Vol 5 Chapter 101: Great Battle (14)

Stepping on the slushy mud, dripping with thick and muddy sewage, and submerging the ankles, sometimes going deep into the swamps with knees or even waists, it is a terrible and sometimes dangerous thing.
The physical energy wasted much more than usual can not be supplemented, sometimes the soldiers can only take advantage of passing some dead trees to take the opportunity to help the tree trunk that has been corroded and hard to move forward, but such a place is always dangerous. of.
Especially the willow forests that have been soaked in water for many years, because the sun is not available, the pond becomes more humid, and the roots of the trees that penetrate the water are intertwined in the mud like a big net, often when When someone steps on, the ankle will immediately fall into the gap between the mud and the roots. This is very dangerous. If you struggle desperately, you will entangle more and sink deeper. At this time, people will often panic. Unable to calm down.
So if you keep struggling and fall, the mud poured into your nose will make you more frightened.
Some people in the Ottoman army have lost their lives because of panic and panic.
When the victims were found and pulled out of the water, the people next to them were surprised to find that the muddy water was not as deep as the waist, but even then, some people still died.
This caused the Ottoman soldiers to have a deep fear of the swamp. They began to believe that there seemed to be something terrible hidden in it. This fear quickly spread among the soldiers. When an officer realized that this must be contained When there was no basis but random suspicions that might shake people's hearts, they saw the shadow of Montina's army.
Nikolai Joe Mazzini is not on the position near the swamp, he is now commanding his second brigade near the Pisa regiment on the right.
But thanks to Mazzini's ingenious and intelligent mind and his instinct to generalize the ability to generalize, or that he should be grateful to the game with the Genoese, Mazzini bet on the use of statistical principles of high-speed and efficient laying The temporary wooden walkway helped the Genoese and Gompati a lot.
Because of the dampness and the inability to use crossbows, the advantages of the Genoese are greatly reduced, so they can only passively stand in the mud and wait for the enemy.
Because of the need to rely on these easy-to-destruct simple wooden platforms as the backing of the position, according to Gompati ’s order, the Genoese were forbidden to walk on those wooden walkways before the Ottomans appeared.
When the Ottomans appeared, the Genoese immediately couldn't wait to get rid of the wet mud at the foot and landed on the wood-paved place. Although the muddy water poured into the boots made the foot still uncomfortable, at least it was convenient to walk a lot. not bad.
Looking at the Ottomans who had appeared opposite, Gompati calculated the range of the artillery.
The swamp can effectively prevent the enemy cavalry charge, and even the infantry can not organize a strong impact on this terrain, but this is a big trouble for the Ottomans, but it is not a good thing for Gompati.
"The ground is too soft." Gompati whispered. The shells fell into the mud and fell directly into the mud, which was not good for the artillery.
With that said, Compatti looked at the strange-looking trumpet gun by his side and felt more relieved.
The special terrain of the marshland prevented the Ottomans from launching a large combat formation, which undoubtedly prevented them from exerting their military strength. Looking at the figures of the enemy who were mostly advancing in a column along the way, Gompati said There was a whistle that veteran ruffians often blew.
"It's calculated, there are 11 guns in total, 4 shelling openings ..." Gompati whispered there to calculate the area that the artillery could cover. At this time, the gunshots from the flanks and the vague cries of killing also caused Caught his attention.
The Ottomans on the opposite side stopped, and Compatti spat out a small piece of wicker stick in his mouth, his eyes narrowed slightly.
Sure enough, with a unique rhythm of music, there was a rotten smell from the humid air after the silt that had been precipitated for many years was stirred violently.
The Ottomans started to charge!
The width of the marshland position is not small, after all, it was initially designated by both parties as the front of the battle.
It was only later that when it was discovered that this area was indeed unsuitable for the formation of troops, the two sides would invariably decide to bypass the enemy's flanks.
So now Compati is facing the Ottoman right wing regiment composed of most infantry, and he is to defend a very large frontal position.
The Ottoman charge is brave. Most of them will not look back when they run up. They shout piety prayer slogans while rushing towards the enemy recklessly. The resolute and decisive momentum is often when there is no contact. , They have already made their opponents feel terrified. If they are less timid, they will simply turn around and run away.
Genoese are also very nervous. For them, these pagans are too terrible. It can be said that in the "Italian Civil War" they have experienced in the past, they have never seen such a crazy enemy. The enemies are different. Even if they can't see their faces clearly, you can feel the enthusiasm and horror of the enemies on the other side from the violent shaking of the figure.
It can be said that if this is the first time that these enemies have been encountered, and knowing that their regiment is going to face such enemies alone, the Genoese may have chosen to back down before fighting.
But after the battle of the Alger River, these Genoese became less fearful of the Ottoman army.
Perhaps more importantly is the psychological effect. When they stood on the plank road paved with dry wood and looked at the opposite side, although they were brave, but because of the muddy feet under the feet, they would inevitably fall and stumble. It doesn't seem so scary anymore.
In addition to the new Ottoman guards regarded by the Sudan as private soldiers and the Musselim infantry composed of a large number of war slaves, the main sources of Ottomans are tribal troops and tributaries.
This makes the number of the most powerful army in this era still have a difference in strength.
Since Xi Sugu judged Alexander's intention, he resolutely put elite troops into the flank.
In this way, the enemy facing Gompati is a large number of tribal troops.
A tribal army of about 4,000 rushed towards Gompati ’s position, and in his hand was only his artillery pieced together by 11 artillery pieces and a Genoa regiment of more than 1,000 people.
So even if the enemy looks a little ridiculous, it is still very scary.
Gompati sensed that the Genoese seemed to be a little afraid, and that faint breath of fear was contagious.
Gompati realized that the situation could not go on like this, he decided to pre-empt.
"Come on, try this thing first," Comparty ordered the artillery that had been prepared long ago. The grotesque trumpet gun had been filled with calculated quantitative gunpowder, and a deep slot was dug out. The medicine twisted on the gun barrel could not stop burning in the humid air, and Compatti licked the corners of his lips that were a little dry.
"Bang ~"
A sound that was very different from other artillery shots sounded with the thick smoke floating from the muzzle. The sound was not very loud but it was a little boring. A jet of Mars and a large black thing.
An Ottoman stopped, he stopped not because of fear but stepped into a puddle, the thick mud stuck his boots, and the boots were bare feet in order not to get rid of them, so He could only stop and bend down to grab the boot and try to pull his foot out of the mud.
At this moment he heard a harsh sound.
It was the sound of something quickly striking through the air, and because the air in the swamp was very humid, and there seemed to be a lot of those things, the sound made was a dull whisper.
It sounds like a large group of wasps oncoming.
Then the Ottoman felt a fierce pain on his back bent down as if something had suddenly been run over. This pain made him stand upright and screamed.
Then this man was surprised to find that the surroundings were empty. Except for himself, many of the companions who had been charging together beside him suddenly disappeared, and just a few steps away, half of them were spraying blood and being beaten up. They could not see what it was. The internal organs are slowly pouring into the muddy water.
The great fear made the Ottoman utter a completely changed tone, but before he could make a second scream, the companions in the back had swarmed up, he was knocked down on the ground, and the weapon in his hand fell It mixed with the plasma from the surrounding corpses into a black muddy water.
"My knife! My knife!" The soldier shouted uncontrollably in the water, and then he heard the dull artillery sound from the front.
The battle started on the battlefield where both sides were not so optimistic.
When the forward Ottomans finally rushed near the wooden walkway, they saw the densely arranged shields of the Genoese hot men and the unique wide-edged sword in their hands.
From which position did the hacking start first? No one can remember. From the first sound of desperate roar and the collision of weapons, the two sides immediately fought together, but it was an instant matter.
The Ottomans rushed forward desperately, and because of the inability to expand the formation, the team that could only push harder became overcrowded. Sometimes, it is this seemingly crazy behavior that makes those enemies who are not determined enough to be chilled and instantly collapsed.
But maybe it was too long to struggle with this nasty muddy muddle before going forward. The Ottomans' offensive momentum was obviously much weaker than usual, even if a large number of soldiers launched a charge at several points of the enemy at the same time. However, in addition to shaking the Genoese front once, it failed to disintegrate the enemy formation at the beginning of the charge.
However, Gompati ’s artillery position was clearly the target of the Ottomans ’offensive, especially after the heavy artillery fired in a nearly flat shot at the enemy queue that had to be gathered because of the narrow terrain, his artillery became Caught the eyes of the Ottomans.
The Ottoman soldiers began to attack the guns of Gompati, but they were helpless because the moist air made the bows and arrows in their hands unable to exert their power, watching the trembling fly out and trembling without far away. The falling arrows, the Ottoman archers screamed resentfully, and what responded to them was the dull roar from the Montina artillery position in the distance.
When the stone bomb fell on the ground, it immediately splashed huge water splashes higher than the treetops. The water droplets splashed on the face and hurt badly. However, the large and decaying muddy swamp in the swamp made the shell less powerful, except for some Unlucky ghosts who didn't have time to avoid when the neutralizing shells rolled on the mud. The artillery's terrible power was obviously discounted.
But even so, the muddy muddy water that was hit by the shells still had dark red blood plasma and torn corpses floating around.
The Ottomans launched a fierce attack on Gompati ’s position, and no soldiers were even required to issue orders. Many soldiers rushed towards the enemy like crazy, while Gompati ’s artillery was forced to gather because of the inability to deploy. The Ottomans carried out round after round of shelling.
Gompati stared at the enemy in front of him. He knew that things would not be that simple, or that the Ottomans would not be able to do anything because of such obstruction.
Sure enough, he soon discovered that the Ottomans' offense was slowing down, but his instinct told him that the enemy clearly had no intention of retreating.
Then there is a conspiracy.
The idea had just flashed in Gompati's mind, and the Ottoman army on the opposite side began to attack the formation on the left of the Genoese desperately.
The Genoese left guarded under a wet hill that seemed to have no barrier to lean against, and across from them was the dead and horrible open water.
The place looked calm, and even a water bird was hard to see. Except for some fast-moving otters that occasionally showed their heads with a pair of smart eyes from the muddy muddy water. It seemed that the swamp was the only one What is disturbing is that it is too quiet.
But suddenly, the silence there was broken, and the Ottomans began to attack from across the swamp. They ignored the danger hidden in the terrible waters in front of them. In front of them was a gray coat and a look Gloomy and cold Muselim soldiers, they rushed out of the dry willow forest frantically, pouring muddy muddy water almost waist-waist towards the Genoese.
Crazy always has a price to pay. Some people are unfortunately trapped in seemingly strange quagmire that they can no longer struggle out, and some are gradually rushing into the pond that is running down the vortex.
But no matter how the sacrifices of the Muselim soldiers were exchanged, the Ottoman army finally used white life to paved a road to death in a short time to the position of the Genoa regiment!
Gompati discovered their intentions when the Ottomans just started to attack, but because the area was far away from his artillery position, and the frontal enemies were violently attacking him, he could only watch the Ottomans. From the top of the Genoese left wing in that frightening way, he approached a little bit, and because of the distance, his artillery couldn't reach that far.
"God bless those idiots not to be stupid enough to do stupid things."
Gompati prayed silently in his heart. All he could do at this time was pray, but God did n’t seem to hear his request, so when he again ordered the strangely shaped
horn cannon
from high to the enemy After a large flame of gravel wrapped around his head, he heard cheers accompanied by screams.
The Ottomans finally cleared the way at a great price and launched an attack on the left of the Genoese.
The Genoese regiment's front was clearly shaken. They began to move closer and closer to the left, trying to save the left wing that might be surrounded. This even made them ignore the Gunpatti artillery behind them.
"Damn Genoese, dirty pigs, illegitimate sons of prostitutes and swindlers!" Gompati yelled violently, and his vicious vocabulary made some of the soldiers who believed to be veteran beside him stunned.
But at this time, the artillery did want to scold the Genoese together with their commanders, especially when the Genoese seemed to have abandoned the right wing because of the danger of the left wing, some artillery had begun to panic search for escape Horses or mules pulling carts.
These experienced soldiers know very well what kind of tragic ending artillery will become as a captive. Even the artillery who needed to survive at that time could not escape the terrible fate afterwards, and because of hatred, it is likely to continue before death. Suffered from inhuman torture.
Because of this, the artillery needs the protection of its own infantry while killing the enemy's infantry, and once abandoned on the battlefield, waiting for their destiny is really terrible.
"I swear that if I could survive, I would never give Genoa even more support once." Gompati swears and swears. He saw the nearest Sword and Shield Brigade fighting to himself while fighting. The slopes where they were retreating, as they got closer and closer, the Ottoman bows that were unable to exert their power because of moisture had also threatened the artillery positions.
"Genoa's fool, your fellow Montina is more prosperous than you." Compatiti scolded again, although he knew it was useless, but at this time there was no other way but to swear a few words. .
"Sir, let's run away quickly. It would be a trouble if we were caught by the Ottomans." A young artillery shouted in panic. At this time, besides him, a few artillery soldiers were missing.
"A group of cowards." Compatiti frowned at the empty cannon.
"Sir, are we going to blow up the artillery?" The young gunner asked anxiously. He actually wanted to escape long ago. Now he looks at Gompatti's unwillingness. He regrets why before. Don't run with those veterans.
"Why do you want to explode artillery? I have done this once by the Mures River. These artillery pieces are the treasures I have found."
Gompati snarled the gunner in a loud voice, and he looked ahead again. As the Genoese retreated, stepping on the bodies and blood stains of the soldiers on both sides, the Ottomans finally set foot on the dry land.
"God, I want to thank you." Gompati crossed his chest and looked up at the sky above him. Then he nodded to a hunter who had always followed him but never spoke.
The young gunner glanced at the hunting guard in a panic, because the eye-catching uniform was dressed and there was a strange firearm hanging behind him. The hunting guard was conspicuous from the beginning, but no one knew what he was doing. .
Seeing Gompati's signal, the hunting guard took off the stubby barrel, and instead of filling it with lead or stone bullets, it was a rifle made of hard, cylindrical cylindrical weird bullets. .
The hunting guard put his musket on his shoulder and aimed at the sky. As the hammer hit the concave plate of the medicine pool and hit Mars, the musket instantly made a quiet muffled sound ~ EbookFREE.me ~ When falling, several tails of various colors were hung out in the air.
"God bless, those idiots did nothing stupid this time." Gompati said again, but this time with a light tone in his tone, at the same time he turned his head and looked into the wooded forest behind the slope.
The young gunner followed Gompati's eyes suspiciously, and then he saw a figure pouring out from the woods.
Those people shouted unclear meanings, their faces were grim, and their eyes shone with a terrible light like the Ottomans.
In the group of guys who looked like a group of barbarians, he saw the escaping veterans who were being pushed towards them by the guys with sabers and axe and messy weapons.
"Do n’t forget to remind me to wait until the battle is over and hang all those deserters." Gompati commanded the young gunner, and when he saw him dumb, Gompati said casually, "Okay, you Now it ’s the team officer. "
The Balkan regiment, which had not fallen, appeared behind the left flank of the swamp!