"What!" After hearing the news, the Qi general who came to supervise the battle was shocked, and his expression immediately became serious.
He felt that he was sure to defeat the rebel soldiers sent by the eldest prince, or at least bribe them into surrendering.
But if the enemy's army is on the opposite side, things will be difficult to handle. Although the 2nd Army, as the main force of the Qi State, has not fought head-on with the Tang Army so far, and it cannot be said to be timid, but along the way, it has been difficult to deal with it.
I heard about how powerful the Tang army was.
He was able to break through the border defense line in two days, capture Nanye in Luo Town within a month, and even threaten the King's City of Qi...
Killed the third prince and General Tian Heng, and defeated the elite 3rd Army... Such a record is indeed enough to make people nervous.
"General, what should we do?" a subordinate asked with a sad face.
The few tests just now were all provided by his troops. Now more than 300 people from three companies have been filled in, and only more than 80 have returned. How can he not feel pain?
Seeing that the Qi State was in chaos, having troops in hand meant strength. As the commander of the regiment, he now saw that his regiment was about to be reduced to a crippled form, so of course his expression was extremely ugly.
The leading general also had no idea, so he could only give the order honestly: "Send the news along the railway and inform Er... inform His Majesty the King."
He had no choice, he couldn't make the decision, so he could only send the news to the second prince and let "His Majesty the King" make the decision.
However, after the messenger soldier who delivered the message had left for about ten minutes, the general also realized that if he waited here indifferently, he would obviously not satisfy the new king.
His Majesty the King has just taken up that position and needs talents to fill his court. It would be unreasonable for him not to take this opportunity to show off.
So, the general looked at his men again and ordered: "Waiting is not an option! Gather the troops! Fight again!"
He was not the kind of idiot who knew nothing, he still had a certain level of ability. After digesting the shock of the Tang army occupying the Donghe Bridge, he decisively started his deployment.
"Gather all the nearby machine guns together! Cover the troops' attack! Cover these machine guns and rush to close range to suppress the enemy's firepower!" He knew that he had no artillery support, so he prepared to use machine guns to suppress the Tang army's machine guns.
"Besides, don't add fuel to the fire and press a battalion in one breath! It doesn't matter if the loss is greater! As long as you can capture the two bridgeheads on the east side, it will be a great achievement!" After he finished speaking, he looked at the commander of a fully-formed regiment,
He patted him on the shoulder and said, "You're in this time!"
After saying that, he continued to warn: "Don't worry! I promise to make up for all your losses this time! And as long as you capture a bridgehead, you will receive a reward of 10,000 coins!"
The regiment leader immediately became energetic when he received a bounty of 10,000 gold coins. Now that he had more than a dozen machine guns to back him up, as well as a huge bounty, his will to fight was quite firm.
Therefore, the regiment leader immediately agreed: "Don't worry, general! My subordinates will seize the bridgehead at all costs and cover the army's crossing of the river!"
Money can communicate with the gods, and with gold coins as a reward, the Qi army organized an attack twice as fast! Soon more Qi soldiers rushed up along the railway.
In the crowd, a Qi officer brandishing a pistol shouted loudly: "Come on! Avenge your majesty!"
"Fight back to the royal city!" On the other side, another officer also shouted crazily, motivating his soldiers to charge desperately.
"Destroy the enemy! 2 bounty coins for each person! Charge!" Further behind, the Qi army's supervisory team shouted loudly as they advanced.
They shouted, the bridgehead was already in front of them: "One head of the Tang army, one bounty coin! Let's make a fortune, brothers!"
"Whoever retakes the bridgehead first will get 50 bounty coins!" They didn't hear too many gunshots, and these Qi troops were even more excited, as if if they worked harder, all these gold coins would become theirs.
As a result, the officer who had just shouted to avenge the king was hit in the head by a flying bullet while walking.
The officer supervising the battle team who said one paratrooper was worth one gold coin was also inexplicably hit in the chest by a bullet and fell down.
The efficiency of the snipers of the Tang Paratroopers was quite high. They aimed at the Qi officers with feathers on their hats and opened fire. Their shooting efficiency was quite astonishing.
In the south, the officers of the eldest prince's troops, or the troops that had fought against the Tang army, had already taken off the slutty feathers on their hats.
Because they discovered that the other side had some sharpshooters who specifically targeted the slutty Qi officers. Therefore, as long as these Qi officers went to the front line, they would change their hats or simply take off their feathers.
As for majesty and beauty: such things do not exist on the battlefield, okay? Compared with life, everything is secondary.
It is a pity that the officers of Qi's 2nd Army, which had never fought head-on with the Tang Army, did not realize what kind of disaster their unique attire would bring to them.
Time passed like this, minute by minute, and the Qi State's offensive force, which had just reached the halfway point, suddenly realized that... it seemed like they couldn't find their commander.
On the chaotic battlefield, a soldier carrying a rifle ran to where a squad leader was with a frown on his face, and asked anxiously: "Where is the 1st company commander?"
They were actually very close to the Tang Army's position, and the other party might open fire at any time. Everyone was very nervous, but at this time they lost command.
The squad leader was also speechless. He wanted to find someone to ask. Is there at least an explanation for how to attack? So he could only shake his head, his tone full of sullenness: "I don't know!"
"The battalion commander has just been killed!" A squad leader next door approached with a weapon and brought even more depressing news.
As he spoke, he pointed further away: "The commander of the 2nd company was injured and was just carried down..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Damn it, let the 3rd company commander take over the command!" After hearing the news, the squad leader of Qi Army gave his opinion speechlessly and anxiously.
"The 3rd company commander can't be found!" The squad leader who came to deliver the news shook his head, but little did he know that his shaking head had already been pointed at by a Tang Army sniper high up on the bridgehead.
The opponent pulled the trigger, and a bullet rushed out of the barrel of the gun. The bullet flew over the Tang army's position, passed over the heads of the Qi soldiers in front, and hit the squad leader in the neck who was shaking his head.
The bullet penetrated the main artery and brought out a large stream of blood. This hot blood splashed on the face of the Qi Army squad leader opposite, frightening him.
The bullet that penetrated the neck continued to fly forward and hit a Qi soldier who was kneeling on one knee waiting for the order to move forward, and then stopped.
"What's going on?" The squad leader Qi, who hadn't realized that the gray feather on his head had betrayed him, was still thinking about how the squad leader next door died.
The other person was lying at his feet, trying desperately to block the hole in his neck with his hands. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, blood still couldn't stop gushing out from between his fingers, like a small fountain.
His legs kicked weakly on the ground, and finally began to slow down. He saw the monitor of the next class wearing a gray feather on his head desperately trying to help him put pressure on the wound, which made him unable to breathe.
When he was dying, he could hear the other person calling for help, and he could also see the other person's face. The other person looked down at him, calling his name anxiously, asking him to hold on.
He wanted to speak, but his mouth was already full of blood. When he opened his mouth, red liquid spurted out. He saw it clearly.
The next second, before he lost consciousness, the head of the squad leader next door, who was wearing a military cap, split open in an instant, and blood sprayed on his face, which suddenly restored some of his confused consciousness.
The squad leader next door, who was shot through the head, hit him hard on the chest and died before he breathed his last.
Eventually, the wound on his neck took away too much blood, and he lost consciousness. Before he fell completely into darkness, he felt that the body pressing on his chest was really heavy.
In this way, Qi's attack collapsed again, because there were not enough officers to continue to support the army and allow it to continue to move forward.
In the chaos, all the soldiers ran away. After going back and taking inventory, they found that more than 80% of the officers in this battalion had not returned.
The battalion commander was killed, the company commanders of three companies were killed, eight of the nine platoon commanders died, and only seven squad leaders returned. In addition, the machine gunners suffered the most losses...
In short, this unit has basically lost its combat capability, and their attack failed to even expose the Tang army's hidden machine gun positions.
"What's going on? Why do they have so many sharpshooters?" The general of Qi State was going crazy. He could not imagine that the opponent's tactics could be so weird.
He couldn't have imagined that the Tang Army had three- and four-fold magnification scopes. The Tang Army's snipers had a much higher shooting ability than traditional marksmen at a distance of one hundred to two hundred meters.
Having never eaten pork but also seen pigs running away, the generals of the Qi army also thought of the key to the problem: if you want to accurately shoot the target among thousands of troops, you need to identify the signs.
The officers of Qi had feathers on their heads. The feathers of senior officers were still colorful. It was like they had a downward arrow on their heads...
As for the heavy losses of the machine gunners, this is also natural: they were all near the machine guns and could easily be recognized and killed.
"Let the officers pluck the feathers!" The general of Qi, who had suffered a loss and figured out the key, ordered: "Change the camp! Go up again! I don't believe it!"
The officers of Qi State, who had taken off their feathers, once again took courage and led their troops to start a new round of attack.
