Countless mortar shells fell, clearing a no-man's land out of the road where the British colonial legions charged the follow-up troops.

In the violent explosion and fire, the second line of defense in East Bengal of China shouted to kill the heavens, and the British artillery fire directly hit the second line of defense, and the British colonial army stepped on the artillery fire and rushed directly to the second line of defense, and quickly launched a hand-to-hand battle.

Zhu Guangming stabbed three Arab soldiers to death in a row, and was kicked from the side without paying attention, seeing an Indian soldier stabbing with a bayonet, seeing that he could no longer dodge, only to hear a gunshot, a few meters away a soldier raised his hand and shot the Indian soldier with a rifle.

The bullet pierced the Indian soldier and actually hit an IDF soldier who was fighting with the enemy with a bayonet, but was stabbed by the enemy after being wounded and unable to react.

Zhu Guangming's brain was blank at this moment, he shouted and pulled out his pistol, shot several enemies in a row, and immediately freed several soldiers and shouted: "The assault rifle shoots single-shot, and others help kill the enemy!" ”

He found that although it was the same bullet, the barrel of a semi-automatic rifle was long, and the bullet was thrusted by gunpowder enough in the barrel, and the penetration of the bullet was much greater than that of an assault rifle. As long as the assault rifle bullet does not hit a particularly vulnerable position, it is generally not lethal even if it penetrates the body. Assault rifle fire can effectively kill the enemy at close range, and as long as the front is cleared, the Chinese automatic fire can play a huge role.

Sure enough, under Zhu Guangming's order, several soldiers equipped with assault rifles quickly adjusted their safety and shot the enemy with one shot. Finally a space was cleared, and more and more soldiers were freed up to join the team.

The assault rifle has a magazine of thirty rounds, so it can achieve this effect quickly.

Zhu Guangming saw that there was a clear space, and shouted: "The machine gun suppresses the enemy, and the others rescue other comrades." ”

The "Da Da Da" squad finally roared with their machine guns, and the soldiers of the British Colonial Legion who were rushing towards the position fell like straws, one after another. These colony legions knew that there was a machine gun blockade in front of them, but they had no choice but to rush forward, because if they retreated, they would also be shot by the Warlords.

As more and more lines of defense are consolidated. More than a dozen machine guns on the position of Zhu Guangming's company. Three large-caliber Gaoping dual-purpose machine guns opened fire one after another, forming a bloody massacre in front of the position against the enemy who rushed forward and followed. In just a few minutes, more than a thousand people fell in front of his position, and the automatic fire was powerful. This moment is vividly displayed.

Finally. The enemy also realized that there was a dead end ahead of this position. Avoid this position under the conditioned reflex, so that Zhu Guangming can completely stabilize the position.

Zhu Guangming also breathed a sigh of relief, but he could raise his eyes. Not every position was as quick as he was, and many positions around his regiment were in a bitter battle, and he shouted at the moment: "One platoon to the left, two platoons to the right, to help the other positions." Machine gun fire radiated fire on both wings, suppressing the enemy. ”

The Chinese side made full preparations for this battle, the troops were full of ammunition, and a large number of automatic weapons strafed the enemy in front of the positions on both flanks, as if dozens of machine guns were suppressed, forming a storm of steel of death.

The soldiers of the enemy's follow-up attack were shot, and the position was supported by the soldiers sent by Zhu Guangming, and the enemy on the position gradually decreased.

But before the enemy could be cleared, Zhu Guangming heard a sharp whistling coming all over the world, and immediately shouted: "Shelling, lie down!" Zhu Guangming belongs to the First Division of the First Army of the First Group Army, is one of the most elite troops in China, and is also Li Bufan's starting unit.

Zhu Guangming threw himself into the trench, and countless shells fell, and the violent explosion shook the mountain, and the air flow of the explosion made the entire position fly sand and rocks. All he could feel was a myriad of hammers hitting his eardrums and heart, making him want to vomit but couldn't. He yelled, even though he couldn't hear his own roar, but he was really roaring, roaring as he crawled into the trench to the hollow that had been built in the trench backwards, grabbed a sandbag, and held it in front of him.

There is no way to build anti-artillery holes here, only to build some small recesses, people huddle in them, and use sandbags to block themselves, sandbags can help you block the flying shrapnel and survive as much as possible. Of course, if you are directly hit by artillery fire, it is impossible to save your life with such a small method.

Because the Chinese officers and soldiers had strict training, but the British colonial legions, the Arab Legion and the Indian Legion did not have such training, they were stunned for a moment when they saw that the Chinese officers and soldiers almost all fell down quickly in a short time, and as a result, countless shells fell unheededly, tearing them to pieces.

The bombardment lasted only five minutes, but in Zhu Guangming's senses, it seemed like a century was long, and his ears were full of buzzing sounds, and he couldn't hear the sound. I only felt that the shaking had stopped, so I desperately pushed away the sandbags on my body and climbed out, only to see that the entire position had been faced, the trenches had been buried in a small part of the floating soil brought up by the shelling, and the positions were full of corpses, enemies and comrades

At this moment, he really fully felt the cruelty of the war, and he also felt a heartfelt chill at the Western coalition forces' regard for the lives of the colonial legions, knowing that the British colonial officers and soldiers who rushed up on the battlefield just now were not much less than the Wehrmacht, but so many lives were turned into ashes in the British artillery fire.

Time did not allow Zhu Guangming to think too much, he immediately began to pick up the floating soil, save his comrades, some of the hiding places were directly shelled out of a huge crater, some are still intact, he rescued several soldiers in a row, and then rescued a soldier who was stunned by the shelling, the floating soil has buried the nest of the Tibetan soldiers, if he was not saved in time, the soldier may have been buried in a coma and suffocated to death.

"Company commander, the enemy is coming." A soldier shouted.

Only then did Zhu Guangming realize that his hearing began to recover again, and he hurriedly looked out of the position, and sure enough, the enemy charging team that was pouring in the darkness like a tide had come to thirty meters away, and immediately shouted: "Machine guns, assault rifles cover and shoot, and the other brothers continue to rescue." ”

The powerful automatic fire quickly shot the enemy charging team in front of the formation again, and Zhu Guangming also sat down on the ground as if he had collapsed.

"Company Commander Zhu!" A regimental herald rushed forward.

Zhu Guangming frowned and said, "What's the matter?" Is there any instruction from the head of the regiment? ”

The herald said: "Company Commander Zhu, there is an order for the regiment, from now on, you are the commander of the second battalion of the second regiment of the 011th division."

Zhu Guangming's eyes widened and said, "I'm the battalion commander?" I haven't been a company commander for half a year? And what about the battalion commander? ”

The herald said, "The battalion commander has died. ”

Zhu Guangming said: "Isn't there still a company commander?" ”

"The commander of a company was also killed."

Zhu Guangming was speechless for a while, although the original army was set up with deputy positions, but because the war did not expand too quickly, all the deputy positions were temporarily cancelled, and even the main positions were not enough for officers, where are there still deputy positions. He was a little gloomy in his heart, he knew that the casualties of the troops were very heavy, but he didn't expect the proportion of officers to be killed and wounded was so high, and he immediately said: "I obey the order." ”

The herald said: "There is another order, the regimental headquarters has an order, all troops immediately withdraw to the third line of defense. ”

"What?" Zhu Guangming's eyes widened, staring at the herald.

The herald smiled bitterly: "This is also something that cannot be helped, these Western barbarians don't treat the colonial troops as human beings, and they attack by stepping on artillery points, and the second line of defense has been broken through in many places, this is the order of the front army headquarters." ”

Zhu Guangming suddenly remembered to see Li Bufan in Dibrugger Hospital, and realized that this was likely to be Li Bufan's order, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Withdraw!" ”

The Wehrmacht has always been full of military orders, and as long as the troops do not give orders of treason or rebellion, they must obey them unconditionally.

When he retreated, Zhu Guangming found that only two-thirds of his company's living people remained, a small part of them were still wounded, and only half of them could really be put into battle.

The fighting was more fierce than imagined, and the use of Dannat's cannon fodder army paid off with remarkable results.

Although this tactic is extremely shameless, cold-blooded, and cruel in this era, it has to be said to be very effective. Otherwise, if a normal infantry assault were to crush the Chinese troops equipped with a large number of automatic weapons, the casualties would be many times greater.

His tactic really caught the Chinese side off guard, and the troops on the front line suffered heavy casualties, even unprecedented casualties.

At the command headquarters, Dannatt looked at the sand table and said in a deep voice: "Order the Arab Legion and the Indian Legion participating in this wave of attacks to rest on the spot, and the follow-up Indian Legion will not stop for a moment, closely following the defeated troops of the Chinese, and directly attacking the third line of defense of the Chinese." ”

Marshall was surprised: "So urgent? Even if the second echelon did not participate in the impact on the enemy formation, it advanced several kilometers quickly, consuming a lot of physical strength. ”

Dannatt snorted coldly and said, "The Chinese's art of war is a solemn reminder - one drum, then decline, and three exhaustion." We just want to defeat the Chinese in one fell swoop, not give the other side a chance to breathe, and not give the other side almost the opportunity to reorganize their defense. ”

Marshall sighed, "You're right. The Chinese devil's art of war is really very good, and it also involves the psychology of war. I really can't imagine that the Chinese actually had such a military treasure two or three thousand years ago. No wonder the main force of the 'whip of God' Alati (the Huns) was beaten by the Chinese Han Empire and fled to Europe. ”

Marshall's words cast a haze over the top brass of the coalition forces, thinking that the Chinese defeated hundreds of thousands of elite Xiongnu troops, and only 20,000 Xiongnu troops almost wiped out Europe, you can imagine how terrible China's military power was back then. Some people say that the Roman Empire is comparable to the Han Empire, which is simply putting gold on one's face.

Marshall coughed, broke the silence and said, "General Dannatt, when will the main force of the British army cross the river?" ”

Dannatt's face relaxed slightly, and he said in deep thought: "The offensive must be continuous to show results. With current progress, it seems that it is almost over. Leaving two corps in reserve, the other troops began to cross the river" (to be continued......