C539 Industry and invention (1/2)
”Reporting to the marshal, our brothers are already hiding a hundred metres away from Da Gu Kou, waiting for Sir's orders!”
”Good …” Brothers, bring more guns, bows and arrows with you … Pouncing on the city! ” Maylor let out a weird cry and the three cannons in the main camp fired. The black mass of people rushed towards the barbed wire and the trench.
”Charge charge charge charge …” Some fired from guns, some shot from bows and arrows … Move, don't foolishly wait for the enemy to open fire … ” Maylor and his trusted aides and generals shouted desperately from behind the crowd, and the soldiers faithfully carried out their orders.
This charge created a lot of noise. Before the soldiers reached the barbed wire fence, they dropped flat on the ground and fired their rifles forward. From afar, they looked like a snake of fire twisting and distorting its shape on the ground.
Behind this fire serpent were countless archers with eight flags in their hands. They nocked their bows and nocked their arrows, shooting them into the sky. Each arrow drew a perfect parabola in the air, smashing towards the defending army in the trench, not to mention that this rain of arrows had indeed caused a certain amount of casualties.
”Torches...” Prepare Reflected Iron Plate... Battlefield Illumination... ”F * ck, you actually learned Night Assault …” Tie Toutuo ran frantically inside the trench, doing everything he could to boost the morale of his brothers.
The kerosene lanterns were turned to their brightest. Pieces of semi-circular tin were placed behind them. This was a simple searchlight. Hundreds of these searchlights were placed onto the trenches, lighting up the battlefield.
Tie Toutuo laughed when he saw Qing Jun's stance, ”They actually know how to crawl? He could actually fire while lying down? ”Look at their large butts. They are so perky that they are taller than the women who live with eight children. Aren't they just looking for a beating …”
”Brothers, let them open their eyes. Let's see how they play with the guns …” After Tie Toutuo finished speaking, he lifted his hand and shot out a spear.
Old Gu's words were really good. A soldier had to train in it. Battling was a professional occupation, and every movement had to be standardized. From the maintenance of the bow and arrows to the small trick of protecting one's fingers when shooting, they could talk for three days and three nights.
Just from the way these soldiers' butts perked up, one could tell that they had once been mounted soldiers, and the big butt that was moving about on the ground had now become the target of the new army.
Pah pah pah … The intense shooting caused the group of Purging Demons s to be in extreme pain. Many of them had been shot in the buttocks, or else they would have been ripped apart and torn to shreds.
”Bullshit …” 'F * ck his ancestor! Too wicked! How am I supposed to shit tomorrow … ' What about the archers? Why aren't you taking action yet … ”Cover us …”
There were more than a thousand archers hidden in the darkness behind Musketeers. When they dodged the arrows, they would lie on the ground, but the bows in their hands were already set up, when the officers behind them gave the order, they would quickly half squat, and then shoot arrows towards the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom! After a rainstorm-like string sound, more than a thousand arrows flew up into the air, formed a perfect parabola, and then smashed heavily into the trench area.
Tie Toutuo never thought that this kind of perfect defense strategy would actually encounter such a natural nemesis. No matter how deep and wide the trench was, it was unable to defend against the weapons that fell from the sky.
The woolen military uniform was light and comfortable, but it had no defensive capabilities at all. It was completely unable to resist the torrential rain of arrows.
Bows and arrows fell into the trenches, and the thick smell of blood filled the entire trenches. Countless people had arrows nocked on their heads, shoulders and backs.
”Damnit, let's immediately enter the Formless Cover and avoid it …” What were they waiting for? ”I should at least find a wooden board to block my head …” Tie Toutuo shouted as he grabbed an arrow in his hand.
”Fuck, even the great waves of the river have come. Now that we are being tormented by this kind of Mozzie, it's truly a scene to behold …” ”Don't be afraid brothers, this is just a rain of arrows. It's much less powerful than a direct attack. Just split each of you up into wooden boxes to protect your vital parts and you'll be all right …”
The rain of arrows only caused a few unlucky fellows to die in battle. Most of the Forces nouvelles soldiers were slightly injured, it wasn't fatal but it hurt a lot.
The new army's shooting frequency had a change, so they would naturally let Maylor and the others note that Maylor was not a fool.
”Good boy, I finally found a flaw in them …” These soldiers don't have any armor on them, so they can't defend against our arrows … In the past, I was just stupid. I just wanted to shoot, but I didn't think that it would be useful for me to hide in the trenches and shoot! ”
Maylor smacked his own head and said, ”What a pig's brain …” Since the bow could not even be shot through, could it not fall from the sky? ”I've lost all of the Old Ancestor's good stuff …”
Thinking of this, Maylor shouted out loudly, ”All of the archers in the rear troop gather, and let me fight according to this fighting style … Ye Zichen raised his hand and shot backwards. He didn't need to care about the accuracy or inaccuracy of the shot, he just used a large area of rain of arrows to cover it … I, your father, am truly a genius! ”