The sun came out early, but the machine gunner Tao Changgui didn't feel its warmth at all, last night it was a night of snow, and the outside of the tent was all over, and the snow froze overnight, and when the tent door was opened in the morning, the bottom of the tent was also frozen, and a few people pulled hard to open the sheepskin that sealed the door.

After breakfast, the regiment was reorganized, and the machine gunners were all mobilized into a team, this time the fire team was no longer shotgunners, but ten Danish machine guns and one Maxim were concentrated and used, and then two hundred shotgunners were added to the periphery; The demolition team was no longer mainly based on grenades, but merged mortars and flying thunder guns, which were easy to carry by the infantry, and the tactical arrangement was that they would first blow up the Japanese position on the hill, and then the machine guns would open the way, and the infantry would finally follow.

Looking at the machine gunners around him, Tao Changgui looked at his deputy and said, "Damn, it's going to be a big fight!" ”

The deputy has no name, Zhili Zhengding people, everyone called him stone, but also the Guannai can't live, follow the group to break into the east of the Kanto, he came late, did not go to the Jiapigou side to pan for gold, but was taken to Ji'an to make a wooden handle, I thought there was a landing, who expected that Japan and Russia would start a war with a full army, a year's hard work was wasted, and then it really couldn't survive, before the snow gritted his teeth and cut the hair into the bureau, earlier he was also considered to have read a private school for two years, he recognized two words, and he could read and write in the revival army. As soon as he entered the camp, he immediately changed places, touched the machine gun, and paid half a cent.

Shi didn't have anything to do to listen to Tao Changgui's nagging, he was still reminiscing about the thick bowl of mutton soup in the morning, wiping his mouth, he said absentmindedly, "Uncle, who are you going to beat today?" Big nose? ”

Seeing the stone is still a picture of eating. Tao Changgui knocked a bullet clip on his head and scolded, "Eat, eat, know how to eat, your mouth hasn't been wiped clean yet." After knocking him, Tao Changgui looked around vigilantly, it is forbidden to beat and scold subordinates in the army, although he is a sergeant, he can't do it, seeing that there is no red armband next to him, Tao Changgui said: "Now we are all eating with a big nose, and what kind of big nose is played, the official post sent last month was given by the big nose." ”

Stone Egg also knows that the official post last month was given by a big nose. Regardless of his idea being different from Tao Changgui's, "How can I count the big nose to give it, this is the same as selling wood before, and the big nose will give us money when we receive wood." Hello to the big boss, what we are giving is an official post. Yesterday, I asked the five regiments, and they only received Qiang posts every month. I don't have as much money as we do. Who's going to want that? ”

"It's just your mouth. If you have spare time and a beard nagging, you might as well wipe the gun more. Oiled. Tao Changgui couldn't talk about him many times, so he had to kill the conversation, but he said, "You tell the other rabbit cubs to pack the medicine, don't make the medicine fire like yesterday." When the time comes, military law will be merciless. ”

The machine gun crew is composed of five people, one positive and one deputy, and the other three carry ammunition when marching, and help press ammunition on the side during combat. The Danish machine gun is equipped with magazines, a magazine is only twenty-five rounds, and one gun is equipped with eight magazines, although Yu Huizu has another ten magazines, but these eighteen magazines are only 425 rounds in total, which is not enough for the machine gun to shoot in a few minutes, so it is also very important to load ammunition in battle. Yesterday the weather was too cold, and his fingers were very inflexible and the loading was slow, so that Tao Changgui stopped the fire several times, but fortunately there was no major incident, but after the battle yesterday, he added people as soon as he reported to the top, and a machine gun has now become eight people, six of whom are responsible for loading.

Reloading is a big deal, Stone nodded, and shouted, "I know." It was too cold yesterday, and my hands didn't listen to the call. ”

Tao Changgui didn't listen to his call, but just carefully put the machine gun on his back. Although he still likes that kind of big bucket, but to be honest, if it's that kind of big bucket, he can't carry it alone, now this machine gun is annoying, but he can carry it alone, and when he walks on the road with this guy, the soldiers next to him will look at the machine gun on his body in awe, should I go to the Western statue hall to take a look at it or something, Tao Changgui thought as he walked, the Western like he had seen it during training, and he knew that it was "shot", he just wanted to leave his most powerful side with a photo.

At a quarter past seven, Tao Changgui's machine gun squad had already arrived at the forward position, and the eleven machine gun squads of the whole regiment were dispatched. After listening to the command for a while, follow the flag. ”

In the far part of the hill was a fiery red sea dongqing, which was very dazzling. When Tao Changgui was looking at the flag, the flying thunder cannon arranged in the distance on the left side sounded "dong, dong, dong", as soon as the flying thunder in the air circled to the ground, after the explosion of "boom, boom, boom......", the ice on the ground flew up with the black smoke, and the white, white, black and black smoke and dust were seen in the distance.

Tao Changgui was very curious, why was the Flying Thunder Cannon so far away on the left, and wasn't it usually in front of him for training? Isn't it a breakthrough from here? He looked strangely and turned his head to look around for the infantry, and finally he saw the right side of the hill pack, and there was a row of bayonets in the depression there, they were quietly lined up against the enemy's position, and there were hundreds of people in a row, and the bayonets and shotguns were staggered, and they stood there in a staggered manner, and this row was followed by another row, and then a row of more than ten feet, and so on and so on. The more Tao Changgui looked over, the more his head twisted, and finally he saw the last row about a mile away, he couldn't help but mutter: "Damn, there are more than a dozen rows of more than a thousand people, but, what kind of formation is the big boss?!" Hey, why is it on the right? ”

Xie Cheng looked at the devil's position that had been bombed by artillery, and his heart was happy. "The previous shelling was on the left side of the breakthrough position, but it was a feint on that side, so that the Japanese would think that we were attacking from that side, and now they are reinforcing the shelling point," Lieutenant Colonel Deftav said. "See Feng. Deftaaf nodded, and he continued: "But our breakthrough is not over there, we have a convenient curved artillery, this kind of artillery has a very fast rate of fire, can fire more than thirty rounds per minute......"

Xie Cheng said that when he was thirty rounds per minute, Feng. Deftaf's eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "Ah! Oh, God! How is this possible?! Krupp will not exceed ten rounds either. ”

looked at him with a look of disbelief. Xie Cheng smiled: "Wait a minute, you can see their speed, in ten minutes, twelve of these cannons will start firing, and they can probably shoot about a thousand shells in three minutes." Of course, because of the problem of coordination, this time the rate of fire will be reduced, and a thousand shells will be fired in five minutes. ”

"Oh. 1,000 rounds! Five minutes? "Feng. Deftaft looked at Xie Cheng as if he was joking, and still felt incredulous, he said, "Xie, can I go and see these artillery?" ”

Xie Cheng shook his head and said. "It's a pity, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, that's the artillery directly under the division headquarters, and they won't let us in."

Feng. Deftaaf knew that would be the outcome, and he wasn't angry. Instead, he looked at the rows of infantry in the rear and asked. "Thanks. What do they do? Are you ready to shoot with the old line-up tactics? ”

Xie Cheng was also looking at the infantry lined up neatly with solemn expressions at this time, and said, "This is their stormtroop formation. When they enter the battlefield, they will spread out in a very regular manner. ”

The German lieutenant colonel looked at the array of infantry in row after row, completely unconvinced of what kind of tactic it was, he shook his head and looked at his watch again. Then wait for the time Xie Cheng said to open the cannon.

The annihilation of the Eighth Brigade by the Independence Army yesterday caused a stir among observers from various countries, and observers from many countries unanimously asked Kuropajint to come to the Independence Army to see how this army fought and why it was possible to wipe out a brigade so quickly. Kuropagent was not happy about the observers' request, but had to agree. However, the Billy Gerlinger Award was very welcoming to these people, but Yang Rui was not interested in them, and on the grounds that the front line was too dangerous, he kept them at the headquarters, and then promised that he would definitely let them see how the Independence Army attacked the Japanese - he intended to let Zhang Zongchang's Sixth Regiment complete this "difficult" task. As for whether these observers will be driven crazy when they see that the Japanese brigades and regiments have been annihilated by such a weak combat force of the Independence Army, it is not his area of responsibility. Among these people, the only one who received preferential treatment was Leo's classmate Feng Ao. Lieutenant Colonel Deftaft, he was arranged to the front line early under other pretexts, and Yang Rui asked him to let him see the Independence Army's version of "Storm Commando". Of course, I don't know if this undedicated aristocratic lieutenant colonel can pass these things to the German General Staff, but whether he can ignore it for now, Yang Rui wants to see if his mortar can blackmail the Germans for a few dollars.

In the continuous explosion of the flying thunder artillery, time passed in a flash, and when the attack time was approaching, all the troops entered the position about 800 meters away from the enemy formation. Deftaaf saw that the machine gunners were also gathered and lined up on both sides of the infantry, and the eye-catching red eagle flag before was also held high in the middle of the first column of the infantry by a lieutenant, there was no drum beat, no military music, only a burst of "Didi... Answer...", there seemed to be countless shuttles flying in the sky, making a strange whistling, and then all these shuttles landed on the Japanese positions in front of the infantry, and the earth suddenly boiled like water splashed into a pot of oil, and there were fires and explosions everywhere. If such a heavy shelling had been inflicted by twelve guns, the rate of fire of such artillery would have been terrible.

Feng. Deftave's surprise at the new artillery had not yet passed, but he found that the Eagle Banner in front of him had moved forward, and the infantry in front of the Eagle Banner and the machine gun teams on both sides had also begun to move steadily towards the enemy position, he pointed to the advancing bayonet formation, and said: "Xie, Xie, they are still shelling, why did they start charging?" ”

Xie Cheng said with a smile, "The shelling time was very short, only five minutes, and they had to appear in front of the Japanese positions as soon as the shelling stopped." ”

Feng. Deftaft could not understand this madness of the Orientals, it was too dangerous for the infantry, and if he was not careful, his own shells would fall on his own infantry, and in his understanding, the longer the shelling, the better, the more fierce the better, but they seemed to want to shoot the shells out in the fastest time, didn't Leo teach them to use artillery? Mr. Lieutenant Colonel thought that although the infantry and artillery coordination had already appeared, he still did not remember any of the cases that the teacher had taught.

Guarding this position was the Fifth Wing under the Japanese Fourth Brigade, feeling that the openness here was suitable for assault, the wing commander Tsugawa Nakasa set up his headquarters here, and when the left side of Shicai was shelled by flying thunder artillery, he sent another brigade of people to support there, but who knows that the brigade had just gone not long ago. His side was attacked by countless shells. Because of the intensity and speed of the shells, many unprepared soldiers were killed, but even if they were prepared, the soldiers had no way to hide, and they had no other cover except for some rudimentary fortifications with heavy wagons. Under the heavy artillery bombardment, Tsugawa Kenmitsu Nakasa thought that he could only stop the enemy with white-knuckle combat.

The five-minute shelling was over quickly, and although the shelling stopped, the machine guns that came out of nowhere kept the survivors from looking up. Soon the two machine guns on the Japanese side also rang out, but as soon as the machine guns were fired, an extremely accurate bullet hit the shooter's head, and then another rain of grenades fell, and the entire 300-meter-long position was smashed by the enemy. It was completely impossible to organize an effective defense, and at the end there were people with small groups of Japanese troops who sprang up from the ground to fight the enemy. Shotgun "Click... Boom. Click...... The sound of "bang" sounded, and the Japanese soldiers who rushed up were immediately beaten upside down. Rushing through the first line, the infantry formation ignored the Japanese troops on the flank, and directly attacked the second line of positions under the fluttering eagle flag.

Shaking his head vigorously, and then rubbing his eyes vigorously, Feng. Lieutenant Colonel Deftaaf looked again at the positions that had been broken through by the Independence Army. It feels like this qiē is weird, what the hell is going on? Why did they break through the enemy's positions so easily? With such a question, the lieutenant colonel looked at the regiment commander Xie Cheng, and Xie Cheng also knew his surprise. It's just that he doesn't explain anything, according to what he means, it's already very face-saving to show you, so if you want me to tell you, forget it.

If it could really be rewinded, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel would have watched what happened in the past few minutes ten times, but the reality did not have such a function, and Xie Cheng did not explain, the lieutenant colonel quickly rushed to the Japanese position, and Xie Cheng did not stop him, but arranged guards to protect his safety.

The colonel looked at the corpses of the Japanese soldiers lying on the snow, most of them were killed by artillery fire and grenades, and some were killed by the shotguns and machine guns of the commandos, he stood where the Japanese were fighting, and then turned around to face the position of the Independence Army, and began to recall the moment just now: first a short and rapid artillery bombardment, then, yes, then the infantry had already reached a distance of tens of meters, and the machine guns had already begun to suppress at a distance of about two hundred meters, yes, then a raindrop of grenades, yes, and finally the infantry rushed up, Not a white-knuckle fight, but a shotgun, yes, a shotgun, and ...... And then the Japanese died......

"Ahh Yes! The lieutenant colonel shouted involuntarily, and he said to himself, "It's too evil! It's wicked! ”

Xie Cheng didn't pay attention to Feng, who had been out of order all morning. Lieutenant Colonel Deftaver, in his opinion, the task assigned to him by the headquarters has been completed, and the next thing is to send him back to the headquarters safely, if it were not for the Germans who taught him before, he would not be willing to show him the latest tactics of the Baath Army. But this time, it seems that the Germans only saw the coordination of infantry and artillery, and did not see the secret of the arrangement of the infantry formation, in fact, the Japanese were too weak, and the two skirmishers in front of them broke them down, I really don't know how Li Hongzhang lost at the time of the First Sino-Japanese War?

When Xie Cheng was thinking about the problem, the adjutant next to him said happily, "Regiment commander, have you surrendered two machine guns?" ”

Xie Cheng was also overjoyed when he heard this, "Okay, there are two more doors, Makqin?" ”

The adjutant said, "It's not the regimental commander, it's two unspeakable machine guns, with wheels, like a cannon." ”

Oh, Xie Cheng thought about it, it should be the Hatch Kais machine gun, this machine gun is also air-cooled, but the stability of the shooting is not good, especially its ammunition supply system is very unstable, but it is better than nothing. Xie Cheng said, "It's okay! Now this thing is missing everywhere, go back and tidy up, plus two machine gun crews. ”

At the same time that the three regiments broke through the Japanese front, the Japanese positions on several other sides were also broken through, and the three regiments penetrated the core from three directions and from outside the encirclement, and the toughest resistance was encountered in the fourth regiment, where the Japanese army organized two brigades of troops to block the offensive route of the infantry with a few Hatch Chase machine guns and four rapid-fire guns on a hill, but this approach was only a slight delay to the assault, less than a few minutes, in the distress of the fourth regiment commander Pan Chengye, These rapid-fire guns and machine guns were blown up into the sky by the mortar squad that touched the assault, if it weren't for the artillery company commander saying that this thing could be repaired when he turned around, he would have thought about cutting people, machine guns, how precious, and there are only more than 60 of them now, what a loser. Thinking of this, Pan Chengye didn't have much joy about the victory.

At the same time as the general attack on the north and south, the attack of the six regiments in the west also stumbled in the expectant eyes of the observing military attaches of various countries, because the west is the direction of the Russian army's attack, and most of the Japanese artillery is on this side, so there was a burst of artillery, and the independent army that rushed over ran back like a rabbit, and the military attaches of various countries who watched the battle were in an uproar, and the Russian officers next to him blushed when they saw this, but Yang Rui, who was in it, was not shocked, peasants, aren't they all like this, you still want to fight a hundred battles and see death as if you were at home after more than ten days of training. (To be continued......)