Outer defensive ring, Maxim heavy machine gun position.

In a temporary fortification, Nie Zheng, Shi Zheng, Niu Meng and other hall leaders gathered here.

At this moment, the sun was sinking in the west, and the sky was gradually getting darker.

Within the 40 fortifications facing the lower reaches of the Yuan River, 40 Makqin heavy machine guns were densely deployed within a defensive line of nearly 1,000 meters.

Each four-man machine gun crew has already begun to sort out the bullets and load the bullet chain, as long as the enemy's brigade appears in front, they will not hesitate to launch the most fierce fire attack, and the enemy has no power to resist.

Nie Zheng looked at the machine gun position that had already been deployed in front of him, nodded with satisfaction, and said to Niu Meng behind him: "Bazooka launcher, are you ready?" ”

Niu Meng nodded and said, "A hundred bazookas, they have already been loaded with rockets, and they are ready to listen to the orders of the alliance leader at any time." ”

"That's great!"

Immediately afterwards, Nie Zheng searched the crowd with his eyes for a while, and said, "Why don't you see Xue Changsheng?" ”

Hearing this, Su Dongshan, who had a good relationship with Xue Changsheng, hurriedly replied: "Under the command of Hall Master Xue, there are several brothers who have vomited and diarrhea in the past two days because they are not suitable for the water, soil and climate of the south. ”

Nie Zheng sighed lightly and said: "Indeed, the climate in the south is not as good as in the north, here is heavy humidity, more rain, and unusually warm, the dry food we carry is easy to deteriorate and rot if it takes a long time, it seems that we have to hurry up and capture a city, otherwise if it continues like this, it is estimated that there will be many brothers whose bodies will not be able to bear it." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the hall leaders nodded in agreement.

At this time, Nie Zheng seemed to remember something, and suddenly commanded Su Dongshan: "By the way, Hall Master Su, can anyone pick up those fish floating on the river this afternoon?" ”

Su Dongshan said with a smile: "Cao Gangtou and they have already picked up hundreds of big carp. ”

Nie Zheng nodded and said, "This is very good, you go down now and inform Cao Gangtou and them, let them hurry up and make a fire, cook a pot of fish soup in advance, and give it to those brothers who are sick, so that they can rest well." ”

Hearing this, Su Dongshan's heart warmed, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "My subordinates will do it." ”

With that, he hurriedly turned around and left the fortifications and ran towards the inner defensive circle.

When Su Dongshan hadn't run a few steps, he suddenly heard Nie Zheng's voice coming from behind him again.

"Hall Master Su, remember to inform Hall Master Xue to come to see me."

"Yes, Alliance Leader!" ……

It didn't take long for a short middle-aged man to hurry in front of Nie Zheng.

This person is Xue Changsheng.

Xue Changsheng was also the core hall master of a cottage before, and because of his strength and flexible mind, Nie Zheng later let him command all the grenadier shooters.

After Xue Changsheng saw Nie Zheng, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Subordinate Xue Changsheng, I have seen the alliance leader!" ”

Nie Zheng waved his hand and said with concern: "Hall Master Xue is exempt, those brothers under your command, have they improved?" ”

Xue Changsheng smiled and said, "Thanks to the alliance leader's concern, the land monkeys have begun to improve after Luo Yaotou's diagnosis and treatment. ”

"That's fine."

Nie Zheng nodded, and asked again: "By the way, Hall Master Xue, you quickly gather all the grenadier launchers now, and wait for me to have an important task for you to do." ”

Hearing this, Xue Changsheng was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Yes, my subordinates will do it!" ”

After that, Xue Changsheng quickly left.

At this moment, Shi Zheng, who was standing beside Nie Zheng, suddenly reminded: "Alliance leader, the enemy's cavalry has appeared!" ”

Hearing this, everyone present was shocked, and hurriedly looked up.

Sure enough, in the lower reaches of the Yuan River, a few miles away from the machine gun position, a group of cavalry dressed in black appeared in everyone's sight.

Seeing this scene, Nie Zheng hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked ahead.

Through the military binoculars, Nie Zheng clearly saw that a cavalry composed of two thousand Dayue natives was dragging hundreds of heavy crossbows at the moment, rushing over menacingly.

I saw those crossbows, the volume is quite huge, on both sides are equipped with half-human high shields, on the shield, wrapped in a thick layer of copper, look like that, these crossbows can constantly launch long-range attacks on the enemy, but also have the function of assault defense.

Seeing this, Nie Zheng's face sank, and he immediately ordered everyone: "Everyone listen to the order and prepare to fight!" ”

"Yes, Alliance Leader!"

At the sound of an order, everyone responded with a bang.

In an instant, the forty Makqin heavy machine guns deployed in this area, all of which adjusted the muzzles of the black holes, were aimed at the galloping Dayue cavalry in front.

At the same time, Xue Changsheng had already brought all 300 grenadier launchers to the machine gun defense line.

At this time, I saw Xue Changsheng striding up to Nie Zheng, and asked for his order: "Alliance leader, what is the task, please give an order?" ”

Nie Zheng glanced at them deeply, and said in a deep voice: "Hall Master Xue, you now lead all the grenadier launchers, leave the machine gun defense position, advance fifty meters, and be ready to attack at any time, and listen to my orders when the time comes!" ”

"Yes, Alliance Leader!"

After Xue Changsheng arched his hand, he immediately led three hundred grenadier launchers, plus three hundred deputies, and quickly rushed out of the heavy machine gun defense line, and at a distance of fifty meters around the periphery, they squatted down one after another, and quickly set up all the Type 89 grenadiers, ready to load and drop at any time.

At the same time, Niu Meng and others also loaded the bazookas with ammunition under Nie Zheng's instructions and placed them in the fortifications for emergency use.

Although they all have light machine guns in their hands, they can put down their light machine guns and take out their bazookas to bombard the enemy in front of them at the necessary moment.

After all his personnel were ready for battle, Nie Zheng completely relieved himself and continued to pick up the binoculars to observe the enemy's every move in front of him.

At this moment, the two thousand Dayue cavalry on the field ahead, carrying hundreds of heavy crossbows, approached mightily.

Soon, the enemy's soldiers and horses entered the attack range of one thousand meters.

This distance was already the effective lethal range of the Makqin heavy machine gun, but Nie Zheng did not rush to order fire.

Because, like in such a wide and flat field, the penetration lethality of heavy machine guns can be best exerted.

If you shoot and strafe from a long distance, you are afraid that the bullets fired by the Makqin heavy machine gun will greatly reduce the lethality, and you will not be able to achieve the effect of continuous penetration.

Besides, if the distance is too far, the bullets of the heavy machine gun will scatter and float, and in this case, the hit rate will be drastically reduced, which is very uneconomical.

Now, in Nie Zheng's hands, there are less than a million rounds of heavy machine gun bullets in total, if he doesn't shoot a few enemies after a blind strafing shot, then those bullets that are sprayed out will be wasted.

You know, dozens of heavy machine guns are fired at the same time, and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition can be fired casually in a minute, and this is still intermittent bursting.

If it is like that kind of crazy non-stop strafing, a Makqin heavy machine gun can completely spray five or six hundred rounds of ammunition in one minute, like the little ammunition stock that Nie Zheng has left, it is estimated that it can be finished today.

This plan to capture Annan County has just begun, and Nie Zheng has so many weapons and ammunition that it will not work if he does not save some money.

Therefore, in order to give full play to the lethality of the heavy machine gun, it is necessary to let the enemy close the distance as much as possible, only then can the heavy machine gunners under the command of the administration be able to completely annihilate the enemy.

At this time, Shi Zheng saw that Nie Meng was reluctant to give the order to fire, and couldn't help but say in a hurry: "Alliance leader, the enemy is already less than five hundred steps away from us, can you give the order to fire!" ”

Nie Zheng had a faint sneer on his face, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, let them enter within three hundred steps." "Three hundred steps? Isn't it too close, in case those big monkeys, if they launch a crossbow to deal with us, I'm afraid that there will be some trouble. Shi Zheng frowned and muttered quietly.

Nie Zheng's eyes flashed, he looked at the approaching enemy in front of him, and said, "Crossbow? I'm afraid they won't have a chance to launch......"

Soon, the 2,000 Dayue cavalry, dragging hundreds of heavy crossbows, entered the range of 600 meters in front.

Suddenly, at this moment, those Da Yue cavalry, all stopped, and did not continue to advance.

Seeing this scene, Nie Zheng frowned, and secretly said What the hell are these Dayue monkeys doing, they are rushing well, why do they want to stop?

Under the gaze of Nie Zheng and the others, the Dayue cavalry, a mile away, suddenly dispersed like a tide.

I saw that this group of Dayue natives pushed a car crossbow to the front, and lined up on the wide field.

Immediately after, it didn't take long for Nie Zheng to see a large group of men and horses behind the two thousand cavalry, and the number was at least eight thousand.

"It turns out that these cavalry are waiting for a large force behind?"

Seeing this scene, Nie Zheng continued to observe.

Eight thousand Da Yue infantry followed closely behind, pouring in from the field like a tidal wave.

In the distance, all the dragon and tiger elites stationed in the machine gun defense position, they could clearly hear the heavy footsteps of the 8,000 Dayue infantry running in the distance.

Obviously, these 8,000 Da Yue infantry were wearing armor, otherwise, they would not have made such a big movement when they were running rapidly.

After the 8,000 Dayue infantry arrived, the 2,000 cavalry guarding the hundreds of crossbows suddenly divided into two teams of 1,000 cavalry, one on the left and one on the right, on both sides of the crossbows.

At this time, the 8,000 Dayue infantry rushed to the crossbows one after another, pushing hundreds of crossbows in unison, and slowly rushed towards Nie Zheng's heavy machine gun defense position.

At the same time, the two teams of thousand-strong cavalry gathered on the left and right sides of the crossbow suddenly raised their long-handled scimitars, and wow-strange screamed to ride their horses and whip, intending to charge from both flanks and kill all the Han people who crossed the river in front of them......

(To be continued.) )