C584 Spearblade Formation and Sniper (2/2)

With just a command, thirty odd soldiers wearing oilcloaks rushed out from primary matrix s that were protecting Xiao Letian. These soldiers had thick and huge oilcloaks covering their bodies, they even hid the Mauser's rifle in their hands inside, revealing their black muzzles.

Pang Chaoyun and Ye Qiu were currently the leaders of all the snipers. After a few big battles, they had quickly matured.

All the snipers did not need to speak at all. After a few simple hand signals, everyone started to spread out behind the defensive formations, and the precious imported scope began to search for valuable targets on the battlefield.

Ye Qiu was the first to open fire. After his scope trapped the Total, he pulled the trigger without hesitation. A clear gunshot rang out and a flower of blood bloomed on the chest of the dead Total.

The steel sword in his hand was still swinging in the air, just as he was cheering his men on, but the next moment, all of his strength was sucked away by the single hole in his chest.

Total Huang looked at his heart in disbelief. ”Nephew …” Wait for me... Uncle is here to see you! ” After a weak sound, the corpse fell onto the muddy ground with a ”pa” sound, causing a rain water splash.

Pah pah pah … The gunshot was their order, and then the thirty snipers started to kill in a rhythmic fashion. Among their scope s, those whose uniforms were different from the soldiers, were their live targets.

Total, Chief Officer, Guardian, Dulce … There was even a guerrilla hit on the battlefield. The snipers who had endured for over an hour since the start of the battle were finally able to vent out the anger in their hearts.

”Hahaha …” Well done, well done! ” Xiao Letian clenched his fists and shouted excitedly: ”Let's fight like this, kill all the basic officer, let's see how Li Hongzhang will command the army!”

At this time, Li Hongzhang, who was in the small forest, was so anxious that he almost vomited blood.

In the Qing Dynasty's Green Battalion system, the Total and Chief Qian were already considered as company leaders, while the garrison and Dusi were already considered as battalion leaders. The death of so many middle ranking officers was undoubtedly fatal for the command system of the Xiang Army.

”Hurry up and give the order, officers are not allowed to rush into the frontlines …” ”Dammit, I'll be able to recover from the soldier's death. I'll be at a loss if an officer dies …” The nervous Li Hongzhang spoke his mind.

That's right, in the late Qing's era, anyone with a bit of culture and a way out would not join the army, and officers in the army had to understand a certain amount of culture.

Not only did he have to understand culture, Li Hongzhang also had to teach them military tactics frequently, and then he had to hone his skills on the battlefield step by step. It could be said that the amount of energy needed to train a basic officer was a hundred times more than training ordinary soldiers.

Generals are the skeleton of the army, and soldiers are attached to the flesh and blood of the bones. The flesh and blood were very long, but the bones were hard to regenerate. Since ancient times, the only way to control the army was to control the generals of all ranks, while the soldiers were cannon fodder that could be sacrificed.

In Li Hongzhang's eyes, even if all three thousand of the elite soldiers were completely annihilated, it would not matter if all the officers of the last rank were safe. Once they returned to Huai territory, these officers would not even need a month to summon another three to four thousand warriors.

He could throw away his weapon, but he definitely could not throw it away. This was Li Hongzhang's bottom line! Now that Xiao Letian had challenged his bottom line, this 40 year old famous general had already lost control of himself.

”Send my orders, activate the final plan …” Since Xiao Letian is so ruthless, then don't blame me for it! ”

”Marshal, please think twice!” A few of his aides and aides actually knelt down in the mud.

”Execute the order immediately!” Li Hongzhang said sinisterly: ”You dare to kill my subordinate Hubai? This is my foundation. As long as I have hundreds of generals in my hands, I will have an army of a million men in the future … Right now, Xiao Letian is killing my basic Yuan Qi, how can I forgive him?! ”

The commander-in-chief's murderous words silenced everyone's mouths. The messenger had no choice but to take the Horn Ship and blow on it.

When the cow-horn sounds resounded across the battlefield, the Huai Army who were already exhausted started to get excited again, ”Hold on, in ten more minutes, our reinforcements will arrive …”

Xiao Letian and Wang Huaiyuan subconsciously looked to the east, thinking that something was wrong.

Right now, the battlefield was already in chaos. The formation of the new troops was still in place, but more and more casualties were coming from behind the troops. As for the Huai Army, who had lost a large number of officers, they were like a group of madmen who were instinctively attacking.

Three minutes passed quickly. Five minutes, seven minutes, and even ten minutes had passed. Finally, after the earth-shattering sounds of wailing came from the east rain, the battlefield suddenly became deathly silent.

The new army looked dumbfounded, while the Huai Army was so excited that she went mad. From the rain curtain in the east, a figure that was like a tide suddenly appeared.

The most unexpected thing was that in this overwhelming crowd of people, the people were leading the charge. There were more than one thousand and five hundred civilians being pressured by swords and spears as they stumbled towards the new army.