Chapter 1472: Going to the wrong place
The army colonel of the 48th Regiment of the 15th Division of the 43rd Army of the Kingdom on the other side of the river was stunned by the Black Hawks' "high-speed and effective" crossing of the river landing operation, but this did not hinder him from quietly returning from the river to issue military orders to the entire regiment to prepare for battle.
Qiu Guolin, the lieutenant staff officer of the 47th Infantry Regiment Command of the Black Hawk Army, recorded in detail the precise deployment of Qu Zhe as the first commander in this river crossing operation: the 1st Battalion of the 47th Regiment was the first echelon, and he took the folding boat of the 1st 3rd Squadron of the 6th Regiment across the river; the 2nd Battalion of the 47th Regiment was the second echelon, and immediately took the folding boat of the 2nd Squadron of the 6th Regiment across the river after the 1st Battalion successfully crossed the river and established a blocking position.
In front of the assembly ground, there is a relatively flat beach. Before the engineer crosses the river, he must push a folding boat and arrive at the riverside through this beach. So, before that, in order to avoid being shot by the defenders on the other side of the river, the engineer built a large tunnel and extended vertically to the riverside. The tunnel increases its width and depth as it moves forward, and it can be smooth with four to six people carrying the folding boat. It is also a sign that the ferry of the 1st and 2nd Squadrons of the 6th Regiment of the Engineers, that is, the 1st Squadron of the Engineers crosses the river upstream of the tunnel, and the 3rd Squadron of the Engineers crosses the river downstream of the tunnel.
At 2:40 noon, the 1st and 3rd Squadron of the 6th Engineer Regiment educated all the Imperial officers and soldiers who were riding on the folding boats and carried and assembled the folding boats. Liao Jing, the captain of the 3rd Squadron, prepared particularly well.
At 3:40 noon, after the squadron completed all preparations, he set out from the assembly site and advanced through the tunnel to the river in the order of Nishimoto, Sakane and Hamasaki.
According to the prior deployment of his Excellency Qu Zhe Regiment, the 1st Battalion took the 4th and 3rd Squadrons as the front line of the left wing, crossing the river in advance, and the 1st and 2nd Squadron as the right wing, and set off at the same time. After they occupied the tidal flat position, they sent out a blue signal flare indicating the success of crossing the river. As the main force and subsequent troops of the 2nd Echelon Brigade of the 2nd Echelon Brigade and crossing the river again. The 3rd Squadron, the engineer, had the first task of transporting the 4th and 3rd Squadrons of the 1st Battalion to the opposite shore with folding boats.
What is most admirable is that in order to boost morale, Captain Qu Zhe led the way and took the folding boat of the 1st Squadron of the 6th Regiment of the Engineer and went to the front line to fight. I am proud of my superiors like this. If it weren't for the military order, I would have chosen to follow the Imperial Warriors with the Circle Captain.
A small number of kingdoms on the other side may have been frightened by the power of dozens of folding boats of our Imperial Army. When it was the most important thing to shoot and block our army's crossing the river, it did not fire a single shot. The 3rd Squadron of the Engineer Regiment, led by Captain Liao, was the first to climb onto the mudflat and fired a blue signal flare indicating that the crossing of the river was successful! He was the hero of the empire...
At this point, the record of the Black Hawk Lieutenant Staff, who was named Qiu Guolin, who had a very detailed and emotional record of his combat diary, came to an abrupt end.
It’s not that his pen is gone, but that the combat staff of the wing headquarters are staring blankly in the distance. It seems that the situation is different from what he imagined!
Yes, while dozens of Imperial folding boats rushed to the mudflats across the river with more than 800 people, as a fellow townsman of Captain Liao, Qiu Guolin described the bravery of his fellow townsman and flattered his boss without any restraint. If nothing unexpected happens, this detailed combat record will definitely be praised by the commander of the regiment and even the approval of the commander of the division.
Because, whether from pre-war deployment or personally taking charge of the front line, the deployment of Colonel Qu is very organized and has the courage of the Imperial Army. He deserves to be a colonel-level officer who graduated from the 26th Infantry Division of the Black Hawk Imperial Army Non-commissioned School, and has been promoted from the second lieutenant to the corps commander of the army.
If he hadn't made an extremely fatal mistake.
Liao Jing, the captain of the 3rd Squadron of the 6th Regiment of the 6th Regiment of the Engineer, who was repeatedly boasted by his fellow villagers in the combat records, was very excited. The captain of the Qu Zhe regiment affirmed his reconnaissance, which was his recognition of him. Perhaps it would take not long to mention him, the engineer captain, to the combat unit as the military chief of the infantry squadron, which was much better than the engineer gang that digged pits and paved roads and built bridges every day.
Therefore, the extremely excited Captain Liao made another fatal mistake. As soon as he climbed the mudflat, he fired a signal flare to the sky to cross the river, causing the 1st Squadron of the Engineer Regiment, which had not yet arrived above the mudflat, to speed up and send the 1st Squadron of the 1st Infantry Squadron and their colonel captain to the mudflat.
The soldiers of the Kingdom, who were waiting for battle only 300 meters away, were almost as shocked as their regiment commander.
"Sea pot, hurry up, hit me." The young soldier, who was aiming at the gun for a long time, was sweating all over in the cold weather, looked like a dumb goose, staring at the distance not far ahead, and murmured.
With a "bang", the veteran squad leader knocked on the young soldier's forehead without any mercy.
"Oh, sea pot, you're really fighting!" The young soldier wailed in pain and covered his forehead.
"You are going to start fighting, you are still stupid. If I don't beat you, will you be so fucked?" The veteran squad leader stared at the front and replied casually.
"The Black Hawk Empire must have a conspiracy! Otherwise, how could it be so stupid..." the young soldier muttered.
"A son of a turtle has come to this point, so he doesn't care whether he has any conspiracy. Anyway, just follow the company commander's order to shoot. Remember me, hold the gun firmly and bury your head low. I don't want to have to work hard to dig soil and bury you melon skin." The veteran squad leader replied coldly without looking back.
Yes, what surprised the colonel of the Kingdom Army and the officers and soldiers of the 48th Regiment were extremely surprised that the Black Hawk Empire who came across the river did not land on the river beach, but landed on a bare sandbank that was about 700 meters long and 80 meters wide from the river beach. It may have been washed away by rain for several days. Not only was there no mark on the map, but even the young man in Huangsucheng who had previously dug trenches here were a little surprised to find this sandbank. There was no such sandbank half a month ago.
However, the military and civilians of the Kingdom did not take this sand seriously. The bare surface was neither hidden nor full of sand, and they could not be dug into trenches. They were close to the water surface. Perhaps the water volume of the Jiafu River would flood the newly formed sand bank, which would have no strategic value to both the enemy and us.
But, for both fleets of the Black Hawk Empire, the Black Hawk Empire, rushed to this sandbar together? Could it be that they wanted to establish a frontier position on this sandbar to provide fire cover for the subsequent main force?
But isn’t this a broken head? What else is there on the sandbank besides sand?
There are also fools, a group of big fools who are completely stunned.
Qu Zhe, who arrived at the sandbank with the 1st Infantry Squadron, was stunned. The Black Hawk Colonel took a few steps forward with great enthusiasm and found that it was broken. It was not the other side, and the other side was still opposite. This bastard was clearly the sandbank in the river. Qu Zhe, who was furious and wanted to chop people, cursed the "bastard", and hurriedly ordered the follow-up troops in the folding boat that was docking on the sandbank to stop crossing the river.
Then, at this time, Xie Yunsheng gave an order and "Fire!"
There was about an infantry battalion facing the sandbank, with 6 heavy machine guns, more than 15 light machine guns and more than 300 rifles. The fire was extremely fired, and countless bullets were spread to the sandbank about 300 meters away.
The Black Hawk Army, who was just finding that he had gone to the wrong place and was still in a daze, was knocked down directly. At least thirty or forty Black Hawk Army soldiers were hit by bullets that were thrown over and fell into a pool of blood.
Of course, the 6th Division dares to call itself the strongest army division on the surface, but it is still somewhat capable. Although there is no hidden object on the sandbank, its combat qualities are very high in both its group and individual soldiers. After being attacked, they immediately lay down, and the light machine gunners set up light machine guns, the grenade launcher also began to load grenades, and the infantry also began to shoot at the area where bullets were fired 300 meters away. Overall, they did not show much panic.
In terms of light weapons configuration, the Black Hawk Army with grenade launchers is stronger. In terms of force, the four infantry squadrons and two squadrons of the Black Hawk Army infantry brigade facing this infantry battalion had more than a thousand engineers, but the number of young soldiers was more than twice the number of infantry battalions.
Even if the Kingdom army was hiding in the trenches and they were lying on the sandbanks with full view, considering that the Black Hawk Army's tactical qualities were much stronger than the Qiu Tongjun, who liked to smoke big smoke and set up gantry formations but did not like military training. The two sides could tie the game in a short time, even if the two heavy machine gun squadrons were still on the other side of the river, all the artillery was also placed on the other side of the river.
However, at this time, the 48th Regiment, which originally had only 5 mortars, is different from the past. With the 6 brought by Chen Sheng's troops, they have a total of 11 mortars. For the mortars that are best at attacking the enemy in the enemy's trenches, it is only about 400 meters away, and the enemy is still on the unobstructed sandbar...
Even the most inexperienced mortar can easily send shells to the sandbar!
Indeed, there is almost no need to aim at it. As long as the shells are shot onto the sandbar, one or several Blackhawk Empires can be killed. Even the sand that is blown away and accelerated by the shells may become an accomplice to the Blackhawk Empires.
"Boom boom boom" 11 mortars couldn't wait to speak, and hundreds of shells poured onto the sandbank in one breath directly beat the Black Hawk Army to cry.
It’s not that they don’t work hard, but that the terrain is too crappy. They watch the shells fly over and watch the shells blow up a bunch of companions. Even if they are lucky enough to stay away from the shells, the splattered sand can make everyone look bloody!
In just one minute, the Black Hawk Army on the sandbank was completely unable to bear it. If they continued to fight like this, they would be killed by the kingdoms in less than half an hour. They did not dare to bet on the kingdoms' shells for less than half an hour. Every second, the warriors of the Black Hawk Empire died in great distress.
Chapter completed!