Chaos, utter chaos. The battlefield had long been devoid of order. The soldiers were fighting in accordance to their original instincts. They searched the battlefield for their nearest enemy, opened fire, charged, and engaged the enemy in melee combat!
It was undeniable that the individual qualities of these French soldiers were very high. They were all the Veterans of the Hundred Wars s who had colonized the entire world with Napoleon III, and also the main force that the Foreign Legion had in attacking and strengthening.
If it was a normal battle between the two sides, the remaining Prussian Legion might not necessarily be a match for the French.
However, war would never be a simple battle. This was not a battle between Knights, so there was no fairness and no rules here!
A war was a war of attrition!
Ever since the French found the British Fleet in the early morning, the army had been fighting for the beach and setting foot on the Spic Island. These exhausted soldiers who should have been sleeping had turned into porters when they should have been sleeping.
Cannons, war horses, ammunition box, food, medicine … All the war-related materials had to be done by the hands of the soldiers.
This was a very heavy job. Normally, it was done by the civilians in the military ports everywhere, but this time they were on a expedition to the Prussian coast, so looking for another worker was wishful thinking!
Everything had to be done personally, not to mention the death of the exhausted bandits. More importantly, the tedious and busy transportation of goods was a disturbance to the morale of the army!
Just when the soldiers were tired and annoyed, the Zhiyuan Warship rushed through the double layered battle formation of the battleship and aimed its cannon at the unprepared soldiers.
A barrage of random bombardments destroyed the limited cannons of the French Army and greatly disrupted the French Army's momentum. Under the bombardment of absolute fire, these French Army had no way to fight back and could only run around like headless flies!
The mad rush late at night had consumed a lot of the French Army's stamina. By the time Prussian army arrived, these French Army were basically half exhausted troops!
On one side was the Prussian Legion, which had spent the night running on their war horses. They had saved most of their stamina!
On the other side, there was a headless fly that had been madly bombarded for an entire night!
Once these two troops came into contact with each other, they would be able to fight evenly against each other at first. However, the more they fought against these French soldiers, the more fearful they became!
"I can't hold on any longer …" I need reinforcements here! These Prussian s have all gone mad … "
A captain's military knife had been hacked into pieces. Blood sprayed all over his body. At this moment, he was so tired that his consciousness became blurry!
Fighting and killing were everywhere around him, and the fresh blood was thick and pungent. After a whole night of bloody battles, he had yet to drink any rice. At this moment, his throat was so dry that it felt like it was stuck together.
Just as he shouted for help, he was immediately followed by a fit of dry coughing and nausea!
The captain felt as if he had returned to Egypt. When he had suppressed the Egyptian natives' rebellion, he had led the soldiers in running for a full ten kilometers!
Those who ran past the marathon knew that after running for a long distance, what people lacked the most was not food but a mouthful of water!
Today was the same. The captain was so tired that he was on the verge of death. He almost coughed up blood, but the Prussian army was pressing down on him one by one, as if there was no end to it!
"Reinforcements... "I need reinforcements …"
Boom! Boom! Boom! What answered him was not reinforcements, but the sound of cannon firing. While the battlefield was in a state of extreme anxiety, the crazy Prussian had actually loaded a few field gun onto the fishing boats, and began bombarding them along the coastline.
The cannons were worthy of being called the gods of war. The might of the bombardment was not something the human body could withstand. No matter how brave and tenacious the French army was, in the midst of the cannon's roar, their military formation also crumbled!
The confused captain was thrown down by tons of sand, followed by layers of bodies pressing down on him.
"This damned war... How the hell did they do it? "How did it end up like this …"
"He broke through!" Prussian army made a breakthrough … "Brothers, charge with me …"
Taking this opportunity, Xiang Ying brought along his two hundred brothers and suddenly launched a charge, charging madly towards the nearby fishing village!
From the edge of the forest to the town's empty area that was more than four hundred meters wide, the Zhiyuan Warship's soldiers had to use their fastest speed to pass through this dangerous area.
"Run …" Speed up... "A sniper, cover both wings …"
"The shotgun leads the way … Disperse the opposing troops! "
The oncoming group of people was precisely a group of French soldiers who had just retreated. These unlucky fellows who had been beaten senseless by the Prussian army were met with these two hundred people before they could even recuperate. The shotgun was surrounded by smoke and smoke, and amidst the clapping sounds of gunfire, the iron sand seed was pouncing over like clouds.
"The Chinese have broken through... The Chinese are here... Attack … "Quick, besiege them!"
The dying French soldiers shouted to the surrounding area, and very quickly, the scattered French soldiers began shooting at the Chinese soldier, quickly gathering together!
The snipers stopped in their tracks to shoot as they ran. The soldiers stopped to clear out the enemies closest to them, but the number of enemies continued to increase. Soon, there were casualties among the team.
At the moment, Lin Zhen was already running until he was out of strength. Although his arm was only injured but his internal organs were not injured, because he lost more than half a kilogram of muscle, he bled too much.
Right now, Lin Zhen was severely injured, he did not have the energy to retreat, he could only force himself to move with the support of the two guards.
"Let me go …" Let me go... The only thing to do now is speed... You... You have to rely on speed... "Rushing into the town …"
"I will drag you down with me …" "Put me down …"
"Sir, please speak less. Save your strength …" "We've already left too many brothers behind. We can't leave any of them behind …"
Whoosh … "Pa …" With a dull thud, Lin Zhen felt that his left arm suddenly had no support, the guard who was talking to him a moment ago suddenly collapsed onto the ground.
"Brother …" "Brother …" Looking at his brother who had been shot in the chest, Lin Zhen was so anxious that golden stars appeared in his eyes, "I dragged you down … "I've dragged you guys down …"
Just at this moment, a shoulder pulled at Lin Zhen's arm. Xiang Ying said in a low and deep voice, "Shut your stinky mouth. Rangers will not implicate anyone! "
"Look at our brothers... Even if I die, I die in the midst of a charge! "
"We're at the town up ahead..." The brothers rushed in and built a shooting bunker... As long as we get to the town, we'll be half alive! "
Lin Zhen's tears were already streaming down his face. This was something that Lin Zhen had disdained the most in the past, but today, he was completely unable to control his emotions.
"Xiang Ying, ah... Put me down... "You're the commander, so you have to protect yourself first …"
Xiang Ying did not say anything, he only turned his head and smiled to him, then suddenly carried Lin Zhen on his back!
Xiang Ying's waist area suddenly exploded with power, and he carried Lin Zhen on his back!
"Brother, hug me!" The last few dozen metres, let's rush over! "