Alien Empire Total War - Chapter 204

“Check the guns and prepare for battle!”

The 4th Division of the Second Army of the Enkelan Army, the sporadic gunfire in their own positions did not interrupt the orders of the officers. Nenad Bellomo clenched the musket in his hand tightly and shrunk in the trench. , only showing a head wearing a triangle cap to peep out, and around him, other comrades in arms also maintained the same posture.

Black solid cannonballs whizzed past their heads from time to time, making a sharp air-breaking sound, falling into the ground a certain distance from the front of the enemy’s queue under their gaze, and then bounced up with inertia and continued to fly forward. ten meters.

The imperial troops on the opposite side were not just soft persimmons who could not fight back, although the shells fired by the Enkelan artillery did not cause any casualties to them, and soon, their artillery unloaded the calm artillery, and turned the muzzle to the enemy’s position. The ammunition was loaded, and it didn’t take long for a large white smoke to rise from the rear of the imperial army, and dozens of artillery shells flew towards the position at high speed!

boom!

One of the cannonballs landed not far from Bellomo’s side, and cut off the head of a soldier who was observing with a probe, smashed a pit behind the unfortunate soldier, and continued to follow the inertia. Then flew away, setting off a large piece of dirt.

At the moment when the cannonball landed, Bellomo felt as if an invisible impact overturned him and the people around him, causing him to fall to the ground with an unsteady foot. The blood spurting from the corpse fell from the sky and hit him, making Bellomo, the first-time recruit on the battlefield, to scream.

Not only him, but several other soldiers around also called out. They looked at the headless corpse that was still spewing blood, and his feet were constantly weakening. Bellomo swallowed his saliva and wanted to get out of the trench. He got up, but his weak feet made several unsuccessful attempts.

“Stand up for me! Be brave!”

An officer scolded and forcibly pulled him from the ground, picked up the rifle that fell on the ground, put it into his hand, and said, “Don’t be afraid, the chance of the artillery hitting you is very low, as long as you are honest It’s fine to hide in the trenches!”

“Yes, but…”

A soldier who had not come out of the shadow of the severed head just opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but was blocked by the officer with a stare.

“There’s nothing wrong, go back to your position!” He pointed at the surrounding soldiers and reprimanded, “Is it possible that they are all surrounded by Lumen’s cannonballs?”

Hearing this, the soldiers hurriedly turned around and returned to their respective combat posts. Bellomo looked at the officer’s leaving back in shock, and then glanced at the headless corpse that was being dragged away. He couldn’t help but regret that he had been encouraged to participate. The battle is decided.

Like some other recruits, he was blocked by his parents before enrolling in the army. He still remembers what his father, who had retired from the army, said to him:

“The war is not as beautiful as you think, and you can’t gain honor from it. Now the army of the Lumen people clearly has the advantage. After you go to the battlefield, you can only be killed by a bullet that flew from nowhere, and you will fall in a certain place. The fate of an unknown battlefield, even if you are lucky, the probability of becoming a prisoner is higher than the probability of escaping.”

At that time, the young and vigorous Bellomo could not listen to his father’s advice. He stubbornly packed his personal belongings and was sent to the training camp under the sigh of his father and the tears of his mother. After a short military training, he was directly sent to the training camp. sent to the front.

It was only now that Bellomo realized that his father’s words made sense, but it was a pity that he realized that it was too late. He had been caught in the quagmire of war and could not escape.

call out–

A sharp piercing sound interrupted his thoughts and pulled him back to reality. A cannonball passed over his head and slammed into the ground behind the trench, leaving a deep crater. It bounced again and continued to fly forward.

Under the suppression of the superior artillery of the imperial army, the poor few artillery pieces of the Enkelan army’s positions were quickly destroyed and turned into a pile of broken iron. The trenches dug by the soldiers and the piled up chest wall Under the destruction of the shells, it quickly became devastated. The trenches that sank to the ground were fine. The parapet walls collapsed in many places under the shelling, and the soldiers hiding behind were also implicated.

Under the fierce shelling, the soldiers of Enkelan on the ground were shaken, and they listened to the rumble of artillery in the distance, the sharp whistling sound of artillery shells flying over their heads, and the painful wailing from time to time. , The fighting intent that was not high fell like a cliff, and even those recruits began to be afraid.

After the shelling lasted for more than ten minutes, the sound of breaking through the air like death’s grin finally subsided, but what followed was a slight tremor on the ground and a rumbling sound that gradually became louder in the distance.

Some veterans hiding in the trenches quickly realized what the source of the shock was. They looked up in horror and saw a large number of well-equipped cavalry units in the enemy’s army. The high-headed horse, holding the saber, charged towards their position!

“Damn, it’s the cavalry of the Lumen people!”

I don’t know who was the first to shout, and then, the entire fourth division’s position fell into fear. The combat effectiveness of the cavalry troops on this relatively flat battlefield should not be underestimated!

Even if they hid in the trenches, they could not resist the charge of the enemy cavalry!

“Don’t be afraid! Raise your gun to meet the enemy and prepare to shoot!”

The officers in the trenches hurriedly reassured the terrified soldiers. Bellomo stared at the enemy cavalry who kept increasing their speed. Their raised sabres reflected dazzling light spots in the sunlight, making Bellomo unable to stop. Do not raise your hand to cover.

Just then, an officer just walked behind him, he slapped off Bellomo’s arm raised in front of him, and cursed: “Take your weapon, you **** pig!”

Bellomo, who was scolded, had to put down his arms~www.mtlnovel.com~ and endured the discomfort of the dazzling light spot, holding the rifle in both hands, placed it on the ground in front of him, ready to shoot.

Under the comfort and scolding of the officers, the soldiers in the trench finally stabilized. They nervously aimed their guns at the enemy cavalry who were constantly closing in on the front. Some soldiers with weak psychological tolerance even trembled throughout their bodies. The inner lining of the military uniform has also been wet with cold sweat.

“Don’t shoot without permission!”

“Follow the orders, don’t shoot without permission!”

The shouts of the officers echoed over the positions again, and they looked equally nervously at the approaching enemy, estimating the distance between the two sides, and since the Enkland army was mainly equipped with muskets with a shorter range, they Soldiers had to let the enemy into a distance of about fifty meters before firing – in order to penetrate the breastplate of the enemy cavalry.

Shooting early will only miss the opportunity and disrupt the rhythm of their battle. This is a mistake that most recruits make when they face cavalry for the first time, and it is no wonder that the officers will highlight it.