2866 Infantry gun coordination
In just twenty minutes of ambush, more than half of the two battalions of the Bi army suffered casualties, and the rest became scared rats and would never dare to go to the battlefield again.
Luo Huo spitted on the face of the surviving first deputy battalion commander, "Get out! Get back and wait for the trial of the military court! Look at what kind of bullshit battle you are fighting..."
"Build a cannon shooting bunker...promote me layer by layer..."
Luo Huo and Sima Yun had realized that they could not be polite to these Belgian soldiers. They began to skip the senior Belgian officers and directly issue orders to the grassroots officers and soldiers.
I can't command the commander of your battalion. Can't I still command the company platoon leader?
"Damn bastard, can't you carry sandbags when you are in war? Quickly build a bunker for artillery shooting!"
The artillery of this era was not equipped with bulletproof decks, and personnel were very susceptible to enemy attacks during operation, especially the tactic of using cannons to fight bayonets. Artillery soldiers rushed to the front line and fired almost within the range of the enemy's rifle.
It is very dangerous and extremely dangerous. At this time, friendly forces must cover it.
These frightened Belgian troops did not dare to resist under the tyranny of Chinese officers and soldiers. They carried sandbags one by one to carry sandbags to carry the enemy's firepower and began to build artillery-firing bunkers on the long streets.
There is a sandbag wall of one and a half meter. The artillery hiding behind it. The muzzle is adjusted in a small gap on the sandbag wall. The engineers behind are ready to charge at any time. Many Belgian soldiers are carrying sandbags back and forth.
Boom boom boom... The Krupp steel cannon opened fire almost at the closest distance. A small building more than 200 meters away was blown out of a big hole, and half of the wall collapsed.
The sniper saw the hidden French soldiers in the room at a glance. Before they could escape, the bullets penetrated into their hearts like eyes.
"It's good to fight... Let the follow-up troops continue to push artillery up! Time is our best ally. Today's battle we have to fight steadily instead of urgently!"
Sima Yun and Luo Huo's troops formed two huge clamp-shaped offensives at the Sedang North City Wall. Two sharp triangle protrusions had been formed in the attack range of more than 800 meters.
Each triangular protrusion is a shooting position composed of more than ten artillery pieces. The two protrusions cover each other, and almost use shells to demolish the house bit by bit.
The French army in the basin was already crazy. Although they had solid bunkers and were not afraid of direct artillery fire for the time being, they could not do anything to these Chinese people.
The heavy machine gun fired, but the sandbag wall that rushed into the little by little blocked the rain of bullets. The artillery fire on the city was insufficient at all, and it could not suppress the power of the new Krupp cannon.
Often, a single volley of the Pu army can kill a large number of guarding French troops with broken shrapnel!
Taking advantage of the moment when the French firepower was suppressed, Luo Huo quickly sent soldiers to remove the sandbag wall and quickly advanced fifty meters, and then began to build a new shooting position with huge casualties.
When Luo Huo's unit began to press forward, Sima Yun's unit directed the artillery apex to clear the most threatening French targets and provided fire cover for Luo Huo's artillery.
More than a hundred soldiers were killed. The new position of Luohuo's troops was built, the shells were transported up, and more than ten artillery fired again, causing the defense of the French army to cry and howl.
When Luo Huo's troops gained a foothold, Sima Yun's troops immediately dismantled the artillery bunker and began to advance more than 70 meters. Under the cover of friendly artillery, Sima Yun's troops only killed more than 80 people and rebuilt the shooting position.
The two troops began to move forward like two crab pliers. Although they were very slow but very stable, they became the troops with the lowest casualties in the entire battle of Sedan.
The Chinese attack as steady as Mount Tai naturally attracted the attention of the French commander. Since McMahon saw the Chinese military flag, he began to secretly dispatch troops.
"We must complete the task that Alfred has not completed. We must complete it for him. Your comrades died in Snyne, and this revenge must be avenged..."
"Press up! The biggest casualties given to these Chinese people before the end of the war, as well as the Belgians who dared to declare war on our France, should also let them taste the greatness!"
"Froshad! You retreated in Saarbrücken, and in the Spycilin Heights... Now Sedao is already an lonely city, are you still going to retreat?"
"The mission is left to you! Go for revenge!"
Froshad stood attentively and saluted the marshal with a murderous look on his face and said, "I am willing to die for the empire!"
"Get together the team and prepare to fight back, target North City..."
In Saarbrücken, the fishing gulls and the Heights of Spielin, Froshad may have some excuses for his retreat, such as preserving his strength, such as many enemies, and so on.
But now everyone retreated to this lonely city, and he had no excuse to retreat, he could only fight to the death!
"Where has the Chinese advanced?"
"Report to the commander, and advance to the No. 5 Bastion of North City less than 300 meters... It is estimated that there are only 2,000 Chinese people, while the Belgian army has more than 20,000!"
"Very good...very good... we have to use the cowardly Belgians to disrupt their formation in this battle!"
“Have our tunnels been exposed?”
"No sir!"
"Let our engineers set out and the cavalry prepare for combat..."
As a large military fortress, Setang naturally requires a variety of defense methods. Although there is no tunnel system underground here, there are still many short-distance tunnel caves.
In the hidden military camp, countless secret entrances were opened, and the French engineers carrying them went deep into the wet and cold passage and quickly advanced towards the northern city.
They could not accurately locate the enemy troops above their heads. They could only guess at a rough guess. Anyway, the main purpose was to disrupt the enemy's formation and create opportunities for assault for Froshad's army.
There was no need to care about much, these engineers estimated the distance and started to set up the three tunnels, and hundreds of kilograms of intense energy were piled up at the ends of the three tunnels.
"Damn the invaders! Go to die..." The torch was lit, and more than a dozen engineers turned around and fled.
Perhaps they were too impatient, and the length of these engineers calculated was wrong. Before they could take out the tunnel, they heard a loud bang behind them, shaking their eardrums.
The shock wave directly threw them to the ground, the entire tunnel was destroyed, and a group of engineers were buried alive.
In the Xiao Letian telescope in the rear, three rays of smoke rose into the sky, just like small mushroom clouds.
"No! There is actually a tunnel in the city? It must be a large number of blasts, and it is impossible to be a shell!"
"It's almost noon, and the battle has become anxious... Damn!"
"Send a signal...let Zeppelin pick me up!"
Chapter completed!