Zhang Xun brandished a rifle with a bayonet and stabbed a white officer in front of him, and he also had several colors on his body. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info{{ A bullet cut out of his arm, a seriously wounded American soldier hit with a revolver!} Carrying a personal pistol into battle was almost the norm in Donghua and the two U.S. militaries. Therefore, when the soldiers of these three countries are fighting hand-to-hand combat, they often pull out their revolvers to shoot, which is really a scoundrel to the extreme! Zhang Xun was lucky, only scratched some flesh, did not hurt the bones, and the bullet did not remain in the body. In addition, a bayonet was received on the thigh and back, and it was also lightly slashed, not pierced, otherwise it would have been stabbed by the Yankee's triangular spear, and the blood would have dried up by this time.

Although he was injured in three places, Zhang Xun did not feel pain at all, and the current situation did not allow him to think of pain. His company was almost unable to hold on, and the American "Red-Legged Devils" who fought with his company had at least one battalion! Although a third of them had already been killed by artillery fire, machine guns and grenades before rushing into the trenches, they were still able to form a two-to-one superiority! And in hand-to-hand combat, the Chinese army in the Middle East has no advantage, and it would be good to be able to play a 1.5 to 1 exchange ratio! If the reinforcements are gone, his company will definitely be wiped out! What about reinforcements? Where exactly are the reinforcements? Why haven't you come yet!

At this moment, the rumbling cannon sound sounded in Zhang Xun's ears again. The shells landed in the middle of the positions of the two armies, blocking the passage for the reinforcement of the follow-up troops of the American army! This is the prelude to the reinforcement movement, Zhang Xun thought to himself, I don't know how many people will be left in his company after surviving this period?

Captain of the Fourteenth Brooklyn Militia Regiment, Nickle Brown. Colonel Sanborn had heard the cannon fire too, and years of battlefield instincts had told him that this offensive had come to an end. It's time to retreat with your own men.

In a battle with a strong force like the Donghua Army, don't think about a big victory with a wave of charge. If they don't fight like this. The border conflict in the past eight years has not survived at all. But. Can you enter the opponent's trench in the first wave of charges and start hand-to-hand combat with the Donghua Army, or let Nikkor . Colonel Sanborn was very satisfied. Looking at the entire U.S. military, I'm afraid there will be no more than ten infantry regiments capable of such feats, right?

When reinforcements from a reinforced company of the Donghua Army rushed into the trench, several piercing whistles suddenly sounded, which was a signal for the retreat of the American troops. The red-legged devils, who were still fighting a second ago, heard this sound and immediately began to retreat. There is no meaning of dragging mud and water! Of course, not all of them can be withdrawn, and there will always be some who will be left in their trenches forever by the Donghua soldiers.

"Quick. Hide quickly and enter the defensive hole! ”

Seeing the opponent retreating, Zhang Xun had no intention of pursuing, but loudly ordered the troops to hide and prepare for the next round of shelling! This is the experience summed up in the eight years of border conflicts, positional warfare is the alternation of charges and artillery shelling, constantly consuming flesh and blood with shells, bullets and bayonets! Whoever sheds his blood first will lose the battle.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The American artillery group, which had been ready for a long time, opened fire again! In Nikkor. When Colonel Sanborn gave the order to retreat, several flares were fired into the air, signaling the artillery groups in the rear. Let them bombard the trenches of the Donghua Army with the most ferocious fire! Now there are at least twice as many Donghua soldiers in this trench as before! The life that can be harvested with the same density of artillery fire can naturally be doubled!

Looking at the positions that were flooded with artillery fire. Huang Bingkun, commander of the Fifth Division of the Donghua Army, did not have a trace of expression on his face, and the scene in front of him was completely expected by him. When the "Red Leg Devil" appeared on the battlefield, he knew that he needed reinforcements for his front-line position. However, the fact that the Americans brought out their most elite troops in the first infantry attack still surprised him a little. The face of He Xiucheng, the chief of staff of the division beside him, was very solemn, and the latest casualty statistics had been sent to him by the staff officers.

"More than half of the three companies on the front line have been killed or wounded!" He Xiucheng shook his head, "Only one wave of attacks crippled our three companies, and the beautiful red-legged devil really deserves its reputation!" ”

The establishment of Donghua's infantry division consisted of three infantry regiments, nine infantry battalions, and 36 infantry companies, plus auxiliary arms such as artillery, engineering, baggage, and cavalry, and a supplementary regiment. Although the baggage and reinforcements can be replenished into the infantry company at any time, these people cannot be compared with the infantry on the front line. The combat effectiveness of these three companies after replenishment will be reduced by at least 20%.

Huang Bingkun just smiled coldly: "My three companies are disabled, can the old beautiful red-legged devil be better?" They are charging at the cost of casualties! At least three battalions were crippled in the wave just now! At most, this regiment will rush again, and it will be time to go back to rest. Three companies for three battalions...... What can't you do in this deal? Isn't this bridgehead of ours a mill of flesh and blood? Now it's up to who's bleeding first! ”

August 12, 1875.

Fighting has intensified along the Missouri River. After the East Chinese Army had crossed the Missouri River and built four strong bridgeheads. The American Emperor ** also concocted the same method, taking advantage of the fact that the East Chinese Army had not had time to establish a dense defense along the Missouri River, and made breakthroughs in Sioux City, Blair Town, Plattsmouth Town, and St. Joseph's Fortress, and also won four footholds of different sizes on the west bank of the Missouri River.

However, this does not mean that the entire defense line of the Donghua Army has been broken through by the US military, and the current land combat mode is still very conducive to defense. A single machine gun at a critical intersection can often temporarily hold off an entire army! This is not the era when later tanks rumbled to the past, so it was only four points that achieved a breakthrough instead of the entire line. The 45th, 46th, 49th, and 50th Divisions of the Donghua Army arrived then to seal up the gap that had just been torn open. Fortifications were erected around four American bridgeheads to prevent them from advancing in depth, while also launching a counterattack in the hope of driving the Americans back to the east bank of the Missouri River. These four divisions, as well as the other four divisions that had established a bridgehead east of the Missouri River, had received a death order from King Jujuan of Donghua, and they must use their existing strength to hold the American troops to the death, and not to abandon their positions for any reason!

For these eight divisions, it was indeed quite a difficult task. Especially those four divisions whose numbers are all after forty, they are all so-called second-class divisions. It was not a standing army, and it was often an empty shelf before the outbreak of war, and it was only after the full mobilization of Donghua that the establishment was completed. However, there were too many recruits and reservists, but the armament was exactly the same as that of the 21 standing divisions, with a large number of artillery and machine guns. It's just that these weapons are in their hands and cannot exert their most powerful power.

The 2nd Infantry Division, the 6th Infantry Division, the Ku Klux Klan Volunteer Infantry Division, and the Socialist Workers' Party Volunteer Infantry Division, which crossed the Missouri River, were all elite members of the American Empire. From August 10th, they launched the most frenzied offensive against the Chinese army blocking them, in a vain attempt to expand their territory west of the Missouri River, and the fierce battle was in full swing between the Chinese and American armies!

The sound of artillery echoed across the banks of the Missouri River. The positions of the East Chinese Army in the vicinity of Plattsmouth Town were full of columns of smoke rising high and low. The U.S. heavy artillery group was placed in the wilderness on the east bank of the Missouri River, desperately pouring shells on the Chinese-controlled positions on the west bank. The town is just over 30 kilometres south of the East Chinese Army's Conseil Bluffs bridgehead. On the other side of the town of Cantel Bluffs is the town of Omaha, where the headquarters of the Second Army of the East China Army is located. Between Omaha and Plattsmouth, there is the Pratt River, a tributary of the Missouri River, and if the U.S. forces can break through the blockade of the East Chinese Army and attack along the path of the Pratt River, they can go around the flank of Omaha Town. This would make it difficult to defend the towns of Cantel Bluffs and Omaha, and even the U.S. military could further force the Chinese army to give up all the territory north of the Platte River!

Therefore, the U.S. army took out the strength to eat milk in the past three days and repeatedly attacked here, but it was beaten down again and again by the 45th Infantry Division of the defending army, and it was never able to seize many positions. In front of the positions on the south bank of the Pratt River (not along the Platte River, but at right angles to the Platte River), there were corpses of American troops in blue uniforms everywhere. Everywhere there are traces of fierce battles. The hastily built field fortifications of the defenders had almost been flattened. The defenders are almost relying on the craters and the ruins of the houses to put up the most stubborn resistance! (To be continued.) )