Chapter 1476: Invincible Firearm (Part 2)

"A military genius has come to another world with Zizhi Tongjian ()"

While Doppler was charging forward with his head down, he kept turning his head and shouting to the soldiers behind him:

"Everyone, run! Raise your shields!"

When Doppler received the order from his superior to lead the sword and shield soldiers to launch a new round of charge against the musketeers, he actually didn't want to accept this order...

Because--Doppler's intuition was telling him madly: this charge would be more likely to be dangerous.

But Doppler finally decided to accept this order.

The reason is simple--even Doppler, who is not very good at strategy, can see that the only way they can fight against this new force of the Hiran Army is to pile up human lives.

Use human lives to pile up a bloody road close to the musketeers.

There is no other way.

Compared to accepting such a dangerous mission, Doppler hates losing more and hates that his country will perish because of it.

Doppler held his shield in one hand and his flail in the other.

It was not known whether it was Doppler's luck or some other reason, but Doppler, who was charging at the front, had not been hit by any bullets.

The musketeers on the opposite side had fired several rounds, but no bullets hit Doppler.

As a senior general in the army, Doppler not only led the charge and rushed to the front, but also had not been hit by any bullets from the enemy. This heroic attitude greatly boosted the morale of the sword and shield soldiers who followed him in the charge.

The sword and shield soldiers led by Doppler were not charging alone.

There were cavalry escorts on both wings.

Behind them, there were a large number of crossbowmen.

The cavalry on both wings were used to prevent the Hiran army from sending their rear troops to attack the sword and shield soldiers who were charging at the musketeers.

However, the escort effect of the cavalry was visibly poor.

First of all, in order to match the slow speed of the infantry charge, the cavalry had to slow down their horses and march on both wings of the sword and shield soldiers at a pace that was no different from a walk.

Secondly, the war horses were still quite afraid of the sound of musket shooting.

Every volley of muskets could cause the war horses to wail and make the cavalry formation more chaotic.

Some smarter people found straw and other things to plug the ears of the horses under their crotch.

This method still had some effect. The horses with blocked ears were obviously not so afraid of the gunshots.

However, there were too few things that could be used to plug the ears of horses.

Only a few people could find something to plug the ears of horses.

The crossbowmen behind them were responsible for firing back at the musketeers after they entered the range of their crossbow arrows, covering the sword and shield soldiers' continued advance.

- Almost there! Almost there! Just a little bit left!

Doppler stared at the musketeer formation in front of him, constantly calculating the distance between them and the musketeers.

After paying countless sacrifices, they finally succeeded in getting close to the musketeers of the Hilan Army.

People with good eyesight like Doppler can clearly see what the musketeers standing in the front row look like.

And the crossbowmen behind them can finally show the power of the crossbows in their hands.

Dense crossbow arrows rose up like black locusts, and then covered the Hilan Army musketeers on the opposite side.

Since the beginning of the war, the Frankish soldiers who have paid countless casualties have finally succeeded in causing some casualties to the Hilan Army musketeers.

Unfortunately, the casualties they can cause are not many.

At this time, Doppler heard a thunderous "rumbling" sound across from him.

Hearing this sound, Doppler felt as if his heart skipped a beat.

He quickly moved his eyes, letting his eyes pass through the musketeer army formation in front and look at the Hilan Army behind.

A group of cavalry rushed out from the Hilan Army formation in the rear.

The war horses of the Hilan Army were not as afraid of the sound of muskets as the war horses of the Frank Army.

The war horses of the Hilan Army had been trained long ago and were not afraid of the sound of muskets.

So——the Hilan Army horses, which were not affected by the sound of muskets, obeyed the orders of their masters very obediently and ran forward with all their hooves.

The Hilan Army cavalry, which were arranged in a tight wedge formation, were divided into two groups.

One group rushed towards the sword and shield soldiers who were about to kill the musketeers.

The other group rushed towards the Frank Army cavalry who were responsible for escorting the sword and shield soldiers but were in chaos because the horses were not familiar with the sound of muskets.

Looking at the Hilan Army cavalry team that was attacking them with an overwhelming force, the morale of many sword and shield soldiers collapsed directly, and they threw away their weapons and fled backwards frantically.

It was not surprising that the morale and fighting spirit of these soldiers collapsed.

Originally——they kept charging forward under the terrifying muskets, which put them under great psychological pressure.

Now that the Frankish army had sent out their cavalry to deal with them, it was only natural that they would feel overwhelmed.

After all, anyone who had been in the army knew that infantry were no match for cavalry if they did not form a formation.

If they formed a tight formation, it would inevitably slow down the movement of the soldiers.

If the sword and shield soldiers were allowed to form a tight formation and slowly approach the musketeers of the Hiran army as before, they might collapse when they were halfway to the musketeers because they could not bear the huge casualties.

So - in order to reach the musketeers even one step earlier, Rudolf and his men specifically ordered - everyone to charge forward desperately and charge at the fastest speed they could.

In this way, the sword and shield soldiers can indeed reach the musketeers at the fastest speed.

But this brings up a new problem:

Everyone's speed is high or low, so it is bound to cause the formation and queue to be a mess.

Can such a messy queue and formation win against the cavalry? As long as the soldier's brain is still normal, his answer to this question is 100% - impossible!

But Doppler can't care about these crazy retreating soldiers now.

After all, he also knew that under the current situation, he was powerless to encourage these soldiers whose morale and fighting spirit had completely collapsed to charge again.

All Doppler could do now was to continue to lead those who still had the courage to continue fighting and continue to kill the musketeers in front of him.

The closer the distance, the higher the shooting accuracy of the musketeers.

Therefore, as Doppler and others got closer and closer to the musketeers, more and more people were shot by the musketeers.

——It’s almost there! It’s almost there!

Doppler shouted wildly in his heart.

According to his estimation, the musketeers on the opposite side were about to enter his attack range!