These Dutch mercenaries, wearing plain woolen military uniforms, lined up in an orderly manner and began to slowly approach the British camp.
However, unlike the British soldiers, these Dutch mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty were equipped with primary rifled guns, which were purchased from the Ming Dynasty.
England has also developed its own rifled gun, but because the cost of independent manufacturing is too high, and England has not significantly increased military expenditures, only the Royal Guards Infantry in London has temporarily installed rifled guns, and the King's Lynn Army has Naturally, the British army was also equipped with flintlock muskets.
However, the British army in this era was considered a highly trained elite and highly organized. Even though they had seen the power of the Ming army's naval guns at sea, they did not show it when arraying on land. What a look of panic.
The British commander Kroger was also relatively calm. After seeing the Dutch mercenaries from the Ming Dynasty appearing on the horizon, he shouted loudly: "Fire! Kill those damn Dutchmen and let them go." They work as slaves for the yellow people from the East, and they really disgrace me, the white people from the West!”
The British artillery was still smoothbore, and the shells were still solid.
When the cannonballs like black coal briquettes were fired over, they only knocked away a few Dutch mercenaries, and then just plowed a ditch.
But because the queue at the Dutch mercenary station was not dense, there were not many casualties.
Apart from some panic among the Dutch mercenaries surrounding the cannonballs, it did not have much impact.
What's more, the supervisory team composed of the main force of the Ming army was following the Dutch mercenaries. As long as any Dutch mercenary in that area escaped from the battle, they would be shot immediately by the supervisory team.
The Dutch mercenaries could only continue to maintain their array and continue to advance under the bombardment of British artillery.
In the end, as the array of Dutch mercenaries got closer and closer to the British artillery, the British commander had to order his artillery to withdraw and let his infantry go up.
As a result, the pressure on Ming's Dutch mercenaries was reduced.
But soon, the pressure increased again, because the well-trained British infantry was lining up in a long line of thousands of meters, and with the sound of drums, they were advancing towards these Dutch mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty.
These British troops formed a wall, and the oppressive Dutch mercenaries in front were almost out of breath.
The Dutch mercenaries had to stop their advance and then pushed their artillery forward.
The cannons they used were also cannons imported from the Ming Dynasty.
And it's also a smoothbore cannon, firing solid bullets.
However, because the Ming Dynasty had a more mature industrial base, these cannons were made of better iron cores and copper tires, and their natural power and range were still higher than those of the British cannons.
When the Dutch mercenaries fired the artillery shells, many British troops were indeed killed on the spot.
However, what surprised the Dutch mercenaries was that these British troops were still advancing to the beat of the drums and did not collapse as a result.
The Dutch mercenaries had no choice but to continue firing shells.
As a result, more and more white smoke was emitted, directly covering the British army on the opposite side in a haze of smoke.
What shocked the Dutch mercenaries was that the British army was still advancing, and the drums seemed not to stop. These well-trained British soldiers seemed not to know how to stop advancing, and it seemed that they would lose their lives even if they took one step forward. Not afraid either.
Historically, the British troops during this period were indeed able to line up in long lines of several kilometers and advance in an orderly manner under the prompts of intensive drum beats. They were even able to do so without firing until the enemy was close enough to them. This is the case even when many people on his side have been killed or injured.
Instead, wait until you are in front of the enemy before firing.
According to history, the British commander who relied on this method of warfare to defeat the French army and thus occupied the entire Canada said that he could not shoot until he could see the whites of the enemy's eyes clearly.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
At this time, the drumbeats of the British army were getting closer and closer to the Dutch mercenaries.
Although, they have fallen many people, including some commanders.
But the uniform British troops began to walk towards the Dutch mercenaries in rows.
At the forefront was the British Navy.
Although they are the navy who have retreated to land, they have also been trained to line up and shoot on land.
Behind them were the British troops coming out of King's Lynn.
These armies knew that the Ming army's artillery could destroy their castles and could not be deployed inside the city, thus creating the effect of queuing to kill, so they came out under the leadership of their commanders.
The Dutch mercenaries looked at the approaching British troops and became nervous.
In particular, the intensive drumbeats seemed to be beating on their chests, making their hearts feel numb and making their legs feel weak.
Medna, a native of the Netherlands, had even begun to sweat on his forehead and his legs were weak. He swore that he now regretted going to war for the sake of generous military pay. When he saw such an orderly British army, overwhelming them like a mountain. .
"Don't panic! Your rifles are better than theirs, and your tactics are better than theirs! They are using the rest of my tactics!"
The Ming officers who were usually responsible for training these Dutch mercenaries and sent them as their middle- and upper-level commanders reminded these Dutch mercenaries in time at this time.
Moreover, a Ming army officer began to order: "The artillery retreats! The infantry follows the battle order of three people and continues to follow the command to disperse slowly, and then listen to my order before firing again!"
These Dutch mercenaries regained their composure and began to slowly disperse according to the training formation.
The experienced British Army Major General Ronshall was proudly thinking that his brave and fearless British soldiers would see the Dutch clearly and let the Netherlands see the power of their British land warfare. I saw that the queue of Dutch mercenaries was even more dispersed.
He couldn't help but show a look of horror: "Why are they still scattering?!"
"No! These damn Dutch rifles!"
"Send the cavalry to tell the naval commander in front, Count Kroger, to tell them to run forward. They must maintain a dense formation and kill more Dutchmen before they are killed in large numbers! Our army is the same, we must speed up! "
Roncharer therefore had to issue new orders.
"I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain a dense formation while running close to each other. Unless we tie the soldiers' feet together, we won't be able to run fast that way!"
The officer beside him, Colter, reminded him.
Roncharer did not take back his order because he had no other better way. He only cursed: "Damn it! Why doesn't His Majesty the King equip us with such guns as soon as possible?"
"Even if there is such a gun, the tactics must be changed to be effective. These Dutchmen have obviously been trained by the people of the Ming Dynasty, so they know how to use rifled guns to deal with our advancing formation!"
"So, these yellow people from the east are really scary. They seem to be always ahead of us in terms of equipment. When we are still using match ropes, they use flintlock muskets. When we use flintlock muskets, Then they used rifled muskets, and now even their slaves use rifled muskets, while we still use flintlock muskets!”
Colter said gloomily.
