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"Second Battalion, advance!"

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Accompanied by the dense drum beats, the blue-blue-colored lines marched in a neat pace despite the cannonballs flying from the front. No one spoke, except for the rumble of distant artillery, the shouts of officers.

In front of them, a six-meter-high fortress was like a huge obstacle, and it became the biggest obstacle to the convergence of the Lumont army that had detoured to the flank of the defense line and the friendly forces that were feigning frontal attack. More than 8,000 soldiers from the Second Division of the Second Army of the Hildi Kingdom are stationed in the ancient megalithic fortress called Cork Fortress. military.

As early as after the defense line was broken through, the commander of the second division of the Greek Army knew that something was wrong, and immediately ordered the infantry regiments deployed in the front to withdraw to the fortress, and at the same time sent messengers to the rear for help.

Facts have proved that the Greek army's order to shrink its forces was correct, which effectively avoided unnecessary large-scale battle losses before the Greek army came into contact with the enemy. The incoming infantry guns were temporarily sealed in the armory, and then they climbed up the city wall to control the 6-pounder and 8-pounder infantry guns deployed on the city wall artillery positions, and turned into fortress artillery. Not only that, the soldiers also dug several deep trenches around the fortress, which were covered with spikes.

Today is the fifth day of the siege of the Cork fort by the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the 2nd Army of the Lumont Army and the 6th Division responsible for the frontal feint. In the previous five days, the three besieging divisions had assembled all the artillery of the entire division to launch artillery fire on the ancient fortress city wall. The green moss and creepers on the ancient city wall were blown to pieces and fell off in the fierce artillery bombardment. A small pit that was smashed into the bottom was exposed.

The artillery deployed by the defenders in advance was not something that was passively beaten. After the fortress was shelled, the fortress artillery on the city wall immediately launched a counterattack. However, due to the problem of poundage, their range was not at all. The 12-pounder infantry equipped by the Rumont army The range of the gun is long (the lower the poundage of the gun, the lower the range), so although the shot can continue to fly with kinetic energy, it will gradually weaken after flying out of range and eventually land.

The defenders soon discovered the problem, so they stopped the counterattack, and covered the artillery with concealed cannons. After the attacking artillery bombardment was over, the infantry launched an attack before re-entering the battle.

During five consecutive days of shelling, the ancient city walls of Coron Fortress finally collapsed when they could not bear the pressure he should not bear.

After that, the Rumont army started the first exploratory infantry offensive. Thousands of line infantrymen dressed in blue-blue uniforms marched in a neat pace amid the passionate attack horns and dense drums of snare drums. attack.

Although the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the 2nd Army of the Rumont Army were replaced with miniatures and rifled guns, this did not give them additional bonuses in siege battles.

The bombardment of the line infantry by the artillery is like a fragile tissue that shatters at the touch of a touch. Even a solid city wall cannot withstand the bombardment of solid bullets, let alone a more fragile human body? Anyone who is hit by a cannonball will only end up being torn apart, and even if it is only lightly scratched, a large piece of flesh and blood will be taken away.

After the infantry was shelled, the artillery of each division also locked the fortress artillery positions that threatened the safety of the friendly forces under the control of the experienced artillerymen, and concentrated their firepower to carry out covered shelling in this direction-a dozen artillery shells whistled and flew. Toward a gun position, the fortress artillery had no chance of escaping at all, and was directly scrapped in place with the artillery.

Although the Rumont artillery can clear the enemy artillery that exists on the bright side, the Greek howitzers hidden behind the city walls cannot be destroyed anyway. The artillery howitzer is not unique to Charlie. The domestic production is also attached to the army, and the trapped second division of the Greek army just has four 6-pounder howitzers.

The Lumont infantry did not expect that the enemy army actually had a howitzer, a curved-firing artillery piece. After seeing the artillery on the city wall being destroyed one after another, they could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. The rich veterans heard the strange sound mixed with them, and after a few seconds, they saw four cannonballs flying towards them crookedly and at a slow speed!

"Howitzer!"

Seeing this scene, the veterans cried out in surprise, and the officers in each company quickly ordered to pay attention to dodge, but when the soldiers moved, the cannonballs had already flown on their heads, and one of the cannonballs exploded. The splashing shrapnel directly shrouded the soldiers below, and instantly fell a group of soldiers.

The other three shells hit the ground at different angles, and exploded in advance when the Rumont soldiers walked in front of them, and did not cause any casualties to the soldiers.

Although only one cannonball is effective, its power is still terrifying. The explosion of just one explosive bomb almost wiped out an entire company of soldiers. Except for the lucky ones, the soldiers who failed to die on the spot all cried out in pain, their bodies were blurred with blood, and what's more, shrapnel was inserted all over their bodies, like a **** man.

The surrounding soldiers looked in horror at the wounded who were screaming constantly, but they continued to move forward under the scolding of the officers. Soon, the military doctors who caught up from the rear transported the wounded to the military medical office one by one. , doing everything possible to cure their injuries, but it can be expected that under such serious injuries, there are probably not one in ten of these wounded soldiers who can really survive.

Under the fire of the enemy artillery, the Rumont infantry quickly advanced to the effective range of the rifled gun, but they did not shoot immediately, but continued to advance to a position within 200 meters, and the charioteers who were among them immediately stopped advancing. , knelt down on one knee, and aimed and shot at the constantly shaking figure on the city wall.

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A series of gunshots sounded from the open space in front of the Coron fortress. The figures swaying on the city wall immediately fell several people, and the Greek infantry deployed on the city wall immediately returned fire. Relying on the cover of the wall, they shot and killed those exposed The enemy under the muzzle, the casualty ratio of both sides gradually widened the distance.

If you want to deal with snipers, the most effective way is to use artillery bombardment. This rule is a wise saying at all times.

After the army was shot by the enemy charioteers, the Rumont artillerymen, who had advanced a certain distance, let out their roars again, and smashed the deadly shells on the part of the city wall where the charioteers were located. Had to flee in embarrassment, or hide behind the wall and shiver.