The end of the military era

Thanks to the support of the 5th Infantry Battalion and the 6th Infantry Battalion, Xie Dong's 3rd Battalion and 300rd Company were responsible for defending only about [-] meters away.

Xie Dong's company has a total of 138 officers and soldiers. Except for the machine gunner, each officer and soldier is equipped with a Mauser 98k rifle. Officers above the deputy squad leader and machine gunners are also equipped with a Type 54 pistol.

In addition, the entire company is equipped with 3 g-34 general-purpose machine guns and 9 zb-26 light machine guns. Such a firepower configuration is absolutely luxurious.

You must know that this is not Xie Dong's company with such a luxurious firepower configuration, but all the Zhou family's army companies have this kind of firepower configuration.

On the line of defense of about two kilometers, the three infantry battalions of the No.20 Second Independent Brigade and the Third Infantry Regiment invested seven companies at one time.

当7个连队的21挺g-34通用机枪和63挺zb-26轻机枪同时响起，把指挥作战的银狼帝国海军第32海军陆战旅旅长尼奇卡，都给弄蒙圈了。

Is this still a human army like a weak chicken?

How could it be equipped with so many machine guns?

The more than 400 wolf officers and soldiers who charged were all wearing leather armor made of low-level or middle-level fierce animal skins, and there were even more than 30 wolf officers and soldiers who had reached the "warrior" level, holding steel shields.

But both the ZB-26 light machine gun and the G-34 general-purpose machine gun can fire armor-piercing bullets. Not to mention the leather armor made of fierce animal skins, even a 15mm thick steel plate shield can't stop the dense armor-piercing bullets.

You must know that the armor-piercing bullets fired by the g-34 general-purpose machine gun can't even resist the defense of the lord-level beast.

More than 400 wolf officers and soldiers were knocked down almost instantly. The remaining wolf officers and soldiers could only lie on the ground immediately and fight back with rifles and machine guns in their hands.

Nikka saw a battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment under his command attacking a battalion and was blocked by the opponent's powerful firepower. He immediately ordered the 1 16mm infantry guns of the Artillery Battalion of the 70st Infantry Regiment to suppress the machine gun fire of the enemy's position.

However, to Nikka's horror, the 16 70mm infantry guns had just fired two rounds of shells, and their own artillery positions were bombarded by the opponent's artillery.

An artillery battalion equipped with 16 70mm infantry guns and more than 300 officers and soldiers can basically cancel the organizational system before it has played any role.

The third infantry regiment of the No.20 Second Independent Brigade made meritorious service here, with 30 French 1897-type 75 field guns from the artillery battalion.

When the enemy artillery launched the first round of shelling on the forward position, the artillery battalion of the [-]rd Infantry Regiment basically confirmed the position of the enemy artillery position.

I didn't expect the enemy's artillery to be so arrogant. After the first round of shelling, they didn't even move their positions. How polite is the artillery battalion of the [-]rd Infantry Regiment.

A burst of rapid fire eliminated the enemy artillery about 4 kilometers away.

Then the 30 field artillery of the artillery battalion began to launch intensive shelling on the open ground in front of one's own position.

The last battalion of wolf officers and soldiers, after suffering another round of shells, only withdrew less than 200 people. This made the brigade commander of the 32nd Marine Brigade, Nichka, gasp.

Nichka had to pay attention to the human army blocked in front, and immediately asked the division commander Rofer to let the 16 130mm large-caliber howitzers of the heavy artillery battalion go into battle.

Rofer learned that the opponent's firepower was extremely powerful, equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns and large-caliber artillery, and he couldn't sleep peacefully anymore, so he came directly to the front of the battlefield.

"Nichka, is the firepower of this human army really strong?" Rofer asked in a deep voice.

Nichka said with a wry smile: "Master, I sent an infantry battalion up, but they failed to touch the edge of the opponent's position, and they were defeated, with more than half of the losses.

In addition, the artillery battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment, also under the counterattack of the opponent's large-caliber artillery, almost wiped out the entire army. All 16 70mm infantry guns were blown up. Of the artillery battalion with more than 300 people, only less than 100 people. "

Rofer rubbed his hands, "It seems that this game has become more interesting.

Bring up the other two infantry regiments under your command.

I would like to see how strong this human army of the Zhou family in Ganyang is? "

As the army of the Silver Wolf Empire continued to increase its attack strength, especially the coordinated operations of the opponent's artillery, it brought great pressure to Xie Dong's company, and the number of casualties continued to increase.

Although the battalion headquarters sent two supplementary companies to Xie Dong one after another, the total of these two supplementary companies only had 2 veterans, and the remaining 2 recruits were all young and strong men temporarily recruited from civilians.

Each of these 240 recruits only had 3 grenades and a broadsword, and many recruits didn't even know how to use rifles.

But someone is better than no one, Xie Dong can only send all these recruits to the battlefield, let the veterans guide them how to shoot.

If a veteran is killed or seriously injured, the recruit must pick up the gun left by the veteran and continue to participate in the battle.

However, the cruelty of the battlefield, not to mention these temporary recruits, even the "veterans" who have joined the army for a few months, can't bear it.

In the fierce battle until 27:2 a.m. on the [-]th, Xie Dong personally killed seven deserters, including two "veterans" and five recruits.

Xie Dong walked in the trench with his waist bowed, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "I repeat! Those who retreat are shot on the spot!

If I didn't receive an order to retreat, even if there was only one person left, I would have to guard the position! "

Chapter 98 Met a match

Xie Dong walked to Liu Erga's side, "Erga, where is your platoon leader?"

"The company commander, platoon leader and deputy platoon leader all died."

When Xie Dong heard this, he couldn't help feeling a pain in his heart. Liu Erga's platoon leader and deputy platoon leader were both classmates of Xie Dong who had attended the crash course of the Zhou Family Army Academy.

"Where is the monitor? Where are the monitors and deputy monitors in your platoon?"

Liu Erga said sadly: "Company commander, 3 squad leaders and 3 deputy squad leaders, four of them died, and two seriously injured were carried down.

Now in our row, there are only 11 veterans left, and more than 20 recruits left. "

Xie Dong, with red eyes, squeezed Liu Erga's shoulder hard, "Erga, I appoint you as the acting platoon leader of the first platoon, and organize the rest of the brothers.

Even if we are all dead today, we can't lose our company's position! "

"Huh? I'm the platoon leader?

No, how can I be the platoon leader! "

"Erga, I don't have time for you to moan. Hurry up and reorganize the first row. The next wave of wolf attacks should be coming soon."

After Xie Dong finished speaking, he ignored Liu Erga and continued walking forward along the trench.

Liu Erga's ammunition hand, Wang Gousheng, couldn't help saying in surprise: "Brother Erga, you will be an officer in the future!"

Another old soldier named Sun Tieniu joked next to him: "Er Gazi, if we can still survive this battle, you kid will have to treat your brothers to a big meal. This is equivalent to advancing to four levels in a row! "

Then a veteran named Liu Achou said: "Er Gazi, you should ask the company commander, if you are honored, what level will your pension be given?"

Liu Erga's eyes lit up at Wang Achou's words, and he let go of his throat and shouted, "Company commander, I'm the acting platoon leader, how much is the pension?"

According to the pension standard set by the Zhou family army, the pension for ordinary soldiers is 2000 silver coins, and the pension for platoon leaders is twice as high, reaching 4000 silver coins.

Xie Dong, who was in the distance, couldn't help but turned around and scolded: "Liu Erga, can you not worry about the pension?"

"Company commander, what is my standard?"

Xie Dong shouted angrily: "Distributed according to the rank of platoon leader! Liu Erga, don't think about these useless things, hurry up and reorganize the remaining brothers in the platoon!"

When Liu Erga heard that he was killed in battle, he could get a pension according to the rank of platoon leader, so he couldn't help but waved his fist happily.