Chapter 51 Reinforcement
The most dangerous battle continues.
"Rise the gun!"
The three hundred-house teams directly led by Shao Bianjiao were in a melee. Although the rear reserve team and the northern blocking team competed for some of them for living space under the iron hoof, the periphery was still surrounded by scattered Spanish light cavalry, constantly squeezing the formation to force them to retreat westward.
The hand-to-hand combat that should have had the advantage became very unfavorable when the formation was chaotic with bayonets against the spearmen. It was not defeated immediately by relying on well-equipped armor and small flags, which was commanded by the officers such as the command of the command center of the small army and the small flag.
Even so, the knights who wield hammers or stabbing swords were still causing chaos in the battle formation when they were shot down, and they were invincible in the battlefield like those ancient generals from the East.
In addition to firearms, cold weapons are helpless against these canned iron. Although their attacks sometimes fall on the good protection of the flag army, the flag army is not like the knights who even protect the armpits, and can only do their best to stab the gun behind the thigh.
Only that position is not under the protection of the plate armor, and of course the crotch is also on the front. Knights with high martial arts skills can wield weapons to properly protect their lives in most cases.
However, there was also an accident. Shao Bianjiao saw a flag army stabbing a gun at a knight's crotch. The force was very strong, and piercing the mail to protect the crotch caused the knight to completely lose his combat ability. The two flag army took off their helmets, which allowed the man to stab the short sword into his throat.
The three hundred households of the reserve team joined the battle to make the situation slightly better. Most of the flag troops roared with guns, and the flag troops behind threw grenades into the enemy's phalanx and successfully repelled one of the phalanxes.
"Major General, there is another square formation in the north. Let the three hundred households in the west join the battle! You can't just stop the enemy team!"
"north?"
Shao Bianjiao jumped into the Spanish phalanx with a knife and chopped the two of them up with a spear. He was pushed out by a spear and killed the galloping cavalry with a pistol, slightly boosting morale and retreating behind the military formation.
He no longer dared to go forward to fight and faced an unprecedented critical situation. If he was trapped in the enemy's formation, these 1,200 subordinates would die here and would not even run away.
Hearing the words of the command soldiers coming from the north, Shao Bianjiao raised his eyes and looked north, and could only see dark figures and chaotic battlefields: "How many people are there, how far is there?"
"Five hundred steps, two square formations of five or six hundred people!"
"Can the indigenous people just not be able to fight? They can't even hold on!"
At this time, Shao Bianjiao knew that he could not blame the indigenous people and said decisively: "The soldiers in the west cannot move, and I have no soldiers to rush to help. Let Zhen Baihu defend it. If I defeat this side, I will take people to attack them!"
The messenger clasped his fists and was about to run back, Shao Bianjiao pointed to the quiver scattered on the ground and said, "Take people to collect the rockets from the formation and take them to the north. I can't use it anymore. Be sure to defend the northern defense line and tell your households that half an hour or half an hour have not won the east yet, so I'll allow him to retreat!"
"Abide by the order!"
Shao Bianjiao gritted his teeth, inserted his waist knife into the grass under his feet to recharge the pistol, and walked towards the place where the flag army and the horses and knights fought fiercely in the army.
Only by personal experience can Shao Bianjiao know what the meaning of coordinated combat in the flag army's Caodian is. If they carry spears and artillery in this battle, they can completely suppress the enemy from the beginning to defeat. At this time, they are completely suppressed by the enemy's spears and cavalry.
Herrera's three companies were about to collapse after being shot three times, but they were about to break up even after being fired, but the cavalry stormed their front and rekindled their fighting spirit, causing the reserve team to fill the front and the Ming army was still at a disadvantage.
The existence of light cavalry made every gunman on the front line tremble. No one dared to shoot with a gun, and they held the bird gun with good guns to prepare for the cavalry charge. In fact, every officer saw that the light cavalry did not dare to rush straight to the formation, but kept wandering around the periphery, but no one dared to take risks with their lives.
Just as the order was issued, the situation on the front changed again. I don’t know whether it was the grenade or the reason why the Spanish cavalry ran around in the military formation, Herrera’s remaining two square formations were torn open by several small flags, and his own side also had defeated soldiers.
Two broken little flags led their troops out of the front line. The presence of the officers made the defeated soldiers restrained the Yu front line and re-established the formation. Although they could not be assigned to go back to fight immediately, they could still form a second line of defense in the rear.
The small flag arrows in the north exploded, and not long after, muskets came. This time, the musketeers in the Spanish phalanx did not retreat while loading medicine. They advanced while loading medicine. The Ming army in the north did not stand and was beaten, but did not fire bird guns, but only used the small flag and the general flag arrow to fight back.
When both sides approached the position where the thunder could be thrown in the palm of their hands, the Ming army suddenly shot a bird gun to counterattack. The Spaniards were not used to this tactic and were caught off guard. Rows of soldiers fell down, causing the officers to dare not order an attack.
The infantry companies that rushed back to rescue were exhausted. They experienced a battle with the Indians in a short time, chasing the three miles, and then retreated for several miles urgently. They had no energy to engage in high-intensity combat, and were suddenly shot by bird gun wheels and fell down hundreds of people, so they could only retreat outside the range for a short rest.
But the Ming army was threatened by cavalry and did not dare to attack. They could only miss the opportunity to watch the formation getting farther and farther away from them.
In the end, the blocking team from the north turned out to repel the Western army first.
Soon Shao Bianjiao followed the Western light cavalry to the south side of the battlefield and ushered in another formation contraction. The flag troops in three directions shrank into a hollow triangle formation to prevent the Western cavalry from launching assaults from behind.
Then there was gunfire in the forest west, and more Spanish reinforcements arrived and started a gunfight against three hundred-house teams hiding behind the half-body trench.
The battlefield was killed so much that corpses were everywhere. Not long after, the indigenous people also sent military formations from north to south. However, they were not here to help the Ming army, because the company left behind in the north to fight and retreat. More than a thousand people fought around the square formation of less than 300 for a long time, fighting from north to south.
Further north, more Indians fought against the Bernal Legion, which had withdrawn from Puerto Vallarta.
The war on the west bank of the river was chaotic and stalemate.
Herrera did not realize that in a great situation, his artillery unit composed of dozens of veterans had been wiped out without knowing it.
The heavy sound of horse hooves knocked on the battlefield again, and the Black Cloud Dragon led hundreds of Beiyang cavalry brigades to sweep over. The scarlet tassels fell to the back of his head with a helmet and gun. The fast horse thrust the spear and stabbed the spears of the sparse Spanish light cavalry off the horse, and then pulled out the saber like a whirlwind swept the rear of Herrera's army.
Big and beautiful heads flew into the air.
The Beiyang cavalry riding Mongolian horses were not willing to fight. They quickly abandoned the Herrera Legion, which might cause them to fall into a fierce battle, and turned their direction and stabbed the three Spanish phalanxes in the north that had just been repelled.
After the three reorganized square formations had not had a few musketeers left after fighting fire with the Ming army. At this time, they even set up spears together. The Black Cloud Dragon and the various cavalry households made slowing gestures, and the military music changed accordingly.
The company commander in the square formation showed a mocking look in Mingjun. The infantry did not carry a spear. Isn’t this a fool?
If a cavalry formed a square formation and set up a spear, no matter how strong the impact power was, even the knights would be discouraged. Of course, there were many knights who dared to attack the square formation, but that kind of idiot would eventually disappear.
This is the correct tutorial for infantry against cavalry.
Heiyunlong, who was walking along the outer edge of the square array, pulled the corner of his mouth and raised his hand to gesture to his subordinates.
If the musketeers of the Spanish phalanx did not die during the shooting with the Ming army, or if the Beiyang horse team of the Black Cloud Dragon did not shed their swords into the sheath and then pulled out the gun.
Chapter completed!