However, they threw these grenades not to annihilate the enemy. The grenades that touched the ground soon experienced a small explosion. Although the explosion was not powerful, it spilled out the sulfur.
The ignited sulfur emitted a faint flame. Although these flames were weak, they were enough for the scouts. With the firelight, more than a dozen sharpshooters shot at a rapid speed. Those people from the Cheng family patrol team had not figured it out yet.
What happened was killed.
After destroying these patrol teams, Qiu Rui gave the order and led the reconnaissance company to climb to the top of the mountain quickly. Their purpose was to block the reinforcements of the Cheng family army and buy time for the large troops that were landing.
Knowing that time is tight, the troops disembarking at the port have also accelerated their speed, and some troops that have landed have followed the reconnaissance company to move towards the top of the mountain.
The gunshots on the top of the mountain began to sound sparsely. Obviously, the nearby Cheng family patrol team had arrived at the top of the mountain first. These patrol teams stood firm on the top of the mountain waiting for assistance, while also stagnating their own movement speed.
Qiu Rui was sweating profusely. Once the opponent's main force first reached the top of the mountain and pressed the iron-blooded army to the bottom of the mountain, it would cause great casualties. Therefore, Qiu Rui ordered a platoon to shoot from the front with firepower to attract the opponent, and then he
Climb up from the side with the remaining two rows.
The Iron Blood Army is well-trained and often trains for mountain climbing, so the soldiers climbed up very easily. On the other side of the mountain, when he heard gunshots, Cheng Jiajun, who had just run out of the barracks, was also fighting hard.
the climb.
These people were dressed in dishevelled, obviously they were just awakened by gunfire and rushed up by the officers. They were all recruits and had not received systematic training. Not only were they poor climbing skills, they were not even physically strong, so their progress speed was higher than that of the slightest.
The soldiers in the reconnaissance company were much slower.
Qiu Rui, who came to the top of the mountain, did not rush to climb to the top of the mountain, but secretly poked his head out and observed the situation carefully. The four soldiers of the Cheng family army were shooting randomly at the foot of the mountain with their own leverage rifles.
Give yourself courage.
Seeing this situation, Qiu Rui jumped up first, pulled out the two Beretta pistols around his waist, and shot them in succession with both hands, using the fast gun he was best at, and used five in less than three seconds.
All the enemy troops were killed.
"Everyone comes up to arrange positions and prepare to block the attack." Qiu Rui waved his hand back and greeted the two platoons of soldiers.
The well-trained soldiers immediately began to pile up gravel and build temporary fortifications. Looking at the enemy soldiers getting closer and closer to the mountain opposite, Qiu Rui smiled and waved, "Brothers, defeat them."
After saying that, the first one fired the gun, and the soldiers who received the order immediately started shooting. The soldiers of the Cheng family army attacked from the back, and it was very difficult to shoot. Qiu Rui's troops were condescending and could easily name the other party one by one.
Several firepower squads took out all the light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and fired desperately regardless of losses. The dense bullets knocked down many soldiers of the Cheng family. Soon the firepower attracted the other party's platoon to the top of the mountain, and with this one
The firepower density of the new force and the reconnaissance company is even greater.
Most of the Cheng family's army were new recruits. After experiencing certain casualties, their morale quickly collapsed. They began to run wildly down the mountain without any hesitation, and many people even threw away their weapons.
The Iron Blood Army quickly landed, and then the large troops began to dispatch. Most of the troops stationed in Shanggang were used to collect taxes. Not only were they not the elite troops of the Cheng family army, but they also had only one regiment in number.
In the face of the powerful offensive of the Iron Blood Army, this small army was defeated after a little battle. The Iron Blood Army, which had successively arrived ashore, quickly occupied the entire Quanzhou Port. Then, relying on this place, the Iron Blood Army launched a full-scale attack.
At this time, the Iron Blood Army had already undergone a change of clothes. Although the weapons had not changed, they had been mechanized throughout the army. All troops were equipped with trucks and jeeps, and the reconnaissance troops were also equipped with motorcycles. Therefore, the Iron Blood Army made rapid progress.
At this time, the main force of the Cheng family army was in Taizhou City, Jinhua County, fighting with the main force of the Xiahou Army. There was no idea that the Iron Blood Army had landed in Quanzhou Port.
Yizhou Island is less than 200 nautical miles away from Quanzhou Port. With the help of many temporary transport ships, a large amount of supplies and equipment were transported to Quanzhou Port in a very short time.
With complete equipment, the Iron Blood Army immediately began to expand from all directions, driving extremely fast trucks and motorcycles. The Iron Blood Army headed straight to several major cities in Jiuhua County at a speed faster than the cavalry.
If you are riding a war horse, the cavalry's daily travel speed is only 120 kilometers at most. When it reaches this level, the horses need to rest, otherwise the horses will lose weight and slowly become weak.
Trucks and motorcycles are not the case. They don’t know how tired they are. As long as there is enough fuel supply, they can move forward day and night. Of course, if you want to move forward like this, in addition to fuel, there must be sufficient driver and cooling water, in order to support this
During the battle, the two logistics brigades of the Iron Blood Army brought more than 500 tankers.
The roar of the machine resounded throughout the sky. The soldiers guarding the city gate of Nanping Prefecture, who had no idea what had happened, stood on the city wall, stretched their necks and looked into the distance.
In the afterglow of the sunset, these soldiers saw a blurry black line. Soon the black line became thicker and thicker, and gradually turned into a dense black spot. The black spots became larger and larger. Some soldiers with good eyesight saw clearly
Goal.
"What kind of weird guy is that? He ran so fast." A soldier who saw it clearly sighed.
A man with an officer-like hand was put on a pergola and looked at the situation carefully. His face suddenly changed: "Oh my God, how could it be? It was an enemy attack."
The officer ran to the city frantically. While running, he shouted loudly: "Close the city gate quickly. If there is an enemy attack, please give us a warning."
The soldiers who heard the officers shouted quickly ran towards the city gate, some ran to ring the alarm bell, and some ran to the top of the city.
The alarm bell in Nanping Prefecture City was loudly sounded, and all the troops became nervous, and they immediately went to the city to defend.
The Iron Blood Army did not succeed in the sneak attack. In fact, they did not want to sneak attack at all. The processing technology of trucks and motorcycles in the early days caused the noise of these vehicles, which made others hear the movement from a long distance, and it was impossible to cause it.
The suddenness of the offensive.
The Iron Blood Army did not need any raid effect, because they were confident enough to easily destroy the Cheng family defenders. Walking behind the infantry transport truck was a batch of heavy tractors, which were towed by 203mm heavy artillery.
When there was no mechanized equipment, it was unrealistic to use horses to pull and cannons with a caliber of more than 128 mm to maneuver. Because those cannons are too heavy, even if they can be pulled by more than ten horses at the same time
The maneuverability is extremely slow and consumes quite horsepower.
It's different now. As long as the power is sufficient, the tractor can carry any artillery forward, and the speed will not be too low. Moreover, the 203mm heavy artillery used by the Iron Blood Army now has greatly reduced its weight due to the use of new steel.
The weight of the 155 mm howitzer was.
At this time, these heavy artillery with ten solid rubber tires were pulled one by one to ten kilometers away from the Fucheng. The artillery took off the hook and let the tractor leave. The artillery operated hydraulic devices to lower the brackets of several stable artillery vehicles.
Support firmly on the ground.
The muzzle began to rise slightly, and some artillery soldiers operated forklifts to lift the nearly half-ton-weight shells onto the conveyor. The conveyor slowly rotated and pushed the shells into the barrel.
"What are those things." Even the soldiers with good eyes could not see clearly what the row of black things ten kilometers away was. An officer quickly brought a telescope and adjusted the focal length ahead.
The shadow in the camera gradually became clear, and the officer saw a row of black muzzles. "Oh my God, it's a cannon, what a big cannon." The officer screamed in shock.
Before the officer could put down his telescope, smoke and dust rose from the artillery positions in the distance. A few seconds later, the rumbling sound of cannons sounded, and the shells weighing more than one hundred kilograms made a scream like a train.
Coming towards the city wall.
The soldiers of the Cheng family defenders did not have much practical experience. They were still staring at the black dots from far to near. "Run quickly." Before the officer who was observing with a telescope finished speaking, the shells had already bombarded the city wall.
The artillery bombardment was not accurate, and most of the shells deviated from the city wall, but just a few shells hitting the city wall was enough. The huge explosion blew up several large gaps over ten meters on the front of the city wall, near which
All the soldiers disappeared.
The shells that deviate and fall into the city are also dangerous. The houses hit by the shells are instantly disintegrated and blown into a pile of messy pieces. What's even more terrifying is that no matter where the shells fall, even if there is no shells within a radius of forty meters.
The person who was killed by the bomb was also killed by the shock waves. The corpses with blood from their seven orifices greatly damaged the morale of the Cheng family army.
"Continue to fire the artillery." With the commander's order, the 203mm heavy artillery quickly adjusted the angle, corrected the ballistics, and loaded shells. Amid a roar, twenty heavy shells blasted with higher accuracy.
Going to the city wall.
After five rounds of artillery attacks, the city wall on this side had completely collapsed, and the Cheng family army who was defending this place had already shrank into the city and never dared to get close to the city wall again.
"The commando team enters the city and eliminates the remaining enemies." At the command of the Iron Blood Army, commander Liu Yaqing, the Iron Blood Army soldiers, in squads, immediately rushed towards the city wall.
Stepping on the soft brick floating soil, the Iron Blood Army soldiers climbed up the ruins of the city wall with difficulty. As soon as they emerged, the Cheng family soldiers who were ambushing in nearby buildings were shooting one after another.
The soldiers of the Iron Blood Army were not outdone. A large number of Type 94 light machine guns with one hundred rounds of drums were brought up. The soldiers of the Cheng family were unable to raise their heads due to the dense firepower.