As soon as the gunshots rang out, Second Lieutenant Terrick quickly rolled out of bed, grabbed the MLE1878 rifle beside him, rushed out of the tent, and along the trench, Tyrek quickly found the guard post on duty.

"Bashir, where did the gunshots come from?" Second Lieutenant Tyrek asked in a low voice.

"Ensign, from the east." Bashir replied as he leaned down and looked ahead.

"Bashir, do you see anything?"

"Second Lieutenant, it's dark, I can't see clearly for the time being."

Second Lieutenant Tyrek looked a little out of the empty and dark ahead, and when he turned around, he saw that his entire squad was fully dressed and lined up in the trench waiting for his orders.

"Hashem, you take two men to monitor the north, and Mansur and you and Mosa are in reserve. The rest of me is here with me. Get ready for battle! Tyrek said quickly.

This gunshot also stunned the people at the four outposts of the Chengzi Battalion, since the Chengzi Battalion was established, there has never been anything in the history of more than ten night raids in so many years. Fortunately, the main general Ye Chenglin was well-informed, and after being stunned for a moment, he immediately made a decision, regardless of the possible exposure, and shouted and ordered the whole army to come forward to attack.

Like a beast in the night, the battalion swooped down on the French camp with the sound of muffled gunfire.

Gunfire erupted.

Except for Ye Jiajie's department, the French army and the Black Flag army used French-style weapons. The main weapon of the Black Flag Army was the MLE1853 front-loading smoothbore rifles obtained from the King of Vietnam, which were old guns after the French army participated in the Crimean War, without rifling, and could not even fire Mini rounds.

After more than 20 years of mothballing, it was moved out of the arsenal of the Republic by the French, and after An Die's death, it was compensated to the Vietnamese according to a contract with the Vietnamese, and finally the Vietnamese were transferred to the Black Flag Army.

Because it was a breech gun, after each salvo, the Black Flag Army had to stop, pour black powder into the barrel of the gun in the dark, tamp the gunpowder with a probe, then put in a lead projectile, ram it again, and finally raise the gun to shoot. After a pause between each shot of the Black Flag Army, Ye Chenglin could clearly hear the continuous gunfire coming from the French position opposite.

"Watch your rulers, and watch out for the enemy's muzzle fireworks." Second Lieutenant Tyrek walked back and forth in the trench, constantly reminding his soldiers of the points of their shooting.

The rigorously trained French soldiers, with their skillful shooting skills and the incessant sound of gunfire, made the firepower advantage of the MLE1878 Krobachak rapid-fire rifle manifest itself in this extremely tense moment.

Also because the MLE1878 was a rear-loading gun, the French could calmly reload their ammunition while lying in trenches and foxholes. The Black Flag Army's MLE1853-style guns were 1.43 meters long, forcing the generally short Black Flag soldiers to stand and load black powder and bullets. In the exchange of bullets, a standing target, no matter how short, is a huge target compared to a French soldier lying in a bunker with only his head exposed.

The process of loading a breech gun with black powder and lead bullets was far more complicated than a breech gun, after all, the breech gun only had to pull the bolt and press the brass bullet in. The density of bullets fired by the French on the hillside was for a time not even inferior to the three outposts of the Chengzi battalion.

In the gunfire of the Black Flag Army and the French coming and going, Ye Chenglin smelled danger. Such long-range firing will not solve any problem at all, and the whole army must be pressed up to shoot at close range, and the fire density of the Black Flag Army must be used to suppress the rate of fire of the French devils.

"Attack, the whole battalion, attack!" Ye Chenglin shouted loudly.

The Chengzi battalion moved, and the three outposts in the north and east began to move forward at the same time, while Ye Jiajie's troops continued to follow, patiently waiting for the moment when the opponent showed his flaws.

The further they went, the more pressure the soldiers of the Black Flag Army felt, and they could endure the bullets fired by the French on the hillside when shooting from 300 meters away, but as the team pressed forward, the three outposts of more than 300 people became denser and denser with the formation, and in the darkness they only felt more and more companions who were shot and fell to the ground, and the pressure brought by darkness and death made it more and more unbearable for each soldier of the Black Flag Army.

"Ensign, the enemy is approaching." In the twelve-man squad of Second Lieutenant Tyrek, Sergeant Mustafa, who had the best eyesight and marksmanship, shouted.

Taking advantage of the interval between the gunfire of the Black Flag Army, Tyrek jumped up to the trench, and after staring carefully, he said to Mustafa, "Ali, count and prepare to light the haystack. Everyone listened to the order, hid in the trench, was not allowed to stare ahead, and returned to the firing position after Ali lit it. ”

After a few "bang, bang" sounds, hay mixed with black powder and kerosene burned in many places, illuminating the Black Flag Army under the hillside. The sudden light made the soldiers of the Black Flag Army unable to adjust to the sudden brightening of the battlefield, and in their astonishment, the French bullets rained down like a torrent of bullets. The soldiers of the Black Flag Army could no longer bear the weight of death, and the confidence to move forward was finally crushed, and retreat was no longer inevitable.

Ye Chenglin looked at his subordinates who retreated like a tide, his face was pale, he really didn't expect that the French army, which had only shot at intervals like the self-army before, suddenly had such a continuous firing speed.

As the casualty figures of the following three outposts were counted one after another, listening to the wounded soldiers who were still moaning and shouting on the battlefield, Ye Chenglin's heart was like a knife, and the three outposts attacked this time, and a total of seventy-four people were lost among the three hundred people.

"Is Chen San's ship here?" Ye Chenglin turned his head to his own soldiers and asked.

"The big boss has arrived, and Chen San's boss just gave a signal."

"Jiajie, wait for your whistle to go together, only your whistle dares to be popular with the French devils, so you must hurry up and charge resolutely! Rush in and fight the French devils in hand-to-hand combat, and we will win by entangling them! Ye Chenglin grabbed his nephew and said vigorously. Then he said to the herald's soldiers, "Go and order Li Da, Zhang Si and Liu Mazi, and after two moments, cover the attack of Jiajie and Chen San, and go up to me together to contain the French devils." ”

After the Black Flag retreated like a tidal wave, Second Lieutenant Tyrek inspected the French lines one by one. After some inspection, Second Lieutenant Tyrek was pleased that no one was injured in the defense, and that his troops had not been reduced in strength under the protection of trenches and foxholes.

After asking everyone to have extra guns in their positions, and again telling everyone to check the weapons and refill ammunition, Terek called Sergeant Mansur and Corporal Mousa as reserves.

"Mansur, Musa, now the eastern and northern fronts are very stable, wait for the two of you to cheer up, pay attention to the situation in the south and west, I am worried that the enemy may sneak attack from these two directions after hitting the wall just now, notify me immediately if there is any situation, remember?" Ensign Tyrek asked.

"Second Lieutenant, rest assured, we will focus on these two directions." Mansur and Moussa replied.