"How are the casualties of the troops?" After the fighting stopped, Wang Yuze came down from the tower and asked Wang Wei.
"Company Commander, the casualties are not large and within the tolerable range. However, the consumption of ammunition is a bit high. After the wall was blown open, in order to repel the enemy's attack, both heavy machine guns and mortars were deployed.
Shoot at the maximum speed." Wang Wei replied.
"It doesn't matter. There are only more than a thousand horse bandits attacking this time. It seems that they have paid at least half the price. It is getting dark and their attack will stop by then. When the reinforcements arrive tomorrow
, it’s time for us to fight back!" Wang Yuze said. Now, the sky has gradually darkened. After dark, the temperature will drop sharply, and with the snow falling in the sky, the temperature will be even lower. The third company
The soldiers were okay, at least they had hot soup, liquor and cotton clothes to keep warm. The horse bandits were not so good. The low temperature of more than ten degrees below zero at night was enough to freeze them all to death.
"Move the heavy machine gun on the east side and form a crossfire with the heavy machine gun in the third row. In addition, tell the soldiers not to be afraid that bullets will be consumed quickly. As long as we can hold the station, it will be the greatest victory. The consumption of bullets will be the greatest victory.
The battalion headquarters will replenish the bullets for us soon!"
"Okay, company commander!" Wang Wei immediately went down to deliver the order. Taking advantage of the gap when the bandits stopped attacking, the soldiers began to carry ammunition and recover their strength. The heavy machine gunners also began to refine their gun barrels. In high-intensity battles
Among them, the barrel of the heavy machine gun is easy to be scrapped. Fortunately, the third company has enough reserves and can be replaced immediately after being scrapped. A well-trained heavy machine gunner can replace the barrel in twenty seconds.
It will not affect the battle.
In less than half an hour, the horse bandits attacked again. The sky had gradually darkened, and this was their last attack. If they could not succeed, they would have to retreat until it completely darkened.
Beforehand, find a place to camp with leeward wind. Otherwise, the cold weather will freeze them all to death.
"Brothers, this is your last chance. As long as you can rush in, I will reward each of you fifty taels of silver. If you kill a soldier of the Western Sichuan Army, you will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver. If you kill an officer, you will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver."
Kill the biggest officer in this military station, and I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver!" Ma Qi announced loudly. He also knew that if this attack is not effective, then this operation will be a complete one.
failed. Reinforcements from the Western Sichuan Army would arrive soon. At that time, he would have to retreat in advance, otherwise, he would be very likely to be trapped. Therefore, he offered such a high reward.
There must be brave men under heavy rewards. Under such a high reward from Ma Qi, both the horse bandits and the Qingma Army howled like wolves. The originally low morale became high again.
"Attack!" Ma Qi ordered loudly.
"Kill!" The horse bandits and the Green Horse Army let out loud roars and rushed towards the military station. The leader was more than 300 war horses. Although there was no one on the horse, the horse bandits were surrounding them.
Driven by others, the war horses thought of the gap in the military station wall and launched a rapid attack.
"Damn it, they want to use war horses to attack our defenses. Artillery, fire!" Wang Yuze put down the telescope in his hand and ordered loudly. When the horse bandits started to attack, he returned to the tower. Although it was a bit more dangerous here,
But it makes it easier for him to control the battle situation and direct the battle.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The five mortars belonging to the third company began firing rapidly. Shells exploded among the horse bandits and the Qing Ma Army. Although the horse bandits and the Qing Ma Army were
The intervals between them are very wide, but almost every cannonball can still take away one or two lives. Especially those cannonballs that explode among the horses, which can cause panic among the horses. This makes the surrounding horse bandits and youths
Ma Jun had to spend time to appease him.
Then, the heavy machine gun on the tower also opened fire. Pieces of hot bullets flew angrily towards the horse bandits and the Green Horse Army, knocking them to the ground. Those who fell from their horses had no chance of survival. They ran quickly behind them.
A capable war horse is enough to trample them into pieces.
Although people continued to be shot and killed, the horse bandits gradually approached the military station. After passing through the bombed Juma, the horse bandits launched an attack. The horses at the front were even more vulnerable to the soldiers of the Qing Ma Army.
Under control, he rushed towards the hole that was blown in the wall. Although many of those war horses were shot and killed along the way, there were still about a hundred horses left.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The artillery position built in the military station, with five mortars, constantly adjusted the direction of the bombardment. When the horse bandits approached the military station, their shooting targets had been set at two or three people outside the gap.
Within a range of ten meters, shells exploded among the horse bandits. Because the gap in the wall was only that big, the horse bandits had to gather together if they wanted to rush in. This gave the soldiers of the third company
, a good opportunity to kill the enemy.
"Come in! You must rush in!" Ma Qi, who was watching the battle from behind, was excited. This action was strongly requested by him in front of his father Ma Haiyan, and Ma Haiyan himself did not want to overly stimulate the Western Sichuan Army.
If he fails and loses his army, you can imagine how he will explain to Ma Haiyan. You know, Ma Haiyan is not only his son, his younger brother Ma Lin, although four years younger than him, has already entered the army.
.If he performs poorly, the successor to the Green Horse Army may have to be replaced. Therefore, he must prove himself with a victory.
The war horses made a painful neighing sound. When they crossed the gap in the wall, many war horses were beaten to the ground and fell to the ground in a death struggle. However, there were still war horses that were lucky enough to escape the tight firepower of the Western Sichuan Army.
, continued to charge forward. The simple position of the third row in the forefront was already less than 20 meters away. Behind the horses, there were fierce horse bandits and green horse soldiers waving sabers. Close combat
Sometimes, they prefer to use sabers instead of rifles.
"Get ready for grenades, throw them!" Shi Deyou, the leader of the third platoon, ordered loudly. Suddenly, dozens of grenades flew quickly toward the gap in the wall, knocking down the charging horses as well as the horse bandits and green horse troops behind them.
.This made the attacks of the horse bandits and the Qingma Army a halt.
"Continue!" Shi Deyou couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this. The soldiers in the third row threw dozens of grenades again. A violent explosion sounded at the gap in the wall, and shrapnel flew across. After the explosion, there was no trace left at all.
The next living thing. After the soldiers in the third row threw several rounds of grenades in succession, they completely curbed the attack of the horse bandits and the Qingma Army. The artillery behind and the heavy machine guns installed on the towers,
He also opened fire wildly, taking as many lives as possible from the horse bandits.
Hand grenades are indeed a simple and easy-to-use weapon. They can play a strong role in both attack and defense. Hand grenades have been used by the Western Sichuan Army for nearly 30 years. When they were first faced with
During the Qing army's encirclement and suppression, this sharp weapon played an extremely important role. Hand grenades have a long history and were first invented by the Chinese. Hand grenades loaded with black powder appeared in Europe in the 15th century, and were mainly used for fortress defense at that time.
and prisons. In the mid-17th century, some European countries equipped their elite troops with field grenades, and called soldiers specially trained to use such ammunition grenadiers. By the 19th century, with the development of guns and castle defense,
With the decline of war, grenades were once given a cold reception. Originally, grenades were only used on a large scale during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904. But after the rise of Western Sichuan, this weapon has been developed as a priority like mortars.
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"Damn it! Prepare to retreat!" Seeing that he was beaten back again, Ma Qi threw the riding crop in his hand to the ground, very angry. He was about to succeed, but in the end he failed.
At this time, a rumbling sound came from the distant sky, like thunder.
Ma Qi's face changed drastically. Having grown up on horses, he naturally knew that this was the sound made by war horses running. He immediately realized that reinforcements from the Western Sichuan Army had arrived.
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