Chapter 679: Stalemate
The officers and soldiers in the attack are not as lucky as the officers and men of the garrison regiment who have just joined the 12th Division, not only do they have trenches to hide most of their bodies, but they can also squat directly in the trenches at dangerous moments, so that the officers and soldiers can shoot bullets. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Therefore, the officers and troops of four or five hundred men were like targets, constantly approaching the positions of the 12th Division.
Although the nine light and heavy machine guns were suppressed by the heavy machine gun fire of the officers and soldiers, they could only take advantage of their own artillery bombardment to fire a string of bullets in a hurry. Then immediately after the officers and soldiers began to shoot heavy machine guns, they crouched back into the trench and became a turtle with a shrunken head.
But because the officers and troops were too obvious, and the offensive formation was dense. Only the 12th Division's position was shot out, and someone in the attacking unit of the officers and troops was bound to be knocked over by bullets on the offensive road.
The strength of one battalion lost nearly 100 men before it could rush to 150 meters in front of the 12th Division.
As an officer who returned from studying abroad, the assistant commander reacted immediately and ordered the commander to open fire on one of his own artillery battalions.
First use artillery fire to suppress the artillery of the Liaodong Army, and only a dozen heavy machine guns in front of them can not take into account providing fire cover for the infantry, suppress the counterattack fire of the defenders, and cover the infantry attack.
At this time, the only way to solve the immediate difficulties can be thought of by the co-ordination.
The well-trained artillerymen did not disappoint him, and in less than a minute the dull sound of artillery sounded behind him, followed by the screeching of shells across the sky.
A few seconds later, a violent explosion sounded behind the positions of the Liaodong Army.
The co-ordinator, holding the telescope, saw with his own eyes more than a dozen fireballs mixed with a large amount of black smoke rising from the ground.
At this time, the shells that kept flying to their heavy machine gun positions with a screaming sound stopped directly.
"The artillery did a good job, even if it didn't destroy the artillery positions of the Liaodong Army, it would have severely damaged them, otherwise, the artillery of the Liaodong Army would not have been able to admit it so quickly." Xietong said with a satisfied face.
After finishing, he immediately ordered: "Tell the attacking troops, hurry up and attack immediately, and take advantage of the Liaodong Army to react before they can attack the position of the Liaodong Army." They don't have many troops, as long as we fight the position, with the superiority of troops, we must be the one who wins in the end. At that time, everyone will be added to the court and knighted! ”
Compared with the patrol battalion, whether it is Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army or the new army formed by the major governors in the south themselves, officers at all levels are either military cadets who have returned from studying abroad, or officers who are really capable in the local patrol battalions.
Therefore, these officers of the new army are very good in terms of battlefield command ability and battlefield adaptability.
Before the order of the co-commander reached the attacking troops, the leading battalion management band realized that his opportunity had come, and then subconsciously ordered his subordinates, who had lost more than 100 people, to start working hard to kill the Liaodong Army position as quickly as possible.
The remaining twelve heavy machine guns of a heavy machine gun team also stopped and did not move, staring at the newly exposed firepower points of the Liaodong Army's position to counterattack.
The dense firepower suddenly overwhelmed the position and the Liaodong Army could not raise its head.
It seemed that the infantry, who saw the dawn of victory, also seized the opportunity and rushed forward thirty or forty meters at once, rushing into the effective range of the guns.
Just when everyone thought that the balance of victory was tilting in favor of the officers and soldiers, the scream of shells across the sky once again reached the ears of everyone on the battlefield.
The hundreds of Liaodong troops of the 12th Division, who were crushed in the trenches, were brightened, and they subconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands. As soon as the heavy machine guns provided fire cover by the officers and soldiers a few hundred meters away ceased fire, they stood up from their trenches and fired at the attacking troops at a distance of 100 meters as fast as they could, killing and wounding them as much as possible.
The officers and soldiers of the attacking troops changed their faces, and then began to pray that the heavy machine guns behind them would last a little longer.
Now he is completely exposed to the light and heavy machine gun and rifle fire of the defenders, once the heavy machine gun fire covering him stops. It is certain that in just a few minutes, the remaining four or five hundred men of a battalion will suffer heavy losses and a fatal blow.
The wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
As soon as the violent explosion of shells sounded behind him, the heavy machine gun bullets whizzing overhead were gone.
The faces of the hundreds of attacking troops turned pale at once.
Many people subconsciously looked at the officers around them and asked them with their eyes whether they would continue to attack or retreat immediately.
To their disappointment, the officers' faces were as pale as they were, and there was a trace of confusion hidden under the pale faces that was difficult to detect.
Because, compared to ordinary soldiers, they are more aware of the dangerous situation they face at this moment.
If you are not careful, you and your soldiers will all fall here.
Time waits for no one, and under the suppression of more than a dozen heavy machine guns in the official army, hundreds of soldiers who are holding back their anger are finally waiting for an opportunity to vent, and of course they will not let it go.
As soon as the heavy machine guns of the officers and soldiers ceased fire, they rose from their trenches and fired with their weapons in hand.
The position immediately sounded like a burst of gunfire, and the dense bullets quickly formed a steel storm in front of the formation and flew towards the officers and soldiers.
Rifles, light machine guns, and heavy machine guns fired more than 1,000 rounds at officers and soldiers in just one or two seconds.
Under the firing of so many bullets, more than 100 officers and soldiers who rushed to the front were knocked over by bullets on the offensive road without even having a chance to react.
Seeing that the Liaodong Army was so fierce, the remaining officers and soldiers were shocked, and immediately lay on the ground, trying to dodge the next round of bullets fired by the Liaodong Army.
Even so. There are still quite a few officers and soldiers who have been shot one after another.
After all, the positions of the Liaodong Army were equipped with nine light and heavy machine guns that could fire continuously.
When there was no longer a single standing officer or soldier in front of the position, the already small number of officers and soldiers lost thirty or forty men again.
At this time, after six mortar artillery fire, the officers' heavy machine guns, which had been transferred to the new position, opened fire again.
The officers and troops, who still had the advantage in firepower, immediately suppressed the firepower of the defenders.
The riflemen of the 12th Division, who had just fired a few rounds of bullets, could only squat back into the trench again with a face full of unwillingness. Dozens of riflemen, who were half a beat slower, were undoubtedly beaten into a hornet's nest and collapsed in the trenches.
The more than 300 officers and soldiers lying more than 100 meters in front of the formation, although they were full of doubts about the next attack, still stood up from the ground as soon as possible, held their rifles, and rushed to the position of the Liaodong Army with a roar, striving to get ahead of the next round of artillery fire of the Liaodong Army! rushed to the position and strangled with the Liaodong army. Only then will they have a chance to live.
But the Liaodong Army didn't give them this opportunity!
When the officers and troops transferred the heavy machine guns, the gunners of the Liaodong Army behind the positions also quickly shifted their positions, not giving the officers and soldiers a chance to shell them.
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