open sea

Chapter 978 Hang Gai
Iron-hoofed horses with slanted bangs and small eyes from the Mongolian grasslands have extremely strong legs. Although none of them have horseshoes, two horses and one cart pull a [-]-jin Fran machine gun across the pebble beach by the river. Walk on the ground, which is where they got their name from.

Here is the same as their hometown, Uliyanghai and Hanggai.

It is a world with blue sky, white clouds, grasslands, rivers, mountains and woods.

Of course, there is also a majestic army formation and flying red-sun flags inlaid with dragons.

Banner Army Le, who was born in the Xuanfu groom, took the reins of the leading horse, shouted the horse-training notes mixed in Chinese and Mongolian, and commanded 24 healthy horses to make proud movements in the upper reaches of the turbulent river——throwing long The ponytail turned its butt towards the enemy.

The twelve Francois machine guns unloaded from two French armed merchant ships were ready.

Hei Yunlong didn't ride a horse, and his middle army camp stood on the south bank of the upper reaches. The Liaodong Guangning guard in a blue cloth armor raised his hand and untied the iron armor that tightly protected his neck, and raised his binoculars to look Taking a look at Sanchahe Estuary downstream, he quickly put down the binoculars, sucked his teeth and said, "It's a bit far away."

Turning his head suddenly, he raised two fingers and asked Baihu, the artillerymen under his command: "Is it okay?"

Hundreds of artillerymen in standard Beiyang military uniforms clasped their fists, and the sound of iron arms colliding with each other was crisp and clear, and said: "Back to the handsome man, seven hundred steps is a long way, but we are tall, and we can hit the enemy camp at the fourth degree with a gun ruler." Zuo Jin, under cover—”

What he wanted to say was to cover the downstream Iroquois to attack across the river, but he was interrupted by Hei Yunlong before he could finish speaking.

"I know it's high here, but I'm asking Fayi's cannons, are they okay?"

Hei Yunlong raised his hand and pointed forward: "They are all old cannons, don't let them blow up and hurt the soldiers."

"If it doesn't work, let's follow what that kid Hulan said. He is building a dam in the back. We have more time. At worst, Haifasha will go to the front and build two more dams, and flood the broken camp with water."

The artillerymen laughed lightly when they heard the words, and said: "I have been shot and let go by the humble staff, and the build is not bad. The words inscribed on it seem to be made by the Fa and Barbarians, which is much better than the Franji made in the West."

"It's not easy. Tell the former soldiers who are going to fight the tiger to be careful. Which country in this world can make a good gun, that's a big deal."

What Hei Yunlong said was the truth. In this era, which country can make a Fran cannon is already very remarkable. Although this thing has no technical content, it is the most test of the craftsman's ability and work attitude.

Because it leaks if it is not made well.

It doesn't mean that if it is well made, it won't leak, and if it is well made, it will leak, but it will leak less.

It’s like saying that muskets are leaking air, no matter which country’s musket or musket, matchlock, wheel, or flintlock, no matter how well made, there must be a hole for the medicine pool, and it will leak. gas.

However, if it is well made, it is a leak, and its power can also be guaranteed.

While speaking, the Mongolian horse in the front had been pulled away, and more than 20 small Spanish donkeys continued to move forward. Some of them carried a Franco machine gun on their backs, and a donkey just carried six guns; The wooden cart and the small round wooden barrels on the cart are full of gunpowder cartridges that Hei Yunlong's subordinates dug out on the road. The gunpowder and shells are all inside, and they are specially used for this batch of French-made Francois machine guns.

In terms of gunpowder reserves, Heiyunlong is much richer than Hulan on the other side of the river. The gunpowder reserves on the two French ships alone are enough for his subordinates to fight several battles. He Xingsheng's merchant ships near the coast can also send him.

Li Yuxi's Anhai Company under the name of Hexingsheng sent the Iroquois warriors from the Haifa Sand tribe to the Gulf of Mexico some time ago, and Hei Yunlong entrusted them to come back and bring back some gunpowder from Mexico.

Deng Zilong of Qilin Guard on the east coast of Panama suffers from the difficulty of transferring ships from the west coast to the east coast, but now more and more merchant ships have been built by merchants, and soon the entire coastline will be dominated by the Oriental military government.

The most interesting thing here is that Li Yu's Xi'an Haishang had not dispatched their warships in the Dongyang Military Mansion, they already had two [-]-material warships escorting routes.

This boat is not from Ming Dynasty but has the same pedigree. Li Yuxi exchanged it directly from Yang Cena with broken corn kernels harvested from a Spanish plantation—a blue-and-white Flying Shark from Han Dynasty.

The Francois machine used by the French ship does not use a wooden skid, but uses an iron valve connected to the gun body with a long iron chain to clamp the gun. It looks weird but is very delicate.

Hei Yunlong looked around with the binoculars on the river bank again, and finally raised his hand and waved it lightly, saying: "Let it go, Tianzi Yazhou, how can you allow Fanyi to run wild."

The red flag was unfurled, the war drums were beating loudly, and the twelve Fran cannons took the lead in bombarding the Montreal camp on the upstream river.

This was a signal, and the soldiers of the Iroquois Alliance around the east bank of the river heard the sound and moved. With the loud roar of battle, the crudely processed canoes on the rocky beach were lifted into the rapid water, and the warriors of various tribes carried weapons and crossed in boats. .

Small artillery shells flew towards the camp, and it was almost useless to bombard the wooden fence by inertia, but the shells falling outside the camp actually forced the Ottawa soldiers who had just rushed out of the camp back.

The Fran cannons in the camp also tried to bombard Hei Yunlong's artillery position. The three shells were fired upwards, but they were not as high as the slope of the river. They fell far away [-] steps away from the Chinese army. He blasted towards the Iroquois canoe in the river, but it was difficult to achieve effective results.

This incompetent fury made Hei Yunlong, who was sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fighting upstream, very happy. He raised his arms and said to the left and right: "The natives themselves don't know where the wooden boat will be washed by the river. Can I teach you how to do it?"

When the gunners in the camp made up their minds to adjust their angles and prepare to bombard the scattered enemies ashore, Heiyunlong's shells struck again. This time they already knew where their artillery was and aimed directly at it.

Even if the shots were not accurate, the shells landed not far away, and the flying stones splashed even scratched the gunner's face. How could he aim and fire calmly, and the shells were fired without knowing where they went.

The Iroquois who successfully landed were like raging waves. They set up their positions and formed a small team to attack the camp.

They carried large shields with gods painted on them, which looked like the big chariot cards of the Ming Dynasty. The mighty warriors moved it.

The tribal warriors exuding fighting fanaticism in front rushed out, and the big shield behind them was still moving slowly. Seeing that Hei Yunlong was in a hurry, he saw more than ten cavalry on both sides of the camp fighting out with spears The armored cavalry strangled the vanguard from left to right before the Iroquois formed their formation.

Stabbing with spears and colliding with horses, they forced a bloody road outside the camp. Only [-] or so cavalry rushed back and forth, but the bows and arrows of the aborigines could not harm them. All of them are our own people.

Hei Yunlong, who was observing the situation, couldn't help sighing.

Even if the spears of some riders were broken during the charge, they could still pull out their long swords from the side of the saddle and stab at them. When they ran far away, they would take out a long-barreled pistol with a complicated structure and fire it.

Seemingly realizing that being bombarded all the time in the camp was not an option, the gates of the camp opened wide, and hundreds of Ottawa soldiers rushed out in a dense formation, replacing the cavalry and returning to the camp on both sides of the camp for new spears and muskets.

Before the aborigines of the two sides fought, the two teams of cavalry put on new spears and charged back on their horses again, apparently wanting to repeat the old trick.

"You have cavalry?"

Hei Yunlong watched from a distance, his eyes kept searching the battlefield, and he murmured: "Where is Hei's artillery team?"

Suddenly, I don’t know what happened to the central army in Haifasa. The infantry in front retreated to the bank as if they were defeated by the riders. The French merchant cavalry charged on both wings saw the hope of victory. Like an army of the Iroquois.

When the infantry retreated halfway, the knight who was leading the most ferocious chase suddenly reined in his horse, the horse's front hooves were raised high, and the rear hoofs plowed half a foot long marks on the ground.

In front of him, a squad that was completely different from the Iroquois was waiting for them to charge. A small phalanx was formed with five long spears. The spearmen in the front row used the Spanish style of holding spears. The spearman wearing a helmet and a breastplate is stepping on the tail of the spear with his right foot, and holding the spear with both hands.

The spearmen in the second row used the battle formation spear technique, and the end of the thick long spear was pressed against the left thigh before the lunge, forming a rigorous battle formation.

Behind them, there were three rows of infantry armed with blunderbusses, who slammed their blunderbuss under the command of the officer in the middle.

This is not the place that the riders fear most, but the wings of the phalanx. The Iroquois spearmen form two smaller and looser phalanxes. What was being done on the ground suddenly shouted from the left and right of the army formation, and the Iroquois warriors standing in front suddenly dispersed.

It reveals several wide, short and thick muzzles inside, like little tigers squatting on the ground.

The next moment, gunpowder smoke was everywhere, and gravel shot hard.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)