Chapter 490: Battle of Manila (2)
Koizumi put away his revolver, rushed forward in a few steps, slammed a Japanese wandering samurai, and then slashed several more people with a swing of his sword. At this time, the daredevils in the back also rushed up, raised their revolvers in their hands, and shot angrily at the Japanese wandering samurai opposite.
Originally, the Japanese wandering samurai had gained the upper hand, and many Japanese samurai even broke through the defense line in the Far East, but suddenly a dense burst of bullets caused them to retreat, and the foreign mercenaries also took this opportunity to reorganize their teams and stabilize their positions.
What followed was the battle between the Japanese samurai, and the two sides picked up their katanas. Those hard-pressed Japanese wandering samurai felt more and more that something was wrong, they were either killed or injured when they were stabbed, but the other party could still cut and chop after a few stabs, isn't this a bully?
A group of reserve militiamen in the nearby position, carrying some small cannons, ran over out of breath, even saved the artillery, and directly swung towards the position, and ignited the goose feather pipe, "Boom...... Boom ......" began one after another.
Scattered bullets swept away the Japanese wandering samurai who rushed to the position, and each Furlong machine cannon was equipped with five guns, which were shot out by the militia in one go. At this time, those outlaw wandering samurai were finally killed by the samurai of the daredevils brigade and the spearmen of the Foreign Legion.
But the battle has always been brutal, the armor and armor of the Far Eastern Army are absolutely first-class, and even the foreign legions have been replaced with standard half-body plate armor, grimace masks and steel helmets stamped and formed by the Vladivostok military factory with modern equipment, although the battle is fierce, but many are wounded, but few are killed.
However, the Japanese wandering samurai on the opposite side suffered heavy casualties, a small effort, and an assault force of more than 3,000 people. More than half of the casualties have been allowed. The rest could no longer hold out and were defeated by the Far Eastern Army.
"Bang...... Bang ......"
Suddenly, a dense burst of gunfire came from behind the Japanese wandering samurai, and the European mercenaries rushed up. The timing was very good, and the musketeers went straight to the front and opened fire in a formation a few tens of meters from the positions in the Far East.
Many of the Japanese wandering samurai had not yet had time to retreat. They were mixed up with the Far Eastern Army, but the musketeers of the European coalition did not care about the enemy at all, and fired several volleys in one go, and the samurai of the Death Brigade and the mercenaries of the Foreign Legion were suddenly attacked and knocked down a large number of people.
The reserve militia in the back hurriedly rushed forward with huge shields and dragged the wounded and undead to the position. But on the opposite side, more than a thousand Scottish Highland infantry in skirts, under the cover of more than 3,000 elite European mercenary musketeers, took advantage of the situation and rushed up. The Far Eastern defense line was suddenly in chaos, and was rushed to pieces by thousands of elite European mercenaries.
More than three thousand European mercenary musketeers. They are all veterans who have seen big scenes, their marksmanship is very accurate, the loading is fast, and the cooperation is very tacit, although they hold the original arquebus, but the firepower is maintained very well. Although the samurai of the Death Armies are brave, they are too few and have been fighting for a long time. In the face of thousands of elite mercenaries, they still can't resist their attacks.
Li Ming saw that the defense line was a little confused. shouted to Ye Changsheng into the earphones: "Ye Changsheng, it's almost, let the Wild Lion Brigade go up, we don't have time to spend them here here, and eat these thousands of European elites." ”
Hearing Li Ming's order, Ye Changsheng hurriedly turned around and waved at the Crazy Lion Brigade. The fighters of the six battalions were under the loud orders of the commanders of their respective battalion companies. Lined up in a horizontal line and pressed up to the position.
The Scottish Highland Infantry, who rushed through the defensive line, encountered a battalion of six battalions of the Wild Lion Brigade head-on, and the neat queue, like Lin's bayonets, made them feel an unprecedented murderous aura.
"Bang...... Bang ......"
Officers and men of the Wild Lion Brigade raised Type 28 rifles. A rain of bullets was unleashed, and the Scottish Highland infantry that rushed through the line was strewn with corpses. They eliminated the breakthrough enemy, and the troops rushed to the position in a skirmish formation.
The grenade shooters of each squad rushed out of the queue, half-knelt on the position, and fired a round of dartballs, and countless steel darts whistled and sprinkled into the array of European mercenaries. The soldiers who followed took out their grenades and threw them out, blowing up the European mercenaries in front of the position.
The support of the Wild Lion Brigade changed the shape of the battlefield in an instant, although they did not use water-cooled heavy machine guns, but with Type 28 rifles, grenade launchers, and grenades, thousands of elite mercenaries in Europe were stunned, and they immediately fell into chaos.
They have experienced a hundred battles, but when have they ever seen such ferocious firepower, especially grenade launchers, dart bullets, scattered bullets in a wild shot, overwhelming bullet rain, a dozen is a large area. There are also hand grenades, which in a dense crowd can kill and injure several people.
The samurai of the Death Army, who had just been scattered, now came to the spirit, slashing and slashing the wounded European soldiers on the position like crazy, not caring about the other party's loud begging for mercy.
In a short effort, thousands of European mercenaries were beaten and fled, and the officers and soldiers of the Wild Lion Brigade did not pursue, but lay on the position and beat the European mercenaries with Type 28 rifles, aiming at the buttocks of the European mercenaries, as if hunting. In the face of dense prey, basically every shot can get a result.
A short distance of a few hundred meters is a road of death for European mercenaries. In the end, less than 2,000 escaped, the Scottish Highland infantry was wiped out, only a few hundred Japanese Catholic wandering samurai returned, and nearly half of the more than 3,000 elite European mercenary musketeers were killed.
The commanders of the battalions and companies of the Mad Lion Brigade saw that the enemy had run away, and loudly ordered his troops to retreat. The positions were again given to the armed militia of the reserves, the Foreign Legion and the Death Army Brigade to be responsible for the defense.
The commander of the coalition fleet, Crassie, saw that this assault was almost successful, and was actually beaten back at the last moment, and he also lost thousands of elite mercenaries, and immediately shouted angrily: "Artillery, give me a ...... to destroy them"
But everyone knows that today's offensive of the European coalition has come to an end. The assault force of the Japanese Wandering Samurai was also almost dead. And, according to one of the leaders of the mercenaries who had escaped, the Far East still had a strong reserve in Manila, extremely well armed, with small cannons fired from small guns and a large number of grenadier troops.
The morale of the European coalition forces, which was originally full of confidence, suddenly fell into a trough. Facing the only remaining line of defense, it feels like a chasm that they can never cross.
Li Ming returned to the Luzon Garrison Command, stood in front of the Manila sand table, and said to Ye Changsheng and the surrounding Ye Changsheng: "Now it is extremely beneficial to us, the main force of the fleet of the eight European countries, all the ships are concentrated on the southern coast of Manila to Bacoor Bay, and the landing force is also concentrated in this area. I have ordered Zhou Cheng's Second Attack Fleet to blockade the waters near Manila Bay. Tonight, two of their overseas brigades will land in Rosario to block the route of the European coalition forces fleeing north. As soon as the First Assault Fleet arrives in Manila tonight, we will encircle the Eight-Nation Coalition in Europe and concentrate our forces on annihilating them. (To be continued......)
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