Danny happily took his two hundred artillerymen and dragged twenty camouflaged guns into the position down the hill.

Shooting at the shooting range is not always as refreshing as actual combat.

"Take 80% of your usual training level, and it's enough to clean up those Spanish scum on the top of the opposite mountain!"

Danny shuttled back and forth among the artillerymen.

This made the artillerymen feel a little nervous.

They are all apprentices brought out by Danny himself, and now it is as if they are facing the year-end exam.

Danny is a strict teacher.

But as the saying goes, strict teachers make high apprentices,

This is where the advantages of frequent training on weekdays come into play.

Nervousness turned to nervousness, but the movements of these artillerymen did not slow down in the slightest.

"I'll give you five minutes to correct the position, and the target is the fortress on the top of the opposite hill!" Danny glanced at his watch, then at the top of the hill opposite.

At this time, the Spaniards, after suppressing the artillery positions of the American army, were happily bombarding the frontal attacking Miles troops.

The 2nd Brigade, caught in the middle by shelling and machine guns, was in dire straits, and the various subordinate units were struggling to hold up.

"Report! Gun No. 1 is ready! ”

"Report! Gun Six ready! ”

Reports of being in position sounded one after another in the positions.

It didn't take Danny's artillerymen to complete all the artillery preparations, just waiting for Danny's order.

If Chen Jianqiu was here, he would also feel very gratified.

This kind of training is all piled up with a genuine mass of shells, and it's all money!

"First aim at the target and fire four volleys, let's go!"

Danny gave the order.

The twenty 75mm field guns on the position roared almost simultaneously.

Cannonballs whizzed towards the stone fortress at the top of the hill.

The Spanish artillerymen, who were having a good time, were completely unaware of the danger coming.

In the field of vision of the observation post, the Yankees at the foot of the mountain had long since died down under their bombardment.

They were busy leveling out the firing angles, aiming at the attacking troops and blowing them up.

"Come on, blow these Yankees into powder!" The Spanish artillery commander looked down from the observation port, waving his arms excitedly.

Suddenly, only a few loud "booms" were heard.

Four or five shells hit the stone wall beside him almost simultaneously.

The stone wall was destroyed in an instant.

The commander was thrown out with his cannons, and then buried in a solid pile of fallen rubble.

Smoke rose from the top of the mountain.

In the thick smoke, a gap had been blown out of the fortress wall, which had looked solid.

The Spanish artillerymen who were shelled had not yet relented.

The second salvo came.

This time it fell directly on the artillery position, and another large gap appeared in the walls of the fortress.

The Spanish artillerymen, who had been knocked to the ground, struggled to get up from the ground.

Several of the cannons leaning on the gap were blown apart, and the buried human limbs could be faintly seen in the rubble, but it was unknown whether they were intact or not.

Their ears are temporarily deaf of hearing, and only sharp tinnitus occurs.

But this was followed by the third and fourth rounds of shelling by Danny and his artillerymen.

IN FACT, TWENTY 75MM FIELD GUNS ARE NOT MUCH.

But the fortress at the top of the hill was too conspicuous, and the rate of fire of this field gun was quite impressive.

The firepower was concentrated in a small area for a short period of time, and even if it didn't hit, the damage poured down was amazing.

After four volleys, the Spanish artillery in the fortress temporarily muted fire.

Taking advantage of this, Danny gave the order again:

"Advance to a distance of 1,000 yards from the enemy!"

The technology of elastic gun mounts greatly reduces the weight of the gun itself, and also greatly improves the mobility of the artillery.

The climbing frame was mounted again and was quickly dragged to the target position.

Wagons and artillerymen loaded with shells followed closely behind, restoring combat status as quickly as possible.

"Shoot shrapnel grenades, targets, opposite forts and nearby infantry positions, and suppress the opponent's direct fire!" Danny commanded.

This is the task that Chen Jianqiu gave to Danny.

Without artillery fire suppression, trying to block the area through heavy fire on the opposite side is basically filling in with human lives.

This kind of loss-making business will not be done by Chen Jianqiu.

So, when Danny's cannon began to roar again, Xu Ajiu had already arrived at the attack position with an assault force of five hundred people.

At the bottom of the mountain, Xu Ajiu and Chen Jianqiu had already studied the offensive route of the Second Brigade for a long time.

The route they choose may be the closest and best to take, but definitely not the most suitable.

It is already difficult to attack from the bottom up, and if there is no cover and obstacles, the casualties will definitely rise in a straight line.

So Xu Ajiu chose a hillside in the side direction.

It's a lot steeper than the pineapple field, and there are a lot of rocks blocking the way.

According to Chen Jianqiu's previous request during his training in Roswell, the assault team formed a straggler line in groups of three, communicated through simple sign language, and touched the top of the mountain alternately.

The firepower of these trios basically guarantees a BAR automatic rifle, a shotgun and two semi-automatic, while one of the three carries a grenade and is responsible for the grenade mission.

The Spaniards are not without defence on this hillside.

It's just that because this is not the main direction of attack of the U.S. army before, there is no heavy fire defense, but the Spanish Seventh Infantry Battalion equipped with Mauser bolt-action rifles.

The gang was later pulled out of Santiago by Torres and sent here to defend it, and they belonged to the reserve.

It just so happens that Chen Jianqiu's troops are also reserve troops.

It sounds quite appropriate for the reserve to fight the reserve.

The Spanish soldiers had just seen someone appear below them and were about to lean out and shoot their guns.

But the cannon that had not stopped for a while rang out again.

This time, the shelling was more intense, and the soldiers who did not have time to hide in cover were directly hit by the fragments of the shotgun, and the flesh was blurred.

Danny and his artillerymen began to rain shells on the defenders' positions on this slope at a rate of four seconds per gun.

The Spanish soldiers of the 7th Infantry Battalion had to retreat back into the trenches they had dug.

Because they came late, the trenches and the mounds and sandbags that were piled on them were rudimentary.

However, it is enough to hide from shelling.

People will always find a way to survive in dangerous situations, and then their intelligence will increase dramatically.

For example, the Spanish soldiers cut small holes in the walls of the trenches that could be retracted by a person.

As long as you hide in it, you will avoid being hit by shrapnel, at best, you will drop a little dust on your head, shake your head, pat your clothes, and you will basically be fine.

But they also lost the opportunity to press down below.

Xu Ajiu, with those five hundred warriors, had already taken advantage of this opportunity to approach the top of the mountain.

They were less than a hundred yards away from the Spanish trenches.

Already observing the accuracy of his infantry advance with a telescope below, Danny raised his hand and stopped the shelling.

The fire suppression is complete, and the rest is handed over to the infantry.

Xu Ajiu hid behind a bulging mound of earth, and when he found that the shelling had stopped, he immediately made a charging gesture to the soldiers of the other group.

At the same time, he took his suona from the back of his waist.

It was also found that the shelling had stopped, as well as the Spaniards on the opposite side.

They were just about to climb up to see what was going on.

Suddenly, a loud suona sound came from the hillside like a shock wave, straight into the sky.

Xu Ajiu has the habit of blowing suona on the battlefield.

The Yankees have snare drums and trumpets, which are not as earth-shattering as his suona.

According to his logic, in his hometown, suona is generally used for red and white ceremonies, people come to this world to blow, and people die to blow.

And his suona can be regarded as blowing to the revenant soul on the opposite side in advance.

The Spanish soldier who emerged was already stunned by the sight before him.

A bunch of yellow-skinned soldiers, like divine soldiers descending from the sky, appeared in front of them, close at hand!

Under the call of suona, they are charging towards their positions!

They hurriedly prepared to raise their guns to shoot back, but they coldly harvested a shuttle of bullets.

Each of the trios had a bar to provide cover for fire.

After the modification, the ammunition capacity of 30 rounds in a magazine is not much, but a few bursts are shot, and at such a close distance, you have to shed your skin if you don't die.

What's more, after the distance was approaching, the soldiers in charge of throwing grenades on their bodies threw them into the trenches in front.

Some of the grenades exploded outside the trenches, and some of them, falling directly into the trenches.

The Spanish soldiers did not have time to hide in their small pit where they were hiding from the shells, and were blown to the ground by grenades that rolled to their feet.

A round of sweeping, a round of bombing, after the explosion is the time of hand-to-hand combat.

The Chinese soldiers, accompanied by the sound of suona, rushed into the Spanish trenches.

They appeared in front of the latter like tigers descending from a mountain.

The two sides soon became together, and the sound of killing in the trench shook the sky!

However, the battle did not last long.

The firepower advantage of shotguns and automatic rifles in the hands of Chinese soldiers in trench warfare was too obvious.

Compared to them, the Mauser bolt-action rifle in the hands of the Spanish soldiers was almost like a burning stick.

The second group of attacking troops also rushed up.

After that, there were the third and fourth groups of Chinese soldiers.

The attack of the large army was like a devastating devastation.

The soldiers of the Spanish 7th Battalion, who "survived" the shelling and grenade explosions, could not escape the annihilation of the entire army.

An hour later, the position on this side of the hill was completely occupied.

"Quick! Follow me, we need to clear this high ground as fast as we can! Xu Ajiu gave the order again.

With that, he took the lead in the charge, along the dug trench, and rushed towards the position of the 4 heavy machine guns in front of him!

(End of chapter)