Chapter 104: Blood and Fire (Part II)
Jiang Beiming finished the fire command in his hand, and then smashed the hot hand commander at a Vietnamese: "Herald, order a company of infantry with three platoons to support the left flank, and order the marine platoon to set up machine guns on the right flank to deal with the war elephants of the Vietnamese." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
The fighters of the third platoon rushed to the left flank, and a volley of guns passed, and more than 100 Vietnamese people in the back withdrew. Ye Zhan rolled up his sleeves, held a big knife in his hand, and the original color of the broken military uniform could no longer be seen: "Two rows in a row, report the number!" ā
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ā13ćā After Ye Zhan said this number, big tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes. The second platoon of 30 people has now been reduced by more than half.
"Beiming, don't you think the Vietnamese frontal offensive seems to have weakened?" Xu Lang suddenly felt that the pressure was not as great as it was just now.
"They're going to attack our right flank." Jiang Beiming replied, "I kept Lin Zhaolong just to wait for this time." ā
Once again, the earth began to tremble. More than 20 war elephants screamed and rushed to the right flank of the barracks, followed by about 300 soldiers.
"Commander Wang, Battalion Commander Jiang ordered you to rush to the right flank to command the artillery." A herald ran up to Wang Zhaoxing to convey the order.
"Fuck, I want to be tired to death." Wang Zhaoxing turned around to leave, but suddenly stopped, "Ye Zhan, you listen to me, if there is another person who jumps off with a fire oil can, I will send you to a military court." ā
After Wang Zhaoxing finished speaking, he hurried to the right flank: "All the cannons, loaded with solid bullets, all aim at the elephant at the front, and bombard the fuck together." ā
With Lin Zhaolong's machine gun, Wang Zhaoxing's heart is much more steady, and he speaks with a sense of humor.
Seeing that more than 20 war elephants rushed to a place of about 500 meters, the small flag in Wang Zhaoxing's hand fell: "Open the cannon!" ā
The first salvo knocked down only one war elephant and had no effect on the war elephants that followed. The remaining war elephants were blindfolded, and under the control of Mite, they rushed to a distance of 300 meters, but they were blocked by the deep pit and slowed down.
"Reload the shotshots. Zero-degree elevation angle flat fire, fire! Wang Zhaoxing saw that the war elephant rushed to a place less than 300 meters, and blurted out the second order.
More than 200 projectiles in the shape of a fan were shot, and three more war elephants were hit. However, the Vietnamese seemed to be bound to win this time, and the casualties of several war elephants were completely ignored, and the royal hand on the back of the elephant desperately drove the war elephant forward.
"Captain Lin, my mission is complete, it's up to you now." Wang Zhaoxing sat on the ground and actually smoked.
"Lao Wang, you can just take a look." Lin Zhaolong uncovered the canvas covering the machine gun, and stared at the rushing war elephant through the crosshair, "Closer, closer." ā
More than 20 war elephants rushed to a place of about 150 meters, and Lin Zhaolong suddenly shouted: "Your grandmother's Vietnamese devil, come on!" ā
Flight 95 finally burst out of flames, and with the sound of machine guns, more than 20 war elephants, without exception, all fell to the ground. The 300 soldiers who followed behind did not know what was happening, and all of them stopped, standing dumbfounded less than 250 meters from the wall, motionless.
Flight 95 uses Type 87 5.8mm ordinary shells, which can penetrate 10 mm thick A3 steel plates at a distance of 300 meters, and 14 cm thick pine planks at a distance of 600 meters. Lin Zhaolong used a 5.8mm heavy ammunition that can be used with the Type 88 machine gun, and 75 rounds of drums are fed. The distance is 150 meters, and even if the war elephant has rough skin and thick flesh and wears battle armor, it will not be able to stop the shooting of modern bullets.
Lin Zhaolong finished playing two 75-round drums in one go, and then replaced the third drum to play again.
"Alright, alright, you save some bullets." Wang Zhaoxing stopped Lin Zhaolong's brute force, "All cannons, scattered shells, flat fire, artillery!" ā
The stunned Vietnamese finally figured out what was coming from the other side this time, and the scattered salvo of 6 cannons brought these Vietnamese back to their senses. They left nearly 100 corpses behind, and they couldn't run away.
"Chief Lin." The herald came again, "Battalion Commander Chiang orders you to immediately go to the front wall to repel the Vietnamese attack. ā
The battle lasted for a whole day, and with the firefighter Lin Zhaolong and the fire hydrant in his hand, the mixed battalion finally blocked wave after wave of Vietnamese attacks.
As the sun set, the Vietnamese finally withdrew their troops.
"Let's go." Jiang Beiming wiped a handful of water from his face and said to Xu Lang, who also couldn't see the human appearance, "Go and see the casualties, the Vietnamese will not come tonight." ā
Xu Lang turned around to leave, but suddenly stumbled, grabbed Jiang Beiming, and the two fell to the ground together.
"What's wrong with you? Injured? Jiang Beiming asked eagerly.
"No, it's not." Xu Lang gasped, "My legs are weak, and I don't have any strength at all." ā
"Huh." Jiang Beiming smiled, "Me too." ā
The herald came over and helped the two people, and the two of them helped the herald to the shoulders and came to the medical team step by step.
Cheng Yiyi and Yao Han's sister-in-law were busy in the tent of the medical team, and the clothes of the three of them were all dyed crimson.
"Yiyi, how's it going?" Jiang Beiming asked.
Cheng Yiyi turned around and saw Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang, didn't say anything, suddenly pounced, hugged the two people and cried.
Jiang Beiming glanced at Xu Lang, Xu Lang held Cheng Yiyi and patted her on the back gently: "Okay, Yiyi, don't cry, don't cry." ā
"What about Liang Chengdong?" Jiang Beiming didn't see Liang Chengdong, so he asked.
Cheng Yiyi wiped a handful of tears: "Our hemostatic bandage is not enough, he went out to find cotton cloth." ā
In Jiang Beiming's Chinese army tent, the faces of every traverser were solemn, and no one expected that today's battle would be so tragic.
"The casualties are out." Jiang Beiming raised the battle watch in his hand, but did not continue.
"Say it." Xu Lang broke the silence, "You always have to let everyone know." ā
Jiang Beiming said in a low voice: "Our side lost 26 people, 28 people were seriously wounded, 47 people were slightly injured, and about 500 enemies were killed. ā
"How's your own?" Wang Zhaoxing's voice trembled a little, "Why didn't I see Xu Tianbin?" ā
"He was injured, not very serious, and he was sent to the ship. But. Xu Lang said that he couldn't help laughing, "But the place where he was injured was not very good, so the Vietnamese stabbed him in the butt." ā
The traversers were finally amused by Xu Lang's words.
"What about others? Are there any injuries? Wang Zhaoxing asked.
He Chaoyong, the commander of the second company, was also injured and was shot in the arm by a crossbow arrow. Everyone else is fine. After Jiang Beiming introduced the casualties, he continued, "Ye Zhan's second platoon is disabled, and more than half of the personnel have been reduced, and it just so happens that Xu Tianbin is injured, Zhou Lei, tomorrow will add the guard platoon to Ye Zhan's second platoon." ā
"Yes." Zhou Lei replied.
"Lin Zhaolong, how many bullets are left on Flight 95?" Jiang Beiming asked again.
"There are only 2 drums left, 150 rounds."
"Why do you fight so much, why don't you listen to you when you are told to save bullets." When Wang Zhaoxing heard that there were still 150 rounds of ammunition left, he suddenly became anxious.
"Can I be blamed for this?" Lin Zhaolong defended, "I brought a total of 500 rounds of ammunition, which will allow me to support the left wing and the right wing at the same time." Without machine gun support, let me fight for a bayonet? ā
"Okay, stop arguing, there's no way around it." Jiang Beiming stopped the quarrel between the two, "How about the cannonballs, gunpowder, and flintlock bullets?" ā
"It's enough, and it can last for 3 or 4 days." Zhou Lei and Wang Zhaoxing replied together, "But there are not many oil cans and thunderbolts." ā
"Will the Vietnamese come again tomorrow? Our gauze bandages are all gone. Cheng Yiyi asked.
"They'll definitely come back, but there shouldn't be any war elephants." Jiang Beiming analyzed to everyone, "Although I don't understand why the Vietnamese attacked us so ruthlessly this time, it was completely a way of fighting regardless of casualties. But the other party's general is a very persistent person, and he also knows how to lead troops, which I can feel. Our biggest achievement today was the killing of more than 20 war elephants, and I think even if they still have war elephants, they won't use them again tomorrow, and they can't afford to die these elephants. ā
"Then we'll be able to relax tomorrow." Zhao Qi said.
Jiang Beiming shook his head: "It won't be easy at all." We hurt them today, but they didn't hurt their bones. Think about it, the Vietnamese came with more than 3,000 people, and we only annihilated 500 today, and they have at least 2,500 people. And we only have 500 people, not counting minor injuries, and today's combat attrition is as high as 10%, and we cannot afford this casualty rate. If I'm not mistaken, tomorrow they will definitely use these 2500 men to attack in turn to consume our ammunition, especially machine-gun bullets. Therefore, until the last moment, it is resolute that machine guns can no longer be used. ā
"Beiming, have you thought about a question?" Sun Tianhao asked suddenly.
"What's the problem?" Jiang Beiming was stunned by Sun Tianhao's sudden question.
"What if a traverser dies tomorrow?"
"I don't know. But we'll try to avoid it. ā
"What does it mean to try to avoid? Can you guarantee 100 percent? Everyone didn't understand why Sun Tianhao suddenly became so aggressive.
"No one can guarantee this." Jiang Beiming replied, "Tianhao, what do you want to say?" ā
"I actually wanted to say something." Sun Tianhao glanced at everyone in the tent, "Let's leave tonight, by boat." ā
"Impossible." Xu Lang preemptively said, "Don't say that we still have wounded now, even if there are no wounded, and a ship can't fit more than 800 people, how can we go?" ā
"Brother Xu, you don't understand what I mean, what I said is that we go." Sun Tianhao accentuated his tone on the word "we".
Jiang Beiming glanced at Xu Lang: "Tianhao, let's not discuss this issue for now." We'll have a meeting of the top three decision-making groups in a moment, and I have something to say. I will now arrange for tomorrow, and the left flank and the right flank will still have a platoon of troops, but all the artillery will be concentrated in the front, and the front will definitely be their main direction of attack. Zhou Lei, you are responsible for organizing the baggage team into a soldier company, and our baggage team will be used as soldiers. Lin Zhaolong, you still take your marine platoon as a reserve, Sun Tianhao and Gu Yunkun, the two of you reintegrate the people of the pioneer regiment to form a bomb group and a spear group, and then draw out some people to enrich Liang Chengdong's medical team, they are short of manpower. ā
After Jiang Beiming finished speaking, he looked around again: "If you don't have any opinions, just follow this arrangement." Yiyi, Tianhao, you stay for a while. Xu Lang, you also stay, you are the chief of staff, and you have the right to observe. ā
Everyone went back separately, and only Jiang Beiming and four others were left in the tent.
"Beiming, I mean ćććććć" As soon as Sun Tianhao spoke, he was interrupted by Jiang Beiming.
"The three of us will vote." Jiang Beiming said, "If you agree to leave the Ming Dynasty evacuated tonight, please raise your hand." ā
Sun Tianhao slowly raised his hand, looked at Jiang Beiming and Cheng Yiyi and saw that there was no movement, and put his hand down again.
"If you don't agree to evacuate tonight, please raise your hand."
Jiang Beiming and Cheng Yiyi raised their hands, and Sun Tianhao hesitated for a moment and also raised his hands.
"Okay, unanimously passed, let's stay." Jiang Beiming put down his hand and said, "Tianhao, just say what you think." ā
"I don't have any ideas. Since you've all decided to stay, I'll stay. ā
"I'll interrupt." Xu Lang sat on the side and said, "Is your meeting over, can I speak?" ā
"Yes. We're done with the meeting, you say. Jiang Beiming made a gesture of please.
Xu Lang took out a cigarette and lit it: "Tianhao, I'll ask you a question." If we go back like this, how do you face Ye Yan and your sister Sun Jiayi, have you thought about it? ā