As soon as two o'clock in the afternoon, the herald suddenly came down and ordered the Austro-Hungarian army on the opposite side to launch an artillery attack, and let everyone enter the anti-artillery hole, because the detectives observed that the artillery jackets of the Austro-Hungarian troops on the opposite side had been lifted off. It can be said that it was only when they came to Europe that the Chinese soldiers realized modern warfare, and the two months of life as a baggage soldier made the Chinese soldiers know what it means to cooperate with infantry artillery and how to defend the opponent's heavy artillery. The two months of heavy soldier life allowed the Chinese soldiers to learn about war, and they played the principle of the Chinese to do things well, and the trenches and bomb shelters were dug better than anyone else.

The artillery of a division of the Northeast Frontier Army in China is already the largest among all Chinese armies, but compared with the Italians, it is like a child of seven or eight years old and a young man of ten years. Seeing the British and the French, especially the French, good fellows, the Entente has a saying, called British guns, French artillery, a French division has more than 200 cannons, infantry artillery mortars are equipped with company platoons, this gringo is really rich. Italy let Chinese soldiers be heavy soldiers, but let Chinese soldiers learn to adapt to modern warfare, and from this point of view, the hard work of the Chinese was not in vain.

After ten minutes, sure enough, the Austro-Hungarian artillery fired, and because it was prepared in advance, the enemy's shelling apparently did not cause much damage to the Chinese.

Zang Hao's squad is the main squad of their platoon, and the Iron Hammer squad is famous, but the platoon commander put them in the second-line trenches to rest, and let others make some contributions. Zang Hao was still holding a cigarette in his mouth, and scolded while smoking: "I'm cāo his uncle, what does Italian cigarette taste like, it's too difficult to smoke." ”

"Come on. Some smoke and complain about something. Platoon Commander Han Xu raised his head as he spoke, and said, "Hey, here, Zang Hao, your class is ready, if the first class can't withstand you, you have to go." ”

"Wouldn't it be better to send us directly?" Zang Hao complained.

"You can't let your class take all the credit, can't you eat meat and Feng Laofu (the first squad leader) drink soup?" Han Xu said.

Zang Hao rolled his eyes. said: "Yes, to put it bluntly, I'm still afraid that I will make meritorious contributions." That's right, platoon commander. Do you think I'm going to be promoted to the ranks? ”

"Absolutely." Han Xu said.

Zang Hao smiled: "That's it, if it's right, I'll be promoted and invite you to drink." ”

"I don't drink Italian beer. It's like horse urine. Han Xu said with a smile.

As he was talking, the herald in the battalion came, jumped into the trench with his waist bent, and said, "Han platoon commander, Han platoon commander." ”

"What's the matter? Xiao Fang, why are you here? Han Xu asked.

"Platoon Commander Han, the battalion commander said that you don't go wrong, your section is relatively convex, and it is possible that you will be attacked by the enemy's artillery fire." The herald Xiao Fang admonished.

"Tune us two more machine guns." Han Xu said.

"Didn't our battalion give you one of the four heavy machine guns that we captured," said the battalion commander. If you don't have a machine gun, you have a life. Xiao Fang said with a smile.

Han Xu complained: "Hey, this Shanxi person is really old, no wonder there is a saying about Shanxi Laojiao." ”

Xiao Fang took out a piece of paper and a cloth bag from his arms and said, "That's right." This is the promotion order and sergeant rank of your platoon Tibetan mastiff, the Tibetan mastiff has been promoted to one level, the sergeant rank, and he has been promoted to serve as the deputy platoon commander of your platoon. ”

"Eh, I'm cāo, Tibetan mastiff. Tibetan mastiff! Han Xu shouted.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! The sound of the cannon came, and the soil fell on Han Xu's head and mouth, Han Xu vomited for a long time, and scolded: "The Tibetan mastiff rolls over to Lao Tzu." ”

After the shelling, Zang Hao heard it, bent over and ran over and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Here you go, promotion order, rank, belt on the shoulder." Han Xu handed him the military rank and appointment letter.

Zang Hao took a look at it, was happy, and said, "Hey, hey, deputy platoon commander, hey, awesome." ”

"You stinky and beautiful." Han Xu said with a smile.

Zang Hao hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you for the cultivation, thank you for the cultivation." ”

Han Xu stretched his neck and said, "Don't be so stinky, the Austrians are here." ”

The trapped South Rotier 3rd Marksman Regiment had some of the Jiang defense artillery, and in order to break through the Chinese defense line and return to Austria, it also had to be moved, but most of them were too heavy to move, and only a small part was moved. Unsure of the strategic intentions of the Chinese, they used regimental infantry guns and mortars to attack. Subsequently, the squadron also used field artillery, infantry artillery and mortars to counterattack, but the large-caliber artillery of both sides was always not used.

After more than ten minutes of artillery shelling from both sides, the Austrians took the lead in attacking the Chinese positions.

The 3rd Marksman Regiment of South Rotil is worthy of being an elite German infantry regiment, howling and rushing to the Chinese position, because the trenches are set up on the plain and there is no danger to defend, at this time it depends on the firepower and courage and tactical literacy of both sides, the Austrians are stronger than the squadron in courage and tactical skills, but the Chinese are not surrounding them, full of confidence.

When the Austrian enemy approached 200 meters, at the command of an unknown commander in the Chinese trenches, rifles were opened fire, and the heavy machine guns were immediately fired, and the Austrians ran faster. The Southern Rotier were the most courageous of Austrians (Southern Rotier was divided into Italy after World War I), and they were often shot several times without falling, and some were cut by shrapnel in their stomachs and intestines flowed out, and they also stuffed their intestines into their stomachs to continue fighting.

It was the first time that the two sides engaged in such a positional battle, and the Chinese were really taken aback by the austereance of the Austrians for a while.

The Chinese are too strong in firepower, with long guns, short guns, automatic weapons and grenades, and are commanders of elite generals. Due to its participation in the European War, the 4th Division was equipped with the best firepower of the Northeast Frontier Army, with two automatic firepower in one squad, one long and one short respectively S1 general machine gun and C1 submachine gun, and one platoon was equipped with two S1 machine guns to strengthen the firepower. While passing through Singapore, he took advantage of the fire to rob the British Straits Settlements arsenal and equipped each platoon with a heavy machine gun. In this way, the firepower of a main combat platoon of the first in the middle reached an astonishing five light machine guns, one heavy machine gun and four submachine guns (the platoon commander was equipped with submachine guns and pistols), and such a powerful firepower attracted the envy of the second division of the participating army.

The Second Division of the participating army is also considered to be elite, with all-Japanese instructors, all-Japanese weapons, and all-Japanese combat methods, but only one company has two heavy machine guns, and a battalion has only a few mortars. As for the rifle, it is the most advanced Type 38 rifle in Japan, which is not even fully popularized by the Japanese army. However, during the battle, it was found that the lethality of this gun was too poor, and basically except for a direct hit to the head of the Austrians, it could only injure the enemy. Therefore, the 2nd Division was beaten by the Austrians, and if the 2nd Division had such firepower as the 4th Division, how could it be chased by the Austrians like a sheep.

Han Xu saw the opportunity and shouted, "Tibetan mastiff, go!" ”

"I'm cāo!" Zang Hao cursed while spitting out the cigarette in his mouth, and as soon as he waved, his brothers immediately ran along the traffic trench to the S line engagement trench in front. Zang Hao lay on the trench, aimed at an Austrian, and slammed the shot into the man's chest, and the man paused for a moment before other bullets were fired before he fell to the ground.

Feng Lao Fu tilted his head and scolded, "Who the let you come up?" ”

Zang Hao smiled and said: "Platoon commander, you scold him - by the way, he is now the deputy platoon commander, salute." ”

"Roll the calf and put some big garlic in it." Feng Laofu scolded back while shooting.

As he was talking, the Austrians were ruthless, and they suddenly jumped up and rushed up in a row when they were lying on the ground to fight back, Zang Hao was startled and said, "What's the matter?" Are they sent to death? ”

"Stupid." Feng Lao Fu smiled and said.

Under the bullet resistance of the squadron, especially so many automatic weapons, the Austrians retreated, Feng Laofeng sat down, sighed and said, "It's not fun." ”

"Squeak......

"Into the defensive hole!" Zang Hao's face changed, and he scolded the bastard and got into it first, and Feng Laofu also got in and pushed him down, saying, "A little bit on the side...... I'm cāo, you fart? ”

"Roll the calf...... What's wrong? The two looked at each other and said in horror: "I'm cāo, gas bomb!" Feng Lao Wei shouted at the top of his voice: "Put on gas masks, they have released poison gas bombs!" Then he crouched down and coughed a few times, putting on a gas mask.

The Austrians and Italians were equipped with poison gas bombs, and when Wang Maoru led the army into the front line, he also got more than 4,000 gas masks from the Quartermaster Department, which were not equipped in peacetime.

Everyone hurriedly brought the gas bomb, Feng Laofu grabbed Zang Hao's hand and said, "Tibetan mastiff, you take people to the back first, call me here, don't worry." He stood up again and said with difficulty: "Rifle soldiers retreat, grenadiers retreat, machine gun crews submachine guns; Remain. Execute it now! ”

Zang Hao was not verbose, with a wave of his hand, he ran away with the riflemen and grenadiers of the first and second squads, and Feng Laofeng was left with six people from two squads, two machine gunners, two ammunition hands and two firepower hands (with submachine guns), Ren Bench and Lao Xiao stayed automatically, and He Shouxin, who was the ammunition man, was just about to leave, he was kicked by Long Ergou, pointed to the ammunition box, and signaled him to stay, He Shouxin didn't want to stay, Zang Hao pointed a gun at him, He Shouxin was frightened and nodded quickly, and then stayed. This is the tradition of the elite troops, and the order is forbidden. Although He Shouxin has been in this army for two months, he has not yet learned the rules, and Long Ergou has experienced several battles of life and death, and has grown from a recruit to an elite, knowing what to prioritize and what to do and what not to do.

Being a soldier is different from ordinary people, ordinary people always think about how to live well, soldiers not only think about their own survival, but also think of their comrades-in-arms to live, carry out orders, and maintain glory.

Long Ergou followed Zang Hao and retreated backwards, while the platoon commander Han Xu asked the third squad leader to lead the rest of the people down and waited for them, seeing that everyone was back, he waved his hand and retreated. After running for more than 800 meters and pulling out the yellow smoke area, Han Xu scolded: "I'm cāo his Austrian uncle, damn it, put poison gas bombs, it's really not a thing!" (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )rv