Yang Wei carried out ten minutes of artillery fire coverage at one time, but after the end, it was not a counterattack. The Northern Expedition Army took advantage of the stall where Yang Wei stopped attacking and immediately prepared to enter the position to attack. However, just as the Northern Expedition Army entered the battlefield, Yang Wei led his fire battalion to prepare for artillery fire again for twenty minutes.w w. vm)

The sudden artillery fire caught the Northern Expedition Army, which had just rushed out of the trenches, and the artillery fire that swept through the sky like thunder and earth was shocked.

This time the artillery preparations caused great impact and shock to the Northern Expedition Army. This attack was completely different from the previous round of artillery fire coverage. The soldiers fell one after another. Tang Shengzhi, who was standing in the command position, slowly lowered his hand with the telescope, and his mind was filled with extreme powerlessness.

Tang Shengzhi never expected that Yang Wei, who thought he had no power to fight back, had such powerful artillery fire. Could it be that the previous artillery fire coverage was just a warning to him?

Tang Shengzhi immediately felt that he was teased by Yang Wei again, and that Yang Wei's military strength that exceeded his estimate made Tang Shengzhi feel ashamed while angry. This battle must be won! Even if it is fought for all the costs! Bloody Mountains and Rivers 138

Twenty minutes of artillery fire prepared to defeat the troops of the three regiments under Tang Shengzhi to lose their combat effectiveness. In addition to the 24 82mm mortar attacks from Yang Wei's fire battalion, many of Tang Shengzhi's soldiers also died from landmines buried in advance by Yang Wei.

Long before Tang Shengzhi's troops arrived at the city, Yang Wei had already buried landmines on the battlefield. Once Tang Shengzhi's troops attacked, Yang Wei first used artillery fire to suppress them outside the fire defense line. If Tang Shengzhi insisted on attacking Hangzhou, this would be Yang Wei's worst strategy.

Seeing the wounded soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army flying everywhere, Yang Wei felt bad, but Tang Shengzhi had no intention of retreating. The remaining soldiers under him were still conducting fire raids, and everything he saw was just that. However, the Taisho 11 machine gun was really frightening. When he purchased it, the Japanese swear that the "performance" of this machine gun was extremely superior, but its performance in actual combat was extremely disappointing.

The Taisho 11th-year machine gun is equipped with a funnel-shaped magazine. In theory, as long as the auxiliary shooter continuously fills the magazine with five rounds of magazines, it can fire continuously like a heavy machine gun. However, during use, the soldiers of Tang Shengzhi's Firepower Company immediately discovered that this theoretical concept is really a scam. As long as more than 300 rounds are involved, the barrel temperature is extremely hot, enough to reach a high temperature of nearly 300 degrees Celsius, resulting in rifle wear and ablation of the chamber surface. Because the barrel cannot be replaced, the Taisho 11 machine gun can be called a single-time machine gun.

Although accidents occurred frequently during the war, Tang Shengzhi personally supervised the battle, and his soldiers could only advance and not retreat. Even some soldiers lucky enough to escape the pre-built landmines and approach the fireworks. However, what awaited them was the attack of high-precision snipers. The "Mao" sniper rifle made hundreds of shots at a distance of 100 meters, and its accuracy was outrageous.

There was Yang Wei's army in front and the combat army behind. There were minefields on both sides. The entire battlefield was armed by Yang Wei into an encirclement. The soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army were surrounded. They complained but could only rush forward with their teeth.

Yang Wei looked at the Northern Expedition Army that had been one after another, and the battle was in a stalemate. The Northern Expedition Army had already suffered numerous casualties before it even approached Hangzhou City. Yang Wei was just preparing to fight a defeat and expel the Northern Expedition Army that came to attack the city, but Tang Shengzhi was "forced" in the rear and showed an attitude of becoming a good person if he failed.

Tang Shengzhi then sent the Second Division to increase his troops and siege the city and attacked fiercely for a week. In fact, Tang Shengzhi had already thought of retreating at this time. Through this battle, Tang Shengzhi had seen Yang Wei's strength. Time passed by minute by minute, and Tang Shengzhi's despair became more and more. Unexpectedly, Yang Wei actually had more than a hundred heavy artillery pieces. According to his own observation, the number of heavy artillery pieces was at least more than 120, which was more than the total number of heavy artillery pieces in the entire Northern Expedition Army.

In addition to strong firepower support, the structure of civil fortifications set up by Yang Wei in Hangzhou City is also very clever. The "Zhi" trenches are in full coverage form, and countless castles and hidden firepower points are set up around the city. The entire city wall is replaced with defensive fortifications, and the most powerful firepower attack can be exerted regardless of attack or defense.

What made Tang Shengzhi even more panicked was the strong combat strength and superb quality of the soldiers under Yang Wei. The sniper pistol was as good as a god and won every battle. Tang Shengzhi learned from the retreating injuries that Yang Wei's snipers never fired randomly, but as long as the trigger was pulled, the bullets were shot without any flaws. In the trenches, the teams transporting ammunition and medicine were neatly arranged, and there was never a crowded trenches. The rescuers were even brave and fearless, and the figures of the rescued wounded were shuttled through every corner of the battlefield.

A drop of cold sweat broke out on Tang Shengzhi's forehead. With Yang Wei's combat strength, it is extremely rare among all forces in China. If we had to compare the combat strength and combat quality of the Northern Expedition Army with Yang Wei's army, Tang Shengzhi would probably have to bow his head and sigh.

The defenders' firepower was extremely strong and lacked shells. After a week of siege, Tang Shengzhi's troops suffered more than 20,000 casualties, but even the first line of defense in Hangzhou City failed to break through.

Tian Weiguo stood beside Tang Shengzhi, looking at the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield, sighed and lowered his voice extremely seriously, "Have the commander discovered something?"

Tang Shengzhi was upset at this time, and when he saw Tian Weiguo, he became even more angry and said in a angrily manner: "What did you find?"

Tian Weiguo looked at the wounded who were sent to rescue and said, "When the first artillery fire was covered, Yang Wei was able to directly defeat the first batch of soldiers in our army, but he retreated the attack point of the artillery fire by fifty meters. It seemed that he was just to act as a deterrent, but he did not intend to use it as an attack method. I just checked the injuries of the soldiers. As long as the soldiers hit by snipers, the wounds were often the right arm. Didn't the commander think about why this was?"

Tang Shengzhi had no intention of fighting with Tian Weiguo. He was so anxious that he raised his eyebrows and said loudly, "What do you mean? Just say something."

Tian Weiguo sighed. I think Tang Shengzhi was probably the same when facing the subordinates sent by Yang Wei to come to his house to rely on. Tian Weiguo couldn't help but sigh: "I heard that Yang Wei originally planned to surrender to the Northern Expedition Army, but was rejected by the commander. When he saw Yang Wei's actions today, he did not seem to want to kill the Northern Expedition Army."
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