Chapter 956 Night Attack

"Swish!"

After the gunpowder twister burned out, the steel pipe made a muffled sound and shook violently. Read М

A red light burst out from the steel pipe and flew to the sky above, and then the red light gradually turned into white light.

This huge ball of white light was like the sun at noon, and it slowly fell like a feather, illuminating the area of ​​nearly one mile in the distant sea as if it were daytime.

Gong Ying was stunned, and Ma Qian was stunned.

The soldiers who were joining in the fun on the shore were even more stunned.

There are still many natives living in the villages near the port of Morz.

The strange vision of heaven and earth directly made many people kneel down and kowtow to the bright place.

Some people were terrified and thought that the sun in the sky had fallen.

"This is a flare!" On the coast, Gong Ying and Ma Qian looked at each other.

They immediately realized the important value of flares.

With this thing, they will no longer be afraid of enemy night attacks.

Enemies who attack them at night will be exposed to the light of flares and be accurately shot by them.

If they launch a night attack, the flares can provide them with vision.

It's just like fighting in the daytime.

The most important thing is that if the enemy has not seen the flares, they will be frightened and lose the initiative.

This is the tactic he thought of during the day.

"Go back and rest, and send troops to Queensland tomorrow." The flares burned out, and the sky and the earth were dark again. Gong Ying said to the generals.

Now, he can't wait to see the enemy's astonished expression.

The next day.

The fleet escorted the troop transport from Morez.

After a day of sailing, the soldiers were unloaded in the northeast of Queensland.

In the next two days, the troop transport went back and forth again, and it took two days to send all 24,000 marines to the land of Queensland.

Gong Ying and Ma Qian arrived with a group of marines.

These two days were enough for them to grasp the defense situation of Queensland.

Compared with Holland, Queensland has a slightly larger population, but it is only about 120,000 people.

Now, the British dug a trench outside Queensland, and there were many people in the trench.

However, they soon discovered the weakness of the enemy.

Although there seemed to be a lot of British in the trench.

But the people who were actually equipped with muskets were less than 8,000.

And some of them were flintlock rifles.

"Let the soldiers have a good rest, and we will completely take over Queensland tonight." All the marines arrived, and Gong Ying gave the order.

Ma Qian responded with a yes and turned away.

At this moment.

In the city of Queensland, a pair of eyes were also watching the movements of the Marines.

He was Captain Habby of the British Army stationed in Queensland.

Seeing the Dasong soldiers wearing green uniforms and carrying muskets, he frowned.

For him, he had only seen such a military appearance in the West.

It really surprised him that an indigenous country in the East could build such an army.

However, after the surprise, he fell into deep worry.

He couldn't help asking himself: How long can his 1,000 British regular troops and 4,000 militiamen hold out?

Of course, he also followed Oliver's orders and mobilized a large number of prisoners and citizens in Queensland to participate in this war.

Now, the only hope is that the other side will see their determination to defend Queensland and retreat.

"Come on, come on, let us see your ability. You are crazy to be enemies with Britain. Even if you take this place, it will be temporary. We will eventually tear you apart." Habby gritted his teeth and said.

Then, he continued to observe the Dasong army.

Since the first day of landing, this army has not made any moves.

Today, a large number of soldiers have been added, and it seems that they still have no moves.

Although he was confused, he couldn't think of what the other side wanted to do.

He could only make the soldiers in the trenches more vigilant.

Soon, it was evening.

The color of the entire grassland dimmed, and then it was swallowed by thick darkness.

At this moment, the Marines walked out of the tent.

According to the battle plan, they arrived at the designated position and began to crawl on the grass towards the British trench.

The grass on the grass was about 30 centimeters thick, which could just cover the soldiers' bodies.

The soft grass made them almost silent when they moved.

As they got closer and closer to the British trench.

They could occasionally see some lights, like fireflies.

These were British soldiers smoking.

They naturally didn't expect the Dasong army to launch a night attack.

The reason was simple. In the case of a night attack, darkness would greatly reduce the accuracy of muskets.

Rushing into the trench would make it easier to get into hand-to-hand combat.

With the number of prisoners and townspeople they organized, the other side might not be able to take advantage.

So for the Dasong army, a night attack was a stupid idea.

For this reason, some British soldiers smoked in the trench while on duty.

"Fifty meters... Forty meters, thirty meters."

While the British soldiers were unaware, the Marines continued to approach the trench.

When the distance between the two sides was about 30 meters, they stopped fighting and pressed their bodies tightly against the ground, while taking off the grenades from their waists.

Some soldiers pointed their guns at the trench.

When all the forwards responsible for the attack were in place, the messengers of each team sent back the news.

At this time, Gong Ying issued an attack order.

Upon hearing this, the soldiers took out the flare tubes from the box and pointed them at the British trenches.

With a "swoosh", a flare flew out, rose rapidly, and flew over the trench.

Then the red dot burned and immediately turned into a ball of white light, dragging a white tail and slowly falling.

In an instant.

The trench was illuminated as bright as day, and all the British in the trench raised their heads.

They looked at the dazzling ball of light in the sky, and their minds were blank.

"God, what the hell is going on?" An old British soldier with a cigarette in his mouth stared with his eyes wide open.

Habby also rushed out of the house. He was about to rest when he suddenly found that it was bright outside the window.

It was like the moment when lightning appeared, but the lightning was only a moment, but the light continued.

"What the hell is this?" Habby was also shocked.

If he hadn't been well educated, he would really think it was an angel descending to earth.

But obviously not everyone is like him.

Many people in the trench immediately prayed, they thought it was an angel who came to save them.

Help them defeat the devil in the East.

But at this moment, someone suddenly felt something fall into the trench.

Someone picked it up and suddenly smelled a burning flame.

Before he could react, the thing in his hand suddenly exploded.

"Boom..."

For a moment, flames rose in the entire British trench.