Chapter 1244 Blocking in the front and copying in the back

Without destroying these barbed wire fences and roadblocks, the coalition forces would not be able to advance into the nearby villages. Although the distance was close enough that they could clearly see the muzzles of guns protruding from the holes in the houses, they wanted to advance even further.

It was extremely difficult to climb every foot. The iron mesh split with machetes and axes was less than one-tenth of the entire roadblock, and the narrow gap could not accommodate too many people to break through. Everyone became a sea.

A living target for the Han army's guns.

The person who was squeezed at the front didn't even have room to retreat, so he simply spread the shield in his hand on the barbed wire fence as a stepping stone. At that moment, there were also people nearby who imitated this and spread the shields piece by piece, trying to use this method.

A path was carved out of the barbed wire. However, when someone tried to step on it and push forward, he immediately became the focus of the crowd's fire. Even with a shield in hand, he could not block the fire from three directions at the same time.

In an instant, it was turned into a hornet's nest, and it fell down in the middle of the barbed wire fence and became a new stepping stone.

Although the coalition forces were advancing slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye, the casualties they paid for this were extremely staggering. Someone was shot and fell almost every second. The thick smell of blood mixed with the smell of gunpowder smoke made the soldiers on both sides breathless.

It became more difficult. However, seeing that the target was getting closer and closer, the coalition forces, who were red-eyed, did not want to fall short, and were still advancing slowly but firmly step by step.

The reason is that Haihan deployed too few troops in the front, resulting in insufficient firepower output, making it difficult to completely stop the enemy's attack with several times the strength. However, Roger did not panic in the face of this situation. He did what he did before the battle.

His worst plan is to be attacked by the enemy in the middle, but now he is far from giving up this position. As long as he gives the order, the two artillery can immediately beat the enemy outside into a pile of minced meat.

But Roger didn't want to expose this last firepower point yet. He wanted to leave a little hope for the enemy and stimulate them to continue to attack here tomorrow. Seeing that the enemy was breaking down the roadblock outside little by little, Roger also sat down

Unable to hold on any longer, he took his rifle and went up to the roof. He crawled on the eaves and set up the gun, slowly aiming at the officers in the enemy formation.

Although Roger hasn't used the HK416 rifle for shooting training for some time due to limited ammunition stock, the gun still feels good in his hand, and he fired several bursts without missing a beat. Of course, with such a crowd like the one opposite, the rifle still feels good in the hand.

Because of the chaotic situation of the person, it was impossible for him to shoot from a high position and hit the target completely. He could definitely hit the person with just a few glances. Soon he took aim at a senior officer under the enemy's rear army.

The position can only be observed from a relatively high place. Seeing the way he kept giving orders, Roger judged that the man should be the enemy's fire line commander. He then slowly adjusted the muzzle of the gun and locked it on his own.

In the crosshairs.

Roger pulled the trigger and fired several bursts in succession among the chaotic gunfire. It did not attract anyone's attention, but the bullet hit the target accurately, knocking the senior officer off his horse. Regardless of life or death, Roger

Jackie was almost certain that he would never be able to maintain command on the battlefield again.

This crucial kill soon had its effect. After a commotion in the enemy's rear, a signal came to withdraw the troops. So the offensive retreated like a tide, leaving hundreds of corpses in the fields. Luo

Jie looked at the defensive roadblocks outside. About one-third of them had been destroyed by the enemy. If he had not taken action personally and allowed the battle to continue, the remaining defenses could have lasted for more than ten or twenty minutes at most.

The situation can be said to be quite dangerous.

"You have to prepare some grenades for emergency use tomorrow!" Roger muttered silently in his heart.

Grenades are nothing new in this era. Hand grenades loaded with black powder appeared on European battlefields in the 15th century. Starting from the 17th century, grenadiers specially trained to use grenades appeared in the armies of some European countries. In the 18th century

In the early days of the First French Empire, the Grenadier Guards became an elite unit of Napoleon's Cavalry Regiment, responsible for protecting Napoleon's personal safety, and became the predecessor of the famous Grenadier Guards in the future.

Grenades have been installed in the Haihan Army for a long time. However, due to cost and production capacity, this highly lethal melee weapon has not been widely equipped in the hands of every soldier. Instead, it has been equipped in small quantities at the squad and platoon level.

There is no grenadiers as a branch in the army, but officers usually select some strong soldiers for relevant grenade training. When the war is fierce, this weapon can also be used to make up for the lack of firepower output.

.

Roger's originally prepared backup plan was to use the grenades in stock if a cold shot didn't work. Anyway, the artillery couldn't be unveiled until the last moment, so as not to alert the enemy and completely destroy the enemy's fighting spirit.

.

Roger returned to the yard along the ladder, handed the gun to his orderly, and ordered: "Hurry up and organize the civilian workers to repair the damaged fortifications outside. Also, check if there are any living people outside, and bring back those who are not dead.

, interrogate and see if anything can be gained."

Roger turned around and called his adjutant to his side again, and asked with concern: "What's the casualty situation on our side?"

The adjutant lowered his voice and responded: "Reporting to the commander, our army currently has seven killed and twenty-nine wounded. Two of them are seriously injured and may not survive the night. The others have superficial injuries and are not seriously injured at the moment.

"

Although the Haihan Army had the advantage of the terrain and had houses as bunkers for ambush battles, after all, the strength of the troops was several times different. They were shooting at each other at close range. Even if there were bunkers, casualties would inevitably occur. However, the battle continued for half a day.

, less than ten of our own casualties were killed, and compared with the opponent's casualty number, it was less than one-tenth. This result was considered very ideal, and the casualty rate was also within an acceptable range.

At present, the injured personnel have basically left their positions and moved to the rear for bandaging and treatment. The bodies of the killed personnel have also been collected, and funeral arrangements will be arranged after the war is over. The civilian husbands responsible for transporting materials and personnel have so far not

There were no casualties, and the mood of the people in the rear was therefore relatively stable, and was not greatly affected by the exchange of fire at the front.

Roger was not very worried about this. After all, Tan Juren was still in charge at the rear. Although Tan Juren could not help at all with the march and fighting, he was still fully capable of handling people's affairs, appeasing people's emotions during the war, and organizing logistics work.

With him handling these complicated affairs at the rear, Roger didn't have to worry about everything and could concentrate as much as possible on the command of the war.

At this time, the sky was getting dark. Roger estimated that after his opponent withdrew his troops, he would have no time to reorganize his troops and launch the next wave of offensive. He immediately sent an order to the rear to quickly bring up the prepared hot food. Just as he had done before

As promised, the food during the battle was full of oil and water, and many chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep had been slaughtered early in the morning for the enjoyment of the hard-working soldiers.

After the battle, the troops who were lying in ambush in the field withdrew under the cover of night. Although they did not directly participate in the battle, they stayed in the field for a whole day and had to be careful not to expose their whereabouts. This job was really hard.

Moreover, we have to set off again before dawn tomorrow to set up an ambush at the predetermined location early, and the time we can withdraw to rest is only a few hours.

After dinner, Tan Juren finished arranging the logistics affairs and went to the headquarters to see Roger in person to learn about the actual battle situation from him: "I heard that the fight was very stalemate today, and the enemy almost broke through the defense line!"

"Don't worry. The enemy has already used eight of their forces today. Our side has calculated at most five of its forces. The troops arranged for ambush in the wild and the fleet taking the retreat haven't been used yet. They can attack

There are some reasons why we released the water nearby." Roger said very firmly: "I deliberately didn't use all my firepower today, I just wanted to wait for their baggage to arrive and then pack it all up tomorrow!"

Tan Juren did not doubt Roger's ability, but he still warned carefully: "Then don't let it slip!"

"It's not us who are trying to escape, it's the enemy." Roger shook his head and said: "They wanted to capture this place in one fell swoop through sneak attacks, but they hit a wall when they tried to implement it. The course of the battle must have been very different from what they expected.

.I deliberately concealed my strength, just because I didn’t want to scare them away too early. They must be hesitating now whether to continue the attack or to evacuate as soon as possible. But even if they have figured out how to evacuate, they will not have time to retreat to Johor tomorrow.

Already."

As Roger expected, the two coalition generals, Papen and Hogg, were very depressed about today's results. Especially Papon, the last offensive was about to break through the enemy's defense line, but the deputy general he sent to supervise the battle failed.

He was hit by a stray bullet, which directly caused the entire army to retreat. When he was carried back, he was already vomiting blood, and he was breathing out more and breathing less in. Before the military doctor had time to dig out the bullet from his chest, he was already vomiting blood.

Out of breath.

If the Haihan people's defense line could be broken, it would be worthwhile for this general to die. But unfortunately, his death only resulted in the retreat of the frontline troops. The three waves of offensive launched today can only be said to have achieved results in the end.

Nearly zero. The coalition troops had just withdrawn from the battlefield, and hundreds of civilians had already poured out of Haihan Village to collect the bodies and weapons of the coalition soldiers on the battlefield outside. At the same time, they repaired the severely damaged middle defenses.

The coalition forces no longer have the energy to launch the fourth wave of offensive in the dark night, and they can only watch Haihan's civilian workers constructing in the distance. After a night of repairs, the gap that was finally torn open today will surely be repaired.

Disappeared.

Hogg, who was ashen-faced, said: "We have lost one-tenth of all our troops today, but we haven't even touched the wall of Haihan Village. We can't withdraw our troops like this, otherwise we will definitely be stepped on by the Haihan people in the future."

Come on! General Pabon, have our artillery arrived at the camp?"

"We're here." After hearing what the translator said, Ba Pong remained expressionless, probably because he had not yet recovered from the shock of his lieutenant's death.

"Then let's use artillery to fight the Haihan people tomorrow!" Hogg said bitterly: "It seems that there are no artillery deployed on the Haihan people's position. This is good news for us. We must let them do it tomorrow.

Try it and it’s awesome!”

Ba Peng was slightly worried. It was said that Haihan weapons had excellent performance, especially the naval warships' cannon fire. They had thousands of troops stationed here, so how could they not even have a single artillery piece? But if there were

Equipped with artillery, why do we still insist on not using large-scale weapons in today's passive battle situation, but only use rifles to resist? Isn't this asking for trouble?

Bapon could not give a reasonable explanation for this contradiction, but he also agreed with Hogg's idea. After working so hard to transport the artillery to the battlefield, could he withdraw without firing the artillery? Then he would not be able to explain it to his superiors when he went back.

Talking about military merit, he might be accused of poor command. So in any case, Ba Peng also had a desperate mentality to see how the Haihan people could cope with the artillery offensive. The house in the village

Although the walls of the houses can block musket bullets, they cannot block the powerful and heavy artillery shells. When the cannons are used to bombard the houses outside the village, the firepower points hiding in the dark will naturally be destroyed.

However, artillery is transported over long distances. Due to transportation conditions, the amount of ammunition that can be used is relatively limited. Therefore, this method of bombarding Haihan needs to be used as sparingly as possible. If the artillery shells are used up, the attack still continues.

If you don't go in, you really have to consider giving up this operation.

Although they were still a little uneasy, Hogg and Bapen could not think of a better tactic at the moment, and they could only pin their hopes on the big killer weapon of artillery. After the two had a simple dinner, they each led their teams to inspect the camp.

Set up peripheral sentries. This place is currently under the control of Haihan. Although the coalition forces have the upper hand, the battlefield is full of mud, and they dare not engage in any actions such as stealing camps in the dark. Instead, they need to be careful of the Haihan army.

Take advantage of the night to find out and counterattack.

After the two of them went back to their tents and lay down, they were thinking about how to arrange the offensive tomorrow morning. However, they did not know that the first battle to start the next morning was not the main battlefield in front of them.

In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was just a little bright, an armed fleet with red and blue flags appeared on the water of the Johor Strait. The reinforcements led by Mu Xiabai rested on a coast more than ten miles away last night.

One night, early this morning, he went straight to the sea crossing point of the Johor Army. Mu Xiabai knew that if he cleared the Johor Army here earlier, he could end the war earlier. He personally steered the ship all the way, and he came even before the scheduled time.

The local navy copied from the west was much faster.

The night sentry of the Johor Army did not even detect the fleet in time. It was not until it broke through the morning fog and appeared on the water less than a hundred feet offshore that the sentry finally realized what had happened and hurriedly sounded the alarm gong.
Chapter completed!