Yuan Shikai was still frowning, "But if the second line of defense is to be broken again, there will be no more elite soldiers and strong generals after that, how can we still resist the attack of the Japanese army?" ”

"No, we still have elite soldiers! Your own soldiers can be sent to the top, and the cavalry regiment, although I have not seen their battles, but I know by feeling that it is definitely a first-class elite soldier. Wang Shizhen grabbed Yuan Shikai's sleeve, bit his lip tightly and said, "Please make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late!" ”

After all, Yuan Shikai is also the embryo of Xiaoxiong, and he quickly made up his mind to let the herald immediately invite the "Commander Zhang", and at the same time let Wang Shizhen and his personal army immediately enter the third line of defense to stabilize the situation. But the herald quickly ran back, and said to Yuan Shikai breathlessly, "The military gate, the cavalry regiment has already gone to the front!" ”

"What?" , Yuan Shikai was startled at first, and then immediately reacted, since Wang Shizhen and he can see the problem, that Zhang Tuanchang can naturally see the problem as well, and he is not Yuan Shikai's subordinate now, so it is not surprising to make a decision directly.

For Wang Shizhen, who rushed to the third line of defense with his pro-soldier team, he was even more surprised to see the cavalry regiment that had already entered the position. Although Wang Shizhen is better at planning, his military quality is also excellent, and he can naturally understand how difficult it is to take over the defense in such a short period of time, and praised, "It is worthy of a cavalry regiment, it is really elite!" ”

It's just that just 2,000 people were scattered to the defense line where nearly 10,000 people were originally stationed, no matter how you look at it, it is a little too thin, Wang Shizhen understands that Commander Zhang should be worried that those weak soldiers will collapse in the battle and bring his headquarters elite soldiers into chaos, but such a few people can really withstand so many Japanese attacks?

"If it weren't for the fact that I didn't bring the cannon on the road in a hurry, the devil would have been able to fight back directly when he attacked for the first time." , that regiment commander Zhang seemed full of confidence, "But before Lao Tzu came here, the nine machine gun platoons of the second regiment also came over, hehe, 108 heavy machine guns, even if this line of defense is doubled, I am not afraid that I can't hold it!" ”

"This is a stun gun with smokeless gunpowder?" , Wang Shizhen has heard of the power of the rebel machine gun, but after all, he has not seen its power with his own eyes, even if he sees the real thing, his heart is still somewhat bottomless, but looking at the thick gun body (in fact, it is a water-cooled suit), Wang Shizhen's mood is still a little more stable than just now.

What made Wang Shizhen even more relieved was that the Japanese army may have felt tired after breaking through two lines of defense in a row, and did not immediately launch an attack on the third line of defense, and although the regimental commander Zhang still had an indifferent look, he did not let go of this opportunity, and immediately urged his subordinates to speed up the construction of fortifications and prepare to meet the general attack launched by the Japanese army at some point.

For the trenches dug by the Qing army, Commander Zhang can be said to be a belly of opinions, while personally participating in the labor, while complaining to Wang Shizhen, "This trench can't be too straight, otherwise the enemy's shells hit the trench and can directly kill a line, and the trench should be repaired into a section of arc, so that most of the shrapnel will be blocked by the trench wall, which can greatly weaken the lethality of the enemy's artillery fire." It's a lot of work, but it's definitely worth it. ”

"Curved trenches? Wonderful! It's a pity, if you had come earlier, maybe the first two lines of defense would have been able to hold on. Wang Shizhen thought about it, this is indeed the truth, and immediately praised it, but he immediately found that the officers and soldiers of the cavalry regiment did not make major changes to the original trenches, but only dug a pit at intervals on the trench wall.

Wang Shizhen was suddenly surprised and asked, "Hey, what are you doing here?" ”

"Time is too tight, there is no time to change the entire trench into an arc, so we can only dig a hidden pit in the trench wall, and you can hide in it when the enemy shells, at least it is safer than before." , Commander Zhang's explanation made Wang Shizhen cheer again, but the former told him that this is just basic common sense in the rebel army, and every officer above the company level must master it, which made Wang Shizhen suddenly fall silent and lose the interest in continuing to talk.

Commander Zhang didn't notice Wang Shizhen's strange appearance, and continued to explain to him, "Actually, this was not originally used for hiding soldiers, but for machine guns, you see over there, the slope has almost been dug out, so that the machine gun can be pushed out of the trench directly, which is more convenient." And after defeating the enemy, you can also directly push the machine gun to launch a pursuit, which is the advantage of having wheels. Of course, if the terrain is not quite suitable, then I would rather not bring wheels and shields, then it will be much lighter"

Not long after the Tibetan pit was dug, the Japanese artillery sounded again, and Regiment Commander Zhang hurriedly pulled Wang Shizhen and hid in the nearest hidden pit, and complained casually, "Where are your artillery?" The devil's cannon is so happy, don't you know how to fight back? ”

"It's too far away, I can't be sure!" , Wang Shizhen replied with some shame, he himself is an artilleryman, and his level is not low, but the level of artillery is fed by shells, and there are few shells to fight in peacetime, where is the gunner? At the beginning, the Beiyang Navy Division complained that there was not enough artillery training, but if it was compared with the army, it was already many times better, and many of the artillery in the Fengtian Qing army even had the opportunity to shoot shells that could explode for the first time after they went to the battlefield, and they had not even had a chance to shoot live ammunition before.

Hearing Wang Shizhen say this, Commander Zhang was immediately silent, the artillery skills are not as good as people, there is no way to talk about countermeasures, and even have to prevent being extinguished by the opponent's artillery, and the artillery currently used by the Qing army is still the old field artillery (relative to Miss 75), not only the rate of fire is extremely slow, but it also takes a long time to build a position, and it is impossible to move quickly, in this case it is equivalent to being completely abolished, almost like nothing.

"It would be nice if we brought our artillery over, the devil's cannon is the same as yours, the position is fixed, and it can't be transferred easily, our 75 miss can knock it out in minutes, hehe, the devil's power is the artillery and bayonet charge, without the cannon, see how arrogant they are?" , Head Zhang was about to brag to Wang Shizhen about how powerful Miss 75 was, but he found that the shelling of the devil had stopped, and he was stunned.

"It's over so soon?" , Wang Shizhen was also surprised, but he quickly thought of a possibility, and his face suddenly showed joy, "Could it be that the Japanese have run out of shells?" (To be continued.) )