Hushan is a mountain.

It's very close to San Juan Heights, and if you occupy it, you can be on the same level as San Juan Heights.

However, the slope facing the attackers is relatively flat, and it is difficult to call it dangerous.

The only thing the Spanish army could rely on here was a factory.

Therefore, Rubin arranged more than eight Maxim heavy machine guns here, and the firepower was not weaker than Fort Elvisa.

Chen Jianqiu and Roosevelt's 2nd and 1st Volunteer Cavalry Brigades soon found a place only a few hundred yards away from the Hushan position.

In front of them, there is also a small dirt slope.

This was the only barrier between the positions of the American troops and the Spaniards.

Climbing over the mound, there is a large unsheltered clearing.

All those who attack will be exposed to the direct fire of the Spaniards in the Hushan position.

Roosevelt dismounted and climbed up the dirt slope.

He was just about to climb up and raise his binoculars to observe the situation on the opposite side, but he was unexpectedly pulled down by a strong hand, and almost fell and rolled down the slope.

"What? Who? Roosevelt steadied himself and turned his head, just about to get angry.

only to find out that the person who pulled him was Chen Jianqiu.

Chen Jianqiu didn't speak, just shook his finger at him.

He waved to the man behind him.

The man behind him carried a bag, and took out a mirror with a long rod and two round helmets and two masks.

Chen Jianqiu took the two helmets and handed one to Roosevelt, and the other on his head.

Roosevelt picked up the helmet and tapped it with his fingers, making two muffled "knock, knock" sounds.

"Don't you feel heavy wearing this?" Roosevelt played with the helmet and took off his cowboy hat, a little puzzled.

"It's better than losing your life." Chen Jianqiu put the mask on his face.

"And what about this mask?" Roosevelt looked at the mask in his hand and was even more incredulous, "Is it scary?" ”

The mask was made of iron, and the surface was black, and it looked a little spooky on it.

"Sort of?" Chen Jianqiu, who was wearing a mask, turned his head, his eyes rolling in the two holes.

He held the mirror in his hand high and placed it above his side.

The mirror reflects the situation of the Hushan position opposite.

While observing, Chen Jianqiu instructed the young man who had just carried the bag:

"Ah Niu, what are you doing in a daze? Work hard! ”

The young man hurriedly took out an enlarged map and began to mark the firing points on the map according to Chen Jianqiu's instructions.

Since Li Sifu was promoted to take charge of himself, it was this kid who has been working as a follower for Chen Jianqiu.

Except for the green point, there is nothing too big about it.

Just as Chen Jianqiu and Roosevelt were observing the situation on the other side from the mirror.

"Smack!"

There was a crunch.

The mirror was shattered in an instant.

Fragments flying

, Because of the relationship between wearing a helmet and a mask, Chen Jianqiu, who was closest to the mirror, was safe and sound.

Chen Jianqiu, who was wearing a black mask, threw away the bare pole in his hand and shrugged at Roosevelt.

Roosevelt suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck.

"Sniper?" He asked.

Chen Jianqiu nodded.

Roosevelt gasped.

If Chen Jianqiu hadn't pulled him just now, it is estimated that he would have been cold.

But now the mirror is gone, and it's not over.

Roosevelt was about to go down the slope, but he didn't expect Chen Jianqiu to stretch out his hand to his little brother named Ah Niu again.

Ah Niu hurriedly took out another mirror that was almost exactly the same as just now from his bag, put it on the long pole, and handed it to Chen Jianqiu.

They switched positions and continued what they had just done.

The mirror was quickly knocked out again.

There is an extra circle on the map, marked as a sniper.

Chen Jianqiu stretched out his hand again.

This time, Ah Niu simply took out a stack of mirrors from his bag, clamped them under his armpit, bit the pen in his mouth, and followed behind Chen Jianqiu.

Roosevelt and the officers behind him were dumbfounded.

Ah Niu noticed Roosevelt's gaze and smiled at him innocently.

After shattering seven or eight mirrors, Chen Jianqiu basically probed the forward positions on the opposite side.

He then waved at Roosevelt behind him.

"Withdraw!"

Several people climbed down the slope.

"The firepower on the other side is so dense." Roosevelt frowned, "Otherwise, let's see if we can attack from several directions." ”

"There's no need, say hello to the 1st and 10th Cavalry Regiments on the flanks, and when our side starts to launch a general attack, just rush up in one breath and it's over." Chen Jianqiu said.

He took the piece of paper from Ah Niu's hand, read it again, and handed it to his subordinates.

"It's time to shine guys." Chen Jianqiu patted his subordinates on the shoulders.

The men understood, turned around and walked into their own troops.

After a while, a group of soldiers rushed out from the back row.

Two of them carried a small box, and the other held one.

Still in groups of three, they came to the front row of the line.

They opened the box, took out a few brackets and an iron pipe, and began to quickly organize and assemble them in front of the formation.

In another box, mortar shells with tail fins were laid.

In a few moments, eighty mortars were assembled.

Ah Niu gave the mirror in his arms to a few soldiers who walked towards him, and these soldiers came to the hillside with the mirror, doing the same thing as Chen Jianqiu just now.

These men were observation posts, responsible for adjusting the firing positions of the gunners behind and observing the situation after the shelling.

"Report to the chief, the mortar is ready and ready to fire at any moment!" The officer just now walked up to Chen Jianqiu, stood up and reported to him.

"Let's start fighting when you're ready, the reporter brothers who will accompany you later will follow, let's move quickly." After Chen Jianqiu finished speaking, he walked back to the soldiers with his waist crossed.

on the opposite position.

The Spaniards, who rely on the factory, are still confused.

They seemed to have seen the American military contingent that had come to attack Hushan, but they didn't seem to see it.

There are many excellent snipers in the Spaniards' ranks.

But so far they had only seen a bright mirror flickering on the other side's position.

One or two mirrors may be observations, but what are so many mirrors doing?

In addition, the US military has not launched an offensive for a long time.

The Spanish commander at the Hushan position really didn't understand what kind of medicine was being sold in the gourd on the opposite side.

He didn't understand, and the people below naturally didn't understand.

So, except for the snipers, who were still happily glaringly in the mirror, everyone else slackened.

It seems that the opposite side does not have the guts to charge.

Then they heard a continuous murmur coming from the other side.

Then, as if something had risen from behind the hillside into the air, crossed a parabola, and fell in its direction.

I don't know what it is, though.

But they had a sense of foreboding.

Since ancient times, people have been studying how to throw lethal things on the heads of enemies.

They tried bows and arrows, ballistas, trebuchets, and so on and so forth.

And the things that are thrown, from burning oil cans, to explosives, to dead bodies.

Therefore, on the battlefield, something that suddenly appears in the air in your direction is most likely not a good thing.

The Spaniards were just about to subconsciously hide in the trenches, but it was too late.

The mortar shells exploded on the Spanish positions, kicking up thick clouds of dust and puffs of smoke.

The Spanish soldiers, who could not dodge, were instantly blown apart.

The Spaniards were just about to get up and see what was going on.

However, Chen Jianqiu's mortars did not give him any chance.

The second mortar salvo, again.

These mortars didn't train for a long time, so the accuracy of their shooting was not so high.

However, their shelling covered the heavy machine gun fire point marked by Chen Jianqiu on the map.

The soldiers who were close to the heavy machine guns were out of luck.

They were intensively bombed.

Many soldiers were half killed by shells that were not originally aimed at them.

Including those snipers who were still happily shooting in the mirror just now.

In this campaign against San Diego, Chen Jianqiu brought some small shocks about artillery to the Spaniards and Americans.

It was an era when the rate of fire was king.

How to pour the most ammunition into the opponent's positions in the shortest possible time is the most critical.

He Chen Jianqiu exchanged ammunition for the life of a veteran, which was cost-effective.

"Charge!" Chen Jianqiu, who has always been very low-key, rarely gave the order to attack in person after the cannon fired.

The Chinese soldiers pulled out of the skirmish line from behind the hill and rushed towards the opposing position four hundred yards away.

Seeing this, Roosevelt immediately gave the order to charge.

And he himself, turning over and riding his only war horse in the whole brigade, rushed up the hillside.

"Rush! For America! For the Maine! He yelled.

The charge of the reckless cavalry is also a straggler charge.

However, unlike the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, which is based on small groups, the various groups are different from each other.

Their charge was completely dispersed due to lack of training, and had a raw beauty.

The officers tried to maintain their frontal formation, but soon found it in vain, hoping that the soldiers would knock down the opposing position with high morale.

When the Spanish machine gunners, who had been blown up and could not lift their heads, returned to the front of the heavy machine guns again.

He suddenly found that the enemy was only a few dozen meters away from him.

With a distance of four hundred yards, it takes less than a minute for a fast runner.

A minute of fire suppression is fatal.

The Heavy could barely see the faces of the people on the other side.

He hurried back to his position and tried to pull the trigger, only to find that the secondary shooter had not yet returned to his position.

The Heavy scolded.

He stood up, ready to press the bullet belt of the machine gun himself, but he was caught off guard by the Chinese soldier he had just seen picked up the automatic rifle in his hand and fired at him as he went.

The machine gunner was hit by a bullet and leaned on his stomach on the machine gun.

Chen Jianqiu's Chinese soldiers did not stop at all, and directly entered the Hushan position.

Roosevelt's horse finally got back to his heart, and rushed uphill in one go.

He rode his horse and rushed towards the opposite position, raising his right arm with a gun and raising his arm to shout.

Such a person will definitely become a target on the battlefield.

It's too conspicuous.

Roosevelt's horse crashed into the barbed wire fence thirty yards from the enemy position and fell to the ground, and the man and the horse fell to the ground.

But fortunately, he was fine, and got up from the ground with a dirty face.

Roosevelt lifted his glasses and was about to rush forward, when he suddenly saw two Spanish soldiers in front of him with guns aimed at him.

He went into cardiac arrest and prepared to fall to the ground to dodge.

"Smack! Syllable! ”

Suddenly, I heard two crisp gunshots behind me.

The two Spanish soldiers on the opposite side had their heads blooming and fell down almost at the same time.

Roosevelt turned his head in shock to find Chen Jianqiu holding a gun behind him.

"Oh my God, Chen, you saved my life again, damn it, I owe you at least three lives!" Roosevelt said.

"Let's take the opposite position first."

Chen Jianqiu didn't say anything to Roosevelt, but continued to charge forward with a gun.

While Roosevelt drove his horse up the hill.

Chen Jianqiu was taken aback.

He knew that Roosevelt was very passionate, but he didn't expect him to be so reckless.

Before landing in Cuba, there was a lot of gossip outside.

Some believe that Roosevelt resigned from the Admiralty and went to the United States with a ragtag army to make enough political capital.

Those who say this must not have seen what Roosevelt is doing now.

No one riskes his life to earn political capital, and no normal person will do so unless absolutely necessary.

What Roosevelt was thinking about now had absolutely nothing to do with death.

Glory, perhaps! Maybe it's passion!

Chen Jianqiu originally didn't plan to rush up.

But Roosevelt did so, and he had to pick up his gun and follow.

On the front, the Chinese soldiers, the soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, and the Spaniards fought together.

And on the flanks, the 1st and 14th Cavalry Regiments also attacked.

The battle of Hushan fell into a white heat. (End of chapter)