Rhode Island, the tragic offensive and defensive battle entered the thirty-third day. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Under the command of U.S. Army Commander Myers, the U.S. Army broke out with strong combat effectiveness, not only successfully crossing the beach of Tifferton Bay, but also attacking the main island of Rhode Island in one fell swoop, and breaking through the six positions heavily defended by the Chinese Imperial Shence Army, and approaching Portsmouth.

The U.S. military was able to break through the heavily defended positions of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army thanks to the fact that they had obtained a number of powerful firearms.

The Browning M1893 automatic rifle is an automatic rifle specially designed by Browning for the U.S. Army, with a caliber of 0.30 inches (7.62 mm), fed by a 20-round detachable magazine mounted under the receiver. Using the air-conductive principle, semi-automatic or fully automatic firing can be implemented.

This is a famous automatic rifle in history, but it came out ten years ahead of schedule.

The reason is that the United States was under the dictatorships of Grant and Roosevelt, and the United States was extremely militaristic, which made the design and manufacture of weapons very popular in the United States.

In this year in history, Browning designed this automatic rifle, because of the encouragement of the United States' democratic peace policy, so angry that Browning left the United States for Belgium, causing the United States to regret not keeping Browning until the world war twenty years later.

Now that Roosevelt is in power, it coincides with the fact that the entire Western world has always suffered big losses in weapons and equipment when it is fighting against the Chinese Empire, and the British Empire has lost in the backwardness of weapons and equipment in several Yapian wars, and the US military is also the same, suffering from always lagging behind the Chinese Empire in weapons and equipment, and has been thrown out of a gap of several streets.

These factors have led the U.S. military to attach great importance to weapons research and development, which makes weapons design geniuses like Browning useful.

As a result, Browning was not ignored by the U.S. military and forced to leave as in history, but was highly valued by the U.S. military and became one of the most important weapons design experts in the U.S. military.

The U.S. military handed over all kinds of resources to Browning for use, which indirectly contributed to Browning's smooth development of weapons, without worrying about insufficient funds, not worrying about insufficient manpower, and not worrying about no experimental sites, so that Browning successfully developed the M1903 automatic rifle ten years ahead of schedule and became today's M1893 automatic rifle.

The biggest feature of the M1893 automatic rifle is that it can be used as a single shot of a rifle or as a machine gun burst fire, and the magazine capacity of 20 rounds makes this automatic rifle a big killer.

The U.S. military liked this automatic rifle very much, and even used it as a secret strategic weapon, to give the Chinese Empire a surprise attack at a critical moment.

Therefore, the US military, starting in 1893, secretly produced such automatic rifles and hoarded them in large quantities.

By the time the war between China and the United States began on September 17, 1894, the U.S. military had secretly produced 300,000 M1893 automatic rifles.

Originally, Miles did not plan to expose the M1893 automatic rifle in advance, but on the battlefield of Rhode Island, the US military using old-fashioned rifles could not suppress the opponent in terms of firepower when attacking the heavily defended positions of the Chinese Imperial Army.

The U.S. military also has heavy machine guns, but they are too bulky, and when attacking, the soldiers opened the gap with their lives, only for a short time, and this kind of heavy machine gun has no time to support in time, so that the U.S. military measures again and again, tens of thousands of people died in vain.

In this case, Miles had to use the secret weapon of the M1893 automatic rifle in advance.

So, Miles transferred 100,000 M1893 automatic rifles and distributed them to the reserve that he had kept all along.

On the night of October 22, 1894, the Imperial Chinese Army, as usual, stood guard in the depression fortifications on the west side of Tifferton Bay.

After a month of fierce fighting, the U.S. military was never able to break through the outermost defense line of Rhode Island, and each time the U.S. military came happy and returned in defeat, leaving corpses in one place.

Invisibly, the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Empire Shence guarding here were careless.

After these days of fierce fighting, the defenders of the Chinese Empire at this moment are already very sleepy, and according to the agreement, if they survive tonight, another brother army will come to change their guards tomorrow.

This is a rotation mechanism formulated by Shi Dakai to prevent front-line soldiers from being overworked.

However, Miles, who was on the other side, also discovered the time of the change of guard of the Chinese Imperial Army after this time.

Miles knew very well that the last night before the change of guard was the most tired and relaxed time for the defenders of the Chinese Empire, so he decided to do it tonight.

The U.S. troops attacking during the day were still using single-shot rifles, but at night, they had been replaced by the U.S. reserves, all M1893 automatic rifles.

At the same time, the U.S. military also learned a lesson and brought its own long ladder in order to smoothly cross the trenches dug by the defenders of the Chinese Empire.

Knock knock......

The U.S. artillery fired in unison, and in the blink of an eye, thousands of shells fell on the positions of the defenders of the Chinese Empire.

Such a huge artillery attack is the second time since the two sides started the war, the last time Miles mobilized so much artillery fire, it was quickly discovered by the artillery of the Chinese Empire and counterattacked, as a result, the American artillery suffered heavy losses, so that Miles did not dare to use artillery to gather fire in this way for a long time, to prevent being killed by the Chinese Imperial artillery.

But this time, Miles couldn't do it, he knew that victory or defeat was here, whether he could capture Rhode Island, it was tonight's battle, so he once again gathered 90% of the artillery force to suppress the artillery fire of the defenders of the Chinese Empire and cover the infantry charge.

The U.S. military launched an overwhelming charge, and the firepower of the U.S. infantry armed with M1893 automatic rifles suddenly skyrocketed dozens of times, and the firepower output per unit area exceeded that of the defenders of the Chinese Empire for the first time.

At night, the trajectory of shells in the sky and the trajectory of bullets on the ground are all glowing, weaving a dense network of light, a net of light that even birds can't fly out.

The defenders of the Chinese Empire on the front-line position were also instantly stunned, and the sudden change in the firepower of the American army caught them off guard, and soon the position was opened five or six gaps at the same time.

In less than ten minutes, the defenders of the Chinese Empire were forced to retreat to the second line of defense, and the American troops learned wisely and rushed to the first line of position with ladders, without worrying about being tricked by the other side.

The U.S. Army frantically launched a charge, and the firepower superiority of the defenders of the Chinese Empire no longer existed, and the numerical superiority of the American Army was manifested for the first time.

In half an hour, the U.S. forces broke through the four defensive lines of the defenders of the Chinese Empire.

The great changes on the front line surprised Shi Dakai, who was sitting in the rear.

He hurried to Portsmouth to observe the battle ahead from the city.

It was easy to see the dense network of light in the dark night, and the firepower of the American infantry suddenly skyrocketed, to the point of completely suppressing the firepower of the defenders of the Chinese Empire.

"Order the artillery division to immediately carry out carpet shelling of the defense line of position No. 4, and all fortress batteries will also suspend attacks on the artillery positions of the US army, and attack position No. 4 with all shells!"

At the critical moment, Shi Dakai was decisive, he decisively gave up destroying the US artillery cluster position, and used all the artillery fire to attack the No. 4 position defense line, block the cluster charge of the US infantry, give his retreating officers and soldiers time to breathe, and re-organize forces to consolidate the defense on the fifth line of defense.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Hundreds of artillery pieces of the Chinese Imperial Army fired at the No. 4 position, which instantly blew up the flesh and blood of the US infantry, especially the large-caliber artillery of the fortress, and a 381-mm shell instantly blew up a huge crater with a diameter of more than ten meters, and even the stones in it were melted in an instant, and the charging US infantry was instantly swept away by the air wave of the explosion, and the entire US offensive formation was cut off.

The U.S. infantry in the rear was unable to cross the artillery blockade, and the U.S. infantry in the front was quickly wiped out by the Chinese Imperial Army, which had reorganized itself to counterattack.

The almost invincible offensive of the American army was interrupted in an instant.

Miles, who was watching the battle from the rear, suddenly sighed, he knew that his opponent Shi Dakai was very powerful, and he was very impressed by being able to deal with it so decisively.

Since the U.S. offensive was blocked, Miles knew that tonight's offensive was over, and it was afraid that it would be difficult to break through the fifth line of defense of the Chinese Imperial Army, so Myers ordered the U.S. Army to retreat to the third line of defense to solidify, and at the same time hurriedly transferred the artillery cluster position, saving Shi Dakai a moment of regret and turning around to destroy the U.S. artillery group.

That night, Shi Dakai urgently convened a military meeting, and all four lines of defense were lost in less than an hour, which was the biggest defeat since the beginning of the war, and the four main infantry battalions were heavily damaged, and two of the infantry battalions suffered more than half of the casualties and lost their combat effectiveness.

Shi Dakai was no longer interested in the casualties of the American army, he wanted to know why the firepower of the American infantry had skyrocketed dozens of times and completely suppressed himself.

Soon, some officers who had retired from the front line brought back several M1893 rifles used by the American army.

After the test, Shi Dakai and others finally understood, and they changed color one after another.

The U.S. military has one such automatic rifle in hand, which is equivalent to a light machine gun, and once it is fired, the firepower will naturally instantly surpass the defenders of the Chinese Empire, after all, the defenders of the Chinese Empire still use single-shot rifles, even if they are supported by a large number of heavy machine gun firepower points, they can't compete with the firepower of the U.S. army.

Knowing that the U.S. military has a new weapon, Shi Da is happy to have the bottom.

However, during the day the next day, after a rest, the American army won a big victory last night, the morale of the American army was high, and Myers ordered the attack again.

Despite Shi Dakai's calm command, the firepower advantage of the American infantry was very obvious, and after a day of fierce fighting, Shi Dakai still gave up the fourth and fifth lines of defensive lines.

A day later, Shi Dakai abandoned the sixth line of defensive lines, and the Chinese Imperial Army retreated to the city of Portsmouth and began urban street fighting.

The U.S. military pursued the victory, but the street fighting still caused the U.S. military to collapse.

The buildings in the urban area of Portsmouth under the control of the Chinese Empire are very strong, and it is difficult for the US artillery to give full play to the advantages in the urban area, and after the defenders of the Chinese Empire blocked the windows and doors of the buildings with sandbags, one building after another became a bunker turret, and the bloody heavy machine guns blocked the streets, even if the US infantry had the firepower advantage of automatic rifles, it was still 7.62 rifle bullets after all, and could not shoot through the brick and cement walls.

In the next few days, the Chinese and American armies fought fiercely in the city of Portsmouth, street by street, and during the day, the defenders of the Chinese Empire had snipers to help the battle, and the American troops suffered considerable losses and heavy casualties.

But at night, Miles took advantage of the disadvantages of snipers in the night, took advantage of the numerical advantage of the American army, launched a night battle, and fought bayonets with the defenders of the Chinese Empire, even if it was three American troops for one soldier of the Chinese Imperial Army, it was worth it for Miles.

It's just that the streets that the U.S. military got at great cost will recapture the streets by daylight the next day, with the help of snipers.

This made Miles so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

The two sides are in a tug-of-war like this, and the casualty figures are surging every day.

Due to the powerful new automatic rifles used by the US army, the firepower was fierce, forcing Shi Dakai to take out more heavy machine guns and bullets from the warehouse to fill the gap in firepower.

Shi Dakai was also very painful, and the ammunition and materials that were originally planned to be used for three years would not last for three months if calculated according to the current consumption of the US military fight.

The three-year ammunition reserve could not last for three months, which shows the fierceness of the fighting.

However, just when Shi Dakai was entangled, good news came from the wireless telegraph, the Chinese Imperial Navy sneak attacked Mobile, Norfolk and New York, especially New York is very close to Rhode Island, it is estimated that soon the Chinese Imperial Navy will reach Rhode Island and break through the blockade of Rhode Island by the US military, so that Shi Dakai will not have to worry about running out of ammunition.

However, Miles is not stupid, after he learned the news, his first reaction was that he had to fight a decisive battle with Shi Da and take Rhode Island in one go.

So, at dawn the next day, as soon as the sun came out, the American army attacked frantically.

Miles fought hard, charging at any cost, causing heavy casualties to the American troops, but also heavy casualties to the defenders of the Chinese Empire.

The moment of decisive battle came, but it did not hold out to the end, because Roosevelt ordered Miles to urgently reinforce New York.

Miles was unwilling and wanted to disobey, but Roosevelt also faced political pressure from the mayor of New York, Bama, and many New York bankers, no matter how awesome Roosevelt was, without the support of Wall Street bankers, Roosevelt could not control the United States.

In this case, Roosevelt succumbed, let alone Miles.

Under Roosevelt's solemn orders, Miles could only accept the order, unwillingly gave up the decisive battle, and mobilized the elite to reinforce New York.

The withdrawal of the US troops, Shi Dakai was also relieved, he originally promised to hold on for three years, but now he can't hold on after a month and a half, and it's a cold sweat to think about.

War, the plan will never catch up with the changes, so Shi Dakai paid another high tuition fee, and he no longer dared to guarantee with His Majesty Emperor Li Weiguo like this, otherwise his head would really have to move.

The battle report of Rhode Island was quickly sent back to the Wuhan Military Headquarters in Great Kyoto, and then forwarded to the northern capital of Uriya Sutai, and then sent to Erkou City, where it was handed over to Li Weiguo.

According to the battlefield situation and the description of the American rifle by the front-line soldiers, Li Weiguo is 100% sure that it is the M1903 automatic rifle, Browning's famous work.

Originally, Li Weiguo did not plan to appear this kind of automatic firearm in the world too early, so in the Chinese Imperial Army, only special forces use advanced automatic rifles.

This is because, once a gun is introduced, it will soon be imitated and can be easily made by copycats.

Li Weiguo did not want to prematurely push the war from the era of rifles to the age of automatic firearms, but history has changed too much, and since the US military has mastered the technology of automatic rifles, there is no reason for the Chinese Empire to hide it.

So Li Weiguo waved his pen, and a holy decree was issued, and in the safe of the Imperial Equipment Committee, three sets of more advanced complete weapon design drawings were taken out and sent to the Beiyang Arsenal. (To be continued.) )