Chapter 316: Battle for Supremacy 9

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Now on the other side of the clan army, it's also the same group of self-righteous guys.

The weapon they are facing is also a weapon that hurts their hearts and lungs......

The Triple Alliance invested 45,000 offensive troops on the southern front, which was 15 times more than the 7th Infantry Brigade of the Clan Army, which was responsible for the defense.

However, after losing most of the artillery support, it was difficult to break through the defense line of the clan army with the brave charge of the infantry unit alone.

Not to mention that the two sides are close to each other, or even capture each other's positions, now even approaching the target has become a big problem.

The numerous firing points, the never-ending shells, and the "meteor shower" (Katyusha) that is difficult to prevent are all things that cause great headaches for commanders at all levels of the British army.

Admiral Roberts asked Edmund Edmund Commander, the commander of the Far East Fleet of the British Royal Navy, who was pessimistic about the battlefield. Philmantle, how.

The latter replied: "Rather than losing troops and losing huge sums of money and losing a large part of Southeast Asia's colony land." It's better to take the initiative to give it to them, in order to win the favor of the other party, and the two sides can also form allies! ”

Expeditionary Force Naval Commander Richard? Field Marshal Mead with Army Commander Frederick? Admiral Roberts was not satisfied with this answer.

Both men believed that Philmante's attitude and remarks undermined the honour and dignity of the British Empire, and even lost his courage and courage as soldiers.

Fortunately, the report he submitted still has a certain reference value, and he is also familiar with Far Eastern affairs, so he was reluctantly stayed.

Admiral Roberts, who likes and dislikes it, will use practical actions to prove that Philimante's conclusions are wrong and ridiculous.

Throughout the 19th century, the British army completely destroyed Napoleon in continental Europe, defeated the Russian army in the Crimean Peninsula, smashed the capital in the Far East, and even burned down the imperial palace (Old Summer Palace).

In the Second Anglo-American War, the British army not only successfully defended Canada, but also went south to the heart of the United States, captured the capital Washington, and burned the presidential mansion - the White House.

Although the Sun Never Sets Empire is a country with supremacy over the sea, the heroism of the army is nothing short of glorious.

Not only was it as good as the navy, but it also effectively defended the Empire's global supremacy.

If a country is trying to dominate the world, it must be the United Kingdom, and it has done so.

The end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century were the most glorious moments when Britain was strong and its hegemonic halo was at its most glorious.

The rice flag fluttered in the wind on every continent, and the glory and power of the empire were watched and looked up to by the whole world.

Any country or region that attempts to challenge its hegemony will be defeated, wiped out, or even shattered.

For now, against this self-defeating rebel army, the British Imperial Army can still annihilate them with an offensive iron fist.

"You ghost! Where did they get so many shells? Where are our artillerymen? Why haven't you eliminated them yet? ”

The commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade, Craig? Brigadier General Dawson, like his men, was hit by a row of shells that could not lift his head.

Judging from the output of firepower from both sides of the enemy, the artillery of the rebels was five times more powerful than the British, and even more than ten times stronger.

Brigadier General Dawson felt that his troops had been beaten from ten kilometers away, and had advanced to a distance of two or three hundred meters from the enemy's position, and the other side showed no sign of a ceasefire.

Although the Eighth Infantry Brigade made the most rapid progress, the casualties were also extremely heavy, and according to incomplete statistics, at least 17,800 officers and men lost their combat effectiveness.

Commanders at all levels felt an indescribable depression and entanglement in their hearts, in essence, this night attack was completely using the lives of soldiers to open the offensive channel.

Although the road to death was not mined by the rebels, it was as painful as walking barefoot on a fingerboard for the British to walk.

Originally, the 7th Infantry Brigade was to fight side by side with Brigadier Dawson's 8th Infantry Brigade and advance simultaneously.

But soon after they were opened, they were warmly received by the "Stukas".

Coupled with the repeated strafing of the Bf-109T, so much so that before they could officially start fighting, they directly lost five infantry battalions.

"There's still some residual value to be squeezed out of this garbage!"

Seeing that the lobster soldiers were getting closer and closer, His Majesty the Emperor used forty No. 1 tanks as pillboxes.

This tank is no longer suitable for regular armored troops, and can only be used for assault with the life of the crew.

The young people of the second cargo simply placed them on the battlefield and turned them into economical and practical iron snails of "Makqin hermit crab".

Although the frontal armor of the garbage equipment, which is comparable to the five scum of the battle, is only 13 mm, it is completely unable to withstand the bombardment of medium-caliber shells.

But it's better than having the machine gunner shoot outside, and besides, the Coalition artillery unit is dead in name.

The Triple Alliance Army thought that they were rebels with braided hair, but they didn't know that the 7th Infantry Brigade of the Clan Army was all "Jin Hans"!

In order to distinguish the species, the odd-numbered troops are all gold Hans exchanged for gold, and the even-numbered troops are all recruited by the Qing natives.

The 8th Infantry Brigade under Liu Yongfu's command was used to prevent the braids from coming back, but only one battalion was transferred to serve as a reserve for the 7th Infantry Brigade.

However, the allied soldiers encountered the "Maxim's" nirvana - projectile, that is, the "transcendence shooting method"!

It is to let the heavy machine gun shoot into the sky, so that the trajectory of the bullet is closer to the vertical fall.

In the face of projectiles, conventional methods of evasion such as crawling are completely ineffective.

The bullets of the "Makqin" can hit three or four kilometers away, and after using the tactics of projectile, the enemy infantry has nowhere to hide.

In the Battle of the Somme, the Germans killed and wounded nearly 60,000 British and French troops with heavy machine guns on the first day.

Now on the other side of the clan army, it's also the same group of self-righteous guys.

The weapons they are facing are also the ones that hurt their hearts and lungs......

A squad of British soldiers lay on the mound and, with the "Little Plum" (Lee-Enfield rifle) in their hands, shot aimlessly at the opposite side.

Although this has done little to achieve this, they are fulfilling their mission and duty as soldiers, doing everything they can to win for the sake of the Empire and the Queen.

"Boom~!" However, a mortar shell fired from a ghost grenadier suddenly fell, knocking them all over the spot.

Thanks to the supreme commander of the herd, Admiral Roberts, the stormy night raid is killing more and more soldiers.

The combination of the "Makqin" heavy machine gun and the ghost grenadier allowed the clan army to hide in the trenches and wait for the rabbits, taking advantage of it.

And all the coalition generals who did not grasp the true meaning of this positional warfare could do was to send thousands of soldiers to their senseless deaths.

The area 50 to 250 meters away from the position of the clan army is a man-made no-man's land, and more than 90 percent of the coalition soldiers cannot pass through it unharmed.

Neither the British, the French, nor the spaghetti soldiers knew that behind the no-man's land, there were more than 200 "Maxim" heavy machine guns and 400 "Suomi" submachine guns "waiting for the master."

Plus hundreds of ghost grenadiers, fifty 82-mm mortars, seventy-two ZIS-3 cannons, and sixteen "Aunt Katyusha".

It was under the frenzied fire of this level that the attacking coalition infantry fell in droves on the sun-baked and cracked ground, ready to become a delicious breakfast for the flies.

"Can you afford to play crowd tactics?" Seeing the allied soldiers charging from the Tiger King tank, His Majesty the Patriarch smiled with relief.

The pigtails died twenty or thirty thousand, and the two saints of the capital, who were used to it, promised not to even blink an eye.

But if the coalition suffered the same casualties, the politicians in London and Paris would have to blow up the nest.

In order to eliminate the Boer armed forces in South Africa (less than 90,000 in total), the British army mobilized more than 400,000 troops.

It cost 220 million pounds, more than 21,000 people were killed, and it took a lot of effort to win.

Even at the price level of 1905, this money could build one hundred and twenty-two battleships of the "Dreadnought" class.

Or seventy-three "Queen Elizabeth"-class battleships with four twin fifteen-inch guns.

However, this huge amount of money was wasted on the Boers, and it became a "meat bun" used to beat dogs.

It stands to reason that after becoming the victor, the British Empire should go on a mining spree and make up for it as soon as possible.

But maybe it's because they only have one brain cell in their head.

Gentlemen don't understand that if there is no return on investment, it is a simple truth that you are trading at a loss!

The vast British Empire is best suited to play the "chaotic flow tactics", but unfortunately the rulers have no brains......

The reason why we talk about money is because if you don't have money but want to win the war, you can only use crowd tactics to fight the enemy's technical weapons.

If we can't afford the massive number of casualties that result, then victory is out of reach.

If the coalition forces can really produce four or five million troops, His Majesty the Clan Emperor really has to weigh it.

His own "Jin Hans" was bought with gold, and he would not all be used as cheap cannon fodder.

Considering the advantages of the other side, it is not impossible for the two sides to reach a certain degree of compromise.

But now, if you want to use the person in front of you to make the second-class young man soft, it is obviously an impossible task.

"Since you are dragging the ground like 2580,000, then the deity will fulfill you, and all of them will be 2580,000!"

Without artillery support (it has been blown to scrap metal), without a cavalry assault (it has already been knocked down by machine guns), it is difficult to storm with just two legs of infantry.

Met with fire, the Coalition soldiers began to pray for God's blessing while cursing at their country's waste commander.

This is not a bullshit night attack at all, but an initiative to find death and hit the muzzle of the opponent's gun!

The superiority of troops equals the strength of the outnumber, and then the victory is within reach?

Then you should really ask the thousands of Zulu soldiers who were suddenly knocked out by the four "Makqins" how they felt!

Now there were more than 200 heavy machine guns and 400 submachine guns on the opposite side, and the cavalry that ran fast would be dead, let alone the turtle infantry.

In trench warfare in World War I, the firepower of a company of six "Maximin" machine guns was equal to that of an infantry battalion.

According to this calculation, the heavy machine guns on the side of the clan army can be converted into thirty infantry battalions.

Although it is a bit exaggerated, the results of the "Maxim" are there.

It is difficult for the coalition soldiers to even protect their own lives, let alone carry back the bodies of their comrades.

Whoever refuses to accept it stands up straight and shouts: "Fire at me!" ”

Opposite a bunch of Kim Hans armed with automatic weapons, one thousand percent guaranteed to meet your requirements!

Like bloodthirsty piranhas, the Clan soldiers in the trenches will fire at any recognizable target in the no-man's land.

“…… What a bastard! "Lieutenant General Gallieni was furious when he learned that the French 6th Infantry Division, which was attacking from the west, had been shelled.

Because the division was moving north near the sea, although it had penetrated several kilometers inland, it was discovered by the Bf-109T and reported to the fleet.

Next, the 6th Infantry Division tasted the "wonderful taste" of 380 mm, 283 mm, and 203 mm shells!

There was no need for "Tirbitz", just a salvo of six main guns of the "Count Spee".

As soon as it fell within 100 meters of the target, one of the French infantry companies was crippled.

If the entire fleet goes berserk en masse, the consequences will naturally be extraordinary and unbearable for the other side.

In less than ten minutes, half of the infantry division of more than 10,000 people remained.

The saddest thing is that it is difficult for them to escape beyond the range of the other party in a short period of time.

Many French soldiers were bombarded by naval guns of various calibers, and their bones were wiped out in the true sense of the word.

It is not uncommon for a small probability event to be directly hit in the face by a cannonball, even if it is a dud, with a strong muzzle velocity, the target will be driven out of a big brain hole.

The "Stukas" also used the fire of the bombs to indicate the target for the naval guns, leaving the French 6th Infantry Division with no place to bury.

Although it is overkill to fight infantry with surface main combat ships, as long as it can hit the target, even if there is no waste of ammunition.

"Humph! Let you rob Galeries Lafayette's garden! That's the price! "His Majesty thinks that the garden should be robbed by himself

For this group of paw-splashing guys, the best destination is to become artificial coke that cannot be restored!

Before he could see the defensive position of the clan army, the French army suffered a catastrophe, and Lieutenant General Gallerini was furious and it was difficult to express his feelings.

The fate of the infantry single challenge to the battleship is obvious, this kind of "small broken ship" spraying "small flames" bricks to cure all kinds of reptiles who are not convinced.

At this time, the French army had been bombarded by large-caliber shells, and the organization was disorderly, and the officers and men fled in all directions like headless flies.

Michelle? The 17th Infantry Brigade, commanded by Colonel Monooli, was the only remaining combat unit of the 6th Division.

"We are all warriors sent by the country for peace, and we must not admit defeat in front of the rebels, gather our soldiers, and attack north!"

The colonel didn't know why the French army was fighting like this, and it didn't play its due combat effectiveness at all.

But one thing is for sure, if the night raids are all defeated, then the day is even less to think about.

The night attack launched by the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces was also based on this consideration, and if they did not fight again, they would run out of food.

The grain and grass sent by Deshou, the governor of Liangguang, alone was not enough to feed the 80,000 army.

Coalition soldiers have the strength to eat meat and bread, and bags of rice are more like non-staple food for foreign devils.