At 8 o'clock in the evening, the artillery of the Dutch and Indian troops began to roar again. This time it seemed that all their artillery had been concentrated, close to fifty, and that they had also narrowed the distance to the positions of the defenders of Rab Town under the cover of night.

Kuyt began to bombard with explosive shells. Everywhere on the defending front, large balls of fireballs rose up, and from time to time broken fragments of civil fortifications and even human limbs were blown apart and flew in all directions.

Wei Changjun, who was using the headquarters, immediately realized that another bitter battle was coming. But he was not afraid. No matter how difficult it is, is it difficult back then? The Dutch burned all the food supplies, but they didn't burn the plantations' warehouses in the town. Wei Changjun bought enough grain from the British at more than double the market price. And the Dutch left a lot of livestock in the town of Rab, which became the spoils of the Chinese army.

"The key to the night battle is firepower. Pistols and repeaters must be launched after the enemy's general offensive has been launched! Moreover, the use of the barrel cannon must be strictly controlled, and after two rounds are fired, the heat must be stopped. After 10 rounds have been fired, no further use must be banned. All cannons need to be used at critical times! ”

There were five or six thick steel cylinders on the Chinese army positions outside the town of Rab, which were originally steel drums for gunpowder and drinking water. They were the only animals that accompanied the army.

But when they arrived in Rab, the drums removed the lids, and they could be used as cannon barrels. Extra-large shotguns! A cannon bombarded the past, and the sound was like a muffled thunder. The overwhelming gravel, scrap iron corners, and broken iron nails can clear a huge area of 20 meters wide and 20 meters long in front of you.

This thing is also a big magic weapon for Wei Changjun to stick to Rab Town. It had already been used in previous battles, and the two guns directly deprived the Dutch and Indian troops on the opposite side of the fighting spirit to continue the attack.

However, this thing is also very dangerous. And the firing range is close. It can only hit a distance of fifty or sixty meters, and its applicability on the battlefield is very low.

This is the same as the unconscionable cannon of the People's Liberation Army back then. Whoever has a formed heavy artillery in their hands will not use that thing on the battlefield.

Wei Changjun is very guarded. He has rich combat experience, and the most important thing is that he is now high-spirited and full of fighting spirit. This person's spirit is completely different from when he is decadent. Wholehearted dedication can give full play to a person's talents.

Wei Changjun directly led a few retinues and heralds into the trenches, and it was also a key area for the artillery of the Dutch and Indian armies. This burst of shells came over, and the fierce fire made it impossible to raise people's heads. The large and small fortifications erected with wooden sacks were blown up a lot. Wei Changjun's neck was full of dirt. The belly is pressed tightly against the ground.

Before the smoke of the artillery fire had cleared, a large group of Dutch and Indian troops rushed towards it. Unlike in the early days of the battle, the Dutch and Indian soldiers who were dispatched today were no longer lined up in neat formations, but stragglers in scattered formations.

Or in other words, as far as the indigenous soldiers are concerned, let them go to the county column in the dark night, which is simply unrealistic.

After walking a few steps, these cannon fodder stopped to put their guns and fought very lively. If it weren't for the fact that the artillery fire was weaker, there would be no tongues of fire from machine guns. The current scene really looks like the battlefield of World War I.

Wei Changjun got up and looked to his side, and the soldier had already set up his rifle at the urging of the officer and began to fight back. Only soldiers armed with repeating guns were still on standby.

It is true that there are a large number of bullets in the Dutch arsenal, but the model does not match the rifle in the hands of the Chinese army. Many of the Chinese troops in Rab Town today have used the guns that the Dutch left on the battlefield. One of them was also a Mini rifle used by indigenous soldiers. It's not that they are in a defensive state, if it is a field battle on both sides, Wei Changjun has already been killed.

And because of that. Repeating guns were not yet widely available in machine guns, and the vast majority of guns were still single-shot rifles. It can already be regarded as a point of firepower. The reason for the lack of bullet supply makes their firepower especially valuable at this moment. For them to fire, they must wait until the moment of crisis.

A young Dutch captain officer. The indigenous soldiers, who were commanding hundreds of people behind him, braved the bullets of the entire fifth regiment, and used the cover of terrain and night to move forward. The rifles in their hands were also firing, and a dense rain of bullets stirred up small columns of smoke on the line of the Chinese army's trenches. From time to time, people on both sides were shot, and screams rang out one after another. The smell of blood spread throughout the battlefield.

Wei Changjun was observing the battlefield with wide eyes at this time, looking for a breakthrough point where the Dutch and Indian troops might launch an all-out charge. Good for targeted adjustments and preparations!

But Kuyt, who fought from 8 p.m. on 7 March to 2 a.m. on 8 March, showed no signs of stopping. Under the cover of artillery, the indigenous soldiers launched six charges against the defensive line, and on two occasions they were almost about to rush into the positions of the Chinese army, and Wei Changjun organized a group of men to repel them with grenades. The magic weapon of Zhenshan is about to be used.

Inside the trenches, the casualties of the defenders gradually increased, and the wounded continued to be sent down. But what about opponents? The native soldiers rushed six times and were defeated six times, with losses at least three times as many as the defenders......

Wei Changjun ordered the reserves to get ready, ordered the repeating gun soldiers on the position to get ready, and the many shotguns that had been withdrawn from the position, of course, were more prepared to quickly return to the front-line gun positions.

This is not an overkill. The danger of the shotgun itself is too high, what if it is always placed on the position and is hit by the shelling of the Dutch and Indian troops? Wei Changjun didn't want his soldiers to be crushed. Therefore, the shotguns withdrew their positions when the fighting was about to stop, completely separated the barrels from the gunpowder, and continued to regain their positions after the front-line fighting resumed.

"Major! What about the front of us? ”

At the same moment, the commander of the Dutch and Indian forces, Kuyt, was questioning the major officer who had just retired from the front. The head of the indigenous soldier was now a bit wolfy, and his head was blooming, and a grenade exploded not far from him, and the flying shrapnel grazed his head, which was now just wrapped in gauze. There was also a small hole in the arm.

"The rebels are still fierce! They had a lot of grenades, which was so bad that when we got close to the front of their position, we had to watch not only for the bullets that were flying but also overhead. When those grenades fell, it was like rain. The losses of my regiment were great, and there were less than 500 soldiers left. "And a full indigenous regiment is about 800 people.

The major's regiment had never been put into battle before. It is a standard full member, a standard new force.

"Rush again, this is the last time, because victory is coming soon!" Kuyt pointed behind him as he spoke, countless Dutch and Indian infantry had formed one phalanx after another, all rifles were bayonet, and there were 5,000 soldiers, more than thirty percent of whom were white Dutch soldiers. When they charge again, they will launch an all-out assault.

The sound of artillery, gunfire, explosions and screams in Raab continued throughout the night. The shouts that erupted in the second half of the night made the British, the peripheral field observers, feel even more frightened.

With the relationship between the British and the Dutch, the British easily entered the Dutch position, and the whole city witnessed the efforts and valor of the Dutch in the night. Before dawn, this group of people withdrew from the Dutch and Indian positions, and joined up with another part of the British outside, and the two sides combined their respective control and the battle scene they saw, and their hearts became more wary of Liu Xian in the north.

Because everyone thinks that the Chinese army here in Lanfang is a team of officers sent by the Qin army and trained in a short time. And such a team, with weak troops in the town of Rab, blocked the return of the Dutch and Indian troops to the death, so how strong should their teachers be?

People always subconsciously see the opponent they face as more powerful than they actually are.

The sun rises, and the sun casts on the earth. Outside the town of Rab, corpses were strewn across the field.

The land was dyed red, and moans came from the battlefield. Men on both sides of the red cross flag on a white background are rummaging through the battlefield for their wounded soldiers.

At the cost of heavy casualties, the Dutch and Indian forces bulldozed the entire defensive line of the Fifth Regiment outside the town. The trench will be filled with corpses.

In the town of Rab, there is not a single resident here. Everyone fled to the periphery.

In the courtyard of the police station, five blackened cannon barrels were casually thrown to the ground. These are scrapped barrels that can no longer be used. Although they made a great contribution to the fight last night.

If it weren't for the fact that these oversized shotguns fired again and again, killing a large number of enemies and dissipating the enemy's determined fighting spirit, the town of Rab might have been lost last night.

It was also in this courtyard that the bodies of Chinese soldiers were found one after another on the spacious ground, looking at Wei Changjun and other officers with gloomy faces.

After a hard battle last night, the soldiers of the entire fifth regiment also suffered heavy losses. During the night, Wei Changjun lost at least 300 men (including wounded soldiers). Counting the battles of the previous battles, the casualties of the entire five regiments have also reached half.

"Block the return of the Dutch and Indian troops and wrap them all in dumplings." It is not because this lofty belief and will are supporting them, even if Wei Changjun is in charge, the entire Fifth Regiment will no longer have combat effectiveness. Now it is this fighting belief that supports the soldiers of the entire fifth regiment at this moment.

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"Your Excellency. Is it really necessary to bypass the town of Rab? Our armies will become completely disorganized and unorganized in the hills and woods. If the rebels take the opportunity to pursue, we are afraid that we will be annihilated! ”

Hitter was not alarmist. The town of Rab is surrounded by plantations, mountains and rainforests of various sizes, and it is not without roads that can be accessed. But that refers to all individual pedestrians, not organized and formed armies. (To be continued......) R1292