"The artillery fires, and after five minutes the infantry attack, and the level is taken at once!" The commander of the cavalry commanded with a frenzy on his face. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Twelve shells exploded with a screeching sound in the pipe, and three light and heavy machine guns were drowned in the fire on the spot.

The forbidden army guarding the checkpoint still has some combat experience, and as soon as the cannonball exploded, the forbidden army that had just peeked out of the checkpoint retracted all his heads. The remaining light and heavy machine guns also moved to avoid the shelling.

Regarding this problem, Zeng Yong, the commander of the cavalry regiment, was not worried at all.

Mortars are fired in a curved manner, and shells can be smashed directly into the trenches. Unless these forbidden troops have been prepared to dig anti-artillery holes, they will be bombed wherever they hide. And for a small checkpoint in the hinterland of Gyeonggi, it is absolutely impossible to dig an anti-artillery hole in advance.

Twelve mortars, nearly 400 mortars were fired at the checkpoint in five minutes.

Taking advantage of the fact that the checkpoint was all shrouded in gunpowder smoke from the shells, Zeng Yong decisively ordered: "The artillery fire is extended, the heavy machine gun covers, and the cavalry company rushes up to open a hole." The second and third companies then followed, occupying the checkpoint and destroying the enemy. ”

......As soon as the heavy machine gun fire rang out, the artillery fire began to extend.

More than a hundred cavalrymen, holding the reins of the war horse in one hand and a rifle in the other, kicked the war horse under the crotch with both feet, and rushed directly to the forbidden army level.

In an instant, the deafening sound of horses' hooves enveloped the entire battlefield, and even the violent explosion of shells was muffled.

In exchange, the remaining forbidden army was less than 500 people, and they were either frightened and turned white, or they lay motionless in the fortifications and did not dare to move.

When the sound of a horse's hooves reached their ears, many people thought it was caused by the explosion of a more powerful cannonball. Only a small part of the officers understood that the cavalry outside the checkpoint was attacking.

The officers' faces turned pale in an instant, and then, with a hint of fear, they shouted orders to their subordinates to rise up and fight back.

"The enemy is attacking, hurry up and fight back, or we will all die here! Get up, pick up your gun, and fight back now! ”

The white-faced officer was the first to get up, and with his weapon in hand, he shot in the direction from which the horse's hooves came.

The forbidden army that was still alive next to him also began to counterattack, but on the hundreds of meters long position, the bullets fired by hundreds of rifles could not be used at all, and there was no way to stop the cavalry that was getting closer and closer.

"Machine guns, machine guns, shoot immediately, only light and heavy machine guns can stop them." The pale face shouted loudly with panic and anxiety.

After finishing, the standard commander did not hear the sound of light and heavy machine gun fire, but heard a helpless answer from his subordinates.

"My lord, the light and heavy machine guns were destroyed in the shelling just now!"

"Isn't there anything left?" Biao Tong asked rhetorically with one last bit of hope.

Seeing his subordinates shaking their heads, Biaotong's pale face was instantly covered with despair: "It's over, without machine guns, we can't stop the cavalry at all, we are all going to die here!" ”

As he spoke, a company that had lost a lot of cavalry had already rushed to the front of the fortifications, first with a volley of guns, and then smashed a round of grenades at the checkpoint under the inertia of the charge. Taking advantage of the fact that the forbidden army in the checkpoint was blown up, he quickly drew his saber and killed it desperately.

Ten minutes later, the gunfire on the battlefield had stopped.

There were only more than 200 captives left in the entire level, and although all of them survived, there was not a single smile of joy on their faces, and all the captives were pale and had not yet recovered from the brutal massacre just now.

"Immediately clean up all the corpses to the back, the Beiyang Army is coming, and we will hold off the Beiyang Army here for at least two hours. With so many corpses around, it's too unlucky, and it affects morale. Zeng Yong, who walked into the checkpoint, frowned and ordered.

"Also, the intelligence said that the Beiyang Army is also equipped with a lot of heavy machine guns and mortars, especially artillery, which can threaten us the most. If you want to survive on the battlefield, give me more reinforcement of the position, and if possible, build some anti-artillery holes that can withstand mortar shells! ”

More than 1,000 cavalry, when they were still busy in the checkpoint, the forward troops of the Beiyang Army entered Zeng Yong's field of vision.

Seeing that there were only more than 300 people in the forward, and it was obviously a main battalion that had been disabled, Zeng Yong had an idea and immediately ordered.

"Second battalion commander, take your people to attack, even if you can't eliminate the Beiyang Army's forwards, you have to defeat them, I want to give the Beiyang Army a dismount, let them know the strength of my cavalry regiment."

As soon as more than 300 cavalry rushed out of the checkpoint, the Beiyang Army was aware.

In order to facilitate the march, the more than 300 devils did not bring a single heavy machine gun except for seven or eight light machine guns.

In addition, there is an unobstructed view of the flat land all around, and there is no danger to defend at all. The battalion commander immediately judged that he could not be an opponent of the cavalry.

But if you retreat now, it won't be possible. No matter how fast the two-legged self retreats, it can't be faster than a four-legged war horse.

When the time comes, once the cavalry following the pursuit catches up with him, what awaits the whole battalion is a one-sided massacre, and there is no chance to counterattack.

At this moment, several thoughts flashed in the mind of the commander of the Beiyang Military Battalion, and then he quickly made a decision to stick to the spot.

Compared to retreating and being slaughtered by cavalry, holding on to the spot will probably not avoid being wiped out, but before being wiped out, you can at least kill the enemy.

"Defend on the spot, the machine guns are set up in front of you, as soon as the enemy comes into range of the machine guns, shoot immediately, and kill as many enemies as possible." Looking at the subordinates around him who were hesitant, panicked, and worried, the battalion commander decisively ordered.

As soon as more than 300 cavalrymen like sharp arrows rushed to 300 meters in front of the formation, seven or eight light machine guns of the Beiyang Army opened fire.

The cavalry battalion commander's face changed, and he waved his hand and ordered: "The four companies charge head-on, and the five or six companies charge and kill on the two wings in a roundabout way, distracting their machine gun fire!" ”

"Prepare your rifles, scatter them with bullets, blow them up with grenades, and finally rush up with a sabre. Since they stay here and fight with us, then we will eat them. ”

The only thing the commander of the forward battalion of the Beiyang Army relied on was seven or eight light machine guns, and now as soon as the cavalry battalion is divided, the machine gun interception will be useless.

Unless he scattered the machine guns, in this way, the limited machine guns could not shoot a dense network of fire to block the cavalry attack.

After some difficult hesitation, the battalion commander decisively drew six light machine guns to reinforce the left and right flanks.

Although the scattered machine-gun fire could not stop the cavalry attack, the machine-gun fire was more likely to cause casualties to the cavalry than the rifle fire, which was what the commander of the forward battalion of the Beiyang Army wanted to see most now.

In the end, three cavalry companies successfully entered the forward battalion position of the Beiyang Army and eliminated the forward battalion.

However, the purpose of the commander of the forward battalion was also achieved, and in just a few tens of seconds, a total of nine light machine guns actually caused casualties to the cavalry of 50 cavalrymen, making the cavalry battalion commander shout that he had suffered a big loss.

As soon as the cavalry battalion withdrew to the checkpoint, the main force of the Beiyang Army led by Feng Guozhang appeared. (To be continued.) )