Chapter 51 The thick red line

"go ahead--"

Irving stood on the far left side of the queue, directing the knife forward, and the British troops beside him holding guns stalking forward again.

In the cracks of the team, thick mortars roared, and fine iron bombs and pebbles poured on the positions of the Yun clan soldiers like rainstorms, making them almost unable to raise their heads.

Owen ordered a quick step forward.

Unfortunately, their pace was once again slowed down by the tiger squat cannons in Yunzhen, and the shells exploded in the red crowd. Even though the British army wanted to keep a neat queue, they were hit by the debris produced by the explosion and the shock waves.

Lao Zhou once again ordered a retreat, and they had already keenly discovered the British army's eagerness to get close to them and launch a hand-to-hand combat.

When he was at the Fenghuangshan Military Academy, the instructors had long said that when it could effectively kill the enemy, he could take the initiative to give up some positions.

This shelling was the greatest help that Yunzhen could give in a short period of time, because the barrel was red and destroyed. If you want to launch another violent shelling, you must replace the barrel, which takes time.

The British army is approaching step by step. They are not afraid of death, are not afraid of being blown up by shells, nor are they afraid of those enemies who are constantly retreating. In their opinion, if they pursue them for a while, the enemy will be defeated.

They have seen many such scenes.

However, they did not notice that as the front line continued to move forward, there were more and more enemies opposite them, and the bullets became increasingly dense, and the number of partners around them was decreasing.

A clear red line appeared in Baron Nelson's telescope... This red line was composed of the bodies of British soldiers who died in battle, extending from the beach to the land.

Colonel Irving has not ordered a pursuit yet, which shows that the resistance of the enemy on the opposite side is still very tenacious and requires further oppression!

"Our gunfire is getting more and more sparse. When our gunfire completely stops, you bring all our gold ashore and go to Irving and their bodies to redeem them."

Baron Nelson put down his monocular lens, whispered to his clerk, and left the front deck.

Owen threw a grenade hard, and the grenade drew an arc in the air and finally landed on the Ming army's position. The leads on the grenade were still burning, and they were immediately picked up by a Ming army and threw them out.

The grenade finally exploded in front of the position, and a dark red flame burst into flames.

At the same time, many grenades were thrown over the Ming army. Perhaps because these Ming soldiers were too afraid, the leads of the grenades were not ignited. Some curious British soldiers picked up the grenades and wanted to reuse them, but the grenades exploded in their hands.

"Free assault!"

Owen shouted, picked up a bayonet from the ground, and ran forward first.

Immediately, his adjutant threw away the broken bagpipe and followed his superiors to charge forward. Soon, more people joined the charge team.

"Free shooting! Hand-to-hand combat after three shots!"

After Lao Zhou let out a shout, he pressed his rifle against his shoulder and fired, loaded, fired, loaded, and fired again. Then he jumped out of the trench with a bayonet and rushed towards the British army that was rushing up.

Lao Zhou's behavior led the other Yun clan soldiers. After the shooting was completed, they also followed Lao Zhou with bayonets to meet the British army. For a moment, the shouts shook the four fields.

Yunwen, who was standing in the command position, felt the blood in her body suddenly boiling. She threw away the telescope in her hand, and had to leave the command position and fight the enemy when she started the rifle.

Lao Chang hugged Yunwen's waist desperately and said, "Young Master, you are the leader of the first army, you cannot go to the front line to fight directly."

Yunwen's nose was spewing hot lung energy and howled, "I don't care..."

Lao Chang begged: "No."

Yunwen shouted: "The whole army attacks!"

Lao Chang heard that Yunwen had issued a formal military order and had to let go of Yunwen. He carried a rifle and rushed out of the command post first, shouting loudly: "The whole army attacks, the whole army attacks!"

Immediately, the call for the entire army to attack spread throughout the position. The grooms, cooks, documents, and medical soldiers left the position and ran towards the strangled front-line positions. Even the artillery soldiers such as Yunzhen who were changing the artillery barrels abandoned the artillery positions and gathered towards the front-line positions with any weapons they could find.

Colonel Irving pierced through the chest of a Yun clan soldier with one shot, took a step back and pulled out the spear stab, smashed the other Yun clan soldier with a butt, then used the spear stab to open the spear stab that was stabbed by a Yun clan soldier, and then stuck the rod of the gun on the neck of a Yun clan soldier, pushing him out fiercely, then turned around and stabbed the bayonet into the waist of a Yun clan soldier who was besieging the adjutant. He turned the spear stab and pulled the bloody spear stab back.

Stand back to back with the adjutant.

"Al, fire the flares and tell Baron Nelson that we need a dense fire cover here."

Al pulled out a signal flare from his waist. Just as he was about to ignite, a blood-red gun pierced through his arm holding the turtle velvet. The turtle fell to the ground. Before Al could bend over, the gun pierced through his temples and penetrated the entire head, allowing Adjutant Al's movement to solidify the action before he died.

"Al!" Owen shouted, and when he turned around, he saw a hideous face.

"kill!"

After Old Zhou stabbed Al to death, he quickly shot Owen. Owen dodged and avoided, but he was not careful that a Yun clan soldier behind him stabbed over with a bayonet. He dodged and avoided again, and stood firm against half a thick dead tree.

At this time, the British army, which was only less than 300 people, was finally submerged by the superior forces of the Yun clan soldiers.

Irving's face did not show any sadness, but strictly followed the infantry Caodian to the ground, grabbed the barrel of the gun, and separated his feet to the shoulders, stared at Lao Zhou in front of him and said, "Go!"

Lao Zhou looked at the teeth that had been knocked off and several translators who were vomiting blood and said, "Tell him that for the sake of being a hero, I allow him to surrender."

When the general interpreter spitted out another mouthful of blood and was about to speak, he heard Owen say to Lao Zhou in awkward Ming words: "My subordinates have all sacrificed gloriously, and now it's my turn."

Are you the commander of this battle?”

Lao Zhou shook his head and said, "I am not, I am the commander's entourage. Our commander is Colonel Yunwen, a young man."

Irving saw the cloud pattern that was obviously an officer, and spat on the ground disdainfully and said, "Is he a noble?"

Lao Zhou nodded and said, "That's right, he is a royal family!"

Owen grinned and said, "Yun Royal Family? Veterans, be careful of the nobles. They are the most despicable people in the world, and the royal family is the ones who are untrusted among these people."

Lao Zhou shook his head and said, "You don't have to delay time. I saw that you let a few people leave when you launched the charge. I should have stopped them. Unfortunately, your attack was too fierce and I successfully let them escape back.

Since you want glory, then I will give you glory, and you will commit suicide!"

Owen smiled and said, "The person who commits suicide cannot go to heaven, so I can only die in battle gloriously. Since you don't want to attack, then I will attack."

After saying that, he threw away his cloak, shouted with guns in his hands and rushed towards Yunwen...

After these days of war, Yunwen has learned to be calm. Seeing that Owen rushed forward and did not move, he trusted his subordinates to kill Owen easily.

Owen died in battle. Even though his whole body was covered with bayonets, he was finally picked up by the bayonet and threw it into the air. Then he landed heavily on the ground. He still raised his head and looked at Yunwen and said, "I am immortal, I will come back."

Yunwen looked at the dead Owen and said, "When you come again, I will kill you with my own hands, no matter how many times you can survive, until you dare not resurrect!"

After Yunwen finished speaking, Lao Zhou looked at Yunwen and said, "Young Master, beware of artillery attacks when the troops gather. Don't you know?"

Yunwen said: "I know."

Lao Zhou said: "I will report this to the master to know about it."

Yunwen laughed and said, "It's up to you, and you'll just be beaten up. In short, I'll be happy."

Lao Zhou stopped talking, but instead looked at the excited Yunzhen's face. Yunzhen lowered his head awkwardly and quickly slipped away from the crowd. He knew that the war was not over yet, and he, the artillery commander, left the artillery position and was killed according to the rules!

However, he was still not afraid. The cloud pattern that shouted "The whole army attacked" was the one who should be beheaded the most.

Under Lao Zhou's command, the troops still returned to their respective positions, leaving only some black people responsible for confiscating the spoils.

The battlefield has completely quieted down.

Baron Nelson turned his back to the battlefield and said nothing.

Standing in front of him were three embarrassed British troops, two damaged Ming Chinese Type 2 guns and an unexploded tiger squat cannon shell on the table in front of him were placed.

"Baron, Colonel Irving said that he had left the flag of our Fairfax 9th Infantry Regiment and left me as the reserve officer, and he hoped that the Fairfax 9th Infantry Regiment would not die.

At the same time, he left his command knife to the Ming army officer who defeated him, and he hoped that we could get his command knife back in the future."

Nelson coughed and said, "Young man, your enemy is very powerful, extremely powerful. As far as I know, this army is not the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty, or even a newly formed army.

Are you confident of regaining Irving’s command knife?”

The young alternate officer said: "I already know how to fight the Ming army, so we can achieve Colonel Irving's last wish."
Chapter completed!