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In fact, the Belgian defenders have been working hard here for more than 20 years, and they are very familiar with every plant and tree here. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThey were already prepared for all sorts of things, and even the guns in the battery had their own firing ranges.

The defenders had already compiled detailed coordinates of all the areas within the fire coverage of the vicinity and assigned them to all the artillery units. For the defenders, no matter what the weather is outside, as long as they shoot according to the established coordinates, they can accurately cover a certain area. This is not a field battle, and the garrison has an absolute advantage.

Originally, the Ming army only had to wait for the arrival of the follow-up heavy weapons, and then the heavy artillery and the dive bombers in the sky could cooperate to clear the defenders' batteries one by one. The Ming army was already invincible, and all it needed was some shells and time. However, because Huang Gu wanted to seize military merits, it brought heavy casualties to the Ming army.

The losses of the 19th Panzer Corps during the day's fighting were actually not small, but they managed to occupy a bridgehead position on the other side of the Maas River and erect pontoon bridges. In addition, Huang Gu also has the command to search for attacks with power. Therefore, Huang Gu still has more merit than fault at this time.

Unfortunately, the smooth journey and the strength of the Ming army gave him the courage to take risks. As a result, it has brought heavy casualties to its own troops.

At about 11 o'clock in the evening, nearly 20,000 officers and men of the 34th and 51st Mechanized Infantry Divisions of the 19th Armored Corps of the Ming Army quietly braved the heavy rain to cross the pontoon bridge and came to the west bank of the Maas River. Under the cover of the rain, they rushed towards the defense of the city of Liège.

The twelve forts built by the Belgians outside the city of Liège were each about six kilometers apart and were distributed in a circle around the city of Liège. In fact, this distance is not small, after all, it is six kilometers. However, the defenders built fortifications and outposts around the perimeter of each fort, and the actual gap was only about three kilometers.

Moreover, the defenders also deployed troops of three elite German infantry divisions in the areas between the various fortifications. In addition, the ground was muddy due to heavy rain at this time, and the infantry were rolling in the mud one foot deep and one foot shallow, and the armored forces of the Ming army had no possibility of attacking at all.

Once a tank and armored vehicle weighing tens of tons gets into the mud, it doesn't even want to move. These vehicles are simply too heavy.

The officers and men of the Ming Dynasty believed that their actions were still relatively hidden. But how could such an action, which dispatched nearly 20,000 officers and soldiers, be hidden under the noses of the defenders? Not to mention the 20,000 heavily armed soldiers during the war, even 20,000 mosquitoes could not escape the eyes of the defenders.

Not surprisingly, the night attack of the Ming army was discovered by the defenders soon after. The commander who garrisoned the place did not give the order to attack immediately and push the Ming army back. After careful analysis, he judged that the target of the Ming army was actually the city of Liege, which was located in the core. After some intense deployment, the defenders were ready to bring the attacking Ming army within range of fire.

The rain in the sky was getting heavier and heavier, and the dense Ming officers and soldiers were wearing thick ponchos, holding the weapons in their hands tightly and struggling forward in the wilderness. Just when their vanguard troops were only a little more than a kilometer away from the city of Liege, countless searchlights were suddenly lit, and many huge pillars of light shone on the faces of the Ming officers and soldiers from all directions.

There are so many pillars of snow-white light, and the effect of illumination is so great. These searchlights, which were used for air defense, illuminated the dim wilderness as bright as day, exposing the Ming army.

"Lying down !!" The experienced officers of the Ming army shouted loudly, and the Ming army, which was originally standing, fell down in an instant. Then, the artillery in the surrounding garrison batteries began to roar.

It was not for nothing that the Belgians set the distance between the individual batteries at six kilometers. The Belgians have always been close to France, even during the Ming Dynasty's rule in Europe, they were clearly supporting France that did not deal with the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, this approach was seen differently by the French.

The Liège fortress was originally built to prevent a possible Ming army from attacking France through its colonies in Germany, and its design was also French. One of the important reasons for the distance between the various batteries of the fortress group was six kilometers, and one of the important reasons was that they were equipped with a large number of French 75mm rapid-fire guns in the fort batteries everywhere.

The full name of this gun is the 1897 model 75mm 36 times radial rapid-fire gun, nicknamed Miss 75. This gun was a very good weapon for its time, and its performance was excellent. However, its real strength lies in its ultra-high rate of fire, which can fire fifteen shells per minute with an automatic loader. This was absolutely excellent at the time. Even the artillery of the Ming Dynasty could not do this.

The Belgians received a large number of Miss 75 guns supported by the French, and the practical effective range of this rapid-fire gun was between six and seven kilometers, which prompted the designers to set the distance between the various batteries at a position of six kilometers to give full play to its powerful firepower.

With the passage of time, the smiling and proud Miss 75 has long been eliminated after decades of rapid development of world science and technology. It's just that it is not outdated as a simple fortress garrison, so it has always been deployed in the fortress of Liège.

In addition to the performance is acceptable, it can continue to be used. Another important reason is that the Belgians do not spend much on the military.

The Belgians installed more than 200 75mm rapid-fire guns in the fortress of Liège, and if they wanted to replace them with new guns, it would be a huge military cost. And it's not just about more than 200 guns. When the Belgians bought guns, they also bought a production line of spare parts and shells from the French. Once the new guns are replaced, all of this is useless. And you have to open a brand new one. In terms of Belgium's national strength, this burden is simply too great.

However, what everyone did not expect was that this old artillery finally showed its power on the battlefield decades later.

In the surrounding batteries, the Belgian artillerymen had already loaded 5.5 kilograms of high-explosive shells into the chambers. When the firing bells rang in each of the gun chambers, the artillerymen quickly pulled the bolts in their hands.

In real combat, it is difficult to achieve a terrifying firing frequency of fifteen rounds per minute. After all, the artillerymen are people, they are not machines. However, the rate of fire of this gun is indeed extremely fast, and the power of its shells is not weak at all.

The number and high rate of fire of this scale are added together, and at this moment in such a favorable terrain situation. If it weren't for the pouring rain that greatly affected the power of the shells, the Ming army's surprise troops might have been wiped out.

Attacking from the banks of the Maas River, the Ming attacking forces had been caught in the fire of the surrounding fortresses of Fleiron, Ogne, Flemmell, Sauderfontein, and Lonsin, where the command fort was located, as they approached the city of Liège.

These fortified forts were armed with a large number of artillery pieces, including heavy artillery including 120 mm fortress guns, 210 mm howitzers, etc., in addition to the 75 miss. Although these cannons are outdated, they are still very powerful. When more than 100 artillery pieces bombarded the Ming troops in the wilderness, Huang Gu, who was watching the battle in the rear, suddenly felt cold in his heart.

As a magna laude graduate of an orthodox military academy, Huang Gu certainly knew how terrifying it was for his troops to be exposed to the open wilderness, surrounded by enemy troops hidden in strong fortifications and with great firepower. To put it simply, it is not impossible to be wiped out in this area.

After all, it is raining heavily, which makes the roads muddy and unsuitable for walking. He had already sent out all the motorized infantry in his hands at this time, and the remaining armored troops would simply not be able to move in such weather conditions and road conditions. That is, it was difficult for the troops who rushed up to retreat. The troops in the rear were unable to provide strong support before dawn.

Huang Gu, who rushed out of cover and ran to the wilderness to observe, shook his hand and pushed away the adjutant who wanted to pull him back, letting the icy rain beat on him. He had completely calmed down now, and the irrationality in his mind that had been burned by the desire to make a contribution had vanished in an instant.

Huang Gu, who had regained his senses, knew that he had to fight for his life now. That's right, it's about trying to survive. If it was really because of his stupid order tonight that he buried 20,000 officers and soldiers under the fortress group of Liège, then there was only one way waiting for him in the Yellow Valley, and that was to shoot himself directly to preserve his last honor.

If he commits suicide, the army will announce that he died on the battlefield where he commanded the battle, so that his family can still receive a pension, and he can also get a decent ending as a soldier who died in battle. But if he did not commit suicide, he would be escorted by the gendarmes to the plane back to his home country immediately after the fighting was over, and then he would be court-martial by the military police.

In the past, when the family consortium held the power, it could also find someone to entrust the relationship to go to see if it could be lightly sentenced, or even directly fished out. But what kind of person is Zhang Cheng, everyone has seen his methods in the past few years. Committing such a big mistake and trying to escape his life at his hands? Dream!

Huang Gu doesn't want to die yet, he is only in his forties this year, and it is the most energetic time in a man's life. He didn't want to be sent to the execution ground at this time.

Now that the matter has come out, Huang Gu has no choice.

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