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Chapter 918 They are back ([-])
When I translated to General Grant and others the cruel reality of those strange people on the opposite side, who were the legendary "Xuan Ge Camp", their reactions were wonderful.

A second ago, General Grant looked arrogant and disdainful.

The next second later, his face was filled with paleness and fear; there was no doubt that he thought of George Yilu and Charlie Yilu. After these seniors met these people, the tragedy of the entire army being destroyed outside Yangcheng was ending.

But soon after, General Grant's face and expression became excited, even hysterical.

He no longer cared about his image as a gentleman, waved the riding crop in his hand, and yelled crazily:
"Quick, quick, quick, hurry up those damn artillery units and ask them to come over as quickly as possible; set up positions and greet all the artillery shells.

So what about Xuange Camp, today is the day when they will be completely destroyed.

Think about it, if we send back the news about killing the 'Xuan Ge Camp', it will probably shock the whole of Europe, and Her Majesty the Queen will award us medals. "

Amidst such roars, a colonel quickly turned around and prepared to get on his horse and urge the artillerymen to come over.

It's just that the action of stepping their left foot into the saddle was completed three times in a row; it showed that their mood was not that relaxed.

The expressions on the faces of Monsignor Montauban and other senior officials of the French army included some schadenfreude, some anticipation, and more solemnity. Anyway, it was extremely exciting...

Under the urging of the officers, they used boots and riding whips.

The Yin Army's artillery unit with a total of 15 guns quickly arrived on the battlefield.

Under the high-pitched orders from the officers, the veterans in the Yin Army who had experienced the Crimean War and had quite good experience and quality.

In a very short period of time, they completed the deployment and arrangement of all the cannons; without any pause, they began the official bombardment.

Except for the few shells fired in the initial test, they basically missed.

The artillery shells that were fired after that basically had pretty good accuracy, and almost all of them hit the small circular position.

Let violent explosions rise continuously in it.

A group of Yin Army gunners carried out General Grant's order to shoot out all the artillery shells very well; they loaded them crazily and kept firing.

Even at the back, the personnel carrying the ammunition took off their military uniforms and shirts and carried the shells shirtless.

Under such a situation, the ferocious bombardment lifted up the soft soil in the wheat field, causing the wheat stubble lifted from the soil to burn and emit thick black smoke.

It was also at this time that some relaxed smiles appeared on the faces of General Grant and others.

Because they simply couldn't imagine how any living thing could survive in such a small circular position after being subjected to such intensive and violent artillery fire.

Anyway, it is said that no matter how powerful the people in Xuange Camp are, as long as they are still in the category of human beings, they will not be able to survive.

Just facing the full confidence of these big shots, I don't know why, but some of them don't agree with such a statement.

If I want to find a reason for my persistence:
That is, from beginning to end, the battle flag of 'Xuan Ge Camp' was flying on the opposite position.

Except for a few more holes on the flag surface caused by flying shrapnel, miraculously no damage was sustained; the blood-red flag surface was always fluttering, like a burning fire.

The specific results were exactly the same as what I expected.

After the shelling continued for about ten minutes, although the artillery unit's shells had not been completely fired, due to the excessive rate of fire, the barrels were so hot that they could no longer fire.

The artillery of the Yin Army stopped. They had to cool down before they could fire.

However, at the current level of bombardment, General Grant and others believed that it was enough.

Because through the gunpowder smoke that has not completely dissipated, looking towards the small circular position, one can see that there are craters everywhere.

There was originally a circular trench, and a strange firearm with six tubes.

At this moment, all traces have completely disappeared.

It seems that the Xuan Ge camp personnel who were originally hiding there, as well as their strange weapons, were torn to pieces by the ferocious artillery fire, or were buried underground.

Seeing such a situation, General Grant, who once again regained his gentlemanly demeanor, turned to Lord Montauban and proposed:

"Dear Your Excellency, it is better to let the infantry attack, no! We should let them go up to clean the battlefield. Your French army comes from the left, and our Yin army comes from the middle and right. Among them are those interesting trophies, and the corpses of Xuange Battalion. , and the honor of defeating them, we can all share it equally."

"Of course~" Mr. Montauban agreed happily.

Later, he even said with a somewhat exaggerated expression and tone: "Damn it, I didn't even eat lunch for these guys, and now I feel like I can eat a cow.

If I remember correctly, the army cook prepared some fresh chicken and beef.

I wonder if it would be such an honor to invite General Grant to have a belated lunch with him? "

"It's a great honor. I also have a nice bottle of red wine there, and I hope to let Mr. Montauban appreciate it." General Grant replied after hearing this.

So, under their orders, one hundred French troops and two hundred Yin troops came from three directions: left, center and right.

Holding the rifle with the bayonet fixed, he headed towards the position where there should be no living people, and moved forward with a relaxed expression.

But when the soldiers walking at the front entered the 150-meter position, a position where it was theoretically impossible for anyone to be alive, there was a faint roar.

In such a roar, one figure after another mysteriously emerged from the ground with a head of mud and sand.

In their hands, they all picked up a strange rifle that could be loaded with five bullets. The key was the strange six-tube firearm, which was carried out by two people respectively.

There are three in total, and each one is a lot.

Then, when the barrel of this weapon began to rotate, another massacre began.

Even when he saw these people and terrifying weapons, as if they were growing out of the soil, General Durant in the rear shouted out the order 'Retreat~' at the top of his lungs regardless of his image.

But by this time, it was too late.

Just like the scene during the previous cavalry attack, one soldier after another was beaten to the ground by the ferocious fire snakes during the retreat, and was easily and quickly brought down to the ground.

The only thing that was a little different from last time was that for some reason, there were only five or six rifles firing on the left side of the French attack.

The remaining firepower, including three strange weapons, was all used to greet the Yin army.

Therefore, during this attack, only 40 of the 80 Yin troops escaped, while [-] of the [-] French troops escaped.

"Fire, keep firing, kill them~"

This was the only reaction of General Grant of the Yin Army after the attack failed; when he yelled such a sentence, he took a deep look at Lord Montauban, his eyes full of suspicion.

In the following time, he should have been frightened by the huge casualties during the previous two attacks.

Except for the artillery, which kept pouring artillery shells against the small circular position, the Yin and France coalition never launched any direct attack.

Instead, more infantry were mobilized to surround the small position; it seemed that they planned to use this siege method to surround the 'Xuan Ge Camp' here.

After 7 o'clock in the evening, the sky became completely dark.

In the pitch-black night, even the artillery fire stopped; the Baliqiao battlefield, which had been noisy all day, finally became quiet.

It wasn't until midnight that suddenly the sound of huge horse hooves and shouts of death came from outside, breaking the peace.

After hurriedly running out of the tent, I learned from other people's mouths that the people from the 'Xuange Camp' had just rode war horses, broke through the encirclement on the right and started to break out.

However, the coalition's [-] cavalrymen have already caught up and should be able to keep them.

I still sneer at this statement.

Because in front of these legendary last knights of the East, compared with them, the cavalry of the Yin Law Alliance are simply not even apprentices...

　PS: I originally wanted to write from a different angle to give everyone a change of taste, but I caught a cold recently and my head is full of paste. I feel like my writing is a mess. I’d better resume my normal writing tomorrow.

　　
　
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