Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

The timing of the selection of the newly formed artillery regiment of the First Division was very good. Zhou Chuyun, the commander of the artillery regiment, knew very well that it had not been long since his artillery regiment had just taken over these Schneider 75mm field guns.

In addition, the artillery regiment had only been established for less than a month. Neither the team's cooperation nor their familiarity with the artillery could compare to the coalition's artillery.

Although the coalition artillery had entered their firing range at this time, Zhou Chuyun still did not give the order to fire.

He was waiting for the coalition forces to adjust the shooting elements on the site. At this time, he gave the order to fire.

In this case, he could get two rounds of bombardment opportunities for his artillery regiment.

Otherwise, in one round at most, the coalition's artillery would be able to withstand the artillery fire from their own side, modify the shooting elements, and launch a counterattack against their own side.

Zhou Chuyun understood better that training a qualified artilleryman was definitely more difficult than training a qualified infantryman.

Neither Zhou Chuyun nor Lin Yi was willing to sacrifice too many artillery troops.

The coalition soldiers on the east bank of the Chaobai River finally adjusted their artillery to shoot at Zhu Yuan, and about two battalions of coalition soldiers were also ready.

They only need to wait for their own artillery to launch an attack. After plowing the Daxia position on the other side of the river, they can go and pick the fruits of victory.

"Fire!" the coalition artillery commander gave the order, and hundreds of artillery pieces immediately launched artillery bombardment at the Daxia position on the other side of the river.

Suddenly, hundreds of fireballs appeared on the position on the other side, where the coalition artillery hit.

However, before the coalition soldiers could remove the shell casings from the artillery, they heard screaming in the distance.

Some coalition artillerymen with rich combat experience immediately realized that the Daxia Army on the other side had launched an artillery bombardment against them.

Moreover, hearing such a loud noise, they also realized that the opponent's number of artillery was not less than theirs.

However, at this time, the coalition artillery had no time to think too much. They knew that at this time, they were at a disadvantage and lost the initiative.

What they have to do now is to adjust the shooting elements as quickly as possible and launch an artillery bombardment with the opponent.

At this time, whether they choose to retreat or avoid, it is not advisable, because if they do so, they will only be beaten passively and cannot fight back.

Only by launching a heroic artillery fire exchange with the opponent can there be a glimmer of hope.

The coalition soldiers quickly adjusted their shooting at Zhu Yuan, and finally launched a counterattack after the third round of artillery fire from Daxia.

However, at this time, the coalition artillery lost at least one-third of its artillery.

When the coalition artillery launched a counterattack, Zhou Chuyun also suffered losses.

However, the losses were still bearable. Both he and Lin Yi knew that if they wanted to train an elite artillery force, they would have to go through a bloody battle.

Therefore, at this time, both sides have no choice but to hold on. Whoever fails to hold on first will lose the advantage of artillery first.

However, due to Lin Yi and Zhou Chuyun's calculations, Daxia always maintained an advantage.

On the other side, while the artillery from both sides was bombarding each other, Brigadier General White, the commander of the coalition forces, also noticed something was wrong. In other words, he had keenly seen that the artillery on his side had fallen into a disadvantage.

In fifteen minutes at most, the artillery on his side will be defeated by Daxia.

He couldn't imagine what the superficial scene would be like after his own artillery failed and the other coalition soldiers could only attack the opponent with their artillery.

At this time, White also wanted to know why there were so many new artillery pieces in Daxia and why he hadn't heard any news before.

But he also understood that this was not the best time to think about this. He immediately launched an attack on the two battalions in front of him that were ready on the other side of the river.

Trying to break into Daxia's defensive position before his own artillery failed. Until this time, White still believed that he could win. He only needed his own soldiers to rush forward to reverse the current unfavorable situation.

Upon hearing Brigadier General White's order, the two coalition infantry battalions that had been guarding the bridge quickly picked up their weapons and emerged from their hiding places.

Looking at the iron bridge that was a hundred meters long and without any obstruction, these coalition soldiers lined up in a neat queue, bent their waists, lowered their bodies as much as possible, and ran quickly towards the other side of the river.

At this time, the Daxia position on the other side of the river could be said to be very quiet, with no one shooting.

Because officers at all levels in Daxia tried their best to appease their soldiers and asked them to let the coalition soldiers cross the river before fighting.

These officers have long known the horror of the Maxim heavy machine gun. It can be said that this is a terrifying weapon that can change the pattern of world war.

Before the appearance of the Maxim heavy machine gun, the only weapons in the hands of soldiers were bolt-action rifles, which fired once and pulled the bolt.

This weapon fires very slowly. It can be said that those who can fire ten rounds a minute are elite soldiers.

Therefore, soldiers of that era still liked to form a row and then charge towards the opponent's position.

However, after the Maxim heavy machine gun appeared, several warring countries in Europe at that time discovered that charging with dense crowds was useless in the face of heavy machine guns.

The terrifying rate of fire of [-] rounds per minute is definitely a nightmare for any dense formation.

After all, this thing once killed [-] people on the battlefield in one day.

It was also since then that countries around the world no longer used dense formations, but adopted very dispersed and alternately covering charge formations.

In this era, the Maxim has not yet shown its ferocity. Today is also the first appearance of the Maxim heavy machine gun, which will surely impress the coalition soldiers.

When the coalition soldiers had rushed across the iron bridge and were less than thirty meters away from their own positions, a cry of "fire" sounded.

The ten Maxim heavy machine guns placed at the front of the position by Lin Yi immediately burst into flames.

The half-meter-long orange-red flame rang out very rhythmically.

"Da da da da da..."

At this time, Maxim's bullet was like a death's scythe. As long as it was swept by it, the soldier's chest would immediately rise a lot of scarlet.

If it hits the arms or thighs, then the 11.43mm bullet will definitely tear apart his limbs.

The coalition soldiers who rushed across the iron bridge fell down in pieces. The whole scene was extremely terrifying.

Those coalition soldiers who were slightly behind wanted to escape when they saw that the situation was not good.

However, the iron bridge road was narrow and unobstructed. Those soldiers exposed their backsides to the Daxia soldiers, which directly accelerated their demise.

How fast can a person run? If you want to run across a [-]-meter bridge, no matter how fast you run, it will take you ten seconds.

This does not include the time wasted by crowds of people crowding each other.

Even so, even if they ran across the iron bridge, it would be useless when facing Maxim, who had an effective range of one thousand meters.

In less than five minutes, the two battalions discharged by White were all wiped out by the Daxia army on both sides of the Chaobai River.