Rise of the Empire Total War

You can never forget the charge of the herd of fire rhinos and war elephants. It was like an apocalypse. -Bledfield of Leon, soldier of the Holy Roman Empire, historian, Fragment of the Battle of Bokantu in The Expedition of Zane

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Gulu.

Seeing the herd of rhinos with their butts on fire rushing towards their own army and the huge war elephants mixed in behind, the soldiers on the front line all felt deep fear from the bottom of their hearts. Their legs trembled violently and their throats were dry. I want to scream and run, but I can't do anything.

Woo--

The thundering roar of the rhinos resounded over the entire wasteland, and the fire behind their buttocks aroused the most primitive fear of flames in the bones of the animals, which made the rhinos run forward desperately, their eyes were extremely red, full of flames. The monstrous rage after burning!

boom--

At this moment, the artillery deployed in the center finally moved. With a loud bang, black shells flew out of the muzzle at high speed, and fell into the running gun across a distance of several hundred meters in just a few seconds. In the herd of rhinos, several rhinos were smashed in half, and the bright red viscera spurted out with blood, sprinkled on the yellow sand, and the water was quickly absorbed by the yellow sand, leaving only red traces on the sand. .

The roar of the artillery finally woke up the line infantry who were immersed in fear. They hurriedly raised their muskets. Under the roar of the officer, the soldiers in the first row half-knelt on the ground, ignoring the heat of the ground and roasting them through their military trousers. Big drops of sweat flowed down the soldiers' heads, wet their clothes.

Do not shoot without an order!

Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

Whoever dares to shoot without authorization, I will blow his head off!

The officer's roar echoed in the soldiers' ears, which only aggravated their tension. Although the soldiers of the third brigade were all veterans of many battles, it was the first time they saw groups of rhinos running in anger (before this, they even I haven’t even seen a rhinoceros), it’s good that I don’t have weak legs like the soldiers of the second brigade to hold a gun.

This group of rhinos really caught them by surprise. Together with Trond, they thought because of their inertial thinking that the tribal alliance would first line up and then launch an attack, but they didn't expect that they would not play their cards according to the routine. What nonsense Without saying anything, he directly ignited the inflammables tied to the rhino's tail, and launched a fire bull array.

Rumble——

After the central artillery fired,

The artillery positions on the two wings also opened fire, and the shells roared and fell into the herd, blasting the crazy rhinos who didn't know how to dodge into pieces. Although the rhinoceros hide was extremely hard and could block the sword's chopping, it was like a beast in front of the shells. Like a thin piece of paper, it shatters in an instant.

However, no matter how powerful the cannon was, it caused little damage to the huge herd of rhinos. The rhinos with their buttocks on fire ignored the shells falling from the sky and the dead ones beside them, and still rushed forward with their red eyes. Feeling the shaking of the ground, the soldiers in the front row became more and more nervous. The fingers in front of the trigger kept trembling, and they almost pressed down several times.

Shoot after you hear the order!

The officers noticed the strangeness of the soldiers. Although they were equally nervous, they still forcibly suppressed the tension and fear in their hearts and loudly reminded their subordinates. A company commander held a flintlock pistol and walked in the queue, encouraging his subordinates while patrolling, but when he passed by a soldier, his body unconsciously moved the soldier. The nerves were already tense, and when he was caught off guard and passive, the tense nerves suddenly broke, and he subconsciously pulled the trigger. Hearing a bang, the soldiers around thought they could shoot, and followed the conditioned reflex to shoot forward.

Damn, don't shoot, don't shoot!

Stop shooting! Stop shooting!

Who gave your order to shoot!

All of a sudden, there was a burst of gunshots on the front line of the second brigade, which was mixed with the officers' roars, but the soldiers continued to shoot desperately. It has no effect on the crazy rhino!

After the shooting stopped, the soldiers looked helplessly at the pungent gunpowder smoke that did not dissipate in front of them. The faces of their officers were so dark that ink would drip in the next second, but they did not have the intention to punish these soldiers who shot without permission. , can only strictly order them to reload, and strive to complete the reload before the herd rushes into the range.

However, in a state of high tension, the soldiers were unable to reload quickly. After they bumped and bumped, their speed was twice as slow as usual, and just before they finished reloading, the group of rhinos with their butts on fire rushed into the range Inside!

Fire! Fire!

bang bang bang—

The moment the herd of beasts came into range, the soldiers fired in unison while the officers hissed and roared. While the black powder was burning, deadly projectiles were ejected from the muzzle along with the smoke generated by the burning gunpowder. Thousands of flintlock guns fired The dense projectiles formed a firepower net like a metal barrage, shooting at the maddened rhinoceros rushing to the front, but the projectiles fired from a long distance still could not break through the defense of the rhinoceros hide, and the projectiles that hit the target were either deep Embedded in rhino hide, or bounced off, except for the bullet that hits the rhino's fragile eyes just enough to cause damage, it just tickles them.

All platoons fire freely!

After a round of salvo, the officers ordered the soldiers to shoot freely, because the guns in the soldiers' hands were in different conditions and the speed of reloading was also different. Blindly asking them to fire a salvo would not only fail to increase the firepower intensity, but might cause the opposite effect. the result of.

As the herd of rhinos got closer to the soldiers, the force of the projectiles they fired increased. Many rhinos were pierced by dense projectiles while running, and fell down tragically on the road. They did not die immediately. The strong vitality of rhinos allowed them to survive for a long time after falling to the ground, but the following The rhino obviously wouldn't give them a chance to live for a while longer. Amidst the sky-shattering roar, the heavy hooves stomped heavily on the fallen rhino, directly trampling them to death.

Amidst the sound of gunfire, the rhino finally broke through the range of the flintlock gun and rushed to a position ten meters in front of the soldiers. Seeing such a terrifying rhino at close range, the soldiers in the front row turned around and retreated subconsciously, regardless of reloading and shooting. Their retreat directly disrupted the actions of the comrades behind, and the companies on the front line suddenly fell into chaos.

Facts have proved that such chaos is fatal. Amid the angry roar of the herd, the rhino rushed into the chaotic infantry line and knocked down the soldiers standing in front of them. The sharp rhino horn easily pierced through The soldier's thin body and the splashed blood further aroused the animal nature of the rhinoceros and increased their madness.