Chapter 19: The Mysterious Weapon

Bayan has been under a lot of pressure recently, and the reason is that his comrades-in-arms around him are too capable of fighting.

If they could hit it, the French were reluctant to attack the position of the old monkey's company, and turned to Bayan to find a breakthrough.

The old monkey defended a factory area, while Bayan defended the factory family area.

The factories in Tsaritsyn were basically built in the Dolgon era.

At that time, Tsaritsyn was the most important crossing on the Volga, but there was no corresponding population.

Much of the surrounding land is terra nullius, and there is almost no trouble with land acquisition.

Dolgon was also afraid to deal with the landlords, who were inextricably linked to the Russian nobility.

As an outsider, of course, it is based on the principle of not offending if you can.

Russians like to build houses out of stone, but that's too slow.

These houses are all made of bricks and tiles, and the style is more like the style of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the roof is not covered with tiles, but a layer of iron sheets.

At first, Bayan didn't know what this iron plate was for, but when he saw the scene after the snow, he understood.

It turned out that the tin board was too slippery, and as long as the snow remained to a certain thickness, it would fall off the roof on its own.

In this way, the roof will not be crushed by the snow.

The Russians did this, which was definitely a local characteristic, but this characteristic made the Ming officers and soldiers miserable.

When the coalition forces attack residential areas, they will naturally be prepared for artillery fire.

120mm howitzers bombarded indiscriminately, and as a result, houses in residential areas were reduced to rubble.

There were bombed-out houses everywhere and all kinds of debris on the streets.

The worst thing is the iron shards on the roof!

Thin shards of iron tin trembled in the wind, as sharp as knives.

If you accidentally bump into it, you will immediately be cut open.

It was as cold as a big ice cellar, and his face was as cold as an apple. At this time, the pain of a branch cutting across the cheek will make people collapse, let alone this thing.

There were no existing fortifications in this place, and they had to be defended by relying on these ruins.

When the fighters moved their positions, they were often cut by this thing.

There were two half-inch-long wounds on Hugejiril's face, and now he didn't dare to speak, because when he spoke, it hurt his heart.

But the more this is the case, the more people around him like to tease him. It wasn't until everyone around them was almost like this that the team fell silent.

Others can not speak, but Bayan cannot.

Because he has to command the battle!

"Dodge the guns! Dodge the guns! "When the first shell fell, Bayan went into the foxhole, and when the steel lid was closed, the clanging sound could be heard.

There was rubble everywhere, and when a shell fell, shrapnel didn't necessarily kill people.

Even the terrifying shockwave became less terrifying because of the obstruction of the dense ruins.

The only terrible thing is the damage caused when it falls from the rubble that is more than ten or twenty meters high.

At first, the foxhole was unroofed, but after a bombardment, the broken bricks and tiles in the sky fell like raindrops.

Despite the steel helmet, bricks can't hurt you though. But the steel helmet can stand it, but the neck can't stand it.

A large stone hit his head, and the steel helmet was deflated, and there was nothing wrong with his head.

But the neck is broken!

On the first day, the shelling killed a few, and four were killed by bricks falling from the sky.

Later, everyone learned to be obedient, and the steel plates used for repairing the fortifications were removed and directly made into the top cover of the foxhole.

There was no sound outside, and Bayan didn't dare to go out.

After about five or six minutes, there was another fierce cannon fire outside.

The shells fell one after another, shaking Bayan's chest and feeling his heart stop beating several times.

Recently, the French have often used such a loss tactic, after a wave of shelling.

You think their artillery fire has gone out, and the troops have come out of their bunkers and are ready to fight a blocking battle.

Unexpectedly, the second round of shelling immediately smashed down.

Those who entered the positions were bombed with heavy casualties.

Another company in the battalion was broken in this way.

After the company commander was killed, the whole company fell into chaos. Soon, it was broken through by the French.

After the second round of shelling, Bayan hid for another two minutes.

Reaching out and lifting the canopy, he climbed onto the top of a ruined building with thick gloves.

Holding up the binoculars and looking at it, he immediately blew the whistle in his mouth.

"Toot" "Toot" "Toot" ......!

The hurried whistle sounded as all the foxholes lifted their covers.

The soldiers crawled into their positions, and the mortars went off.

The French strikers in the charge immediately disappeared into the smoke of gunpowder.

Bayan felt that this was no different from previous attacks.

It was all artillery that rushed after the infantry and the infantry after the artillery bombardment.

This kind of trick is not new for a long time, and besides, the Ming army has an absolute advantage in the firepower of the company and the firepower of the battalion.

The French don't take advantage of anything!

There is only one squad on the position now, which should be able to cope with it.

The rest of the troops are better to be reserves below.

More than 20 meters in front of Bayan, a large canopy of rubble suddenly exploded.

With the naked eye, it can be seen that a Ming soldier was blown up and flew three meters high!

People fell heavily in the snow, blood splattered everywhere. The warrior who was alive and kicking just now looks like a rag doll.

What is this?

Bayan was sure that he did not hear the cannonballs.

As far as the telescope could see, no artillery was seen.

This kind of explosive power is definitely not something that a mortar can do.

Bayan, who did not believe in evil, held a telescope and stared at the opposite position. I really want to see what is behind the charging French soldiers.

In the telescope, there were no heavy weapons such as artillery except for the French soldiers who were howling and charging.

Speaking of urban street fighting, it is very difficult for artillery to enter such a battlefield. The Ming army can't do it, how can the French army, whose conditions are not as good as the Ming army, do it?

Before Bayan could figure it out, another explosion sounded.

The MG-42 machine gun of the squad at a distance of fifty or sixty meters from Bayan was directly blown up again.

An arm fell more than ten meters away from Bayan with a "click", and the flesh and blood at the port were blurred, and the shiny bone marrow oil was flowing out along the broken bone stubble.

"Grandma's, what the hell.

The second shift, the second shift came up. He couldn't care less, Bayan could only roar loudly and put the second class on top.

It's no bigger than inside the factory, there are tall buildings.

A residential building, and there is no commanding height.

In fact, the ruins where Bayan was lying on his stomach could be regarded as the commanding heights. It is only more than two meters high from the ground.

Hearing Bayan's order, the second squad quickly got out of the back of the cannon hole.

Big-toed shoes step on the snow and make a "creaking" and "creaking" sound.

The fighters quickly dispersed, finding their bunkers at intervals of more than ten meters, and firing at the French troops who were already approaching.

In the hands of the French, it was still the old single-shot rifle.

In terms of firepower, it was far inferior to the Arka rifles that the Ming soldiers reasoned with, and even without machine guns, they were able to suppress the French soldiers.

This is also the reason why Bayan can suppress the French company-platoon level attack with one squad.

Soon, the machine guns of the second squad also rang out.

The machine gunners were very accurate, relying on the advantage of the firing range, and fired at the French soldiers with eye-catching targets in the snow.

One by one, the French soldiers were knocked to the ground by the burst fire from the machine guns.

Just when the battle situation was getting better, suddenly another explosion sounded.

The machine gunner and the secondary shooter, along with the machine gun, were blown up several meters high.

It's that mysterious artillery again!

Bayan hurriedly raised his binoculars to see where the smoke was rising in the distance.

After most artillery guns are fired, there will be smoke coming out of the muzzle. Although the smoke is not large, it is also a good way to judge the gun position.

This trick is especially useful against mortars.

I've been looking for a long time, but I still haven't found it.

Just as Bayan searched with his telescope, another shell exploded.

Another Ming soldier was directly blown up.

Bayan's heart suddenly rose to his throat, what kind of weapon is this.