Kayal couldn't help but frown as he looked at the tight and unusual formation of the Liberation Army.
"What's going on? These Chinese pigs formed such a tight formation. Aren't they afraid of igniting the matches of their comrades next to them?"
Kayal doesn’t understand!
In fact, in this era, not only the Ming Dynasty had flintlock guns, but the West also had them.
However, due to cost issues, even in Europe, no army has been equipped with flintlock muskets in large quantities.
Exquisite flintlock guns are basically toys in the hands of noble lords!
Even if grassroots officers like Kayal had heard of flintlock muskets, they could not associate the excessively tight array of the Liberation Army with flintlock muskets.
Facing the tight formation of the Liberation Army, Kayal was full of doubts.
However, just when he was doubting, the front rows of both sides were already engaged.
After the two sides were close to 100 meters, the Spanish musketeers took the lead and opened fire.
Snapped!
Snap!
Bang bang bang!
Bursts of neat volleys of gunfire rang out, and in the blink of an eye the Spaniards fired the first round of three volleys.
One by one, lead bullets were fired towards the Liberation Army as if they were free of charge.
But because the distance between the two sides was too far, the Spanish's three-row salvo only hit four Liberation Army soldiers!
One of these four unlucky guys was hit in the head by a lead bullet and died on the spot.
But the remaining three are not dead!
One person was hit in the arm by a lead bullet. Under the strong kinetic energy, the person's arm was broken into two pieces.
Blood and broken bones and flesh were sprayed everywhere!
The remaining two people were hit and driven away!
Logically speaking, it is almost impossible to survive being hit by a lead bullet in the chest.
But the result was beyond everyone’s expectations!
The lead bullets were embedded in the steel breastplates, and the projectiles were twisted and deformed. Under the terrifying recoil force, the faces of the two Liberation Army soldiers turned pale.
However, apart from two bruises on their chests, they had no injuries!
The two of them still held their muskets, looked forward, and strode forward!
Zhu Hongyu ordered.
"Hold still, get closer to fifty steps and then move in and fire!"
"Take the wounded to the rear for treatment!"
Under Zhu Hongyu's pressure, the Liberation Army finally did not open fire in advance like last time.
The soldiers of the Liberation Army continued to move forward.
The breastplates of the wounded and dead were taken off, and the two people wearing the breastplates pushed themselves to the front of the array.
"The clouds follow the dragon, the wind follows the tiger, fame and fortune follow the dust and dirt!"
"Looking at China, the people are suffering and the fertile land for thousands of miles is barren!"
"Look at the world, there are no barbarians, and only one man can make up for what is missing in the way of heaven!"
"A good man, don't care about his parents, he only cares about the common people and not the master!"
"..."
Zhu Hongyu took the lead in singing the military song. The loud and rough singing voice and the cold rhyme in the lyrics dispelled the fear in everyone's hearts.
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
In addition to some people singing military songs, there were even more people shouting to kill.
Snapped!
Snap!
Bang bang bang!
After the Spaniards finished loading, they fired a second volley.
The distance between the two sides was less than 70 meters, and the Spanish's second three-row salvo caused seven casualties to the Liberation Army.
At this distance, it was quite difficult for the breastplate to withstand the heavy muskets of the Spaniards.
Although the lead bullet still failed to break the armor, the terrifying kinetic energy pushed the person to the ground.
There was a very obvious dent on the steel plate armor!
The man who was shot lay on the ground, wailing in waves, and his ribs were probably broken.
The Spanish's second volley caused three casualties and four wounded to the Liberation Army.
The Liberation Army continued to move forward, and everyone tightened their muskets!
Just when the distance between the two sides reached fifty meters, the Spaniards' third salvo had not yet been loaded.
Zhu Hongyu waved his hand and ordered.
"Fire!"
Snapped!
Snap!
Bang bang bang!
A dense cloud of gunpowder smoke rose in front of the Liberation Army formation, and the barrels of the guns were spitting out fire.
In just an instant, more than ten people on the Spanish side were shot and fell to the ground.
Especially the part of the Spaniards that the ten fusiliers of the Liberation Army were facing.
Since the fusiliers of the Liberation Army were in dense formation, the firepower density was naturally much higher than that of matchlocks.
After a volley of fire, six or seven of the Spaniards facing him fell.
In the era of muzzle-loading muskets, this hit rate was extremely amazing!
The Spaniards who were hit by lead bullets did not have breastplates as defense. As long as they were hit in the torso, there was no possibility of survival.
The kinetic energy carried by the lead bullets will tear apart their skin, muscles, and shatter their internal organs!
Take away their lives!
The Spaniards' counterattack started instantly, but the Spaniards on the opposite side were stunned by the sudden critical attack and suffered heavy casualties.
The Spaniard's third volley was no longer neat, but sparse!
After their third round of volley fire, they only caused six casualties to the Liberation Army, which was not as great as the result of the second salvo just 70 meters away.
A moment later, the second three-row salvo of the Liberation Army was loaded.
Amidst the crackling gunfire, this time the Spaniards felled a small number of twenty people.
The two sides were fifty meters apart and stepped up their loading!
The Liberation Army had custom-loaded paper-cased bullets, and the reloading speed was much faster than the Spaniards on the opposite side.
The third volley of the Liberation Army and the fourth volley of the Spaniards sounded almost simultaneously.
In the bursts of crackling gunfire, human life became the most worthless thing.
People kept falling to the ground amid wailing and screaming!
Kayal looked at the smoke-filled battlefield, listened to the neat rows of guns, then looked at his own soldiers who continued to fall to the ground, and gave an order.
"retreat!"
"Pretend to retreat and lure the enemy deeper!"
Kayal originally had this idea.
Be prepared to fake defeat and trick the enemy into going deeper and annihilate the main force of the Liberation Army.
But now it seems that he doesn't need to pretend to be defeated, he is afraid that he will really lose!
Following Caial's order, the Spaniards began to retreat, but they suffered heavy casualties in the exchange of fire. In just an instant, the retreat turned into a rout.
The Spanish troops scattered across the mountains and plains were running away, abandoning their armor!
The noble and proud Spaniards were equally embarrassed when they turned around and ran away!
…
Zhu Hongyu looked at the Spaniards' retreat without any joy on his face.
Because he already knew that the Spanish had an ambush!
But in order to make the Spaniards be fooled, he had to continue the play with the Spaniards.
"Send the order, the medical team will come forward to treat the wounded!"
"The rest organized their formation, loaded their muskets, and prepared to pursue the enemy!"
"Stop your speed, don't rush in. The enemy has an ambush!"
Following Zhu Hongyu's order, the soldiers of the Liberation Army began to advance forward, and the array that had become sparse under the musket fire regained order.
Seeing that the Liberation Army was gradually falling into the trap, Kayal sneered.
"Master Yada, I can avenge you right away!"
Kayal gave an order!
A cannon shot rang out on the battlefield, a puff of smoke rose from behind the Spanish array, and a cannonball was fired towards the Liberation Army.
Iron bullets the size of fists rolled and spun in the air, falling towards the Liberation Army array.
Fortunately, this shell failed to hit the Liberation Army array, passing over the heads of the Liberation Army array and falling into the dense forest.
The shells knocked down several big trees, leaving leaves and splinters flying!