Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 292 Blood River ([-])

On the night of May 1641, 5, Mo Ming stood solemnly behind a bunker made of several wooden boxes, carefully observing everything outside the camp.As early as an hour ago, the scouts began to pass on the outside information one after another until the barbarian brigade approached and they were completely driven back to the camp.

But just one hour is enough for Mo Ming and others to make a relatively clear judgment.Even though night had already enveloped the land and a thick fog had fallen outside, the movements of thousands of people could not be concealed.The army camp on the east bank is a triangular camp along the river facing east by north, with two barbed wire fences erected in total.Due to the rush of time, the second barbed wire fence had no time to hang up the barbs.The distance between the two wire fences was about [-] meters. At this time, the soldiers of the engineering battalion were urgently hanging barbs on the second wire fence, while throwing a large amount of barbed wire between the two wire fences.

The soldiers of the 103rd and 104th companies were assigned to the southeast side where they might be attacked by the enemy.The 360 ​​officers and soldiers of the two companies all put on their helmets and armor, lined up in three rows, and prepared to fire in three bursts to maintain continuous firepower.In front of them, there are rows of Eight Banners warriors holding spears. They will use spears to stab and attack the enemy when they are close to the barbed wire, so as to block the enemy's movement and add more shooting time to the musketeers.

More than 300 musketeers from the Hezhong Security Regiment lined up at the northwest corner of the second barbed wire fence under the command of Sergeant Salvador. They have experienced many live ammunition shooting trainings, but they are not bad at all. Psychology, I believe they can play a very good level.What's more, there are still many veterans in the security regiment who have been on the battlefield. Having them set an example will greatly appease the recruits.

As for the most elite 1st company of the army, Mo Ming holds it in his hands as a reserve team, and it will be transferred to wherever it is urgent.There will also be some man-made gaps between sections of barbed wire, and deep pits have been dug in the gaps, and the bottom of the pits is also covered with caltrops.On the gap between the inner barbed wire, there are cannons. The artillery brothers put the cannonballs (mainly shotguns and grape shells) in the roughly dug bunkers, preparing to give the approaching barbarians a big surprise. .

All in all, the well-trained east bank soldiers have turned the camp into a hedgehog in just two or three hours.They were well-prepared and calm, and even had time to finish dinner in batches before the battle started.

There was a sudden loud shouting in the night, followed by the sound of slightly chaotic running footsteps.

"Attention, the barbarians have started to attack." Some veteran non-commissioned officers and platoon leaders began to issue warnings to their soldiers. Some soldiers of the 103rd and 104th companies were indifferent, some were biting their lips, Some of them held their rifles silently, while others were panting heavily, with different expressions on their faces, but one thing in common was that when the leading officer raised the command saber in his hand, they all looked at each other at the same time. Resolutely raised the rifle in his hand forward.

"Boom! Boom!" The artillery brothers had already fired more than a dozen solid iron bullets forward, and they didn't know what the result was in the dark.

"Shoot!" Chang Kaisheng, who was fully armed, listened to the sound of footsteps, estimated the distance, and then swung down the command saber in his hand.

"Bang! Bang!" More than 100 rifles were fired almost at the same time. Although affected by the damp fog, the fire rate still exceeded [-]%.Some screams could be heard faintly in the darkness, but these voices were quickly covered up by denser footsteps.The musketeers in the first row quickly retreated to reload after shooting, and the musketeers in the second row stepped forward quickly, standing behind the simple parapet made of wooden boxes and began to shoot.In the darkness, one after another gun flames shot out from the gun barrel, like blooming flowers of death, taking away fresh lives one by one.

"Huh!" Hundreds of spears shot into the camp of the people on the east bank over a distance of tens of meters with the sound of breaking through the air.Although they wore helmets and armor and were fully armed, a considerable number of them were shot in the head and limbs and fell to the ground screaming, especially the Eight Banners warriors who were only equipped with leather armor and leather caps.Their flimsy armor couldn't stop the sharp spears coming from the air. Many people were shot from the chest to the back and fell down without a word.With the assistance of the soldiers of the supply battalion, the medical soldiers carried the wounded soldiers off the line of fire and transported them to the river bank for emergency treatment.

The fastest barbarians had rushed to the first barbed wire fence, and the torches hanging on the stakes illuminated their hideous faces.Most of these people were naked except for a short skirt around their waists. They were a little at a loss facing the barbed wire, and some reckless guys were screaming when they were stabbed by the barbs when they were just about to jump over.But the people behind didn't know why the front stopped. They only knew how to rush forward. As a result, many barbarians were squeezed down by the people behind the barbed wire just as they stood firmly in front of the barbed wire.

Heart-piercing screams sounded in front of the barbed wire.The savages who rushed to the front were completely slapped on the barbed wire fence by the surging crowd behind, acting as a stepping stone for the people behind.The barbarians at the back stepped on their bodies, braved the dense musket bullets and infantry shots, climbed over the barbed wire fence more than one meter high, held short spears in their hands, and jumped into the first barbed wire fence howling.However, their screams suddenly increased at this time.The sharp barbed caltrops densely covered on the ground inside the first barbed wire easily pierced their soles of their feet, and many people sat directly on the ground in pain, but this caused them to suffer even greater injuries.

The soldiers of the East Coast Army calmly fired their muskets, and as the barbarians at the first barbed wire became denser, their battle results became greater and greater.At this time, under the command of Li Wenchang, the artillery also uniformly switched to shotguns. At a distance of only a few tens of meters, glass slag, broken iron pieces, gravel, iron nails and other items splashed from the muzzle were thrown into the air. Terrible casualties were created in the dense crowd.Often, once a shotgun is fired, it can create an open space in a fan-shaped area in front of it. All the barbarians in this fan-shaped area screamed and fell to the ground, and many of them were covered in blood without even responding. The hole fell to the ground.

But there are too many barbarians.Under the impact of multiple firepower, more and more people rushed into the net after crossing the first barbed wire. Naturally, they were shot to death by the step bows of the Eight Banners warriors, and the very few who rushed forward were also stabbed with spears, and fell to the ground unwillingly.As more and more barbarians rushed in, their bodies even covered the open space between the two barbed wire fences, and the barbarians outside the barbed wire fences were also throwing short spears inside to interfere with the movement of the soldiers on the east bank. Shooting rhythm, the battle has entered a fever pitch.

Mo Ming's hand holding the binoculars also trembled slightly.The battle was so brutal, the barbarian's way of fighting regardless of casualties greatly shocked him, the ground inside and outside the first barbed wire was covered with a thick layer of corpses, the air was filled with a very strong smell of blood, and even gradually The tendency to mask the smell of gunpowder smoke.

After fighting for many years, he didn't really realize what the legendary crowd tactics looked like until today.These savages are too crazy, hundreds of people have been killed or injured, and they are still rushing forward one after another to make a desperate charge.Don't these barbarians and ordinary soldiers know what fear is?Mo Ming didn't understand, maybe they couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly in the dark and thick fog, so they just kept moving forward; maybe these barbarians really don't know what fear is, Mo Ming faintly didn't want to believe it. one possibility.

More and more barbarians rushed to the second barbed wire. They stepped on the corpses of their companions, roared and raised spears, short spears and even long knives to kill the east coast people hiding behind the barbed wire.However, their efforts were stopped by the spear array of the Eight Banners warriors standing behind the barbed wire fence. More than 1000 Eight Banners warriors holding three-meter standard spears continued to thrust their spears forward under the unified command of the officers. Then retract, thrust out, retract again.Every stab will cause a large number of barbarians to bleed in the chest and lower abdomen, screaming and falling to the ground.Of course, the barbarians' counterattack also caused them some casualties, but the people behind immediately made up for the casualties of the people in front to ensure the stability of the spear line.

The cruising eight-banner infantry archers cruised calmly behind the second barbed wire fence, and from time to time used their powerful infantry bows to shoot accurately at the barbarians outside.Their targets were mainly savages who looked like officers, and some guys who danced very happily.The damage they caused to the barbarians was also huge, and many barbarian officers or warriors fell to the ground silently under these precise bow shots.The barbarians who had lost their command were in a state of confusion, and could only rush forward in a swarm with their heads covered. Small-scale group spear shooting like before was becoming less and less common, which greatly relieved the soldiers on the east bank.

The artillery continued to fire, and their horrific lethality was on full display in this battle.Even those barbarian soldiers who don't seem to be afraid of death have a great sense of fear for this kind of monster that can tear people's bodies. However, this provided an excellent target for the East Coast musketeers to fire a volley of guns.

Rivers of blood flowed in front of the barbed wire, and dead bodies were everywhere, like hell on earth.

(End of this chapter)