When the news of Bao Nian's army continuing to advance reached Lu Hu, he was only a little surprised, but he was also expected, Bao Nian, a stupid pig, had been preparing for several months in order to enter the source of the river, and the momentum was huge, how could he easily retreat from the army? Besides, the peace talks between Li Hongzhang and the foreigners in Beijing will end soon, and if he doesn't take advantage of this time to quickly quell the chaotic party, will he wait for the Queen Mother to clean up his mood before cleaning him up?

Le Fei is leading people to clean up the stagnant water in the trenches, the construction of the fortifications has taken into account the problem of a lot of rain in Guangdong, the drainage system is very perfect, but there is still a lot of stagnant water that has not flowed away, and it can only be removed by the soldiers themselves, unless they want to fight in the muddy trenches. Le Fei, who scooped out the stagnant water with a steel helmet, raised his head, and it was still very quiet in the distance, did this Qing soldier come? I've been in the trench for the past few days, and I'm about to grow hair. Every day is to clean the trenches, wipe the guns, and lay the barbed wire, not to mention the soldiers under him, they are a little impatient.

In order to boost morale, Bao Nian made a promise that each soldier would be rewarded with twice the amount of money after the battle, so that the army advanced slowly, and finally arrived at the sniper position in the afternoon and evening. Bao Nian was not too stupid, and ordered to camp on the spot, start the attack the next day, and then take the guards and generals to observe the enemy's position.

I saw a flag planted on the highest hillside, and the words "Heyuan Revolutionary Army" could be seen from the telescope, and several low hillsides were sandwiched between roads, and the hillsides were full of dug trenches and barbed wire, and no artillery positions were found, but according to intelligence, these rebels had artillery. The terrain on both sides was complicated, and it was even more difficult to travel after heavy rain, and the army had to force its way through this sniper position if it wanted to quickly pass through the source of the river. Moreover, seeing that there are a lot of soldiers on the battlefield, the main force of the rebellious party is all here, as long as these people are defeated, Heyuan is at your fingertips.

"General, the rebel positions are crisscrossed with trenches, and the front is full of obstacles, which I think looks like an iron net, which should be used to hinder the attack, but I have never seen it before. Those bulging boulders should be firepower points, but I don't know what they were built on, and I guess they should be ashes. There are two hillsides on the left and right sides of the road, all of which are occupied, and the two are each other's wings, and if you want to pass, you must occupy them all, which is not easy! Pang Erhu observed for a while and said, in fact, all the generals were waiting for Pang Erhu to speak, how could they know the fortifications and tactics of modern warfare, and they still had ancient tactics and military skills handed down for thousands of years in their minds, and they couldn't understand the fortifications in front of them at all. Pang Erhu is also a half-ass, all the experience is still the war pattern of decades ago, and he can only say a rough idea according to the current situation.

Bao Nian nodded, pretending to understand, and then asked, "How should I attack according to the opinion of General Pang?" ”

"The two hillsides occupied by the rebel party are narrow, and there are not many soldiers to be accommodated, no more than 3,000 people in the sky, and our army has nearly 50,000 warriors, so we can send people to test the enemy's firepower first. General, please see, no matter which of the two hillsides we attack, we will be supported by fire from the other side, it is better to attack the two hillsides together, the army will be pressed like Mount Tai on the top, and the enemy will definitely be crushed! ”

The generals nodded together: "It makes sense." Pang Erhu was a little fluttering when he was praised, thinking that he had hills and valleys in his chest and used soldiers like a god, and the famous generals of the ancients were nothing more than that.

Early the next morning, 2,000 bandits were selected to attack the hillside positions on one side, and Bao Nian promised that the gang that broke through the position first would be the first to enter Heyuan City. I don't know what a great opportunity it is, the bandits still think it is a good opportunity, and they rush to ask for the first attack, and in the end, Mao Wu and Liu Da Scar are powerful, and they sent 1,000 of their own men, which makes the soldiers envious and jealous, and such a good opportunity for meritorious service will be given to the bandits?

The originally damp trench finally became dry and hard after a day of exposure, and Le Fei lowered his head to patrol back and forth in the trench, patting his subordinates on the shoulders to boost morale. When the Qing army finally arrived, most of the recruits clutched their weapons in their hands, and the machine gunners pulled the bolts of their guns and prepared to shoot.

"Obey the order and shoot again, aim and shoot again, don't fire without permission, don't hold the gun too tightly, the more nervous you are, the more inaccurate you are, and throw grenades when the enemy is close!" The instructor ran back and forth on the position and shouted, this is for the recruits who have not experienced the flames of war, the veterans have experienced the battle to some extent, and some experience, but this is the first time in this kind of positional warfare, and it is a lie to say that they are not nervous.

Dong Dashan held the handle of his gun, his eyes staring directly at the attacking Qing army, and he had to wait for the enemy to enter the firing range before he could fire. What puzzled him was that the enemy didn't even disperse, just ran straight and straight, he could even hear the sound of the enemy laughing and scolding, are they going to fight? Isn't this a gun target?

"Fire!" The company commander on the position gave an order, the enemy entered the range of 300 meters, and the machine gunner took the lead in firing, Dong Dashan could not wait, "da-da", the sound of light machine guns on the position rang out, the rifles and heavy machine guns in the pillboxes did not fire, and the enemy had already fallen one piece.

Mao Laosan, who was naked and ready to make a fortune, brandished his rifle and shouted loudly for his subordinates to hurry up, and suddenly the gunshots rang out on the mountain, and before he could react, his accomplices fell one after another, and hundreds of people were killed and injured in a blink of an eye. How can the small fights on weekdays be compared with the real battlefield, Mao Laosan is still clever, fell on the spot, fortunately dodged the swept bullets, "poof, poof", the sound of bullets hitting the dirt around him made him realize that death and himself were so close. Some of the fierce outlaws seemed to be in a killing state, and they continued to attack regardless of it, and were quickly knocked to the ground, and the bandits behind finally realized that something was wrong, turned and ran back, and the bullets chased them all the way until they were out of range. The first offensive of the Qing army ended in such a hurry, that they had not even touched the barbed wire.

"Damn, how many machine guns are there in the chaotic party? Why are the mountains all over the country! "Pang Erhu was also confused, he had seen machine guns, and Beiyang was equipped with a lot, but it was scary, and he was only equipped with ten machine guns here, could it be that the rebel party was fatter than the imperial court? Roughly count those fire points, there are no less than hundreds!

Bao Nian and other generals gritted their teeth and continued to attack! Mao Wu and other bandits were also scared silly, and they made trouble for a long time before not a big fat meat, but a big hedgehog, but now people are swords, I am fish and meat, and the court soldiers bravely surround themselves and ask to attack, and if they don't follow themselves, they will die under the guns of the court first. The robbers' repentant intestines are all green, and the front and back are all ghost gates, go forward, there is still a glimmer of life ahead. This time the bandits came up with 6,000 troops, 3,000 on each side. The imperial army set up all ten machine guns, not at the enemy's position, but at the bandits, and whoever retreated would burst out!

Under the threat of death, the bandits were stimulated with ferocity, grandma's, let them also see the ability of our heroes in the green forests of Guangdong, brothers, go on! Before reaching the foot of the mountain, he began to shoot with his gun, and regardless of whether he could hit the enemy or not, he just shot the bullets from his rifle. If you don't have a gun, you will wield the big sword and spear in your hand, and you can't lose your momentum if you lose the battle, and you have to die vigorously. Otherwise, how can it be said that bandits are rampant in Guangdong and have been eliminated for a long time, and they themselves are much more fierce than the officers and soldiers.

It's a pity that no matter how fierce the bullet is, it will be a bloody hole in the body, no matter where it hits, it will make him lose his combat effectiveness, and the lucky one will only lie on the ground and survive. The front of the battlefield was not wide, 3,000 men attacked a hill, some fell on the road, and the rest finally rushed to the barbed wire. The bandits were dumbfounded, they were too far away to see clearly, thinking that these nets would fall down as soon as they touched them, but they didn't expect that they were full of barbs, and the spiral-shaped barbed wire was stacked on top of each other, and it was by no means easy to knock down. The bandits in front were wandering in front of the barbed wire, and the ones behind didn't know, but they just rushed forward, and the ones in front were squeezed and immediately crawled on the barbed wire, and the ones behind rushed over with their predecessors.

Dong Dashan's machine guns began to fire in quick succession when the enemy troops entered the barbed wire fence 100 meters away, and one 30-round magazine was wiped out in a short time; some heavy machine-gun pillboxes began to exert their might, and the corpses of the bandits continued to pile up in front of the barbed wire, and a small number of bandits who passed through the barbed wire fence were named with rifles by the soldiers who were waiting for them. After firing the three magazines, Dong Dashan estimated that he had swept more than 50 enemy troops, the distance was close, and the enemy troops were dense, so as long as he pressed the gun and fired continuously. He skillfully removed the barrel and replaced it with another one, and the Czech light machine gun could easily change the barrel, and a skilled soldier could even complete the replacement in a matter of seconds. He didn't even need to lower his head to dodge the bullets, he could do the change in a half-crouch.