Chapter 288 Landing at Quanzhou Port (II)

However, they did not throw these grenades to annihilate the enemy, and the grenades that touched the ground soon exploded modestly, and although the explosion was not powerful, it spilled the sulfur in it.

The ignited sulfur emitted a faint glow, which was faint but enough for the scouts, and with the help of the fire, a dozen sharpshooters fired at great speed, and the Cheng family patrol was killed before they could figure out what was going on.

After eliminating these patrols, Qiu Rui gave an order and led the reconnaissance company to quickly climb to the top of the mountain, their purpose was to block the reinforcements of the Cheng family army and buy time for the large army that was landing.

Zhilu Road was now running out of time, and the troops disembarking at the port were speeding up, and some of the troops who had already landed were moving towards the top of the hill after the reconnaissance company.

The gunfire on the top of the mountain began to sound sparsely, and it was clear that a nearby Cheng family patrol had arrived at the top of the mountain first, and these patrols were holding on to the top of the mountain to wait for reinforcements, while slowing down their own movements.

Qiu Rui was sweating profusely, once the opponent's main force reached the top of the mountain first and pressed the iron-blooded army to the bottom of the mountain, it would cause very heavy casualties on his side. Therefore, Jury ordered one platoon to attract the opponent with fire from the front, and he himself climbed up from the side with the remaining two platoons.

The Predators are well-trained, and they often practice for mountain climbing, so the soldiers are very easy to climb to the top. On the other side of the mountain, Cheng Jiajun, who had just run out of the barracks after hearing the gunshots, was also desperately climbing.

These men were disheveled, apparently had just been awakened by the sound of gunfire and had been rushed up by the officers, they were all new recruits, they had not been systematically trained, not only did they have poor climbing skills, but they also lacked sufficient physical strength, so their progress was much slower than that of the soldiers of the reconnaissance company.

Jorui, who came to the vicinity of the top of the mountain, did not rush to the top of the mountain, but secretly poked his head out and carefully observed the situation. The four soldiers of the Cheng Family's army, under the leadership of the captain, were shooting indiscriminately at the bottom of the mountain with their lever-mounted rifles, emboldening themselves.

Seeing this, Jury was the first to jump up, drawing out the two Beretta pistols at his waist, and he fired both hands in bursts, using his best fast gun, killing all five enemy soldiers in less than three seconds.

"All of them have come up and set up positions and are ready to block the attack." Jury waved his hand back and beckoned the soldiers of the two platoons up.

The well-trained warriors immediately began to pile up rubble to build temporary fortifications, and looking at the enemy soldiers getting closer and closer at the bottom of the mountain opposite, Qiu Rui smiled and waved his hand: "Brothers, knock them down." ”

After saying that, the first shot was fired, and the fighters, who received the order, immediately began to shoot. The soldiers of the Cheng family army are attacking from the back, and it is very difficult to shoot, while Qiu Rui's troops are condescending, and it is easy to name the other party one by one.

Several fire squads took out all the light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and fired desperately regardless of losses, and the dense bullets knocked down many Cheng Jiajun soldiers, and soon the platoon that attracted the opponent's firepower also climbed to the top of the mountain, and with this new force, the fire density of the reconnaissance company was greater.

Most of the Cheng Jiajun were new recruits, and after experiencing a certain number of casualties, their morale quickly collapsed, and they began to rush down the mountain in a hurry, and many even lost their weapons.

The iron-blooded army landed quickly, and then the large army began to be dispatched, and most of the troops stationed in the commercial port were used to collect taxes, not only were they not the elite troops of the Cheng family's army, but the number was only one regiment.

In the face of the powerful offensive of the Iron Blood Army, this small army was defeated as soon as it engaged, and the Iron Blood Army, which came ashore one after another, soon occupied the entire Quanzhou Port, and then relied on this place to launch a full-scale attack.

At this time, the Predator had already undergone a redress, and although the weapons had not changed, the whole army had been mechanized, all units were equipped with trucks and jeeps, and the reconnaissance unit was also equipped with motorcycles, so the Predators made rapid progress.

At this time, the main force of the Cheng family's army was in the capital of Taizhou, Jinhua County, fighting with the main force of the Xiahou army, and they did not know that the Ludao Iron Blood Army had landed in Quanzhou Port.

Yizhou Island is only less than 200 nautical miles from the port of Quanzhou, and with the help of numerous temporary transport ships, a large amount of supplies and equipment were transported to the port of Quanzhou in a very short time.

With complete equipment, the Iron Blood Army immediately began to expand in all directions, driving extremely fast trucks and motorcycles, and the Iron Blood Army went straight to several major cities in Jiuhua County at a speed faster than the cavalry.

If you ride on a war horse, the cavalry can only travel at a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per day, and to this extent, the horses need to be rested, otherwise the horses will lose weight and slowly weaken.

Trucks and motorcycles, on the other hand, don't know how to get tired, and can go day and night as long as there is enough fuel. Of course, if you want to advance like this, in addition to fuel, you must also have enough drivers and cooling water, and in order to support this operation, the two logistics brigades of the Iron Blood Army brought more than 500 fuel tankers.

The roar of the machine resounded in the sky, and the soldiers guarding the city gate of Nanping Mansion, who didn't know what had happened, stood on the city wall, stretched their necks and looked into the distance.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, these soldiers saw a vague black line, and soon the black line became thicker and thicker, and gradually turned into a dense black dot, the black dot became larger and larger, and some soldiers with good eyesight saw the target clearly.

"What kind of weird guy is that, running so fast." A soldier who could see clearly sighed.

An officer-like man put his hand on the pergola and looked at the situation carefully, and his face suddenly changed: "Oh my God, how is it possible, it's an enemy attack." ”

The officer ran frantically down the city, shouting as he ran: "Close the gates, quickly." If there is an enemy attack, warn quickly. ”

The soldiers who heard the officer's shouts ran to the city gate as fast as they could, some to ring the alarm bell, and many more to the city.

The alarm bell sounded in the city of Nanping Mansion, and all the troops became nervous, and they immediately went to the city to defend.

The Predators didn't succeed in sneak attacks, in fact they didn't want to sneak attacks at all, and the poor processing of trucks and motorcycles in the early days caused these vehicles to be very noisy, so that others could hear the movement from a long distance, and it was impossible to cause the suddenness of the attack.

The Predators didn't need any surprise effect, as they were sure enough to easily destroy the Cheng defenders. Behind the infantry transport trucks were a group of heavy tractors carrying 203 mm siege guns.

At the time, when there was no mechanized equipment, it was unrealistic to use horses to pull artillery with a caliber of more than 128 mm. Because of the weight of those guns, even if they could be pulled by more than a dozen horses at the same time, their speed was extremely slow and quite horsepower-consuming.

Now it's different, as long as the power is sufficient, the tractor can carry any artillery forward, and the speed will not be too low, not to mention that the 203 mm heavy gun used by the Iron Blood Army now has greatly reduced its weight due to the use of new steel, and has reached the weight of the original 155 mm howitzer.

At this time, these heavy guns with ten solid rubber tires were pulled one by one to a distance of ten kilometers from Fucheng. The artillerymen removed the hooks and let the tractor leave, and the artillerymen operated hydraulics to lower several supports that stabilized the gun truck, firmly supporting them on the ground.

The muzzle of the cannon began to rise slightly, and some artillerymen operated forklifts to lift the shells, which weighed nearly half a ton, onto the conveyor, which slowly rotated and pushed the shells into the chambers.

"That's something." Even the best soldier could not see what the row of black things ten kilometers away was. An officer quickly brought a telescope and adjusted the focus to the front.

The shadow in the camera gradually became clear, and the officer saw a row of black holes in the muzzles. "Oh my God, it's a cannon, it's a big cannon." The officer exclaimed.

Before the officer could put down his binoculars, a puff of smoke rose from the artillery position in the distance, and a few seconds later, the rumbling cannon sounded, and a cluster of shells weighing more than a hundred kilograms made a screaming sound like a train and came towards the city wall.

The soldiers of the Cheng family's defenders did not have much actual combat experience, and they were still staring at the black dots from far and near. "Run." Before the officer could finish his words, the shells had already bombarded the city walls.

The shelling was not accurate, most of the shells deviated from the walls, but only a few shells that hit the walls were enough. The huge explosion blew several gaps in the wall in front of the city more than ten meters, and all the soldiers in the vicinity disappeared.

The cannonballs that deviated and fell into the city were equally dangerous, the houses that were hit by the cannonballs disintegrated in an instant and were blown into a pile of messy pieces, and what was even more terrifying was that no matter where the shells landed, even those who were not killed within a radius of forty meters were shocked by the shock wave and died of bleeding from their internal organs, and those bloody corpses of the seven orifices greatly hit the morale of the Cheng family's army.

"Keep firing." With the commander's order, the 203-mm heavy guns quickly adjusted their angles, corrected their ballistics, and loaded their shells. In a roar, twenty heavy shells slammed into the walls with greater accuracy.

After five rounds of shelling, the city wall on this side has completely collapsed, and the Cheng family army defending this place has retreated into the city and no longer dares to approach the city wall.

"The commandos enter the city and clear the remnants of the enemy." Commander Liu Yaqing of the Iron Blood Army gave an order, and the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army immediately rushed towards the city wall.

Climbing on the soft broken bricks and floating earth, the Predator warriors climbed the ruins of the city wall with difficulty. As soon as they emerged, the soldiers of the Cheng family army who were lying in ambush in the nearby houses shot one after another.

The soldiers of the Iron Blood Army did not show weakness, and a large number of Type 94 light machine guns with 100 rounds of drums were brought up, and the soldiers of the Cheng Family Army who were pressed by the dense fire could not raise their heads.