"Near-missed! Adjust the azimuth ×××, high and low angles ×××! …… Ready, put! ”

"Boom!"

With a cannon shot, the shell of a 75mm field gun flew five or six miles away, accurately hitting the target, and a puff of black smoke rose into the air, covering the pitch-black building.

Originally, this bunker was made of cement, and it was so burned by the sun that it looked white from a distance. But after being bombarded by more than a dozen shells from the attacking side, the entire pillbox was already as black as smoke.

The whole bunker is the support point of a small battlefield west of the city of Haf-Abatein, and one after another such bunkers are combined with the bunker and trench defense line, and the entire battlefield of the Chinese army outside the city is trained.

Because of the time problem and the inconvenience of transportation, there are only two lines of defense outside the city of Haf-Abatin, the first is very simple, just a single trench line, and the second line of defense is the current ground, trenches, barbed wire, civil fortifications, reinforced concrete fortifications, anti-artillery bunkers, many modern military defense facilities can be found on this line of defense.

Such a layout is the result of these days since the Chinese army entered Harbin City.

It is a pity that there is no direct railway between the city of Kazakhstan and Kuwait in the rear, otherwise more steel and concrete will arrive, and there will be an even more difficult line of defense in front of the tribal forces and European mercenaries.

A brown-red-haired European soldier crawled in an unfinished foxhole in the forward position, held a telescope to observe the impact point of the shells, put down the telescope, and said to a messenger beside him: "Order, all field artillery to the front of the position, concentrate fire, and bombard the enemy pillbox." Fight to destroy it completely! But it must be remembered that ammunition cannot be wasted. Now every shell must be carefully calculated, without your captain's permission. Even solid shells are not allowed to hit! ”

The correspondent wrote down the order in his notebook and hurried to give the order, but as soon as he straightened up and did not run out of the foxhole, the whole person staggered and fell forward, and at the same time, there was a 'da-da-da' from a distance...... The sound of light machine gun fire ......'.

"God willing, he's got a breath left. Drag him back! The observer shouted, and naturally the natives of the peninsula in the position did it. He himself quickly flipped into another man-to-man bunker that had already been dug up. Holding a telescope, he continued to search enemy positions, and soon found a new point of light machine gun fire.

The machine gun fire point was erected on the right flank of the opposite trench, and judging by the sound of point fire, the gunner was definitely a veteran, and he was able to knock people down from such a distance, which is amazing!

"Smack! Syllable! ”

The tribal forces began to return fire. In the trench just a dozen meters behind the observer, sporadic rifle fire sounded, as if to embolden it. The observer didn't believe that the stupid heretics behind him had found their firepower faster than they could. Then sporadic rifle fire was used to try to suppress the fire of the Chinese light machine guns. That's even more stupid!

"Shot in the back, killed!" A man in a white cloth robe touched the brown-red haired observer and said. He speaks Dutch.

The observer glanced back at the communicator with a deep regret. He can come from the same city in the same province of the same country. The other party is too unlucky. And this is already the second communicator he has lost since entering the battlefield. Are you cursed by Satan too? After all, he was helping stupid infidels in their wars.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, the observer raised his hand. Pointing to the opposite position, he said loudly: "When the artillery comes up, tell them." Concentrated artillery fire, a rapid fire. Blow up that trench first! "It's not a long distance there, and there are already three points of fire.

"I'll give the order!" A Peninsula man just stood up. Before he could take a step, he snorted and fell headlong. Three bullet holes were shot in the chest, and gurgling blood flowed from under the body that had fallen to the ground, and his back was quickly soaked with blood. It's through, and the whole body is pierced.

“neuken，neuken！” The observer cursed in his native language, and he knew he must have been discovered. With a standard roll, he left the foxhole and, under the sound of machine gun fire, quickly rolled into the trench not far behind him.

The number of tribal armed forces and mercenaries far exceeds that of the Wehrmacht in Hacheng, and this Wehrmacht is still the main force of cavalry, if it is not for the combat effectiveness of the tribal armed forces is too bad, the number of enemy artillery is not too much, and the caliber of artillery has not risen to more than 100mm, and it cannot have a direct impact on the reinforced concrete fortifications, Hacheng is already dangerous.

The Europeans were not weak in combat, especially when they had the advantage of firepower, and this battle was particularly difficult.

Soon after, the transfer of the artillery positions of the Europeans was completed, and they were pushed forward to the rear of the first line of positions, and new positions were established outside the range of the artillery of the defenders of the Wehrmacht, and at the command of the commander, the cannons rumbled, and the shells flew like drops, and landed in front of and behind that section of the trench, and the smoke billowed in the dirt, and the three fire points were dumb for a moment, but soon after they roared again, and continued to rain bullets on the forward positions of the tribal forces and mercenaries.

"Dada...... Da Da ......"

In the midst of enemy fire, the Wehrmacht's exposed firing points answered with fierce gunfire, but it was certainly of little use. Just to give their own soldiers courage, tell the soldiers that their own support has not disappeared.

The mercenary artillery continued to project fire on that section of the position, eventually making the three points of fire completely silent, but no one knew whether the three machine guns had been eliminated or whether they had been replaced.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

While the trenches were subjected to artillery fire, the protruding pillboxes were ravaged by shells. The shells exploded directly or indirectly, turning the bunker into a piece of red-hot iron, bearing the hammer blow again and again.

It is really difficult for 75 caliber shells to cause direct damage to permanent fortifications, and the continuous bombardment is also a great injury and painful torture for many soldiers in the pillbox, and many soldiers have blood coming out of their ears. Lightheadedness is also common!

"Boom! Rumble! ”

Wehrmacht shells also flew over, and their return fire never stopped. The shells kicked up dirt and black smoke on the forward positions of the coalition forces - tribal forces + mercenaries - but the threat was small.

When arranging the Kuwaiti garrison before, Liu Xian considered that the new rapid-fire cannon could not be exposed, and the success of the hydraulic garrison and retreat mechanism was a revolutionary improvement for artillery, Liu Xian did not know if the French at this time invented Miss 75 as in history, but such a secret must not be leaked from him.

The artillery fire of the Kuwait Defense Forces is all old artillery used in the last war, and both the rate of fire and the firing range are slag compared with the new field artillery. This arrangement naturally eliminated the possibility of leaking secrets, but it also put the Wehrmacht at the moment into an absolute disadvantage position in terms of heavy firepower.

The enemy's round of artillery bombardment lasted a full fifteen minutes, and the Wehrmacht's forward positions were completely covered in smoke and gunfire, choking people out of breath. However, the coalition forces did not take the opportunity to launch another attack, so that the heart of the Wehrmacht command was relaxed.

In the night, the Wehrmacht launched a counterattack.

The Wehrmacht officers here do not believe in the strict discipline of the armed forces of the peninsulars, and night raids are the best test of the discipline and courage of a unit. Since ancient times, the most taboo thing for soldiers is night raids, and if they are not well organized, a hasty night raid may become the beginning of a fiasco. Because the night is not only an ally of the attacker, but also a good friend of the deserters, it is absolutely impossible for a demoralized army to launch a successful night attack.

And to be well organized, that is the magic weapon to win!

Therefore, this night raid force recruits all volunteers, and there are both spiritual and material rewards. It is impossible to give money directly, but the whole army will be praised in a general report, and a great merit will be recorded once, and the rank will be promoted. There is a way that there must be brave men under heavy rewards, not to mention that the Wehrmacht is an elite army, and a hundred commandos have gathered in less than ten minutes, and they are already gearing up, just waiting for an order from the battalion headquarters.

Broadswords, rifles with bayonets attached, grenades, and explosives packs are the four magic weapons of the night raid troops. Even in the most 'modern' North American theaters, hand-to-hand combat has been fought countless times. Broadswords or machetes are not only essential weapons for cavalry, but also for many army soldiers.

From time to time, the dark and dreary night was torn apart by the flash of the shell explosion, and the rumbling sound of the explosion was like spring thunder, which made people's hearts tremble.

When the night raiding unit was discovered about twenty meters close to the enemy line, the Wehrmacht shells immediately fell on the enemy's head. The night raiders jumped up from the ground, shouting and shouting, and rushed straight to the coalition positions.

The real coalition soldiers guarding the front line were really stunned by this sudden blow. Without strict establishment and military discipline, their first reaction was not to catch up, but to run backwards. Of course, the mercenaries were also on the front line, but the Wehrmacht's breakthrough point was not chosen in the area they defended. When the coalition line was successfully broken through by the night raiders, the mercenaries cursed on one side, but had to retreat backwards on the other side, otherwise they would be defended and annihilated.

Because their number is relatively small, so small that they do not even have a level-level organization, and those who stay in the position at night are all platoon-level formations.

Dozens of people are not hundreds, and in the dark of night, the Wehrmacht forces who are surrounded from all sides will be completely gone.

At three o'clock in the morning, the night attack came to a successful conclusion, and the Wehrmacht succeeded in regaining the first line of defense lost in the front, and ran three or four miles after the defeated troops of the coalition army. When dawn came, and after counting the results of the battle, the entire battalion headquarters was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

The tribal coalition was killed more than 200 people and taken prisoners more than 130; The mercenaries killed more than twenty and captured more than twenty.

The results are remarkable.

The price paid by the Wehrmacht was only 30 casualties among the night raiding troops and 50 casualties among the follow-up troops, and the real casualties were only 10% of the enemy. (To be continued......)