599 Chapter 599: Ready to Move

The huge fireball is actually composed of many red bricks, tied together with bamboo strips to form a huge stone ball, poured with special fuel oil, ignited and shot into the sky, the bamboo strips were burnt, and the bundled red bricks also slowly spread.

Created the illusion of a meteor fire shower.

The red bricks fell from a height of more than 100 meters. Under the potential energy of gravity, once they were hit, they would either die or be injured.

As soon as the Prince Army soldiers who rushed to the front rushed out of the shooting range of the meteor fire shower, they saw a group of Melo crossbowmen waiting in full force, and they lined up in three formations.

"put!"

Shhhhhhh...

The crossbow arrows flew out like raindrops, and the riflemen of Prince's army also raised their guns to fight back.

Every time the gunfire sounded, someone fell to the ground in the battle crossbow array, but the other soldiers did not hesitate, and quickly moved closer to fill the vacancy of the fallen comrades.

The two sides fired at each other again, and finally the rifle soldiers of the Prince Army could not bear this kind of face-to-face shooting, especially since they had not trained any line infantry tactics.

Line infantry tactics Since the mid-17th century in Europe, infantry has widely used hand-held firearms. The dominant tactic is line tactics, where infantry are arranged in wide and shallow lines and then salvoed. A line has two to four rows of soldiers.

Because the accuracy of muskets can be relatively improved at close range, coupled with the slow reloading speed, only dense formation shooting can cause enemy casualties to the maximum. Lines are arranged for the purpose of exerting the most fierce firepower.

Infantry in a loose formation, although able to find cover and relatively flexible, is very vulnerable against cavalry and cannot hold its position against advancing infantry columns. The line infantry supported the skirmishers and cavalry who were threatened with retreat.

When surrounded by cavalry, the line infantry can quickly transform into a phalanx. This phalanx is empty in the middle, which is different from the phalanx of spearmen and old-fashioned musketeers.

Even well-trained infantry marching in line formation is still very slow, and the formation is easily split when marching, especially when passing through bushes and forests. Therefore, when stationary, infantry usually adopts a line formation, while when marching, it usually adopts a column. Columnar formations are also used in charge and close combat.

This is what Aslan taught to all the members of the Knights Guard once.

Because of the appearance of machine guns, cavalry slowly withdrew from the stage of history, and only then did skirmish tactics appear later.

In this era when knights are still the mainstream combat power, and there are no battlefields with machine guns, line infantry tactics are the simplest and most violent tactics.

Lan Maloch looked at the defeated Prince's army in the crossfire, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

He remembered the joke the lord once made.

Line infantry tactics are simply shooting in line.

If the army he belongs to is also equipped with rifles, it is indeed very similar to queuing to be shot.

The security forces of the Dongyapu Company captured the revolver rifles of the defeated soldiers and prisoners of the Principality of Prince. These Prince soldiers had also been trained. When they could not escape, most of the revolver rifles in their hands were broken.

However, these did not affect the seizure of Lanmaloch. As long as the barrel of the gun was not broken, other things could be repaired easily. The only trouble was the ammunition.

He has seized thousands of revolvers, but there are only 10,000 rounds of bullets, less than ten rounds per person on average.

"The ammunition in Melo City has just been produced, and it's not rich." Lan Maloch said helplessly.

Rondore next to him said, "Then can we buy ammunition from the Maxim Empire?"

Ranmallock's eyes lit up.

"You're right. Let Mr. Jason contact the Maxim Chamber of Commerce immediately to buy two thousand revolvers and half a million rounds of ammunition."

Rondore blinked his eyes, this master is too awesome, there are only so many openings, how much does it cost.

Situations like Lanmaloc are now happening frequently in various parts of the mainland. The Maxim Empire secretly sold a batch of rifles at low prices to the opposition forces of various countries. The Maxim Chamber of Commerce buys rifles.

For a while, the mark became strong again and became the common currency in the mainland.

Of course, not all forces in the Maxim Chamber of Commerce are willing to sell it.

The Kingdom of Cleveland is a member of the blacklist that prohibits trafficking, and even requires all purchasing countries not to resell it to the Kingdom of Cleveland at a high price, otherwise they will suffer economic sanctions from the Maxim Empire.

Now that the mark is rising again, coupled with the trade of various commodities, the Maxim Empire has once again become the economic hegemony of the mainland.

Yitzhak would come to Melo City almost every week, thanks to the appearance of flying props, and then transported away the 20,000 rounds of ammunition that had just been shipped from the Melo City Armory.

It's just that he got 20,000 more today, which surprised Yitzhak.

"The output of the arsenal has increased?"

"Yes, the planting scale of Shangtong is getting bigger and bigger, and the refining of Yaqingsaisu is getting faster and faster, so the output is naturally getting higher and higher." Arthur, who was in charge of the reception, replied unhurriedly.

Only at this time did Yitzhak realize that something was wrong in Melo City.

The nominal family members were not there.

The lord Aslan will not talk about it, the coercion of the Duke of Medea can no longer be felt, and the mysterious female maid of Nomiri is also gone, as for Artoria and Eletherina. .

"I want to visit Marquis Aslan? Please let me know." Yitzhak said suddenly.

The corner of Arthur's mouth twitched. What he was most afraid of would happen. He shook his head and said, "The lord is going to Changfeng Plain for business."

"The Duke of Medea?"

"To the North Wind Prairie?"

"What about the headmistress Nomiri?"

Arthur could only bite the bullet and say, "She never leaves the lord's side."

"Lady Artoria?"

"She and Mrs. Eletherina went to Terina Great Forest to raise a baby. I heard that the environment there is better, which is good for the growth of the fetus." In the last sentence, Arthur was not lying.

Once Yitzhak believed you, there was a ghost, but he didn't ask any more, he knew that it was too late.

If he goes deeper, it's hard to guarantee that Arthur won't think that he has a different heart, and wants to take advantage of Aslan's stay in Melo City to plan on Melo City.

It's normal for this kind of thing to happen in other territories, but it won't happen in Merlot City.

Because no one knows how much power Merlot City hides.

Just the six magic towers standing in the city of Melo made people extremely afraid, not to mention the countless mentor-level powerhouses hidden in the territory. I heard that Cu Chulainn, who was the first person under the great mentor class, had returned to Meiluo City. Los Angeles.

In fact, not only Yitzhak, but also many businessmen and spies from various countries who entered Merlot City are also ready to move.