The tactics of infantry artillery coordination have been produced since the advent of artillery. As artillery performance improved, infantry artillery coordination became more complex, requiring more time and discipline.

The main methods of infantry and artillery coordination are: artillery to prepare for firepower to create conditions for infantry to launch an attack or prepare to meet the attack; In the course of the battle, artillery fire directly supported the infantry in battle; Suppress enemy targets in depth.

The principle of infantry and artillery coordination is to give priority to infantry operations, so that artillery fire and infantry actions are coordinated.

In the coordination of infantry and artillery, special attention should be paid to mastering the security community. In order to prevent accidental damage from your own artillery fire, your infantry must be at a minimum distance from the edge of the target. If the infantry does not pay attention to the security boundary and strays into the security area, they may be accidentally injured by their own artillery fire.

The tactics that the Germans are now carrying out have gone beyond the scope of infantry and artillery coordination.

When the Germans were defending and the Anglo-French forces were attacking, the Germans knew to hide in the tunnels, wait for the Anglo-French artillery fire to extend, and then enter the position to prepare to attack the Anglo-French forces.

Now the time has passed, the Anglo-French forces are on the defensive, and the Germans are on the offensive. The Germans naturally understood that the Anglo-French troops would also hide in the tunnels, and the Germans' artillery would have no effect except to destroy the ground positional facilities.

In this way, the pre-war firepower attack actually did not play a big role.

War is the best teacher, and the smartest thing about human beings is that they can sum up experience, and then implement countertactics against the enemy's tactics to achieve tactical goals.

The Germans gave it a go, and while the infantry was still charging, they chose to use artillery indiscriminate strikes, which was a double-edged sword. If the Anglo-French troops hid in the tunnel, the Germans would occupy the position, and if the Anglo-French troops did not enter the tunnel, they would inevitably suffer heavy casualties in the German artillery attack, and then the Germans would be able to seize the position by virtue of their superior forces.

Sure enough, when the first round of shells came, 6 of the 12 heavy machine guns on Qin Zhiyuan's position were damaged, and although the remaining six were still shooting, nearly half of the machine gun crew members were also killed or wounded, paying the largest casualty since the start of the war.

If the casualties of the French soldiers were not enough to move Qin Zhiyuan, the casualties of the Chinese soldiers simply broke Qin Zhiyuan's heart, they had no experience in fighting heavy artillery, the first time they encountered artillery bombardment, some people were stunned, and some people got up in panic to find cover, and at the moment of getting up, they were hit by the Germans and died on the spot.

The grenadiers also suffered heavy casualties, Qin Zhiyuan clearly saw a cannonball flying into the trench and falling into the grenadier team that was throwing grenades, 14 grenadiers were killed on the spot, 6 were injured, this is still because the trench is a "zigzag", if it is a "one" shape, then the entire grenadier squad is afraid that the whole grenadier team will be wiped out.

For a while, Qin Zhiyuan especially regretted that he should have left the Chinese soldiers in Kapi and brought them up after they had undergone rigorous training, perhaps in that case, the casualties of the Chinese soldiers would not be so heavy.

So far, there is no regret medicine to take, Qin Zhiyuan can only run back and forth, try to remind the soldiers, and reduce casualties as much as possible.

"Don't panic, don't panic, squat on the ground and fight, don't get up, don't lie on the ground, open your mouth to breathe...... Auxiliaries, come and carry the wounded...... The medical guards ......" Qin Zhiyuan ran back and forth in the trenches and shouted loudly, reminding the soldiers to protect themselves and calling the military doctor to rescue the wounded.

"Sir, your position is not here, now you should stay in the tunnel and command." After Garth saw Qin Zhiyuan, he yelled to remind Qin Zhiyuan.

"My position was here before the Germans retreated." Qin Zhiyuan was categorical.

Garth was stunned for a moment, and then gave a military salute like Qin Zhiyuan with a solemn expression.

Being on the battlefield and possibly dying at any time, Qin Zhiyuan grabbed Garth, who was full of respect and turned around to leave: "Now determine the command sequence, if I die, you will command, behind you is Ian, then Charles, and then Captain Qin Zhisheng of the Sixth Regiment." ”

Qin Zhiyuan did not continue to sort, and after Qin Zhiyuan was victorious, it was estimated that the entire army had been wiped out. Thinking of this, Qin Zhiyuan suddenly remembered that he still had a reserve in his hand, and ordered Gao Hongshi behind him to immediately notify the reserve team to enter the position.

At the beginning of the battle, there were more than 200 French infantry and about 100 Chinese soldiers on the position. In just five minutes, the position suffered heavy casualties, nearly 30 Chinese were killed and more than 60 were wounded, while the French had lost nearly 100 casualties, and almost all of them were wounded.

After experiencing an artillery bombardment, the advantage of the Chinese body's flexibility and fast reaction speed was revealed, especially Chen Kangjian, who was born to be a soldier, and it was really strange that he could distinguish the approximate landing point from the sound of the shell. Under the command of Chen Kangjian, the Chinese soldiers finally stabilized their positions and fired bravely under German fire.

Qin Zhisheng's performance was also very good, he was wounded in the shoulder during the first round of shelling, but after hastily bandaging the wound, Qin Zhisheng transported thirteen wounded in a row to the tunnel, and then returned to the position, insisting on commanding the battle.

Griff was more tenacious, he didn't speak, he didn't make a sound, like a rock, he kept aiming, shooting, aiming, shooting......

Two soldiers with wounded eyes crouched behind him to help him suppress his bullets, but they couldn't keep up with the speed of his fire, and at least 50 German soldiers had fallen under his guns, and the number continued to rise.

Under the influence of Griff, his company fought calmly and methodically, although the casualties were not small, but there was not the slightest confusion, and no one flinched.

"Holy...... Is Lao Tzu dead? Why isn't Lao Tzu dead yet? Zheng Dali came out from under a pile of dirt, scolding and rejoicing.

"Squat!" Qin Zhiyuan shouted loudly, and Zheng Dali held his head and crawled to Qin Zhiyuan's side.

Rumble!

This was a heavy artillery shell with a caliber of at least 155 mm, and it fell about 50 meters away from Qin Zhiyuan. After a burst of flying sand and rocks, a crater with a depth of almost half a meter and a diameter of nearly three meters was left on the ground.

Fortunately, Zheng Dali ran over just now, if he still stayed where he was, he would not be shocked to death but also stunned, and he didn't want to recover in three or two months.

"Holy! It's fucking tough. Zheng Dali looked back at the crater on the ground, and secretly rejoiced with palpitations.

"I'll get you two tomorrow." Qin Zhiyuan patted the soil on Zheng Dali's head and secretly shook his tongue.

"Really?" Zheng Dali was overjoyed.

"Really!" Qin Zhiyuan swore an oath, and then kicked Zheng Dali back to the position: "Wait until the Germans are beaten back." ”

"Okay, Master Qin, just take a look!" Zheng Dali took out two grenades, adjusted the fuse and stuffed it into the explosion part, and then threw it hard, looking at the arc, at least 90 meters.

Although shells fell from time to time, no one on the position retreated. Everyone was red-eyed, they gritted their teeth, not thinking about their fallen comrades, ignoring the shells exploding on their sides, focusing on the charging Germans, and not dying.

"Be careful!" Qin Zhiyuan helped a lightly wounded man who was rushing to the shooting position with a bandage on his head, and turned around and entered the pit.

"Charles, go ahead and call for artillery support." Qin Zhiyuan shouted at Xia Er, who had been calling for support, and then called the sergeant major from Kapi: "Find soldiers who can use heavy machine guns, operate those machine guns, and let them sound, the guys need them." ”

"Yes, Mr. Angel." The sergeant major used Qin Zhiyuan's pronoun when he was in Kapi.

Qin Zhiyuan was stunned for a while, only a day apart, how could he feel like a world away......