Lin Ruoyu could tell that the enemy was rushing its attack. Their eight cannons had bombarded the shield formation for only a short while before concentrating their fire on the two Shield Wagons at the front, smashing them apart with a dozen or so cannonballs and opening a small gap.
The five hundred-odd infantrymen already poised to attack then charged forward without delay.
Infantry-artillery coordination was always an advanced military skill, and these Minisians clearly had yet to master it. Once their infantry advanced to within a hundred and fifty meters, the eight cannons stopped firing.
The enemy infantry approached in orderly ranks. When they reached a hundred meters, the players behind the Shield Wagons opened fire with the soldiers under their command.
Behind the Shield Wagons and the sandbags plugging the gaps, a rank of flintlock gunners raised their weapons at their officers' command and fired straight ahead. After firing a Volley Fire, they immediately turned and fell back.
Led forward by their player officers, the second rank of flintlock gunners lowered their weapons from their shoulders at a shrill whistle and fired.
Rank after rank repeated the process. Once the front rank fired, the next moved up. Those at the rear reloaded, and by the time their comrades ahead had fired and withdrawn, they were loaded and ready to advance.
Three ranks of gunners took turns firing, producing an unbroken stream of Volley Fire. The Shield Wagon defensive line became a monster crouched on the ground, spewing fire and smoke as bullets whistled toward the enemy a hundred meters away.
The Minisian infantry attempting to charge in formation came under fire as well. At their officers' shouts, the Halberdiers and Sword-and-Shield Fighters dropped flat where they stood. The Matchlock Riflemen behind them moved forward and returned fire with