"Shoot, kill these detestable yellow-skinned monkeys!”
Lieutenant Colonel Smith, the commander of the Western Rifle Squad, roared angrily. He ordered his soldiers to increase their shooting speed and organize the Han army to approach!
Although they were not submerged by the flood because of the high terrain, their surroundings were flooded. This caused them to be trapped on a small high ground that was similar to an isolated island and could not move!
Faced with the fear of being surrounded by the Han army, the soldiers of the Western Spear Team were all on steroids. They fired desperately at the Han army, trying to repel the attack.
They knew very well that once the Han army got close and they had nowhere to run, what awaited them was death!
Therefore, they opened fire desperately, hoping to cause huge casualties to the Han army to repel them and make the Han army afraid of attacking them!
Most of the members of the Western Spear Team had experience fighting against the Chinese army. Zuo Zongtang had once borrowed their strength to deal with the Taiping Army.
They looked down on the rebel army from the bottom of their hearts and felt that they were just a bunch of rabble.
They even looked down on their employer, Zuo Zongtang's Chu army!
In their eyes, they were warriors from a civilized country, while these Chinese were barbaric and backward yellow-skinned monkeys. Civilized warriors must not be defeated by a group of animals like yellow-skinned monkeys.
Moreover, their past experience with the Chinese army told them that the firearms in the hands of the Chinese army were very outdated. They could not gain an advantage in a head-on clash. Often, after a short exchange of fire, the other party would be defeated.
Based on their previous experience, they used the same tactic this time. It seemed that they were planning to use this method to teach the Han army a harsh lesson and make them remember!
However, this time, they had provoked an existence that they could not afford to offend!
"1st Battalion, ready!"
"Second Battalion, ready!"
"The third battalion is ready!"
Mount Longhu, at the artillery position of the Han Army.
After receiving Lin Yu's order, the Han army mobilized three battalions of artillery to bombard the high ground where the foreigners were.
According to the Han Artillery Battalion's equipment, one battalion was equipped with 24 rapid-fire cannons, so three battalions added up to 72 cannons!
With the maximum firing rate of the M1897 rapid-fire cannon, it could fire 15 rounds in a minute. The 72 cannons had fired more than 1000 rounds at the narrow highland where the Westerners were located in a short minute!
The killing radius of the 75mm field artillery was 10-15 meters. 1000 rounds could instantly cover the entire foreign rifle team!
For a moment, the entire world changed color. Dense explosions sounded in the distance, and screams and wails were endless.
However, these sounds were soon drowned out by the sounds of artillery shells exploding. There was no longer any noise!
The sparks from the explosion, the smoke that filled the air, and the foreign soldiers that were blown away!
From afar, it looked like orange sparks were blooming in the distance. This could also be considered a beautiful scenery on the battlefield!
At this moment, the soldiers on both sides of the battlefield were attracted by the scenery.
"Great, Great Marshal, the foreigners 'mercenaries are finished, finished!”
Zuo Zongtang swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty and couldn't help nodding.
He was the same as the people around him. Their faces were ashen. After seeing this scene, they were all frightened!
Was this still the rebel army they knew?
When did the rebel army have such terrifying firepower?
In just a few minutes, thousands of shells were fired and the entire Western camp was razed to the ground!
This kind of firepower, let alone the rebel army, even the Chu army, or even the foreign army, could not have it!
Moreover, the artillery shells used by the enemy were all the most advanced grenades, which were the kind that would explode.
As far as he knew, this kind of flower bomb was very expensive, so even foreigners rarely equipped it!
However, the enemy had casually fired thousands of such cannonballs!
This wasn't a war, this was clearly throwing money!
All in all, the Han army in front of him had completely overturned Zuo Zongtang's impression of the rebel army.
In front of the Han army, his Chu army was more like a group of country bumpkins!
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"Mm, the artillery did a good job!"
On Mount Longhu, they watched as their artillery bombarded the enemy's position like plowing a field.
Lin Yu praised.
To deal with this group of arrogant white pigs, they should use this kind of method that they could understand!
He wasn't interested in reasoning. The white pig was a barbarian who feared power and didn't fear virtue.
To deal with them, he should use the simple and crude method of ferrying souls.
Since they all believed in God so much, he would send them to meet God!
After the bombardment, the Han soldiers took small boats and approached the high ground where the foreigners were.
The remaining foreign soldiers still tried to put up a desperate resistance, but under the fierce attacks of the Han army, their resistance did not cause any waves.
On the contrary, when they were dealing with the remnants of the foreign mercenaries, the Han army's long-range, powerful, and high-precision new rifles made the surrounding Chu army even more terrified!
After dealing with the foreigners 'mercenaries, the Han army took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack on the Chu army that was trapped on the isolated islands.
The Chu army had already become a turtle in a jar. Half of them had been washed away or drowned by the flood, and the rest were isolated on small islands.
In addition, their firearms had been submerged in water and could not be used. They could only use cold weapons to fight against the Han army.
They had thought that the Han army was just a motley crew, lacking advanced weapons like the other peasant armies. If that was the case, they would have had the strength to fight with the cold weapons in their hands.
However, after seeing the way the Han army dealt with the foreigners and witnessing the strength of the Han army's firepower, the last bit of hope in their hearts was shattered!
Zuo Zongtang knew that if they continued to fight, he and his Chu army would definitely be wiped out!
He was not afraid of death. In fact, from the day he joined the army to serve his country, he was already prepared to die for his country.
However, at this moment, he did not want to die. It was not because he was afraid of death and wanted to live an ignoble life!
It was because he was interested in the Han army, especially the advanced weapons in their hands.
If his reform was to obtain weapons and technology comparable to the foreigners, then now that the Han army had surpassed the foreigners in weapons and technology, wasn't that his ultimate goal?
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