Chapter 1 Reversal

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Marching and fighting in the snow was something that made the soldiers complain. Low temperatures, muddy, these will make people's physical strength run out quickly, and the food they eat will be difficult to eat because it cannot be heated. If you want to organize an attack in the snow, it will be extremely difficult.

Even the soldiers of the Black Dragon Society, who braved the heavy snow to attack, would inevitably be affected. Fortunately, the snow had only been falling for one night, and the snow on the ground was not thick. Although the actions of the cavalry had some effect, they were still acceptable when they were prepared.

The artillerymen, who had been secretly transported to the designated place beforehand, began to shoot wildly. The weight of these 80mm caliber mortars is not very large, not counting ammunition, only more than 600 catties, and they can be carried away by soldiers just after separation. Although the firing range of this mortar is only the average of field guns of the same level, the shooting accuracy is also miserable in the hands of ordinary artillerymen. But it has several advantages, in addition to its light weight and ease of transportation, its power and rate of fire are quite satisfactory.

This artillery is easy to mold because it does not require much manufacturing. Now there are as many as 100 cannons on the front line, and the only thing that can restrain their power is that the number of shells rationed is not enough, and after firing a base number of shells at the fastest speed, the artillerymen can only slow down the speed of firing the artillery. Otherwise, the shells will be consumed in a very short time.

"Onward, onward!" The officers shouted: "Don't bother with the enemy on the side, the infantry behind will deal with it!" Unless a horse is dead, don't stop! ”

The fate of the cavalry is to attack, even if they die on the way to the charge, they cannot stop. The existence of cavalry is meaningless if the offensive spirit is not carried out with a resolute will. Even if it's a temporary hibernation, it's to find the best time to attack.

The cavalry attacked valiantly, and with their fearless attitude, they disrupted the enemy's movements and formations, and plunged the enemy into confusion. Although they suffered heavy casualties in the process, they went to buy time and opportunity for the follow-up infantry to attack.

The infantry that followed behind did not attack like the mainstream of today's army, which spread out the troops in horizontal formations and then relied on platoons of guns to output fire. Armed with shotguns and bombs, the assault teams rushed in like drills, cutting the enemy into pieces that could not be connected from end to end.

The infantrymen who followed behind the assault team began to annihilate the divided enemy with mortar and rifle fire. In fact, such an offensive, while more efficient than mainstream infantry tactics, is not far enough to be desperate.

This infantry tactic was embodied in the Napoleonic era, when the most popular tactics were to advance in columns and then spread out horizontally. The tactics used by the Black Dragon Society now are just further developments, but after using shotguns and throwing bombs, the pace of the whole attack has become much faster. In the case of playing fast and slow, you can catch the opponent off guard at a small cost.

The way to deal with this tactic is also very simple, as long as there is enough artillery and heavy machine guns, or there are enough reserves. It's just that the current foreigners have put most of their troops into street fighting. And their artillery was wiped out at the first moment by the cavalry rushing wildly.

In modern warfare, more precisely in modern warfare, the side that does not have artillery or is inferior in artillery will be at an absolute disadvantage in battle. Napoleon once said that the cannon is the god of war. Although most of today's artillery is aimed at direct fire, far from the level of artillery fire in World War I, for the coalition forces trying to recapture their positions outside the city, every explosion will interrupt their offensive rhythm.

In order to organize this attack, the Black Dragon Society has already taken out all the contents at the bottom of the pressure box. All the artillery, all the field troops, plus the improvised conscripts. This is the winner and loser, and a wave will decide the winner.

The Black Dragon King personally led the team, including Li Dayan among the Five Tiger Generals, several of the Thirteen Taibao, plus the recently recruited Mongolian cavalry, with a total strength of nearly 100,000 troops, in this place, in this event, it was a decisive force. Even if more than 30,000 people were placed in the city, nearly 70,000 troops were used for fighting outside the city.

For the first time, the forces on the side of the Black Dragon Society had a slight advantage. And on this battlefield outside the city, they fought 70,000 against 30,000. Advanced tactics, superiority in troops, and even now even heavy firepower has an advantage. Therefore, what Lin Mengchu said to Chen Cheng is very reasonable.

"I really can't think of why we're going to lose." The girl said this in the camp of the coalition forces.

"I don't think we're going to fail," Chen Cheng said, "but what I want to say is that our strength has been used to the limit. After these 100,000 people were pulled out, except for a small army in Handan, there was no local control at all. ”

"So we're past the inflection point of our upswing? And then our strength starts to weaken again? ”

"Yes," Chen Cheng said, "Most of the wounded soldiers in this battle came from temporarily conscripted troops. Although those people have a good will to fight, after all, they have not undergone formal training, and their technical and tactical level is too low. ”

"It doesn't matter," said the girl, "that we still make money." Although we suffered many casualties, the enemy suffered more casualties. And the rest of their forces are surrounded by us in such a small area, it is only a matter of time before they are eliminated. ”

"However, our artillery shells and heavy machine gun ammunition have been exhausted.......... Chen Cheng calmly pointed out his own shortcomings, "If we continue to fight, the other side will rely on heavy weapons such as artillery and machine guns to slaughter our troops." ”

"Didn't the enemy's artillery and ammunition be captured? Can't those work? ”

"The caliber of our ammunition is not the same as that of the coalition forces, and in addition, the captured field guns are not as powerful as our own."

"Oh, got it. Then let's besiege them first. ”

"Well, that's a way to do that, too. I doubt we'll be able to besiege them for much longer, though. If they hold on and refuse to surrender, we will have to suffer at least tens of thousands of casualties to destroy them. And that's without reinforcements or other forces interfering. ”

"Other forces? The only person around us who still has the ability to join in is Yuan Shikai in Shandong, could it be him? ”

"For the time being, I don't know the plans of the Beiyang Army. However, according to reliable intelligence, the mobilization of the Beiyang Army has already begun. ”

"Cut, those scum of the Beiyang Army, I never took them seriously,"