Chapter 51: The Thick Red Line

"Forward—"

Owen stood on the far left side of the line, directing his sword forward, and the stabbed British soldiers around him strode forward again.

In the cracks of the ranks, the thick mortar cannons roared, and the fine iron bullets and pebbles rained down on the positions of the Yun clan soldiers, and they could barely raise their heads.

Owen ordered to move forward quickly.

Unfortunately, their pace was once again slowed down by the tiger squat cannon in Yunzhen, and the shells exploded in the red crowd, even if the British army wanted to keep the queue in order, they were scattered by the debris and shock wave from the explosion.

Lao Zhou once again ordered a retreat, and they had already keenly spotted the British army's eagerness to get close to them and launch a white-knuckle battle.

When I was at the Phoenix Mountain Military Academy, the instructors had long said that under the condition that they could effectively kill and injure the enemy, they could take the initiative to abandon some positions.

This shelling is the biggest help that Yunzhen can give in a short period of time, because the barrel of the cannon has been red and scrapped, and if you want to launch another fierce shelling, you must replace the barrel, which will take time.

The British were approaching step by step, they were not afraid of death, they were not afraid of being blown up by shells, and they were not afraid of the enemy who was constantly retreating, and in their opinion, if they pursued for a while, the enemy would be defeated.

They have seen many such scenes.

However, they didn't notice that as the battle line continued to move forward, there were more and more enemies on the opposite side of them, the guns and bullets became more and more dense, and the partners around them were constantly decreasing.

A clear red line appeared in Baron Nelson's telescope...... The red line, made from the bodies of British soldiers killed in battle, stretches from the beach to the land.

Colonel Owen has not yet ordered the pursuit, which shows that the resistance of the enemy on the opposite side is still very stubborn, and further pressure is needed!

"Our gunfire is getting thinner and thinner, and when our gunfire stops completely, you will come ashore with all our gold, and go and ransom them for Owen."

Baron Nelson put down his binoculars, whispered a word to his clerk, and left the foredeck.

Owen threw a grenade with all his might, and the grenade crossed an arc in mid-air, and finally landed on the position of the Ming army, the lead on the grenade was still sneering and burning, and was immediately picked up and thrown out by a Ming soldier.

The grenade eventually exploded in front of the position, sending a dark red glow.

At the same time, the Ming army also threw a lot of grenades, perhaps because these Ming soldiers were too afraid, the fuses of the grenades were not ignited, and some curious British soldiers picked up the grenades and wanted to reuse them, but the grenades exploded in their hands.

"Freedom Assault!"

Owen shouted, picked up a bayonet-mounted musket from the ground, and ran forward.

Immediately, his lieutenant threw away his broken bagpipes and charged forward with his commander, and soon more men joined the charge.

"Free fire! After three shots, the white-knives fight! ”

After Lao Zhou let out a shout, he put his rifle against his shoulder socket and fired, reloaded, fired, reloaded, and shot again, and then jumped out of the trench with the rifle that had been loaded with bayonets and condescendingly rushed towards the British troops who rushed up.

Lao Zhou's behavior led the rest of the Yun clan soldiers, and after they finished shooting, they also followed Lao Zhou with bayonets to meet the British army, and for a while, the shouts shook the four fields.

Standing in the command position, Yunwen felt that the blood in his body boiled all of a sudden, threw away the binoculars in his hand, and was about to leave the command position to fight the enemy with the gun when he picked up his rifle.

Lao Chang desperately hugged Yunwen's waist and said, "Young Master, you are the master of an army, and you can't go to the front line to fight directly." ”

Moire's nose spewed out hot lungs, and he howled, "I don't care ...... it."

Lao Chang begged, "No." ”

Moire shouted: "The whole army is attacking!" ”

Lao Chang heard that Yunwen had issued an official military order, so he had to let go of Yunwen, and rushed out of the command post with his rifle first, shouting loudly: "The whole army attack, the whole army attack!" ”

Immediately, the sound of the call for the whole army to attack spread throughout the entire position, and the grooms, cooks, clerks, and medical soldiers left the position one after another and rushed to the first-line position where they were strangled together, and even Yunzhen and other artillerymen who were changing their barrels also abandoned their artillery positions and gathered to the front-line positions with any weapons they could find.

Colonel Owen stabbed a Yun soldier in the chest with a shot, took a step back and pulled out a spear stab, smashed the butt of the gun in the face of another Yun clan soldier with his backhand, and then used the spear to pick up a spear stab, and then stuck the gun shaft in the neck of a Yun clan soldier, pushed him out fiercely, and then turned around and stabbed the bayonet into the waist of a Yun clan soldier who was besieging the adjutant, and turned the spear to pull the blood-stained spear back.

Homeopathy stood back to back with the adjutant.

"Al, fire a flare and tell Baron Nelson that we need a dense artillery cover here."

Al pulled a flare from his waist, and just as he was about to ignite it, a blood-red spear pierced his arm holding the velvet, and the velvet fell to the ground, and before Al could lean over, the spear pierced his temple and pierced his entire head, freezing Adjutant Al's movements in the same way as he had been before he died.

"Al!" Owen shouted, and when he looked back, he saw a hideous face.

"Kill!"

After Lao Zhou stabbed Al to death, he quickly stabbed a shot at Owen, Owen dodged to dodge, but he didn't expect a Yun clan soldier behind him to stab at him with a bayonet, he dodged again, and stood still with his back against half of the thick dead wood.

At this time, the British army, which was less than 300 people left, was finally overwhelmed by the superior strength of the Yun clan's soldiers.

Owen did not show half a sad look on his face, but put the butt of his musket on the ground in strict accordance with the infantry drill code, grasped the barrel of the gun with his hands, his feet were at shoulder level, and he looked at the old Zhou Dao in front of him: "Come on!" ”

Lao Zhou looked at the interpreter who had knocked out several teeth and was vomiting blood: "Tell him, for the sake of him being a good man, Lao Tzu allowed him to surrender." ”

The interpreter spat out another mouthful of blood, and when he was about to speak, he heard Owen say to Lao Zhou in an awkward Da Ming dialect: "My subordinates have all died honorably, and now it's my turn."

Are you the commander of this battle? ”

Lao Zhou shook his head and said, "I'm not, I'm the commander's entourage, and our commander is Colonel Moire, a young man." ”

Owen saw the cloud pattern that was obviously an officer, and spat on the ground with disdain: "He's a nobleman?" ”

Lao Zhou nodded and said, "That's right, he is a royal family!" “

Owen grinned, "The Yun Clan? Veteran, you have to be careful of the nobles, they are the most despicable people in the world, and the royal family is the most untrustworthy of this group. ”

Lao Zhou shook his head and said, "You don't have to delay time, I saw that you let a few people leave when you launched a charge." I should have stopped them, but unfortunately your attack was so fierce that you managed to get them to escape.

Since you want glory, then, I will give you glory, you kill yourself! ”

Owen smiled: "Those who commit suicide can't go to heaven, so I can only die with honor, since you are not willing to attack, then, I will attack." ”

With that, he threw away his big gun, and threw himself at the cloud with a shout with a gun in both hands......

After these days of war, Moire has learned to be calm, and when he saw Owen pounce on him and did not move, he trusted his subordinates to kill Owen easily.

Owen died in battle, even if his whole body was full of bayonets, and finally he was picked up by bayonets, thrown into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground, he still stubbornly raised his head and looked at the cloud pattern and said: "I am immortal, I will come back." ”

Moire looked at the dead Owen and said, "When you come back, I will kill you with my own hands, no matter how many times you can survive, until you dare not come back to life!" ”

After Yunwen finished speaking, Lao Zhou looked at Yunwen and said, "Young Master, when the troops gather, you have to guard against shelling, doesn't the young master know?" ”

Moire said, "I know. ”

Lao Zhou said: "I will report this matter to the master." ”

Moire laughed and said: "Whatever you want, it's just a beating, in short, Lao Tzu is happy." ”

Lao Zhou no longer spoke, but his eyes fell on the excited Yun Zhen's face, Yun Zhen lowered his head in disdain, and quickly slipped away from the crowd, he knew that the war was not over yet, he, the artillery commander, left the artillery position and should be killed according to the law!

However, he is still not afraid, and the cloud pattern that shouts "all the army attack" is the one who deserves to be beheaded the most.

Under the command of Lao Zhou, the various units still returned to their respective positions, leaving only some blacks to collect the spoils.

The battlefield fell completely silent.

Baron Nelson turned his back to the battlefield and remained silent for a long time.

In front of him stood three embarrassed British soldiers, and on the table in front of him were two damaged Ming Zhonghua II firearms, as well as a Tiger Squat Cannon shell that did not explode.

"Baron, Colonel Owen said that he left the flag of our Fairfax Ninth Infantry Regiment and me, a reserve officer, and he hoped that the Fairfax Ninth Infantry Regiment would not die.

At the same time, he left his command knife to the Ming State officers who had defeated him, and he hoped that we would be able to get his command knife back in the future. ”

Nelson coughed and said, "Young man, your enemy is very strong, extremely powerful, as far as I know, this army is not the most elite army of the Ming Kingdom, or even a newly formed army.

Are you confident that you can reclaim Owen's command knife? ”

The young officer alternate said, "I already know how to fight the Ming army, so we can fulfill Colonel Owen's last wish." ”

Nelson waved his hand and said, "Then go back to London with the merchant ships, and tell Cromwell the news of Colonel Owen's death in battle, and tell him that the British Empire has encountered an enemy in India that has never been stronger than ever." ”