Chapter 380: Our Sappers Have Strength (Part II)
Sappers of the Taiwanese army began to dig tunnels from the trenches and then to the local camp a kilometer away. And this tunnel is only a kilometer, which is not too long, and as long as it is dug straight, it can be excavated at the shortest distance. And digging tunnels is the strong point of the engineering troops, especially since the Taiwan army has a multi-functional engineer shovel, which makes them like a fish in water. This multi-functional sapper shovel is entirely designed to allow soldiers to provide excavation for civil work, and civil warfare is the strength of our army in later generations, so Wang Guorui also attaches great importance to this combat method. After all, for a long time in the future, civil engineering is very important, civil engineering can block the enemy's firepower, tanks, and even aircraft artillery bombardment, as long as it can be built well, then this can greatly reduce their own casualties. Although the firepower of the Taiwan military is very fierce, it does not mean that they do not attach importance to protection, and if they do not pay attention to protection, their own side will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. It is impossible for Taiwan's armed forces to gain a firepower advantage for a long time, and there will always be times when they are at a local disadvantage, and the cover of civil engineering is also very important at this time.
On the side of the Spaniards, they did not find that the Taiwanese army had dug up towards them, and they were still relatively idle. They even rested inside the trenches. And Taiwan's artillery fire is still ringing, and those Spaniards have also mastered certain anti-artillery skills, that is, hiding in the cat's ear hole and not coming out, so as to avoid indirect damage from the vast majority of artillery and ensure the lives of the vast majority of soldiers. And if you are directly hit, then you are unlucky, and you can't blame others.
However, it was precisely because of the rumbling sound of the artillery that the enemy soldiers did not notice that a group of engineers were already digging tunnels under the front position, and they did not know that the tunnels in front of them would bring them great damage in the future.
"We are now not only facing the enemy's artillery pressure, but also the sneak attack on the excavation just now has failed. What should we do next? Boris asked.
And none of the Spanish officers on the scene had the slightest solution, because everyone didn't have any good solutions, so they all wanted to solve the problem. If a breakthrough is not possible. Then there will definitely be a very miserable situation next, especially since the enemy has too much of an artillery advantage. This advantage is actually a real yang scheme, directly hitting you with a firepower advantage, and you can't raise your head at all. And was bombarded by artillery soldiers of Great Spain. They were all demoralized and had no idea of fighting. Now, if Taiwan takes the opportunity to attack, then I am afraid that they will all face a very dangerous situation.
"I think we might as well use cavalry!" Someone immediately said.
"Cavalry?" Boris said with a frown.
However, the commanders of the Spanish front did not know what those high-ranking officers in the rear were doing. And they are still hiding in the cat's ear hole to hide. And they all found some anomalies, because they found that the earthworms were different.
"Platoon commander, the earthworm seems to have come out, making it seem like I'm uncomfortable!" A Spanish soldier said.
And the platoon commander was obviously not a sapper, he said: "There is no problem, anyway, the earthworms are operating normally, what can be the problem?" ”
I have to say that the difference between a professional engineer and an ordinary soldier is that if it is an engineering staff officer, then the results may not be the same. This is because engineering staff officers are engineering staff officers who are prepared for combat operations, and there are currently professional engineering staff officers in Taiwan's armed forces. Their role is to plan and construct engineering facilities in war, and to help commanders from an engineering point of view to plan for the destruction of enemy engineering facilities. And these engineering staff officers were very familiar with the changes in physical geography, which the Spaniards simply did not have. After all, Taiwan has a professional military academy, and there is a wealth of experience and teaching in later generations, and even there are a small number of soldiers in the Red Police System in the engineering corps, who are very familiar and sensitive to these geographical changes, and can let the officers make judgments as much as possible.
However, although the Spaniards also had engineering troops, it was not enough for them to have engineering staff officers. Engineer troops and engineering staff officers are completely different things, and their ideological attitudes toward the construction of civil engineering projects are completely two levels. They did not regard civil warfare as a conventional method of warfare, and this time the Spaniards were able to take the initiative to attack with this method of tunneling. In fact, it was because Taiwan's artillery superiority was too fierce, so they had to find ways to avoid it, and they didn't really attach importance to this kind of civil engineering warfare.
"Captain, we expect to be only about ten meters away from the enemy's first trench. Are we going to blow it up? As long as it is blown through, then we can attack directly. The Demoman asked.
But the captain immediately said, "Don't blow it up yet, let's keep digging, this time we're going to play a big one, let them see that we can kill a lot of enemies, and even kill no less than them." ”
"What? Dig again? I'm afraid I'm going to dig through it again. We're going to be exposed! The Demoman asked immediately.
"It doesn't matter, you'll have a chance to play when the time comes!" The captain said.
And soon, Taiwan's engineers also dug to the front. However, the angle changed, and they dug diagonally, while their goal was to dig underneath the Spanish tunnel. This avoids digging directly into the enemy's trenches, so you don't have to be exposed. And this process is really digging another passage from under the Spanish trench, and then they can't find themselves digging a tunnel here, and then the rest is ......
"Captain, we're digging underneath. If nothing else, it seems to be an enemy trench on top, and we can clean them up here. The digger said.
"Okay, get the Demoman over right now, and plant the explosives, we've got to get them a good drink!" The captain said.
Soon, the Demoman moved forward from behind, and they began to stack up the explosives. And this kind of civil engineering blasting method is also available in Wang Guorui's trench warfare training manual, because Wang Guorui is still relatively familiar with the trench warfare tactics of the First World War, and he knows that the tactics of trench warfare will be implemented for a long time in the future, so he also took out the trench warfare tactics of the First World War in later generations and wrote them into a rough drill code, and then let those officers understand it step by step. Taiwan's military officers will also study and practice these tactics according to their own needs, and then they can constantly acquire new tactical methods, so that they can also learn the most advanced combat technology.
"Platoon commander, seems like there's a voice down there?" A Spanish soldier said.
"What? There is a sound, did you hear it right? The Spanish platoon commander asked.
"No, it should be like a voice!" The soldier said again.
The Spanish platoon commander took the initiative to put his ear under his trench, and then he seemed to hear something. However, before he realized what was going on, a flash of fire suddenly came out of the trench, and he didn't know what was going on.
"Boom—"
There was a loud bang, and a lot of fire exploded from the trenches, and then the first of the Spanish trenches began to explode together. The explosion cost the Spaniards a great deal of damage, because there were many Spanish soldiers in the first trench, more than 20,000 people. And the Spaniards had no idea that the soles of their feet would suddenly explode, and they were all suddenly blown up into the sky by the power of the explosion. And this explosion caused the soldiers in the first trench to lose most of them on the spot, and then, those survivors could not escape the attack of the Taiwanese army.
"Commando, rush down the tunnel with me!"
"Kill!"
"Dada......"
The assault team began to charge with submachine guns, and the Spaniards were killed a lot, and the few survivors were also missing arms and legs, and then they wanted to keep resisting, but in the end they were all killed by a steady stream of knives. After all, Taiwan, which lacks arms and legs, already believes that there is no need to rescue these enemies, and after all, Taiwan's own medical resources are also insufficient. If it's a minor injury, it's okay, but once it gets a serious injury, even Taiwanese can't do anything about it. At present, there are not many military doctors in the Taiwan military who can perform surgery, and they mainly do cosmetic surgery. And those who can do disembowelment surgery are not a single group. Taiwan's military medical resources are also so scarce, how can they be used by those foreign devils? So the best and most merciful thing to do is to give them a shot, and then let them solve their pain, and then let their families get a pension from the Spanish government, and that's fine.
"Report to the commander-in-chief, the assault team in front of us has occupied the first line of Spanish trenches, and we will quickly send troops to occupy it completely!" Immediately a signal corpsman said.
"Okay, then send someone over at once and let the soldiers rush forward. The artillery stopped suppressing, and now the front is safe. This time, to be able to hold our trenches, and break through the enemy's trenches, and kill so many enemies, then the engineer is the first achievement! Ma Junhui, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, said with a smile.
"Rush! Go and occupy the Spanish trenches! ”
Soon, countless soldiers also rushed to the front from the rear, and then occupied the first trench of the Spaniards, and it was the first real result in this offensive and defensive battle. (To be continued.) )