sweeping the world

Chapter 1030 Cruelty is inevitable
No one is willing to face an enemy army that is "stable" in any aspect. The enemy army is "stable" in everything, which means that it is difficult to reveal any major flaws. Fighting such an enemy army, Even if it is to win in the end, it will inevitably be a tragic victory in which one thousand enemies are killed and eight hundred are self-defeated.

If you face an enemy army that is "stable" in any aspect, unless your own weapons and equipment have an absolute advantage, the soldiers are well-trained, and the organization is better than the opponent's elite, otherwise you will really only get one The tragic victory, the generals who encountered this kind of war feel depressed only they know.

The Han Empire did not have any special methods when training firearms troops. It weakened the individual thoughts of the soldiers over and over again, inputting collective consciousness and obedience consciousness. It does not require soldiers to have strong personal combat effectiveness, all they need is theirs. Maintain formation against any enemy.

In the era of firearms where people are shot in rows, there is really no need to have too complicated training methods. What really needs to be changed is when firearms are more developed and various weapons are updated. Otherwise, "one trick" can Domineering in the whole world.

Of course, the entire earth has developed firearms in the Han Empire at present, one step ahead... let firearms appear more than 1000 years in advance, and also allow individual soldiers to throw firearms and bronze cannons to be installed in the army earlier.

The rest of the countries are still playing with cold weapons, even the chariots that Zhu Xia has eliminated for hundreds of years are still other countries...including Rome and Sasanian considered the main force.

The extremely rigidly trained firearms troops of the Han army are not facing enemy troops who are also armed with guns and guns of various calibers, but a group of enemy troops whose long-range weapons are basically bows and arrows, and their crossbows are imitated from the Han Empire.

After the start of today's battle, the firearms troops of the Han army definitely wiped out more than 6000 enemy troops within an hour, and their own losses were only less than 400 people.

The remaining troops of the Han army, the cold weapon troops placed on the left and right wings, are a neglected group, but they have achieved a lot of results. The number of enemy troops killed should be around 2000, but the loss is not even 20. No.

The cold weapons on the left and right flanks of the Han army and the cavalry also made great contributions to the entire battle situation, forcing the Persian cavalry to "accompany" them in cruising and fighting, attracting more cavalry against the Axis coalition forces against the Han, and greatly reducing the frontal battlefield. pressure.

"You should develop the cavalry!" Elbata's face was almost black, and he didn't know whether to be puzzled or sigh or rejoice: "The infantry fighting with the Han army's firearms troops is basically slaughtered, and only the cavalry can play a role."

Rome's "short legs" are well known to the whole world. It is no problem for them to stay in the Mediterranean Sea. Anyway, they can rely on shipping to make up for the shortcomings of "short legs". However, once they leave the Mediterranean environment, Rome's "short legs" "The shortcomings are infinitely magnified.

"It's time to develop the cavalry." Marus's face was also not good-looking: "It's just that you also know that we don't have good pastures over there, and we need your country to provide enough war horses."

The territory of Rome really did not have good pastures. The areas they ruled were either mountainous or forested, and there were not too wide plains. Even if there were plains, they were also surrounded by bushes.

Elbata opened his mouth, and only a sneer was left behind.

Don't look at the Persians and Romans moving towards an alliance under the pressure of the Han Empire, but the 800-year-old hatred is not so easy to eliminate.

For the weaker side in the war with Rome, the Persians tried their best to suppress their inner hatred for the Romans, and at the same time hoped that the alliance between the two sides would be closer. It can be said that it is purely absurd to ask them to send horses to the Romans for nothing. Just dreaming!
Marus realized that Rome needed cavalry troops. It was he who saw sparks flashing from the shields that formed the tortoise shell formation under the volleys of riflemen of the Han army.

The Roman Legion formed a tortoise shell array. In order to make each shield fit tightly, they moved carefully. One can imagine how fast the advance speed can be.

They had to be careful, as long as there was a little gap in the shield wall, the dense firepower of the Han army riflemen could exploit the gap, and the fall of a Roman soldier holding a shield indicated that there was a gap in the tortoise shell array.

Once there is a gap in the tortoise shell formation, the Roman soldiers will face more bullets, that is, a burst of blood blooms. If the gap is not quickly filled, the tortoise shell formation will face real disintegration. Fully exposed to the firepower of the Han riflemen's platoon.

The Han army riflemen in the front row continued to shoot in rotation, and some grenadiers who were ordered to leave the team.

Grenadiers are actually temporary role changes for some riflemen. They are generally fast and agile people who temporarily put down their flintlock guns and only carry grenades or grenades.

Yan Ping was one of the Han soldiers who temporarily acted as a grenadier. He had a row of wooden-handled grenades tied around his waist and twisted one in his hand. After leaving the team, he approached the nearest Roman tortoise shell formation.

The battlefield that has been fighting for more than an hour does not look clean. There are bloody corpses everywhere. Some people who were killed by shelling have become mutilated corpses, and some people's limbs or internal organs can still be seen.

There are not only human corpses on the battlefield, but also a lot of Arabian horses that look huge and muscular. Most of the horses are dead, and some are lying on the ground but not dead.

Yan Ping passed by a war horse that was injured but not dead. He didn't observe deliberately, it was purely a coincidence that he looked into the eyes of the horse and could see that the horse was shedding tears.

Just like that, falling on the battlefield does not mean that they are dead. Many soldiers are actually injured and unable to move, or soldiers who are so frightened that they can only lie down and accept their unknown fate. Naturally, they are purely pretending to be dead.

"..." When Yan Ping was running forward, he accidentally saw an enemy soldier lying on the ground, and after checking that the enemy soldier was not injured, he hesitated for a moment and chose to change the direction of running: "This damn! "

A pure discovery, a Persian soldier lying on the ground secretly observing for unknown purpose, he was hit on the back of the head before Yan Ping's "passing by", and then he was ridden on the body and his head was repeatedly beaten tap.

Yan Ping could have replaced it with a dagger, but he really forgot to change the weapon. He chose to strike with the wooden-handled grenade in his hand. After confirming that the Persian soldier under him was dead, he wiped his blood-splattered face. Get up and run again.

The grenadiers who come out of the cruise, they will encounter some undead enemy soldiers in the course of their actions. If the situation permits, they will make up for the wounded enemy soldiers. If they encounter no injuries, they will stay on the battlefield The enemy soldiers on the ground will inevitably go up and fight with them.

About 50 meters away, Yan Ping killed two enemy soldiers pretending to be dead and six wounded enemy soldiers. He avoided the ballistic trajectory and approached the tortoise shell array formed by Roman soldiers about ten meters away. He unscrewed the bottom of the grenade with a wooden handle. With a pull against the white pull cord, the wooden-handled grenade started to smoke, and it was thrown towards the tortoise shell formation of the Roman soldiers.

The smoking grenade with a wooden handle landed on the top of the shield wall composed of shields, and it made a "squeaky" sound to count down.

The Roman soldiers inside the shield wall, under the continuous fire of the Han army riflemen, could not distinguish the bumping sound of the bullet hitting the shield and the falling of the wooden handle grenade.

With a bang, the grenade with a wooden handle on the top of the shield wall exploded. Its explosive force was such that a large piece of the shield was blown away. The next moment, another grenade with a wooden handle was thrown over, followed by the third, The fourth... a total of six exaggerated grenades were thrown.

Yan Ping just realized that he was not the only one who was throwing the wooden-handled grenade, and he swept it before his body fell to the ground. He saw that the other two comrades had chosen this tortoise shell formation as the target of attack.

The continuous explosions directly disintegrated the tortoise shell formation composed of a hundred Roman soldiers. Everyone fell down. Most of the people within three meters of the explosion were killed on the spot. Those who were not hit by shrapnel outside the four-meter range of the explosion would become injured.

The key point is that the tortoise shell array was disintegrated, and the shield wall they used to resist the Han riflemen's volley was gone. The next moment, bloody flowers appeared on the Roman soldiers who were in a dazed state, and the soldiers in the front line were the first to fall down. Round after round of volleys followed, knocking the rest to the ground.

The riflemen of the Han army have approached to a roughly 50-meter combat distance.Even the accuracy of flintlock guns at this distance is very unreliable. Relying on intensive volleys of guns can still guarantee coverage, give them enough shooting time, and no enemy can stand safely.

Marus, who was in the rear, was trembling with his hands holding the binoculars.

From the perspective of Marus, the tortoise formations are being disintegrated one after another, and then their own soldiers are completely targeted. If this trend continues, all the more than 3000 soldiers there will be reimbursed within half an hour. .

"Give up the formation!" Elbata wiped the sweat off his face: "They are the first troops that are less than 50 meters away from the Han army's firearms troops, and they launched a desperate charge!"

The scene he saw was so amazing that Marus lost the judgment that a general should have. He roared: "Blow the charge horn!"

Not far behind Marus stood a row of Roman soldiers holding trombones, and at the same time there was a guard of honor holding military plaques.

The trombone of the stormtroopers was sounded. After the Roman soldiers on the front line heard it, the Roman soldiers whose tortoise-shell formation had disintegrated continued to be confused, while the Roman soldiers whose tortoise-shell formation was intact shouted "For Rome!" and withdrew from the shield wall A group of people were greeted by a volley of guns, and the undead threw away their shields and charged forward with daggers in hand.

Liu Shen's row was rotated to the front row. He was slightly taken aback when he saw the Romans split their shields, but he didn't delay in ordering a salvo.

50 meters is actually a distance that is neither too far nor too close. If you have no problem with your eyesight, you can see each other's faces clearly. Liu Shen has seen the Romans a long time ago, and knows that the Romans are a group of people with black hair and black eyes. The distribution of facial features is different from that of Han people, and the height is shorter than that of Han people.

Roebling was the centurion of Rome. Fortunately, he was not shot by the volley and ran forward hard.Of course, his eyes were looking at the Han army in front of him. For some reason, his eyes were instantly attracted by a very young looking Han.

[You are so young! 】Roblin sighed and noticed something was wrong at the same time: 【Why is there a human wall guarding him, but other Han people do not. 】

Liu Shen happened to look at Roblin with the "broom" on his helmet, knowing that this Roman was an officer.He saw Roblin staring at him, and for some reason, he showed a very sunny smile to Roblin.

"Come closer to me!" Roeblin could tell that the young Han must be extremely noble, not only from the people around him, but mainly from Liu Shen's smile: "There is a noble descendant of Siris over there. Only by holding him hostage can he leave the battlefield safely!"

The Roman soldiers who were greeted by the hail of bullets were shocked when they heard Roebling's shout.

On a battlefield where people are constantly falling, there are two different situations: hope and no hope. Before, the Roman soldiers charged in despair. Instead, they charged with hope. They ran faster and their bodies became more flexible.

Roblin was really very lucky. People kept falling around him, but not a single bullet flew within two meters of him.

"Your Highness." Yingkui noticed that seven or eight Roman soldiers were charging straight in this direction and reminded: "You need to step back."

Of course Liu Shen noticed that Roman soldier, and even smiled at that "hair-sweeping head".He raised his chin and gave Yingkui a stern look.

retreat?How could it be possible for Liu Shen to retreat just because some people rushed towards him!

In fact, some of the Roman soldiers who charged towards Liu Shen fell down again and again. They did not charge to a distance of 20 meters from Liu Shen, and all of them fell to the ground.

Blood was coming out of two places on Roeblin's chest, and the corners of his mouth were filled with bitterness as he looked at the blue sky.Before he fell down, he threw the dagger in his hand, but the dagger only flew forward about ten meters before falling powerlessly to the ground.

The interval between the volleys of riflemen of the Han army was less than three seconds, and after one round of firing, none of the Roman soldiers who charged stood up.The farthest they rushed was to reach the eight-meter range of the Han army's riflemen's array line, and then they either became corpses or wounded patients.

The drum was sounded again, and the line of riflemen continued to move forward. When Liu Shen passed by Roblin, what he saw was Roblin's blue eyes looking out of focus at the sky.

The advancing riflemen, when they passed by, found the Roman soldiers who were not dead, and ended the pain of the Roman soldiers with bayonets.

In a way, those Han riflemen who make up the knife are good guys.Because of being hit by lead bullets, even if they didn't die on the spot, they would have to suffer all kinds of torture later, and they would die painfully with symptoms of inflammation and pus.

(End of this chapter)