The Chinese Expeditionary Force opened up its firepower, and the scene immediately became popular.

At the beginning, the attacking US soldiers were both numerous, scattered in formation, and quite commendable, but because the US soldiers generally lacked experience in dealing with intensive firepower, they would only charge with their heads and would not be flexible to dodge, plus the Chinese in the position were searchlights and flares, what high-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs made the surroundings as bright as day, explosive like thunder, plus various types of light and heavy machine guns and assault rifles together, the result soon caused heavy casualties to the US soldiers who could only charge head-on.

The attacking US troops charged the Chinese positions wave after wave like an endless wave, and the Chinese positions stood still as if they were reefs, suppressing all waves with dense firepower.

After fighting back and forth like this, the Chinese on the position gradually became high, and the negative impact caused by the large number of opponents and the unknown fear of the night was all removed, and the fighting became more and more fierce and calm, and many front-line officers and soldiers no longer blindly played strafing as they did at the beginning, but began to play more accurate point shooting.

In this way, the charge of the US troops is even more difficult, no matter how they shout and shout, no matter how enthusiastic they are, in the face of the powerful firepower of the Chinese, they simply cannot get close to the range of 300 meters.

In other words, a place 300 meters outside the position is a line of death, because at this distance, not only can the flares and searchlights shine very clearly, but it is also the best point firing distance of the 56 submachine guns, coupled with the compound bombardment of machine guns and artillery, the Americans can run to the place 300 meters in front of the position, which is already a burst of luck.

In this way, only an hour and a half passed, and all four waves of charges organized by the US military were repulsed, and due to the problem of weather and timing, the Chinese could not accurately count how many Americans died in this attack. But looking at the blood everywhere and the corpses that were scattered all over the mountains and fields that were too late to be collected, presumably the price paid by the Americans for this attack will not be small.

"Forehead drops, good boys." Deng Xiaoer, who was observing the enemy situation through the dimming telescope, accidentally brought out his hometown dialect, "Boss, look, there are corpses everywhere below, the Americans are really crazy this time." ”

"Nonsense, I can see clearly." Zhang Daya, who was holding an infrared telescope, softly scolded the other party with a walkie-talkie, "My guy is much better than yours, what's all the fuss?" Also, our mission is to reconnoiter the enemy. What should I do if I am less shocked and found out by the Americans? ”

"Don't worry, boss." Deng Xiaoer, who was wearing a camouflage net on the trunk of the tree, said, "We are on the top of the big tree, it seems dangerous, but theoretically this place is a blind spot, and they won't ...... Hey? ”

"What's wrong?" Zhang Daya, who was also wearing a camouflage net on the branch on the other side, immediately asked.

"Boss, it looks like someone is coming to our place...... Edi Niang, there are so many people! It's a Yankee! Cavalry! Four o'clock! ”

"What? American? Zhang Daya was startled, and hurriedly looked at the direction the other party said. Sure enough, I saw a large number of heat sources in the telescope, and it seemed that it was really a cavalry.

"Damn, Americans are crazy. It's all like this, and you don't retreat, you want to throw everyone here! Zhang Daya scolded his mother, and then said to Deng Xiaoer, "Why are you still stunned." Hurry up and report to Flamingo Six and call for artillery attack! ”

The so-called Flamingo Six is the responsible shelling team assigned to their reconnaissance team. That is, a mixed artillery battery consisting of a Type 63 107 mm rocket artillery squad, a 60 mm mortar squad and an 82 mm mortar squad.

There are several such mixed artillery companies, and they divide the areas of responsibility in advance, and in each area of responsibility, there are a number of Snow Leopard reconnaissance teams of varying numbers, and whenever the reconnaissance teams in the front find that there is a problem, they will immediately report the situation to their own artillery units, and the artillery units in the rear will immediately provide fire support when they receive orders from the front.

Of course, if the reconnaissance team to which it belongs discovers multiple targets at the same time, the mixed artillery units in the rear will arrange the shelling sequence according to the strict zhòng Cheng dù, and even if the firepower in their own jurisdiction is tight and they can't take it themselves, they can also ask for help from the brother troops, and as long as the jurisdiction of the other brother troops is not tight, they must provide support according to the principle of proximity.

This kind of fire support system, which divides the artillery units into jurisdictions in advance, is called the regional artillery system, which can not only use artillery firepower in a decentralized manner, but also use artillery firepower in a concentrated manner, and is specially used for fighting night battles, but it can only deal with troops whose firepower is inferior to its own, so it is most suitable for fighting the current Americans.

As for Zhang Daya and Deng Xiaoer, they are an investigation team, and the reason why there are only two people is because the area to be investigated is too large, and it is easy to expose the target when there are many people, but it is better for two people to disperse, and if they rely on camouflage, it is relatively difficult to be discovered.

It is also because the Chinese have stayed here long enough and have enough time to understand the surrounding situation, so before the war, many reconnaissance units have set up reconnaissance areas in advance and arranged some reconnaissance points in the reconnaissance areas.

For example, Zhang Daya and Deng Xiaoer's group of people, the hidden point is on the top of a large tree that is at least 60 years old, in order not to leave traces, the upper and lower levels of the personnel are all set up through guò, and there is a fixed camouflage house disguised as branches on the top of the tree.

The so-called camouflage house, in fact, is in the canopy of the tree with the same method of building an eagle's nest to form a place for people to stay, this place looks like an eagle's nest on the surface, the middle of the eagle's nest is fixed with wooden boards and steel nails, when people are inside, they also have to put on a camouflage net, plus the snow cover, so that unless the underground people really climb the tree to see, even if they look up under the tree, they can only see an abandoned eagle's nest, and they will not suspect anything.

Eagle's nests or bird's nests like this are not a rarity in the big trees near Smithland, so even if Americans pass under the trees, they usually don't suspect that there are people on them.

Of course, because it is on the top of the tree, there are not many people, two people are enough, and no more can be beared.

Tree scouting teams like this can be said to be everywhere around the entire Chinese camp, not to mention that there are people hidden in the nests in each tree, but there is not much difference, and because of this characteristic. That's why these scouts are called Bird's Nest people.

It is precisely by relying on the advance reconnaissance of these bird's nest people that the camp of the expeditionary force can detect the movements of the Americans in advance and prepare for war in advance, otherwise, it would be difficult to react so quickly with the light enemy posture that the Chinese had shown before.

Having said that, the place where Deng Xiaoer and Zhang Daya stayed was actually far away from the battlefield, because this place was close to the Ohio River and was not in the three attack fronts of the Americans. It is a marginal area.

Although it is a marginal area, because the trees by the river are relatively tall, especially the tree where Deng Xiaoer and Zhang Daya are stunned, they are one of the tall trees, plus the performance of the telescope is better, and the direction of the battlefield is as bright as day, so they will say that many people have died before, but they are really far away from the battlefield, so they see a larger area. This is especially true of the visual impact.

If this place wasn't far away from the main battlefield, Deng Xiaoer wouldn't have been so unruly talking nonsense before, because according to discipline, the Bird's Nest people are not allowed to speak at will. It is common to write in sign language or in the palms of each other's hands, and even if they must speak, they must be whispered softly, or else. They won't be equipped with a headset communication system anymore.

However, in this remote place near the river, a large group of cavalry was found. This not only shows that the Americans are resolute in fighting, but also shows that they have made full use of the advantage of the night.

Indeed, as the saying goes, the night is the place where the attacker belongs, because the night can provide the attacker with the greatest cover, so that you don't know where I'm going to hit or how many people are coming.

If there is no Bird's Nest reconnaissance unit, I am afraid that the American cavalry will succeed, because looking at their direction, it seems that they are going in the direction of the task force, that is, they are going to destroy the task force that was forced to dock in the port of Smithland because of the freeze!

The task force is not only a warship, but also a supply ship and troop carrier without any armed forces, which not only stores a large number of materials, but also the guarantee for the strategic movement of the Dream Division, and is also a source of safety for the Chinese, once this place is destroyed, it can be said that it hits the soft underbelly of the Dream Division, then it is really a catastrophe.

Sure enough, after getting the information from the front, the rear immediately understood the intention of the other party's cavalry unit after a little thought, and quickly contacted Li Yongji.

After Li Yongji heard this, he thought for less than five seconds, and then ordered an all-out artillery bombardment, ordering that as long as all the artillery that could reach there fire, he must destroy this cavalry that tried to fish in troubled waters.

It is indeed fishing in troubled waters, because according to the location of this cavalry, this cavalry must have set off long ago, just thinking of taking advantage of the fire of the main battlefield to let the infantry of the main battlefield attract the fire of the Chinese, and then this cavalry can suddenly appear in the port and directly damage or destroy the immobile fleet of the Chinese.

Looking at it this way, the Americans really took great pains in attacking this time, and the huge frontal attack was actually a feint in order to provide an opportunity for this cavalry unit.

Of course, the attack on the main battlefield is not necessarily a feint, I am afraid that the idea of the Americans is to attack at the same time, make full use of their numerical advantage and night advantage, if it is not for the Chinese too much technical equipment, the scouts are also responsible enough, maybe they can let them succeed, even if they cannot succeed in the end, it will inevitably cause great trouble to the Chinese.

Now, now that you've found out, you're welcome.

Soon, under Li Yongji's personal order, all the artillery that could hit there began to shoot, and even the main guns of the fleet began to aim and shoot.

Under such a ferocious artillery bombardment, the cavalry unit that sneaked up on the attack suffered heavy losses, and almost all of the nearly 15,000 cavalry in total were swallowed up by the artillery fire, and only about 200 horsemen could escape.

Naturally, such a ferocious artillery fire would inevitably lead to accidental injuries, so before the shelling, the scouts nearby were notified in advance, and the scouts did not say a word to go down the tree with a rope, and then jumped into the anti-artillery pit dug nearby in advance to avoid the artillery cover of their own homes.

In this way, in the face of the Chinese's advanced design and advanced weapons, all of Burnside's offensive attempts were thwarted, at least in the first stage.

In this first phase of the offensive, in addition to losing a large number of effective forces, Burnside's damage to the Chinese can be said to be minimal, if it were not for some stray bullets fired by his own rear-loading rifles that accidentally injured several Chinese, this battle might have been fought with zero damage.

In any case, at this point in the war, at least for a short time, the Americans will not be able to continue to organize such a magnificent offensive, because the courage of the soldiers has been lost, the organization has been broken, and the offensive must be suspended and the troops must be reorganized.

This is also the disadvantage of the inexperience of the Americans, that is, although courage is commendable, it comes and goes quickly, and once the junior officers are consumed in large numbers, the soldiers below immediately lose their courage and can no longer organize an attack.

In addition, this conflict also revealed a problem, that is, the Americans lack the means to deal with intensive firepower, although they made a skirmish-style assault, and also learned to use camouflage cloth, and use the night to carry out assaults, but due to the lack of anti-artillery training, most of them will not crawl forward, so when suffering sudden intensive bombardment, can not effectively conceal, which makes the Chinese's lethal effect more prominent, the guide zhì casualties are too large, and finally the entire attack operation fails.

In addition, the Americans did not have the good communication ability of the Chinese, and they still used honest heralds, so after nearly an hour after the frustration of the forward attack, Bernside, who was sitting in the rear, knew the news of the frustration of his own attack, and after another seven hours, that is, when the sky was dark, he generally understood what was happening on the front line, and counted the approximate number of casualties.

The efficiency is so low, the range of the battlefield is wide, and the herald distance is relatively far away, which is also related to the poor line of sight and the chaos ahead, otherwise, even if the herald is used, it will not take so long to let the rear know the details.

"It's unexpectedly strong." After hearing the approximate number of losses, Burnside did not burst into a rage, but rubbed his red eyes and stretched his waist, "Three directions, no, a total of 60,000 people in four directions attacked at the same time, and in less than two hours, more than 30,000 people were lost, and the loss was more than half, which is really, I don't even know what to say." ”

"General." Burnside's adjutant asked, "The cluster commanders below have sent people to ask, what are you going to do next?" Or do you want to keep fighting? ”

"Of course we have to keep fighting." Burnside opened his eyes, clenched his fists and said, "It's all come to this point, do we still have a way out?" You know, if we don't defeat this Chinese, we won't be able to continue walking back, and the food we bring alone will not be enough, and we will only have seven days' rations...... Could it be that they want to be prisoners of the Chinese? Well, this is a good idea, presumably the Chinese will treat them preferentially, I don't know if the Chinese can afford to support so many of us. ”

“……”

Seeing that the adjutant didn't speak, Burnside knew that what he said just now was in vain, so he waved his hand: "Reply to them, implement Plan B, and set the time of the attack by themselves, so that they must relax and wait for the final victory to come!" (To be continued......)