Chapter 218: The Battle of Mara Town
Chapter 213 – The Battle of Mara Town
Mara Town, in addition to the third battalion of the military cantonment led by Kayla, there are 500 civilians, because of early preparation, these civilians have received musket training, and the distribution of guns and ammunition, at this time, when they heard the alarm bells, they did not hesitate to put the fixed ammunition box and bayonet belt tied, and then carry the musket out of the house.
With 200 musket militia, 50 cavalrymen and 50 longswordsmen, they were a force to be reckoned with, and Collens had more confidence in holding Mara Town, not to mention that he had just called for help.
“All musketeers mount the fence, load ammunition and prepare for battle, artillerymen mount the guns, no firing without orders!” Kyla raised the gun in his hand and gave the battle order loudly.
Collens on the side didn’t say anything, waited until Kai** got on the watchtower before organizing the women and children to carry more muskets and ammunition from the warehouse to do the logistic work, this is as a father’s silent support to his children.
Bundles of muskets were bundled up like firewood, boxes of ammunition were stacked high like bricks, and these would be sent to the houses near the wall for loading.
One musket per man is not enough, first of all, it takes too much time to load, and secondly, after a musket has been fired a dozen times in a row, not only does it need to be cleaned out, but it also needs to be cooled down, so each musketeer prepares at least three muskets, which will be loaded and prepared by their wives and children.
The aberrants didn’t give them any more time to prepare, attracted by the blood and flesh to the point of near madness the aberrants rushed towards the town of Mara without any sense, only a small portion was attracted by the camps on both sides of the town, which sort of shared a little bit of the pressure.
The first time to face this kind of scene Kayla’s body slightly trembling, because the aberrations look too abstract, such as running in the forefront of the one, more than just a long eye, but like a lantern fish drooped down, the nerves are trembling ah assholes!
And the long time of cannibalism does not take care of hygiene, coupled with the pus secreted by the deformed flesh and blood, resulting in a strong putrid odor wherever she goes, smothering her and making her want to vomit.
However, Kayla did not forget her duty, when the aberrants stepped into the range of ten meters, a command, the forty one-pounders gathered here opened fire, with the roar, even if the smoke filled the air, she still saw a large number of aberrations rushing at the front of the blood and flesh fell all over the place.
Although it was the smallest caliber artillery, the power still far exceeded that of muskets, plus it did not pursue range, but only sought to kill at close range, which made the scattered bullets fired even more lethal, even the extraordinarily strong aberrations couldn’t block these blazing hot scattered bullets.
But not enough, the aberrations have long lost normal thinking, the only thing in their minds is appetite, as long as they are not dead, even if they are missing an arm or a leg, they still charge forward.
The cannons were loading, and this time it was the musketeers’ turn to shine.
Musketeers are not musketeers, the only thing they can do is to pull the trigger in the direction of the target, as for whether they can hit it depends on luck.
However, they could not help that the aberrants were cooperating, their numbers were large, and they were also crowded closely, so it was difficult to miss.
With the first round of gunfire finished, the deformed dead or wounded at least two or three hundred, in front of the eyes are empty.
But it’s useless, I don’t know how many aberrations were attracted, just the aberrations that ran in the front were hundreds, and there were more aberrations coming behind one after another, and the number of aberrations was hard to calculate.
Fortunately, the aberrations did not have a command, otherwise, thousands of aberrations swarmed, even if there is a wall, it would be difficult to resist.
“No, the number is too much, while the aberrants haven’t gathered, let Charlie and Monk enter Mara Town and focus on defense.” Corenth saw it more clearly than Kayla, who originally did not intend to intervene in the battle, he immediately said to his daughter.
“I’ll send the signal.” Kyla knew that now was not the time to be angry, and the constantly arriving aberrations outside were indeed putting her under considerable pressure, so she immediately notified Charlie and Monk to rush to rendezvous.
The existence of the two camps can be used as an angle with Mara Town, but the prerequisite is that the enemy is sensible and will be concerned about the back roads and casualties, the problem is that the aberrants will be concerned about this?
Obviously not, therefore, must gather the manpower, with the town of Mara tall and strong wall as the basis, try to rely on musketry and artillery to kill and injure the aberrants, to avoid close combat. As for the problem of being besieged, as long as the wall is not broken, these are not problems.
After seeing the signal, Charlie and Monk decisively brought their men here, and then stationed themselves on the four sides of the town.
After consolidation, Mara Town had eleven hundred musketeers, six hundred artillerymen, one hundred and fifty guns, fifty light cavalrymen, and fifty longsword soldiers.
If it was an ordinary enemy, even if there were three or five times more, they wouldn’t be able to take down Mara Town, but facing the aberrants, no one dared to pack their bags, and could only do their best to prepare.
Luckily, the person in charge of support came, making Corenth greatly relieved.
Amelia came out of the fireplace with a team of witches, and knew that the situation wasn’t that bad when she didn’t hear shouts and screams except for the sound of gunfire.
“Since it’s still holding, we’re not in a hurry to strike.” Amelia said to Corenth after listening to the situation in Mara Town.
Regarding this point, Corenth didn’t object, after all, this was their duty, they couldn’t rely on others for everything, at least until they couldn’t hold out, he wasn’t going to let Emilee and the others make a move.
With Emilee sitting at the back, they could also let go of the fight, so Corenth hurriedly went to prepare for a protracted battle.
After Corenth left, Emilee sat quietly where she was, playing with the Wolfsbane wand in her hand, and sighed secretly.
After having the root, the territory’s intelligence network had been reintegrated, which included the personnel left by the Witch Alliance of the Northland at the border of the empire, so even though it was a step slow, the territory still received the news that this matter was related to Ferrier.
“Not even for you.” Emile whispered to herself, while the witches on the side heard it, although they didn’t say anything, they nodded unanimously, because they knew who Emile was talking about.
Most of these witches were the old people of the Northland Witch Union at the time, experiencing the most difficult times, because the more and more intolerant of someone destroying their current life, especially the other party is still in vain the name of the second chief but does not do anything Ferrier.
What is most hated, naturally, is a traitor.
In the eyes of these witches, Ferrier is a traitor.
The battle won’t stop just because of a little thing, the battle between Mara Town and the Freaks still continues.
However, the existence of thousands of musketeers and hundreds of artillery guns made the town of Mara become like a hedgehog on fire, constantly spraying hot steel, so that any enemy that dares to come close to turn into rotten meat, even if the aberrants are more in number and stronger and more terrifying, but in the case of not being able to fight in close combat, these advantages can not be played out at all, but only to serve as a good meat target, the only difference is that it is killed by the musket or killed by the artillery.
The only difference is to be killed by the musket or the artillery. Mara Town can take such an advantage with the cooperation of the mutants, unorganized and undisciplined, relying only on instincts to rush up, can’t pose a threat to Mara Town at all, Charlie, they can even arrange for the musketeers and artillery to take turns, so that the musket and the artillery to get a relatively sufficient cooling time.
Even if the war is not afraid, Amelia and her witches brought enough weapons and supplies, just the muskets and artillery is enough to let everyone replace once, not to mention the mountains of ammunition, it can be said that the victory over the town of Mala has been determined.
(End of chapter)