Hu Zhen suddenly remembered one thing, and said to Su Wenzhen: "There is a problem to pay attention to here, in the order message, Ouyang Yu should be told that in addition to the Northern Route Army under his command to send one-third of its troops south to Cavite to participate in the battle, the remaining troops should not force Velaire too tightly, let the main force of the enemy's Luzon Third Army go south smoothly, and wait for Liang Kunri to command the Southern Route Army and the enemy to fight in a decisive battle in Cavite, and then suddenly exert force and take advantage of the chaos to seize Manila City!" ”

Su Wenzhi said with a smile: "Manila was taken by Ouyang Yu, Liang Kunri's calf is not happy!" ”

"Hmph, this time he is going to carry out the task of commanding the army to annihilate most of the enemy's main force, if he successfully completes the task, how honorable! What's not to like? ”

On the same day, when Velaire mobilized his army to rush towards Cavite, the various units of the Huaxia Army also stepped up their mobilization and rushed towards Cavite.

Hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides gathered in Cavite, and from the air, countless figures were like ants, rushing towards Cavite from multiple directions on land and water, and a big battle was about to start in Cavite.

Wang Hubiao's team was the fastest advance of the South Route Huaxia Army to Cavite.

Wang Hubiao, the commander of the 18th Regiment, became the first batch of regimental officers to be awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel because of his outstanding military achievements.

However, Wang Hubiao was very dissatisfied with the progress of the troops: "It is our task to run quickly and violently penetrate the enemy's interior, only in this way can we disrupt the enemy's combat deployment, and we must move forward quickly!" ”

Wang Hubiao, the regiment commander, did not have a shelf at all, he wore a grass-green camouflage combat uniform, personally carried the pipe of an infantry cannon, and loudly mobilized the soldiers as he walked: "Brothers, follow me and run forward together!" ”

Encouraged by him, the artillery company, which carried the shields, barrels, and shells of the infantry guns on its shoulders, chased after the back of the avant-garde infantry company without falling a single step.

Even the artillery company is like this, and the other infantry companies are willing to lag behind. If it weren't for the arrangement of the marching order, the road would have been a scene of hot competition where you are competing for me.

At this time, there was also a tide of black oppressive crowds on the opposite road, which was the vanguard of the Spanish colonial army Luzon's Second Army.

The other party didn't even have time to send out the sharp soldiers who searched for the vigilance. The vanguard rushed directly forward and collided head-on with the spearhead of the 18th Regiment.

The outpost platoon of the 18th Regiment was equipped with three light machine guns per squad, and each soldier was equipped with Zhenhua rifles and pistols, carrying 200 rounds of ammunition and six grenades, and the individual firepower was far stronger than that of the Spanish colonial army.

The two sides collided head-on, and the result of the encounter was. A platoon of more than 40 soldiers of the Huaxia Army fought hundreds of colonial troops and retreated step by step.

As soon as the white officers who came from behind saw this situation, they immediately organized a team of thousands of people to rush over to push the Huaxia army back.

Only some of the Spanish soldiers used the latest trolley magazine rapid-fire rifles, but most had single-shot rifles, and in order to keep the dense rain of bullets covering the enemy, the white officers had to order the soldiers to gather in line and use a volley of platoons.

The Huaxia Army was equipped with heavy machine guns to the company platoon and light machine guns to the squad, and the rifle rate of fire and accuracy were far more advanced than those of the Spanish Army. Use advanced skirmish line tactics from the start.

The avant-garde company of the 18th Regiment arrived, joined up with the spearhead platoon, and the soldiers, under the command of the junior officers, concentrated their salvo fire, and immediately used a blazing net of fire to envelop the enemy's charge formation of thousands of men.

"God, are these barbarians human? Why is that little bit of firepower so powerful, ah......" A young white officer was stunned by the powerful firepower of the Huaxia Army on the spot, and he forgot to hide and was hit in the head by a bullet.

After only one round of meeting between the two sides, the Spanish colonial army was beaten back.

But the follow-up troops of the Spanish army swarmed in, and the number of people was overwhelming. It was simply not a matter of killing three or five hundred people, and before the Eighteenth Regiment could gain a firm foothold, several thousand soldiers of the Western Army under the command of the white officers rushed over and opened fire about 100 meters away.

There were also artillery men pushing more than a dozen field guns in the columns of the Western Army. Hastily laid out positions, placed artillery positions, prepared for bombardment.

"Immediately install infantry artillery and knock out the enemy's field artillery!"

Wang Hubiao had already arrived at the outpost company at this time, and he ordered the infantry artillery to be set up and open fire.

The design concept of the infantry cannon of the Huaxia Army comes from the infantry cannon of the Japanese army in World War II in the later generations, and the parameters are exactly the same as those of it. The weight is only 400 catties, divided into gun carriages, gun barrels, gun shields and other parts, which are carried by soldiers on their shoulders to move quickly in the wilderness, and it is very convenient to install, which is very suitable for this era of inconvenient transportation.

In just two minutes, an infantry gun was assembled and fired at the enemy artillery position.

The cannon did not hit the enemy's artillery or shells, nor did it kill a single soldier.

"Adjust the muzzle, go forward twenty meters, go fifteen meters to the right, and fire!"

After this shot, the Huaxia Army fired another shot.

This time, several soldiers of the Western Army were killed and wounded.

At this time, it would take at least ten minutes for the Western Army's bulky field artillery to be installed, which caused a panic in its artillery positions.

At this time, on the side of the 18th Regiment Artillery Regiment, six infantry guns had been installed, and the mortars of the rest of the battalion companies had already launched a non-stop bombardment of the enemy's infantry.

Wang Hubiao decisively ordered: "The artillery is concentrated and fired a salvo to hit the fucking artillery position!" ”

Immediately, six infantry guns and more than a dozen battalion mortars opened fire at the same time.

More than 20 shells smashed on the artillery positions of the Western Army, forming a large scattering area, and the explosion raised dense mushroom flame smoke and dust, which immediately covered the entire artillery positions of the Western Army.

"Cover the target! Continue with three rapid fires and completely wipe out the enemy's artillery positions! ”

In accordance with Wang Hubiao's order, the artillery group, under the command of the artillery company commander, fired a salvo one after another, bombarding the enemy's artillery positions that had not yet completed their artillery preparations.

After the shelling stopped, the shells on the positions of the Western Army exploded and rumbled incessantly, frightening the surrounding Western infantry to crawl away from the vicinity of the artillery positions.

This kind of brutal shelling stunned the white Spanish officers.

After destroying the artillery positions of the Western Army, the artillery bombardment of the 18th Regiment extended to the hiding place of the Western Army infantry, beating thousands of Western Army soldiers to the ground.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Hubiao personally led the soldiers to charge and pushed the western army out four or five kilometers in one go.

When the Western Army was retreating step by step, Wang Hubiao saw the follow-up Western Army surging all over the mountains, and immediately divided a company of soldiers to rush to the commanding heights of a mountain, intending to occupy this hill and condescendingly block the advance of the Western Army.

But the company commander who rushed up the hill sent someone down to report: "It's amazing, this hill sees a whole number of warships supporting the Luzon fleet parked on the sea three or four kilometers away, and all the cannons are raising their muzzles towards us!" ”

Wang Hubiao was taken aback when he heard this: The large-caliber heavy artillery on this battleship is not a joke, as long as one cannon can reimburse half of the army's company, and a dozen or twenty shells can wipe out the strength of his entire regiment! That's a real deal! (To be continued.) )