Chapter 242 – Hollow Square Formation 2

Chapter 242 Hollow Square Formation 2
Jos trembled as he loaded his ammunition, looking forward from time to time to see the enemy’s movements.

In those few seconds before the shooting, he experienced the most thrilling scene in his life so far, a pitcher gun flew over with lightning speed, directly hitting the companion beside Jos, the poor companion flew backwards like a ragdoll being thrown out into the open space in the middle of the square formation, and although it was immediately dragged down by the medics, Jos guessed that the unlucky comrade was in bad luck, because he clearly heard the pitcher gun piercing into the enemy’s body, and he heard the enemy’s ammunition piercing into the enemy’s body, and then looked forward. For he distinctly heard the sound of a pitcher piercing a human body.

Heaven forbid that the knight who threw the lance should have missed his grip a little, and he would have been the one who flew backwards.

Not only one man was hit by the spear, but there were many screams of pain from both sides. The officers shouted “Hold on!” and “Hold on!”, fearing that the formation would be destroyed. Fortunately, the enemy’s attack only caused a small commotion, thanks to the usual training, the soldiers’ emotions quickly stabilized.

In the past, Jos didn’t have any intuitive knowledge of the power of the Knight Lords, only knowing that these people were very, very powerful, and after receiving a period of assassination training after enlisting in the army, he reckoned that he would be able to go a few rounds in front of the Knights anyhow.

Now he realized how wrong he was, from the force of that throwing gun just now, that knight’s strength was estimated to be able to lift him up and throw him out again like lifting a chicken, and I’m afraid that he would only be killed in seconds in a head-on confrontation.

Fortunately, he was now holding a musket, and the companions around him were all holding muskets.

After hearing the order of the third platoon to open fire, Jos pulled the trigger at the first time, after a crackling sound, he aimed at the Kent family rider together with the crotch of the mount spewed out blood spray, the rider’s head tilted down to the ground, the horse is also not alive.

The first wave of cavalry rushing over died and ran away, there was no longer any threat, the cavalry behind stopped charging and wandered in the distance to watch the square.

But the outermost soldiers of the square-the platoon to which Sergeant Makarov belonged-still had their rifle butts dead on the ground and their bayonets pointing obliquely into the air. They had remained in this position without reloading their ammunition after firing, and if the enemy continued their onslaught regardless, they would have to use their own flesh and blood and that bayonet to block and retard the opposing attack.

Shots also rang out on the left side of the square. The Kent’s cavalry was divided into two groups, one group impacted the right part of the front of the square formation, and the other group charged from the left side of the square formation. After the frontal attacking cavalrymen ate the gunshots, the other group of cavalrymen who were slightly lagging behind immediately reined in their horses, although they didn’t know what had happened, the tragic situation of their companions made their brains make what they thought was the safest judgment.

However, the high-speed running horses could not be stopped just like that, and some of them had already entered the range of the flintlock pistols, and Joyce, who was in charge of the command of the left side of the square, immediately ordered the two rows outside to open fire at the same time, and knocked the leading part of this group of cavalry toppled over.

As soon as the sound of clanking rang out, Jaïs sensed the danger approaching, and immediately tried to stop his mount, in the process seeing the clan knights who had rushed to the forefront fall off their horses one by one.

Fire crossbows! Jaaius immediately thought of this weapon.

It was rumored that Gleeman had easily annihilated the pirates of the Northwest Bay with this weapon. Before Jaaius also regarded this kind of weapon as the exaggerated words of the townspeople, what weapons he had not seen since he was exposed to the military matters since childhood.

Unexpectedly, this kind of legendary weapon was real, and there were so many of them!

Accompanied by flashes of fire and smoke, deadly projectiles sped out at speeds unseen by the human eye, taking away each and every living life.

That was how the rumors described the weapon, and the scene he saw today was exactly as the rumors had described it.

What a terrifying weapon, I had underestimated the Graiman family.

But he did not will not give up on this, as a child to receive elite education of noble children, Jia Ace encountered difficulties the first thing that comes to mind is how to solve, rather than to escape. In his previous life, he had encountered a lot of unexpected difficulties, but they were all overcome by his with perseverance, he believed that this time can be solved as well.

Arda’s army only had infantry, facing the cavalry had a natural disadvantage, and formed the kind of hollowed out in the center, four sides facing the square formation, this kind of formation will not mention what to move, the initiative is still firmly in his hands.

“Woo-woo-woo…”

With his mind made up, Jaaius blew his horn, and the cavalrymen who wandered around rallied to his side, moving as they did while keeping what they considered to be a safe distance from Arda’s army, and eventually converging into a large group, with close to 200 more men by rough count.

Jaaius led the cavalry at a trot, slowly circling around the square of Aldar’s army.

As he circled, he observed the square, trying to find the weaknesses of his opponent.

However, he realized that with the range and power of the “Fire Crossbow”, this kind of square formation that faced the enemy on all sides had almost no weaknesses. Even if they used kite-type long-range harassment attacks, they couldn’t get too close to each other, and would be knocked down by the “fire crossbow” before the bows and arrows and throwing spears could be effective.

Although this hollow square formation only had three to four layers of soldiers on the periphery, it looked very weak, but Jaas could see that the Aldar army could maximize the firepower output density of their crossbows in this way, without making the soldiers feel lonely and unsupported.

“Firepower?” Yes, this word that popped up in his head was too suitable for the weapon in the other side’s hands.

If they were arranged in a solid square formation, the width of each face would be greatly shortened, and the output of firepower would be greatly reduced, and those who stayed in the center of the square formation would not be able to play much of a role at all as they were blocked by those in front of them.

Damn it! What strategy should be used to break through this damn square formation? The other side is so motionless, not revealing the slightest crack, the general army saw the cavalry running around themselves have long been unable to sit still.

Just as he was thinking hard, Alda’s army appeared to move.

Jaaius was overjoyed, the other side finally couldn’t hold back. Come on, come after us!
However, the other party did not spread out in formation as he expected! It just opened mouths at the corners of the square formation, and some soldiers laboriously pushed out something.

Jaice’s face instantly turned white, he suddenly remembered something: since the rumor of the “fire crossbow” is true, then the rumor of another powerful weapon ……

He raised his horse whip and slammed it hard on his mount’s buttocks.

“Spread out! It’s the ‘Thunder Hammer’!”

As soon as his words fell, a muffled thunderous sound rang out, and something seemed to be whistling in the air ……

(End of Chapter)