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"Division commander, look there!" the guard cavalry beside Li Zhenwu suddenly pointed to the hillside in the distance, and shouted with surprise in his tone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, even without his guidance, Li Zhenwu noticed the fierce artillery fire rising into the sky in the distance. It is clear that the support artillery of the Americans this time did not go to the front of the Erie fortress, as usual, but to the hilly areas of the flanks.

"It seems that Lao Meng is in danger this time!" Li Zhenwu couldn't help muttering as he looked at the sky in the distance that was almost set ablaze by artillery fire.

But at this time, even if he had the heart to help, he couldn't do it. After all, now his 1st Cavalry Division is also a military order. Moreover, the whole war began too suddenly, and the time was too poor in the dark of night, and without finding out the enemy's reality and reality, it was certainly not possible to change the army's defense area at will.

"Immediately report our situation here to the headquarters!" Li Zhenwu commanded.

"Yes, Commander!"

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"Da Da ......!" The thick muzzle of the gun kept beating all the time, and the tongue of fire that erupted from it even exceeded a meter. The machine gunner in the back tightly stuck the butt of the gun with his right shoulder, and on his face that had been blackened by the smoke of the shell, only two white eyes and a slip of steel teeth were exposed, his expression was hideous, and his right hand was rigidly pulling the trigger.

Soon a cartridge with a hundred rounds was gone, and the sub-machine gunner, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately pressed the new cartridge belt that he had grasped in his hand again. In less than ten seconds, the fang-heavy machine gun, which had a maximum rate of fire of 700 rounds per minute, roared again.

It had only been ten minutes since the start of the battle, and the pit next to the heavy machine gun was already covered with a thick layer of bullet casings. The other hundreds of other firing points were the same, all using their weapons to frantically strafe the attacking American soldiers at the bottom of the mountain.

Although it was dark at this time, they did not need to aim at all, because there were so many American soldiers charging down the hill with guns at this moment, and the soldiers rushed out of the jungle in the distance, like the tide of the sea. Ruthless and endless.

If it weren't for the defensive position here, the Huo family army would have cut down all the woods under the hillside and cleared the shooting boundary. Antlers, barbed wire and other defensive facilities were also set up. And then if it occupies a condescending geographical advantage, I am afraid that this line of defense will be at the beginning of the war. It was broken through by a surprise attack by the Americans.

Seeing the overwhelming American soldiers rushing up at the foot of the mountain, and the shells that rained down on the position one by one, tearing the soldiers of the Huo Jiajun who were blocking the attack to pieces. Seeing this scene, Meng Changgui, who was the division commander, was stunned, and the green tendons on his forehead jumped suddenly, almost biting a mouthful of steel teeth.

These warriors have been trained by him for the past two years, just like his own brothers. Now that it has been blown up by the shells of the Americans, and not even a stone capital can be found, how can it not make him angry!

However, at this time, Meng Changgui also knew that he was the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Division. The more he had to stay calm in such a dangerous moment. Moreover, he also knew that even if all the soldiers of the Fourth Cavalry Division died here tonight, they would resolutely not allow the Americans to break through this position, otherwise their remaining three cavalry divisions and all the artillery would make the Americans make dumplings. Such a rout would have had too much impact on the rest of the war in the Americas. It is likely to lead to the erosion of the entire battle situation, which Meng Changgui will never allow.

"All the cavalry dismounted. Immediately entering the position, even if all sacrificed, could not allow the Americans to step over our position. Seeing that only more than 100 mortars and 250 light and heavy machine guns assigned to the cavalry division were no longer enough to resist the large-scale military attack of the Americans, Meng Changgui did not hesitate to choose to let all the cavalry dismount, and the cavalry turned into infantry to enter the position to fight a defensive battle.

"Yes, division commander!" the herald received the order. Soon he sent the order.

And after Meng Changgui turned over and got off the horse, he reached out and took the 'flower face' submachine gun handed over by the guard soldier next to him, clutched it tightly in his hand, and ran towards the position on the hillside in the lead.

Although according to the military regulations of the Huo Jiajun, senior commanders are forbidden to go to the front-line combat positions during the war. But at this dangerous moment, Meng Changgui was absolutely unwilling to hide behind himself. Watch their own fighters fight their way in front. Even disobeying military orders would not change his current decision.

"Woo......!"

"Division Commander, be careful!" Hearing the screaming sound of cannonballs in the sky above, the guards next to him suddenly pressed Meng Changgui under him.

"......Boom!" The exploded shell exploded a crater with a diameter of nearly two meters on the hillside not far from Meng Changgui, and the shrapnel was broken. A bowl-thick poplar tree was cut off, and the broken part began to burn violently.

"Bah, ......! Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, Chen Guangrong......!!" Getting up from the ground, Li Zhenwu hugged the guard who had just guarded him with his life, and shouted in an anxious tone while checking up and down to see if he was injured.

"Division, division commander, I'm fine!" the young soldier opened his eyes and showed a reassuring smile in Li Zhenwu's concerned eyes, it was obvious that he had been stunned by the shock wave of the cannonball just now.

"You kid, I knew you were fine, great!" After Meng Changgui finished happily, he said again: "If it's okay, get up quickly, we're still fighting!"

"Yes, Commander!"

Looking at a young soldier who was crawling up, Li Zhenwu said with a stiff face: "Chen Guangrong, in the future, if you encounter the situation just now, you are not allowed to pounce on me, protect yourself first, do you know?"

After listening to his words, Chen Guangrong smiled and touched the back of his head, but did not speak. However, Li Zhenwu knew that he did not intend to listen to himself in his heart.

"Let's go, the Americans are coming up! Let's beat them back to Grandma's house together!" Li Zhenwu said.

"Yes, division commander!" After finishing speaking, Chen Guangrong subconsciously clenched the flower-faced submachine gun in his hand. Following behind Meng Changgui, he rushed to the position on the hillside that was already extremely fierce, and pulled the trigger of the gun in his hand towards the US Army that was charging.

At this time, the forward troops of the Americans were already less than 300 meters away from the defensive line on the top of Huojiajun's mountain. Because the line of sight was blocked in the dark night, it was not possible to provide accurate shelling coordinates, and in order not to injure their own soldiers, the artillery units of the American units had turned off.

On this 300-meter defensive line, there was a clash of rifles, machine guns and machine guns, of course, the mortars of the Huo family army also played a great role in this kind of close defensive battle, and a heavy machine gun and machine gun that posed a threat to the Huo family army were reduced to a pile of broken parts under the blow of 60mm mortar shells.

"Damn, are the Chinese all one machine gun per man?" Seeing that when their troops rushed to the top of the mountain, they were pressed to the ground by tongues of fire that spouted one after another, and it was difficult to move forward. Johnston, who saw this scene through a telescope in the rear, couldn't help but grit his teeth angrily.

In fact, since the successful development of the flower-faced submachine gun, because it consumes too many bullets, some of them exceed the ammunition production capacity of the current Huo Jiajun Arsenal, so this powerful weapon is only equipped with the most important units of the Huo Family's army.

In addition to the most elite special forces in the entire Huo Family Army, only the marines and cavalry are equipped with this powerful flower-faced submachine gun. Of course, it was impossible to fully equip all of them, taking into account the peculiarities of cavalry operations, only a quarter of each cavalry division was equipped with such weapons.

Now, for the first time on a large scale, the Flower Face submachine gun was applied on the battlefield, and it immediately burst out with firepower dozens of times more powerful than that of an ordinary division. After a long time, the unprepared American ** team was blinded. Moreover, the 20,000 men of the Fourth Cavalry Division relied on this powerful weapon, a steady supply of ammunition, and a condescending terrain advantage to firmly block the attack of more than 500,000 elite US troops at the foot of the mountain.

"However, in the end, the difference in the number of troops is too great, with the sacrifice of the soldiers of the Fourth Cavalry Division, if there is no other support, I am afraid that Meng Changgui and they will not be able to stop Johnston for long!" In the battle command room, where the ticking telegram was continuous, Xi Yong reported to Diao Fei according to the information he had learned.

After listening to his words, Diao Fei nodded calmly, with a thick look of thought in his eyes, and the cigarette in his hand did not pull him out of his thoughts until it burned his fingers.

Looking at the concerned and nervous eyes of Xi Yong and the staff officers around him, Diao Fei twisted out the remaining cigarette butt in his hand, then put it in the ashtray on the side, walked a few steps and turned around and asked, "The number of American cavalry attacking the fortress head-on, has it been investigated now?"

"Because the sky is too dark, there is no accurate information on this for the time being, but judging from the current observation, I am afraid that the number will not be less than 100,000!"

After listening to Xi Yong's words, Diao Fei nodded, after fighting for so long, there are a few cards in their hands, probably, whether it is Diao Fei or Johnston, they basically know it in their hearts.

Moreover, according to the confrontation during this period of time, coupled with the information provided by the Ministry of Military Intelligence, Diao Fei, who knew Johnston's command style, was sure that the opponent would definitely send almost all the formed cavalry in his hands, that is, the three cavalry corps, and nearly 140,000 cavalry.

"Send a telegram to the artillery division, let them readjust the coordinates of the shelling, give me all the firepower to fully support the 4th Cavalry Division, and never allow even a single American to cross our position!"