Horton angrily gave the order for artillery bombardment again, this time the target of the artillery bombardment was the heavy machine gun fire point in the forward position, and an artillery regiment launched an attack on more than a dozen heavy machine gun fire points, which made people really feel that the anti-aircraft gun was hitting mosquitoes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, Horton's order had just been issued, and the artillery regiment had not yet had time to strike, and on the opposite side, the Lu army's position took the lead.

Almost at the same time that Gao Qi ordered the 1st Regiment to use heavy machine gun weapons, he also gave the order for artillery operations.

The artillerymen of the Lu army on the artillery position were nervously busy one by one, and the gunners kept adjusting the shooting Zhuyuan, locking on the bombing targets on the coalition positions, and the shells behind them were constantly moved up and filled into the barrels!

The artillery regiment of the 1st Division moved ahead of the artillery regiment of the British army, and took the lead in launching a wave of offensives, and hundreds of shells flew out of the positions of the Lu army, roaring and rushing straight to the positions of the coalition forces!

The artillery of the training army has bombed the position of the Lu army for more than an hour, close to two hours, the shells thrown, there are more than 4,000 rounds, almost all the artillery fire has been exposed, and now the artillery regiment of the Lu army is completely aimed at the artillery position of the coalition army, and in an instant, the artillery position of the coalition army was hit by the flames of the sky, the smoke of gunpowder billowed out, and the thick black smoke simply made the artillery of the coalition army unable to see anyone on the opposite side, fortunately, the British army is also well-trained, experienced in combat, facing the artillery fire of the Lu army, Although it was suppressed enough, it was still able to calm down, but it was not possible to save the situation of being beaten miserably, the opponent's artillery fire was too fierce, so fierce that the artillery had nowhere to hide!

Under the continuous blows of the Lu artillery, the artillery of the coalition army was beaten to a mess, and the casualties were not small, one by one the artillery flew into the sky with their hands and feet, and some even had no bones left, and were blown into a pile of minced meat, even the sturdy and bulky artillery also suffered a heavy blow, and some were even scrapped directly, unable to continue the battle!

At this time, it was impossible for the artillery of the training army to bombard the heavy machine gun fire points of the forward positions of the Lu army, and the poor sight conditions made it impossible to aim at all, so how to carry out an effective attack?

No matter what, let's suppress the opponent's artillery fire first, the allied artillery had to transfer their artillery firepower and began a new round of bombardment towards the positions of the Lu army, and the two sides started a fierce artillery battle!

Today's first division is concentrated in the best artillery force of the Lu army, otherwise, it will not be called the first division, the absolute main force, the artillery technology almost catches up with the French army, and even has surpassed the British army, and the confrontation with the British army and the Spanish artillery is almost not the slightest advantage, and the artillery position is offensively protected, which is conducive to concealing or dodging the enemy's artillery bombardment, and the defensive force is far better than the Anglo-Spanish coalition army that has just arrived, without the slightest defensive force, plus the sudden raid, It even faintly gained the upper hand and suppressed the artillery of the Anglo-Spanish coalition army!

The two sides fought fiercely from the afternoon to the evening, and the artillery fire lasted for two or three hours, and the artillery battle alone lasted for two or three hours, and the artillery shells fired by both sides together were only afraid that they had exceeded 10,000 rounds, and the positions were full of large and small craters, and there were dead bodies and wounded everywhere.

Killing Horton and Barber did not expect that they would be able to encounter such a dangerous and vicious battle when they came to China, and it was extremely dangerous, even in the Crimean War a few years ago, it was not so tragic! I didn't expect that in just a few years, China would have such a powerful army, not only with world-class artillery and artillery, but also with extremely powerful heavy machine guns and heavy machine gunners!

Obviously, on the first day of the battle, the Anglo-Spanish army suffered a big loss, and the situation of the Lu army was obviously much better, and the fortifications built for several days provided strong protection for the Lu army, with command post tunnels, battle tunnels, cantonment tunnels, ambulance post tunnels, ammunition and material tunnels, and communication tunnels.

It is definitely not something that can be destroyed by a day of indiscriminate bombardment by the Anglo-Spanish coalition forces, although the fierce artillery battle caused some casualties to the Lu army, but it was also within the range of bearing. Correspondingly, the Anglo-Spanish coalition army was unlucky, they didn't even have time to build the simple fortifications of the position, so they launched a fierce attack, wanting to open the door with three axes, and directly beat the Lu army down, and suffered a big loss at once.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Anglo-Spanish coalition suffered more than 3,000 casualties, especially the second and third charges, which caused the Anglo-Spanish coalition to suffer a heavy blow.

"Bastard, asshole!"

Horton and Barber were so angry that they kept cursing the Lu army, they were too cunning, too insidious, these generals of the Lu army were too cunning, and they were ten times better than the Qing generals in the Battle of Tianjin!

Obviously, just with his own strength of more than 20,000 people, it is basically impossible to take the position of the Lu army from the frontal attack, the opponent's defensive force is too strong, the coalition forces missed the best opportunity to attack, and the delay of three or four days in the negotiations is fatal, giving the Lu army the opportunity to deploy calmly! Now, even if more than 20,000 troops are put into it, it may not be able to tear through the steel defense line of the Lu army!

The artillery fire on the opposite side has weakened, and gradually fell into silence, a day of fierce fighting, both sides have casualties, Horton muffled and said: "Order, send out the troops of two infantry regiments, dig tunnel fortifications overnight, and prepare for tomorrow's battle!" ”

Barber on the side said in a deep voice: "General Houghton, it seems that it is difficult to shake the defense of the Lu army with our strength alone, and we must let the friendly troops on both flanks intervene and besiege the position of the Lu army!" ”

Horton nodded and replied: "Yes, I haven't seen you for a few years, Guo Ye's combat power has become even stronger, and the current individual combat power is not even weaker than the elite army of the West, and in some places it is even excessive, we can't be careless, we need to take out all our strength to launch a thunderous blow to the Lu army, and destroy the Lu army's defensive position in an instant with extremely powerful firepower!" Someone came, immediately sent a letter to General Bazin on the west side and General Juyiru on the east side, asking the two armies to attack the flanks of the Lu army from both flanks, besiege them on three sides, and completely disintegrate the fortifications of the Lu army! ”

Horton continued to give orders one after another, on the other side, Gao Qi's face was also a little dignified, the British army is worthy of being the world's first-class strong army, but the combat power is not bad, surprise, he can still occupy a certain upper hand, once the two sides are in a stalemate, it is only half a catty, but, don't forget, there are still a large number of training troops on their two wings, if the siege is launched, then the first division will be really dangerous!

(To be continued.) )