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Volume 1 Chapter 64 The Second Line of Defense

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    Liang Yong, who knew the enemy's plot, jumped into the trench and shouted to the back: "Luo Bao, bring all the reserves with you to support the hillside on the left. You must hold it there."

    Then he picked up the steel crossbow in his hand, stringed the bow, and said to Zhang Yunshan: "Let the villagers come up and defend here with us."

    "Understood!" Zhang Yunshan ran back after receiving the order.  The weapons in the hands of these villagers were bows and arrows seized during the last annihilation of Hou Jinfei, and they were not as powerful as steel crossbows.  But it can also play a certain role at this critical time.

    "Medium-sized crossbow, free fire!" Liang Yong didn't care about saving the arrows he had finally accumulated.  The order was given.

    After receiving the order, the medium-sized crossbow fired with force, and a soul-stirring scream of "Boom! Boom boom boom" resounded from the trench.

    This time there are more than twice as many enemies as last time, and the beach is densely packed with people.  The screaming medium-sized crossbow always found its target and almost never missed the target.  Crossbow arrows with huge impact often lose their power after penetrating the bodies of two or three enemies.  After a shower of arrows, the crowds of people on the beach were cleared.

    But this time, the enemy seemed determined to charge forward. The attack of the medium-sized crossbow only caused the enemy to pause for a moment, and then continued to charge forward.

    "Everyone, open fire, free fire!"

    The enemy has entered the range of ordinary steel crossbows.  The soldiers of the escort team in the trench began to attack. With the first battle and the guarantee of reinforcements from Black Tiger Village, all the soldiers started shooting with all their heart.

    The soldiers ignored the falling lead bullets and stuck their heads out one by one, aiming and firing.  Then he quickly retracted into the trench, started stringing the steel crossbow, probed, aimed, and fired again.

    "Boom, boom, boom!" The shelling from the Dutch warships intensified, and the huge lead bullets from the artillery and the small lead bullets from the matchlocks fell like rain towards the battlefield of the escort.

    This time the bombardment was concentrated on the hillside on the left, while a group of sharp Dutch soldiers, with the personal blessing of their commander and holding every shield-like thing they could find on the battleship, approached the hillside from the front.

    Then came two other groups of Dutch soldiers, divided into two parts. One part spread out and kept tentatively attacking the left side of the hillside. The other part ran lightly and quickly, detouring to the right side of the hillside, completely ignoring the lack of fire from the positions on both sides.  Arrow only.

    "Bang bang bang bang!" The Dutch who had rushed to the front of the hillside opened fire one after another. They still used the old method. The soldiers staggered forward, and some of them lay down to shoot to suppress fire.  another

    The part is moving forward quickly.  This time, there were so many enemies that they overwhelmed the escort team. If the bamboo frame hadn't blocked the enemy's advancement, the position would have been lost by now.

    A guard soldier in a shooting position just leaned out to shoot when a lead bullet from an arquebus hit his shoulder, and blood suddenly poured out.

    "Medical soldier" the squad leader next to him roared, quickly helped up the bleeding companion, and pressed the wound with his hand; soon, the medical soldier who was ordered by Liang Yong to guard the trench came over with his hands and feet, and took over  past the companion in his hand

    Xu Zhian is one of the first veterans to join the guard. He has participated in the Black Tiger Village Guard Battle and is the best in daily training. Especially his shooting performance is among the best.  The place he is currently defending is the hillside on the left.

    He pulled the trigger of the steel crossbow hard, and the crossbow arm, which was fully loaded, moved forward quickly, and a gleaming crossbow arrow drew an arc.  It accurately hit the head of a Dutchman who was lying on the ground about to light his matchlock eighty meters away. The soldier's head shook and his hand holding the matchlock weakly hit the sand.

    "Bang bang bang bang!" The Dutch had long known that the opponent had a marksman.  As soon as Xu Zhian finished firing and retreated to the trench, a row of lead bullets hit him. A villager next to him who was pulling a bow was hit in the chest by two lead bullets and fell softly.

    "Damn it!" Xu Zhian knew that he could no longer stay in this place, so he picked up his quiver and quickly ran towards another place he was interested in.

    Without his accurate strikes, there is no more suppression that makes the enemy tremble.  The Dutch soldier lying on the ground quickly got up, bent over and rushed forward.

    These soldiers, who had gone through rigorous training, rushed a distance of more than ten or twenty meters and then immediately lay down, lighting the matchlocks in their hands to cover the charge of their teammates behind them.

    Xu Zhian shot down another Dutch soldier.  He retracted, sat in the trench, panted violently, and shook the wheel of the steel crossbow with difficulty.

    There was another dense roar, and countless lead bullets covered the position like a heavy rain. Some?In the earth wall behind the trench.  Large and small yellow-brown soil clods rolled inside the trench.

    Before the sound of artillery had completely disappeared, the enemy on the beach fired their matchlock guns again.  The "whooshing" sound of flying lead bullets was heard overhead.

    At this time, the numerical advantage was perfectly reflected, and the escort was suppressed in the trench.  The enemy is advancing step by step.

    "I'm afraid we have to prepare for a physical fight!" Xu Zhian murmured

    "The troops from Black Tiger Village are here!" Zhang Yunshan panted and ran to Liang Yong's side, took two deep breaths and continued: "They have been prepared on the second line of defense, and we can retreat at any time."

    "Are we here?? Great!" Liang Yong suddenly became energetic.  You must know that the defense line has reached a critical moment, especially the hillside on the left, which is suppressed by several times the number of enemies. I am afraid that they can rush in in the next minute.

    Pulling out the smashed and deformed metal speaker, Liang Yong roared:

    "Fire with all your strength, fire with all your strength, and prepare to retreat to the second line of defense."

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    On the beach, Carlos bent over and hid behind several corpses.  Use a monocular to observe the array behind the beach.

    "ßÝßÝ", the huge crossbow arrow penetrated a soldier with incomparable impact, and then nailed another soldier to the beach.

    Behind him, Bernard, the captain of his guard, was also observing the position with a monocular.  After watching for a while, his guard captain Bernard reported: "Your Excellency Commander, the enemy's weapons are only crossbows and bows, and the medium-sized crossbows ambushing behind the position pose the greatest threat to us. According to my observation, their arrows  There shouldn¡¯t be much left, as long as we maintain this attack intensity for half an hour; they will fail because they have no arrows.¡±

    Carlos nodded, put down the telescope, and said through gritted teeth: "This is the first time I have seen such a powerful Huangpi monkey. A team of less than a thousand people can actually block the attack of three thousand of us for so long. It is incredible.  !" After saying this, he showed a disappointed expression on his face and continued:

    "The heroic and holy soldiers of our empire have fallen. Facing slightly more ferocious enemies, they stop moving forward and even run away shamefully."

    When Carlos said this, his face was full of ferocity. He pointed at a few soldiers who were running away and said coldly: "Give me the order to catch these few who have retreated from the battle. I will send them away with my own hands."  Go to the gallows.¡±

    "This place is easy to defend but difficult to attack." Bernard, the captain of his guard, said with a gloomy face: "The power of their crossbows has reached the level of our matchlock guns, and there are no loopholes in the defense deployment. That's why they can't be defeated quickly.  .¡±

    "Hmph! I don't want to waste time with them, and I won't trade the lives of soldiers for the enemy's arrows." Carlos said with a livid face: "Give the battleships orders and let them hit the fire. Give me a hard blow."  Shell the hill on the left!"

    As he spoke, Carlos swept his guard captain Bernard sharply: "Order the intensity of Krall's attack in the middle. This attack can only succeed and cannot fail. Within half an hour, I want to see people kneeling at my feet.  A row of yellow-skinned monkeys.¡±

    "Hey!" Bernard, the captain of the guard, was just about to turn around when he suddenly saw a signal soldier running over quickly. As he ran, he shouted: "Your Excellency, Commander! Retreat, the enemy has retreated Do we want to  Is there any left to pursue?"

    "What!" Carlos, who was still angry just now, hurriedly raised the telescope in front of his eyes.  The yellow-skinned monkey that had been resisting so tenaciously just now seemed to have suddenly disappeared, and there was no longer anyone in the dug trench.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, do we want to pursue the victory?"

    "Pursuit?" Carlos hesitated for a moment, then said decisively: "No! Don't be fooled by these cunning enemies. Send someone quickly to see what is going on."

    Bernard next to him immediately took action and sent out a few soldiers to understand the situation

    Carlos held a telescope and kept observing the position in front, waiting anxiously.

    The signal soldier from just now ran back panting once again.  The report said: "Your Excellency, Commander, they dug a second line of defense 300 meters behind the first line of defense. And their number has become larger."
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