"Fire the artillery!" With the commander's order, 12 155mm heavy howitzers from the 1st Company of the Artillery Battalion of the 15th Division of the Chinese Army began to roar. The shells weighing 42 kilograms were used to act in huge kinetic energy.
Next, he flew towards the artillery positions of the British and French coalition forces. The observation balloons of the artillery battalion had already risen to the sky, providing accurate guidance for the artillerymen of the Chinese army. The 155mm heavy howitzer is extremely powerful and can face the enemy.
The artillery formed a strong suppression.
"Boom! Boom!" The shell exploded on the sand, and its huge power rolled up pieces of sand and spread around. Although the power of the shell on the sand would be reduced a lot, it was still very lethal. One 155
If a millimeter heavy howitzer goes down, at least it can leave a large pit of several meters in diameter on the sand. No one in this range can survive.
The Chinese army and the British and French coalition launched fierce artillery attacks. Even though the British and French coalitions had more than 200 cannons, they did not have an advantage in cannons with a caliber of more than 105 mm. In addition, the Chinese artillery also had accurate guidance on observing balloons.
, in the artillery positions that destroyed the British and French Allied Forces, they almost hit one by one. In the fierce artillery battle, the artillery of the British and French Allied Forces did not take any advantage at all, but instead suffered heavy losses in the artillery attack. This made the British and French Allied Forces' original ambition
, which was greatly affected.
"Commander, our artillery has been completely suppressed by the Chinese. By now, we have lost one-third of the artillery. If we continue, we will suffer greater losses!"
The artillery commander reported to General Horazio Herbert Kitchener.
"How come this happens? Our artillery, more than twice the size of the Chinese, was actually suppressed. What's going on?" Horazio Herbert Kitchener came on.
He complained very dissatisfiedly. In his military career, whether in Sudan, India, or in the Boer War, the British army always had the advantage. The powerful artillery could bring great power to the British army.
Help. However, now it seems that he can no longer maintain this advantage in fighting against the Chinese army!
"General, although the Chinese have few artillery numbers, they fired large-caliber artillery of more than 105 mm and small-caliber artillery, and they did not join the battle at all. Therefore, I expect the number of artillery numbers of Chinese people is not as good as ours
"Shao!" said the artillery commander. This was an analysis of the actual situation, but at the same time he was also exonerating himself.
"God! More than 30,000 Chinese military equipment is more than 100,000 British and French coalition forces? Are these Chinese people already rich to this level?" Horazio Herbert Kitchener
The general was a little unbelievable, but he had to admit that he seemed to have encountered a tough and tough problem. If the artillery could not kill the enemy to the maximum extent, it would seem difficult for him to take down Medina.
The artillery fire preparations of the British and French coalition forces took an hour to go on. After their shelling was over, half of the medina had become a ruin. During this period, many famous mosques were bombed into ruins, which made
The Arabs in the city gritted their teeth at the British and French coalition forces.
At 9 a.m., although the artillery fire preparations did not achieve the expected purpose, General Horazio Herbert Kitchener still issued an order to attack. The soldiers of the 1st Division of the Second Army, the division, were from
The elite army transferred from the British mainland, Horazio Herbert Kitchener, sent this division for the first time, with the purpose of using this to open up the situation.
Tens of thousands of British soldiers, holding rifles, raised their waists to attack Medina. Because of the continuous wars for years, the current tactics are completely different from before. Everyone knows how to do it in the face of dense firepower.
It is possible to reduce casualties. You will no longer see the stupid thing of being in a neat row and then stalking towards the enemy's bullets.
The elite troops from the British mainland have very good combat qualities. They hugged and quickly assaulted at the Medina. Behind them, more than a dozen 75mm mountain cannons and more than a dozen heavy machine guns are following up. They will
Provide the most direct fire support for the attacking army. The McDonald's walls are very low and not strong. They can collapse with just a few guns. In the previous artillery preparations, there was already a period of more than thirty meters.
The city wall collapsed. Without the protection of the city wall, it seemed to be a very simple thing to attack the city of Medina.
The 152nd Regiment of the 155th Division of the Army was responsible for defending the western walls of Medina. The entire regiment was more than 4,000 people and had already prepared for combat. During the shelling, they all hid in the anti-aircraft artillery holes that had been built.
There was not much loss in it. After the shelling was over, they returned to the city wall. However, the permanent fire point they had built before had lost a lot of losses in the shelling.
"People departments should pay attention and fire when they are close! Heavy mortars and infantry artillery will give priority to destroying foreign devils' artillery and heavy machine guns, and each heavy machine gun team will eliminate these foreign devils with the greatest possibility!" The commander of the 152nd Regiment ordered.
The entire regiment has three battalions, and both battalions have been placed on the city wall. The defense of this section of the city wall is less than two kilometers long, and the troops are relatively sufficient. The other battalion and the regiment directly under the regiment are used as reserves.
The British army was close all the way, and they were not attacked one kilometer before approaching the city wall, which made many British soldiers breathe a sigh of relief. They believed that this seemed to indicate that the resistance of the Chinese army was not as they thought.
Fierce. Admiral Horashaw Herbert Kitchener, who was watching the game from behind, also smiled on his face.
"It seems that the Chinese have been frightened by the great British Empire's army. Perhaps, we can take Medina today and spend the night in the city!" Horazio Herbert Kitchener
The general said with a smile. It was too unbearable for him to live in a tent. Entering the city of Medina was just a much better condition in this regard. Of course, if there were a beautiful Arab girl to reward him, then
That was better. Although Horatshaw Herbert Kitchener was over fifty years old, in some ways, he felt like a young man, full of energy.
Other generals from Britain and France also agreed. No one among them had ever fought with the Chinese army. Although judging from the information obtained, the Chinese army seemed to be relatively powerful. But many people
I think that it is just a rumor.
"Fight!" After the British army entered 500 meters from the city wall, the commander of the 152nd Regiment issued an order to open fire.
Suddenly, hundreds of light and heavy machine guns on the city wall began to pour out fire. The dense firepower completely formed a metal storm, easily strangling the British soldiers shrouded in it into pieces. The infantry artillery and force on the city wall
The guns also opened fire, but their targets were mountain cannons and heavy machine guns behind the British army. The shells fell down, rushing the British people to the bombings. The mountain cannons and heavy machine guns were even more accused by
It was blown into a mess. The British soldiers who were attacking seemed to have not reacted and were stunned by the dense firepower. Rows of British soldiers fell to the ground like they were cutting wheat.
The blood flowed from them dyed the sand on the ground red!
The smile on Horasho Herbert Kitchener's face disappeared in an instant. The Chinese army used powerful firepower to show their existence, which was equivalent to giving Horasho a fierce force.
General Herbert Kitchener slapped him in the face.
The shrapnel shot out and the bullets flew around. The Chinese army easily harvested the lives of these British soldiers with dense firepower. Under such powerful firepower, the 1st Division of the Second Army of the British and French Allied Forces, in just a few minutes.
In time, more than two thousand casualties were killed and killed. The remaining British soldiers were also scared. For a moment, all of them were thrown aside by the British army that survived by luck.
They immediately ran backwards, and the speed of the escape was several times that they were attacking.
The Chinese army used artillery shells and bullets to send these British soldiers out of range.
After the British soldiers retreated, the soldiers of the 152nd Regiment immediately retreated to the city wall to rest, leaving only a few observers on the city wall, and the rest retreated into the anti-aircraft shed to avoid revenge.
After the British army retreated and counted the results, they almost pissed General Horeshaw Herbert Kitchener to death. With just one attack, the British army lost more than 3,000 people, and the 1st Division of the Second Army was injured and killed.
It has reached more than 20%. For the Western army, the losses have reached 20%. Even if it is severely damaged, if it suffers another loss, it will lose its combat effectiveness.
"Fire! Fire! Blast all the yellow monkeys to death!" Admiral Horazio Herbert Kitchener gave the order to bombard the shelling like a furious lion.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The cannons of the British and French coalition forces began to roar, and the artillery of the Chinese army was not to be outdone. The two sides once again launched a fierce artillery battle. However, the result of the artillery battle was still the Chinese army.
artillery prevails.
The angry General Horazio Herbert Kitchener issued an order to attack the entire line. The 100,000 British and French forces launched a fierce attack from all directions towards Medina. For a moment, the Chinese army defended the city
, faced tremendous pressure. Under the fierce attack of the British and French Allied Forces, considerable casualties began to occur. Of course, the casualties they caused to the British and French Allied Forces were much greater than their own! (To be continued. Please search
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