481 Battle of Mexico City (Part II)
readx(); The final line of defense of Spain north of Mexico City was filled with gunsmoke and flames, and the whole war also entered a relatively white-hot stage. One to read a book??ยท 1. The Spaniards dug a large number of trenches outside Mexico City for more than a month, although the overall rigor and scientific rigor were still inferior to the originators of trench warfare in this plane, but it was enough to cause trouble for any attacker.
After the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty used trench warfare, many Europeans realized the mystery from it. When the Europeans completely switched from the primitive flint to the rear-loading rifled guns, the improved firing and increased accuracy made the line line tactics useless. The Tang people never used line tactics on the battlefield, and the European powers, who were students of military theory, also learned about the tactics of the Tang army in various ways and applied them to their own armies.
When they felt that after the line tactics were eliminated, the infantry needed a better way to output firepower, and there was no doubt that the bunker was the best. However, it was not so easy to obtain bunkers on the plain battlefield, and when they saw the trenches dug by the Tang army, they immediately understood a lot.
The lethality of the artillery of the Tang army against the enemy in the trenches was much reduced, although the damage was still there, but it was somewhat limited.
Immediately after breaking through the defense line in the valley, the Don army tried to go on the offensive of the final line of defense in Mexico City. A look at the book??ยท The 1k?a?nshu artillery was still covered by fire, and the Spanish line was heavily bombarded. This naturally caused a lot of damage to the Spaniards, but then when the Don infantry charged the front line, the Spaniards still had a living force and resisted.
The rifles of the Spanish soldiers were fired, which caused some damage to the charging Don troops. The commander of the front line quickly realized the protection of the Spanish defenders from the trenches and immediately increased the fire cover of the charging soldiers. A number of machine guns formed a crossfire and fired above the trench, pressing the Spanish soldiers unable to raise their heads, which made the charge of the Don army easier. Immediately, this part of the trench was conquered by the Tang army.
Zhao Wenhu, the commander of the Zhichong Regiment who was in front of the formation, pinched his chin and listened to the staff officer's report, and said: "Did you actually kill more than a dozen people when you laid down a section of defense line?" It seems that the Spaniards have more firepower than we think. โ
It was a battalion-scale battle just born, and although the loss of a dozen people was not a big one, it was already something worth paying attention to for the Tang Army.
The staff officer said: "After all, the Spanish army has been exposed to new weapons for some time, and they generally use new rifles, and even they have a small number of metal rifles, which can still cause us some damage if the shooting is carried out." Want? Reading the book 1?k?a book n?shu But this damage is not big, and it is still within our acceptable range. Now that we know the situation of the Spanish defenders, we will inevitably use more suppressive fire to protect our charging soldiers. โ
Zhao Wenhu put down his hand, shook his head and said: "There are at least a dozen such trench defense lines of the Spaniards in front of us, although there are problems in their layout, we can completely disintegrate them after cutting in from the side, but if it goes on like this, it is normal for us to break through this line of defense and put one or two hundred people in." This kind of casualty is abnormal for our Tang Army. Our Tang Army is an army that has the courage and is not afraid of sacrifice, but our motto is that we can fight with our brains, and we don't need to fight with flesh and blood. โ
Zhao Wenhu is a young and middle-aged officer in his thirties, one of the people who crossed over, when he crossed over, he was just a teenager among the soldiers who were coerced to Taiwan by the Guofu Army, and he slowly grew into an officer with obvious Tang characteristics in Datang. After being promoted, Zhao Wenhu entered the 6th Army Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty to study, and in the 6th Military Academy, Zhao Wenhu accepted the concept of building the Tang Army in its entirety, including this one, fighting with his brain.
Zhao Wenhu thought about it, and then said to the staff officer: "You go to the headquarters and report to the commander comrade, saying that our department has applied to use plan No. 1O15. โ
The staff officer was first startled when he heard this, and then looked at Zhao Wenhu, but he didn't say anything or act.
Zhao Wenhu patted him on the shoulder and said, "What are you stunned about, isn't it just that our staff headquarters set up these plans just to be usable on the battlefield?" โ
The staff officer said: "However, plan 1o15 ......"
Zhao Wenhu interrupted him and said: "The specific decision is the commander's business, I just make a suggestion, I don't want to fight with the lives of our soldiers when there are alternatives, that's all." โ
The staff officer saluted: "Yes, regiment commander, I know, I'll go to the headquarters to report." โ
In the headquarters, Xu Daorun got the report from Zhao Wenhu, which was a very simple piece of paper, on which it was written that Zhao Wenhu's department requested to adopt plan 1O15. Just these two lines, Xu Daorun read it several times, then put down the application and said with a smile: "Zhao Wenhu, this kid, is also courageous." โ
Major General Ju Guochong also said: "There was a wave of rushes, causing more than a dozen casualties, and Zhao Wenhu's consideration is no problem." โ
Chief of Staff Li Guoliang said: "However, it is not a bit arbitrary to adopt 1o15 like this, after all, it may cause many unknowable consequences." If it does too much damage to Mexico City, it may also be detrimental to our subsequent reign in Mexico City. โ
Xu Daorun found several headquarters staff officers and said: "Immediately verify and see if there are conditions to carry out Plan 1O15." โ
After a short time, several staff officers reported: "From the direction of the wind to the humidity and dryness, it is suitable for the spread of mustard gas, mustard gas will not affect our army, and the scope of action should not pass the last line of defense of the Spaniards, and the impact on the residents of Mexico City will be minimal." โ
Xu Daorun didn't think much about it, and said, "Then let's do it, we brought these weapons to come in handy." โ
Li Guoliang said: "However, we may have opened a door to the devil, and Europeans may be more concerned about this kind of weapon from now on, so that it will eventually turn back on us." โ
Xu Daorun said: "They have always been researching weapons to kill, but we have always been before them, and now we are on the battlefield, we only need to think about how to defeat the enemy, at the least cost, and don't care about anything else." There is no reason to consume one's own precious soldier's life in order to say that he is afraid that such a weapon will attract the attention of others. โ
There is a sense of solemnity in all of them, but there is also a sense of relief. From the treasure bag of the Don army, another terrible weapon was released, and the Spaniards did not know what terrible thing they were going to face.