Chapter 405: The Pittsburgh Meat Grinder (8)

Because the mortars of the Heavenly Punishment Column were too accurate and the rate of fire was so fast that the US troops only dared to dig the trenches 1,000 meters away from them, but after the artillery desperately completed the artillery preparations regardless of their safety, the US infantry charged quite resolutely, and the entire 30 infantry regiments made an all-round attack on a front more than 10 kilometers wide, which was to give full play to their overwhelming superiority in strength and make the Heavenly Punishment Column unable to defend against it. More than 100,000 troops www.biquge.info the Pen, like a huge wave crashing against the coast, rushed without hesitation to the enemy positions that had been bombarded with smoke and dust by the heavy artillery bombardment of the previous American troops.

Obviously, the US command has already made careful considerations, since every artillery preparation will summon a fierce counterattack by the enemy's heavy artillery, causing heavy losses to its own artillery, and the failure of the charge is naturally not to mention, it is better to directly smash all the chips that may be bet into it, and divide the victory and defeat in one fell swoop, so as to reduce the losses as much as possible. Anyway, the Heavenly Punishment Column is very good at hiding, even if there is really a big move that presses the bottom of the box, the US military has to force it to that extent to see it, so why bother with meaningless temptation?

It seems that the previous fierce artillery bombardment had an effect, and the Heavenly Punishment Column did not immediately attack the American infantry in the charge, until the American infantry rushed within 500 meters, and the guns began to sound in unison on the forward position, at this time the smoke and dust on the position had begun to dissipate, which made the sharpshooters and sharpshooters of the Heavenly Punishment Column fight harder and more accurately, even if the machine guns mainly fired short bursts in order to save bullets, and did not fire in bursts, they also killed and injured a large number of American troops efficiently.

However, the artillery of the US Legion, which could have dealt with the Chinese heavy machine guns, was too conspicuous on the battlefield after being pushed out of its position, and naturally it was taken care of by the mortars of the Heavenly Punishment Column and was muted one after another.

However, even though the casualties were huge, the U.S. troops still relied on the strength of the crowd to continue to move forward at full speed, and they were about to rush into a distance of 200 meters, and the fire of the submachine guns could barely play a role, but they heard the sound of the enemy's machine gun fire suddenly changed, and countless frantically writhing fire snakes suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

The huge casualties did not frighten the charging American troops, but made them red-eyed, and rushed forward desperately, after all, the number of American troops was too much, and the remaining strength of the Heavenly Punishment Column was obviously too thin to be arranged on such a long defensive line, seeing that the American troops were getting closer and closer to the first trench, an American officer in the rear who was watching the battle situation ahead with a high-powered telescope couldn't help but raise one hand high excitedly, but suddenly the excitement on his face instantly froze, "What? What is that? My God! ”

I saw that the assault arrows in the telescope suddenly stopped moving forward as if they had hit an invisible wall, and although the ones behind continued to rush forward, they never managed to get by, and such a terrifying scene came without warning, so that the officer exclaimed in surprise. But compared to the U.S. infantrymen who were closer and saw what was going on, the psychological impact on him couldn't have been smaller......

On the forward position of the Heavenly Punishment Column, more than 100 small-caliber machine guns that were originally used to deal with balloons and airships were flattened and fired directly at the US officers and soldiers who rushed up densely. And it's often terrifying to be able to punch through a dozen people in a row (if you can meet so many unlucky people on the flight path)!

Almost instantly, the "arrows" that the US troops rushed to the front were completely defeated, and after the machine guns swept through, there were no people or animals, only mutilated bodies were left everywhere, and such a terrifying scene really exceeded the limit of the psychological tolerance of the US officers and men, and swept away the blood and courage they had mustered before. It was not even possible to tell who was leading the way, and the US officers and soldiers were screaming and hugging their heads, and even if the machine guns of the Inspectorate swept over, they could not stop them.

The Heavenly Punishment Column did not immediately rush out of the trenches to pursue like the ordinary Chinese army, but hid in the fortifications extremely calmly to shoot the fleeing enemy, because the American attack line was stretched very long, the thickness was actually not very large, and the range of the machine guns was long, and the remaining remnants of the enemy were quickly swept away, regardless of whether they were really dead or fake, the American attack troops all lay on the ground. Due to the small number of people, even if the US artillery fired, it could not kill a few people, but it would suffer heavy losses because of the enemy's artillery counterattack, and in the end it could only remain silent, and sit back and watch as many as tens of thousands of surviving comrades-in-arms being shot in the head by the enemy's pistol one by one in a coma or pretending to be dead......

In one day, in just one day, no less than 100,000 U.S. troops died, and such tragic casualties refreshed everyone's cognition, even the generals who no longer take the life and death of soldiers seriously can't help but regret it, although this offensive is indeed of a gambling nature, but who would have thought that so many people would be almost wiped out?

From his point of view, it is heart-wrenching that the huge number of casualties is of course heart-wrenching, but if this damned enemy cannot be resolved for a long time, the great powers will inevitably look down on the United States more and more, and even if they are willing to mediate, they will not do their best, and the Chinese people will lose more and more confidence, and even if they can finally negotiate peace with China, it will be even more difficult for the United States to rejuvenate, and the losses will be even greater.

What's more, although this large-scale attack with more than 100,000 people directly involved in it ended in a tragic failure, it was not of no value, at least it forced out the enemy's hole cards and completely figured out the enemy's reality and reality......

"It's a brilliant idea to shoot infantry with machine guns, and we can follow suit, and machine guns can penetrate most of the defenses of field fortifications, in a sense, it actually helps us more on the attacking side." This discovery is obvious, and there is no need to wait for the analysis of the technical staff officers, many senior US generals have already realized it with their own intuition, but the technical staff officers have then proved their worth...... (To be continued.) )