The integrated brigade of the French army attacking the East Ridge had two infantry regiments in front and an artillery battalion and an infantry regiment in the rear. When he saw that there was a defensive position of the Qing army in Dongling, Nigel believed that his plan had already been seen through by the Qing people.

But in his opinion, this is nothing. Their own troops are fully capable of penetrating their defensive positions directly and completing the encirclement of Shanxi City before dark.

The attack on the East Ridge was carried by the 2nd Regiment of the French Consolidated Brigade, which rushed towards the Qing fortress on the East Ridge with neat steps, with which they had conquered countless opponents. The indigenous people of Africa are all fleeing when they see this pace. They firmly believe that this time can also crush the Chinese.

When they were 1,000 meters away from Feng Zicai's defensive position, the battle began, and the French fired at the position unhurriedly. The neat formation allowed their shots to cover the entire defensive position, without a single centimeter of shooting dead ends. This cannot be done without years of practical experience and rigorous training. It can be seen that the combat effectiveness of the French Army is indeed quite strong!

The small arms used by the French were mainly Schachep-style center-fire firing firing pin breech-loading rifled guns with a caliber of 11 mm. It can fire 7 rounds per minute and has a range of 1800 meters. The Qing Army was uniformly armed with Mauser guns, and the firing range was closer than that of Shashpu. But the rate of fire was fast, and the two guns were in between.

With Feng Zicai's order, the Qing Army in the position also launched a fierce counterattack against the French army that rushed up. For a time the sound of gunfire echoed in the valley, and several soldiers fell from the French in the front row.

The panicked French soldiers lay down or took cover, and the two sides exchanged fire for an hour at a distance of 1,000 meters. Although the French army was well-trained, the companies alternated to cover the advance quite skillfully. The firepower deployment and suppression were also quite good, but due to the superiority of the Qing army in terms of numbers, the French army only advanced 200 meters.

Nigel saw all this in the telescope, and his hands trembled with anger. Annoyed and angry, he ordered a strong attack, and while sending people to transfer the artillery battalion, he concentrated the machine guns in his hands to bombard the Chinese positions.

The French troops, supported by artillery fire, suddenly rushed closer, and the sound of French leather boots could be heard echoing in the valley on many positions. Feng Zicai saw that many soldiers were afraid of the French artillery fire and did not dare to raise their heads to shoot, but just blindly shot at the front. He shouted angrily: "If the law enters the customs, how can you see the people of Yue?" What a living! As he spoke, he grabbed a Gatling gun and swept towards the approaching French.

As the so-called will be the soul of the soldier, the soldier will be a bear, and the nest will be a bear. Feng Zicai's brave performance inspired everyone on the battlefield. They all raised their heads and shot at the French. The French did not expect the squadron to be so brave and instantly defeated a large area.

At this time, Feng Zicai shouted, and rushed out with a big knife. The four battalions of the Qing army's forward position rushed out like a tide. A beautiful counter-charge that slaughtered the approaching French troops.

If the marksmanship of the French army and the cover of each echelon are much stronger than that of the squadron, then the melee hand-to-hand combat squadron is the ancestor of the French army. Especially in the direction of Dongling, it was in the back attack, and was rushed down by Feng Zicai. Many timid soldiers fell directly to the ground and slid down the slope, what is called defeat like a mountain, probably this is what it means.

And the soldiers on the positions behind the Qing army were not idle, aiming and firing, one by one. Killed a lot of French people too!

"Second dog, you're fucking blind. Want to shoot a black gun? You almost hit Camp Commander Li just now. ”

"Fart, what kind of marksmanship does Lao Tzu have? Didn't you see a direct headshot? It's you, you almost hit him when Feng Biaotong rushed out just now. ”

“……”

The commander of the 2nd Regiment, Edward, who commanded the frontal attack, had to give the order to retreat, and the 2nd Regiment suffered heavy losses in this attack. The souls of more than 200 soldiers were left in the valley!

At this time, the Qing army's position was very lively, repelling the surprise attack of the French army, which somewhat made these soldiers who could only shoot targets in the country and watch others fight suddenly became excited.

"That's a good thing." A soldier lovingly stroked the Gatling machine gun, which had just made a great achievement.

"Yes, just now those French devils have cut down a large field like wheat. It's fucking enjoyable. ”

"If there are dozens of doors coming to this one, how many little devils will come and die."

"This thing just consumes too much ammunition, and after a while, there will be no more bullets for a few hundred rounds."

Listening to their chat, the machine gunner also interjected and spoke, "Let me tell you a secret, this machine gun was made by us in the Qing Dynasty." ”

"Really? Can we make guns so fast in the Qing Dynasty? ”

"What are you lying about? The fourth son of my second uncle's third brother-in-law is in the Guangdong Gun Bureau, and he told me that there can be fakes. ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately laughed, "Now you can kill those *** devils." ”

Zhennan Pass, French military camp.

"Major Edward, how did you command the front. You have superior equipment such as machine guns, but you have been fighting all afternoon without making any progress. You've let me down so much. ”

"Your Excellency General, it's not that I'm incompetent in command, the Qing army in Dongling is indeed quite brave. And the armament is on par with ours, they have machine guns. There are also more people than ours, and the firepower is quite reasonable. The depth is very deep, and since we are attacking from the back, we can see very clearly. Their firepower was deployed from halfway up the mountain to the top of the mountain, and the fire network was quite tightly organized. Edward said aggrievedly.

Nigel actually saw it quite clearly, but he just needed someone to vent his anger. And this regimental commander, who commanded the offensive, of course, became the best candidate. After graduating from the Army Academy, he was favored by most domestic generals. He does not want to and cannot be defeated on the battlefield in China! He must succeed!

Nigel calmed down, and he prepared to wait for the artillery battalion behind him to arrive, and then give the order to attack. With powerful artillery, the French were the bravest troops.

It was with the cooperation of thousands of artillery pieces that Napoleon the Great conquered the European continent. Nigel, who has a paranoid hobby of artillery, thinks the same way. It's a pity that he doesn't know that his artillery battalion may never be able to wait.

Ten miles away in a mountain col, Feng Xianghua was staring at the French artillery battalion and an escorted infantry regiment in the distance slowly walking towards him......