In the following time, the Houjin army also learned the previous lesson and no longer carried out intensive charges. Instead, after placing large forces outside the range of the 1601 Battalion, they infiltrated the Tower Hill defense line with small forces.

"Pay attention, save bullets, save bullets, aim and hit, don't shoot if you're not sure. Grenadiers should pay special attention to the fact that this battle is still fought, do not fire easily, and save ammunition. ”

With this order, the companies consciously reduced the frequency of their firing.

However, even if the frequency of firing was reduced, the enemy's losses continued to increase as the enemy's infiltration forces got closer and closer.

As a member of the elite troops, almost all of the soldiers of 1601 have a 200-meter distance and a hit rate of more than 80% against fixed targets.

Even if the hit rate decreases slightly when the enemy is moving, when the enemy is blocked by barbed wire and cannot advance, things become much easier.

After suffering several devastating blows to the barbed wire, the Houjin army adjusted its strategy again.

The enemy brought up several shield wagons again, and after parking the shield carts in front of the barbed wire fence, a group of Houjin soldiers quickly began to dig under the cover of the shield wagons.

"Grenadier, wipe out the enemy's shield cart."

After a few muffled tom sounds, the grenade landed accurately near several shield carts, and in the violent explosion, the stumps and severed arms of several corpses were thrown into the air.

However, except for a shield cart that was directly hit, which was broken into several pieces and flew apart, the other shield carts that were not directly hit, although damaged, still stubbornly blocked there.

The officer quickly changed the order: "Change the incendiary bomb." ”

However, the effect is still not obvious.

Although the flames could not be extinguished by ordinary means under the ignition of incendiary bombs, it took a certain amount of time for the wood to burn, and the shield cart was still blocking the firing line of the crowd until the wood burned out.

Behind the firelight, there was dust flying from time to time, obviously the explosion just now did not frighten the group of Houjin troops, and the enemy was still digging trenches.

Moreover, the flickering of the fire seriously hindered the grenadiers' shooting, after all, under the reflection of the firelight, the air was a little distorted, and the grenadiers could not shoot accurately, but could only rely on their senses to continue to shoot roughly.

However, rough shooting is really unreliable, if a large-caliber artillery can reimburse all living things within a radius of tens of meters at once, then forget it.

However, the grenade launcher of the Huaxia Army is only a meagre 40mm caliber, and the killing radius of the high-explosive bomb is only 5 meters.

Also, if the enemy is lying on the ground, there is a good chance that they will be spared from the damage of the fragments.

So, just when those shield carts were completely destroyed, the enemy had already completed the excavation of a shallow pit capable of hiding a dozen people.

Next, relying on the shallow pit, the Houjin Army remobilized manpower to build shield vehicles and giant shields, and carried the shooting of the reconnaissance battalion to the barbed wire, and continued to expand the excavation of the hole.

And, it seems that after several rounds of confrontation, it seems that the firelight has a disruptive effect on the grenade shooter, and the enemy actually automatically ignited the newly sent shield cart and giant shield.

"Rub, it's really ghostly."

"Isn't there a way for the grenades to get a grenade into that tunnel?"

"No way, the fire is too bright to complete the accurate ranging."

"Then form a commando team and shoot at close range."

However, the enemy's side was not vegetarian either, and in several rounds of fighting, they had roughly figured out the range of the various weapons of the defenders of Tower Hill.

Therefore, the enemy's heavy artillery, as well as a few remaining small cannons, had shifted their positions again, moving forward about 300 meters.

Here, it is only 200 meters away from the barbed wire defense line.

Therefore, when the assault team organized by the reconnaissance battalion slowly advanced 100 meters, it was just within the range of all the enemy's guns.

The heavy cannon can fire hundreds of small projectiles at a time, plus the 9 scattered shells of several small cannons of the Franc machine, it is completely a dense barrage.

The assault team could not continue to advance to break through the enemy's fire, and after wounding three people, the battalion commander in the rear had no choice but to give the order to retreat.

"No, the enemy's heavy artillery is too powerful for us to get close to the enemy through that dense barrage."

"Damn, how could the Houjin Tartars come up with such a way of digging?"

"You guys, you underestimate the people of the world, Houjin Tartar recently used this trick when he was fighting against Zu Dashou in the Dalinghe area of Liaodong. Dig trenches on the periphery for siege, and then send mobile troops to continuously block the Ming reinforcements. ”

"Reinforcements? Isn't that our usual tactic? ”

"Do you think that the post-golden tartars don't know how to learn?"

"Well, no, it's just a surprise. By the way, will Houjin send reinforcements to our troops? ”

"It's not funny at all."

"Well, I'm dizzy, if the enemy is ready to send reinforcements, it will integrate our intentions."

"I still don't have heavy weapons in my hands, if there is an artillery, we don't need those expensive rifled guns, even if it is a 10-pound long-barreled smoothbore gun of the navy, we won't be so deflated."

"Hey, thousands of pounds of weight, do you think it's playing? This is a mountainous area, you see the appearance of the Houjin Tatar when transporting the heavy artillery, a full 300 people dragged the thousand pounds of heavy artillery to the position, can we take 300 people to fight for just one cannon? ”

"Not really."

The crowd fell silent again.

Looking at the dusty trenches dug in the distance, the grenadiers did not dare to waste ammunition anymore, after all, mountain combat plus operations behind enemy lines made logistics inconvenient.

After a while, an officer suddenly thought of something, and said with some hesitation, "Battalion commander, I have an idea, you can listen to the test is unreliable." ”

"Tell me, let's talk about it together."

"Well, that's what I think, since the Houjin army prepared local rats to dig a pit over, then why can't we also dig a pit over?

As long as we dig 100 meters and dig out a firing position that can accommodate one person, we can surprise the enemy.

If you are lucky enough to reimburse the enemy's heavy artillery, things will be much easier. ”

The battalion commander's eyes flickered, and he muttered, "It's kind of interesting." ”

"We have nearly 20 times fewer men than the enemy, so how is the soil here? Can you rely on a few people to dig quickly? ”

"According to the report, this area of soil is a mixture of rocks and laterite, and some sections may require a detour, but as long as you keep digging along the laterite layer, the speed will be fast."

"Then start work immediately, and after planning the route, let the soldiers of the three companies take turns digging. Let's start with the battalion headquarters company. ”

"Yes."