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    "Put the bamboo spear flat! Move forward!"

    Peng!  Peng!  Peng!

    The 2,500 militiamen marched forward under the orders of the generals, and they seemed quite powerful.

    Although they are not as good as the ashigaru wearing armor, judging from their formation, these militiamen can also fight.

    Obviously, these militiamen also underwent some training in their spare time.

    Two thousand five hundred people is not a lot of people, but the bamboo spears in their hands are laid flat, and when the queue slowly comes up, the bamboo spears are so densely packed that it makes people's scalp numb just by looking at them.

    Especially the Japanese bamboo spears are very long. If you rush over recklessly, being stabbed by the bamboo spear will definitely not have any good consequences.

    Fortunately, the Imperial Guards of the Song Empire were not so idiotic and had to play charge with each other.

    When the general of the Guards saw the opponent using militia to press forward, he immediately ordered a stop and asked his soldiers to check the ammunition.

    "Check ammo! Shoot!"

    Boom!  Boom!  Boom!

    Flintlock muskets were fired in rows, and the ranks circulated layer by layer.

    Queues to be shot once again began to take place, and at the same time, human lives began to be harvested.

    This time, it was much easier to fight against the militia than against the Ashigaru who had listed the Crane Wing Formation just now.

    Although these militiamen may seem difficult to deal with, they are only militiamen after all.  Different from those elite Ashigaru.

    Moreover, they don't understand what formation is.

    Therefore, these militiamen just formed a small square team and attacked the genetic guards little by little.

    The Song Empire's army was least afraid of face-to-face combat.

    Blue smoke rises in the night, looking like white smoke.

    Fortunately, it is not far from the coast, and there is a strong sea breeze blowing at night, so the gunpowder smoke can be blown away quickly.

    Therefore, the genetic soldiers of the Royal Guards can use the moonlight to see the enemy's position clearly, making their shooting more accurate.

    "Aim! Shoot! Change teams!"

    Boom!  Boom!  Boom!

    ah!

    In the eyes of the militiamen, the foreign soldiers opposite them were circulating in groups at the moment. The group in front immediately retreated to the back after shooting, and then allowed the soldiers in the rear row to continue shooting.

    Five levels of queues, a total of 500 people.

    Although the number was not very large, it caused a lot of damage to them.

    After the general who commanded the militia behind saw this situation, he felt that he could no longer behave like this.

    The militiamen in front were like straw, falling layer by layer, and their speed was astonishing.

    The iron cannon is actually used like this, it can be so powerful!

    This was the first time he had seen such iron cannon tactics used, and felt the power of the five-stage shot.

    If this tactic came from Europeans who used matchlock guns, although they could achieve good results, the shooting speed would definitely not be so fast.

    After all, this is an era when matchlocks are very popular, and the American Song Empire has already begun to use flintlock guns.

    Compared with the matchlock gun, the firing speed of the flintlock gun is not even slightly improved, not to mention that Zhao Hongyu and the others also use a certain amount of paper ammunition.

    In this way, a lot of trouble is avoided.

    Basically, it took three shots from the flintlock to fire one shot from the matchlock.

    Moreover, this shot also needs to be checked to see whether the gunpowder is too much or not, and whether it explodes or becomes mute.

    After all, when a musketeer faces an enemy attack, the psychological pressure he endures is not ordinary.

    Therefore, if you don't load the gunpowder or clean the barrel at that time, something will go wrong.

    If something goes wrong, an explosion or other accident will occur.

    Besides, the iron craftsmanship of this era is ultimately inferior to that of later generations hundreds of years later.

    The flintlock guns used by Zhao Hongyu and the others were made using the manufacturing techniques of later generations. This is absolutely unmatched by any other country in this era.

    "All troops! Charge!"

    The general commanding the militia immediately gave the order to charge.

    He could finally see that if they marched like this, these two thousand people would be killed sooner or later.

    Rather than being beaten to death by the enemy like this, it is better to take the initiative to charge and maybe have a chance to break through the enemy's battle formation.

    Besides, when charging, the militiamen fight in a chaotic manner, so the enemy will not have a neat target.

    Therefore, their lethality will also be greatly reduced.

    Maybe the enemy's battle formation can actually be broken by himself.

    When the time comes, Lord Ishida will be able to look up to him if he has accomplished what Tanaka failed to do.

    The general thought happily.

    Up to now, none of the Osaka generals thought they would fail.

    Although there were some losses in the previous battle, what could this do to them?

    The temporary defeat does not mean that they will definitely lose this battle.

    Moreover, even now, they still have an advantage in numbers.

    There are only a few enemies, only seven or eight hundred, and there are still three to four thousand on their side.

    Therefore, they think they cannot be defeated.

    Following the general's order, the militiamen who lined up neatly ran and charged like a tide. Their indomitable momentum was astonishing.

    "Square gun array!"

    The enemy launches a charge, especially when there is still a numerical advantage, which is really difficult to deal with.

    Because??Completely grasped the weakness of queuing to shoot.

    If the enemy lines up honestly, the effect of lining up and shooting will be greatly enhanced.

    However, once the enemy launches a charge, they will be a little bit defensive.

    Because the charging enemies had no formation at all and were scattered in all directions.

    This makes it very difficult for genetic people to aim at a target.

    However, facing such a situation, the American Song Empire had already anticipated it during training.

    Those guys at the General Staff Headquarters don't get their salary for free.

    They had made early predictions about the situations that the empire's army might encounter in the future and had a complete set of training plans.

    The square gun array is a self-protection tactic to prevent being surrounded by enemy charges when you are at a numerical disadvantage.

    Five hundred genetic soldiers of the Royal Guards were seen. Facing the menacing charging militiamen, the two wings calmly began to turn back, forming an airtight small in a short period of time.  phalanx.

    When this small square formation was formed, the more than 2,000 militiamen had already charged forward and surrounded the Gene Man Guards from both sides.

    Ha ha!

    The Osaka general who commanded the militia had a look of ecstasy on his face at this time.

    In his opinion, it is already a matter of time for the surrounded enemies to eliminate them at this time.

    "Cycle shooting! The outer team retreats, and the rear team advances!"

    However, the scene that the general wanted to see did not appear. Instead, the surrounded foreign infantry were still causing a lot of casualties to the militiamen.

    Like the five-stage shooting, the Guards genetic people who formed the small square formation still adopted the method of cyclic shooting.

    It's just that before they were arranged in rows and rows, now the outer layer of the phalanx shoots first, then retreats and is topped by the soldiers in the back layer, and so on, just like a flower of hell that is blooming.

    Although this kind of flower is brilliant, it is also very bloody.

    Because the nourishment of this kind of flower is a human life.

    For such a situation, it was obvious that the general did not expect it.

    He never imagined that the surrounded enemy could be so powerful and have such weird and surprising tactics.

    These foreigners really opened their eyes today.

    Not only this general thought so, but also the Ming Dynasty businessmen who were watching the battle in the camp not far away, as well as Mrs. Wang and Liu Dashen also thought so.

    The sound of fighting in the nameless plain was loud. The militiamen continued to surround the Imperial Guards and launched charges from all directions, but none of them succeeded.

    Instead, many people fell on the way to the charge.

    Even if a few lucky guys occasionally rush in front of the foreigners, they will be stabbed to the ground by the bayonets mounted on the muskets of the foreigners.

    Hiss!

    This fucking looks like a hedgehog.

    This square battle formation is based on the battle formation that was popular in Europe in the 18th century.

    This kind of battle formation becomes boxy after it is formed, like a hedgehog.

    It is often used against cavalry or when surrounded.

    Moreover, at the end of the 18th century, the British used this tactic to defeat more than 30,000 cavalry in Africa with hundreds of troops.

    It can be seen that this tactic has its own uniqueness.

    Moreover, at this time, the Japanese were all fighting with cold weapons.

    They were no better than the African cavalry of the late eighteenth century.

    Therefore, it is not surprising that they were unable to defeat the phalanx of the Praetorian Guards.

    You must know that the genetic people in the American Song Empire received education from across the ages. Although they were cultivated in the virtual world, they were ultimately better in knowledge than the indigenous people of this era.

    Therefore, standing on the shoulders of historical giants, how could they not learn this tactic that is very suitable for this era.

    It is precisely for this reason that this square gun formation, which was very popular in Europe in later generations, began to shine in this battle.

    You know, even Napoleon of France used such a square gun array.

    It can be seen that this square gun array is still very practical.

    "What kind of battle formation is this? It can actually be inextricable from the enemy when it is surrounded. This is so confusing and shocking!"

    Those people watching the battle in the rear camp had such an idea in their minds.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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