Four infantry companies spread out under the knoll, and not a single iron bullet flew over their heads, much to the discomfort of the six hundred infantrymen.

The inkers in the front row, or the inkers from time to time, but simply to get double the excess service allowance, the veteran whispered: "I haven't fought a battle without artillery cover." ”

They did get a little uncomfortable, and the officers had just told them that the Coalition infantry was behind the knoll, and that once they got to the knoll, the Coalition infantry would have to fight back.

So they all stuck their short spears under their guns early, and the coalition forces had a mix of hot and cold weapons, as well as a large number of spearmen.

The disgusting thing about this anti-slope formation is that it allows the coalition forces to avoid the attack of the superior Mohist artillery, and allows the infantry to counterattack in a dense formation after climbing the hillock.

Combat engineers would go up to build a barracks after the infantry had consolidated the defenses on the hillock, so that the artillery could deploy on it and bombard the coalition forces.

These four companies will face a real fierce battle, a fierce battle without the cover of copper cannons and without cavalry assault.

Although these infantry are not unable to fight such a battle, the generals who have been able to force the Mo family to use infantry to hedge hand-to-hand combat are also considered to be the best for a while.

The hillock wasn't too big to deploy too many troops, but it was so important that the two sides had to fight each other with fueling tactics.

The attacking troops on the flanks close to the front line of the Chinese army have begun to exchange fire, and the two sides are about 80 paces away from each other, and the coalition forces are not dominant, but probably because of the long-distance shooting, the formation is still complete and can still be maintained.

The drums were beating, and the four companies of the first wave of attack were put in order, and the attack began with the sound of drums.

There was no enemy in front of them, at least not in sight, but they knew that once they reached the hill, they would face a counterattack from the enemy army.

Hand-to-hand combat was inevitable, and they were probably the first wave of Mojia infantry to face hand-to-hand combat without being broken up by artillery.

The officer with the pheasant feather crown walked steadily, and the soldier next to him moved forward slowly, although the hill was not big, but it was still not easy to climb up, and there was no way to take a big stride, so he could only choose to move forward little by little.

There was no grass or trees to grab a handful of, and the pace of the march was very slow, and if there were a few allied bronze cannons on the hill, the attack might have been declared a failure at this point.

But if there were a few bronze cannons of the coalition army on the hillock, they would have been beaten to ruins early at this time.

The back of the hillock.

The Qi army company was waiting for the order, and the spearmen had already finished arraying.

The arquebusiers were only forty paces away from the top of the hillock, and if the Mohman showed his head from the top of the hillock, they would choose to fire a salvo and let the spearmen attack it, covering themselves behind.

The mood of the Qi soldiers was very stable, they didn't know what the overall situation was, but they knew that they had not been attacked by iron bullets since the copper cannons on the Mo family's position began to roar in the early morning.

This is a good sign and a means of stabilizing the morale of the military.

It was difficult for the soldiers to understand the consequences of abandoning this hill and being captured by the Mo family and launching artillery.

As far as they are concerned, they just need to know that they are not being hit by iron bullets, and that their comrades and companions are not being killed in a bloody way.

They couldn't see the whole battlefield, and because they were behind the knoll, it was impossible for them to know the situation on the battlefield.

All they can see is their side, around, front and back.

If there are too many people who die within thirty paces of each other, they will think that they have been defeated and will choose to flee by sprinting backwards.

The formation of the commander of the Qi army perfectly avoided the panic and confusion caused by this artillery bombardment, but it also put his own side in danger, and this hill could not be given up in the slightest, and if it was abandoned, it would bring about the collapse of the entire right flank.

The arquebusiers holding the brackets were dripping with sweat, and they could not see the situation on the other side of the hill, only the sound of the snare drums and footsteps of the Mo family getting closer and closer on the opposite side.

They need to shoot at the moment when the Mo family shows up, only in this way can they ensure the suppression of the first wave of firepower.

Rely on their fire to open a gap in the dense formation of the Mo family, so that the spearmen can carry out a counter-attack on the anti-slope plane and drive away the first wave of the Mo family's troops attacking the hillock.

The heavy arquebuses pressed against the wooden supports, and the musketeers of the Qi army waited for their last chance with a thumping and flustered heartbeat.

The sound of the snare drums was getting closer and closer, and the noble officers of the Qi army were also shouting orders, and the smell of burning arquebuses was a bit harsh, but the musketeers of the Qi army still squinted and did not dare to blink for a moment.

On the front of the hillock, when the four companies of the Mo family were only twenty paces away from the top of the hillock, the sound of the snare drum suddenly changed.

The company commanders shouted, "Stop! ”

The soldiers, who were still twenty paces away from the summit, stopped, and the sound of snare drums came from behind.

Someone quietly glanced back, and four more companies of infantry followed them about thirty paces away.

It seems that this time on this hill, the main general has made a bloody investment, and eight companies of nearly one brigade of infantry have been deployed at one time, forming waves.

After a brief pause for the first four companies, the officers seemed to be waiting for something, and when the four companies behind them approached about twenty paces, the officer commanding in front suddenly ordered: "Walk slowly!" ”

The soldiers of the four companies at the front did not bother to think about the meaning of walking slowly, now that there was no enemy at the top of the hill, the officers judged that the enemy was behind the knoll, so instead of waiting to climb up the hill outcrop to be attacked, it was better to approach slowly now, and immediately fire a volley after climbing to the high point of the hill.

After the salvo, you may have to choose to charge, and it is advantageous to directly attack the Mo family, these brigades are all standard pure team brigades, there is no mixture of hot and cold weapons, there is no combination of arquebuses and spearmen, but simple flint guns that can be equipped with short spears.

Twenty paces was actually very close, but in the eyes of the soldiers of the four companies in the front row, the distance of twenty paces was extremely oppressive.

If there is a visible enemy directly on the hill, they will not be afraid.

On the contrary, the distance of twenty paces was calm, there were not even shells and gunshots, and not a single person was in sight.

There were only a lot of corpses of the Qi army of the two companies that had been entrenched here at the foot, and this hill became the focus of the artillery bombardment for half an hour before, and the Qi infantry of the two companies had been destroyed by the intensive artillery bombardment of the Mo family before they could engage the battle.

More than 100 corpses lay on the ground, and many of them died in a very miserable state, because these iron bullets were solid, not explosive, but even worse.

Once hit, you will either break your leg or arm, or your entire chest will be smashed, and even if you are lucky enough not to die at the time, you will soon dry up your blood.

In the ears of the marching vanguard, the surroundings were quiet.

There was no scream, and even if the people who had been shelled before had not died at that time, and had shed blood for about half an hour, they would definitely not have survived now.

From time to time, there would be a floppy corpse under his feet, and he had died for less than an hour, and the corpse was still soft and not hard.

Some veterans could tell how long the man had been dead just by the feeling of the corpse under their feet, and many of them had suppressed local resistance forces in the South China Sea, and all of them had blood on their hands.

Even veterans who have actually seen blood are nervous at this time.

They may have faced enemy troops in formation, and even seen the spears lit by enemy arquebuses twenty or thirty paces away from them pointed at them.

But this time is different after all, there is no enemy in front of them, but everyone knows that once they set foot on the hill, they will definitely be subjected to a burst of gunfire.

It's a very bad, depressing, and unbearable feeling.

A soldier stumbled over a pool of blood and tripped over the dead body's arm, and a nervous partner next to him almost pulled the trigger.

Probably even the side face of the officer was sweaty.

The silence and the unknown, this battlefield that was originally fired at each other is even more unbearable.

Twenty steps are shortened to ten, and ten steps are shortened to five.

The veterans in the front row took a deep breath, each secretly praying that the first shot of the other would not hit them.

When they took the last step and finally saw the Qi army behind the hill, the noble officers of the Qi army shouted the order to shoot.

On the flanks of the hillock, the infantry of six Qi companies were in full formation, and they had not been shelled at all before.

Nearly 500 arquebusiers were divided into three columns, the first column firing and quickly reloading, while the second column immediately stepped forward to mount their arquebuses on wooden forks.

Bang bang bang......

With such a close-range volley, nearly a hundred of the infantry of the four companies that attacked the hill in the front row immediately fell to the ground.

The arquebuses of the Qi army were larger in caliber and had a slow reload, but they were very powerful.

The four companies of the Mo family attacked first were killed and wounded a quarter in an instant, and the four representatives of the Mo family with a high pheasant feather crown were hit by three, and only one was not injured.

One of the four companies that took the lead in boarding, the company commander and the representative of the company were all killed, and one company lost more than half of it, and almost instantly, this company collapsed.

It was originally a depressing march, and the ridge line on the hill was like the line when the criminals were shot in Sishang, and he had to walk over and suffer death himself.

This one company was instantly routed and retreated in the direction from which it came, while the remaining three companies stood firm.

In the interval between the three rounds of firing of the Qi army, the Mo family officer who climbed the hill shouted an order, ordering the remaining three companies that had not yet broken up to raise their guns in the whole team.

Before they had time to see whether the fallen companions were dead or alive, the front platoons of the remaining three companies immediately raised their muskets, and the rear ones stepped forward to fill the gaps exposed in front.

The vacancies were filled by the ink masters, Sima commanders, company commanders, etc., or righteous men or officers who were interested in the world.

The spearmen of the Qi army on the opposite side have already launched an attack, and this time the effect of the anti-slope shooting is very good, and the princes have not fought a battle for a long time that directly caused a company of the Mo family to completely collapse and escape.

The most important thing on the battlefield was the situation within a few dozen steps in front of them, these spearmen of the Qi army saw the collapse of the Mo family's company, and also saw the Mo family soldiers who climbed the hill first falling in rows, so they were full of confidence.

The drums stirred, and about five hundred spearmen began to charge.