The end of the military era

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Chapter 195 Betrayal

At 6:19 a.m. on June 8, the local barbarian army gathered hundreds of artillery pieces and shelled the Zhou family army's position in the north outside Linqu City.

Liu Erga, commander of the 61st Brigade of the Jinxi Army, saw through the binoculars the forward position being shelled, turned to an adjutant beside him and said, "Send a telegram to the heavy artillery brigade and the heavy artillery regiment of our brigade, and tell them not to worry. Carry out the counter-bombing, and when the enemy infantry starts to charge, give Lao Tzu a hard beat on them first!"

"Yes, Captain."

"In addition, I am sending a telegram to the 613 regiment at the front, telling the 613 regiment that if they have not received an order to retreat, they must be firmly nailed to the position by Lao Tzu.

Who dares to retreat without authorization, don't blame me for being ruthless! "

After the 15-minute shelling ended, thousands of infantrymen of the barbarian army began to charge the Zhou's army's position in a skirmish line.

However, as soon as thousands of barbarian infantry charged, they were covered by extremely violent artillery fire from Zhou's army, which directly extinguished the first infantry charge of the barbarian army.

Major General Gurney of the Army of the Black Bear Empire and Yuzhang, the Minister of War of the Barbarian Empire, saw such fierce artillery fire from Zhou's army, their faces changed slightly.

Gurney frowned and said, "We must find a way to suppress the opponent's artillery, otherwise the infantry will not be able to charge up."

Yuzhang said with a wry smile: "The Zhou army of the Han and Tang Empires was obviously equipped with a large number of large-caliber artillery, while each infantry division of our barbarian empire was only equipped with a heavy artillery battalion with 12 130mm howitzers.

The 8 infantry divisions add up to less than a hundred 130mm howitzers. It may be difficult to suppress the opponent's artillery. "

Gurney said in a firm tone: "If you have difficulties, you have to try. Let our artillery find the location of the opponent's artillery positions as soon as possible."

The 61st Brigade of the Jinxi Army guarding the northern position outside Linqu City has only one heavy artillery regiment equipped with 48 French Schneider 1913 105mm howitzers.

However, the Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Sixth Infantry Division of the Shanxi Army was also assigned to the 61st Brigade.

重炮旅可是拥有48门法国施耐德1929年式155毫米榴弹炮，以及96门法国施耐德1913年式105毫米榴弹炮。

Calculated in this way, the number of large-caliber artillery on the Zhou's army is exactly twice that of the barbarian army.

As a result, the 96 130mm howitzers of the barbarian army not only failed to suppress the artillery of Zhou's army, but were blown up by Zhou's army's large-caliber howitzers.

The remaining large-caliber artillery of the forced barbarian army had to fire a few shots, so they had to move their positions quickly to avoid being overwhelmed by the artillery of the Zhou family army.

As a result, the situation became embarrassing, and the hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops suddenly became a bit in a dilemma.

In the case of a strong attack, due to the lack of artillery fire, the loss is too great. Even Major General Gurney of the Black Bear Empire, who doesn't care much about the casualties of the barbarian army, feels a little bit unbearable.

It would be too embarrassing to retreat.

After all, this was the first time that the army of the barbarian empire had fought against the Zhou family army of the Han and Tang empires, and the barbarian army still had an absolute advantage in strength.

What's more, behind the barbarian army, there is also the Royal Army of the Black Bear Empire, which is known as the world's largest army.

And when the hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops were in a dilemma, the Sixth Infantry Division and Eighth Infantry Division of the Western Jin Army stationed in Linqu City suddenly launched a large-scale counterattack against the barbarian army.

Although the army of the Barbarian Empire studied under the Army of the Black Bear Empire, most of the officers and soldiers of the Barbarian Army have never been on the battlefield. In all aspects, they are much inferior to the Army of the Black Bear Empire, and their fighting will is even more similar to that of the Army of the Black Bear Empire. worlds apart.

The sudden counterattack of the 8th Infantry Division and the 5th Infantry Division of the Western Jin Army actually triggered a major defeat of the barbarian army. Except for the small losses of the cavalry, the [-] infantry divisions of the barbarian army suffered heavy losses. More than [-] officers and soldiers were captured.

If it weren't for Xie Dong, commander of the Sixth Infantry Division of the Western Jin Army, and Du Ning, commander of the Eighth Infantry Division of the Western Jin Army, considering that the strength of the cavalry troops of the barbarian army was not damaged, they didn't order the troops to pursue them to the end. The 8 infantry divisions had to be wiped out by the Sixth Infantry Division and the Eighth Infantry Division of the Jinxi Army.

After Gurney and Yuzhang fled back to Jingzhou City in a panic, Guan Tianqing asked them with a sad face: "General Gurney, Lord Yu, what shall we do next?"

Guan Tianqing is now very disappointed with the combat effectiveness of the barbarian army. The 8 infantry divisions and 5 cavalry divisions combined have a total of 30 troops, but they were easily defeated by the 8 Zhou family army.

Such a barbarian army, even if there are another one or two million, it may not be enough for Zhou's army to fight.

Gurney said with some embarrassment: "We have underestimated the enemy this time, and we did not expect that the army of the Zhou family in the Han and Tang Empires would be equipped with so many large-caliber artillery.

I will immediately send a telegram to the Ministry of War of our Black Bear Empire, asking the Ministry of War to equip the army of the Barbarian Empire with more large-caliber artillery. "

Yuzhang, the servant of the barbarian empire's military department, then comforted Guan Tianqing: "Don't worry, Commander Guan, the defeat outside Linqu City was just an accident. The 12 infantry divisions and 6 cavalry divisions of the second batch of dispatched troops from the barbarian empire, It will also enter the Baji Empire soon.

Like the accident outside Linqu City, it will never happen again. As long as we both sincerely unite, we will definitely be able to drive out the Zhou family army of the Han and Tang Empires! "

After Gurney and Yuzhang left, Guan Tiancheng walked into the room, "Brother, the army of the Barbarian Empire is a bit unreliable!

The 30 barbarian army was defeated by the 8 Zhou family army. Relying on the barbarian army, can we keep this family business? "

Guan Tianqing sighed and said, "I didn't expect the barbarian army's combat effectiveness to be so poor. It seems that the Black Bear Empire doesn't care much about the barbarian army."

If the Lieutenant General Guitt, who was sent by the Black Bear Empire to the Barbarian Empire, heard what Guan Tianqing said, he would definitely yell for injustice.

It's not that the Black Bear Empire doesn't care about the barbarian army, it really can't help it.

The army officers and soldiers of the Barbarian Empire, after all, are human beings, and they reject the Black Bear Empire psychologically. This also makes many army officers and soldiers of the Barbarian Empire just deal with many things, including training.

Guan Tiancheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother, do we have to make another plan?"

"Hey, send someone to contact the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empire!

Remember, you must lower your stance, as long as you save the lives of all of our Guan family, and hand over other things outside of your body as you should, don't be reluctant. "

"Brother, I understand what to do."

"It must be kept secret, and the people of the Barbarian Empire must not let this matter know, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

In the Governor's Mansion of the Black Bear Empire's Gaget City, the Governor Deniso found out about the fiasco of the barbarian army outside Linqu City, so he called the Chief of the Army of the Black Bear Empire, Gera.

"Marquis Gera, the fighting power of the barbarian army is really disappointing.

30 against 8, it was beaten and lost more than 10 people at once, while the losses of the Zhou family army of the Han and Tang Empires were negligible. This made me feel very worried about the war in the Baji Empire. "

Gela hesitated and said, "The main reason why the local barbarian army suffered such a miserable defeat outside Linqu City is that the Zhou family army of the Han and Tang Empires was equipped with a large number of large-caliber artillery.

Perhaps only by equipping the barbarian army with more large-caliber artillery can the war situation in the Baji Empire be reversed. "

"What is your War Department's opinion on this?"

"Governor, our Ministry of War believes that the barbarian army has essentially become a servant army of our Royal Army of the Black Bear Empire.

Equipping the barbarian army with more large-caliber artillery will not threaten the interests of our Black Bear Empire.

And if the barbarian army can defeat the Zhou family army in the Baji Empire, it will also avoid the losses caused by our Black Bear Empire Royal Army personally participating in the battle. "

Governor Deniso touched the black hair on his chin and said: "Then equip the barbarian army with more large-caliber artillery, but your Ministry of War must also be prepared.

Once the barbarian army is unable to reverse the situation of the Baji Empire, perhaps the Royal Army of the Empire needs to take action in person to teach the Zhou Family Army of the Han and Tang Empire a lesson. "

"Governor, it is best for us Black Bear Empire Royal Army not to join the war.

If our Royal Army of the Black Bear Empire takes part in the war, it will need to cross thousands of kilometers of ocean, while the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empire controls a frighteningly large naval fleet.