Chapter 85: Bloody Earth (7)

"What's going on?"

"I mean, hold the heavy machine gun in your hand and use it as a rifle?"

"How can that work? It's heavy and hot, there's no need to carry bullets..."

"Let me give it a try." Team He was jumping out of the trench and approaching the gun cart, "I'll help you!" He said with a false kindness.

The soldiers were not suspected to have him. The gun cart was too heavy. The roads on the beach were covered with mud and sand. Once the wheels were trapped in, more than a dozen people would work hard to lift them out. It was extremely troublesome. However, the mission of the machine gun battalion was mainly fire support. Most of the time, they were at the end of the battlefield. They did not have to participate in charge, and there were naturally few casualties, which made the soldiers in other infantry battalions envious and jealous. No one had ever been willing to work with friendly forces in the past. Instead, they were happy to see their hard work.

When he heard someone help, a team named Peng was nodding in tears, "Thank you."

"Don't be polite. They are all military robes!" Team He was picking up the body of the machine gun and weighed it in his hand. This weight was not a big problem for him, but what was annoying was that after the gun was fired, the barrel would become very hot and the hands would not be able to touch it at all. If he held the position below the gun body, the strong recoil would be unable to bear it.

He thought for a while, put down his gun, untied the armed belt from a Japanese soldier, tied it to the barrel, and held it up again: This is not OK, if it is too hot, the belt will burn!

"Hey, what are you doing?" Team Peng was looking at him, frowning and sighing for a while, and was particularly funny, and asked.

"I think if you can have something that is not afraid of heat, hold this thing in your hands and charge against the enemy, will it be very useful?"

Team Peng approached thoughtfully and took the heavy machine gun, "It's really! Why didn't you expect it? By the way..." He asked again, "What should I do if the bullet?"

Without waiting for the other party to answer, he turned around and ordered, "Get the bullet."

The bullet links made of two hundred bullets were installed into the bolt, and the rest was dragged to the ground, like a long golden snake. Team He was thinking about it, helping him lift the bullet, hang it in the bend of his arms, and pointed his hand to the distance, "Come on, try it."

Team Peng was pulling the trigger without saying a word, "Everything is all!" After more than twenty bullets were fired, his hands were a little unbearable, his muzzle drooped, and he said with a wry smile, "No, it's too shocking, too hot. It's not easy to master the shooting target. His accurate head is gone."

The soldiers resting around suddenly heard the gunshots, and were shocked. When they were curious, they also surrounded them, "What are you doing?"

After asking the situation clearly, the soldiers started talking and talking. There were two biggest problems, namely, the problem that Team Peng had found after experimenting, was that the gun body was vibrated violently and the barrel was too hot. In fact, there was only one. "If you can have something that is not afraid of heat, hold the barrel tightly and you won't be afraid of recoil."

This is the words of Tan Li Dezhu, but when you think of the problem, there may not be a solution. "I think it's better to do this-" a team named Zhou was saying, "Isn't there a box for shipping supplies by the sea? There is a packaging belt with iron bars on it. Untie that thing to see if it can be twisted together and used as a support?"

As soon as they advocated, they sent people to the beach to get packaging tapes of different lengths. These were iron bars of two fingers wide and three-point thick. Everyone tried hard to twist the iron bars into a twisted shape, and then completed a circle. The thickness was based on the barrel of the heavy machine gun. They reached in from the front end and pulled it with their hands, sliding it freely, and there was not much left. "Lao Peng, try again."

Team Peng was picking up the machine gun again, and fired several shots. "It's amazing, it's simply amazing!" He laughed, held the bolt tightly, and fired violently, "It's all!"

The first test piece was successful, and the Qing army's enthusiasm increased greatly. The battalions sent people back to the beach to find and search for iron strip packaging belts. Without knowing whether the battalion they belonged to could get heavy machine guns, someone actually fought for the ownership of a packaging belt. In the end, Bao Chao also heard about it, "What's the point? Why did your own people beat your own people?"

After Shu Gong received the incident, Wang Yusi and the other two explained the matter. Bao Chao was happy, "Is this method really feasible?"

"I have asked about it and saw it with my own eyes. It is indeed feasible. Now I am just worried that the number of machine guns is too small, so I am afraid it is not enough for the soldiers to allocate it."

"Young man, don't be afraid. First, allocate all the heavy machine guns in the three battalions. For packaging, let people hurry back to the ship and find the general to see if they can find a way to dismantle them. Everything is the priority for the enemy's combat."

"Yes." Wang Yusi asked again, "Sir, He Zhixiu's advice is a meritorious. Should he be praised?"

Bao Chao glared at him, "Don't do this with me. The court rewards and punishments will be decided by themselves. You should think about how to finish this battle quickly."

Wang Yusi's face turned red and he didn't dare to say anything again. Xiang Shugongshou shalt winked and the two retreated.

After a while, the war broke out again. This time the charge launched by the Qing army was different from before. Eight people including He Zhixiu, Peng Yi, Zhou Shutang, Chen Shaoxing, Xiong Xie, He Jinyang, Bi Guangrong, Shi Huali, etc. each held a heavy machine gun in their arms, wrapped the long chains around their arms, shoulders, etc. When the fire of their heavy machine gun troops stopped, they stood at the forefront of the positions between the two armies, and approached forward slowly. The heavy machine guns in their hands took care of a position ahead of themselves, and the sound of the heavy machine guns firing was endless. The eight people lined up in a line and approached forward.

The firepower of heavy machine guns is extremely fierce, and the firepower is not limited by the amount of ammunition stored in magazines, and it has almost unlimited strike force. Under the suppression of this heavy firepower, the Japanese army could not even raise their heads, let alone counterattacks.

But the Japanese army was not idiots, and soon found a way to counterattack. The sergeant gave an order and threw a fire grenade from the bottom of the trench. "Be careful!" Zhou Shutang shouted and fell down first. The bomb exploded in front of him. Although it did not hurt anyone, it also played a role in blocking the enemy's advance.

Under the command of their respective sergeants, the Japanese army shouted in unison and turned around and rushed to the trench. Before their bullets could be fired out of the muzzle, another round of violent bullets drove them back in a hurry, "Fire Grenade, hurry! Fire Grenade!"

The leaders of both sides shouted at the same time, and the Japanese army did not need to mention it. The Qing army soldiers quickly pressed up with rifles on their backs. While running, they pulled out fire grenades from their waists, pulled the fuses, and shot them into the trench. Because the Japanese army could not see the objects, the fire grenades had no accuracy at all. Even if someone was brave enough to look at them, they were instantly destroyed by the fierce guns and bullets of the Qing army.

This time the battle outside Sanyuan City was the smallest casualties since the Qing army landed on the Japanese mainland, and achieved the greatest results, and the fastest speed!

The Qing army followed the rules and successively captured the defense front outside the fourth city of the Japanese army and began to march towards Sanyuan City. From the position just occupied by the Qing army to the city, there was still nearly twenty kilometers away. The Qing soldiers pushed artillery vehicles and supplies, followed the attack team with the infantry as the main force, and moved northwest.

Bao Chao led people to walk in the middle of the team, riding on horseback, looking back at the endless team, greeting the soldiers with a smile on his face, but he felt heavy in his heart: the Japanese's fighting power was something he had never expected in advance. After the four lines of defense formed by the troops blocking his own side in front of the mudflat were broken, the total number of Japanese troops killed in battle was as high as 3,000, and less than 300 people were arrested for the Qing army!

I heard from the leaders of each battalion that the soldiers had the mentality of being able to forgive others at the beginning of the war, but at the end of the battle, they also had a consensus: Never let the Japanese who were still breathing approach themselves, otherwise, they would bring you life losses!

Because of this, the soldiers had no other way to kill the Japanese soldiers in front of the positions one by one, which caused the dilemma of the end of the battle and few people were arrested - even if they were captured, they were unlucky people who were already unconscious and had no knowledge of the personnel.

The Qing soldiers were not as casualties as the enemy's three-one numbers, but the distance was attacking and the source of troops had nowhere to be supplied. One was definitely killed and one less. Wait for a while to attack and fight, but you have to be careful. "The first battalion of troops in front of the army have arrived at the combat position."

"So soon?" Bao Chao urged the war horse and rushed all the way to the front of the team. Guo Xiongfei and Kou Bingjun were standing on the side of the road with their hands crossed to salute, "See the military gate."

"Xiong Fei, what's going on ahead?"

"The first battalion of Beiyi and the second battalion of Kou Guan led have arrived at the city of Sanyuan. Wait for the order of the master, and then fire the artillery attack."

"Don't worry, let the brothers wait at any time. Let's discuss how to fight this battle?"

The two were stunned. What is this? What is it called a play? "Sir, how do you say this? I don't understand it."

"I just asked Shu Gong how many people were suffering. The casualties in the positions in front of the mudflat were very tragic. If this is the case here, I am afraid that there will be no soldiers available in the future." Bao Chao said, "Think about it, see if there is any way to let the brothers die fewer?"

"The military gate does not need to worry about this. How big can Sanyuan City be? Our soldiers are like wolves and tigers, while the little Japanese are just native chickens and dogs, and they are simply vulnerable."

"Nonsense! Didn't you see the battle under the third camp in front of the tidal flat? I'm still a native chicken and a tile dog? I think you're so confused about eating lard! You know how to talk big."

Kou Bingjun scolded him a few words, dared not speak wildly anymore, and stood aside embarrassedly. "Xiong Fei, what kind of way should you play?"

Guo Xiongfei did not have a very clever tactical plan. He thought about it after hearing this, "It's hard to say about Beizhi now. I don't know how many enemies there are in the city, let alone how powerful they are. Beizhi was thinking about it, it's better to send someone into the city to find out the movements of the enemy inside, and then make a decision."

Bao Chao looked up at the towering city wall not far away and nodded, "After entering, be careful. I will ask the artillery to support you first. Blast the city gate; order the artillery to fire the artillery!"

With the rumbling cannons, the gate of Sanyuan City was blown up. Before the smoke was dissipated, the fire was extinguished. Guo Xiongfei and Kou Bingjun's first and second battalions attacked from the gate. The Japanese city did not have the design of the Chinese fortress city. After entering the city gate, it was a town. The sunlight was cast on the streets, and there was a silence everywhere. The land bombed by artillery shells was rolling in thick smoke, but there was no enemy army. "Be careful,"

Guo Xiongfei said, "Everything is spread out, don't squeeze together."

Before the Qing army could do anything, bullets suddenly shot in shops on both sides of the town and streets. The soldiers lay down and concealed without the command of the commander and began to fight back with rifles. The battle between the two sides had just begun, and shells from the Japanese hidden positions landed accurately within the gates of the city, "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Before the battle formation of the Qing soldiers was unfolded, they were bombarded by enemy shells again, and the casualties were very serious. Guo Xiongfei gritted his teeth and shouted, "Get out, we retreat!"

Even if you want to retreat, it is not so easy. The number of Qing troops entering the city was limited, with about 1,000 people. The Japanese army ambushed at the gate of the city with more than 4,000 troops. Seeing that the enemy was about to be eliminated, how could they let them retreat calmly? A young master of a military farming army screamed, kicked off the fence beside the shop building, and led his subordinates to jump off from the second floor. While firing ammunition from the gun, he commanded the soldiers and rushed towards the city gate.

The Qing army fought and retreated. Guo Xiongfei took his busy schedule and looked back. The subsequent troops had retreated to the edge of the city gate. The remaining soldiers were crowded together, which made the troops retreat more and more uncomfortable. "Go out one by one, go out one by one!" Guo Xiongfei shouted with all his strength, just as he pushed away a soldier who was eager to escape from the gap in the city gate. A bullet flew from behind and drilled into the back of his head.

Guo Xiongfei was also deprived of his strength when he screamed. The body instantly eroded on the crowded soldiers. A soldier pushed him impatiently, "It's Master Guandai, Master Guandai, Lord Guandai, Lord Guandai, Lord Guandai was killed!"

This attack on Sanyuan City was completely opposite to the battles outside the city. The Qing army had the most deaths and the smallest results. Not only did the soldiers of the nearly two battalions be wiped out, but they even had a battalion manager - Guo Xiongfei was the highest-ranking general who had died in the Qing army since the war started.

Looking at the less than 200 people standing in front of him, Bao Chao waved his hand with tears in his eyes and asked these people to retreat first, "Order the battalions to bring them here."

A moment later, Shu Gongshou, Wang Yusi, Cai Gengyang, Wang Yu, Teng Ziyu, Li Han, Hu Lincang and others came one after another. Bao Chao also said nothing, Guan Zi said, "Old Guo was killed in battle. Now the body is still in the city. Whoever asks to enter the city will at least have to snatch the body out!"

"I'll go." Cai Gengyang was the first to volunteer to fight. "I don't believe that the Japanese cannot be killed? Military gate, please order to bombard the city with artillery fire and then blow these little Japanese to death. If they cannot be killed, Bei Zhi will bring people in to avenge Lord Guo."

"I know, I know," Bao Chao nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, this time, I will let the artillery teach the Japanese a lesson, and wait a moment before you enter the city; as long as you see the living, no matter who it is..."

He suddenly turned around and ordered loudly, "Tell me my order! The whole army attacked Sanyuan City, and after entering the city, no one would be left!"

Shu Gong was frightened and trembled: Bao Chao was issuing a city massacre order! This was repeatedly prohibited from the imperial court and the commander of the Southern Army Li Hongzhang and others, "Military Gate, the city massacre order is a must. I am afraid that the people in the city will be in trouble..."

"What's wrong? I'll take it all!" Bao Chao gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly, "If you want to let the little Japanese know that my Qing soldiers were not in vain! If you die, you will have to pay the lives of thousands of Japanese people!"

Shu Gongshou, Cai Gengyang, Wang Yu, Teng Ziyu and others knew that it was inappropriate, but they could not help but be captured by the military spirit. They were all soldiers and had a sense of courage in their hearts. Although Bao Chao's orders were cruel, they were undoubtedly a great act of boosting morale when used in battle. They dared not say much at the moment and did not want to say anything more. Everyone took the order and turned around.

Bao Chao sat in the temporary command center and burst into tears: Guo Xiongfei was promoted by himself, and the relationship between the two was quite good. I didn’t expect that he would see him off after less than a day of logging in? What’s going on?! Damn little Japan!

It was nearly five o'clock in the afternoon. The Qing army did not care about the gradually dusk weather and started a new round of conquests with the fierce cross-fire bombardment of artillery. The 24-pound heavy artillery crossed the city wall and fell heavily into the city streets. Wang Yusi led his men to the city wall and looked inward from time to time through the previously exploded city gate hole. The landing point of the artillery fire was not very good. It was often fired randomly, causing smoke and flames everywhere in the city. It is still hard to say how much lethal it could cause to the enemy.

He Zhixiu stood beside the tube, putting the heavy machine gun in his hand casually aside, and also looked at him like he looked. "Boss, I heard from the military gate that there will be no remains after entering the city?" Although He Zhixiu is of martial arts, she has also studied, so she speaks a bit literary and scholarly. "This has never been done before after the Qing Dynasty."

"Don't worry about so many," said Wang Yusi, "I can tell you, Xiao He, don't commit too many murders. Such things will harm the world."

"I know, it's not a problem for the adults. Anyway, as long as the Japanese don't resist, they try not to kill them."

"It's best if you think so." Wang Yusi sighed, with a look of wanting to speak but stopping.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

"When the military gate was angry, he sent the entire army to give the soldiers the order to massacre the city. I was afraid that this matter would be spread in the future. Whether it was successful or not, it would be a big mess!"

"What should I do? You can't watch the military service suffer, right?"

Wang Yusi suddenly made a tilted ear and said quickly, "The shelling is over, don't say so much, prepare to attack."

He Zhixiu held the machine gun in one hand and issued a combat order, "Everything is ready. When the gunfire stops, I will rush in with me! If anyone dares to be a rooster, I can't spare him."

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Chapter completed!