The huge fireball was actually made up of many red bricks, tied together with bamboo strips to form a huge stone ball. After pouring special fuel, it was ignited and shot into the sky. The bamboo strips were burned, and the red bricks tied together slowly slowly died due to inertia.
spread.
It creates the illusion of a meteor shower.
Red bricks fall from an altitude of more than 100 meters. Under the gravitational potential energy, once they are hit, they will either die or be injured.
The soldiers of Prince's Army who were at the forefront had just rushed out of the meteor shower attack range when they saw a group of Merlot crossbowmen who were waiting in full formation. They were arranged in three formations.
"put!"
Boo hoo hoo…
The crossbow bolts flew out like raindrops, and the riflemen of Prince's Army also raised their guns to fight back.
Every time a gunshot rang out, someone in the crossbow array fell to the ground, but other soldiers did not hesitate and quickly moved closer to fill the gap of their fallen comrades.
The two sides exchanged fire again, and finally the rifle soldiers of Prince's Army could not bear the face-to-face shooting, especially since they had not trained any line infantry tactics.
Line infantry tactics began in the mid-17th century in Europe. Infantrymen widely adopted hand-held firearms. The dominant tactic was line tactics, in which the infantry were arranged into a wide and shallow line and then fired a volley. A line consisted of two to
Four rows of soldiers.
Because the accuracy of muskets can be relatively improved at close range, and the reloading speed is slow, only close formation shooting can cause maximum casualties to the enemy. The lines are arranged with the purpose of exerting the most intense firepower.
Although the infantry in a loose formation can find cover and is relatively flexible, it is very vulnerable against cavalry and cannot hold its position against the advancing infantry column. The line infantry attacks the skirmishers who are threatened to retreat.
Cavalry provided support.
When surrounded by cavalry, line infantry can quickly transform into a square formation. This kind of square formation has an empty center, unlike the square formations of spearmen and old musketeers.
Even well-trained infantry will still be very slow when marching in a line formation. Moreover, the formation can easily split when marching, especially when passing through shrubs and forests. Therefore, when stationary, infantry usually
A line formation is used, and when marching, a vertical formation is usually used. During a charge and close combat, a vertical formation is also used.
This is what Aslan taught a class to all the members of the Knight Guard.
Because of the emergence of machine guns, cavalry gradually withdrew from the stage of history, and only then did skirmishing tactics appear.
In this era when knights are still the mainstream combat force and there are no machine guns on the battlefield, line infantry tactics are the simplest and most violent tactics.
Lan Malok looked at Prince's army that was defeated in the confrontation, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
He remembered the joke the lord once made.
Line infantry tactics are simply lining up to shoot.
If the army he belonged to was also equipped with rifles, it would indeed be like lining up to be shot.
The security forces of Dong Yapu Company seized the revolvers belonging to the defeated troops and prisoners of the Principality of Prince. These Prince troops were also trained, and when they could not escape, most of them broke the revolvers in their hands.
However, these do not affect the capture of Lan Malok. As long as the barrel is not broken, other things can be repaired easily. The only trouble is the ammunition.
He has seized thousands of revolvers, but only 10,000 rounds of ammunition, with an average of less than ten rounds per person.
"The ammunition over there in Merlo City has just been produced, and it's not rich either." Lan Malok said helplessly.
Landol next to him said: "Then can we buy ammunition from the Maxim Empire?"
Lan Malok's eyes lit up.
"You are absolutely right. Let Mr. Jason contact the Maxim Chamber of Commerce immediately and purchase two thousand revolvers and half a million rounds of ammunition."
Landol blinked, this master is too awesome, he only talks so much, how much does it cost.
Situations like Ranmarok are now happening frequently across the mainland. The Maxim Empire secretly sold a batch of rifles at low prices to opposition forces in various countries. These opposition forces relied on the initial power of the rifles to defeat the various countries one after another, and finally had no choice but to follow suit.
Maxim Chamber of Commerce purchases rifles.
For a time, the mark strengthened again and became the common currency in mainland China.
Of course, the Maxim Chamber of Commerce is not willing to sell to all forces.
The Kingdom of Cleveland is on the blacklist that prohibits selling, and even requires all purchasing countries not to resell to the Kingdom of Cleveland at a high price, otherwise they will suffer economic sanctions from the Maxim Empire.
Now that the mark currency has risen again, coupled with various commodity trades, the Maxim Empire has once again become the economic hegemon of the mainland.
Yitzhak would come to Mero City almost every week, thanks to the emergence of flying props, and then transport away the 20,000 rounds of ammunition that had just left the factory in Mero City.
But today he got an extra 20,000 yuan, which surprised Yitzhak.
"The output of the arsenal has increased?"
"Yes. Nowadays, the planting scale of Changtong is getting larger and larger, and the refining of Yaqingsaisu is getting faster and faster, so the output is naturally getting higher and higher." Arthur, who was responsible for the reception, replied unhurriedly.
Only then did Yitzhak realize that something was wrong with Merlo City.
The nominal heads of the family are all absent.
The lord Aslan will not be mentioned anymore, the pressure of Duke Medea is no longer felt, the mysterious waitress Nomeli is nowhere to be seen, and Arturia and Iletelina are also nowhere to be seen.
.
"I want to visit Marquis Aslan? Please pass the message." Yitzhak suddenly said.
Arthur's mouth twitched. What he feared most still happened. He shook his head and said, "The lord has something to do and went to Changfeng Plain."
"What about Duke Medea?"
"Went to Beifeng Prairie?"
"What about the maid Nomiri?"
Arthur could only bite the bullet and said: "She never leaves the Lord's side."
"Lady Artoria?"
"She and Mrs. Elitelina went to the Telina Forest to raise their baby. I heard that the environment there is better and is conducive to the growth of the fetus." Arthur was not lying about the last sentence.
Yitzhak thought you were a fool if you believed him, but he didn't ask any more questions, knowing full well that going too far was too much.
If he digs deeper, there's no guarantee that Arthur won't think he has a different intention and wants to take advantage of Aslan's presence in Merlo City to take advantage of Merlo City.
It is normal for this kind of thing to happen in other territories, but it will not happen in Merlo City.
Because no one knows how much power Melo City hides.
The six magic towers standing in Merlo City alone are extremely fearful, not to mention the countless mentor-level powerful men hidden in the territory. I heard that Cu Chulainn, the first person under the grand mentor level, has returned to Meiluo City.
Los Angeles.
In fact, not only Yitzhak, but also many businessmen and spies from various countries who entered Mero City were also ready to make a move.