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Nogi was fully convinced that, with the fearlessness of the Imperial Japanese soldiers, an infantry battalion would be able to break through the positions held by the cowardly Chinese army and end the battle - the war three years earlier had fully demonstrated the weakness and vulnerability of the Chinese soldiers, and if they were driven out of the trenches, they would immediately become panicked rabbits, and they would either flee or surrender with their hands raised.

Victory belongs to the valiant samurai of His Majesty the Emperor.

Nogi Noshinori's mood became cheerful. Raising his chin, he watched with the arrogance inherent to a Japanese samurai and lieutenant general as the infantry brigade tasked with attacking tasks advanced in a neat and steady formation, while waiting with anticrative anticipation for the moment when the flag was planted on the Chinese position.

At the same time, the Japanese artillery began to fire. Dozens of field guns opened fire at the same time, quickly creating a scene that could have been spectacular in the eyes of an army officer.

"I think this time the Japanese will succeed." Behind the position, an Austro-Hungarian officer watching the battle made his comment, but was met with a sneer.

"I don't see the slightest possibility of victory for the Japanese Army." The Russian officer standing on the side replied sharply -- partly because of the contradictions between Austria-Hungary and Japan and Russia, but more importantly, the Russian cavalry that had been attacking ten minutes earlier happened to be this officer's troops, and he certainly did not want others to succeed when he suffered defeat -- and he snorted, "General Nogi underestimated the solidity of the American defense system. ”

"Artillery is enough to destroy those defenses." This time it was the representatives of the French army.

"This is the fifth Japanese offensive - the first four artillery fire has taken as long as this one, but no one has seen the Japanese artillery destroy those defenses." Captain Sanseverino loudly refuted the opinion of his French counterpart. There is no doubt that this is just a habit, and that the grievances between Italy and France have prevented the military personnel of the two countries from agreeing on most issues, even if they are allies.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please note that the first four assaults were only tentative in nature, not really attacking." Only the Japanese officers were able to say such things, "This time, the valiant Imperial Army will certainly be able to defeat the cowardly Shina people." ”

The Russian officer began to laugh, and then the other three laughed - the Japanese had left almost 800 corpses in the previous four attacks, and if it had been a tentative attack, the General Nogi would have taken the lives of his soldiers too lightly - and their reaction undoubtedly angered the Japanese officers. Immediately, these representatives of the coalition forces who were watching the battle fell into an inexplicable quarrel.

In this case, the only British representative, who did not express an opinion, could only choose to smile bitterly. Coalition. It sounds like a unified whole, but in reality, in addition to having a common goal, disputes between countries lead to it being no better than a plate of scattered sand. Moreover, the German army has not yet arrived in China, and the Americans are also staying in the Zizhulin concession and on the warships, otherwise the quarrel will become more fierce now.

What is certain is that the Germans will do everything in their power to belittle the American defense system that once disgraced them, fully supporting their Japanese students, while the Americans will continue to show off their achievements and secretly smug themselves for a moment when the Japanese retreat again, and deal a heavy blow to their opponents with Chinese victories......

Of course, the Americans will definitely succeed, and the Japanese will not be able to break through the positions of the Chinese, let alone win a direct victory.

They can't do it, glory belongs only to the British Empire.

As if to confirm the British officer's suspicions, at least the first half of them, the positions of the Chinese troops, which had remained silent as the Japanese infantry advanced, suddenly erupted in a burst of fire that was much heavier than any before, and all from a completely different position than it had just begun.

"If Chinese had not changed the firing position of the machine guns," the British officer said, as he observed, "then they would have more than twice as many machine guns as we had originally estimated...... It's a tragedy. ”

No one paid attention to his exclamation. The spectators who were still arguing fiercely just now were attracted by what was happening on the battlefield and watched with full attention. Nogi's infantry brigade was completely exposed to the crossfire of the Chinese army, and even according to the most conservative estimates, the officers believed that at least hundreds of soldiers had been killed or wounded, and that the Japanese soldiers could neither advance nor retreat until the Chinese had exhausted a chain of bullets, but could only continue to lie on the ground.

The brigade seems to be trapped. However, the majority of delegates still believe there is still a chance to win, or get out of the current predicament. After all, no matter how serious the threat of a machine gun is, it will always stop, cool the barrel or change the chain, and that's the chance.

Everyone waited, it didn't take much time, no more than two minutes according to the way the Chinese soldiers fired - this time passed quickly, and the machine guns stopped firing, as the officers had guessed.

"Forward!" The Japanese delegates could not help but shout.

"Forward!" Although no one heard it, the young man who led the charge must have shouted so. The delegates who watched the battle faintly heard a scream similar to "Banzhi" from the Japanese soldiers, and at the same time got up from the ground and continued to charge forward. There are still a hundred meters left, and if they cross this distance, victory will be theirs, and during this time Chinese it seems impossible to put new chains on their machine guns...... No!

It was only then that the British officer watching the battle realized how accurate his judgment had just now: the Chinese had more than twice as many machine guns as originally predicted. Because while the Japanese soldiers got up, the machine guns deployed in the old fire points that had long been exposed opened fire.

Still with crossfire from both flanks, and mistakenly believing that the opponent could not open fire and was therefore on their feet, the dozens of Japanese soldiers who were the first to act, as well as their junior and other officers, were sent to hell by bullets before they could react correctly.

This time, however, the remaining Japanese soldiers did not lie down again, but continued to charge forward screaming, led by the officers - it must be admitted that this was the only reasonable move, otherwise they would have paid a greater price in the face of alternating machine-gun fire.

For now, at least, the soldiers and the officers watching the battle believe that the cost of a forward assault is smaller than staying put.

However, they made another serious mistake, albeit in part because they failed to grasp a critical piece of information in time.

Qin Lang not only provided Nie Shicheng with machine guns, he also provided two hundred and fifty submachine guns. Now, since the Japanese did not lie down but continued to advance, these weapons, which had always remained silent, were also thrown into battle. On the front of the position, on both sides of the position, they opened fire together, forming a deadly net of fire that the Japanese soldiers and the officers watching the battle had never seen or thought of. No one can walk through it.

Failure is a foregone conclusion. The Japanese soldiers, exposed to a real rain of bullets, held out only for a moment, and then, like any defeated army, retreated like a tidal wave.

The officers who watched the battle were all stunned by their astonishment, but soon anger replaced their shock, and everyone began to condemn the culprit.

"Those damn Yankees! See the bastard who opened in front of the eye! Stupid bastard! "The curse is almost exactly the same," how many machine guns and bullets did they sell to the Chinese? Hell, our soldiers are going to be killed by them! ”

Of course, for the Japanese, their soldiers had already been killed by the Americans.

Nogi Noshinori had an urge to chop Qin Lang and Yi Shui into pieces. Interestingly, he didn't know that the weapons used by the Chinese army were special gifts secretly given by Qin Lang before the battle began, otherwise the lieutenant general would definitely leave Nie Shicheng's troops behind and rush to the Zizhulin Concession with his troops. And every soldier in the coalition will take part in the operation, regardless of whether they have already been harmed by those gifts.

After all, as long as they still needed to fight against Nie Shicheng's troops, Qin Lang's gift would definitely bring them harm.

Now, however, the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces can only curse at the top of their voices at the goddamn money-desperate head of the American arms dealers and mercenaries while planning the next round of attacks. This made everyone seem worried—except for the Japanese, who were left with only anger; And the Italians, Captain Sanseverino was not worried about the coalition command throwing his troops into battle.

In complete contrast to them, the officers and soldiers of the former army of the Armed Forces were elated by their victory, and everyone was gearing up to teach the coalition forces a more profound lesson. Even Nie Shicheng was so affected by this optimism that he stated in his war report to Beijing that he could block the path of the coalition forces and prevent them from marching to Beijing, even without reinforcements and the help of boxers.

As for the American army, although Nie Shicheng had not forgotten it, on the one hand, since Qin Lang had sent him a nice gift, and on the other hand, it was the task of the boxers to attack the concession, he did not mention it in the report, and he did not waste time caring about it.

So he didn't know that Qin Lang was preparing to march to Beijing alone.

"Of course, we'll have to wait a few more days." He told Yi Shui, "We need a telegram from Washington." (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )