"What about troop casualties?" After the battle stopped, Wang Yuze came down from the tower and asked Wang Wei.

"Company commander, the casualties are not large, within the range of bearability. It's just that the consumption of ammunition is somewhat large. After the walls were blown open, in order to repel the enemy's attack, both heavy machine guns and mortars were fired at maximum speed. Wang Wei replied.

"It doesn't matter, there are only more than 1,000 horse bandits attacking this time, and it seems that they have paid at least half of the price. It was getting dark, and then their attack would stop. When reinforcements arrive tomorrow, it's time for us to strike back! Wang Yuze said. Now, it's getting dark. After dark, the temperature plummets, and with the snow falling all the time, the temperature will be even colder. The soldiers of the 3rd Company were fine, at least they had hot soup, spirits, and cotton clothes to keep warm. The horse bandits aren't so good. The low temperature of more than ten degrees below zero at night was enough to freeze them all to death.

"Turn the heavy machine gun from the east and form a crossfire with the heavy machine guns in the third row. In addition, I would like to tell the soldiers, don't be afraid of the rapid consumption of bullets, as long as we can hold the station, it will be the greatest victory. The battalion headquarters will soon replenish the ammunition consumed! ”

"Okay, company commander!" Wang Wei immediately went down to deliver the order. Taking advantage of the fact that the horse bandits stopped attacking, the soldiers began to carry ammunition and restore the body. Heavy machine gunners also began to have better barrels. In high-intensity combat, the barrel of a heavy machine gun can be easily scrapped, but fortunately, the 3rd Company has enough reserves that can be replaced immediately after scrapping. A well-trained heavy machine gunner can change the barrel in twenty seconds, and it will not affect the combat at all.

In less than half an hour, the bandits attacked again. The sky had gradually darkened, and this was their last attack. If they didn't succeed, they would have to retreat, and they would have to find a leeward place to camp before it was completely dark. Otherwise, the cold weather will freeze them all to death.

"Brothers, this is the last chance, as long as you can rush in, I will reward each of you fifty taels of silver. Kill a soldier of the Western Sichuan Army and reward one hundred taels of silver. Kill an officer, and reward him with two hundred taels of silver. Kill the biggest officer in this military station, and this young master will reward you with a thousand taels of silver! Ma Qi announced loudly. He also knew that if this attack did not work, then this operation would be a complete failure. The reinforcements of the Western Sichuan Army will be able to arrive soon, and then he will have to retreat in advance, otherwise, it is very likely that he will be trapped. That's why he offered such a high bounty.

Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men, and under such a high reward of Ma Qi, whether it is a horse bandit or a green horse army, they all let out a wolf-like howl. The morale that had been low rose again.

"Attack!" Ma Qi commanded loudly.

"Kill!" The horse bandits and the green horse army let out an earth-shattering roar and quickly rushed towards the military station. At the head, there were more than 300 war horses. Although there was no one on the horse's back, driven by the horse bandits around him, the war horse thought about the gap in the wall of the military station, and launched a quick attack.

"Damn, they want to storm our defenses with war horses. Artillery, fire! Wang Yuze put down the telescope in his hand and ordered loudly. When the bandits began to attack, he returned to the tower. Although it was a little more dangerous here, it was more convenient for him to control the situation and direct the battle.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The five mortars belonging to the third company began to fire rapidly. Shells exploded between the bandits and the Green Horse Army, and although the distance between the horse bandits and the Green Horse Army was very open, almost every shell could still take away one or two lives. In particular, the shells that explode in the middle of the herd can cause panic among the horses. So that the surrounding horse bandits and the Green Horse Army had to take time to pacify.

Subsequently, heavy machine guns on the tower also opened fire. Pieces of hot bullets flew angrily towards the horse bandits and the Green Horse Army, knocking them to the ground. Those who fall off the horse have no chance of surviving at all. The galloping horses behind them were enough to trample them into meat sauce.

Despite the constant shooting, the bandits gradually approached the station. After getting past the bombed rejection, the bandits attacked. The group of horses at the front, under the control of the soldiers of the Green Horse Army, rushed towards the hole in the wall that had been blown open. Although many of those horses were shot along the way, there were still more than a hundred left.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The artillery positions built in the station, with five mortars, are constantly adjusting the direction of the shelling. When the bandits approached the station, their target was already set to be twenty or thirty meters outside the gap. Shells exploded between the bandits. Because the gap in the wall was only so large, the bandits had to gather in order to rush in. And this gave the soldiers of the third company a good chance to kill the enemy.

"Rush in! Be sure to rush in! Ma Qi, who was watching the battle in the back, was heartbroken. This action was strongly requested by him in front of his father Ma Haiyan, and Ma Haiyan himself did not want to excessively stimulate the Western Sichuan Army. If he fails and loses his troops, you can imagine how he will explain to Ma Haiyan. You must know that Ma Haiyan is not only his son, his younger brother Ma Lin, although he is four years younger than him, has now entered the army. If he doesn't perform well, the heir of the Green Horse Army will have to be replaced. Therefore, he will have to prove himself with a victory.

The horses neighed bitterly, and when they crossed the gap in the wall, many of them were beaten to the ground and fell to the ground in a dying struggle. However, there were still war horses that were lucky enough to avoid the tight firepower of the Western Sichuan Army and continued to charge forward. Rushing to the front, the improvised position of the third row was already less than twenty meters. Behind the herd of horses are sabber-wielding, ferocious horse bandits and the Green Horse Army. In close combat, they prefer to use sabers rather than rifles.

"Grenade ready, throw!" Shi Deyou, the platoon leader of the third platoon, ordered loudly. Suddenly, dozens of grenades quickly flew towards the gap in the wall, turning the charging war horses, the horse bandits and the green horse army behind, and the bombers turned over on their backs. This made the attack of the horse bandits and the Green Horse Army a surprise.

"Go on!" When Shi Deyou saw this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. The soldiers in the third platoon again threw dozens of grenades. A violent explosion sounded through the gap in the wall, shrapnel flew sideways, and after the explosion, not a single living creature was left behind. After the soldiers in the third row threw several rounds of grenades in a row, they completely stopped the attack of the horse bandits and the Green Horse Army. The artillery behind and the heavy machine guns erected on the tower also fired frantically, harvesting the lives of the bandits to the greatest extent.

The grenade is a simple and useful weapon. Whether it is in attack or defense, it can play a strong role. Hand grenades have been used in the Western Sichuan Army for nearly 30 years. When facing the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army, this sharp weapon played an extremely important role. The grenade has a long history, first invented by the Chinese. Grenades filled with black powder appeared in Europe in the 5th century, when they were mainly used for fortress defense and prisons. In the middle of the 7th century, some European countries equipped their elite units with field grenades, and soldiers who were specially trained to use such ammunition were called grenadiers. By the 9th century, with the development of guns and the reduction of castle offensive and defensive battles, grenades were once given a cold reception. Originally, in the Russo-Japanese War of 904, grenades would have been used on a large scale. But after the rise of western Sichuan, this sharp weapon has been developed like a mortar.

"Damn it! Prepare to retreat! When he was beaten back again, Ma Qi threw the whip in his hand to the ground, very angry. The eye was about to succeed, but in the end it fell short.

At this time, there was a rumbling sound in the distant sky, as if it were thunder.

Ma Qi's face changed drastically, and he grew up on horseback since he was a child, so he naturally knew that this was the sound made by the war horse when he was running. He immediately realized that reinforcements from the Western Sichuan Army had arrived.

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