Chapter 1292: Assault on Artillery Positions
The army of the Zulu Kingdom in the frontal attack is finally in a comprehensive predicament, even if it has an absolute advantage, it is extremely difficult to face the defense of the German and Austrian Federation Army!
Everyone's eyes were all focused on Evans, after all, as the highest official of the British Army Advisory Group here, he was the backbone of the entire Zulu Kingdom army, and now no one believed that Nick next to him had the ability to turn the tide.
"Fack! They want to be able to knock us off like that, but it's too simple! The order was given to the cavalry regiment to make a quick detour to the north, bypassing the frontal positions of the Boers and launching a surprise attack on their artillery positions! Their artillery is powerful, and our cavalry is not weak! ”
Evans finally activated his killer weapon, the cavalry, at a critical time! To deal with the artillery of the German-Austrian Federal Army, the only way to use the trump card of cavalry is to use a surprise attack and rush to the position of the German-Austrian Federal Army, that is, victory is in sight!
The Zulu people are also best at cavalry tactics, the Zulu cavalry can gallop at will on the horse, very powerful, and now they can only rely on the cavalry's strong assault ability and speed to launch a surprise attack on the artillery positions of the German and Austrian federal army, as long as the raid is successful, destroy the opponent's artillery position, then there is no opponent's artillery containment, only by virtue of heavy machine gun fire, absolutely unable to withstand the artillery firepower, even if the infantry attack, heavy machine gun fire can not be topped for a long time, after all, the ammunition of heavy machine gun fire is limited, The consumption is too great, where can the German-Austrian Federation eat? If ammunition is scarce, the Zulus will break through from the front.
Now the artillery of the German-Austrian Federal Army has suddenly retreated, and the attack on the front is tight, they absolutely do not have extra troops to closely protect the artillery positions, plus the sky has begun to darken, and under the cover of night, the surprise attack is even more sudden, this time, there is no doubt about victory!
The artillery of the German-Austrian Federal Army is still launching a fierce artillery bombardment, even if it is late, there is still no sign of stopping, and the time of the day is really suppressed by the Zulu artillery, and the entire position is bombed enough by the opponent, and now it is finally gaining the upper hand, naturally there is a grudge to revenge, there is revenge.
Now the Zulu artillery could not reach the artillery positions of the German-Austrian federal army, and they could only press the opponent's forward positions to attack with all their might.
From the location of the Zulu cavalry, the distance to the artillery position is only more than ten kilometers, and for the cavalry, even if it is a detour, the distance is only more than twenty kilometers, and such a distance, that is, less than two hours, can be reached.
Today's artillery is shooting frantically, and the rumbling sound of artillery completely covers the sound of the horse's hooves of the cavalry in the distance, and Fang Huasheng has already left the artillery position and returned to the main position.
The artillery position was still bombarding the Zulu army's position with all its might, and by the time the artillerymen found the cavalry, the cavalry was already less than 800 meters away from the artillery position, and the cavalry had already begun to sprint with all their might!
Du Qiang, the commander of the artillery regiment, felt a trace of abnormality, and when he watched from afar, a cavalry had already rushed towards the position, Du Qiang was shocked and roared: "Heavy machine gun, heavy machine gun, shoot immediately, enemy attack, enemy attack!" The artillery turned, prepared to attack, and immediately sent people to the main positions for help! ”
Fang Huasheng has long experienced how the enemy can not be a little defenseless, after all, artillery is too important for the army, Fang Huasheng placed two heavy machine gun companies and an infantry battalion on the two wings of the artillery position, in Fang Huasheng's opinion, such a troop configuration is enough to ensure the safety of artillery.
However, now that the artillery is under fire, it is late at night, and the sight is extremely poor, and by the time the officers and men on the artillery positions discover the opponent's cavalry, it is already late!
A heavy machine gun company, six heavy machine guns opened fire with all their might, and at this time, they no longer dared to leave the slightest strength, and began to shoot frantically at the cavalry on the opposite side!
Sudden ......
Six thick tongues of fire spat frantically at the cavalry on the flank, trying to organize the advance of the cavalry, and the Zulu cavalry kept falling off their horses and being trampled into pulp by the cavalry behind!
However, at a distance of only a few hundred meters, even if the heavy machine gun fire is fast, it is already impossible to stop the cavalry from breaking through, although the Zulu cavalry paid a huge price of casualties in the face of heavy machine gun fire, but even if only a few hundred cavalry rushed into the artillery position, it was enough for the artillerymen to drink a pot!
That is, in three or four minutes, the cavalry is already close at hand!
Du Qiang is really anxious, he is about to rush to the position, once he rushes to the position, the artillery position will definitely be in bad luck!
"Order, the infantry battalion will attack immediately, protect the artillery, even if you bite with your teeth, you must beat the cavalry back to me!"
Du Qiang roared angrily!
At this moment, the infantry battalion already knew that it was time to do their best, to protect the safety of the artillery positions, that was their mission, and now was the time for them to fulfill their mission!
The infantry soldiers took their rifles in their hands and rushed towards the cavalry! Entangled with the cavalry!
Streams of blood splashed, using infantry to resist cavalry, this way of fighting is really too tragic, but there is no way, even if it is a mantis arm as a car, then it must be on!
The infantry officers of the German-Austrian Federal Army used their flesh and blood to withstand the impact of the cavalry!
Even if the whole camp is exhausted, it will never let the opponent get close to half a step!
Under the powerful impact of the Zulu cavalry, the strength of an infantry battalion was too weak, even if the infantry fought desperately, they still couldn't hold the cavalry back for too long!
However, in this short period of time, the heavy machine gun company on the other side had already rushed to the rescue, forming a huge arc on the position, protecting the artillerymen again, and began to fire ferociously at the cavalry in the rear!
In ten minutes, the entire infantry battalion had already suffered casualties!
The cavalry once again launched a surprise attack on the artillerymen, and the twelve heavy machine guns could not withstand the artillery attack at close range! The cavalry broke through the line, and the artillery and heavy machine gunners were completely exposed to the sabers of the Zulu cavalry!
Assault!
After a bloody battle, a cavalry regiment, more than 1,200 people, and now there are less than 500 casualties, even if it is only 500 people, it is definitely not something that unarmed artillery can resist!
At the critical moment, the reinforcements finally arrived!
As soon as the artillery position stopped attacking, Fang Huasheng had already realized that something was wrong, and then, the sound of heavy machine guns in the rear was transmitted, and Fang Huasheng knew that the artillery position had encountered a surprise attack by the opponent!
In a hurry, Fang Huasheng directly sent all the troops of an infantry regiment to rush to the aid of the artillery position, no matter what, the safety of the artillery position must be ensured!
(To be continued.) )
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