Thundered!

Thundered!

Thundered!

"****, there's still no end."

"Lie down, give Lao Tzu a down."

……

On the main position of the first line of defense of the Black Dragon Army, the 102nd Regiment received the baptism of Tsarist artillery fire for the second time in just two or three hours, and only a moment later, the entire position was dusty, dusty, and of course, blood was spilled in the sky.

Just when the Tsarist Russian artillery was strongly reinforced, and the 102nd regiment's position was completely dumb, the Qing infantry and cavalry also launched an attack on the position of the Black Dragon Army again, and at the same time, on the left flank of the battlefield, a Tsarist Russian infantry stabbed out, and as soon as it entered the battlefield, it launched a tidal rush.

"Sure enough, it's the size of another brigade, it's really a big deal." After adjusting the angle of the telescope in his hand, Yue Weihua looked at the two wings of the main position of the 102nd Regiment, and found that the 103rd Regiment and the 104th Regiment had entered the position, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Order the artillery regiment, open the artillery." ”

In terms of artillery alone, the two field artillery regiments and one heavy artillery regiment currently owned by the Eastern Route Coalition Army are not enough in front of the Black Dragon Army, at least as an organized artillery regiment, the Black Dragon Army also has two field artillery regiments and a heavy artillery regiment, which is basically the same as Lao Maozi.

However, the 101st Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment of the Black Dragon Army, as well as the 102nd, 103rd and 104th Regiments that have just finished their redressing, each regiment has a hundred mortars, which adds up to five hundred, and as long as Yue Weihua is willing, Yue Weihua can exchange more mortars at any time, and don't forget, in the Liuyeshan Arsenal, there is still a daily rush to work, with a monthly output of 500 guns, and an average of more than a dozen per day.

As for artillery shells, there is no need to worry, not to mention that Yue Weihua can be exchanged through merit points at any time, and the production line of one or two 50 mm caliber artillery shells can produce more than 2,000 shells per day, and even more than 1,000 105 mm caliber field artillery shells leave the factory every day.

In addition, don't forget, there are more than 30 intact river ships and more than 10 gunboats of the First Fleet of the Navy Division in Yue Weihua's space, and some gunboats and river ships are broken, but they have been converted into mobile naval guns and coastal defense gun bases, these naval guns, Yue Weihua can take them out at any time, and then use the naval guns as land artillery, and the power is even greater, these are all more than 150 mm caliber, or even 250 mm coastal defense guns, and the total number of them is more than 100 guns. It's equivalent to the firepower output of three heavy artillery regiments.

So, the Black Dragon Army really has no shortage of artillery, nor is it short of shells, if you really want to say that there is a shortage, maybe the shortage of artillery is relatively large, of course, there is absolutely no shortage of mortars, after all, the operation of mortars is still relatively simple, and it is a large-scale operation, and there is no need to say how accurate the fight is.

Without further ado, let's get back to business.

With Yue Weihua's order, the two field artillery regiments of the Black Dragon Army opened fire at the same time, and nearly 100 105-mm field guns opened fire at the same time, instantly suppressing the momentum of the Qing army and the Tsarist Russian troops who were just preparing to charge on the battlefield.

For a time, the battlefield was filled with gunsmoke and flying soil, whether it was the Qing Russian coalition army or the Black Dragon Army, they all honestly lay on the ground, waiting for the judgment of fate, because at this time, both sides each invested two field artillery regiments and launched a terrifying artillery battle.

Thundered!

Thundered!

Thundered!

The power of artillery fire is naturally powerful, but since ancient times, there has been a cannon sound, gold ten thousand taels, it stands to reason that this kind of artillery support should be moderate, but today's scene, although it is the first day of the war, but it is a big scene of firefighting, both sides have invested more than 20,000 troops, and the shells that are shot out are measured in tons, don't forget, before the war, the continuous one-hour artillery bombardment of Tsarist Russia.

"Black Dragon Army, where did you get the confidence to dare to fight with us like this?"

Kuzuosco looked at the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield in the distance, and was puzzled in his heart, even if the little devil gave great assistance to the Black Dragon Army, but there was always a number, and he was now surrounded by the other party, so the other party would not talk about ammunition supply, even food and supplies would be interrupted supply lines.

So, it stands to reason that the other side should save every bullet, and every shell is, but the current scene doesn't seem to be like this?

The Black Dragon Army is not only advanced in weapons, but also gives people the feeling that there is enough ammunition, and even the artillery battle dares to be more serious with themselves, you know, the Black Dragon Army has also carried out two field artillery fire support before and after, especially now, I don't see that the other party has a tendency to stop artillery assistance.

Thundered!

Thundered!

"Order: Stop artillery support."

More than ten minutes passed, and Cuzosco finally gave the order to stop the artillery reinforcements.

"Commander-in-chief, why stop the shelling, the other side hasn't stopped yet, but we are the first to stop, isn't it that our morale is hard to muster, and we are going to be suppressed by the other side again, besides, without artillery reinforcements, won't this battle end early?" Zeng Qi suddenly asked.

"Ending early?" Kurzuosco shook his head and advised: "General Zeng, the outcome of the war is ultimately decided by people, not by weapons. ”

I have to say that Kuzuosco's understanding of war is very thorough, which is the same as our Taizu who used millet and rifles to defeat the reactionaries and fight the US imperialism, and the final victory of the war depends on people, which will never be wrong, of course, if your weapons and equipment are advanced and the soldiers are excellent, then it will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

However, when Sheng Jing was close to Zeng Qi, he didn't think so, he didn't rely on weapons to decide, did he rely on the number of people?

The Eight-Nation Coalition attacked Yanjing with a total of more than 20,000 people, and the Qing army plus the Boxers also had more than 100,000 or 200,000, so why couldn't they be defeated?

Obviously, Zeng Qi misinterpreted the meaning of Kuzuo Sisco, what Kuzuo Sisco said is that there are many people, but refers to "people", this person is a general reference, of course, Zeng Qi as a general, military literacy may be a little bit, but there is still a gap with a Western-style general like Kuzuo Sisco.

Seeing that Zeng Qi was silent, obviously unconvinced, although Kuzuo Cisco had a good personal relationship with Zeng Qi, but after all, the identities of the two are different, you don't understand, then you don't understand, so he changed the topic and said: "As for saying that this battle ended early, it is impossible, General Zeng can rest assured, as long as our artillery fire stops, I am sure that in a few minutes, the other party will also stop artillery reinforcements." ”

"So sure?"

Zeng Qi shook his head and said, of course he knew that according to the convention, this was indeed the case, after all, the Black Dragon Army was currently surrounded by water, and the external supply line had been cut off, not to mention ammunition, even the supply of food would become a big problem, but the Black Dragon Army seemed to be difficult to speculate with common sense, otherwise, how could such a powerful army appear out of thin air in Aihui, an army that could beat Tsarist Russia to the bottom?

"We'll see."

Kuzuosco seems quite confident, he thinks that the Black Dragon Army is just fighting for breath, as long as the Russian artillery fire stops, the Black Dragon Army will inevitably stop, after all, the Black Dragon Army is the defender of the city, and there are more small-caliber artillery to supplement the firepower, continue to carry out large-caliber artillery bombardment, the inventory of the Black Dragon Army is even more unbearable, this kind of large-caliber artillery, or need to be used at critical moments, however, it is certainly not a critical moment now.

A few minutes after the shelling of the Tsarist side stopped, the Black Dragon Army really stopped the shelling, which confirmed Kuzuo Sisco's speculation, but the reason why Yue Weihua ordered to stop the shelling was not because he was worried about the consumption of shells, but simply did not want to expose too much, and another point, as Cuzuo Sisco said, the victory or defeat of the war ultimately depends on people.

For this, Yue Weihua quite agreed, the war has just begun, the 102nd, 103rd, 104th and 105th regiments and other newly formed field regiments still need to go through the tempering of the war, can not let them rely too much on the support of artillery fire, after all, their weapons and equipment have been ahead of the other side for twenty or thirty years, if they still can't defeat the other side, then it is a little too much.

The war is still going on, as soon as the field artillery fire on both sides stops, the soldiers on the whole war, as long as they are still panting, slowly crawled out of the mud pile one by one, of course, there are many who can no longer climb out, they are the price or value of the artillery fire.

"Platoon commander, platoon commander, wake up."

"Hygienist, hygienist, come on."

"Quick, health team, carry the wounded soldier down."

"Pillar, are you alright?"

……

On the main position of the 102nd Regiment, at the moment when the artillery stopped, the soldiers who were hiding in the air-raid shelter rushed out and began to pull the dust on the position, because there were too many soldiers buried in the dust, some soldiers were lucky and were rescued in time, and some soldiers had already gone west, so it was inevitable that the comrades-in-arms next to them would cry sadly.

"Commander, the enemy is coming."

However, on the battlefield, time is of the essence, and there is no time for you to cry here, because while you are crying, the enemy has already launched another charge towards your position.

On the battlefield, an infantry brigade of Tsarist Russia, a cavalry association and an infantry association of the Qing army, a total of 12,300 troops were invested, even if the battle damage was not small, but as long as the artillery fire stopped and the charge horn sounded, on this battlefield only a few hundred meters wide, it was still a sea of people.

"him."

Nie Youcai's eyes were also scarlet at the moment, half because of the sand and dust, and half because he was sad because of the excessive battle damage, so without saying a word, he picked up a light machine gun and started shooting.

Da-da-da-da!

Da-da-da-da!

Bang bang bang!

As soon as Nie Youcai's gunfire rang out, in an instant, the gunshots were connected into a piece on the main position, and the battle was fought to this extent, it was already a face-to-face gong and a drum, there was no opportunism, everything was hard power, what was fought was willpower, and what was fought was persistence.

"What about mortars, why don't you fire them?"

Nie Youcai, who had finished firing a magazine of bullets, took advantage of the time to change the magazine, glanced at the position, and found that he had not heard the sound of cannons, so he asked.

"Regiment commander, the mortar in front is too fierce, and we have finished the shell base today." Chief of Staff Xie Guang happened to be organizing the rescue of the injured, and only after hearing Nie Youcai's inquiry, did he reply.

Although the mortar is produced more than 2,000 rounds per day, and a lot of it was stored some time ago, the daily amount of mortars allocated to each regiment must also be counted, otherwise, you don't have to do anything, and the direct continuous bombardment is pulled, there is no doubt that at the beginning of the war, in order to stabilize the position as soon as possible, in order to repel the Qing army as soon as possible, the mortars of the 102nd regiment must be fought out as if they were not worth money, resulting in the fact that in a short period of time, the day's consumption will be exhausted.

"He's *milk*-milk, is that how the lesson came from?" Nie Youcai said depressedly: "Chief of Staff Xie, you can probably count the wounded, in addition, you go and ask each battalion to count the ammunition situation, don't it, it's not dark yet, and even the bullets are gone, then we can change the guard in advance." ”

"Commander Nie, I see that you have a good relationship with the commander-in-chief, why don't you make a phone call and apply for some artillery support, otherwise we will be under too much pressure, you see, Tsarist Russia has sent a brigade of reinforcements, if the commander-in-chief does not give us some additional firepower, and does not send reinforcements, if our regiment is up until dark, it is estimated that there will be no few left." Xie Guang proposed.

"Xie Guang, don't say it's useless, friendship is friendship, the battlefield is the battlefield, if you get the point in advance today, and he says hello tomorrow, then the system of our Black Dragon Army doesn't exist in name only, I'm sure that as long as I dare to open this mouth, the commander-in-chief will dare to scold my mother, I don't dare to ask, Chief of Staff Xie, if you have the ability, if you don't go to grind the chief logistics minister, hehe." Nie Youcai said with a smile: "But the reinforcements you said, who said that the commander-in-chief didn't send them?" ”

Thundered!

Thundered!

Thundered!

Perhaps in order to verify Nie Youcai's words, just as Nie Youcai's voice fell, dense artillery sounds sounded on both flanks of the main position of the 102nd Regiment.

"Hehe, see, the commander-in-chief didn't send reinforcements, but sent two regiments at once, if I guessed correctly, it should be the 103rd and 104th regiments." Nie Youcai said with a smile.

"Whew."

Xie Guang finally breathed a sigh of relief, originally in the first battle today, the other party should be a tentative attack, and the number of troops invested should not be too much, so naturally it can easily win the first victory, but he didn't expect that the other party is simply crazy, the first day of fighting, in just three or four hours, more than 10,000 people from three brigades were invested, and a large number of artillery were fired, and this directly caused more than 300 casualties in the 102nd regiment, and almost knocked out a battalion, Xie Guang's heart was dripping blood.

Da-da-da-da!

Thundered!

Bang bang bang!

As the 103rd Regiment and the 104th Regiment fired at each other, the pressure of the Qing Russian coalition army undoubtedly increased several times suddenly, and the pressure brought by the reinforcements of the Tsarist Russian infantry brigade was offset in minutes, but the other side was outnumbered after all, and because of the orders from above, the coalition forces continued to charge, and wave after wave pressed towards the position of the Black Dragon Army.

Thundered!

Thundered!

Every time the Qing and Russian coalition forces launched a charge, the Tsarist Russia would provide artillery support for several minutes, and at this time, the Black Dragon Army would also give artillery support.

The two sides went back and forth like this, as if they did not need to warm up, and from the beginning of the war it was a decisive battle, from 11 o'clock in the morning, when Tsarist Russia launched an artillery attack, until the battle until nightfall, in these seven or eight hours, the two sides launched nearly 10 shelling times.

Moreover, when it was approaching dark, Tsarist Russia also sent a Cossack cavalry regiment to take advantage of the fatigue of the Black Dragon Army to make a sneak attack, but in the end, the Black Dragon Army still withstood the pressure and repelled the attack of Tsarist Russia.

Of course, this price is not small.

…… (To be continued.) )