Chapter 731 These Orientals are really scary!
These Dutch mercenaries in plain woolen uniforms lined up in an orderly manner and began to slowly approach the British camp.
However, unlike the English soldiers, these Dutch mercenaries from the Ming Dynasty were equipped with primary rifled guns and were purchased from the Ming Dynasty.
England also developed the rifled rifle itself, but because its own manufacturing cost is too high and England has not significantly increased its military expenditures now, only the Royal Guards infantry in London were temporarily equipped with rifled rifles, and the British army in Kingsling was naturally equipped with flintlock rifles.
However, the British army of this era is considered an elite with a high level of training and a high degree of organization. Even when they have seen the power of the Ming army's naval guns, they have not shown much panic when they are arranged on land.
British commander Kroger was also calm and calm. After seeing the Dutch mercenaries on the Ming Dynasty appear on the horizon, he shouted loudly: "Fire the cannon! Kill those damn Dutch people and let them be slaves to the Eastern Yellows, which really ruined the face of my Western whites!"
The British army's artillery was still smooth-bore cannon, and the shells were still solid bullets.
When the shells like black coal balls were shot over, they just knocked away a few Dutch mercenaries, and then they just plowed out a ditch.
But because the queues of the Netherlands mercenaries were not dense, there were no casualties.
Except for the fact that the shells fell down the surrounding Dutch mercenaries, Yu did not have much impact.
What's more, the supervisory team composed of the main force of the Ming army followed behind the Dutch mercenaries. As long as the Dutch mercenaries escaped at that place, they would be shot and killed immediately by the supervisory team.
The Dutch mercenaries could only continue to maintain their array and continue to advance under the bombardment of British artillery.
In the end, as the array of Dutch mercenaries became closer and closer to the British artillery, the British commander had to order his artillery to withdraw and let his infantry go up.
The pressure on the Netherlands mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty was reduced.
But soon, the pressure increased again, because the trained British infantry were lined up in a neat line of thousands of meters, and followed the drum beats, heading towards the Dutch mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty.
These British troops were like a wall, suppressing the Netherlands mercenaries in front of them, and they were almost breathless.
The Netherlands mercenaries had to stop advancing and then pushed their artillery forward as well.
The cannons they used were also cannons imported from the Ming Dynasty.
It is also a smoothbore cannon, and it also fires solid bullets.
However, because the Ming Dynasty had a more mature industrial foundation, these cannons had better iron-core copper tires in terms of material, and their natural power and range were still above the British cannons.
When the Dutch mercenaries fired the shells, many British troops were indeed killed on the spot.
However, to the surprise of the Dutch mercenaries, these British troops were still advancing with the sound of drums and there was no confusion.
The Dutch mercenaries had to continue firing shells.
As a result, the white smoke was rising more and more, directly covering the British army opposite.
What surprised the Netherlands mercenaries was that the British army was still advancing and the drums seemed to stop. These well-trained British troops did not seem to know how to stop moving forward, and they seemed not afraid even if they took a step forward.
Historically, the British troops during this period were indeed able to line up in a long line of over a kilometers and move forward neatly and orderly under the intensive drum beats, and even to prevent the enemy from shooting before they were close enough to them, even if there were many casualties on their own.
Instead, it was until it reached the enemy's army and fired again.
According to the British commander who once used such tactics to defeat the French army and thus occupied the entire Canada, he said that he could only shoot until he could see the whites of the enemy's eyes clearly.
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
At this time, the British drum beats were getting closer and closer to the Dutch mercenaries.
Although, many people have fallen down, even commanders.
But the neat British troops began to walk towards the Dutch mercenaries in rows.
The British Navy was walking in the front.
Although they were naval forces retreating to land, they were also trained to line up and shoot on land.
And behind is the British Army that came out of Kingsling City.
These troops knew that the Ming army's artillery could collapse their castles and could not be deployed in the city, thus forming the effect of queuing and shooting, so they walked out under the leadership of their commander.
The Dutland mercenaries were already nervous when they looked at the British army approaching step by step.
Especially the dense drumming sound seemed to be hitting their chests, making them feel their hearts numb and their legs became a little weak.
The Netherlands, Medna, had even started sweating on his forehead and his legs were weak. He swore that he now regretted the battle of the Ming army for the generous military pay. When he saw such a neat and tidy British army coming over like a scattered sea of troops.
"Don't panic! Your rifles are better than them, and your tactics are better than them! They are using the rest of the tactics I'm playing!"
The Ming officers who were usually responsible for training these Netherlands mercenaries and sent to serve as their middle and upper commanders reminded these Netherlands mercenaries in time at this time.
Moreover, the Ming officer began to instruct: "The artillery retreated! The infantry continued to slowly disperse with the command according to the battle sequence of three people, and then listened to my order and fired again!"
These Dutch mercenaries regained their calmness and began to slowly disperse according to the formation they were during training.
The experienced British Army Major General Loncharle was proudly thinking that his brave and fearless British soldiers would see the power of the British Marine War after seeing the Netherlands clearly, when he saw the Netherlands' powerful force, he saw that the queue of the Netherlands mercenaries was even more dispersed.
He couldn't help but look horrified: "Why are they still scattering?"
"Not good! These damn Dutch people use rifled guns!"
"Send cavalry to tell the naval commander Kroger in front that they will run and move forward, and be sure to keep a dense queue before being killed by a large number of injuries and kill more Dutch people! The same is true for our army, we must accelerate!"
Loncharle therefore had to issue new orders.
"It's a big deal to run before and after running, and then keep a dense queue, unless the soldiers' feet are tied together, but they won't run fast!"
Corte, the officer beside him, reminded.
Roncharle did not take back his orders because he had no other better way, and just cursed: "Damn it! Why didn't His Majesty the King get us equipped with such a gun as soon as possible."
"Even with such a gun, the tactics trained must be changed to be effective. This group of Dutch people have obviously been trained by Ming people, so they know how to use rifled guns to deal with the formations we lined up!"
"So, these yellow men from the East are really terrible. They seem to always be ahead of us in equipment. When we are still using fuses, they use flintlocks. When we are using flintlocks, they use rifled guns. Now even their slaves use rifled guns, and we are still using flintlocks!"
Chapter completed!