In the smoke-filled position, the Dahua soldier who had retrieved it from the position a few days ago was cautiously moving forward in the trench.
There were other Dahua soldiers in front of him, and the same number of soldiers followed behind him, because he was now a squad leader and had been promoted.
The soldiers who fought with him at the beginning are all dead, and the new recruits need to be commanded by experienced people. Even if they have experience in escaping, that is good.
Not far above the heads of these Dahua soldiers, a Dahua Empire Type 5 tank was burning. It had just been penetrated by artillery on the side and was completely destroyed on this position.
No matter how thick the armor is, it cannot be invincible. The side armor of the Type 5 tank does not have any advantages. After all, this thing is driven by an engine.
As long as it is not solid, a tank cannot be invincible, so it is not unusual for a Type 5 tank to be destroyed, it just represents the cruelty of the battle.
The Battle of Fengjiang has indeed begun to become cruel. In order to end the adverse effects of Guiguang's defeat, the Dahua Empire chose to fight to the death in Fengjiang.
Zhao Chen had no other way to save the defeat. He could only capture Fengjiang and then cut off the Fengjiang Army's connection with the Tang Empire, thereby weakening the Fengjiang Army's strength.
He threw himself into the troops regardless of the risk, advancing inch by inch, and his tactics were so hysterical that it was terrifying to watch.
In order to ensure the results of the battle, he even ordered his troops to continue digging operations, and then after each attack, he tried to connect his position with the Fengjiang position he had already controlled.
Under his series of operations, the troops of the Dahua Empire had actually advanced 3 kilometers towards Fengjiang. The closest point to the actual control position of the Dahua Army was only 17 kilometers away from the urban area of Fengjiang City.
"Be careful! These goblins are very cunning!" reminded his soldiers as the new squad leader of the Great Chinese Army walked forward.
What he was holding turned out to be a captured Bobosha submachine gun. This weapon appeared on the battlefield with the dwarf mercenaries. Soon some smart people from the Great Chinese Army discovered that this weapon was indeed useful.
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The Bobosha submachine gun is quite reliable. The most important thing is that the weapon equipped by the dwarves is equipped with a 71-round large drum. The firepower is very sustained and it is very comfortable to use.
Therefore, many soldiers of the Great China Army will try their best to get themselves such a weapon. Having this kind of weapon is equivalent to a guarantee of survival under complex battlefield conditions.
"Ula!" With a cry, a group of short but quite strong dwarf soldiers rushed out from the corner on the other side of the trench.
They carried Mosin-Nagant rifles and rushed towards their enemies with loud shouts. The Dahua soldiers also rushed towards these opponents with shouts, and the two sides immediately became entangled in the trenches.
Carrying a heavy drum, the squad leader of the Dahua Army started shooting at the enemy troops that were rushing over. The bullets hit the bodies of these dwarves, splashing a mist of blood.
Screams filled the entire trench. Some of the dwarf soldiers, who were stunned by the killings, hugged the Dahua army and died together. There were also Dahua soldiers who were stabbed by the opponent's bayonet and fell to the bottom of the trench pit vomiting blood.
"Yeah!" A Dahua soldier also stabbed a dwarf soldier with a bayonet. The other party dropped his weapon, grabbed the Dahua soldier's rifle, and fell down vomiting blood.
Before he could pull out his bayonet, the Dahua soldier was stabbed by the bayonet in the hand of another dwarf, and then he screamed and fell down.
A dense barrage of bullets hit, and several dwarf soldiers were immediately shot and fell. More Dahua soldiers rushed over, overwhelming the dwarves who tried to fight back.
There are simply too many soldiers of the Dahua Army. Under the cover of tanks, they have occupied nearby trenches. Long-range artillery is still suppressing the Fengjiang position further away. There are shouts of killing and explosions everywhere.
Suddenly, a roaring artillery shell flew over their heads. The sound was like coming from hell. The earth shook for a moment. The artillery shells fell on the positions occupied by the Chinese army. The vibration caused by the explosion made everyone unable to stand.
stable.
"Boom!" A landslide-like explosion set off a plume of smoke that was taller than a building, gravel flew across the air, and shrapnel struck along with the shock wave.
The squad leader of the Dahua Army, who had just fired with a submachine gun, suddenly fell down on the body of a friendly soldier. There was a buzzing in his ears, and the surrounding scene began to become blurry.
The world was spinning for a while, and when the Dahua squad leader saw that everything was shaking, huge air waves encircled the smoke and dust, blocking his sight.
In the darkness, he couldn't tell the direction and couldn't hear other people's shouts. He didn't know what happened. It seemed like the whole world had ended just now.
Every time I took a breath, my mouth was filled with grit and smoke, and my nose was filled with a weird, earthy smell of gun smoke.
He didn't know where he was, because he couldn't touch the walls of the trench and couldn't open his eyes. He tried to shout, tried to call his soldiers, but even he couldn't tell what he was calling.
Still didn't shout.
Because he opened his mouth, and based on his own experience, he exhaled air to vibrate his vocal cords. But he couldn't hear his own voice, and there was only a strong buzzing in his ears. It was like ten thousand cicadas, constantly buzzing in his ears.
Flutter the wings.
As time passed, more and more dust fell on his body, but the amount of dust floating in the sky was significantly less.
The sky gradually became brighter, and the smoke and dust that obscured the sky gradually faded. At this time, the Dahua squad leader was finally able to see a little more clearly about the surrounding situation: his soldiers were staggering here and there, but it was obvious that many of them were still alive.
Some people were trying to get up from the ground, and some were banging on their helmets or clothes, trying to clean the dust off their bodies.
However, the scene in front of me was like a mime, without any sound at all. Looking at it, there was an indescribable sense of dissonance.
"Monitor! Monitor!" Finally, in the ears that had been buzzing, a distant and nostalgic voice appeared.
The soldier close at hand opened his mouth wide and seemed to be calling. From the shape of the other person's mouth, it could be seen that the small and friendly distant voice just now seemed to be shouted by this soldier.
What they didn't know was that a huge crater had just appeared far away. The crater was more than ten meters in diameter and was still steaming.
That was the crater formed by the explosion of a shell fired by a 380 mm caliber main gun on the Fengjiang River Defense Fort. It was this shell that almost killed them all just now.
Artillery shells of this level are simply a disaster for infantry. Even if they land far away, the destructive power they cause is staggering.
The soldiers in the trenches a little closer could no longer stand up. Blood was oozing from their ears and nostrils, and they were walking quite peacefully.
Fortunately, the firing speed of this 380 mm caliber coastal defense gun is not very fast. After a shell falls for a long time, there will be no second shell to follow.
The dwarves' counterattack seemed to have receded, and only the artillery shells from both sides were still greeting each other on the position. There were corpses everywhere, and struggling wounded soldiers everywhere.
There are also some dwarf prisoners who need to be sent back to the rear: although these mercenaries are infuriating, they are actually very useful.
At least someone will pay to redeem them, or they can exchange them for surrendered soldiers from the Great China Empire. In short, these prisoners cannot be killed, and there will be rewards when they are sent back.
"Squad leader! I, I found this!" Although I still couldn't hear clearly, I finally heard some sound in my ears and heard the soldier's call. The squad leader of the Dahua Empire who was lucky enough to survive once again looked towards
killed his own men.
Then, he saw a drum in the opponent's hand: it was an unused drum filled with bullets needed for the Bobosha submachine gun.
"Thank you!" He was shouting at the top of his lungs, but the squad leader still felt that his voice was very far away from him.
The opponent handed him the drum and then left. There were still many things that needed to be sorted out on the battlefield. After this battle, many people had a new understanding of real battles.
At least they no longer naively think that the enemy can be killed with just one shot: on the battlefield, 80% of the bullets you fire will not hit the target, and the opponent will not give up their position easily.
Just look at the blood at your feet and look at the corpses of soldiers from both sides that haven't had time to dispose of them. All this is very obvious.
A Dahua soldier responsible for transporting ammunition passed by here carrying bullets and a Maxim machine gun belt hanging around his neck.
He left a few grenades, a machine gun belt, and a box of rifle bullets, and then continued walking away.
Farther away, on the reverse slope of a high ground, there was a Type 3 tank parked, and behind that tank, there was a truck of unknown type.
Today, their Dahua troops have advanced about one kilometer further, and are now less than 16 kilometers away from Fengjiang in the distance...
If they place a 200 mm caliber heavy artillery here, maybe... they can already hit Fengjiang City.
Sure enough, it was what the squad leader thought. At nightfall, after Toyoe's Butcher fighter jets left the battlefield, a tractor truck brought what looked like a huge artillery piece.
This is a 250 mm caliber heavy artillery with a theoretical range of more than 17 kilometers and can deliver more than 50 kilograms of shells into Fengjiang City.
Throughout the night, a company of Dahua Empire soldiers were busy on the position. They had to camouflage the artillery well to ensure that the artillery would not be killed by IL attack aircraft after dawn.
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