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The shrapnel exploded for five minutes, killing an unknown number of people in the white army.
From the perspective of Louis XIV, the battlefield was already covered with corpses. If killing a thousand people is considered a massacre, there were hundreds of massacres outside the city of Sibon today. Even with the first
By the standards of the "Somme Meat Grinder" of the World War, the death of nearly 100,000 people today is horrifying.
Crows were circling everywhere on the battlefield, and it was estimated that all the crows in Portugal had gathered here. These black birds salivated over the dead bodies on the ground. But amid the roaring sound of cannons and continuous explosions, they did not dare to fly down and peck at them.
Corpse.
The shrapnel shells demonstrated to Europeans what absolute power is with a power beyond this era. If the barrel of the Tiger cannon hadn't been too hot and had to be stopped after five minutes of firing, I'm afraid the Europeans would have been directly hit by the artillery.
defeated.
However, the European soldiers still showed extremely high discipline and courage. More than 400,000 people continued to rush towards the Huben Army's position even though nearly 100,000 people were sacrificed and the battle loss rate was close to 20%.
The European kings around Louis XIV looked at the battlefield nervously. There were probably more than 300,000 people left in the European coalition. These 300,000 people were shooting at the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the opposite side. They didn't know what the result would be.
Queen Christina of Sweden suddenly burst into tears. The Catholic made a sign of the cross on his chest and whispered: "Lord bless us!"
Louis XIV was still trembling. He turned his head and glanced at the 29-year-old Queen of Sweden in panic.
First, the soldiers of the Principality of Prussia rushed within the range of the Minie rifle.
The Principality of Prussia was one of the most powerful princes in Germany, and not all of their soldiers were equipped with Minie rifles. Before the war, the Netherlands supported Prussia with 10,000 Minie rifles at cost, which was considered a generous deal.
Prussia used all these new rifles in the Battle of Lisbon, so now about half of the Prussian soldiers on the battlefield use Minie rifles.
The other half also used matchlocks and even spears.
Napoleon once said that the Prussians were all hatched from artillery shells. Li Zhi felt this intuitively today. Although the original position of the Principality of Prussia was not the closest to Lisbon, the Prussian soldiers bravely charged against the artillery fire and managed to win the battle in the first place.
Suddenly he was within shooting range.
When Li Zhi saw this scene, he pursed his lips and expressed his recognition of the quality of the Prussian soldiers.
King John IV blinked when he saw those brave Prussian soldiers. Now that the Prussians had rushed into the shooting range, were they going to shoot at the Tiger soldiers here?
Once the shooting is exchanged, there will be huge casualties. It seems that the Tiger and Ben troops will not be able to downplay their victory this time like before.
Zhong Feng looked at the Prussian soldiers and snorted heavily.
"Chicken and dog."
King John IV looked at Zhong Feng in surprise, wondering why he was so sarcastic. It seemed that in Zhong Feng's eyes, the Prussians were here to die.
But John IV's questions were quickly interrupted by the noise of gunfire.
"Da da da da da da da da!"
"Da da da da da da da da!"
Suddenly, gunshots rang out from the Huben Army's position. Those sounds came from countless firearms and were extremely dense. In the end, they came together like a storm hitting the ground.
The Prussian soldiers who rushed up from the opposite side seemed to have hit a death zone, and fell to the ground one by one.
King Joao IV opened his mouth wide again and looked at the position of the Tiger Army in surprise.
He saw thousands of Gatling guns, fire-breathing Gatlings.
Li Zhi also brought 6,000 Gatling guns this time. This new machine gun is an improved version of the Gatling gun on an infantry fighting vehicle. Each rifle requires three people to operate, and the theoretical rate of fire is as high as 160 per minute.
Ten shots.
Six thousand Gatling guns created a storm on the battlefield.
It is impossible to fire a machine gun accurately at a distance of two hundred meters, but it doesn't matter. The Europeans are rushing up in large groups, and the machine gun only needs to fire. The machine gunner tilts the machine gun slightly towards the sky, letting the bullets shoot toward Europe in the distance.
Soldiers ejected.
The Prussian soldiers who rushed in front were stunned on the spot. In just an instant, nearly a thousand Prussian soldiers fell under the machine gun fire. Where did the Prussian soldiers dare to rush forward? They all fell to the ground in panic.
Soon, other European soldiers who rushed nearby were also hit by machine guns. In fact, because he did not value accuracy and only needed to maintain the density of firepower, Gatling could even shoot at Europeans three to four hundred meters away. The machine gun bullets were
An arc-shaped trajectory was drawn in the air and fired into the front of the European army from the top and front.
Faced with the density of firepower of the Gatling gun, the European soldiers knew in an instant that they had lost.
A Minie rifle or flintlock gun can only fire three rounds a minute. There are more than 300,000 European soldiers in depth, and it is impossible for all of them to enter the front-line shooting position. Even if the Europeans rush to the position, only those in front will be able to fire.
Some people had the angle to shoot at the trench. If only one-fifth of the people found the shooting angle, the Europeans could only fire 3,400 rounds per second.
But the machine guns on the Huben Army's side can fire 16,000 rounds per second.
The gap in firepower between the two sides is really too big. This is completely a technological crush.
Countless European soldiers were suddenly hit by machine gun bullets that swept over them like raindrops, and fell twitching in a pool of blood. This kind of machine gun firepower, coupled with the shrapnel bombardment that was still bombing the rear of the European coalition forces, could kill every second.
Hundreds of soldiers.
Louis XIV opened his eyes wide and looked at the roaring Gatling guns on the battlefield, and suddenly his body shook.
He suddenly realized that his extremely ambitious self had destroyed France alive. This battle was certain to be lost. Not only would France be destroyed, but Europe would be destroyed as well. Even the Bourbon dynasty would be extinct.
I don’t know how many Bourbon nobles would be massacred by Li Zhi.
Louis XIV fell to the left.
General Barthes next to Louis XIV rushed to help Louis XIV in a panic, but failed to catch him. The young king Louis XIV fainted among the European kings.
The European kings were dumbfounded, watching the French king, who played the role of organizer, lose his mind. Queen Christina of Sweden covered her mouth, looked at Louis on the ground, and bent down anxiously.
The European soldiers who finally rushed to the trench were unable to move forward under the terrifying firepower of the machine guns. They all lay on the ground to avoid bullets.
But shrapnel and machine guns continued their carnage.
There is no longer any suspense in the war. The only question now is whether to surrender and whether to escape. If you surrender to the Chinese, will the Chinese torture and kill the prisoners of war?
Europeans cannot believe that the Chinese can be kind. The Dutch have done too many unscrupulous things in China. Who knows whether the Chinese will retaliate against the Europeans for these means.
The European soldiers of the Eastern European Phalanx first began to flee.
There were about 110,000 Eastern European soldiers participating in the Battle of Lisbon this time. At this time, Ukraine, Poland and other countries had not yet been established, and Eastern Europe was still in a chaotic state with numerous princes. The princes were caught between Sweden, Austria and the giant Tsarist Russia.
survive in.
For these small countries, the survival of Europe is not particularly related to them. In fact, many Eastern European peoples have strong Eastern ancestry, such as Hungary, which has a complicated relationship with the Huns who invaded Europe.
For these Eastern European soldiers, there is no point in continuing this suicidal war.
They chose to run away.
The rout of the Eastern European soldiers instantly destroyed the mood of the European coalition forces.
In the face of an unsuspicious defeat, no one would continue to die. Only a bang was heard, and the entire battlefield collapsed.
