Chapter 190: Confrontation in the New World (2)

Dense mortar shells rained down, fragmented shrapnel flew everywhere, beating many soldiers into sieves, frightened horses scurrying around, and those cavalrymen who could not contain their horses were dismounted. Immediately after that, the crisp fire of the light machine guns rang out, and the cavalrymen who had just been dismounted were beaten into a hornet's nest before they could straighten up.

Seeing this situation, Lieutenant General Tel understood that with his remaining cavalry, he could not rush through at all, so he had to take the remaining cavalry and began to slowly retreat, and after experiencing the baptism of bullets in the canyon again, the remaining more than 3,000 cavalry finally withdrew.

Looking at the defeated generals of the remnants of the mentally decadent army, Lieutenant General Tel, whose face was blackened, almost cried, but he didn't expect that what was supposed to be an easy opportunity to make meritorious service almost let him confess there, and now the cavalry division has completely lost its combat capability, and it is impossible to sneak attack Damot again. In desperation, Lieutenant General Tel could only take the remnants of the defeated army and go back to see General Pershing.

Seeing the retreating cavalry division, General Pershing was so angry that he really wanted to give Lieutenant General Ter a few slaps, this bastard didn't know how to send people to search and advance, what an idiot.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on Lieutenant General Terr, the Boston Imperial Army has not experienced a war for a hundred years, and all military knowledge comes from the study of military schools, and most of this knowledge is on paper, lacking practical skills in details, so it is not surprising that he failed.

The angry Admiral Pershing locked up Lieutenant General Ter, intending to hand it over to a military tribunal after returning home, of course, this is just a gesture, with the strength of Lieutenant General's family in the country, he will be demoted at most, and even if he wins the battle, he can be wiped out and punished.

Although Admiral Pershing knew that such an outcome would come, he had to make a gesture for the time being, lest the morale of the army be shaken. After learning about the possible strength of the opponent, Admiral Pershing personally led the forces of the six infantry divisions of the main force, formed a battle formation, and advanced in the direction of the St. Martin Imperial Logistics Base while searching.

Qiu Yu'an's binoculars clearly saw the situation of the Boston army led by Pershing, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "Let's start acting." A senior officer behind him nodded slightly when he heard Qiu Yu'an's words, and soon he led a brigade of Lanfang mercenaries to quickly disappear into the dense jungle.

"Bring all the cannons up," Pershing ordered Darching near the entrance to the Traxia Gorge, not wanting to repeat Lieutenant General Terr's mistakes.

Faced with a possible ambush, Pershing decided to conduct fire reconnaissance, but fortunately, Pershing brought more than 30 105-mm howitzers and a batch of 76-mm mountain guns this time, which were enough to cope with such a situation.

The cliffs were so high that they could not reach so high with the range of mountain artillery, so only howitzers began to fire covered fire.

There was no clear target, more than 30 howitzers fired aimlessly at the cliff, and the sound of a huge explosion filled the entire canyon for a long time, and after twenty minutes of shooting, Pershing did not find any movement on the mountain, and he immediately sent four battalions of search troops to search the mountain.

After repeated searches, Pershing finally determined that there was no ambush on the mountain at all. He doesn't feel like a waste of shells, there is nothing wrong with being careful, and now that he has the advantage, he has to be careful to prevent the opponent from turning the tables. Pershing sent two more regiments of troops to firmly control the top of the hill, and then the large force drove into the Traxia Gorge.

Although the road in the canyon was not wide, the ground was fairly level, and the artillery did not have much effort, and the troops were still moving with ease. Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire from the front, it was the vanguard that encountered interception, Pershing immediately ordered the infantry to deploy, and the artillery to return fire, but when Pershing wanted to attack, he realized that the situation was not right.

At this moment, the troops of the Boston Empire are still in the canyon, and the Traxia Canyon is narrow in the west and wide in the east, not only can the troops not be deployed in the narrow west, but there is no extra place to arrange artillery, and if the artillery positions are arranged in a wide enough place, with the range of those light mountain guns only a few thousand meters, but they cannot reach the opponent's blocking position, this form makes Pershing feel as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly, and he finally knows that he has encountered a strong opponent this time.

Unable to deploy the artillery, Admiral Pershing immediately made a decision and ordered the artillery to leave the large-caliber howitzers alone, and move the mountain artillery to the flat area on the top of the cliff to be arranged, while the infantry carried out small rotational charges in companies and platoons without artillery cover, so as to consume the opponent's bullets and attract the enemy's attention at the same time.

In the face of the small-scale charge of the Boston soldiers, Qiu Yu'an didn't care, although the bullets of the Lanfang mercenaries could not be replenished, but it was the army of the St. Martin Empire that was currently on the front line to resist the Boston attack.

These troops use single-shot rear-loading guns with paper-shell bullets, and you must know that not far behind the road is the logistics base of the St. Martin Empire, and there is no possibility that the supply will be unavailable, so he does not make any restrictions, so that these St. Martins can practice their marksmanship with the Boston army on the opposite side.

The soldiers of the St. Martin Empire, who had never fought such an easy battle, fired excitedly and put down the Boston soldiers one by one, consuming a lot of the vitality of the Boston people.

Qiu Yu'an, who was observing the situation on the second line of defense, put down the binoculars and shook his head easily: "It's really boring to fight this kind of rookie-level battle, it seems that the armies of these two countries really don't have any actual combat experience, and they can be caught in with a little strategy." ”

After two hours of taking turns to charge, the defending St. Martin Imperial soldiers were much smaller after all, and the high-intensity combat made them begin to show fatigue. At this moment, the mountain artillery that had been dragged to the top of the hill by the Boston artillery company was finally placed, and the shells began to explode on the positions of the St. Martin Empire, causing the St. Martin soldiers with little combat experience to panic.

Qiu Yu'an smiled: "It seems that the commander of the other party is not too idiot. Then he turned to the herald behind him and said, "Let them withdraw, if our allies suffer too many casualties, I will not be able to explain it to Admiral Kaolan." ”

The Saint-Martin Imperial soldiers who received the order retreated like a tidal wave, all the way to the third line of defense, which was behind the Lanfang mercenary line. Seeing the other side retreating, the excited Boston soldiers cheered and rushed into the first line of trenches.

The Boston soldiers rushed into the trench excitedly, but they didn't want to set foot on the scheming mines planted by the Lan Fang mercenary sappers mixed with the St. Martin's imperial soldiers when they were about to retreat, and for a while the explosions came one after another, and the Boston soldiers were blown up so that their arms and thighs flew all over the sky, and the soldiers behind were so frightened that they lay directly on the ground and never dared to enter the trenches again. Qiu Yu'an smiled and said, "I'll give you an appetizer first, and there will be a big gift later." ”

"Attack on all fronts." Seeing that his soldiers had suffered heavy losses, Admiral Pershing immediately ordered the entire line to be pressed, in an attempt to directly destroy the opponent's second line of defense with numerical superiority.

However, the second line of defense is not those soldiers of the St. Martin Empire who have been out of battle for a long time and have backward weapons, here are the elite troops who have fought in the Han Ping Kingdom and killed the Cossacks in the Far Eastern Plain, and many officers of this army have even participated in the battle against the Monte Empire to defend the city, how can such an iron-blooded army be able to withstand the rookie recruits of the Boston people.

The soldiers of the Lanfang mercenaries did not have any panicked mood, seeing the Boston soldiers approaching, they smiled and loaded the magazine into the card slot, and finally checked their weapons at the last time, put the grenade and the spare magazine loaded with bullets in the most convenient position, some of them extinguished their cigarettes, or Zhengyi Zhengjun hats, and the whole position was filled with a relaxed atmosphere, without any tension of a big war.

"Fire." With the orders of the commanders of all ranks, neat and effective firing began on the second line of defense. Unlike the Imperial soldiers of St. Martin and the Imperial soldiers of Boston who fired their guns indiscriminately during the battle, the soldiers of the Lanfang mercenaries shot with a sense of rhythm, and although the speed was not fast, they could maintain a high hit rate.

The number of Lanfang mercenaries was small, and the troops of the Boston Empire were getting closer and closer, and in order to make up for the lack of rifle firepower, light machine guns configured in squads began to fire suppressively in various machine gun bunkers.

Admiral Pershing was not in vain as the most famous army general in the Boston Empire, as soon as the opposite position opened fire, he heard that something was wrong, and the neat sound of shooting and the soldiers who had been knocked down in pieces on his side revealed that he had hit a hard stubble.

Admiral Pershing looked at the battle situation in front of him in disbelief, he racked his brains and couldn't think of any unit of the Saint Martin Empire with such strong combat effectiveness, and looking at their firepower configuration and tactical literacy, it was not something that any Saint Martin Emperor ** team, or even the strong ** teams in the Western Continent could have.

Qiu Yu'an's defense line was very level, and the range of the Boston Imperial Mountain Artillery Group arranged on the hill could not reach the trenches of the Lanfang mercenaries, which made Pershing feel very uncomfortable. Admiral Pershing immediately ordered howitzers to be pulled over for shelling.

At this moment, a series of explosions rang out from more than ten kilometers behind the Boston army, and the huge sound made the attacking Boston soldiers stunned. Admiral Pershing's face immediately changed: "Not good, our supplies. ”

Admiral Pershing immediately thought of the large amount of supplies that were still placed on the beach, without which the army's ammunition supply would not be enough, and even food would be a problem.

Although Admiral Pershing was anxious, he quickly calmed down, such a loud explosion could only be caused by the detonation of ammunition in his supplies, and in this case, it would be useless to retreat himself.