By the time Gan Malin knew that the Chinese army had begun to attack, Lin Guibin's company had already attacked the British forward camp. After receiving reports from the two observation points, Gan Malin reacted.

"When did the other side start attacking, are the defensive points in front of you all decorations?" Gan Malin muttered to himself that the shelling was still going on, and that he continued to stay underground. Like the artillery fire on the ground, Ganmalin's heart fluctuated. Now he was most worried that all the small defensive positions he had set up in front of him would be eliminated, and according to his estimates, it would take at least a day to destroy all those small defensive positions if they were replaced by German troops. Originally, those small defensive positions were set up to delay the enemy's attack, if this happened. Na Gan Malin really didn't dare to think about it, the Chinese army should have attacked during the shelling, otherwise he would definitely know, then now, that is to say, it took less than half a day for the other side to end the small defensive position he had set up in front.

Gan Molin was full of helplessness, since he came to the Far East, everything was completely different from what he thought. No matter how good the plan is, it will not have much effect, the gap between the various strength comparisons is getting wider and wider, and many concepts have been overturned one by one. As a French lieutenant general, he thought that with the experience of World War I, he could deal with various wars in the future, but he did not expect to suffer so many setbacks here, which really made him difficult to accept.

When the Chinese army reached the Anglo-French forward defensive camp, they did not attack immediately. Lin Guibin's company, which had already lost a few soldiers under only a slight temptation, was the main defensive point of the British and French, and the fire was strong in both crosses and densities. In particular, the two observation points have a total of eight heavy machine guns, and if fired in a salvo, they can cover a large area. This is the first difficulty Lin Guibin has faced since the offensive.

Before Lin Guibin could think of any good way, he received a notice from his superiors. The armored car has already set off and is coming along the path they cleared. If you don't get in the way, you can get here in just half an hour. At the same time, they were ordered to continue the offensive after the arrival of armored vehicles if the attack was thwarted.

In the face of this timely rain, Lin Guibin breathed a sigh of relief. With armored vehicles, as long as there is no such thing as a battle defense gun, heavy machine gun fire alone is simply not enough to see.

While Lin Guibin was waiting for the armored vehicles, two more companies arrived, and they were the same as Lin Guibin's company, as the vanguard to sweep away all the resistance. It's just that they don't follow the same path as Lin Guibin's company, and there are quite a few small defense points in other directions. For this reason, the Praetorian Guard specially invested the strength of a regiment, with the company as the basic unit, to clean up these small things. When the three parties meet, it is natural to have a greeting.

"Lao Lin! I didn't expect you to be the first to arrive, the drill is so powerful, and the actual combat is not bad! ”

Lin Guibin smiled and replied: "Your old Zhang is not bad, your route is longer than ours, and it is difficult to walk, in comparison, our speed is about the same." ”

"You two don't wear top hats on each other, what's going on here?" Another company commander said.

"There were two pillbox-type fortifications in front with eight heavy machine guns, and there was little room for attack. The two fortifications appear to be directly hollowed out of two adjacent hillsides, with a cross of fire between them, with a mountain stream on the left and a dense thorn forest on the right. We don't have heavy artillery, so we don't have a problem with them. As soon as I tried it, the spearhead squad lost a few fighters, and two were killed on the spot. He's it, Britain and France aren't bullshit, why are they shrinking turtles now. Lin Guibin looked resentful.

"You didn't call the Air Force to try it?"

"No, the target is too small, and there is a thick layer of soil on the fortifications, so attacking from above is not very effective. I don't know when we'll be able to equip the ground-penetrating shells, with that thing, such a defense is scum. Now they have to wait for the arrival of armored vehicles, and their artillery will not dare to use it, and when the time comes, they will directly roast rats and burn the turtle grandchildren, so that they dare to hide in the turtle shell. ”

Lin Guibin's words made everyone around him laugh.

Just as they were greeting, the logistics troops transporting supplies also happened to arrive here, and they brought a lot of ammunition and supplies, just to supplement the consumption of the previous battle. At the same time, since the path had begun to clear, a platoon of artillery was specially brought to them, with only two 105mm cannons, for which several more horses were used to pull these two guns. The logistics units of the Wehrmacht are equipped with means of transportation according to the situation, and mules and horses are used for jungle mountain roads, and cars are used for roads where there are roads. Moreover, in order to cope with emergencies, the livestock breeding base also reserved a large number of mules and horses for the deployment of the army.

After Lin Guibin saw the two cannons, he opened his mouth and smiled: "Haha, the brothers in the logistics department and we really have a heart, and we will come if we are lacking." Now there is no need to wait for armored vehicles, with these two cannons, their turtle shells are dregs. The head of the tortoise shell is very hard, but it is not very good around it, especially where the head is exposed. ”

"Yes, we can't always rely on armored vehicles, save the armored soldiers, and those guys always say that we infantry should thank them."

"What about the angle, does the cannon have an angle of direct fire? Don't wait to pull the cannon up only to find that it can't be hit, it's not in vain. ”

"I really don't know about this, but if you can't hit it, you can tell the artillerymen to take a look, and if you can't hit it, you can talk about it!" Lin Guibin said.

After receiving the order, the platoon commander of the artillery platoon who came with the cannon went to the front to check the terrain in person, and soon walked back and said to Lin Guibin: "Report to the commander, after the terrain reconnaissance is completed, direct fire can be carried out." ”

With the answer, all three did not hesitate and immediately gave the order to prepare for battle. However, this time Lin Guibin's company was the main attacking force, because he had lost a few soldiers before, so the other two companies did not rob him. The other two companies were used as reserves, watching the battle from a distance.

The two cannons were quickly pulled under the two three-slopes, and the two cannons were aimed together on the left slope. After the gun emplacement was constructed, the angle began to be adjusted, the angle of the hillside was not very high, and as long as there was a little elevation angle, it could be directly hit on it.

Lin Guibin personally came to the artillery position and asked the commander of the artillery platoon who was commanding: "Did you bring armor-piercing shells this time?" ”

"Report to the sir, there is, but the number of them is only twenty rounds, and the rest are ordinary shells." The platoon commander of the artillery platoon saluted.

"In your estimation, is twenty rounds enough? It seems that it is not easy. Lin Guibin couldn't help frowning when he heard that there were only twenty armor-piercing bullets.

"Report to the chief, we can first blast the soil layer in front with ordinary shells, and in the use of armor-piercing shells, twenty armor-piercing shells are more than enough."

"Well, that's up to you guys." Lin Guibin walked away after speaking, he didn't think of this question just now, and now he came over to ask. If there were no armor-piercing shells, then he would have to give up and wait for the armored vehicles to arrive. Although the other side is not a fortification made of cement, it was rebuilt on the foundation of a hillside, and a large amount of wood was built inside, and it was really not so easy for ordinary shells to blast away.

Two shells were test-fired, and the elevation angle was adjusted again according to the angle of the shells. The second was the actual shelling, where the elevation angles of the two cannons were basically the same as the angle of the hillside, but slightly lower, so that the shells could hit the target straight onto the target. Cannon and howitzer, although both are land artillery, are not the same in nature for firing. Cannon is a kind of field artillery with a long barrel and a straight and low ballistic trajectory, anti-tank guns (anti-aircraft guns), tank guns, anti-aircraft guns, aviation guns, naval guns, and coastal guns all belong to the cannon.

Pick a target because it is not clear whether it can blast through the opponent's defenses, if a cannon is aimed at a fortress, once it has no effect, it is not in vain. Two against one, so the effect will be stronger, and it is better to break one finger than to hurt ten fingers. Concentrate on knocking out one first, so that even if the shells are exhausted, there will be results, and the attack will be much easier.

Ten rounds of ordinary shells were fired, and the hillside on the left was already dusty. After the shelling stopped, the platoon commander picked up the binoculars and looked at it. When the dust settled, the wood inside could be faintly visible on the hillside on the left. The platoon commander of the artillery platoon ordered to go down and use armor-piercing shells instead.

This armor-piercing projectile of artillery is only a primary armor-piercing projectile, which is an artillery shell that mainly relies on the kinetic energy of the projectile to penetrate the armor to destroy the target. It is used to destroy armored targets such as tanks and armored vehicles or military defense projects. Rely on a sharp warhead to penetrate the defensive point and only then explode. The armored projectile is characterized by high muzzle velocity, large direct firing distance, and high shooting accuracy.

Although this armor-piercing projectile is not very advanced, in the face of wooden fortifications, the lethality is far enough. Only four armor-piercing shells were fired to break through the defenses of the hillside fortifications, and the fifth and sixth rounds had already drilled directly into the hillside fortifications, making a huge explosion, and the wailing sound from inside the bombardment could be heard from a distance. However, the two cannons did not stop shelling, and replaced them with ordinary shells, and fired two rounds in succession, and the wailing in the hillside fortifications disappeared.

The two cannons turned their muzzles and aimed them at the other side of the hill. Before they could fire, a white flag was already sticking out of the shooting hole, but it looked so much like a piece of pants.

The British and French soldiers in the fortifications on the right saw what happened to their comrades, and in their opinion, such a strong fortification could not hold back a few cannons from the opponent, and the whole army was destroyed. They all heard the wail just now. At this time, they were already heartbroken, and after the cannonfire stopped, they could no longer stand to stay here and wait for death.

"Get out of the way of those damn politicians, we don't want to die here in the face of such a terrible enemy!" This was the voice of the British and French soldiers in the fortifications at this time.

(To be continued)