Chapter 30: The Massacre
The rate of fire of the Maxim heavy machine gun reached 600 rounds per minute, and a canvas bullet with a bullet on it was all fired in a little more than half a minute. The resulting metal storm has also become a complete cloud of death. The soldiers who followed the seventh squad, and the horse bandits who tried to rush into the station, were suddenly knocked down in a large area, as if they were cutting wheat. The attack of the horse bandits was stunned, and the soldiers of the seventh squad also took this opportunity to enter the station unscathed.
"Bang!" After the soldiers of the seventh squad entered the station, the gate was closed again, completely cutting off the hope of the horse bandits to enter the station. At the same time, the cavalry rifles in the hands of the soldiers also began to shoot, and they hid behind the wall, without worrying about being injured by the horse bandits, and shot calmly, basically one shot at a time. Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that the western Sichuan Army attaches great importance to the soldiers' marksmanship, as long as they are willing to spend money and feed them with bullets, the soldiers' marksmanship can naturally be trained.
"Boom!" The artillery of the third company also opened fire. Five mortars, each fired three shells. After each shell explodes, shrapnel fires everywhere and can take several lives.
Under such a fierce blow, the attack of the horse bandits was immediately contained. The huge casualties made the morale of the horse bandits collapse again. These horse bandits were originally a rabble. Attacking a well-defended military station was already difficult for them, and under such a powerful fire attack from the third company, the horse bandits were immediately defeated.
It took less than five minutes from the attack of the horse bandits to the rout, but no less than 200 corpses were left on the grassland in front of the third company. Some of the horse bandits, who were seriously injured but not killed, let out a bitter wail, but no one paid attention to them.
"A bunch of rubbish!" On the grassland three miles away from the soldier station, Ma Qi put down the binoculars in his hand and scolded hatefully. In this attack, the elite of the 500 Green Horse Army under his command did not participate, but just wanted to use these horse bandits to test the firepower of the third company's military station. The result came out, which made him very dissatisfied, although the firepower of the third company station was very strong, but the horse bandits were defeated so quickly, which still made him very dissatisfied.
The four horse bandit leaders had a somewhat bad face, and even the horse boss, who was loyal to the Green Horse Army, had a somewhat strange face. It was also the first time they attacked the military station where the Western Sichuan Army was stationed, and the powerful firepower composed of cavalry guns, heavy machine guns and artillery of the Western Sichuan Army shocked their hearts. With such a complete defense, what is the difference between attacking and dying? After so many casualties among their subordinates, these horse bandit leaders felt as if they were dripping blood in their hearts. After all, this is a strict consumption of their strength! And Ma Qi's scolding made them even more dissatisfied. It's just that because of Ma Qi's strength, they can only bury their dissatisfaction deep in their hearts.
"Eat lunch first, and then go on the offensive in an hour!" After Ma Qi dropped this sentence, he rode away. However, the four horse bandit leaders felt as if they were in an ice cellar, and they felt cold all over. Come, if you don't fight out their people, Ma Qi won't stop. They want to resist, but they know that if they resist, they will die faster.
After the bandits retreated, the soldiers of the 3rd Company cheered. In this way, they repelled the attack of the horse bandits, and their confidence was even stronger. Although the horse bandits were outnumbered, they had strong defenses and strong firepower, and they had no problem holding their positions.
"The cavalry is really outdated, under the tight firepower, the cavalry charge is just to send it to death!" When he arrived at the corpses outside the station, Wang Wei said with a pale face. He and Wang Yuze were also on the battlefield for the first time, and they were naturally a little uncomfortable when they saw such large-scale casualties.
"Hmmm! The continuous improvement of firearms has severely reduced the living space of cavalry. However, in the coming decades, there was a need for cavalry to continue to exist. After all, the mobility of the cavalry is still irreplaceable. Wang Yuze nodded, as a person who crossed over, he was naturally very clear about the development of military technology. When mechanized vehicles became popular, it was time for cavalry to withdraw from the stage of history, but now, cavalry is still an indispensable and important branch of the army.
"What about our casualties?" Wang Yuze asked.
"Zero casualties!" Wang Wei said excitedly, killing more than 200 enemies, but no casualties himself, I have to say that it is a rare victory.
"Order the soldiers to hurry up and eat and rest! These horse bandits won't retreat so lightly! Wang Yuze said.
"Hmm!" Wang Wei nodded, turned around and went down the tower.
Taking advantage of this time, the soldiers of the 3rd Company continued to begin to eat lunch, and then rested, accumulating bodies. After all, these bandits have only temporarily retreated, and the battle will definitely continue.
The herdsmen, at the beginning of the battle, looked a little panicked. However, after the third company had repelled the attack of the horse bandits in just a few minutes, they quickly calmed down. This led them to believe that the soldiers of the third company would be able to keep them safe.
An hour passed quickly, and after the bandits had once again formed an offensive formation, the soldiers of the third company were in their positions.
"The enemy's firepower is strong, and everyone should try to evacuate as much as possible when they are attacking. This time, the elite of our Green Horse Army will also attack, and we must break through the military station in one fell swoop! Ma Qi said loudly. There was no way, there was no artillery, so I had to rely on human lives to fill it. And the elite of the Green Horse Army obviously can't be consumed at will, so they can only rely on these horse bandits to act as cannon fodder to attract the firepower of the Western Sichuan Army.
"Yes!" The soldiers and bandits of the Green Horse Army received orders one after another.
"After breaking through the military station, the weapons, cattle, sheep and women inside, I don't want any of the Qingma Army, all of them belong to you!" Ma Qi said again.
"Breach the station! Breach the station! The horse bandits, who were originally demoralized, suddenly became enthusiastic. They already knew by this moment that all the herdsmen of Gasanka had gathered in the military station, and how many cows, sheep and women there were! If it were all theirs, it would be rich.
The four horse bandit leaders were also very excited. The firepower of the western Sichuan army was so ferocious, if all these weapons belonged to them, then they would not be able to walk sideways on the grassland. Although I feel a little sorry for the losses of my subordinates, I naturally can't care so much about these rich trophies. The little dissatisfaction with Ma Qi has also disappeared.
Except for Ma Qi who stayed in place with a group of soldiers of the Green Horse Army, the rest of the Green Horse Army and horse bandits attacked again, and even the four horse bandit leaders were no exception. The Tsing Ma Army and the horse bandits combined numbered 1,500 men, and in addition to the 200 people lost in the first attack, there were still 1,300 left. The charge of so many cavalry, although a little chaotic, also formed a momentum of overwhelming mountains.
"Ready, ready to fight!" After the horse bandits charged again, Shen Ming, the acting platoon leader of the platoon guarding the north, immediately ordered. The squad leaders of each class also carried out the order. The mortars of the fire team were also debugged and ready to fire at any time.
This time, the bandits learned their previous lesson and scattered when they attacked. They roared, and rode their horses to the station. Among them, there are some horse bandits, in a neat formation, and one is a well-trained regular army.
"Damn, the Green Horse Army actually sent someone to pretend to be horse bandits, they must not be bypassed!" Wang Yuze immediately figured out what was going on, and scolded in his heart.
"Fire!" As soon as the bandits were in effective range, the heavy machine guns opened fire. In the hissing sound of "da-da-da", bullets were fired one after another, and any horse bandit who was not hit by a heavy machine-gun bullet basically had no chance of survival. The caliber of the heavy machine gun bullet was large, and after being hit, a large hole the size of a bowl suddenly appeared in the body, and it was even directly broken in half, and there was absolutely no possibility of survival. Even though the bandits took a sparse formation, they were still swept off their horses in large areas under the fire of heavy machine guns.
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