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"The observation sentry on the top of the tower did not find any signs of large-scale artillery groups within the visual range. Perhaps the enemy used ultra-long-range artillery..."

"How is this possible?" Wallace said angrily, "Myanmar is full of mountains, how could the Chinese transport such large-caliber artillery, and judging from the explosion point, it is obvious that hundreds of artillery are attacking us at the same time. , if the Chinese have so many artillery pieces, then we can just surrender."

The artillery staff officer was speechless. Wallace looked at him and said, "Go to the first and second front lines immediately. Find out the exact location of the Chinese artillery group, and then come back and report to me."

The artillery staff's face suddenly turned pale. Now it is obvious that the Chinese are focusing their shelling on the first and second line positions, at this time.With such fierce artillery fire, it is very likely that they will look the same as those soldiers who were blown up.But the soldier takes obeying orders as his bounden duty, and despite his reluctance, he ran out quickly.

Under the command of Cai Ning, the artillery marks happily ravaged the first and second line positions on the hillside outside the British city. The "Jiangning 19th Type" is China's first mortar, and it is one of the few Chinese military innovations in the [-]th century.However, this is still due to the development of military technology in the world.

The Lion Wakes Up Chapter 91 Artillery Battle ([-])

In 1873, the German chemist Sprengel discovered that picric acid could be detonated with a detonator.By 1885, French scientist Turpin began to use it as explosives to load shells, which is the famous yellow powder.It is much more powerful than black powder.Moreover, the explosion does not produce strong smoke, and mankind has officially entered the era of smokeless gunpowder.

In addition, in 1884, the French Vieille first made single-base gunpowder with +.It is called nitrocellulose gunpowder.The French also called it B Gunpowder.Its gunpowder has a power of 900-1000 joules, and was later widely used as propellant for bullets and shells.

With the opening of China in 1881.Seek knowledge in the world.Now there are Chinese students studying abroad in various advanced countries in the world. They study in the best universities, study with the best professors, and are also the most hardworking students in the world. The world's advanced scientific and technological information is continuously transmitted back to China through them.The mortar uses these two advanced gunpowder technologies, thus solving the most critical ammunition problem.

The firing method of the mortar is different from that of ordinary gunpowder. It relies on the recoil force generated by the firing pin at the bottom of the barrel hitting the primer of the shell. This firing method and the use of smokeless powder make the fire produced by the artillery very small. Coupled with the shelter of the jungle, the artillery observation posts of the British army searched and found no Chinese artillery positions.

When the artillery fire outside was so red that half of the sky was red, the commando team led by Wang Gang happened to be staying in a bush.

Political commissar Ni Hong looked at Wang Gang and said, "Biaotong, when will this artillery fire stop? If this continues, our commando team will become a corpse collection team."

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

When the bombardment went on for an hour, Mou, who risked his life, finally judged Cai Ning's position from the arc of the shell.It's a pity that the telephone line between the forward position and the headquarters has been blown up, and the artillery staff had to run back to the headquarters again.

"The Chinese artillery was less than half a mile in front of my left flank, and they were right under our noses."

Wallace couldn't help frowning. At this time, he no longer cared about how the artillery of the Chinese army sneaked to such a close place without anyone noticing. What he was worried about was that due to the elevation angle of the artillery, the Chinese artillery The group was right in the blind zone of most of Mandalay's artillery.In other words, the minimum firing range of your own artillery group exceeds this distance.

"Damn it, are those idiots at the frontier asleep? China has moved so many artillery pieces, and they didn't even notice any movement." Wallace, who has always regarded himself as a gentleman, couldn't help cursing.However, he soon realized that this was of no avail, and asked the staff officer beside him, "How many artillery pieces did we have to hit the Chinese artillery group?"

The artillery staff officer thought for a while and said, "There are only a dozen 2-inch (50mm) infantry guns."

Wallace looked at the forward positions where the guns were constantly flashing and the soil had been plowed all over, and said: "It's them, let them suppress the Chinese immediately, and the other artillery fires deep into the Chinese."

Finally, the British Mandalay artillery group, which had been shooting randomly for an hour, had their target.Although it is only a 50mm infantry gun, the power of a single salvo is still considerable. The "Chinese artillery position" confirmed by the British artillery staff officer was like being hit by a heavy rain. The soil, which was well protected by vegetation, was also turned out.If it weren't for the humid weather in Myanmar, a fire must have ignited in the woods at this time.

Under the attack of the British artillery, the Chinese artillery did not fire.The soldiers on the frontier positions of the British army had the chance to raise their heads for the first time after enduring the violent tremors for more than an hour. The well-trained soldiers got out of the anti-gun holes and rushed to the position.What are they going to meet, is the charge of the Chinese with bayonets?Some soldiers began to look for the light on the bayonet in the darkness.

But obviously, they were disappointed, but what exactly did they see, but if these things made them choose, they would rather not see it.The same number of shells fell on them again in a different direction and at a different distance, but this time they had no chance to hide in the anti-bomb hole.

The judgment of the British artillery staff who risked his life was not wrong. The British artillery suppression did hit Cai Ning's artillery position, but except for the first round of shooting that blew up two mortars, the other mortars The cannon was intact.This was due to the good maneuverability of the mortar. Seeing that the British had found himself, Cai Ning immediately moved the artillery battalion.

A new position was established 1000 meters away from the original position, and the process took less than 10 minutes.

It can be seen that the daily weight-bearing running training and loading and unloading training are rigorous, and the quality of the soldiers is high.Every time the Qing army changed positions, the attack that could last for 30 to 60 minutes would be discovered by the British army again. However, it only took 10 minutes for the Qing army to change positions, and the longest time was only 15 minutes.

Later, Cai Ning simply divided the artillery marks into five battalions.Attacking the British positions in 5 different directions, this time the British artillery group finally lost its way in the artillery battle.Fire these empty cannons all over the place in a mess!Unable to pose a threat to the Qing army's artillery group, the British on the position had lost their desire and confidence to fight after being bombarded for more than 5 hours.

Due to the use of yellow explosives, the Jiangning 75-type shells exploded in the trenches compared to ordinary [-]mm battalion shells. The air waves brought up directly flew the British soldiers, and the wanton flying shrapnel brought up blood and flesh.

The artillery was suppressed, and the artillery was suppressed immediately, but the artillery of the Chinese people seemed to exist like ghosts. Just after they were pressed here, they appeared again there.The forward position has been sieved, and all decent firepower points have been destroyed.A few soldiers huddled in the ditch making their last stand.

At this time, the artillery began to extend in depth to the British army, and Cai Ning fired a signal flare at this time.The originally quiet position of Wang Gang's Tenth Commando Battalion was finally ready to move.

When the signal flare was raised, the commando team led by Wang Gang had reached a place less than 500 meters away from the front line of the British army.A layer of black mud had been rolled on their military uniforms, and the same was true on their faces, only their black eyes were exposed.

Several leading scouts who had been lurking here for an hour before the commando met Wang Gang.A vanguard laughed softly and said, "Biaotong, you guys came 15 minutes earlier. If the enemy's artillery comes to cover the front, who will pay for the loss? Our vanguard team has never sent a signal that this place is safe."

Wang Gang spat out a mouthful of mud and said, "Fart, the foreign devil's artillery group is desperately trying to compete with Cai Dapao, can they take care of me? Stop talking nonsense, how is the frontier cleaned up?"

Another soldier replied: "What else can I do? As for the secret sentries of the British, they were all exposed when they were bombarded in front of the front. My brothers and I took advantage of the loud artillery fire outside, and we have already wiped out the enemy." They pulled it out. The British didn't set up barbed wire at the front, it seems that the French devils didn't tell the British about our trick."

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

Wang Gang said: "It's time for us to go." All the soldiers of the commando adjusted their equipment and looked solemn.

In the distance, in the headquarters of Feng Zicai's headquarters.Feng Zicai stood in front of the map with a dark face, and none of the staff dared to come within three feet of him. Who could offend this old man's fiery temper when he started fighting.

Feng Zicai stared at the high slope position outside the British city, to tell the truth.The defensive position of the British army is still well-built, much stronger than the fortifications he built in Dongling at the beginning. The entire position forms a complete system along with the mountain, and the most important thing is to highlight his advantage of heavy artillery.Although it seems that the frontier positions of the British army have been ravaged.But after all, there is a half regiment of the British army, more than 2000 British devils.The British army's superiority in heavy artillery made it unrealistic for a large group to charge. Only small-scale infiltration and assault tactics were used. Wang Gang's mission was the frontier positions of the British army.Taking advantage of the British army's inability to respond in a short period of time, it destroyed the British artillery positions in one fell swoop, completely destroying the British army's heavy artillery advantage.This is a way to beat the slow with the fast.Land contention is time.

The five selected reinforced platoons charged the British almost simultaneously. 500 meters away.It only takes one or two minutes to cross.

After strengthening the platoon attack, Wang Gang led all the remaining ten battalions to the British artillery group on the top of the mountain.

Due to the narrow entrance to the position, Wang Gang's order of assault for the commando was very reasonable.But one of the most important factors has been overlooked...

The forward positions of the British army also responded at this time, and the authentic London English and Indian dialects were mixed on the position.They called the British soldiers in the anti-gun holes to come out quickly, and the few Gatling machine guns that managed to escape spit out long tongues of flame, and the bullet belts immediately turned into a rain of bullets as soon as they were sent into the barrels.However, the Gatling machine gun is not a machine gun in the true sense of Maxim after all. Its huge body is more like a small cannon, and its rotation is not very flexible. Therefore, although the commandos of the Qing Dynasty were difficult, they were still stiff. rushed into the trenches of the British army.

The red-eyed commando soldiers held up their bayonets and chased them down. They didn't wait for the follow-up troops, and they didn't have any follow-up troops. Because the British army had the advantage of heavy artillery, after the assault began, the British artillery group immediately attacked the commando troops. The rear was blocked by artillery, and the howling artillery group dropped from the sky, throwing fire of death. The commando soldiers who hid in the starting position before it was their turn to charge really felt the call of death. Everyone covered their ears and opened their mouths. The feeling of shaking in the heart is really unbearable.This made it extremely difficult for the follow-up troops to come up, which meant that the commandos who had already rushed out had to take the artillery positions of the British army directly in the encirclement of more than 2000 British troops, and complete the plan named "extracting teeth from the tiger's mouth".

Originally, the infantry stormed the enemy's reserve positions, and it was conceivable that the casualties were large and the results were small, but the carpet bombing of the mortars had already weakened the first and second line positions of the British army to a considerable extent, making the breakthrough of this small-scale force a It is possible, especially the heavy artillery of the British army caused the lights to be blinded due to the excessive pursuit of range.

After the first-line positions were breached, the sparse second-line positions could hardly stop the Qing commando's desperate assault.The fleeing Indian soldiers broke through the second line of defense, and Wang Gang, who followed closely behind them, easily scored twice.

At this time, the commando did not choose to continue chasing and killing the retreating British army, but wiped it along the mountain ridge, revealing their real purpose, the artillery position of the British army.

The commando led by Wang Gang advanced quickly, aiming at the last line of defense of the British artillery position.

The British Army Command in Mandalay is now in a tense atmosphere.The first- and second-line positions were easily breached by the enemy. There were so many infantry companies and machine gun companies at the front, and the perfect defense system was defeated by the enemy. The enemy's artillery firepower was suppressed, but it had no effect.

Wallace was pacing back and forth in the headquarters when he suddenly thought of something.He said to the staff officer of the artillery battalion beside him, "Has our artillery group been discovered by the Qing army?"

"Probably not. Our heavy artillery is far away on the top of the mountain behind Mandalay City. Now that the Chinese have broken through our outer positions on the first and second lines, they will definitely push the artillery group forward and continue to attack the city." Artillery Battalion said the staff officer.

Wallace thought for a moment and asked: "Only one battalion of the Chinese broke through the defense line, and their follow-up charge seemed to be blocked by their own heavy artillery. Would they be so stupid as to attack the city with only a few hundred people? And ours The artillery groups are not suppressed by fire, if they want to attack the city, why not suppress our artillery groups."

"Eh... this... they may not have discovered our artillery group at all."

"My God, my God. If it was just a dozen 2-inch (50mm) infantry guns attacking, they probably wouldn't notice. But to stop their charge, all our guns have been fired. Such a big The fire, the Chinese will not be able to see it??" Wallace said frantically.

"..."

"Tell the forward position to shrink the troops to protect the artillery group position. If there is no artillery group, we are ready to surrender!" Wallace said angrily.

Wallace originally thought that the opium soldiers in China were only a little stronger than the native Burmese, but he didn't expect that when they fought, the army's changeable artillery tactics, strong attacking fighting spirit, and fearless infantry assault methods all surprised him.The initial impression is that these Chinese troops are both fierce and well-organized, and there is such an elite army in the Far East.Has such an army ever been easily defeated by its predecessors?It was his predecessor who was too strong and made himself weaker.

The Lion Wakes Chapter 92 Raiders from the Sky

"Biaotong, none of the brothers in the back rushed up. They were suppressed by the devil's artillery fire, and only more than 700 brothers rushed up."

"The devil's cannons are on the top of the mountain. My brothers and I rushed up to take their cannons." Wang Gang roared.

Feng Zicai stared at the binoculars at the headquarters at this time, then turned to the correspondent behind him and said, "Let Cai Ning blast a hole in the city wall within 30 minutes, and each standard will charge in order to reduce the pressure on the commando."

"Yes."