Text Chapter 142 Machine Gun Tongue of Fire
The Hessian mercenaries were indeed elite, and braved the artillery fire of the escort to forcibly drag out nearly fifty cannons. Unfortunately, the eighteen-pounder gun was too heavy to be snatched up. Nearly five hundred Hessian mercenaries went up, but only three were dragged out. The rest of the artillery, along with the Hessian mercenaries who had come to drag them, were reduced to pieces. There is no way, the damage of the heavy fist II artillery is too great for these heavy guns, and it is not something that the thick cannon wall can resist at all.
The convoy artillery finally discovered the enemy's artillery position, how could it be possible to shoot only once. The Heavy-Fist 1 and Heavy-Fist 2 guns carried out continuous solid bombardment of the calculated position coordinates at the fastest speed, while the Assault 1 mortars, which were skilled in 60 guns, were divided into four groups and began to carry out scattered shelling around the position, in order to prevent people from rescuing and towing the artillery away. The first element of the training textbook of the artillery unit of the Escort Corps is that when the enemy is caught, it will be saturated and struck until all of them are broken into pieces, and they will be killed in a hurry, and not a single one will be let go.
The Hessian mercenaries, dragging all the salvaged artillery, ran frantically to the periphery, trying to escape. However, under the intensity of the shelling, no horse could remain calm, neighing and moving incessantly, and it was not impossible to bring them to their own artillery. It's just that it takes three times as much time as usual. Now at this time, where do they still have time. You can only drag it on your own.
The earth-shattering sound of artillery fire also attracted the soldiers on both sides near the trench. The British army had already heard about it and knew that the Yanhuang Trading Company had a fast rate of fire and powerful artillery, but they did not expect that after the fire was concentrated, the power would be strong enough to completely crush their own artillery. All the troops who have seen the eighteen-pounder cannon will be overwhelmed by its power, and now that they have been beaten to the ground, their morale will inevitably plummet.
The British were stunned, but the soldiers of the convoy did not. Guarding the first trench were all convoys with components dating back more than half a year and having experienced more than two regular battles. Infantry artillery coordination, they have long been familiar with it, and they are 100% confident that their own shells will not fall on them. Seeing that the enemy was stunned and the fighter plane appeared, the commanders and fighters who had been personally trained by Xiao Lin naturally would not watch the big opportunity pass. A loud trumpet sounded, and everyone left the trenches and began to launch a counter-charge.
By the time the British reacted, the fighters had already rushed to the effective range. Before they could grab their muskets and take aim, the thirty ZB-26 light machine guns were already in full swing. Each LMG is equipped with two people, one with a cushioned heat cloth on the shoulder, which is responsible for shooting and carrying the gun, and the other, a Type 17 pistol with an additional stock, and a magazine of fifteen light machine guns stuck here and there, is responsible for guarding and changing magazines. The two men came together to a distance of 300 meters from the British, set up their machine guns in just five seconds, and began to strafe the enemy group.
In order to ensure that their crude version of the infantry artillery coordination tactics would not endanger their own men, Sameer divided the tens of thousands of attacking troops into several large groups, and the soldiers were completely piled together. In this case, the light machine gun does not need to aim accurately at all, and can just sweep wherever there are many people. The Guards only used the powerful firepower of the Reptolens to fend off the combined forces of the Addams and Pandeys, and then they were gone.
Therefore, not many people know about this terrible firepower weapon at all, and these warriors who do not have much intersection with the Addams family and the Pandey family naturally don't know. Anything, it's the scariest thing that appears for the first time. The British watched as a series of tongues of fire erupted from thirty strangely shaped weapons, and people on their side continued to fall, and many of them couldn't even scream. These militias, who have little culture and are a little superstitious, are crazy.
"The devil's whip, these people have the devil's weapon, we are not fighting people!!"
The roar of this meaning was constantly resounding on the battlefield. The morale of the militia suddenly fell to the bottom, and even the Hessian mercenaries were not immune to some effects. Many of them themselves are farmers who can't get along, and they are not high-level intellectuals, so naturally they are superstitious. Sameer's eyes were torn, and he knew that these militias were unreliable, but he didn't expect that such waste materials would not only not exert any strength, but would affect the morale and combat movement of the Hessian mercenaries.
Combat movement is also a nice term, in fact, because the militia ran around, so that the Hessian mercenaries didn't even have a place to hide. Today's battle was no longer fought, and Sameer couldn't find a way to withdraw the army for a while, so he thought of the standard-bearers who had been set up for the coordinated tactics of infantry artillery. He hurriedly asked the standard-bearer to pass the order, so that the troops should all withdraw to the woods, and stop fighting for the time being.
Naturally, the Guardian soldiers would not just let them go. Sameer never expected the militia to be able to stop the enemy, and if he really ordered them to do so, not only would he not be able to complete the task, but the number of dead and wounded was lost, and the militia generals did not know how to arrange him. He was not afraid of the arrangement, but he was afraid that these people would affect the subordinates and cause his orders to lose their effectiveness. Therefore, there is only one way to let the Hessian mercenaries be the queen.
When the militiamen received the order to retreat, they were naturally happy, and they ran happily one by one, and at that speed, they almost caught up with the war horses that were running with all their might. On each battlefield, there were only a thousand Hessian mercenaries to defend it. By the numbers, according to the words of the battalion commanders of the combat battalions of the various convoys, they themselves could not have enough to eat. Not to mention three battalions, a thousand guards soldiers. Heavy machine guns cannot be mobilized for the time being, but Raider mortars can.
Three people, easily transported mortars and ten shells. After a burst of artillery fire, the Hessian mercenaries gathered in the back of the hall almost disappeared. The tight blocking line was broken at once, and the guards who had been lying on the ground to shoot immediately stood up and launched a charge. The light machine gunner, holding the handle of the gun with one hand, holding the handle of the gun with the other, putting his hand next to the trigger, holding the light machine gun and following the charge.
As soon as they found more than three Hessian mercenaries gathered together, the light machine gunners rushed over and fired at least three-fifths of the casualties. Then the ordinary soldier stepped forward with a Yanhuang rifle and shot down. The firepower of the light machine gun was too fierce, even the Type 5 or 6 submachine gun was a little worse than it, and before the fifteen magazines were empty, the Hessian mercenaries who did not even have bolt rifles had no way at all.
A thousand people, in just ten minutes, were defeated. Fortunately, at this time, most of the militiamen, who ran faster than rabbits, had already entered the forest. Under the command of the commander, they began to build a blocking position on the trees, grasses and stones in the woods. At this time, no matter how selfish the militia generals were, they knew that if they could not block the pursuers, it would develop into a major rout. At that time, not to mention preserving strength, it was not certain whether it could survive or not.
The warriors followed the Hessian mercenaries at the back into the woods, and heard a dense burst of musket fire. They reflexively lay down, but fortunately there were not many casualties. The machine gunners, who were concentrated, fired wherever the smoke from the front-loading muskets fired. In this way, the fifteen magazines could not be carried at all, and in a short time, the last few magazines were also emptied. At this time, Xiao Lin's order also arrived.
The main purpose of this war was to hold the three newly built towns. Even if the enemy loses the first attack, he still retains most of his combat strength. Now, this is not the time for a decisive battle, and it is very risky for the convoy to chase into the woods. In case of an ambush by the enemy, the gains outweigh the losses. Receiving a report from the front, Sholin hastened to give the order that everyone immediately withdraw from the woods and return to the trenches.
The light machine guns used the last magazines to cover the retreat of ordinary infantry. Some anxious militiamen tried to chase them out and shoot, but they were all swept out of several holes by machine guns. Frightened, everyone did not dare to move, and watched as the convoy fighters retreated safely. Then, they wilted. After today's defeat, these people are not demoralized to continue the offensive at night. Before and after Xiao Lin's death, he began to change people.
Half of the soldiers of the Escort who were in poor condition began to retreat, and they were all recruits who had been trained for three months. Recruits can't be recruits forever, Xiao Lin feels that they must be allowed to see blood. The first day has already broken the morale of the enemy, and the next few days should not be too stressful, just enough for the recruits to experience it. Xiao Lin knew that the recruits would definitely be injured when they went up, but every strong army was trained in this way, and he had no choice.
Ten light machine guns, three heavy machine guns per battalion, and scattered assault mortars, naturally remained in the forward positions. Xiao Lin let the recruits go through the training, not let them die, so naturally he would not be careless. Then, he didn't care much about it, and continued to sit in the overall situation and dispatch the direction of the battle. Xiao Lin didn't know that a new logistics supply team had left the gate of the company's first town and began to rush here. Among them, there was a person who gave him a great headache and came in disobedience to his orders.
This person is naturally Ye Qianqian. Ye Qianqian was also a military fan, if she wasn't a woman, and her family had repeated orders, she was afraid that she would have followed Xiao Lin to join the army. Although because he knew that he was not capable enough, he did not force Xiao Lin to transfer himself to the army as a commander. But Ye Qianqian never let go of the idea of going to the battlefield to see. Ye Qianqian believed that the white army, which had a difference of two hundred years in weapons and the company, could not pose any threat to her.