Although it was already set, and the sky was gradually getting dark, the machine gunners in the firing point still noticed the actions of Lin Fang and the others―――――― it was strange not to notice it, although Lin Fang and they were at least 1 kilometer away from the firing point, but when everyone was lying down, a few cannon shields suddenly appeared, which was really a very eye-catching thing. In particular, the beachhead was swept by the Beiyang Army once, and it was not much worse than a flat river in terms of terrain.

After noticing the actions of Lin Fang and the others, although it was not clear what these guys were doing, the machine gunners in the firing point still aimed the muzzle of the 11.43 caliber at Lin Fang and the others.

"Bell bell ..."

Sparks flew on the cannon shield, but Lin Fang and the others behind the cannon shield were unharmed.

"Quick, hurry up and get the gun ready!"

"It's already coming..."

Although Lin Fang and the others were unharmed because of the relationship between the cannon shield, but looking at the machine gun bullets that grazed on their sides, Lin Fang and the others still had a chill in their hearts, you must know that the cannon shield in front of them weighed only 10 kilograms, not only could not provide enough protection area, but even the thickness of the cannon shield itself...

Fortunately, the cannon shield is designed to be tilted, which has a certain unloading effect, not only that, but I'm afraid it's not just that the cannon shield has been hit with a few bumps...

After seeing the sparks flashing in front of them, the two mortar crews, who understood that the situation was critical at this time, also hurriedly set up the mortars behind the gun shield.

After debugging the mortar at a record-breaking speed in just over 1 minute, the two gunners shouted to Lin Fang.

"Company commander, it's already aimed."

At this time, several mortars around also shouted towards Lin Fang.

"Company commander, we've already debugged it here!"

"Now that it's been debugged, let's just fire!"

After receiving Lin Fang's order, the six mortars of the whole company opened fire at the same time.

However, any artillery needs to test fire 2 rounds before it can accurately aim at the enemy, and in addition to Lin Fang, they are designed at the upper limit position of 1 kilometer, this mortar, so 6 mortar shells are actually not 1 invention target.

Fortunately, Lin Fang was mentally prepared for this, so after discovering that 1 shot was not clear, he ordered his subordinates to aim the mortar again...

At this time, the Beiyang machine gunners in the firing point were also startled by a few shells that fell not far from them.

"Damn, I thought it was still those small-caliber cannons, but I didn't expect it to be mortar cannons this time..."

They didn't know what a mortar was, they just thought that Lin Fang was using a mortar cannon, and understood how much of a threat the mortar was to themselves, and the machine gunner in the firing point aimed Makqin at the nearest artillery shield.

Although Lin Fang and the others were hiding behind the cannon shield, the area of the cannon shield was not very large after all, so when the machine gunner focused all his attention on Lin Fang and the others, Lin Fang immediately felt a lot of pressure.

And...

"Damn, quick, hurry up and aim!"

Seeing that the cannon shield was protruding more and more, and even a few machine gun shells had penetrated the cannon shield, just stuck on the shield surface, Lin Fang immediately urged the two gunners under him.

In fact, there was no need for Lin Fang to urge, after seeing the appearance of the cannon shield, the two gunners also knew that it was an emergency moment, so they hurriedly completed the debugging, loading and firing actions at the fastest speed in their lives...

With the blessing of the Three Clears and the Four Emperors, although this shell was somewhat hasty, it finally hit the firing point accurately.

However, after the shell exploded, the machine gun in the firing point only stopped for a short time before spitting out the deadly fire snake again...

Seeing that the good side of the cannon shield was about to be beaten into a rotten shield, more and more machine gun shells on the cannon shield penetrated the shield surface. At this time, 5 mortars in several other positions also fired a second time, although only 2 of the 5 mortar shells hit the target, but this brought a respite to Lin Fang and others.

And after getting this opportunity, Lin Fang also filled a cannonball into the muzzle with his own hands...

"Boom !!"

With a graceful posture, the mortar shell fell on the firing point, completely blowing up this firing point that was holding down an entire battalion of troops crossing the river and could not move an inch...

And after noticing that the firepower point was knocked out, the deputy battalion commander, who took over after the death of the battalion commander, also rushed forward with hundreds of his subordinates who were still alive.

When he charged forward, the deputy battalion commander also shouted "thank you" to Lin Fang and others behind him. However, the entire beachhead was full of gunfire, and Lin Fang, who was counting how many machine gun shells were on the gun shield, did not hear this "thank you".

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In the rear headquarters, after seeing Lin Fang knock out the firepower point of the Beiyang Army, Xu Hu shouted excitedly.

However, beside Xu Hu, the chief of staff opened his mouth to remind.

"Regiment Commander, since Lin Fang's method is effective, do you want to notify the friendly troops as well?"

Xu Hu heard the chief of staff say this, and after thinking about it, he also nodded.

"That's right, but it's to remind the friendly neighbors."

Now I don't know how many people on the beachhead are suppressed by the fire points of the Beiyang, and it is really necessary to remind the other troops.

After getting Xu Hu's consent, the chief of staff hurriedly walked out of the command headquarters, and then asked the heralds to go to the headquarters of each regiment to popularize Lin Fang's tactics.

Not long after, after learning about this new method of warfare, the commanders of the other three regiments also let the artillery shields of the 37 infantry guns of the mortar company directly under their jurisdiction block the front and suppress and strike at the firing points on the positions of the Beiyang Army―――――― just like the heavy machine gun duel during the Russian War, during the Russian War, he and the Russians used the legal Hatchkes heavy machine gun to face off against the Russian Makqin heavy machine gun.

In the machine-gun duel, the final winner was the Maxim machine gun of the Russians (although later the Russians lost the war...). ）

The Russians Makqin will win, of course, there is a reason why the surname of Makqin can overwhelm Hatch Race, but there is another reason that the Russians' Maxim machine gun has a shield, and his own Hatch Chase has no shield―――――― so the Russians naturally have no scruples, and the machine gun surname can be inferior to the Russians, but the machine gunner is worried...

The mortars on the beachhead and the Maxim are almost the same, after loading the 37 infantry guns, the 60 mortars and gunners basically do not need to worry about the attack of the Maxim in a short time, but what about the machine gunners in the firing point? But I need to worry that 60 will blow myself up in the sky...

Caliber is such a thing, even if it's just a little bigger, it will crush people...

(In April 1903, the U.S. Army conducted an experiment on the caliber of military pistol bullets, the target of which was a dead horse and a live horse, and the test bullets were 0.45-inch ACP rounds and 9mm Balabellum pistol rounds.) Ultimately, the group concluded that the 9mm barp was as effective as the 0.45-inch ACP when shooting dead bodies, but that the impact of the 0.45-inch ACP was significantly better than that of the 9mm bar-bomb when shooting living objects. Generally, 6 rounds of 0.45-inch ACP shells can be used to bring a live horse to the ground, but after firing 12 rounds of 9mm barbars in the same position, the live horse still did not fall to the ground, and was finally slaughtered by the staff... ）

Although not every mortar was so lucky, and even many mortarmen were shot into plugs like the artillery shields after the artillery shields were penetrated, the firing points on the Beiyang positions were still reduced one by one.

After noticing the threat posed to them by the mortars behind the artillery shields, the machine-gun fire points on the Beiyang positions focused their attention on these mortars, and the suppression of the river-crossing troops was naturally reduced.

Under the cover of mortars, the river-crossing troops that were originally suppressed by Makqin in the firing point also rushed up one after another.

"Damn, quick, don't let them rush up."

Noticing the Beiyang officers who came up to cross the river, shouted to the soldiers in the trenches, the soldiers below also stood on the steps and shot at the influx of the river-crossing troops with Hanyang-made, which was already at least a generation behind (although at this time Germany had not yet completed the refitting of the Mauser G98, there were still a considerable number of 1888 committees in service...). When the river-crossing troops approached, they even suppressed them with stolen grenades.

However, while both mortars and 37mm infantry guns focused on the point of fire, the river crossing force still had a powerful infantry support weapon, the Madsen light machine gun.

The 8mm caliber of the Madsen light machine gun may not be comparable to the 11.43 mm (0.45 in) Maxim, but the scale range of the Madsen light machine gun is 2000 meters, and the Maxim is only 2200 meters. In addition, if the Madsen light machine gun in the National Social Army unit uses not the original 30-round magazine, but the 100-round drum designed by the arsenal itself, it can completely provide strong fire support for the river-crossing troops. (Unknown before World War I, but after World War I, Norway ordered Madsen machine guns, equipped with 25-round magazines and 100-round drums.)

While the Makqin machine gun was only taking care of the mortar, the Madsen light machine gun of the National Social Army suppressed the Beiyang Army in the position. You must know that the Madsen light machine gun in the National Socialist Army is equipped to the squad level, that is, an infantry regiment has at least 108 Madsen light machine guns equipped with 100 rounds of drums.

That is, such a light machine gun, in terms of firepower, it is at least equivalent to a platoon of the Beiyang Army ...

"Shit, these guys are such a bunch of bastards..."

After filling the rifle with five rounds, a soldier of the Beiyang Army got up and fired at the influx of Nationalist troops.

This Beiyang soldier's marksmanship is very good, and he can still shoot the soldier in the chest at a distance of 100 meters, but then the soldier is shot in the face by several 8mm Madsen guns...

By the time the Beiyang soldiers were suppressed and could only throw grenades in the trenches, dozens of soldiers of the National Social Army had already jumped into the trenches. In their hands, in addition to the Mauser G98 rifle, which had already loaded its bayonet, all that remained was a semi-automatic Browning pistol ...

Seeing the soldiers of the National Social Army jumping in, those Beiyang soldiers were very brave and wanted to use the Hanyang in their hands to resist.

However, looking at the Beiyang soldiers who rushed up and wanted to fight with bayonets, the officer at the head only aimed a 11.43 mm Browning pistol at the soldier's chest with both hands.

"Bang..."

With just one shot, the more than 160-year-old Beiyang soldier flew upside down and fell to the ground.

"Quick, try not to fight the enemy with bayonets, and settle the battle with a pistol or rifle if you can."

Although the National Social Army is not without bayonet training, and it is still very hard (there are often bayonet battles in World War I), but the establishment time of the National Social Army is still short after all, and it cannot be compared with the Beiyang Army in this regard, which is why Yan Guang will transfer all the pistols in stock―――――― since the bayonet is not comparable to others, then it is better than the pistol, this is the strength of the National Social Army, as for whether the soldiers of the Beiyang Army have a pistol like the National Social Army? That's not in the scope of Yan Guang's thinking.

The soldier who jumped in with the officer didn't want to fight with a bayonet, and even pulled out his pistol directly after receiving the order.

But just as the soldiers knocked down many of the enemy with their pistols, several grenades were suddenly thrown at them.

"Quick, lie down!"

Noticing that several grenades flew over, the soldier who had first shot with the M1911 quickly threw himself on the ground, and the soldier of the National Social Army, who was familiar with the power of the grenade, also fell to the ground.

After a few explosions sounded, before they could get up, more than a dozen Beiyang soldiers had already rushed over with rifles.

"Fuck you!"

Shaking his somewhat dizzy head, the officer picked up his pistol and fired a shot at the Beiyang soldier in the lead, directly hitting the soldier's knee.

He was shot in the knee, and the Beiyang soldier fell to the ground after a wail, but then several Beiyang soldiers stepped on his body and rushed over.

After knocking out another Beiyang soldier with one more shot, the officer had to throw away the pistol and fight the enemy with a rifle in turn to a bayonet.

While the officer was fighting the enemy with bayonets, several of the other soldiers threw down their pistols and fought with bayonets or sapper shovels.

That is, they were close to the Beiyang Army, and the river-crossing troops in several other places also poured into the positions of the Beiyang Army, and for a while, the right flank of the Beiyang position was full of shouts and killing, while the reinforcements on the left flank could not reach the right flank for support because of the obstruction of the two Guoshe infantry regiments.

"Alright, it's done!"

After seeing several signal flares rising on the other side of the river, Zhu Qinglan and Yang Shan shouted excitedly.

According to the meaning expressed by the signal flares, the river-crossing troops have not only captured the outer positions of the Beiyang Army, but also almost cleared the Beiyang soldiers in the outer positions, and are now fighting with the Beiyang reinforcements who want to recapture the positions.

Unable to hide the excitement in his heart, Yang Shan said to Zhu Qinglan on the side. "Brother Ziqiao, the plan seems to be going much smoother than expected..."

Zhu Qinglan, who was very excited, also nodded. "Yes, it seems that you can directly proceed to the next step...", Zhu Qinglan said and looked at a major general officer on the side. Master Yang, I'm going to ask you for the rest of the matter..."

Behind Yang Shan and Zhu Qinglan, a young officer who looked to be in his 30s nodded after hearing Zhu Qinglan's words.

"Two commanders, please rest assured, Bai Zhou will definitely complete the task..."

Saying that, the major general officer strode out of the headquarters, and behind him, Zhu Qinglan and Yang Shan looked at him with a somewhat complicated gaze.

This young officer in his 30s is none other than Yang Xincheng, the former governor of Guizhou and now the commander of the 8th Infantry Division.

Although Yang Xincheng was promoted as the governor of Guizhou back then, it was only because Yang Xincheng was from Sichuan, and he was from other provinces for Guizhou people, although he was once the general office of the army primary school, he was elected as the leader of the new army, and he was even elected as the governor of Guizhou after the recovery of Guizhou. But after the recovery of Guizhou, he had no use value but was a bit of an eyesore for Zhang Bailin and others, and it was precisely because of this that Yang Xincheng would respond to the Northern Expedition and personally lead the Guizhou army out of Guizhou.

Later, Liu Xianshi usurped power, although Yang Xincheng did not scatter the Guizhou army in the countryside like later generations, but by the time he led the Guizhou army back to Guizhou, Guizhou had changed, and the governor of Guizhou was no longer Yang Xincheng, but Zhang Bailin, who had been squeezing him out...

In this case, Yang Xincheng could only return the Qianjun army to Zhang Bailin, and then return to his hometown Xiushan County, Sichuan, with all his belongings, wife and children.

However, just when Yang Xincheng was about to live a mediocre life in his hometown of Xiushan County, an unexpected person found him...

"Yan Guang..."

Looking at the young man in his early 20s in front of him, Yang Xincheng, who often reads Shu Newspaper, of course recognizes him, after all, photos of this young man often appear in Shu Newspaper, and by the way, there are a lot of meaty flattering words.

Having said that, after seeing the changes in his hometown, Yang Xincheng also thinks that it is a blessing for Sichuan to serve as the governor of Sichuan by such a provincial―――――― who has been excluded because of his provincial identity, and Yang Xincheng has a great sense of identity with this provincial.

Because of this, when Yan Guang invited him to join the Sichuan Army, Yang Xincheng agreed without hesitation.

Later, Yang Xincheng naturally joined the National Socialist Party and became a key member of the National Socialist Party.

You must know that Yang Xincheng is the coach of the first target of the Guizhou New Army (and at the same time, there is only such a standard... and the general office of the army primary school, Yang Xincheng also has real talent and learning, but he died young because of the current situation (depressed, died at the age of 43), so in Yan Guang's eyes, Yang Xincheng is higher than Zhang Bailin's scum with less than 5 combat effectiveness.

And after discovering Yin Changheng's talent (who had quelled the Tibetan turmoil), Yan Guang was also wondering if Yang Xincheng, who had left a name in history, would also be a talent, so he personally recruited him and appointed him as the acting commander of the Eighth Division of the Army, wanting to see how he was doing...

Yan Guang is also very popular, because although he has a lot of descendants, such as the 1,000-person regiment that was once trained as an officer, but in reality, there are very few real geniuses after all, and most of them are only suitable for low-level officers.

"For the sake of the party-state, pull the brothers..."

It is precisely because of this that Yan Guang hopes to tap some talents who have left a name in history, and Yang Xincheng is one of them.

After Yang Xincheng was promoted to the acting commander of the Eighth Division, Yan Guang also observed the guy for a while, and found that although he was not as capable as Yin Changheng, he would not be too much worse, at least much better than the waste wood under his command...

In Yang Xincheng's view, Yan Guang is a benefactor who has the grace of knowing him, after all, it is really difficult for a governor who has been thrown out to gain the recognition and attention of others, and Yan Guang not only recruited him, but also made him a famous and real division commander. By the way, in Yang Xincheng's opinion, this division commander is much more interesting than the governor who was restrained by Zhang Bailin everywhere.

Because of this, Yang Xincheng is definitely among the best in loyalty among Yan Guang's non-descendant subordinates...

"Qianjiang?" Standing on the bow of the ship, looking at the beachhead with constant artillery fire in the distance, Yang Xincheng said silently in his heart. "Even if it's Beiyang that stands in the way, I'll take it down for the governor..."

(To be continued)