The rifled barrel has only a few more spiral lines than the smoothbore barrel, but its power and accuracy have increased exponentially, from more than 300 meters to more than 1,000 meters now.The British artillery lined up one after another at a distance of up to 100 meters, and Charlton gave the order, and the herald quickly waved the order flag."
Boom" pierced the sky with a violent roar, and more than 200 artillery pieces opened fire one after another.The British infantry took advantage of the situation to attack, of course, led by more than 100,000 Indian soldiers.The Indian soldiers are mainly from the Sikh ethnic group of India, mainly living in the northern part of India and practicing Sikhism.The men of this ethnic group are tall, brave in battle, and have a martial tradition.Because he wears a big turban on his head, he is also called a "big soldier".He once followed the British invasion of China and was the most ferocious dog that the British had trained in the Indian colonies.Britain armed more than 300,000 Indian soldiers in India, more than half of whom were Sikhs.For a time, within a radius of ten miles, it was densely packed with soldiers who were impacting.The scene was like a swarm of ants, scrambling to grab a grain of rice.Charlton deployed more than 50,000 troops and horses at the position of the center line, hoping to seize control of the center line in one fell swoop, and then spread to both sides.More than 200 shells fell on the position of the Huaxing army, each weighing 24 pounds, and the entire ground shook in an instant.Fortunately, these shells are solid and do not explode when they fall.The Huaxing army was all hiding in the trenches, and it was spread out in a skirmish line, and the damage caused by the shells was not great.But even so, there were still many soldiers who were hit by shells and were immediately smashed to pieces by the huge impact.Mu Weishan was half dead, but in order to save ammunition, he could only swallow this breath.Braving a hail of bullets, he observed the artillery positions of the British army, which were a kilometer away, and the front of the artillery was protected by bunkers.At a distance of kilometers, the accuracy of the bullet is not guaranteed at all.Now it is a return fire on the artillery positions of the British army, and it is only a waste of ammunition.At this time, India's big-headed soldiers also rushed into a distance of 1,000 meters, and Mu Weishan gave an order, and the Huaxing army, which had just withdrawn from the bullet-rain area, quickly returned to its position, braving the rain of bullets to launch a blockade against India's big-headed soldiers."
Bang, bang, bang" The position of the Huaxing army suddenly burst into gunfire, and dense gunfire was heard in a radius of several miles.The Huaxing army in the middle line position was under the greatest pressure, the most concentrated artillery was in the middle line position, and the most dense infantry charge was also in the middle line.Bullets flew out overwhelmingly, knocking down the Indian big-headed soldiers in an instant.But the Sikhs did not flinch at all, still jumping and jumping and shooting back.The Huaxing army hid in the trenches, and the bullets "whizzed" past their scalps, and there were not many casualties.The Indian big-headed soldiers fired in motion, and the accuracy naturally suffered.What's more, because the distance is too far, there is a certain visual difference with the Huaxing army hiding in the trenches.Therefore, the bullets fired naturally had no accuracy, either flying over the heads of the Huaxing army, or splashing in front of the Huaxing army's position.When the Indian soldiers rushed into a distance of 500 meters, the expeditionary machine guns of the Huaxing army's position finally spat out tongues of fire.Each machine gun fired nearly 500 rounds in a minute, and even the barrel became hot.The situation of the Indian soldiers can be imagined, they are clearly as if they have broken into the storm, their ears are buzzing, and they are almost killed by bullets in groups.Charlton stared at the expeditionary machine gun that was constantly spitting tongues of fire, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, not knowing that the Huaxing Army still had this kind of weapon.He hurriedly asked the artillerymen to adjust the angle and fired specifically at the position where the machine gun was located.The midline position where the machine gun company was located was instantly covered by shells, and the iron balls kept smashing down, and there were always one or two hits, and even the men and machine guns were all smashed to pieces.Mu Weishan watched the machine gun company being bombarded by shells, and he was angry and anxious, secretly sighing at the long-range strike advantage of artillery.It's a pity that the Huaxing Army is only equipped with short-range mortars, and it has no ability to fight back in the face of the bombardment of British artillery.In desperation, the machine gun company put away all the machine guns and hid in the trenches with all the machine guns.As soon as the Indian soldiers saw that the fire in front of them had weakened, they got up again and charged forward with their guns again.The entire semi-circular defensive position was in one piece, and a signal flare pierced the sky, and the soldiers of the Huaxing Army looked up one after another, and the position boiled for a while."
Thank God, you guys are here" Mu Weishan breathed a sigh of relief, it was the airship brigade of the Huaxing Army flying in the sky at this time.Because the typhoon has swept the southeast peninsula in the past few days, the airship brigade has not joined the battlefield for a long time.When the British army heard the shouts of the Huaxin army, they also looked into the sky curiously.I saw sixty airships lined up in a neat formation overhead, as if they were heavenly soldiers and generals descending from the divine realm, and their momentum was terrifying."
Oh God, how is this possible" Charlton exclaimed, he would never have thought that Huaxing Army could even build an airship.He had seen similar hot air balloons in England, but their performance was nowhere near as good as the airship overhead.The British commanders were well-informed people, and when faced with the airships of the Huaxing Army, they usually showed this expression of surprise and jealousy.They didn't want to believe that the yellow race could be smarter than them.As soon as the airship group flew over the Indian chiefs, sixty airships dropped bombs weighing 30 kilograms down.The Indian big-headed soldiers saw this thing for the first time, and they thought that the Huaxing army had used some magic, so they raised their guns and shot them into the air.When the "boom, boom, boom" bomb landed, it immediately let out a roar that resounded through the heavens and the earth.The flames were splashed and the smoke rose to the sky, enveloping the entire battlefield for a while.The scattered shrapnel ruthlessly destroyed everything around him, and all the Indian big-headed soldiers in the explosion circle were all blurred by the shrapnel.The sounds of panic, roars, and wails mingled and were soon swallowed up by the sound of explosions.The Indian soldiers shot into the sky for a long time, but it had no effect at all.On the contrary, the bullet fell because of inertia, and the power of the fall did not decrease, and it killed a lot of unlucky people scattered and scattered.Even under artillery fire, the Indian generals still relied on the bravery of the Sikhs and continued to storm the positions of the Huaxing army under artillery fire."
Quick, get the artillerymen out of the battlefield" Charlton saw the airship troops coming towards the artillery position, and immediately understood their next target.He hurriedly waved his hand to the herald, trying to keep the only artillery team in his hand.As soon as the herald received Charlton's order, he immediately waved the command flag in his hand and told the artillery to retreat.But the speed of the airship is so fast, it can be instantaneous and unstoppable in the air.The artillerymen had just received the order and had not yet had time to react.Bombs were already falling from the sky, and for a time they were blooming everywhere on the artillery positions.The smoke of gunpowder instantly enveloped the artillery position, and the huge impact force after the bomb exploded shattered one of the British artillery, leaving only a black hole in the barrel.The artillerymen screamed and fled in all directions, but where could they escape in the shrapnel, and in a moment they were torn alive by the shells.The British artillerymen, who had just taken the lives of their artillery, were now buried in the ravages of bombs, and it has to be said that retribution came too quickly.The airship brigade put almost all the bombs.All poured on the artillery positions of the British troops.Feng Jie, with his keen observation, concluded that the trump card of the British army was artillery.As long as the artillery of the British army is destroyed, then the army of the Huaxing army has nothing to fear.Charlton was so emotional that he was about to cry, but this artillery was his hand in India.The British army has never attached great importance to the development of the army, and has spent the main manpower and material resources on the development of the navy.He raised more than 200 artillery pieces by begging his grandfather to tell his grandmother, but he didn't expect them to be wiped out in such a short time.After completing the operational objectives, the airship brigade quickly withdrew from the battlefield and returned to the Singapore military base.The smoke cleared, and the British artillery positions were in shambles.The artillery lay on the ground, and the artillery was scattered and only parts remained."
Rush, all rush up, kill all the Huaxing army" Charlton lost control of his spirit, and he couldn't care about the safety of the British army at this time.At that moment, he waved the command flag and ordered all the British troops in the rear to press up.At this time, the Indian commanders had already relied on the suppression of artillery and rushed to a distance of 300 meters.This sudden situation completely disrupted Charlton's plan, and he didn't want the hard-won fruits of victory to be taken away by the Huaxing army.If you don't give it up now, without the cover of artillery, there will be no hope of victory.The 20,000 men of the British army pressed again to the center line, and the Huaxing army on the center line fully withstood more than 70,000 enemy troops.The entire battlefield was filled with gunfire, and within a radius of ten miles was flying bullets.There are constantly British soldiers who are hit by bullets to the end, and people continue to step on corpses and continue to attack.Both sides were red-eyed, just repeating the mechanical shooting action in their hands.Pull the bolt, pull the trigger, pull the bolt again, pull the trigger again.The Huaxing army hid in the trenches and had an absolute advantage.Each shot was aimed at a point, almost knocking out an enemy with a single shot.The machine gun company is even more like a killing god, wherever the muzzle of the gun sweeps, it is the place where the corpses of the British soldiers are piled up.At this point in the battle, whether it was the Indian soldiers who rushed to the front or the British troops who followed behind.All of them were suppressed by the firepower in front of them, and they all lay on the ground and confronted the Huaxing army.Relying on the sacrifice of the Indian soldiers, the British army broke through to a distance of less than 300 meters.Within the effective shooting distance of this breech-loading foreign gun, the British army could not avoid it in the open ground, and it was able to rush into a distance of 300 meters, which was already obtained by relying on the crowd tactics of the Indian army.The battle lasted from noon to dusk, and the remnants of the sun were like blood, and the smoke of gunpowder was thick.The battlefield was full of corpses, with stumps and severed arms scattered all over the ground.A cool breeze blew, and the air was filled with the smell of blood, making people feel like they were in Shura Hell."
Your artillerymen are playing with eggs, now it's time for you to see our artillery."
A sneer flashed on Mu Weishan's face, looking at the British army rushing into a distance of three hundred meters, it was like looking at a group of dying people
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