The defense of the northwest gave the German officer corps enough surprises, I thought that Bordo and the others, after reading it, would leave, but I didn't expect that he insisted on observing here, saying that the distance was close, and he could see it a little clearly, just not leaving.

Zhang Xiaohuai was noncommittal about Bordo's attitude, since these Germans liked it, let them watch it here, leave some guards, and ask these Germans to obey the order and not run around, and then pay attention to the next day's big battle, no matter what, after the battle is fought first. War is impermanent, any slight omission may determine the direction of a war, the northwest side is fully prepared, but at the critical moment, the commander's command is indispensable.

Bordeaux and others, just slept on the front line all night, for this, some young officers have quite a complaint, after coming to the Far East, how many years have not had such a difficult environment, under the arbitrariness of Bordeaux, pressed down, through the window, looking at the bright moonlight outside, I don't know how, Bordo's heart seems to have returned to his hometown, his hometown is just a small town near Frankfurt, peaceful and clear, about to open, is the future of the Second Reich World War I, the German Emperor and the German Emperor, look the same, But only the real Germans know the difference.

The sun slowly rose on the ground level, after a short rest of the soldiers, replaced the soldiers who held out all night, the Northwest Army has made all the preparations, today, the big war will begin, the front line, will be a huge test, almost all the front line has been replaced, and even some key places are personally mastered by the special forces to prevent unnecessary mistakes.

Samslav calmly looked ahead. The Chinese army on the other side was the strongest he had ever seen, and in his impression, the Chinese army was still stuck in 1900, when he faced the Chinese who came shouting slogans. Platoon guns and artillery fire are enough to eliminate these ignorant people, and later I heard that a Beiyang Army has emerged in China, which holds 75 guns as a treasure, even if the strength of the individual is no longer shot. It doesn't change anything.

But this time, the Northwest Army is really different, with strict discipline, accurate shooting, and even artillery. God knows where the Northwest got more than 100 mm artillery, he knew that he would meet such a strong opponent, he would not even fight for this position, but unfortunately, now, it is difficult to ride a tiger, so he has to use the last impact. With 50,000 death battalions, carry out the impact of death.

50,000 people is already the limit of what he can use as the commander-in-chief of the front army. The history of Russia's use of death camps probably dates back to hundreds of years ago, and in the perception of the aristocracy, almost the entire Far East was taken under the decisive death of the death camps. Even in the death camp, some famous generals came out. One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither. I don't know what is going on today, among these 50,000 people. Can you pop up one!

Samsolov didn't care about these at all, the death battalion that was chosen one out of ten thousand, there was not much that could really be saved, if he captured the opponent's position and eliminated enough enemies, the surviving death battalion would of course be pardoned, and even some meritorious ones, he could be absorbed into the regular army.

50,000 ragged, yellow-muscular death battalions, their eyes are full of despair, the only hope of survival is ahead, whips and reprimands, coupled with the shackles in their hearts, so that they can only rush forward, rush over, is survival, is a different opportunity, and even one step to the sky.

The guns are not issued to everyone, and it is difficult to guarantee whether they can even be fired, most of them even hold shoddy spears, or even empty hands, and gather into a group of death battalions, under the pressure of machine guns, they begin to slowly rush forward, they will use their lives as a torrent, the position of impact.

On the position of the Northwest Army, everyone is ready to fight, three positions only 3 kilometers wide, at least 1,200 machine guns are arranged, of which only 300 are Makqin, Makqin will be placed on a fixed point, will not move casually, the rest are light machine guns, will be adjusted according to the battle situation, it can be said that in order to support the front line, Baotou concentrated most of the light machine guns here.

In the trenches, the non-commissioned officers were simply explaining that the severity of this battle had been carried out by the division commander as early as a day ago, and these death battalions, in the eyes of the opposing commander, were dead people, that is, they could not be mixed with the other party, and even had to face the coverage of artillery fire, and the elite soldiers in the northwest could not be consumed here.

That's right, the reason why the death battalion is so terrible in the era of thermal weapons is because of the artillery fire, when the regular army is attacking, the defender's method of dealing with the artillery fire is to mix together, so that the opponent's artillery fire will not dare to release lightly, no commander will be so frustrated, otherwise, even if the battle is won, no soldier will be willing to die for him in the future.

But if the opponent is a death battalion, it is different, it is dead, it doesn't matter if it is injured by mistake, and even sometimes, when it is mixed together, as long as the commander thinks that such a huàn is okay, maybe it is indiscriminate artillery coverage. Anti-artillery, this is the focus of this battle, the trenches of the Northwest Army, specially made anti-artillery arrangements, but it is not a permanent fortification, the ability of anti-artillery is only average, can only be improvisable on the battlefield, by the way, there are not too many soldiers on the front line.

The black team was divided into three directions, with more than 10,000 people in each direction, and 10,000 people, not to mention the soldiers, who advanced quickly with guns, but at a distance of 1,000 meters from them, they all lay down. Bordo was slightly surprised, he had heard of the Russian army's death battalion assault, all of which rushed up, and there was no such thing as lying down, what kind of routine is this, looking down and thinking about it, Bordo's brows stretched, he obviously thought of the answer, but he didn't say it, and instead looked at the officers he brought with interest.

The young officers all looked down and thought, among which Phelps thought about it for a moment, and subconsciously said: "Could it be the machine guns in the northwest that made them make a change!" ”

The people in this fortification are all officers, who are familiar with the battlefield, and after a little thought, they will understand that there are many machine guns in the northwest, I am afraid it is not a secret, the Russians have suffered a big loss, of course they will be careful, it seems that what Zhang Xiaohuai said before, the annihilation of the 173rd and 179th divisions, as well as part of the 122nd division and the 156th division, should not be a lie, the northwest has this strength.

"It's all down, I'm afraid the machine guns are useless, next, it should be shelling!" Another officer said, the young officer's words just fell, the Russian artillery began to pour to the side, the heavy artillery division all out, plus 75 guns, almost covered the front positions of the Northwest Army, smoke, and then, the Northwest Army's retaliatory artillery fire also followed, because the Russian army has 180 guns, the maximum range is 17 kilometers, in this case, it is impossible for the northwest to deploy heavy artillery within the range of 17 kilometers, at most to the artillery fire below 180, to launch a retaliatory counterattack, in this way, you come and go, both sides have losses on each other, and even the artillery fire of the Russian army has gradually thinned out, only 180 guns, or one after another.

The German officers who were observing were silent, looking at the positions covered by artillery fire, even if they were protected, such a don't move to be beaten, the casualties would definitely not be small, and even with the continuation of artillery fire, the casualties would increase. At this time, one of the 180 suddenly did not fire, which made the German officer a little strange, obviously in the salvo and free fire, 17 180 could not be fired, this is very obvious, the barrel temperature is too high, it should not be, the 180 gun is not so fragile, only a few shots, is it a dud,

This is possible, the industrial production capacity of the Russian army is very weak, coupled with corruption, one or two duds will pop up, this is also a normal thing, no officer noticed, and even if he did, he would not care. But then, when the next round of salvos was fired, there was one less, is it again? But when the third, fourth, and even the fifth appeared, and even when they were no longer involved in the salvo, even the sluggish ones found the problem.

"What's going on, it's not all going to be broken, is it?" Phelps said a little strangely.

An officer who knew the situation of the Russian army in another team retorted: "The 180 gun is so durable, and the Russian army is relatively heavy, and it broke down at such a critical moment?" ”

"Could it be that there is stronger artillery fire in the northwest!"

"That's even more impossible, I didn't see the artillery fire!"

If it is an ordinary person, it may not be possible to see whether there will be an artillery counterattack, all the soldiers present are familiar with artillery fire, the range of more than 180 guns, at least not much lower than 180, the sound of high-caliber artillery is completely different from the sound of ordinary artillery fire, there is no sound of explosion on the opposite side, the artillery counterattack in the northwest is concentrated, the 75 guns in front of it, there is the most lively place to fight, small-caliber artillery fire, Russian artillery fire, there are no signs of explosion, What the hell is going on, what makes the 180 artillery of the Russian army dumb?

Bordo picked up the telescope and looked carefully at the opposite side, the Russian army's 180 artillery fire was arranged 14 kilometers away from here, just outside the range of all Baotou 155 heavy artillery, unless 155 was placed on the front line, it would not be able to reach it at all.

At a distance of 15 kilometers, even with a telescope of the highest magnification, you can't see the real situation on the other side, but one thing is for sure, the 180 guns are really dumb one after another, what is going on, is the Northwest really capable of dealing with the 180 artillery of the Russian army? (To be continued) R466