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Chapter 91 Artillery Battle (2)

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The firing method of the mortar is different from that of ordinary gunpowder. It depends on the recoil generated by the firing needle at the bottom of the barrel hitting the shell's bottom fire. This kind of firing method and the use of smokeless gunpowder make the fire generated by the artillery firing very small, and with the jungle covering, the British artillery observation posts searched and did not find the Chinese artillery positions.

When the artillery fire outside was red, the commando led by Wang Gang happened to be in a bush forest.

Political Commissar Ni Hong looked at Wang Gang and said, "Biao Tong, when will the artillery fire stop? If we continue to fight like this, our commando will become a corpse collecting team."

"Okay, Lao Ni, you think I'm not in a hurry, but this is the old man's kindness, and we can't let it go." Wang Gang said leisurely.

After the gun flags and shelling were in progress for an hour, the plot that risked his life finally judged Cai Ning and the others from the arc of the shells. Unfortunately, the telephone line between the front line and the command center had been blown off, and the artillery staff had to run back to the command center again.

"The Chinese artillery was less than half a mile ahead of my left wing position, and they were just under our noses."

Wallace couldn't help frowning. At this time, he no longer cared about the method the squadron's artillery used to sneak to such a close place without knowing it. What he was worried about was that due to the elevation of the artillery, the Chinese gun group was located in the blind spot of most artillery artillery in Mandalay. In other words, the minimum range of his gun group exceeded this distance.

"Damn it, are the idiots at the forefront asleep? China has moved so many artillery, but they have not noticed any movement." Wallace, who has always regarded himself as a gentleman, kept cursing and swearing. However, he soon realized that this was useless and asked the staff officer beside him: "How many artillery do we hit the Chinese artillery group?"

The artillery staff thought for a while and said, "There are only a dozen infantry cannons with a size of 2 inches (50mm).

Wallace looked at the frontier positions where the light of guns kept flashing and the soil was plowed all over, and said, "It was them, let them suppress the Chinese immediately, and other artillery fired into the depths of the Chinese."

A few reconnaissance vanguards lurking here in the commando for an hour first met Wang Gang. A vanguard laughed in a low voice and said, "Biao Tong, you have been here fifteen minutes earlier. What if the enemy's artillery group comes to the front line to cover this loss? Our vanguard group has never sent a safe signal here."

Wang Gang spat out a mouthful of mud and said, "Bad, the foreign gun group is fighting desperately for Cai Dapao. Can you take care of me? Stop talking nonsense, how is the cutting-edge cleaning?"

Another vanguard replied: "What else can it be? The British secret whistles were exposed when they were bombarded in front of the front. My brothers and I took advantage of the fire outside and fired them out. The British did not set up barbed wire at the front. It seems that the French devils did not tell the British about our trick."

At this time, the battalions, companies and platoons were already in place, and the artillery began to extend deeper.

Wang Gang said: "It's time for us to get on." All the soldiers of the commando tidied up their equipment and looked solemn.

In the distance, Feng Zicai stood in front of the map with a dark face. No staff officer dared to approach him within three feet. Who can afford this old man's hot temper when fighting?

Feng Zicai stared at the high slope positions outside the British city. To be honest, the British army's defensive positions were still well-established, much stronger than the fortifications he built in Dongling. The entire position formed a complete system according to the mountains. The most important thing was to highlight his heavy artillery advantages. Although it seemed that the frontier positions of the British army had been ravaged, it was a group of one and a half regiments and more than two thousand British devils. The British army's heavy artillery advantages made the large group charge unrealistic. Only by using small-scale infiltration assault tactics, Wang Gang's mission was to the frontier positions of the British army. Taking advantage of the British army's unresponsive advantages in a short period of time, he destroyed the British artillery positions in one fell swoop and completely destroyed the British army's heavy artillery advantages. This is a way to fight fast and slow. Fighting for land is time.

The five selected reinforced platoons launched a charge towards the British almost at the same time. The distance between five hundred meters was only a minute or two to cross.

After strengthening the platoon's impact, Wang Gang led all the remaining ten battalions to rush towards the British artillery group on the top of the mountain.

Due to the narrow entrance of the position, Wang Gang arranged the order of the assault team very reasonably. However, he ignored the most important factor...

The frontier positions of the British military also responded at this time, with authentic London English and Indian dialects mixed together on the positions. They called the British soldiers in the anti-cannon hole to come out quickly. Several Gatling guns that escaped by chance spit out long flames. As soon as the ammunition belt was sent into the barrel, it immediately turned into a rain of bullets. However, the Gatling gun was not a real gun like Maxim. Its huge body was more like a small cannon, and it was not very flexible to rotate. Therefore, although the Qing commando was difficult, it still rushed into the British trenches.

The commando soldiers who had red eyes chased after the bayonets. They did not wait for the follow-up troops, and they did not have follow-up troops. Because the British army had the advantage of heavy artillery, after the assault began, the British artillery group blocked the rear of the commando. The howling artillery group drowned with the fire of death and fell from the sky. The commando soldiers who were hiding in the starting position were not yet charged, and they really felt the call of death. Everyone covered their ears and grew their mouths. The feeling of shocking from their hearts was really unbearable. This made it extremely difficult for the follow-up troops to come up, which meant that the commando had already rushed out and had to take the British artillery position directly under the siege of more than two thousand British troops, and complete the plan named "Tiger Mouth Extraction" this time.

Originally, infantry attacked the enemy's reserve positions, it was conceivable that the casualties were large and the results were small. However, the carpet bombing of the mortars had weakened the British first and second-tier positions to a considerable extent, making the breakthrough of such small-scale troops possible, especially the British heavy artillery was blinded by excessive pursuit of range.

After the first-line position was broken through, the deserted second-line position could not stop the Qing commando from attacking to death. The fleeing Indian soldiers chasing the defense line of the second-line position, and Wang Gang, who followed closely behind them, easily scored twice.

At this time, the commando did not choose to continue chasing the retreating British troops, but wiped them along the ridge, revealing their true purpose, the British artillery position.

The commando led by Wang Gang advanced very quickly, and the target was aimed directly at the last line of defense in the British artillery position.

The British command center in Mandalay City is now in a tense atmosphere. The first and second-tier positions are easily broken by the enemy. There are so many infantry companies and gun companies on the front line, and the perfect defense system is defeated by the enemy. I want to suppress the enemy's artillery, but it has no effect.

Wallace paced back and forth in the command center, and suddenly thought of something. He said to the artillery battalion staff beside him, "Have our artillery group been discovered by the Qing army?"

"It shouldn't be possible. Our heavy artillery is far away on the top of the mountain behind Mandalay City. The Chinese have now broken through our outer positions on the first and second lines and will definitely push the artillery group forward and continue to attack the city." The artillery battalion staff said.

Wallace thought for a moment and asked, "There is only one battalion of the Chinese who broke through the defense line, and their subsequent charge seemed to be blocked by their own heavy artillery. Will they be so stupid that they only come to attack the city if there are only a few hundred people? Moreover, our artillery group has not received fire suppression. If they want to attack the city, why not suppress our artillery group."

"Uh... this... they may not have found our cannon group at all."

"Oh my God, God. If it were just a dozen 2-inch (50mm) infantry cannons attacking just now, they might not have noticed it. But to stop their charge, all our gun groups have been fired. Such a big fire will the Chinese people not see it?" Wallace said crazy.

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"Tell the frontier positions to shrink their forces to protect the gun group's positions. If there is no gun group, we will be ready to surrender!" Wallace said angrily.
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