"It's a perfect matchup, and it's been a long time since we've seen this kind of fight in the same class after the Franco-Prussian War." By the time the sun had risen, the Anglo-Burundi armies had completed their deployment, and both sides had deployed their troops on a 5-kilometer wide frontage. This kind of large army engagement gives Calyput a long-lost pleasure!

With the nascent rising sun, a large number of British troops, under the command of the officers, began to advance towards the target in a dense and deep formation. And the British 15-pounder howitzers also began to attack previously discovered suspected Boer fire points and positions.

The Boers did a very good job of concealment, their skirmish lines were already less likely to be detected, and most of the heavy artillery was hidden in bunkers and rear. The main positions were also camouflaged to a certain extent and were located relatively far back. And the positions discovered by the British were the first line of defense exposed to the front, and their role was more of a guard and delay.

Standing on the high ground, Kruger and Calyput approved the entire campaign process one last time. "The attack of the British has not changed much from the past, the firepower is mainly direct aiming, but it has to be said that the 15-pounder field guns they are equipped with are indeed a threat, and the British also make good use of the terrain and the large elevation angle of the artillery itself, our artillery can only suppress, but cannot destroy."

"There is no difficulty in repelling the first wave of the opponent's attack, the important thing is how to completely annihilate the opponent, the opponent also has a certain size of cavalry and reserves deployed on both flanks, if we cannot attract the main force of the opponent deep into our defensive line, then they may complete the retreat at any time. And if the other side retreats to the city, then what awaits us is a tough battle. "Calyput has repeatedly stressed the importance of encircling his opponent rather than crushing him.

"We have no problem holding our opponent head-on, the only problem is the detour of the troops, Colonel Piet has outflanked from the right flank with his cavalry, and on the left flank is General Pershing's American cavalry. If nothing else, after three hours, the other party's retreat can be cut off. Then we can close the net. Kruger thought for a moment and said.

And just when the discussion between the two sides came to an end, the British attack finally began, and in all fairness, if it were not for the overly rigid tactics, the quality of the British's mercenary-based soldiers was still very good. The rear artillery was poorly covered and advanced each other, and although the effective range was relatively close due to the lack of widespread indirect aiming, the rain of bullets still caused great trouble for the defenders.

At a distance of 700 meters from the target, the British infantry fired a first volley, and all the Lee Enfield rifles had a sight specially designed for salvo fire, and under the command of the commander, the British soldier skillfully opened the salvo sight and then adjusted the elevation angle of the rifle according to the estimated distance.

With the order to fire, rows of bullets flew out of the muzzle of the guns, and after a few seconds landed on the opponent's head, although the sound of the rifle salvo in the distance was huge, if it was against the enemy who was also lined up in a dense line, this kind of probabilistic shooting might still be useful, or it could be suppressed with a weapon with a considerable projection such as a machine gun, but unfortunately, when the British faced the Boers who had relatively complete bunkers and hid deep underneath, this kind of shooting had little effect except for courage.

Silence, the unusually quiet of the battlefield. Ensign Smith, who led the team, was keenly aware of the slightest inappropriateness, having suppressed a ****** uprising in Sudan, fighting Hindus in India, and having taught the Boers superb cavalry and archery skills in the First Boer War. The spears of the black natives, the ****** scimitars, and the bullets of the galloping Boer cavalry could not make the valiant professional soldier flinch half a step, but this time, the situation on the other side made him feel a little hairy!

As the minutes and seconds passed, the personnel in front had approached less than 200 meters from the trench, and the friendly troops in the rear also kept a proper distance from the forward, and the artillery in the distance had begun to fire in depth, according to past experience, the heroic British soldiers would rush through the last distance, and then rely on a steady stream of troops to completely crush the opponent's defense.

Charge! When the British attacked with their bright bayonets, the silence was finally broken on the other side! The scattered sound of a rifle instantly turned into a tearing sound like a steel bar sawing a plank. Several dark red tongues of fire erupted from several inconspicuous mounds on the opposite side, sweeping across the entire column of the British army like the scythe of death!

"It's a machine gun!" Panicked voices rang out in the array, and most of the British immediately lay on the ground, dodging the bullets like flying locusts. But there are always some people who are caught off guard and fall in pools of blood. The entire attacking phalanx of the British instantly concave a piece.

"The Boers actually concentrated at least 10 machine guns on the front!" For the first time, the British discovered that the opponent was so concentrated with machine guns, and they were instantly suppressed by fierce firepower, but their bad luck was not over, when the black dots fell from the sky, the British suddenly found that lying down did not give them a greater chance of survival! In a few seconds, tens of thousands of standard steel balls fell from the sky, covering the British army in the vanguard in a rain of steel!

"Kill those fire points!" The battle heated up with machine gun fire, and the British artillery behind began to fire frantically at the exposed fire points, and after the machine gun positions were slightly suppressed, the British infantry began to launch a final charge. The bright bayonet glistened in the sun. The British used all their artillery in advance, and the barrage of 22 guns scattered in 4 artillery positions rolled over the positions of the Boers!

"Now it's okay, let's do it!" The British exposed almost all their firepower, and it was this opportunity that Calipt was waiting for, a long period of artillery suppression and counter-suppression was too boring for him, and if he could solve the opponent in a direct wave, then it was naturally the best choice.

At this moment, the 10 150mm heavy howitzers deployed at a distance of 5 kilometers from the lines of the two sides were finally ready to wield, according to the news from the forward observation post with wired telephones, most of the British field artillery had entered the range of heavy artillery attacks, and according to the calibrated distance and azimuth coordinates, the most powerful weapons that the Boers currently possessed finally showed their terrifying fangs!

"Boom!" WITH A DULL LOUD BANG, A SHELL WEIGHING 45KG FLEW OUT OF THE DISTANT COL AND FLEW TOWARDS THE BRITISH ARTILLERY POSITIONS THAT WERE BEING FRANTICALLY SUPPRESSED!

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