Twenty-five thousand infantrymen were ready, and there were many swords and guns on the military formation. Li Mi waved his hand, a trumpet sounded, and the drum sounded, and the twenty-five thousand infantrymen began to advance calmly.
I have to admit that the opponent's 25,000 infantry phalanx is also very tidy, but the speed of the infantry cannot be compared with the cavalry. Wang Junlin ordered all grenade throwers on his side to seize the time to throw grenades to the opponent's infantry before they can fight in close combat.
Not only would it cause a lot of casualties, it would also cause a big blow to their morale.
However, these are elite soldiers trained by Yang Su after all. Perhaps they cannot compare with the Far East Army in terms of orders and prohibitions, but the discipline is also very strict, and the grenades did not cause them much chaos.
There are only about 9,000 infantry left in the Tiger Camp. There is also a bugle sound, and the densely packed spears are raised, almost blocking the background behind the battle formation. The sound of step drums suddenly sounds, and then it becomes a step point, consisting of ten thousand people.
The human phalanx turned into nine thousand-man phalanxes and moved forward at the same time, like a forest of moving spears. The right wing of each phalanx was followed by the captain and the capital flag, and the left wing was the deputy captain. They walked back and forth, reminding the queue from time to time
The centurions and fire chiefs in the middle should pay attention to maintaining good formation somewhere.
The flanks were stretched, and the enemy's infantry formations were also stretched very long. The Tiger Camp's 9,000-strong phalanx still consisted of five phalanxes in front and four phalanxes in the rear. Each phalanx had six rows, making a total of ten.
Second Platoon. The enemy's infantry consisted of 25,000 men, more than twenty platoons in front and behind, and their line was much thicker than that of the Tiger Camp. They were approaching resolutely amidst the sound of drums.
The Tiger Camp phalanx soldiers held their spears upright on the right side, holding the bottom with their right hand and the gun body with their left hand. As the drum beat slowly moved, it was very difficult to lift the four-foot long spear horizontally, and it would only be leveled when fighting.
"This is an infantry versus infantry battle. The enemy's spears on the opposite side are only two inches shorter than ours. Keep a slow pace when approaching the enemy. Don't think about rushing to kill. Those who want to survive must listen clearly. The spears are almost the same. Don't think about rushing forward.
Just kill people, otherwise you will most likely hit the head of their gun. When engaging the enemy, you must listen to the command clearly and take a step only after the drum beats. Remember to turn sideways and level the gun, keeping the gun heads in line."
Amidst the neat sounds of drums and footsteps, the captains and centurions of each phalanx ran back and forth, roaring to remind their soldiers.
The armor of the Tiger Camp military formation shines brightly, and all the soldiers are issued iron armor and low-brow helmets. On the other hand, although the enemy troops have iron armor, they are all half-armor. This is actually very good. You must know that the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty only let
Each soldier only has a set of half-length iron armor. Yang Su was able to equip his direct troops according to the standard equipment of the imperial army, which was already very impressive.
The three rows of soldiers at the front of the Tiger Camp phalanx looked at a black wall of people coming towards them on the opposite side, with dense gun barrels on their heads, like a long wall of weapons. Before the close combat, the enemy's fighting style was the same as that of the cavalry.
, as usual there were some archers and skirmishers in front of them.
After listening to the captain's howl, the soldiers raised their right hands slightly and played the brisk copper flute. The Tiger Camp soldiers felt relaxed. They had listened to the tune of this flute several times, and it had already conditioned their bodies.
Reflection, it is said that this tune came from the devil training camp on Snake Island. It is the legendary and mysterious island owner of Snake Island. He is also the chief instructor of all the Far Eastern Army. He is called the Siren by the navy. Your Majesty.
The tune set by my junior sister Xiaoyu herself is called "Infantry March".
The two sides quickly approached, and when they were almost two hundred steps away, another military bugle under Yuchi Jingde's banner sounded. All the thousand-man phalanx in the Tiger Camp shouted "kill" and stopped. Each captain gave an order, and the first two
The platoon soldiers immediately put their spears to the ground and rested them on their shoulders.
They only walked a short hundred steps, more of a confrontational attitude to boost the morale of the soldiers. The enemy soldiers on the opposite side walked very fast because they didn't have much time to waste time.
As the infantry formations of both sides approached, Li Mi was worried that Wang Junlin would send cavalry to attack their infantry phalanx, so he sent some cavalry to advance to cover the flanks. Two groups of cavalry stayed behind to cover the flanks. Once Wang Junlin sent cavalry to run away
Come over and launch an attack. The cavalry sent by Li Mi can entangle them from both sides.
Wang Junlin's side always had throwers and grenades, which caused a lot of casualties to the enemy, but also forced them to speed up and rush towards the Tiger Camp's phalanx. They all knew that once the two sides fought, grenades would naturally not be thrown again.
At this distance, there is a dense battle formation. Every grenade brings a lot of damage, but it still fails to completely shake the determination of Yang Su's infantry. Every time the battle line is damaged, people from behind come up to make up for it.
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"Yang Su has trained such a good soldier!" Wang Junlin couldn't help but sigh after seeing the opponent's determined performance.
The faint smell of gunpowder smoke caused by the explosion of grenades was blown by the wind and filled the front line. The Tiger Camp soldiers hoped that the enemy would move slower and let the grenades and crossbows fire a few more rounds. It would be best to kill all the enemies on the opposite side.
The speed of the powerful soldiers throwing grenades was gradually increasing. Apparently they also understood that the enemy would be approaching quickly and they would not have much time to throw grenades.
The closer the distance, the more people died with each grenade fired. At this time, the distance was more than 100 meters, and the screams from the opposite side were even louder. The gap was quickly filled up, and the corpses on the ground were quickly blocked by the human wall.
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The enemy infantry entered within 150 steps, and they had already been hit by four rounds of grenades. Before the two sides came into close combat, the enemy had already lost nearly a thousand people.
Finally, they were within the range of the bow and arrow attack. The skirmishers sent by the enemy crossed the square and began to throw light arrows. The soldiers of the Tiger Camp in front lowered their heads and covered their faces with low-brow helmet brims. The light arrows were thrown from a distance.
Falling in the queue, it made a clanging sound. For the iron armor produced by the saltworks armor workshop, a light arrow a hundred steps away was almost like scratching an itch.
After another round of grenade bombardment, the enemy skirmishers quickly entered the 70th step, and the howls of enemy officers of all levels rang out from the formation behind.
At this time, the first and second rows of fast crossbows in the Tiger Camp battle formation had begun to take turns firing, but they only had time to fire one round each.
Later, Yuchi Jingde gave an order, and the orderly soldier beside him blew a trumpet. Yuchi Jingde turned to the drum and bugler and said: "Normal pace, blow the advance horn."
Wang Junlin ordered two thousand cavalry to be dispatched on the hillsides on both sides of the infantry phalanx to harass and fire at the enemy infantry with quick crossbows.
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As soon as the marching bugle sounded, the soldiers in the first three rows of the Tiger Camp square quickly hung their crossbows on their waists, raised their spears with both hands, and stood upright on the right side. After the step drum sounded sharply, they started to advance by stepping on the drums. The enemy troops on the opposite side were stepping forward.