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Chapter 916 Notes of the Translator ([-])
From the beginning of the battle, the development exceeded everyone's expectations.

Based on my not very professional knowledge of cavalry tactics, I also know the current mainstream tactics used by cavalry in European countries to charge.

When 200 to 300 steps away from the enemy (one French step equals 1 meters), the commander will issue commands such as: prepare to charge, unsheath the sword, advance in small steps, etc.

When you are 150 steps away from the enemy, the command will become: "Quickly move forward~"

The command to 'charge' will not be fully issued until 50 steps.

In this way, the cavalry can increase their horse speed to the highest level when they are 20 steps away from the enemy; using the fastest speed, they can enter the opponent's team.

It was only after the major of the 'Fern' Cavalry Regiment shouted the words 'prepare to charge'.

On the opposite side, there was a clear gunshot, and the major was shot cleanly from his horse; the young man who fired the gun really had extremely accurate marksmanship.

wrong!Because all the young people participating on the opposite side were sharpshooters.

The next second later, only about twenty rifles at most opened fire. Seventeen or eight people of the slowly advancing 'Fern' Cavalry Regiment were shot and fell immediately.

Half of them are officers at all levels served by Yin people.

I have to say that the Sikhs are really born with mercenary tactics.

Even in such a sudden attack, almost all the Yin officers in the Fenn Cavalry Regiment were killed, but these people did not appear in the slightest confusion.

Even in a very short time, a perfect response was made:

They did not continue to advance slowly and dogmatically, but immediately whipped their horses to speed up, intending to take advantage of the opponent's time to reload bullets and charge in at once.

After all, it is a miracle that Daqing's matchlock gun can fire three times in one minute.

After seeing this scene, I could even faintly hear the sigh of envy coming from Monsignor Montauban's mouth.

Who told us that not only are our colonies not as numerous and vast as those of the Yin Kingdom, but we also do not have such a kind of indigenous people who are good at fighting and can be hired to become a powerful servant army.

However, soon after, Lord Montauban decided not to think so.

Because after another two seconds at most, the young men on the opposite side opened fire again. In a burst of gunfire that seemed to be particularly clear, another fifteen or sixteen Sikh cavalry fell off their horses.

Then, the third shot, the fourth shot, and the fifth shot were fired in rapid succession with an interval of two seconds.

It was not at all what we expected. It would take at least 20 seconds of reloading time before firing a shot.

Brother Su, what kind of magical rifle are they using? Why does it have such a terrifying rate of fire, range and accuracy?
Under such a blow, half of the 180-man 'Fern' Cavalry Regiment fell to the ground in a very short period of time.

Obviously the Sikh cavalryman at the front had already rushed thirty steps in front of the young people's formation.

Under great fear, the remaining people turned their horses around desperately and headed towards the left and right sides of Qing Ren's circular trench, or turned around and ran away.

Such an escape would be a waste of the biggest opportunity.

Because it was only at this time that we saw the young men in the telescope and began to load the weird rifle in their hands, which lasted for several seconds.

With this delay of a few seconds, more than fifty of the remaining Sikh cavalry escaped back.

Only the 40 people at the back were beaten to death from behind.

But even so, the number of people killed by the Yin army in this battle still increased to more than 100 people, which was ten times the number.

But I was originally looking forward to seeing the Yin Army’s jokes, but now I can’t care about them.

For everyone in the rear, the biggest shock at this moment should be that in the hands of these young people, it is actually an advanced rifle that can hold five rounds of bullets...

******
After a brief period of anger, General Grant of the Yin Army adjusted his mood and came over on his own initiative.

Facing General Montauban, he said with great solemnity:
"Sir, these young people are very strange. I even have a strange intuition. I must eliminate them as quickly as possible and at any cost.

So next, I plan to invite you to join us and let all the cavalry rush up from the left, center and right from three directions.

There may be a lot of casualties, but we must kill them all; we can distribute the strange rifles evenly and send them back for study. "

"Okay, as you wish." Your Excellency Montauban agreed simply; General Compnon and others around him did not object at all.

Regarding this, I know quite why:
Although we are extremely looking forward to seeing the Yin Army humiliating and suffering a loss before our eyes, everything is based on the fact that we can win this war.

We definitely don’t want to see the scene where we are left fighting alone after the Yin army is completely destroyed.

So in the following time, together with our 130 cavalry, about [-] cavalry began to advance slowly from three directions: left, center and right.

During such a process, as the senior officers stayed behind, I, who was not involved in the battle, could see that the faces of the cavalry who participated in the attack became unusually solemn.

Regarding this charge, no one has the slightest doubt that the Yin and France coalition forces can achieve final victory.

The key to the problem is that with the huge threat of the opponent's weird rifle, our side will suffer at least hundreds of casualties; no one can guarantee that they will be lucky enough to survive.But everything that followed showed that those weird rifles were nothing compared to other weapons hidden in the hands of these people that had not been used.

Those people have already prepared a killing feast waiting for everyone.

Everything that happened before was just to drag them, the prey, into the trap step by step...

After learning from the previous battle, the rifles on the opposite side were still quite accurate and lethal even when fired from an astonishing distance of 400 meters.

The cavalry launched attacks from three directions: left, center and right, and soon drove their horses to a trot.

When they reached a distance of 20 to [-] meters, all the war horses were already galloping, planning to rush over in the shortest possible time.

For a moment, the sound of intensive horse hooves hit the ground, sabers were raised high, and spears were carried forward in unison.

honestly!Although this spectacular scene was dominated by Yin people, I was so shocked that I was ready to cheer.

General Grant, Lord Montauban and others all had relaxed smiles on their faces.

Those young men only had about twenty combatants, and they were guarded by separate forces facing attacks from three sides. The strange rifles in their hands could not withstand such attacks no matter how fast they fired.

But at this moment, an extremely terrifying thing happened.

In the three directions of left, center and right, the young men suddenly opened some branches and khaki cloth, and pulled out a strange firearm surrounded by six pipes.

Or maybe it was a small artillery piece that was revealed in front of everyone.

The first time I saw the thick barrel of this thing, I felt something bad in my heart; I felt like a bad news was about to come.

Thinking about these cavalrymen rushing past, the uneasiness in my heart became even stronger, but it was too late.

That kind of weird firearm, or small artillery, was operated by two people at the same time; one of them shook the handle at the tail rhythmically, making the six thick barrels rotate.

Suddenly, dense bullets poured out, forming a terrifying fire snake.

When the young man who was shaking the handle slowly turned the muzzle of the gun, the fire snake began to twist as if it was alive.

As long as it is drawn by the fire snake, it does not matter whether it is a war horse or a human body.

A horrific wound immediately appeared on their bodies made of flesh and blood.

If it hits the arms, neck, or head, a ball of blood-colored mist will burst out and it will be completely exploded and disappear.

Suddenly, the warriors who were desperately slapping their horses forward fell down at an astonishing speed.

Brother Su is on top!This is not a battle at all, but a massacre.

The other person is holding a long box filled with bullets and feeding bullets from the top of the bottom; that is, when changing the bullet box, this terrifying weapon will briefly stop.

But those rifles were also firing continuously, killing one soldier after another on the spot.

Fortunately, even in the face of such terrifying firepower, the heroic coalition knights continued to move forward. After paying astonishing casualties, they rushed closer and closer.

300 meters, 200 meters, 150 meters.

Moving forward on a bloody road paved with war horses and human bodies on the ground.

Until there was a loud explosion, a ball of about ten kilograms of cloth drew a beautiful arc in the sky and fell into a group of cavalry.

Before the cloth bag fell completely, a horrific explosion occurred.

In such an explosion, a dozen cavalrymen around them were blown up or knocked to the ground; even 30 meters away, war horses fell down.

There were no external injuries on the body, but the horses and personnel were vomiting blood and could not stand up at all.

Under such horrific killings, the surviving knights of the coalition forces finally lost the last bit of fighting courage in their hearts.

They turned their horses and fled desperately.

Let the bullets hit their backs and knock them down easily.

Amidst the sound of "Bah~", I followed the sound and looked over. I could see the telescope in the hand of General Grant, the commander of the Yin Army. The lens was smashed after it fell to the ground.

It's just that General Grant didn't care about such a thing at all.

He looked at the battlefield in front of him with dull eyes and muttered: "Brother Su, have you completely given up on us devout lambs? Why did you let us encounter this?"

Monsignor Montauban and others are doing better, but their faces are so pale...

(End of this chapter)