Chapter 90: Fangs
"Let's go!" Hu Xiaoyan took Huo Yuanjia and hid.
There was a scream in the distance, it was the coming of large-caliber shells.
After the shelling, the cat-waisted rifle also came into range.
"Humph!" Hu Xiaoyan sneered, his 500-strong guards were much more powerful than Nie Shicheng's Wu Yi Army. A hundred water-cooled machine guns!
When Lao Maozi had reached about two hundred meters, the machine gun rang out.
In World War I, Germany's first large-scale use of water-cooled machine guns caused 60,000 British casualties.
Lao Maozi's coalition forces rushed over in dense numbers. At the moment of the gunshot, the ground was swept to the ground by machine guns like wheat harvesting.
The airship raid was shocking, but it was not intuitive enough, and everyone was in a hurry to escape. The firing effect of the machine gun is truly shocking. The rows of fallen corpses are proof of that.
There was silence at the headquarters of the coalition forces in the rear. They watched as the warriors, one row after another, fell to the ground and died.
"Retreat!" The first to react was Yevgeny Ivanovich Alekseev!
"Yes, yes! Retreat! "The commanders of the countries have given orders. It's not just the Russians who are charging this time.
The troops were quickly withdrawn. Then the shelling came again.
It's a pity that Hu Xiaoyan had already withdrawn with his troops along the left passage.
Battle damage was quickly reported. Eight thousand Russians, six thousand Japanese. The Russians suffered more casualties because Hu Xiaoyan's water-cooled machine guns were all imported and of better quality, while Ma Yukun used almost all imitations from the Hanyang Iron and Steel Works.
But the casualty still made Russian commander Yevgeny Ivanovich Alekseev and Japanese Army Lieutenant General Yamaguchi Sotomi angry! They are no longer in a position to attack. They still have to stay to fight Tianjin and Beijing!
Heldbrand and Yamaguchi looked at each other, and the two looked at the British commander Grant with a keen eye.
"Then it's time for the English team to show their might. You tell me? Lieutenant General Yamaguchi? Heldbrand asked Yamaguchi in a serious tone.
Of course, Yamaguchi Suchen had no opinion: "Yes, you and I have already beaten the enemy army to the head." It would be better to leave the task of this pursuit to General Grant. ”
Grant looked depressedly at the French commander Mentopia and the second commander of the American army, Wilson.
Mentopia was silent, and Wilson said that our army was too small in number. The Germans were even less, with only 800 symbolically coming from Qingdao, Shandong.
"What? General Grant! "Heldbrand and Yamaguchi started pressing.
Grant alone is powerless to change the situation, who makes his troops the third most deserved? And now both the Russians and the Japanese have suffered heavy casualties (half of the casualties), if the British ** team does not send troops again, it is estimated that even the French will not be able to see it, which is probably the reason why Mentoban is silent.
In the end, after discussion, the British attacked the front, and the French and Americans attacked the flank. They also figured out that the opposite side seemed to have retreated, and the one left behind should be a sniper force, and there could not be too many people.
If the attack power of the opposite side is still as strong as it just showed, Grant will not be cannon fodder.
Unexpected, unexpected. After the shelling, the British successfully occupied the frontal positions. French and American troops also managed to take the flanks smoothly. Smooth as a drill. Not a single gun resisted.
Heldbrand and Yamaguchi Su's angry vomiting blood! If I knew this was the case, I would have put more effort into it. So many casualties and shells were wasted, and the results were all robbed by Grant and Mentopia and others!
"Go up and have a look!" Yamaguchi Suchen suggested that he would like to go up and see what the hell Nie Shicheng was up to.
This proposal was endorsed by several commanders. Except for Wilson, who was supervising the battle on the front line, the others went to Nie Shicheng's position together, and they saw Nie Shicheng's headquarters in the back. It's just a simple house of wood and straw, but at least it's sheltered from the wind and rain, and it's got plenty of dry firewood and drinking water.
Seeing this slightly luxurious headquarters, Yamaguchi Suchen almost spurted out a mouthful of blood. Although it has been raining for the past two days, he, the commander, has tents to live in, but there are not many tents for his subordinates! The non-combat attrition is almost five hundred. But Nie Shicheng still has enough firewood to boil water for a bath!! This should have been done by a group of gentlemen!
A few people walked out of the humble headquarters when they suddenly heard a scream. The war is over, where are the shells? Several kilometers around the battlefield should have been occupied by the coalition forces.
Time goes back an hour ago.
Zhang Yuan and Li Chen were lying in the muddy water, except for their eyes were still shining, they didn't look like people anywhere.
"Lao Zhang, why don't you think the adults have retreated?" Li Chen asked motionlessly.
"Call me sir!" Zhang Yuan also did not move.
"Okay, sir, do you think you can succeed this time?" Li Chen did not give up.
"It will work!" Zhang Yuan said confidently.
"Yes, we've been training for almost two years, and we've been fighting bandits and thieves all the time. I'm bored. Li Chen was a little unhappy. He was originally a thief, but he was still a thief under Hu Xiaoyan.
"I have sharpened a sword for two years, but the frost blade has not been tried. Today, it is only an injustice to show the king! Zhang Yuan hummed softly. He's a little impatient, he's got a beard before! In layman's terms, it is banditry. When I arrived at Hu Xiaoyan, I would still be doing my old job, if it weren't for the good enough treatment given by Hu Xiaoyan, and the sweet words would have been given enough. He didn't want to do it for a long time. He is a beard, but he has been good for a year.
Today is finally the moment when the knife is unsheathed. Foreigners are brutes, and after he saw the photos that Hu Xiaoyan sent back of the disgusting things that the Germans had done in Shandong and the allied forces in Tianjin, he made up his mind to teach the Westerners a profound lesson. Now is the time.
"Sir, do you think foreigners will be fooled?" Li Chen was a little worried. He had long wanted to kill him with real ammunition. Going to simulation training all day long, he's also annoying.
"Humph! That thatched hut was specially built by us, and it even had Nie Shicheng's saber and military uniform inside, so I don't believe those foreigners can resist the temptation! Moreover, there is a lot of drinking water and dry firewood in it. Zhang Yuan is an old beard, although he is also a little worried. But it definitely won't show itself.
Half an hour later, forty minutes later, Hu Xiaoyan had already retreated, and the foreigners began to attack.
The coalition forces managed to "break through" the position.
The commanders finally walked to the thatched hut.
"Ready!" Zhang Yuan said solemnly.
"Okay." Li Chen slowly crawled back, and soon approached his destination, he gently lifted a wooden plank and entered the closed trench. The trenches were dug deep and wide.
"How's it going?"
"There's no problem with this big guy!" A schoolgirl flicked two tails on top of her head.
"Done! Can be launched! A boy next to her also confirmed.
These students were all college students from Peiyang University, and they went to Anhui very early, because Zheng Jun's internal affairs investigation department lacked enough intellectuals, and Zheng Jun asked Hu Xiaoyan for instructions and selected five college students from Peiyang University. The arrival of these students can be regarded as a joint operation with the special forces.
The big guy they are referring to is a great general's cannon from hundreds of years ago that was transferred from the Tianjin Armed Forces Warehouse! There is no way, for the sake of Nie Shicheng, almost all the artillery at hand by Hu Xiaoyan is arranged on the position. After the special forces arrived, they couldn't find any usable artillery, there was no way, they were acting secretly, and it was impossible to swagger to the position to transfer the artillery. Only then did I think of using a general's cannon.
The general cannon has been on this side of the position, and the coalition forces have also discovered it, but this cannon is a thing from hundreds of years ago. At that time, black gunpowder was still used. There were also no shells near the cannon, so the coalition forces arranged for a squad to guard here, and later they would send someone to pull it away. You know, this cannon is bronze. Copper is money in China!
After more than a day of debugging and repairs, the cannon was restored to firing capabilities. Of course, the gunpowder was also changed to smokeless gunpowder.
Now the great general, who has been hidden in the arsenal for hundreds of years, finally ushered in the opportunity to become a real general.
"Kill the guards above. With cold weapons! Guys, get ready to fire your shells. Li Chen gave a solemn military salute. Then run lightly towards the target location.
The male student nodded: "Yan Zhuzhu, get ready, we're going to retreat." ”
Yan Zhuzhu, the girl with a double ponytail, nodded and began to organize her belongings. The angles of the amount of gunpowder of the cannon were all calculated by them. There is nothing to worry about.
"It's a pity that such a large piece of copper!" Both students sighed at the same time. Then they looked at each other in amazement.
They are the first batch of college students to enter Anhui, Hu Xiaoyan is deeply touched by the lavish spending on education and industry, and they also know that spending money in this way is not a long-term solution, which is why the bronze cannon was left behind.
"Boom" a cannon rang out. Several civilians began to retreat along the dug passage and the retreat route that had been left behind.
And the Russian coach Yevgeny Ivanovich Alekseev, who was about to sigh by the thatched hut, was thrown to the ground by his lieutenant Heldebrandt. Lieutenant General Yamaguchi Sotomi of the Japanese Army, who had fought for an old man, had just heard the scream and fell down one step ahead of Heldbrandt.