Chapter 763 Open Fire
"Go forward and shoot at close range." Isabella gave the order directly.
After she finished speaking, she pulled the reins and the horse trotted away.
The knights followed.
This is at the edge of the battlefield, and it's still several thousand yards to the enemy camp.
The knights steed their horses and galloped forward, arriving in front of the battle formation a few minutes later.
The battlefield was deliberately cleared and their actions were naturally discovered by the enemy.
There were less than a hundred riders in this group, and the other side's response was rather perfunctory.
The soldiers in the front row were already wearing armor. They swung the wooden chevaux de frise forward and stared at this side with their spears.
Several teams of cavalry in the rear were mounting their horses and would come to drive them away after they had straightened their ranks.
No one thought that these dozens of people would charge directly into the battle, even if they were wearing full armor - there were at least thousands of people on the front line here, and standing there and letting them chop them would tire these dozens of people to death.
Isabella led the soldiers forward and raised her hand when they were less than a hundred meters away.
The knights pulled the reins together, and the entire team stopped in unison.
Some soldiers on the opposite side drew their bows and shot sporadic arrows.
The knights did not move, and most of the arrows missed their targets. Occasionally, a few hit the armor, making a crisp sound.
The distance was a bit awkward. It was too far for muskets, and bows and arrows could not threaten the well-equipped knights. The guarding soldiers did not want to attack and drive them away, so they just stared at each other.
Anyway, the cavalry on the Empire's side will be able to attack soon, so just wait for a moment.
The other side can't just rush in directly, right?
The soldiers just held their weapons and looked across at the opposite side boredly.
One hundred meters is not far. They can clearly see every move of the opposite side - for example, all the knights on the opposite side have raised their guns.
"Damn Tis!" The soldiers cursed angrily and began to look for places to hide.
The muskets are indeed not very accurate at this distance, but they have more people on their side!
With so many people, I could hit them with my eyes closed. On the other hand, there were only dozens of people on the opposite side. As soon as I raised my gun, they scattered immediately.
In other words, they can attack this side, but this side cannot attack the other side.
But before they could start to move, gunshots were heard from the opposite side.
“How come it’s so fast!?”
It takes at least half a minute for a musket to be loaded and fired, but the other side just raised their gun and fired.
In an instant, bullets came like a wall, and the bullets whizzed through the air - this scene could only be barely seen by the extraordinary people. The soldiers of the empire only saw the front row falling down in unison, and clouds of blood mist exploded in the air.
This type of rifle bullet has a very high charge. After many improvements by Castel, the bolt-action rifle is basically at the level of the last war on Blue Planet.
Whether in terms of accuracy or range, it was overwhelmingly superior to the muskets of that era. In this war, Castel opened up the supply of large quantities, allowing this weapon to appear before the eyes of the imperial soldiers for the first time.
Strictly speaking, the penetration of this rifle is a bit excessive. When it kills people, almost all of the wounds are penetrating, and the effect of wound tearing is not very good.
But at this moment, it brought an unexpected effect: the bullet could often pass through multiple soldiers before it ran out of kinetic energy.
Because the enemy was positioned densely, this round of volleys resulted in over a hundred casualties.
The knights did not stop their actions after shooting. They pulled the bolt to eject the shell, loaded the bullet, and pulled the trigger again.
Just a moment later, the next wave of shooting came.
The Empire's battle line was long, and the soldiers on both sides watched in amazement as the knights shot on horseback.
"H-They can fire without reloading!?"
"Impossible, do they have unlimited bullets in their guns?"
It took less than half a minute from the time they raised their guns to the time the two groups opened fire. The soldiers fell down in rows, but their comrades around them felt not fear, but confusion.
what happened?
Is the other side firing?
Why did the person next to me suddenly fall down?
The scene was beyond their cognition, making it difficult for them to understand the current situation.
And the time left for them to react was running out.
Some sharp-eyed people noticed that the knight in front of Tis's side picked up a strange weapon with a circle of barrels.
Galahad's supernatural path is [Knight], and his most useful supernatural ability is that when he is riding a horse, he can let his horse share his physical enhancement.
It's really not very useful in extraordinary battles, but it's a magical skill when charging into battle.
For example, at this moment, Galahad was wearing full armor and carrying a heavy machine gun - a weapon that a horse could not carry, so it could only be placed on a base and pulled.
At this moment, Galahad was not only riding a horse and holding a Gatling gun, but also had several huge ammunition boxes beside him - the horse was carrying nearly half a ton of weight.
But it looked relaxed, and even felt its owner's movements and lowered its head on its own initiative.
A torrent of bullets instantly tore through the air.
The sound of a Gatling gun firing doesn't sound like a gunshot. This is because it fires so quickly that the bullets are fired in a straight line.
A hand-cranked Gatling gun could not reach this speed, but Galahad was an extraordinary person and he could crank it quickly.
The flying bullets whizzed and tore through the imperial lines, as if they had eyes, accurately killing the imperial officers.
——As a superhuman, Galahad’s dynamic vision and muscle control abilities far surpassed those of ordinary soldiers. He pushed the Gatling gun to its limits.
The shooting only lasted for a short while before it ended. It was not because the knights had no bullets, but because there was no one standing in front of them.
The gunfire stopped and the battlefield suddenly fell into silence. The soldiers in the distance looked at everything in a daze, and the roar of gunfire just now seemed to still ring in their ears.
This is an entire front line, with hundreds of people.
Just died like that?
"Forward." Isabella spoke with a cold look in her eyes, and rushed forward at the lead, with the knights around her following.
The sound of horse hooves finally brought the soldiers back to their senses. They looked up in horror at the charging knights.
Their armor gleamed in the sunlight, the smoke from their guns had not yet dissipated, and the sound of their horses' hooves sounded like the beat of death-defying drums.
The soldiers' most primitive fear was finally aroused, and they fled screaming.
Many people were so frightened that they rushed towards the knights and were trampled into pieces by the horses' hooves.
More people rushed towards their allies, forming a larger ball of flesh.
The knights occasionally fired a few shots around, as if driving a flock of sheep. Wherever they rushed to, the people would make way.
If no one gave way, they would make a path.
Blood stained every nail on the horseshoe.
The Empire's front collapsed.
(End of this chapter)
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