Chapter 926

“Charge!”

Amidst the sound of the charge bugle, Great Yu Empire soldiers, with fixed bayonets on their Falcon Rifles, advanced in a skirmish line towards Morgan City.

Vasily watched this scene, his eyes showing disbelief. Even on European battlefields, such a dispersed skirmish line was rarely seen, because it was simply too spread out.

Holding his flintlock gun, he simply did not know which one to shoot, because he was very aware of the accuracy of flintlock guns.

“Bang, bang, bang…”

While Vasily was in shock, the suddenly dispersed Great Yu Empire soldiers began firing at them. A soldier who exposed his head was hit in the forehead and, with a grunt, fell beside him.

This left Vasily dumbfounded, but before he could ponder deeper, dense volleys of bullets began flying towards him. Out of instinct, he immediately hid behind a rock.

The sound of bullets hitting the rock continuously rang out.

Having narrowly escaped being hit, Vasily looked at the other soldiers. These soldiers were now completely suppressed by the enemy’s firepower, unable to lift their heads. However, even so, their eyes still held a fierce glint, ready to kill the enemy at any moment.

Zhu Sansi was observing this group of Tsarist Russian soldiers. It had to be said that these Tsarist Russian soldiers were quite brave. Despite such a vast disparity in strength, they showed no signs of collapsing.

He understood that strictly trained soldiers were ultimately incomparable to the cold weapon soldiers he had encountered before. And he was now facing bandits from Europe.

“Division Commander, the 2nd Brigade has already flanked them. This time, these Tsarist Russian bandits cannot escape. They occupied our land and killed our people! Do they really think we are easy to bully?” Gao Yingfeng spat. “This time, I will beat the shit out of them and make them understand the might of the Great Yu Empire army!”

“Yes, quick victory. A small Morgan doesn’t need to waste so much time,” Zhu Sansi said, looking north. This Morgan was just a new outpost established by Tsarist Russia for its southward expansion. Their real stronghold was still in the north.

Gao Yingfeng nodded, continuously signaling with flags, urging his subordinate soldiers to speed up the attack.

A distance of two hundred meters, neither far nor near. The Great Yu Empire soldiers fired as they advanced, and soon they reached Morgan City.

At this point, the bodies of Tsarist Russians killed by artillery appeared before them. Compared to the Great Yu Empire people, these individuals were tall and heavily built. The soldiers were slightly surprised to see Tsarist Russians for the first time.

Just as their attention was diverted by these corpses, a chaotic shout suddenly came from a corner of the city. Vasily, who had survived the artillery bombardment and gunfire, led his remaining soldiers in a counterattack against the Great Yu Empire.

Using obstacles, they quickly fired at the Great Yu Empire soldiers. Amidst flying bullets, several Great Yu Empire soldiers were hit and fell.

Having successfully launched a surprise attack, Vasily, leaning against a rock, held his gun upright and loaded bullets and gunpowder into the muzzle.

When he finished loading and looked up to continue firing, he saw the Great Yu Empire soldiers who had been wounded and fallen earlier being carried away on stretchers by soldiers with red armbands.

Meanwhile, other soldiers hid and returned fire using obstacles. Their marksmanship was very accurate. In the exchange of fire, his soldiers fell one by one.

Raising his gun, he prepared to continue firing. At this point, he suddenly saw a Great Yu Empire soldier take out a stick-like object from his waist.

Then the soldier pulled a string and threw it at him.

Vasily’s face instantly paled. This item reminded him of European grenadiers. Instinctively, he immediately lunged forward and backward. The moment he dodged, the thrown object exploded violently. The place where he had been hiding moments ago turned into rubble.

“Damn it! What kind of army is this?!”

Vasily spat out a mouthful of mud. After the first explosive device was thrown, Great Yu Empire soldiers started using this item en masse, and soldiers died one by one in the explosions.

At this point, Vasily finally realized that if they continued to exchange fire like this, they would only suffer heavy casualties. So, after a brief hesitation, he decided to use bayonet combat.

Because based on his experience, compared to this kind of exchange of fire, bayonet combat would make the enemy lose courage more easily.

“Kill!”

Shouting fiercely with bloodshot eyes, Vasily charged at the Great Yu Empire soldiers with his bayonet. Following Vasily, the remaining soldiers also launched a bayonet charge.

The Great Yu Empire soldiers, seeing this scene, showed no fear. Instead, they looked excited. Bayonet combat was a mandatory part of their current military training.

And because of the martial spirit in the military camp, coupled with the necessity of facing cold weapon troops, their bayonet fighting skills had never fallen behind.

“Follow me! Let’s eliminate these invaders!”

The first to charge into the city was the 3rd Company of the 1st Regiment. They had just suffered seven casualties in the ambush by these Russians, and the company commander, Song Ping, was furious.

Seeing these Russians charging with bayonets, Song Ping, without a word, also fixed his bayonet and charged to meet them.

Seeing their company commander personally charge, the other soldiers rushed forward one by one. Their fallen comrades were the ones they lived with day and night, which was enough to ignite the rage in their hearts.

“Kill!”

Amidst angry shouts, Song Ping and Vasily’s bayonets clashed first. The other soldiers also engaged in fierce combat with the remaining Tsarist Russian soldiers.

The moment the two sides clashed, Vasily’s confidence immediately shattered. Although he was a head taller than his opponent and had an advantage in height and physique.

However, this Great Yu Empire officer was extremely agile, and his strength was in no way inferior to his own. Even more fatally, this Great Yu Empire soldier’s bayonet skills were extremely proficient. They seemed to have undergone rigorous and systematic training. Their parries, thrusts, and counter-thrusts were seamless. If not for his height advantage, he would probably have been pierced through the heart by his opponent by now.

But even so, he was struggling to cope. And the other soldiers were even worse off; soldiers continuously fell under bayonet attacks.

Hearing the screams around him, Vasily finally despaired at this moment. This time, he had clearly encountered a formidable army and had overestimated himself.

The soldiers around him dwindled. More and more Great Yu Empire soldiers poured into the city. Soon, their space was continuously compressed.

The remaining four soldiers and he were besieged within a circle formed by Great Yu Empire soldiers, and the Great Yu Empire soldiers on the periphery looked fierce, as if waiting for orders.

Zhu Sansi had already entered the city. He pushed aside the soldiers and looked directly at Vasily. The translator accompanying Zhu Sansi spoke in fluent Russian, “Immediately lay down your weapons and surrender, or you will be killed without mercy.”

“Impossible.” Vasily said stubbornly, clutching his wrist.