Chapter 21 The Beast Murder Case
Xiao Lin asked James to take five people to replace Sai Qunxiong to continue monitoring the movements of the lobster soldiers here, and then took the others back to the camp. The camp was in chaos, and except for the three hundred soldiers, other civilians lost their inch because they were afraid of it. Xiao Lin had not yet won the hearts of the people so that the white people could forget the threat of the lobster soldiers, so many people had already begun to shake, but they were reluctant to let the good life provided by Xiao Lin, and no one proposed to surrender.
Fortunately, the Eagle Tribe was placed under Xiao Lin's command, so he didn't have to worry about his soldiers having no desire to fight. In the 300 Warriors camp, 252 of them were Indians, and only forty-eight were whites. Moreover, these whites were all very fighting warriors. Not to mention the warriors of the Eagle Tribe, the Eagle Tribe leader told the hatred between his tribe and the whites. It was impossible to surrender to the whites, and he would only fight to the end. Just in case, Xiao Lin also asked a group of Eagle Tribe warriors to stare at these whites, and once they were in a state of retreat and surrender, they would directly kill them.
Although there is a great disadvantage in terms of number of people, Xiaolin and his weapons are much stronger than those of Babu's men. In this era, the British army began to change their brown bass muskets. The brown bass muskets were first derived from an arms development contract signed by the Royal Ordnance Bureau on September 15, 1714. The main content of the contract included soliciting design opinions from private ordnance merchants under preferential conditions, and then the Ordnance Bureau authorities approved and produced. At this time, it was impossible for the colonists to change their new guns, unless their chief officer was very wise.
Babu was obviously not such a person, so his soldiers could only use backward muskets. This musket has no highlight in history that is enough to remember (it is really impossible to find out, helpless). At this time, the equipment of the British army was not even comparable to that of the French. Even the three three-pound field guns were old people in the 17th century. They were not very accurate and had little power, and they were not even as good as the earliest grenades.
On Xiao Lin's side, there were 300 Snyder Enfield rifles. Although only 200 people mastered the basic shooting ability, their firepower was enough to match the 400 muskets and lobster soldiers. There were also 100 people, all archers who used a compound bow with an effective range of 150 steps. When they were in close combat, they could still use steel knives to fight. The combat skills tempered in the jungle for more than ten years, coupled with Xiao Lin's modern fighting training, their combat power was very strong.
The most important thing is that in order to strengthen firepower, Xiao Lin specially prepared five fast and slow machines, which are the sharp weapon of warriors without machine guns and submachine guns, box cannons.
Mauser pistol (mauser �
This kind of pistol, plus a buttstock, can even be turned into an original semi-automatic rifle or semi-automatic submachine gun. A speed and slow machine has the firepower comparable to twenty seventeenth-century muskets. Xiao Lin himself used two, three company commanders and one by one. In addition, there are three hundred grenades. This kind of grenade is thrown out after igniting the lead. It is not that the string grenade cannot be forged, but that kind of thing is too sensitive and dare not do it.
This batch of grenades first made an ellipsoid shell, then filled the flames and placed the leads by themselves. These tasks were all done on the American continent. However, this kind of grenade can also be said to be the most advanced grenade besides string grenades. The explosion radius is also two meters, and it has extremely lethality. With so much capital, Xiao Lin is not worried that he will not be able to defeat these 700 lobster soldiers. What he wants is to minimize casualties and obtain more spoils.
While the lobster soldiers were camping and repairing, Xiao Lin led the soldiers to find a good place to ambush. Xiao Lin couldn't help but thank the Indians who died by the whites. They used their lives to raise these colonial soldiers to be arrogant and despised the Indians and never formally treated them. This is also one of the reasons why the whites were beaten by the Indians who obtained advanced smoothbore guns in the later period. If they were to attack troops of the same whites, they would never be so careless. Even if they didn't launch an attack immediately, they would explore the surrounding environment, and would not choose this hidden but very dangerous road.
This trail is basically surrounded by hill stones. Although it is not high, there are still many slopes of about fifty meters. The place chosen by Xiao Lin is a slope of more than forty meters, with an angle of forty-five degrees, lying on the top, and all the situations on the road can be seen clearly. Three hundred soldiers entered the position overnight and dug trenches until early in the morning before going to bed. At around 10 o'clock in the morning, James and others who were staring at the lobster soldiers came over, and the lobster soldiers set off.
They were so angry that they spent a lot of time to drag out the carriages and cannons that were still stuck in the mud pit. It was already good to set off at this time. Xiao Lin asked everyone to prepare. With the help of the intercom, he could pass his orders to every platoon leader. Slowly, the figure of the lobster soldier appeared in front of everyone.
The one who led the way was the infantry using smoothbore guns. These people were both the main force and cannon fodder. Xiao Lin did not rush to do it. He had to clean up the three field guns first. The infantry had to walk out of the ambush circle before the artillery appeared. They walked in the middle, one by one, and there were fifty cavalry at the back of the palace. Xiao Lin first aimed at a lobster soldier riding on the horses dragging the cannons. After he was sure that he could kill, he fired the gun.
"Bang!"
A gunshot resounded throughout the valley. When Xiao Lin heard the gunshot, the musketeers and archers under him attacked at the same time. The musketeers were standing in the trenches, and the archers were still showing half of their bodies. Suddenly, some of them were met, and the seven hundred lobster soldiers under Babu were in chaos. With the help of Xiao Lin and several soldiers with good shooting skills, all the lobster soldiers next to the cannon were quickly cleared. Moreover, anyone close to the cannon was shot and killed.
Chapter completed!