Chapter 2012: Longyan's Weapon

"So that's how it is..." Shawn realized suddenly.

If the Sniper Musket was aid from Longyan, then there was absolutely no problem; currently, only Longyan could manufacture weapons possessing such power.

Nashadier did not say much more; the French Cavalry on the battlefield moved out in unison, pinning down their Artillery Unit's offensive.

For them, this was certainly not a good thing.

If the Artillery Unit were suppressed, their troops would be subjected to close-quarters attacks by the French Soldier units.

Once the infantry in the rear arrived, the battle situation would become even more intense.

However, at this moment, Henry and Harris, who had previously been clearing out the fortresses, charged in with a cavalry unit formed from Wahala Tribe Warriors.

The cavalry units of both sides engaged in a chaotic melee, and the situation on the battlefield was constantly changing.

Seeing the increasingly intense battle, Smith grew secretly anxious.

With these Insurgent Army units added to the mix, their numerical advantage would weaken, and the reinforcements from the fortresses that Smith had been waiting for would never arrive.

Following the arrival of the Insurgent Army cavalry, he also learned information that caused him to collapse.

Their support troops had now been completely crushed; there were no units left that could provide them with support.

Those French Soldiers in the fortresses were now nothing more than corpses.

Hearing this news, Smith nearly broke down.

Those French Soldiers in the fortresses were the main soldiers he used to keep the Wahala Tribe in check; the reason they were divided into small groups scattered around the camp was so that these fortresses could bring him support if their troops were attacked.

But now, these fortresses had not been of any use at all.

One could even say they were almost useless.

Previously, his adjutant had advised him not to set up such fortresses, as they were easily defeated one by one by the enemy.

But Smith did not listen to the adjutant's advice and insisted on setting up such fortresses.

Now, he was finally tasting the bitter fruit of that decision.

Smith's body swayed imperceptibly, but his eyes were filled with rage.

Upon receiving this information, the adjutant beside him remained calm and composed, showing not the slightest emotional fluctuation.

He did not forget to comfort Smith, saying, "Do not dwell on these gains and losses."

Smith stared at him blankly, clenched his fists, finally let go, and took a deep breath.

The top priority now was to win this battle, but currently, they had no Method to deal with the Insurgent Army.

As the opponent's cavalry joined the battlefield, the situation of this battle gradually reversed.

Their advantage was being eroded bit by bit.

The Wahala Tribe was truly a tribe of warriors; the cavalry unit formed by their Warriors displayed combat power beyond their imagination on this battlefield.

And that was not all; the Grassland was the place where the people of the Wahala Tribe had lived from birth to adulthood, even though this was a flat, open Grassland.

Yet, the people of the Wahala Tribe were surprisingly able to utilize the characteristics of this Grassland to launch attacks.

The situation of this battle took a sharp turn for the worse.

It was all because of this unit.

The adjutant said in a deep voice, "Now, the only path we have left is to let our troops engage in bayonet fighting!"

"The opponent's cavalry and that mysterious weapon are too much of a restraint on us; while we still have sufficient troops, we will have a great advantage in close-quarters combat!"

Smith said anxiously, "Our troops are several hundred meters away from the opponent; in this situation, if you want to fight with a Bayonet, it's not even certain if the opponent's troops will engage you with bayonets."

The adjutant looked at Smith: "They will."

"Tighten the formation and attack!"

With the adjutant's order given, the French Soldier units on the battlefield immediately opened up the combat distance and huddled together.

They contracted their formation, transforming into a square formation.

The Insurgent Army units fought desperately while the French Soldier units were trying to change their formation.

However, their diagonal maneuvers on the Grassland were broken by the harassment of the French Cavalry, and their Cannon could not pin down the opponent's combat.

The Insurgent Army cavalry that charged up were also forced back by the suicidal Cannon attacks of the French Soldier units!

And at this moment, the Cannon attacks of the French Soldier units were constantly depleting their artillerymen.

The sniper unit was also aiming at and killing the opponent's artillerymen.

But the Sniper Musket designed by Longyan, although a super-powerful weapon with great destructive force, precise aiming, and one-shot kills...

... had one drawback: it could not fire continuously.

It required time to reload ammunition and aim in order to unleash its maximum power.

The French Soldier units' response to this was to adopt a human-wave tactic.

By relying on a larger number of artillerymen to level the gap, they rendered this sniper unit of the Insurgent Army ineffective.

Seeing the French Soldier units change their combat style, Nashadier sighed in admiration; the opponent's commander was truly a genius.

They had actually discovered that their sniper unit had a fatal flaw: the attack frequency was not high, and it could only attack one enemy at a time.

This was the greatest defect of their unit.

It was not that Nashadier did not want to increase the number of people in the sniper unit, but that the Bullet and Sniper Musket could only be equipped for two people.

It had not been long since Longyan had researched the Sniper Musket, and being able to equip two snipers was already a huge stroke of luck for Nashadier.

Moreover, a marksman with superb marksmanship who almost never missed was basically one in a hundred.

Especially in a unit as mixed as the Insurgent Army, it was even more difficult to select a marksman who was both skilled and sufficiently loyal.

With such strict conditions, finding two was already considered quite good.

Originally, Nashadier wanted to use these two snipers to carry out a decapitation strike, having them blow the head of the French Soldier units' commander off with a single shot.

But the result was that the opponent was hiding too far away, and there was simply no way to attack them.

It just so happened that the opponent's Artillery Unit was suppressing his own troops, so he had no choice but to expose his sniper unit prematurely.

Nashadier could not hide it from them, it was just that for such a unit, the density of ranks was destined to be very high.

Furthermore, since it had just been established, only Nashadier knew about it.

When facing such a battle of numbers, the power of the sniper unit was no longer great enough.

Nashadier's Insurgent Army could only watch as the French troops contracted into a square formation.

The advantage of the French troops doing this was that their forces were all concentrated under such circumstances.

As for the Insurgent Army fighting the French troops, a large portion was not concentrated, as they were conducting diversionary operations against the French troops.

Under such circumstances, Nashadier's troops had to adjust their formation.

Otherwise, his own troops, in the section fighting the French troops, would absolutely be defeated and whittled away bit by bit when facing the French troops who had stronger manpower and combat power.

After thinking of this, Nashadier issued the order to change formations.

He also contracted his own troops into a square formation to have a thorough, head-on melee with the French troops.

Seeing this scene, the adjutant's face revealed a cold sneer; on this vast and boundless Grassland, these two units of theirs had absolutely no way to escape.

There was only a fight to the death!