Chapter 489: Battle of Manila (1)
Countless natives rushed up frantically, and after two days of attacking, they had almost filled the trench in front of the third line of defense, forming an attack channel several hundred meters wide.
More than 10,000 natives armed with wooden sticks and firewood knives rushed to this several hundred meters of attack passage. Hundreds of large and small artillery pieces on the positions of the Far Eastern Army opened fire in several waves, and large pieces of scattered ammunition were scattered all over the place.
In an instant, the natives crowded here were cut down one layer at a time, leaving behind a place of severed limbs and broken corpses, followed by several rounds of shelling, and the natives of Luzon who were crowded here were like a piece of cheese, which was cut off layer by layer by a table knife. Seeing the fierce artillery fire in the Far East, the natives wanted to turn around and flee, but there were so many people crowded here that it caused great confusion.
It was at this time that several thousand arquebuses from the positions began their first salvo. Thousands of lead bullets smashed into the crowd, causing widespread casualties among the indigenous population. In a short period of time, the natives and more than a thousand people were killed and wounded. Just when they wanted to escape from here, the elite mercenary troops of the eight-nation alliance in Europe behind them had already lined up in a neat queue, and they kept shooting the natives who had withdrawn, so that the natives were driven back again.
The artillery fire of the eight-nation coalition forces in Europe also suddenly became fierce, hundreds of heavy guns opened fire at the same time, and all the shells smashed into the section of the defense line of the attack channel, so that the fire on the front of the indigenous people was suppressed.
The natives finally breathed a sigh of relief, howling and rushing to the front of the barbed wire, the last barrier of the defensive line, desperately destroying it.
The defenders of the positions in the Far East, braving heavy artillery fire, launched all firearms to attack the natives in front of the barbed wire. But there were too many natives piled up here, the Far Eastern firearms involved in the defense were all front-loading artillery and arquebuses, the continuity of fire was not good, and the barbed wire did not hold out for a little longer. It was almost destroyed by the natives.
The natives, blocked by the barbed wire, frantically poured out of the gaps in the barbed wire, roaring and rushing towards the third line of defense in the Far East.
Ye Changsheng, who had long been aware of the attack intentions of the European coalition forces. With a wave of his hand, hundreds of armed militiamen held hundreds of shields that had been rushed out of the face. Rushed up and stood at the front of the position. Behind them were the spearmen of more than two thousand foreign legions, and at the end were five hundred samurai of the independent daredevil's brigade.
Although the artillery and arquebuses of the positions were constantly attacking, the natives were so numerous that the disadvantages of the front-loading firearms were revealed, and the speed was too slow to suppress the dense attack.
Countless natives finally rushed to the Far Eastern defenses, wielding rudimentary weapons in their hands. But he was immediately blocked by a huge shield that was more than one person high. Many of the foreign mercenaries behind the giant shield were spearmen from Switzerland and Germany, and they held spears of four or five meters, piercing and flying natives one by one, repeating this action over and over again.
The soldiers of the Far Eastern Army in the nearby position also turned their muzzles and muzzles one after another, and opened heavy fire on the natives in front of this position, and countless scattered bullets, chain bullets and musket lead bullets entered the natives, killing the natives all over the field.
The natives were forced by the European mercenaries behind them to rush forward, and the two sides were stuck between their positions, and people died every second. Of course, the vast majority of casualties came from the natives, who had no armor. There are still rudimentary weapons in hand, not to mention combat skills and morale.
But their biggest advantage is the number of people, and when they die, they rush up again. The killings are endless, and many of them are coerced up to die, because behind the natives are a large number of elite Eight-Nation Alliance troops.
At the head of the procession were more than 3,000 Catholic warriors from the Nanyang countries who were persecuted in Japan. These guys were expelled from Japan by the Tokugawa shogunate, and they have been very hard for so many years, and many dignified samurai actually went to work as porters in order to survive, and this time they were also hired by the Dutch East India Company, a total of more than 3,000 people. As an assault force of the eight-nation coalition in Europe.
It was followed by more than 3,000 elite European musket mercenaries and more than 1,000 Scottish Highland infantry in skirts. All of them are composed of veterans of a hundred battles, and they are also considered the most elite troops in the eight-nation coalition in Europe.
With the constant consumption of the natives. The attacking forces of the European coalition forces also slowly pressed up. Unlike the chaotic formations of the natives, even the Japanese Catholic wandering samurai were in strict formation, marching steadily to the rhythm of the drummers of the European mercenaries and the bagpipers of the Scottish Highland Infantry.
Li Ming put down the binoculars and shouted into the headphones: "Ye Changsheng, let the Wild Lion Brigade come up, line up behind the enemy's position that is ready to break through, and be ready to support at any time." This is the last attack of the enemy, don't let them break through the position. ”
After receiving Ye Changsheng's order, the six battalions of the Wild Lion Brigade immediately walked up from the rear as a whole and lined up in a neat queue at the rear of the position, ready to support the front at any time. In addition, several water-cooled heavy machine guns hidden on the position were also erected, and all the bullets were loaded, ready to fire at any time.
Finally, the large number of casualties broke down the natives, and they ignored the European coalition forces behind them, and rushed to both sides. But they were immediately knocked to the ground by the artillery and arquebuses on both sides of the defensive line, and the front of the position was strewn with corpses, and many natives simply lay on the ground, saying nothing and getting up.
In the distance, Cracy put down his binoculars and nodded to a trumpeter next to him, and a rapid trumpet sounded.
"Ah...... Ah......h
The European coalition forces finally began to attack, and the assault force of more than 3,000 Japanese wandering samurai roared forward, brandishing katanas, fiercely slammed into the shield wall in front of the position, and frantically slashed with katanas.
The Chinese reserve militia holding shields in front was not a regular army after all, and after a fierce battle for a long time, it was exhausted. In the face of the fierce onslaught of the crazy Japanese wandering samurai, they suddenly became chaotic, and several positions were broken open, but fortunately, there were spearmen of the Foreign Legion behind, who bravely stepped up and mixed with the Japanese wandering samurai with their spears.
But they have been fighting fiercely for a long time, and although they spend most of their time killing, they are also very tired of killing. However, the Japanese samurai were waiting for work, and there were many of them, and they were all outlaws with superb swordsmanship, so after a fierce battle between the two sides, the Foreign Legion was a little unbearable.
Ye Changsheng turned to Koizumi, the captain of the Death Army Brigade, and said loudly: "The Death Army Brigade is attacking......
Xiao Quan, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, bowed ninety degrees to Ye Changsheng excitedly, and his head was about to hit the ground. He raised his head, slowly drew his katana from behind his back, and shouted at the fiercely fought position in front of him: "Kill ......"
Koizumi took the lead in rushing forward with a katana in his hand, and the five hundred Japanese samurai who had long been eager to try it behind him also followed Koizumi to kill him. Several Japanese wandering samurai who had just broken through the defense line suddenly saw a group of people rushing over, and they recognized each other's identities at a glance, all of them were samurai from Japan.
But if you look at other people's equipment, even their faces are covered with armor, and they are all good at first glance. But they had already rushed here, so they could only bite the bullet, they just wanted to swing their knives and fight forward, but what was waiting for them was a "bang" gunshot.
Several samurai stared at each other, saying that they didn't believe anything, they were also samurai, and the other party was so unsophisticated, isn't the duel between samurai just chopping and chopping, Nima...... Why are you still using guns? In fact, this is a mandatory order for the daredevils in the Far East, which requires that when the daredevils attack, before the start of close combat, they must use all the revolvers in their hands, and they are not allowed to go up and cut them like fools. (To be continued)
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