Chapter 12: The Decameron War (1)

"Boom", the cannons are roaring, these cannons bought from the British are exerting their effects to the fullest, sprinkling death and fear on the world. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Many of the people who operated the cannons were gunners trained by the British. Even the gun commander with the gun crew was British.

Similarly, in the Beiyang Army, there are also many Japanese. With the help of these foreigners, the artillery of the Beiyang Army was fired quickly and accurately, and the troops sent by Handan could not be suppressed. The powerful firepower destroyed everything on the position, and those once powerful barbed wire, trenches and other things were reduced to dust under the powerful artillery fire.

Under this overwhelming artillery bombardment, the Handan Army could not stop the advance of the Beiyang Army at all, and was pushed to a place less than twenty miles away from Texas. Here, several defensive fronts are already ready. The core of the fortifications consisted of several large fortresses, which were made of reinforced concrete, which were not so simple to destroy.

This war also began with the roar of artillery. The Beiyang artillery easily overwhelmed the rapid-fire artillery on the opposite side in the previous contact battle. Here, however, they ran into their opponents.

The area around the fortified area had long been measured to shoot Zhu Yuan, and the muzzle of the 155 howitzer spewed fireworks, pouring a terrifying explosion on the artillery positions of the Beiyang Army. After the rapid fire of one round of shells, there were no more intact people in the entire artillery position.

After Li Chun received the news, his face was gloomy, and he looked at the trenches and barbed wire fences on the opposite side with gloomy eyes, as well as the enemy troops hidden behind the fortifications. If he could, he would never fill the trench with his own men.

However, the military order given later was very clear, that is, an attack, a desperate attack. Even if the entire division is finished, it is not allowed to take a step back.

He tentatively sent two companies of troops forward, and although they were advancing in a skirmish line, they were harvested by machine guns before they could count the distance of the charge. After a round of small cannon shells smashed into the crowd of people crawling on the ground, the attacking force unsurprisingly collapsed.

Li Chun had nothing to say about the surviving company commander, so he went straight to the end. Turning around, he went into the dug out headquarters, picked up the microphone and yelled: "Give me more artillery, more artillery and more shells, otherwise, you will remove me from my post and I will refuse to attack." ”

Wang Shizhen's voice came out of the microphone, "If you can't attack during the day, then organize a night attack, and the reinforcements for you should have arrived." The attack could not be stopped until the heavy artillery units arrived. ”

Li Chun hung up the microphone and thought for a while, with a resolute look in his eyes.

In the moonlight, thousands of bright bayonets lit up, and the soldiers of the Beiyang Army let out the loudest roar that human beings could reach, jumped up from their hidden places, and rushed into the trenches that had been plowed by the artillery with their rifles in hand.

Among the new armies in the country, the Beiyang Army has always been famous for its "fierce and brave battles." These good sons recruited from Hebei and Shandong are very simple, and after hard training, they have the courage to step on everything.

After the charge was launched, all kinds of light and heavy firearms that had been pushed to the front line opened fire together, and the night instantly turned into day. The flames of the explosion lit up most of the battlefield, and the roars of humans rang out to the clouds. Suddenly, several flares rose from the rear of the battle line, revealing everything with a blinding white light.

The support artillery in the rear of the Handan Army began to fire indiscriminately at the front of the battle line, and the overwhelming terrifying artillery bombardment drowned the charging Beiyang Army in artillery fire, and by the way, most of the defenders on this section of the territory were also wiped out.

Li Chun saw the fire widely, the green tendons in his hands burst out, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "Who is the guard on the other side?" ”

No one answered his question.

In Texas City, there were also people in the command headquarters, "Who ordered the indiscriminate shelling?" ”

"It's me, what's wrong?" Cao Degui said coldly: "You have a problem? ”

The regiment commander stared at the blood-red eyes for a long time, and finally said stupidly: "I want to say that half of the strength of our regiment has been reimbursed!" ”

"Then you withdraw to the city to rest," Cao Degui turned to the staff officer and said, "Let's withdraw their regiment and drop a regiment from the city to fill it." ”

"Yes!"

Cao Futian turned his head and said to the regiment leader, "What's the matter?" ”

"The surname Cao, you are ruthless, we are not done with this matter! I will definitely telegraph this to Handan! ”

"Hmph, please!" Cao Degui sneered: "This is a war, not a playhouse!" ”

The regiment commander left in a huff, and Cao Degui was in the headquarters in the city, filling one regiment after another into the battle line. Finally, in the early hours of the morning, after squinting for two hours, the sound of shelling began to sound again.

Orange-red flames rose into the air, and this was the 210mm cannon that the Beiyang Army sent to the front line overnight. As long as it is hit, even if it is hiding in a trench with a double layer of logs, it will still be shattered, or directly shocked to death.

This is the firepower hell of modern warfare. In such a terrifying artillery bombardment, no matter how strong the master is, he can only lie on his stomach and pray not to be directly hit. Li Chun said gloomily to Wang Zhanyuan, who came over with the artillery unit: "It would be good if you came over earlier." ”

"What's wrong?" Wang Zhanyuan asked in a low voice, "Is it not going well?" I heard from the front command that you've been running out of shells for a month. ”

Li Chun said miserably: "This division of mine has only been fighting for a day and a night, and it has already suffered one-third casualties. ”

"So miserable?" Wang Zhanyuan was surprised, he knew that the fight in front was not very smooth, but he didn't know that it would be like this.

A loud "boom" startled Wang Zhanyuan, who was talking, and he looked around nervously, seeing Li Chun's indifferent look, he frowned and said, "Why did this cannonball hit us?" ”

Li Chun looked at him with a very strange look, and without saying anything, except for the command headquarters, Wang Zhanyuan hurriedly followed. As soon as he went out, Wang Zhanyuan gasped, not far away, groups of enemy troops were attacking this side, and those fanatical guys even pulled up their cannons for direct shooting.

The small cannons that accompanied the infantry were even more annoying. The heavy machine guns of the Beiyang Army had just fired for a short time, and they would be fired by the small cannons on the opposite side, and then they would be blown into parts along with the guns of the people.

"The enemy is here, why don't you send them back?" Wang Zhanyuan jumped straight to his feet in a hurry.

"Don't worry," Li Chun had already calmed down, "The counterattacking troops have already set off, and they will retreat soon." ”

"How many times has this been?"

"It's the third time." Li Chun Muran said: "You were on the artillery position in the morning, it may not be clear, but my side is almost unable to hold on." If you talk to the chief of staff behind you, you will say that my division is ready to fight to the death. However, if the divisions behind do not come up quickly, I am afraid that all the positions on the front line will be lost. (To be continued.) )