A hole opened in Muriel's left rib, but he was still alive and did not faint. Seeing Claude crawling to his side, he showed a wry smile: "Boss, am I going to die?"
"You can't die, the wound is not in a vital area." Claude breathed a sigh of relief and took out a tube of healing potion from his pocket. This was one of the four bottles of perfect quality healing potion he brought from home. It has great effects on trauma.
It's best to pour half a tube of healing medicine on the wound to stop the bleeding, and then give Murield the other half. As for cleaning the wound and digging out the gun, you have to go back to the treatment center in Amys City.
A doctor is responsible for handling it.
"Just lie down and don't move. I'll take you back later." Claude said to Muriel.
In fact, Muriel was very lucky. He was riding on a horse. In addition to the injury to his left rib, he also suffered some pain after falling off the horse. One of the two soldiers standing next to him at the time was shot in the chest.
A big hole was opened and he was dead. The other had his neck broken. Although his eyes were still open, anyone with a clear eye knew that he could not be saved.
A small group of enemy infantry appeared on the small mound in front of them at some point, wearing white military uniforms. Strangely, they did not line up and fire at this side, but spread out and knelt down to aim and fire at Claude and the others.
, several soldiers who had finished firing were standing up to reload the muskets in their hands.
Claude lay on the ground and raised his gun to aim. Except for him who had just reloaded the gun with gunpowder before coming out of the mud pit, everyone else was holding unloaded and loaded guns.
With a sound of "Bang!", a soldier on the mound who stood up with a purge and stuffed a gun into the barrel was shot down by Claude, but the rising smoke also revealed Claude's position, and the mound
The last few soldiers who had not fired pointed their guns at Claude. Gunshots rang out, and several guns hit the mud on the left and right of Claude.
"How many are still alive? Why don't you load up the ammunition and fight back! Have you forgotten all the previous training..." Claude roared in annoyance and rolled into the mud puddle next to him.
There are only a small group of twelve enemies on the mound. Now one of them has been knocked down by Claude, leaving only eleven. The only thing that surprised Claude is that their muskets can also be used for aiming.
It was a precise shot. The few shots that hit Claude just now proved this. If Claude hadn't been lying on the ground with a small target and the dense weeds could hide him, he might have really suffered a loss.
Claude, who rolled into the mud pit, had room to move and hurriedly loaded the musket in his hand. After a minute or so, Claude pointed the gun at the mound again. At this time, "Bang!"
Bang! Bang!” gunfire sounded, and three more soldiers fell on the mound. It was Belklin and the others who lay on the ground, loaded ammunition, and opened fire.
The soldiers in white military uniforms on the mound were in chaos. They did not expect that the enemy's shooting would be so accurate. Several soldiers who had already loaded ammunition did not know where to aim their muskets. Although Claude and the others were wearing large
The red military uniform is also very conspicuous, but lying on the ground and hidden by weeds, the target seems small and difficult to aim. In addition, even after shooting, you don't know whether you have hit it, which makes the soldiers on the mound a little panicked and frightened.
"Bang!" Claude opened fire. An enemy who was kneeling on the ground and aiming fell backwards, throwing the musket aside.
There was another "Bang!" gunshot, which was from McJack shooting not far away. An enemy on the mound fell to the ground and screamed. This shot hit his shoulder...
The remaining six enemies were hesitant. Except for one who ran to take care of the wounded soldier on the ground, the other five enemies were involuntarily moving back. Claude could only speed up the charging speed. The enemies on the mound should be
When they were ready to retreat, several people argued for a while. One person went to pull the mount left by the scout, the other three straightened up and ran to the top of the mound, and another ran over to help his comrade to pull the wounded soldier on the ground.
Set it up.
Claude had loaded the ammunition again, and this time he was aiming at the three retreating enemies. When one of them ran to the top of the mound, he opened fire. The enemy who was hit was shocked all over.
The mound rolled down.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!" Four gunshots rang out. This was Belklin and the others firing.
However, only two of the enemies fell. The horse on the mound was also hit. It stood upright with a scream, kicked its two front legs in mid-air a few times, and then turned around and headed towards the mound when it landed on the ground.
They left the other side. One of the two enemies who went to help the wounded soldiers fell down, and the other one stood there stunned. Looking at the two comrades who fell on the ground, he suddenly screamed strangely, and even the gun he was holding
He also threw away his musket, turned around and ran behind the mound.
"Bang!" Michael fired another shot, but this shot missed the target. He watched helplessly as the enemy rolled and crawled and disappeared behind the mound.
Claude loaded the ammunition again, looked at the mound, and shouted: "Baker, take people to tidy up this place, McJack, Gemmy, load the muskets and follow me to the top of the mound to have a look!"
Climbing out of the mud pit, Claude bent down and groped into the mound. Soon he was on the mound. When he reached the top, he saw that the three fleeing enemy soldiers had become three noobs in the distance.
Okay, the distance is already four to five hundred meters. Looking around, there is no movement. It seems that this small group of infantry is acting alone, rather than being coordinated by a large group of people. It's just that the battlefield between the two sides of the confrontation has always been
This is the territory where the light cavalry of the Principality of Karrnath are galloping freely. This infantry team in white military uniforms belongs to that country. What are they doing here?
But when he lowered his head and looked at the musket used by the enemy soldier in white military uniform on the ground, Claude's face darkened, because except for the barrel, this musket was slightly longer than the Obas III standard matchlock gun in his hand.
Apart from a few centimeters, everything else is exactly the same. The same medicine box tray cover, matchlock clamp handle and other accessories have been moved to the right, and there is a straight line sight in the middle of the barrel back and the rear sight is complete. This is a copycat Obas Model III
The standard matchlock is also a musket used for accurate shooting!
Needless to say, it is obvious that this small group of enemy infantry in white military uniforms came here to perform an ambush mission. In April, the Ranger Battalion suffered seven or eight hundred casualties, but the principality's reconnaissance cavalry also lost two to three hundred people.
.From a casualty loss ratio of one to one at the beginning of the month, to a casualty loss ratio of two/three to one in the middle of the month, to a casualty loss ratio of four/five to one at the end of the month, it has now risen to a casualty loss ratio of seven/eight to one in early May.
The enemy is learning lessons from the battlefield day by day and constantly improving, but they are still stuck in their ways. Now the enemies are using the captured Obas III standard matchlock guns to imitate their own precision shooting guns.
, and even learned from the kingdom, and specially formed an infantry team to use this precision shooting gun to conduct an ambush. It is conceivable that the ranger battalion will face more enemies in the future. Not only must they prevent the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry,
To conduct reconnaissance, but also to prevent falling into an ambush by enemy infantry...
"Master Chief, these are the soldiers of the Principality of Rimodra." Following behind him, Mike, who climbed onto the mound, took off an iron identity plate from the neck of the corpse of an enemy soldier in white military uniform, with the name Rimodra on it.
The seal of the principality and the military identification number of the enemy soldier.
"Why did they come here?" McJack handed Claude the identity plate in his hand and muttered strangely.
"You will understand if you look at their muskets." Claude sighed: "They are just like us. The purpose of coming here is to ambush the enemy. Fortunately, they have learned to shoot accurately, but they will not lie down like us.
Whether they are on the ground or hiding to load their muskets, or they are standing and loading ammunition as before, they become our targets. Perhaps, they will soon learn from us and also lie down on the ground or hide and secretly aim and shoot.
us……"
"Gemi, go and collect the corpses of these enemies. Michael, the scout from the Principality of Karrnas who died over there should be an officer. I saw him holding a single-tube telescope. Go get it and put it over there."
Be vigilant at a certain place, and if you find an enemy in the distance, send a warning immediately." Claude ordered.
The so-called cleaning up the enemy's corpses is to take off their identity plates, which is a guarantee for completing the mission. Colonel Roesler stipulated in the ranger camp that obtaining an enemy's identity plate not only gives you a two-day vacation, but also
A silver thaler bonus. In Colonel Roessler's opinion, if a brave man is rewarded with a large reward, more soldiers will join the ranger camp eager for the high bonus, and he will not have to worry about the high casualty rate.
What's more, there are not many people who can actually get the bonus. Even if many soldiers kill the enemy, they cannot get the enemy's identity plate. Instead, they will be chased by the enemy's companions. Whether they can return to the ranger camp is a big problem.
.Especially now that the enemies are becoming more and more alert. There are very few two or three cavalry left alone. Enemies who have suffered from ambushes are more accustomed to conducting reconnaissance activities in a small team, which can at least allow a few
Ambushing the enemy is too hesitant to shoot...
The second meaning of packing up is to seize the personal property carried by the enemy. This is also one of the extra income for the soldiers in the ranger camp who go out to ambush. In addition, the captured war horses, firearms and weapons can also be returned to the camp and sold to the logistics department at a price. Although
The price is very low, but for a soldier it is a very high amount of money, enough for him to spend two days in a tavern in Amys City. This is why many veterans and desperadoes who are greedy for money risk their lives.
Dangerous reasons for applying to join the Ranger Battalion.
Different from others, Claude always led a small team of men every time he went out to perform an ambush mission, and the harvested property was always distributed fairly. This is why many soldiers in the camp convinced Claude and were willing to follow him on missions.
.At the very least, you don’t have to worry about disputes over seized property, or even fights and gangsterism over private possession.
Gemei went to collect the identity plate and personal belongings from the body, while McJack took a monocular and went to the top of the mound to guard and watch, while Claude loaded the enemy's musket in his hand. He wanted to try this
Aim and shoot the musket with accuracy.
After firing ten shots in a row, Claude stopped. It's no wonder that when the soldiers from the Principality of Limodra knelt on the mound and shot at him, their guns hit him all around, which was only about seventy meters away.
In terms of distance, this gun shoots out a bit. The accuracy is okay within a distance of fifty meters, but there is an error at a distance of more than fifty or sixty meters, just like the Obas III standard matchlock gun shooting a target more than a hundred meters away.
, whether you can hit it accurately depends on luck.
And after firing ten times in a row, the barrel of the gun was a little hot. It seems that the manufacturing level of matchlocks of the Anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance is much lower than that of the Overas Kingdom, even if they have blocked the Austrians on the Kingdom's side.
Bash Type III standard matchlock gun, but there is still a big gap in the shooting distance and the method of use in shooting training.
However, war is the best teacher for soldiers. Claude was a little worried. After all, for the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance on the defensive, this kind of matchlock gun that can accurately aim and shoot is more suitable for them. They can completely use various methods to
This kind of defense facility is equipped with such precisely aimed and fired matchlocks to resist the attacks launched by the kingdom, causing heavy casualties to the attackers.
Germi walked over and handed a large number of identity plates to Claude. He also held a small package in his hand, which contained coins, rings, necklaces and some valuable items recovered from the enemy's corpse.
"Ask Baker to drive some horses over. You can bundle up these muskets, scimitars and other weapons and equipment and put them on the horses. As for the property, give it to Baker, and we will distribute it after we return to camp and count the numbers."
Lord said.
Belklin quickly rode a horse and led four more horses to the bottom of the mound: "Boss, everything is packed down below. Three of us died this time, Alijie, Link and Kruna. In addition,
Merde was seriously injured, but the bleeding has stopped and he is still conscious, and Bodea's thigh was slightly injured after being grazed by a gun, and has been bandaged."
This time Claude came to the ambush with a total of ten people, and killed 12 people from a reconnaissance team from the Principality of Karrnus. He also killed 9 soldiers from the Principality of Rimodra who came to ambush later, and killed 21 people.
, the five casualties on his side can be regarded as a great military achievement.
Sighing, Claude ordered: "Go back to camp and take them all back..."