Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 262 The Nightmare of the Betsy Misarakas ([-])

Soldiers of the 101st company lined up in three rows pushed forward with slow but firm steps.The scattered corpses on the ground made their formation a little messy, but they quickly recovered under the angry reprimand of the officers.

Most of the barbarians on the opposite side had lost the courage to confront them. Most of them rushed towards the sea, as if they wanted to escape in a canoe, while a small number of them fled along the coast in a panic.Dozens of barbarians fleeing back collided head-on with the barbarian team that was landing behind, and the scene was once very chaotic.

The soldiers of the 101st company took their time and easily crossed the coconut grove, and then stopped at the edge of the coconut grove.The leader of the barbarians on the coast organized a group of archers, and they were walking quickly towards this side.Tropical areas have high air humidity and bowstring maintenance is not easy. This archer unit must be their trump card.However, the range of bows and arrows is far inferior to the flintlock rifles of the East Coasters, so these barbarians need to quickly close the distance between the two sides to use the high rate of fire of bows and arrows to strike the enemy from a long distance.

But how could Taoist Shou not know this?Soon, under his order, the soldiers in the first row squatted down again, and the soldiers in the last two rows staggered one by one. More than 100 muskets were all aimed at the bow and arrow troops that were approaching rapidly.This disadvantage in range is destined to make these barbarians pay in blood.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" A large cloud of gunpowder smoke floated over the neatly arranged military formation, but was quickly blown away by the sea breeze.The soldiers mechanically and quickly began to load their ammunition and ammunition, while the barbarian archers facing them were knocked down by the first wave of fierce shooting, and the remaining dozens of people saw them doing so. I can hit myself at such a long distance, I feel a little scared in my heart.However, it can be seen that they are an elite army controlled by the barbarian leader, and they still have a brave spirit, and they are still rushing forward.

The musketeers in the second row also opened fire under the order of the officer. This time, the results were more successful. More than twenty barbarian archers were brought down. Go to the intense loading work.

The enemy is still attacking, and the distance has been shortened to 60 meters. At this time, the third row of musketeers fired. The salvo effect this time was very good. Taoist Shou clearly saw that there were about [-] to [-] barbarian archers was shot dead.After the first round of shooting, more than seventy barbarian archers were killed, almost completely destroying their formation.

The remaining [-] or [-] archers had no courage to confront directly at this moment. After hastily shooting the bows and arrows in their hands on the bowstring, they immediately turned around and fled in all directions.At this time, the musketeers in the first row had finished loading one after another. Under the order of the officer, they fired another volley and knocked down more than ten enemies.

"Let's go together! One, two, one..." Seeing that the enemy had already dispersed, Daoist Shou raised his command saber high, and then led three rows of musketeers to kill the barbarian chief on the beach at a medium speed.At this time, there was already chaos. The barbarian leader may not have seen clearly how the melee troops were defeated before, but at this moment, more than 80 of his elite archer troops were knocked down in an instant. How could this not be taught? He turned pale with shock, and then broke his heart?

When the musketeers led by Taoist Shou approached the beach in a phalanx formation, the bewildered barbarian chief had already turned around and boarded the canoe surrounded by his anxious subordinates. The Savage was standing knee-deep in the water, pushing the canoe away from the shallow shore.

"Shoot!" Daoist Shou pointed his command knife forward, and immediately there was loud gunshots beside him, and dense bullets flew towards the canoes full of barbarians, causing terrible casualties immediately.Some savages were so frightened that they jumped into the water from the boat to escape.Some corpses also fell from the boat upside down into the water, dyeing the sea red.

The volley of musketry continued for two or three rounds, until there was no longer a living creature in the canoes.For the sake of the battle, the battle on the shore can basically be declared over.Some soldiers, led by the platoon leaders, began to wipe out the remnants of the enemy, while Taoist Shou raised his binoculars and looked towards the sea not far away.

On the sea ahead, several large ships had already raised their sails and sailed some distance away from the pier.The small-caliber short-barreled guns on the ship's deck were still firing explosive bombs one after another. Occasionally, a shell exploded in the air above the barbarian's canoe, often causing a tragedy of casualties.Many of the barbarian's canoes have been sunk, and the sea is full of fallen barbarian sailors.Rarely, a few barbarian canoes approached several large ships of the East Coasters, but they were difficult to get close to the gang under the fierce volley fire, and almost all of them were shot by muskets in the end.

Maybe the casualties were too great, or maybe the failure on the shore was transmitted to the sea. At this time, the barbarians on the only two canoes on the sea shouted and threw their weapons into the sea while holding up His hands seemed to be about to surrender!

Lieutenant Julian, the captain of the "Galicia Flying Fish" who is currently in command of the naval vessel, accepted their surrender. At the same time, he lowered the transport boat, rescued the barbarians who fell into the water, and went to receive the prisoners.The barbarians who surrendered did not resist, and they were escorted obediently to several warships.

At this time, Shi Qinjie had also rushed over with some Eight Banners supervisors and a hundred temporarily armed slaves, but he opened his mouth wide when he saw that the battle was over.

Having never had combat experience, he was so anxious just now that he even ordered Kyle and Mo Dashan to open the arsenal and distribute the flintlock guns stored inside to the slaves.Fortunately, the two men were still awake, and quickly stopped his reckless behavior of rushing to the doctor. Then Mo Dashan went to gather the Eight Banners supervisors and distributed a hard bow to each of them. , A pot of arrows.And Sergeant Kyle selected a hundred fairly reliable slaves, gave each of them a 3-meter spear, and then a group of people hurried to help out.

It's just that I didn't expect these barbarians to be so ungrateful. How long has it been? The battlefield that was still ringing with gunfire just now has calmed down. There are two or three hundred barbarian corpses lying dead on the ground, and the death conditions are horrific. It's shocking.

Those Eight Banners supervisors were alright, many of them had been on the battlefield several times, but those slaves were very unbearable. Many people retched when they saw the heads and chests smashed by 19mm lead bullets, and even Shi Qinjie's face was also pale, and he tried not to vomit it out.But he didn't dare to stay here for a long time, so he walked quickly to the pier to see what was going on there.

Seeing his immediate boss Shi Qinjie approaching, Taoist Changshou, the deputy company of the 101st company, trotted over and began to introduce the battle situation to Shi Qinjie: "...After a fierce battle, our army has wiped out the invading enemy. A total of nearly 400 people were killed or captured. The exact number is still in the accurate follow-up statistics. In addition, the 101st company of our army killed two people and injured 11 people (all were light arrow wounds). The results of the navy's battle are not yet clear , need them to go ashore before they can be counted."

At this time, Shi Qinjie had barely suppressed the disgust that came out just now, and he said with a pale face: "Lieutenant Shou, you have done a good job. This time you led the troops to fight bravely, it is an immediate victory." You have done a great job! Don't worry, I will write a letter to the military department to commend your achievements."

"Captain, I just fulfilled my duty." Daoist Shou replied honestly.Indeed, today's battle was easy from the start.These savages obviously didn't understand the situation. Hundreds of people dared to paddle their canoes to plunder. Does this mean they were brave or out of their minds?In other words, they were too ill-informed to realize how different these new opponents were from their previous tribal rivals.All in all, this battle is a relatively easy offensive and defensive exercise for both the army and the navy, nothing more.

While the two were talking, Li Yi also came back from his ship in a naval transportation boat with a relaxed face.After seeing the end of the battle at sea, this guy immediately grabbed a few army soldiers to drive a captured canoe for him, and then rushed to the battleship that was moored at sea.

Li Yi, who climbed onto the deck of the battleship, quickly learned about the casualties of each ship. The summarized news was more optimistic. The total number of casualties on the four ships was only eight, and none of them died.On the contrary, they killed no less than 150 barbarians (killed at sea, no longer verified), and captured 116 people at the same time, which can be described as brilliant results.

Hearing the briefing on the battle situation of the navy and army, Shi Qinjie was finally relieved.Nearly 21 enemy troops were killed and captured, while our own casualties were only [-], and only two unlucky ghosts were killed in battle. This battle was a great victory in every aspect.

At this time, the slave soldiers had dispersed, and cooperated with some of the musketeers of the 101st Company of the Army to search along the coast for some barbarians who had fled from the battle just now.The remaining army soldiers have begun to clean up the battlefield and clean up the corpses under the leadership of the platoon leader.You know, this place has a tropical maritime climate, with a temperature of 26-[-] degrees. If the bodies of these war dead are not properly disposed of, a plague will break out in the entire city.

Four hours later, the troops who went out to wipe out the remnants of the enemy also returned.They killed more than a dozen barbarians and captured more than 50 people. Together with the 116 prisoners sent ashore by the navy, the total number of prisoners reached 172.In this battle, more than 550 enemy troops were killed, 172 were captured, and only 21 were killed or injured. It was an undisputed victory.

PS: Today is New Year's Eve, I wish everyone a family reunion!

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