and many people almost went crazy because of despair.

Under such circumstances, the early morning of the fourth day was after another hour of shelling.

Marines charged from all directions.

“Kill!”

Bursts of roars resounded through the sky, and the marines rushed towards the trench like a tide.

All that greeted them were sporadic rifle shots.

Some soldiers were injured and fell down, but this could not stop their progress.

They crossed the battlefield, jumped into the trenches, pointed their guns at the enemy, and raised their bayonets to fight the Britons.

Facing the full-scale attack of the Marine Corps, the British finally collapsed completely, and many people crawled out of the trenches and fled to New South Wales.

The Marines gave chase.

Like a shrinking pocket, they completely occupied and controlled the city of New South Wales in the evening.

(end of this chapter)