The fiefdom increases by 1 soldier in 1 second, and the empress kneels down and begs not to rebel

"Humphrey!"

As soon as Xia Liyang screamed in grief, a second lieutenant beside him grabbed him and dragged him to the left. Immediately afterwards, two privates who were running fell to the ground behind Xia Liyang's previous position.

"Sir, the enemy's guns have a much longer range than ours!" There was no time to grieve over Humphrey's death. The lieutenant bent over, holding a round square shield in front of Xia Liyang, and shouted to Xia Liyang urgently.

Xia Liyang had not yet fully recovered from Humphrey's death. He really couldn't understand why the enemy, who was clearly at the rear of the team, was able to penetrate the crowd, accurately aim at Humphrey's forehead and shoot him dead with one shot.

Longer range? That's good, the enemy's artillery fire has proved that their artillery has a longer range, but has the rifle also reached this level? But how can it be so accurate with such a long range?

He looked forward, but he did not see the enemy troops in a linear formation. Instead, they were in a chaotic formation, with infantrymen standing with guns in various places, looking like a group of scattered soldiers. Faced with this scene, Humphrey roared angrily:

"Pay attention to tactical moves! Close the distance and counterattack!"

In fact, he no longer needs to issue tactical orders. The soldiers are already familiar with this set of tactics and are now organizing themselves to march forward in formation.

But the overhead shells would always suddenly fall at some point in the advance, causing the column to be cut off. And at this point, the enemy had already started ground fire, and the threat posed by these bullets was no less than that of the exploding shells.

These bullets were always able to accurately hit the bodies of the advancing soldiers. Although they were not 100% accurate, this high-precision aiming and shooting still terrified the soldiers. In previous battles, the opponents they had encountered had never had such powerful fire suppression, and now the enemy had done it without organizing a volley of fire. It was simply incredible.

However, even in the face of powerful fire suppression, the soldiers still charged forward fearlessly. In the past iron-blooded training of the Delta Federation, they had already become war machines born for battle.

On the opposite side, the Yan soldiers did not rashly choose to engage in a head-on battle with the federal soldiers. They occupied a more advantageous terrain, and in order to deal with this battle, they had already arranged the battlefield, which is the current defensive fortifications.

It was a bunker made of piles of rocks and sandbags, arranged in a staggered manner on the high points of the terrain. With the help of these bunkers, the Yan soldiers methodically aimed at the bodies of the federal soldiers and fired bullets one after another, striving to make the bullets cause maximum damage. This was no longer just suppressing with intensive firepower like in the past, but defeating the enemy with precision.

All this is thanks to the comprehensive upgrade of firearms. The muskets used in the past have been replaced. Today's new firearms have greatly improved their accuracy after having rifling. In addition, the loading speed is also much faster than the old firearms. Some of the guns used by the Yan soldiers can even use magazines to load five bullets at a time, which means they can fire five bullets in succession after one loading!

The loading speed has been significantly improved, and the destructive power of the all-metal conical brass bullets fired is even more terrifying. A wooden board one finger wide can be easily shot through by it.

At this moment, the federal soldiers who tried to close the distance and launch a volley fire were like moving human targets in their eyes. The federal soldiers continued to advance forward with a linear tactic. Their effective attack method was for everyone to hold guns and fire at the same time, relying on intensive offensives to carry out the attack. However, today, this style of fighting has completely exposed its drawbacks.

The Yanbing gunners ignored the smoke and the countless explosions. They held their breath, aimed at the vital points of the federal soldiers, and fired each bullet steadily!

But in just a moment, the front two rows of federal soldiers suffered heavy casualties, most of them were killed by bullets, and the fallen bodies were even particularly neat, as if they were queuing up to be killed.

At the same time, the artillery fire launched from the Yanbing commanding heights was more targeted at the rear of the federal soldiers. On the high mounds, the field heavy artillery, under the control of the gunners, fired large-caliber shells specifically at the Gothic gunners.

Unlike the infantry who marched in horizontal rows, the Gothic artillery were placed in a hollow square formation, surrounded by infantry who marched in lines. The gunners were in the center with their artillery. This was intended to deal with artillery fire, as the hollow formation could minimize the damage caused by artillery fire.

This kind of hollow square formation has indeed been proven in past battles, but the heavy artillery they are facing now are all explosive shells. If the solid shells fall on the target, as long as they don't hit their artillery, it will not cause too many casualties. But the explosive shells, whether they fall on their artillery or not, will explode instantly as long as they touch the ground!

The destructive power of the explosion spreads in all directions, so only a dozen shells need to fall into the hollow array, resulting in the destruction of the gunners, artillery, and even the infantry farther away!

As heavy artillery shells fell one after another, the ammunition trucks in the hollow queue were also affected by the explosion, and strong explosions occurred in many square formations!

Gradually, the smoke from the burning of black powder filled the entire south beach, along with flames spread everywhere. The golden beach that was like oilcloth an hour ago has now been completely changed, with countless pits of all sizes, human remains scattered everywhere, and in addition to the thick and pungent smell of smoke, there is also a burnt smell in the air.

The federal soldiers who continued to advance were still fighting back with all their might. The front row of infantrymen knelt on one knee, holding their rifles and firing bullets at the Yanbing positions in front of them. Behind them, the second row of soldiers were also firing bullets.

This method of firing in formation could certainly create a dense firepower network, but it was also accompanied by huge casualties. The opposing Yan soldiers aimed at them and shot in a scattered manner. Within just a few rounds, only one in ten of the soldiers in the two horizontal rows at the front were left.

The federal infantry in the rear followed closely to fill the gap, but they were soon killed. Finally, after suffering huge casualties, the Golts finally realized that the linear tactics had completely failed. Not only could they not defeat the enemy, but they seemed to be waiting to be slaughtered by the Yan soldiers.

They finally changed the queue method.

"Don't worry about it! Just charge into their position!" Xia Liyang, who was dirty from avoiding the shelling, was disheveled and yelled at the top of his lungs.