Chapter 32: The Assault (Part II)

After listening to the two of them, Otsu Yuki felt very surprised, in the process of marching was attacked by the enemy, Otsu Yuki was not surprised, so when sending troops, Otsu Yuki repeatedly ordered the armies of various countries to strengthen vigilance along the way to prevent enemy attacks.

However, whether it was in Taiwan in the past five years or in China's Beijing-Tianjin region now, the Chinese militia and the Boxers launched attacks in one swren. On the one hand, this is because the Chinese militia and the Boxers lack organizational tactics, and the weapons are relatively backward, many of them are still old-fashioned muskets, arquebuses, and even bows and arrows, so it is impossible to carry out long-distance attacks, and as long as they are stable when encountering attacks, do not panic, and stop with superior firepower, they can generally withstand it. The weapons of the Qing army are not bad, but it is a pity that the fighting spirit of the Qing army is too poor, and they will be scattered and vulnerable to a single blow. But such a long-range sniper attack is very rare, not to mention the Chinese army, even the army of Western countries.

Although the rifle range of this era generally reached five or six hundred meters, due to technological capabilities and insufficient optical equipment, accurate shooting could only be within two hundred meters, and the real sniper rifle would not appear until the First World War. It's just that if the enemy is just a remnant of the Qing army, plus the common people of China, will they use sniper tactics?

And just when Yuki Otsu was puzzled, the gunshots continued to ring, and in a short time, the ten British soldiers sent out returned, but only five returned, and the other five were all killed. And the British soldiers did not even notice the shadow of the enemy.

The sniper team led by Luo Yue ambushed the British army, using a QBU88 5.8mm sniper rifle.

In the old time and space, the QBU88 5.8mm sniper rifle was the world's first small-caliber sniper rifle equipped with troops, and has been widely equipped with the Chinese army and special forces.

The advantages of the Type 88 sniper rifle are very prominent, due to the use of the stockless structure design, so that the full length of the gun is shortened, the mobility is improved, and the straight butt is also conducive to reducing the flip force when shooting against the shoulder, improving the shooting accuracy.

According to the comparison of field tests conducted by the troops, it is found that the accuracy of the Type 88 sniper rifle can guarantee hitting a target the size of a one-yuan coin at a distance of 50 meters, and a skilled shooter can even break a toothpick; at a distance of 100 meters, the diameter of its dispersion circle does not exceed 30 mm, which can ensure that the enemy's eyes are shot; at a distance of 200 meters, a lightly trained shooter can break the target rod section by section; although the dispersion has increased at a long distance, within 600 meters, a well-trained shooter can still ensure that the first shot hits the enemy's headใ€‚ In addition, the Type 88 sniper rifle also has the advantages of good environmental adaptability, low failure rate, good reliability, simple structure and good ergonomics.

The disadvantage of the Type 88 sniper rifle is that there is no special 5.8mm sniper bullet tailored for it, but the 5.8mm machine gun bullet of the Type 95 squad machine gun is used, so compared with the special armor-piercing bullet of foreign sniper rifles, it appears that the armor-piercing power is insufficient, and it cannot penetrate light armored vehicles, which also makes the performance of the Type 88 sniper rifle not give full play, and it is more suitable for use at a medium distance of five or six hundred meters.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for some people to comment that the Type 88 sniper rifle can actually only be regarded as an accurate tactical rifle, and not a standard sniper rifle.

However, whether it is a sniper rifle or a precision tactical rifle, in this era, it is an artifact-level weapon. The terrain in the area around Dagukou is relatively flat, with only some undulating hills, no large dense forests, and small groves. Of course, such terrain is not suitable for close-range ambush warfare, but it is still possible for medium- and long-distance sniper warfare, not to mention that there are unmanned reconnaissance helicopters patrolling in the air, so in the eyes of Chinese snipers, the British and French troops are almost equivalent to live targets.

The two sniper groups of the ambush squad led by Luo Yue were both ambushed at a distance of five or six hundred meters from the British and French troops, sniping at the British and French soldiers. Although the British army then sent ten infantry to search for snipers, the first is that the two sides are too far apart, and the British army cannot threaten the snipers in a short period of time, and second, the snipers have advanced optical instruments, as well as infrared sights, and there are unmanned reconnaissance aircraft in the air to help, the entire battlefield is almost a one-sided transparent, so the two sniper teams are very calm aiming, shooting, Shifting, and then repeating the cycle, it only took two or three minutes to kill five British soldiers, and the remaining five British soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly retreated.

And such a result surprised Yuki Otsu, Gunalsson, and Gazi, no one thought that this time the troops would encounter such a situation, would there be such a sharpshooter in the Qing army?

However, the coalition forces could not be frightened away because of a sharpshooter, several people discussed a little, decided to increase the search force, this time sent more than 70 people, in a fan shape, the width reached nearly 200 meters, to outflank the direction of the shooting, while slowly advancing, while raising the gun from time to time to shoot in the direction of the shooting, of course, the British and French soldiers did not hope that the blind cat would meet the dead mouse, but in doing so, it could also interfere with the sniper's shooting.

Yuki Otsu, Gunnalsen, and Ghazi all hid behind cover and watched, only to see the soldiers of the British and French forces raising their guns while advancing, walking a distance of about 200 meters. The British and French soldiers on the right immediately fell to the ground and died, and the other British and French soldiers heard the gunshots and immediately fell to the ground, not daring to move.

Yuki Otsu was also taken aback, hearing this sound, it should be a repeating weapon such as a Maxim machine gun, could it be that the enemy had already set up the machine gun near the Allied garrison without knowing it? Gunelson also hurriedly ordered the soldiers to set up the two Maxim machine guns of the British army and fire fiercely in the direction where the shot had just begun.

"Dadada...... Dada......"

As the two Makqin machine guns spat out fierce tongues of fire, shooting countless bullets into the unknown distance, the bullet casings were scattered all over the ground like popping beans, which also made Otsu Yuki look straight to the ground: foreign ghosts are really tyrannical, and the bullets are like they don't need money. Japan is a resource-poor country, and the industrial level is relatively low, so there is a shortage of everything except people, so it is economical everywhere, and does not dare to waste it, so it is determined in the tactical regulations of the Japanese Army, after the shooting is over, as much as possible to collect the shells and reuse them.

In addition to the unique Japanese spirit of bushido, the lack of resources in Japan and the inability to consume bombs are also an important reason. Therefore, seeing that the British and the French are just for a target that they don't know how to track, and they are so wanton and wasteful, Otsu Yuki naturally has no taste in his heart, and it seems that Japan still has a long way to go if it is to rise.

After firing for more than two minutes, the two Maxim machine guns fired at least 1,000 rounds of bombs before they stopped. But when the breeze blew away the smoke, I saw that in the empty wilderness, there was nothing but stones and trees that had been shattered by bullets. However, the screams of the wounded soldiers could be faintly heard.

Yuki Otsu, Gunelson, Gazi and others also looked at each other, not knowing what was going on. After a while, the British and French soldiers, who were lying on the ground, slowly got up, hesitated for a moment, and then continued to advance. It has to be said that the British and French soldiers did show a high quality, and although every soldier knew that it was very dangerous to continue to advance, the soldiers still bravely moved forward without receiving the order to retreat.

Perhaps it was the bravery of the British and French soldiers that really moved God, and they advanced nearly two hundred meters, but nothing happened, and the soldiers couldn't help but be in good spirits, quicken their pace, and look more resolute.

And Otsu Yuki, Gunnalsen, Gazi and others were also slightly relieved when they saw it, although they didn't know what was going on, but they also knew that the danger had passed by, so Yu Yu quickly ordered the medical soldiers to meet and rescue the wounded.

After another fifteen minutes or so, the British and French soldiers withdrew one after another, reporting to the three of them, finding nothing. The medics rescued four wounded, two of whom died of their wounds, while the other two survived, but both were crippled, one British soldier's left hand was broken at the elbow, and another French soldier's right leg was shattered. In addition, the medics told the three that two soldiers had been found on the battlefield and had been beaten in two.

The three of them couldn't help but be secretly surprised, what kind of rifle could this kind of rifle cause such terrible lethality, and could the opponent they were about to face really be the Qing army? Otsu Yuki suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and even had the idea of retiring from the army.

The cause of such terrible lethality is naturally the QJZ89 12.7 mm heavy machine gun of the ambush team, the power of the large-caliber machine gun is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary rifle bullets, and the firing range is extremely long, which can reach 1,500 meters. Therefore, after the snipers attracted a large number of enemy troops, the Type 89 12.7 mm heavy machine gun on the roof of the warrior car immediately launched a round of fierce strafing at the British and French soldiers at a distance of a thousand meters in front of the side. By the time the British and French soldiers began to advance again, the ambush team had already run away without a trace.

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