Chapter 277 The Doomsday of the 4th Brigade (20)
If Xiao Qing touched a head in Qing Zhangpo, although it was heartbreaking but not seeking death, Yang Huan was tragic and miserable in Anwupo.
Liu Lang, two infantry battalions of the Independent Regiment, which had been resting for more than an hour, and three battalions of Tang Yongming, stopped 700 meters outside Yang Huan's main position, and did not dig any trenches. He just asked each soldier to simply dig a foxhole for himself and just be able to avoid the enemy's machine guns at critical moments.
The front line was very wide, with more than 3,000 people surrounding the main position of the 4th Brigade from three sides, leaving a hole northward.
Then, Zhao Ergou, who had already finished the test shooting, directed the thirteen mountain cannons he had now spoken.
In order to increase defense, the 4th Brigade narrowed its troops to concentrate its strength. The entire position was just a land with a radius of only more than 10,000 square meters, and only a half-sized football field. More than 2,000 people were placed inside.
Of course, the defensive intensity of such dense formations has increased, but the room for strategic maneuver is small, especially if the enemy has a large number of artillery, such a position will undoubtedly be destroyed. When Liu Lang looked down at the 4th Brigade that was curled into a turtle-shaped position, he almost laughed a few times to express his inner joy. This was really a lantern in the toilet - taking the initiative to seek death.
However, this really cannot be said that Yang Huan is a super idiot. All arrangements are a way to kill. In fact, this dignified Black Hawk Empire Army Major General also wants to set up a complete defensive position where people can stop their hearts from jumping when they see it. However, that must be the conditions!
It is said that he has more than 2,000 people under his command now, but except for the infantry brigade that did not move much as a reserve team, all the equipment was complete, and they even had four infantry cannons. The remaining 1,000 people fled back from the attack, not only lost all their heavy equipment, but many people even lost their precious pistols to escape.
According to common sense, soldiers who lost their weapons on the battlefield must be strictly enforced by military law. Not to mention that Yang Huan dared not give this order, even Zhang Qinghua would not be able to give it. Half of the more than 1,400 people who escaped were running back naked.
The remaining half is still dragging guns, but can they, who have lost all their heavy firepower and confidence in victory, be trusted like the previous imperial soldiers?
In other words, the actual force in Yang Huan's hand is only useful, and the remaining defeated generals are just enough to recharge their number. The defense area of an infantry brigade cannot be too large. Yang Huanchou turned white and could only arrange the defensive positions like this.
Then, the remnants of the 4th Brigade on the position became unlucky.
What does it mean to fire at the same time with thirteen 75MM caliber cannons? It’s not to mention that it’s overwhelming! That’s also exciting.
That was just a person who looked at it. Only the Black Hawk soldiers in the position felt the most profound. When the 13 huge fireballs rose up on the position almost at the same time, they were accompanied by countless human bodies that were thrown away.
The killing range of each shell is more than 15 meters radius. The Black Hawk Army dug only one and a half meters deep trenches and shallow artillery holes in it cannot defend against the huge power of 75MM caliber mountain cannon shells.
As long as you are within the range of mountain cannons, you cannot avoid the fate of being killed, no matter whether you are hiding in a trench or in a single-soldier anti-cannon hole. The huge shock wave lifted the Black Hawk Army in the trench, and at the same time knocked down the shallow anti-cannon hole, burying the Black Hawk Empire who hid in it alive.
Under Liu Lang's strict order, Zhao Ergou did not feel sorry for the loss of shells at all. Each cannon was equipped with 90 shells, which meant that life would be gone.
More than a thousand shells were shot for half an hour, and the small Black Hawk Army positions were plowed back and forth several times.
Liu Langshang felt that the fireworks that kept blooming on the Black Hawks' positions were not gorgeous enough, so he transferred all the mortars he carried and threw them into the trenches of the 4th Brigade, which had been shrouded in the smoke of gunpowder.
This is actually as deadly as mountain cannon bombing. What are the cannons that soldiers hiding in the trenches most afraid of? They are not howitzers or cannons, but mortars and mountain cannons that can be used as curved cannons.
Howitzers and cannons are powerful, but due to accuracy and ballistic reasons, the shells cannot be accurately sent into the trenches. No matter how powerful the shock wave is, soldiers will basically be fine as long as they hide in the trenches, unless they are on their backs and are directly hit by the shells.
But curve cannons are different. What the representatives of curve cannons like mortars are best at sending shells into the trench as accurately as throwing grenades.
A versatile player like mountain cannon can be used directly or as a curve cannon, but the accuracy is small, and it mainly depends on its power to win.
There were mountain cannons above their heads to urge their lives, and there were raindrops in the trenches that were smashed down. The defeated soldiers who had already been beaten up and lost the honor of the Black Hawk Empire soldiers were probably also thrown away. Since they could run for the first time, they could run for the second time.
After seeing the remaining limbs of his companions being thrown into the sky again and again in front of him, some of the defeated soldiers could not suppress their inner fear, jumped out of the trenches, and fled in a direction without enemies.
Although we know that the kingdom people will not be so kind, escaping from the hell in front of us is the top priority. We will be blown to death soon. What else will we consider in the future?
There was a leader who had already broken jars and lost their way out of the trenches one after another and rushed towards the north with unknown fate. The number of people was so large that even Colonel Feng Jingyu, who was personally responsible for the formation of the defeated soldiers, had to give up after killing several soldiers with a pistol.
Because no one paid attention to him, even if he shot several shots and killed several people, he was busy running away, and no one cared about the once brave imperial soldiers, and even had no intention of turning back. He was like a frightened rabbit, who had no head back and was still running north in the smoke of gunpowder rising.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! "Bastard, it's over, it's over, the 4th Brigade is over." Feng Jingyu collapsed in the trench.
He understood that what had ruined the 4th Brigade was not the shells flying all over the sky, but themselves. From the beginning, they were not afraid of death and had to become deserters, the once invincible 4th Brigade was already ruined.
Most of the Black Hawks who wanted to escape from hell were torn apart by fierce artillery fire on the way to gallop. Only a very few lucky people rushed out of the position and ran to the distance without looking back.
However, according to statistics from the Black Hawk Empire after the war, among the five people who survived the 4th Brigade who went to Anwupo, one of the sergeant was sent back to the division field hospital by his companions because he fell off a cliff and broke his leg during the march. The two second-class privates escorted were not in the battle and survived.
Another lieutenant was even more lucky. He failed to attack Anwupo Pass and was injured. He actually avoided the attack of the Kingdom military because of his own artillery fire. He was blown into a ravine by the explosion of artillery shells, saving him from the bad luck of being torn apart by his own artillery fire. Although there were no more than a thousand wounded soldiers on the position, he not only survived miraculously, but also left the battlefield while it was dark.
I don’t know if it was because it was dark or something else, the second lieutenant did not return to the brigade position. Instead, after running for more than thirty miles overnight, he met the main force of the Eighth Division.
The last place left is the thousands of deserters who escaped with artillery fire and completely collapsed the position.
Yes, only one person was still alive in the end. The others were either torn apart by artillery fire or exhausted by physical strength and frozen to death. In the morning of early spring in the north of the kingdom, or were hunted on the mountain roads in the north of the kingdom by the 29th Army, which had blocked their way, like a rabbit, on the mountain road in the north of the kingdom.
Liang Yun, who was the only one of his family in the north, had no intention of asking for prisoners of war.
Because of this battle, Liang Yun became the sixth place in the Black Hawk Army's list of kingdom generals, far surpassing many lieutenant generals and generals of the kingdom army.
In fact, the lucky one who escaped from the battlefield and saved his life still went to the military court. The entire Black Hawk Empire people were pleading for him, but they were eventually shot.
All deserters who fled the battlefield with artillery fire were destroyed.
Chapter completed!