On the high ground of the cemetery ridge, Mao Zhongmin was squatting in the trench with his head in his hands, his head and face were blackened by gunsmoke. The time spent by the pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info being bombed can really be described in seconds, and in just 20 minutes, it really seems as if half a lifetime has passed in the eyes of the Chinese and Japanese officers and soldiers who have been bombed in these squatting pits. However, as soon as the shelling stopped, these officers and men, who were holding their heads and shrunk into a ball without moving, immediately recovered, and one by one stood up and went to their respective firing positions. Mao Zhongmin was the first to jump up, walking from one end of the trench to the other, shouting: "Prepare for battle!" Get the fuck up for me and get ready to fight! "Seeing that anyone hasn't reacted yet, he will kick and scold the last sentence, as if he is still a company commander or battalion commander.

"Commander, go down, I'm here!" A captain and company commander grabbed Mao Zhongmin and persuaded him, but he scolded his mother, "Fuck your mother, General Shi and Pei Gong are below, and Lao Tzu didn't even have a place to stand!" Lao Tzu is staring here! ”

He spat a few mouthfuls of spittle, which smelled of gunsmoke, rubbed his eyes and looked at the other side. At first, the smoke was too heavy to see anything clearly. All I could hear was the sound of drums and strides coming from the opposite side. The main force of the regiment, which had taken refuge on the other side of the hill, also came up, and rifles and machine guns were all erected. The north wind quickly blew away some of the smoke, and when they saw the opposite formation, everyone gasped.

The scene below the hillside can no longer be described by people, but by the sea! The soldiers of the Union Army in blue uniforms poured in like a tide, forming a dense skirmish line under the hillside - such a density has reached the density of the line infantry in the era of "queuing up to shoot"! The officers of the Federation were all on one side of their own queues. Holding a command knife, he led the soldiers forward. Rows and rows of rifles were loaded with bayonets. It's like an undulating jungle of steel!

Mao Zhongmin lay on top of the trench and looked at everything in front of him dumbfounded: "Damn, are Americans crazy?" They really don't care about human life? ”

He reached out and took a rifle from the guard's hand and strode around the trench: "Don't fire!" Don't fire! Hit it again when you get closer! 100 steps to fire! "As a veteran, he knows the psychology of the soldiers best. Saying that you are not afraid of death is being strong! There is no fear of a real fight, and fear will make them bent on keeping the enemy as far away as possible. So they'll fire as far away as possible, and too far away will cause the accuracy of the shot to drop - there are only eight rounds in a Jason-style rifle, which uses a cartridge magazine. It's not easy to reload bullets!

Fortunately, the officers and men of the expeditionary force were all veterans, and they set up their rifles one by one, and none of them opened fire without authorization. On the opposite side of the federal army front, large and small fires appeared from time to time! It was their rifles firing, and from time to time bullets hit the edges of the trenches, stirring up clumps of snow. However, Mao Zhongmin did not stop to dodge, but just bent down and ran there, loudly cheering up his subordinates.

"Fight well, the survival of the Kingdom of California depends on our battle! We all have land and soil there! ”

"After this battle, I invite you to San Francisco to drink the best wine and prostitute the most beautiful women. Have fun! ”

He won't talk about the big truth, but for these veterans who have been rolling in the barracks for many years. What's the good thing about not hearing the ears calloused? And what reason can compare to the land voucher issued by the Royal Government of California that can be exchanged for 900 acres of arable land? That's the real benefit worth fighting for - doesn't the current Confederate government also use the Homestead Act to recruit soldiers? Historically, the American Revolutionary War also used the confiscation of pro-British land to distribute to soldiers to pay them?

At the same time that Mao Zhongmin shouted loudly to boost morale, the 144 5-pound howitzers of the expeditionary force opened fire! In the dense queue of the Federation Army, a column of smoke suddenly rose up! Their sea of people was like a blue carpet covering the entire battlefield, and when the rising plume of smoke fell, there was an extra gap in the blue blanket, but it was filled in the blink of an eye. It was as if the boundless sea of people was still surging forward at a brisk pace. The artillery fire continued to fall, shrapnel whistling and flying in all directions, and with each explosion, a mass of flesh and blood was raised. However, the power of the 5-pound cannon is still insufficient, and the current trigger fuse is not up to par, and not every shell will explode, so the firepower of these 144 cannons is not enough to stop the offensive of the federal army!

The soldiers of the Federation showed no signs of stagnating, and in the blink of an eye they were already approaching the trench line of the expeditionary force, and the distance was less than 200 paces, which was already within the effective range of the rifles. Mao Zhongmin had already squatted in the trench and set up his rifle, but he did not fire. More than 3,000 rifles were mounted on the position of the cemetery ridge, and the muzzles of their guns were all motionless, pointing fixedly at the large crowd of people surging in front. But none of them fired!

Seeing that these federal officers and soldiers had rushed to within 100 steps, Mao Zhongmin finally roared angrily: "Fire!" Fire...... Hit hard! ”

At the same time as he gave the order, the company commanders, platoon commanders, and squad leaders who directly controlled the troops on the entire trench line also gave the order to open fire. The aftermath of the password was still echoing, and rows of large and small fires and scorching whips suddenly flashed on the trench line of the expeditionary force!

The rifles of the expeditionary force are all 8-round repeater guns, which are of course incomparable with the automatic rifles of later generations, but 3,000 or hundreds of such rifles are fired at the same time, plus 24 Jason-style machine guns spray tongues of fire together, and the bullets are simply splashed out like a torrential rain! The federal officers and soldiers who rushed to the front were like falling headlong into a death trap, shaking and falling down a large area. The screams rang out uncontrollably, and everywhere there were people who had fallen down, and there were corpses everywhere. The sea of people who charged was suddenly stagnant, and although the Americans had no shortage of courage to sacrifice, they were not the kind of monsters who had been brainwashed by the spirit of bushido. Most of the courage inspired by patriotism was immediately extinguished by the scorching rain of bullets. Most of the U.S. soldiers chose to lie on the ground and shoot at the rifles of the expeditionary force, and in some areas there was a retreat.

"Blocked! That's great! Mao Zhongmin exhaled lightly and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Just now, he was really not sure if the firepower of his troops was enough to block the sea of people in front of him...... There seems to be some shortcomings in firepower! The number of machine guns is still too small, and the lethality of the rear-loading guns is small. If Lao Mei's sea of people can really charge without hesitation, I am afraid that it will be decided by grenades and bayonets.

At this moment, on the departure position of the Union Army opposite Cemetery Ridge, Ulysses. Lieutenant General Grant angrily slammed the monocular to the ground and roared, "Coward! A bunch of cowards! ”

Grant's Chief of Staff George Brown. Brigadier General Green put down his binoculars and shook his head slightly: "The other side has at least more than 120 rear-loading howitzers, more than 70 Jason-style machine guns on the whole line, and at least 10,000 soldiers are on high defense...... Moreover, the enemy soldiers were more experienced than ours, the firing discipline was very good, they only started shooting within 200 yards, and the marksmanship seemed to be very good, causing great casualties to our officers and men...... Your Excellency, it seems that we will not be able to retake Gettysburg anytime soon, so why don't we divide our forces and reinforce Harrisburg and Chambersburg first? ”

Grant shook his head slightly, "No, we can't divide the troops anymore...... An army has already been sent to reinforce Philadelphia...... If two more armies were to be transferred, Gettysburg would have less than 100,000 troops. If the number of enemies exceeds the original estimate, we will be defeated! ”

He paused, "Let's focus on defeating the enemy at Gettysburg...... General Scott can tear apart the defenders of the Alliance in a week, and then maybe the war will be over, and we can't afford to lose the battle when everyone else is victorious! George, don't attack on all fronts in the next attack, concentrate on attacking Cemetery Ridge, where the graves of the Chinese invaders are! (To be continued.) )