Chapter 1041: Contact Battle

A thin layer of cyan smoke permeated the battlefield, obscuring the sun and making it appear a yellowish-orange.

Wesley's orders reached the frontline officers, who immediately organized the soldiers, preparing to launch a charge.

Braving the artillery fire of the Great Song army, the Coalition soldiers wove through the trenches and arrived before the first row of trenches.

At this moment, small ladders were leaned against the trench walls, and the officers arranged the order in which the soldiers would climb out of the trenches.

Once ready, the soldiers began to wait for the order for the final charge.

"God, we're dead," a soldier named Scott said, nearly breaking down.

He belonged to the British Army and was part of the first wave of charging personnel.

To him, the wait before the charge was like waiting for an execution, incomparably agonizing.

"Shut your stinking mouth; we won't die, and we'll even twist the heads off those Great Song soldiers opposite us," the soldier beside him cursed.

He was furious, but only he himself knew that this anger was merely masking his own fear.

More soldiers remained silent, only gripping their Rifled Muskets tightly, their breathing rapid and heavy.

There were also veterans with calm expressions; they were already cold-blooded battlefield killers.

But even so, some of them prayed silently, hoping they could survive on the battlefield.

To them, this war was undoubtedly the most difficult war they had ever experienced.

For the first time, an army was fighting them with firearms and artillery more advanced than their own.

"Whew, whew, whew..."

After a brief wait, the officer who received the order blew a whistle; this was the signal for the charge.

"Go! Go! Go!" the officer urged while blowing the whistle.

Long, rigorous training had turned the soldiers into obedient machines on the battlefield.

Although they were terrified, they still stepped onto the ladders and climbed out of the trenches.

In an instant, a large number of Coalition soldiers emerged from the trenches and charged toward the Great Song trenches opposite.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

While the Coalition soldiers were charging, the Coalition's Howitzers ceased shelling to prevent friendly fire.

But the artillery of the Azure Dragon Army and the Vermilion Bird Army continued to fire.

Cannonballs fell onto the path of the charging Coalition soldiers, and from time to time, soldiers were blown away.

There were also soldiers who used shell craters to move forward continuously, approaching the Great Song trenches.

At the same time.

The Coalition's movements caught the eyes of Qin Shan and Guan Tong.

Watching the Coalition soldiers climbing out of the trenches, both of them were stunned for a moment.

"The Coalition commander opposite has some guts to actually resolve our shelling this way," Guan Tong frowned.

Dying while being shelled for nothing is death, and charging to counterattack is also death, but a counterattack might still inflict some casualties on the enemy.

Clearly, the commander opposite had figured this out.

"It's a pity he's being too clever by half," Qin Shan sneered, "and this is nothing more than a hysterical move born of having no other options."

Guan Tong sized up Qin Shan and sighed, "You really are getting more and more impressive; so scholarly, a rough guy like me can't compare."

"You flatter me, I've just learned a few more characters," Qin Shan said dismissively, "If you were willing to learn a few more, you'd be more impressive than me."

"That would be worse than killing me," Guan Tong said with a grin upon hearing this.

Then he suddenly straightened his expression: "For now, let's just finish off these charging Coalition soldiers."

Because they had not deployed soldiers in the forward trenches.

The Coalition soldiers jumped into their trenches after crossing the shelling zone.

Now, they needed to wipe out these Coalition soldiers who had jumped over.

"You don't need to worry about these Coalition soldiers; just leave them to the Azure Dragon Army soldiers. Your most important task now is to occupy the enemy's coastal trench fortifications," Qin Shan said.

After a pause, he continued, "The navy has been bombing over and over; we can't let those Cannonballs go to waste."

Guan Tong understood.

If they occupied the flank, the enemy's trench fortifications would effectively be useless.

"Leave it to me," he licked his lips and turned to leave.

Before long, the Vermilion Bird Army soldiers headed toward the coast, rushing along the beach toward the enemy's trench fortifications.

At the same time, Qin Shan also gave orders to the Azure Dragon Army, telling them to retake the forward trenches.

The Azure Dragon Army soldiers staying in the rear trenches charged forward under the leadership of their officers.

They passed through trench after trench, and when they were four hundred meters from the first row of trenches, Coalition soldiers suddenly rushed into the passage and appeared before them.

These Coalition soldiers immediately raised their Rifled Muskets to fire.

But the Azure Dragon Army soldiers had kept their muzzles pointed forward while advancing, and they pulled the Trigger faster than the enemy.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

With only a one-second difference, both sides fired in succession; the Coalition soldiers were hit first and fell one after another.

Only because their aim was skewed when they were shot, the Coalition soldiers' shots were inaccurate, and while the Azure Dragon Army soldiers were injured, there were no fatal wounds.

The soldiers in the rear saw this and immediately dragged themselves into the trenches on both sides of the passage.

At this moment, they realized the enemy had arrived right in front of them.

As they dove into the trenches, they pulled out Hand Grenades and threw them into the trench from which the Coalition soldiers had just rushed out.

"Boom, boom, boom..." A series of explosions rang out.

Taking this opportunity, the Azure Dragon Army soldiers immediately stood up and charged toward the trench occupied by the Coalition soldiers.

By this time, the Coalition soldiers had not yet recovered from the Hand Grenade explosions, and they were shot down one by one by the Azure Dragon Army soldiers before they could even stand up.

While the soldiers in front were locked in a bitter struggle with the Coalition.

The machine gunner pushed the Machine Gun into the pre-reserved Machine Gun Pit on the Trench fortifications.

These Machine Gun Pits were simply shallow pits dug into the ground between two Trenches, with one side sloped to lead into the Trench, and the other side piled with Sandbags to protect against shelling and gunfire.

Upon entering the Machine Gun Pit, the machine gunner could fire at the Coalition soldiers climbing out of the Coalition Trenches, preventing them from providing support so that the Azure Dragon Army soldiers could clear the Trenches.

"Da-da-da..."

Preparations complete, one Machine Gun after another spat out tongues of fire.

The crossfire formed a barrage that covered the empty space between the two sides' Trenches.

The charging Coalition soldiers fell one after another into pools of blood, and their corpses soon covered the ground.

Under the fire of the Machine Guns, the movements of the Coalition soldiers were immediately suppressed.

Coalition soldiers climbing up from the Trenches died continuously in front of the positions.

This sudden situation naturally caught the attention of Wesley.

Upon hearing the "da-da-da" sound of gunfire, his expression changed.

Observing through the Telescope that the charging soldiers had suffered heavy casualties in a short period of time, beads of cold sweat trickled down his forehead.

"It's true, what Ashuer said is true; the Great Song really does have firearms capable of continuous fire." Wesley's hand holding the Telescope trembled slightly.

Just as he was feeling panicked, an officer came before them, his face pale, "General, just as we expected, the Great Song army is sneaking over from the beach; they are numerous, and the direction they are advancing is exactly toward the flank Trench fortifications."

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