These Dutch mercenaries, dressed in Ming woolen uniforms, also lined up in an orderly manner, and began to slowly march towards the British camp.However, unlike the English soldiers, these Dutch mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty were armed with primary rifled guns, which were procured from the Ming Dynasty.England also developed its own rifled guns, but because the cost of its own manufacturing was too high, and England did not significantly increase military expenditures now, only the Royal Guards infantry in London was temporarily equipped with rifled guns, and the British army in Kingsling was naturally equipped with flintlock muskets.However, the British army of this era was considered to be highly trained and organized, and even when they had seen the power of the naval guns of the Ming army at sea, they did not show much panic when they lined up on land.The British commander Kroger was also quite calm, and after seeing the Dutch mercenaries on the Ming side appear on the horizon, he shouted loudly: "Fire!"
Bombing those damned Dutch people and making them slaves to the Yellow Easterners is a shame on my white Westerners!
”The artillery of the British army was still smoothbore, and the shells were still solid.When the cannonballs of black briquettes came at them, they only knocked a few Dutch mercenaries away, and then they only ploughed a ditch.However, because the queues at the Dutch mercenary station were not dense, there were not many casualties.Aside from some panic caused by the Dutch mercenaries around where the shells fell, the rest didn't have much of an impact.What's more, the Overseer team composed of the main force of the Ming army followed behind the Dutch mercenaries, and as long as the Dutch mercenaries in that place escaped from the battle, they would be immediately shot by the Overseers.The Dutch mercenaries could only continue to maintain their array, and continued to advance under the bombardment of British artillery.Eventually, as the array of Dutch mercenaries got closer to the British artillery, the British commander had to order his artillery to withdraw and let his infantry go up.As a result, the pressure on the Dutch mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty was reduced.But soon, the pressure increased again, because the well-trained British infantry, lined up for thousands of meters, marched towards these Dutch mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty to the beat of drums.These British troops were like a wall, and the Dutch mercenaries in front of them were about to breathe.The Dutch mercenaries had to stop their advance and push their artillery forward.The cannons they used were also imported from the Ming Dynasty.And it's also a smoothbore gun, which fires solid shells.However, because the Ming Dynasty has a more mature industrial base, these cannons are made of better iron-core copper tires, and their natural power and range are still above the cannons of the British army.When the Dutch mercenaries fired the shells, the British were indeed killed on the spot.However, to the surprise of the Dutch mercenaries, the British troops continued to follow the beat of the drums, and there was no rout.The Dutch mercenaries had no choice but to continue firing shells.As a result, the white smoke rose more and more, directly enveloping the British troops on the opposite side in a cloud of smoke.To the consternation of the Dutch mercenaries, the British army was still advancing, and the drums seemed to be non-stopping, and these well-trained British soldiers did not seem to know how to stop advancing, as if they were not afraid to lose their lives even if they took one step further.Historically, the British army during this period was indeed able to line up for thousands of kilometers and advance in an orderly manner under the intensive drumbeat, and even did not shoot until the enemy was close enough to themselves, even when their own side had already suffered many casualties.Instead, they didn't shoot until they were in front of the enemy.According to the British commanders who have historically relied on this method of warfare to defeat the French army and thus occupy the whole of Canada, they should not shoot until they can see the whites of the enemy's eyes.Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
By this time, the drumbeat on the British side was getting closer and closer to the Dutch mercenaries.Although, quite a few of them have fallen, and there is even no shortage of commanders.But the British troops, in order, began to march towards the Dutch mercenaries in a row.At the forefront was the British Navy.Although they were retreated to the navy on land, they were also trained to line up and shoot on land.Behind it was the British Army that came out of Kingslyn.These armies knew that the artillery of the Ming army could collapse their castle and could not be deployed in the city, thus forming the effect of lining up to shoot, so they walked out under the leadership of their commanders.The Dutch mercenaries were already nervous as they watched the approaching British troops.In particular, the dense drumbeat seemed to beat on their chests, making their hearts tingle for a while, so that their legs were a little weak.Medina the Dutch was even beginning to sweat on his forehead and his legs to go limp, and he swore that he now regretted that he had gone into battle for the sake of a good salary, when he saw the English army so neatly and so overwhelmingly overwhelmed."
Don't panic!
Your rifles are better than theirs, and your tactics are better than theirs!
They used the remaining tactics of Lao Tzu!
”The Ming officers, who were usually responsible for training these Dutch mercenaries and were sent to serve as their middle and upper commanders, reminded these Dutch mercenaries in time at this time.Moreover, there were also Ming officers who began to command: "Artillery stand back!"
The infantry continued to disperse slowly with the command in a three-person battle sequence, and then listened to my orders and fired again!
”As a result, the Dutch mercenaries regained their composure and began to disperse slowly according to the formation they had formed during training.The experienced British Army Major General Lonzal, who was proud to think that his brave and fearless British soldiers, would show the Netherlands the strength of their British land warfare after seeing the Dutch people clearly, he saw that the ranks of Dutch mercenaries were even more dispersed.He couldn't help but show a look of horror because of this: "Why are they still scattered?!"
”"Not good!
Rifled guns for these damned Dutchmen!
”"Send the cavalry to tell the naval commander in front, Count Kroger, to let them run and move forward, and be sure to keep a tight queue before being killed in large numbers, and kill more Dutchmen!
It's the same with our army, we all have to speed up!
”As a result, Lonshal had to issue a new order."
It's hard to keep a tight queue until you're close to the front and back, unless you tie the soldiers' feet together, but you can't run fast that way!"
Colter, an officer beside him, reminded.Lonshal did not retract his order, because he had no other better way, but scolded: "Damn!
Why doesn't His Majesty get us armed with such guns as soon as possible. ”"Even if there is such a gun, it will have to change the tactics trained to be effective, this group of Dutch people has obviously been trained by the Ming people, so they know how to use rifled guns against our formation of line up!""
So, these yellow people from the East are terrible, they seem to be always ahead of us in equipment, and when we were still using arquebuses, they used flintlock guns, and when we used flintlock guns, they used rifled guns, and now even their slaves use rifled guns, and we still use flintlock guns!"
Colter said depressedly.