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    "How are the casualties of the troops?" After the fighting stopped, Wang Yuze came down from the tower and asked Wang Wei.

    "Company Commander, the casualties are not large and within the tolerable range. However, the consumption of ammunition is a bit high. After the wall was blown open, in order to repel the enemy's attack, both heavy machine guns and mortars were deployed.  Shoot at the maximum speed." Wang Wei replied.

    "It doesn't matter. There are only more than a thousand horse bandits attacking this time. It seems that they have paid at least half the price. It is getting dark, and their attack will stop by then. Wait until the reinforcements arrive tomorrow  , it¡¯s time for us to fight back!" Wang Yuze said.  Now, the sky has gradually darkened.  After dark, the temperature will drop sharply, and with snow falling in the sky, the temperature will be even lower.  The soldiers of the third company were okay, at least they had hot soup, strong liquor and cotton clothes to keep warm.  The horse bandits were not so good.  The low temperature of more than ten degrees below zero at night was enough to freeze them all to death.

    "Move the heavy machine gun on the east side to form a crossfire with the heavy machine gun in the third row. In addition, tell the soldiers not to be afraid that bullets will be consumed quickly. As long as we can hold the station, it will be the greatest victory. The consumption of bullets will be the greatest victory.  The battalion headquarters will replenish the bullets for us soon!"

    "Okay, company commander!" Wang Wei immediately went down to deliver the order.  Taking advantage of the break when the horse bandits stopped attacking, the soldiers began to carry ammunition and restore their strength.  Heavy machine gunners also started getting better barrels.  In high-intensity battles, the barrels of heavy machine guns are easily scrapped. Fortunately, the third company has enough reserves and can be replaced immediately after scrapping.  A well-trained heavy machine gunner can change the barrel in twenty seconds without affecting the battle at all.

    Less than half an hour later, the horse bandits attacked again.  The sky has gradually darkened, and this is their last attack.  If they still couldn't succeed, they would have to retreat and find a leeward place to camp before it got completely dark.  Otherwise, the cold weather will freeze them all to death.

    "Brothers, this is your last chance. As long as you can rush in, I will reward each person with fifty taels of silver. If you kill a soldier of the Western Sichuan Army, you will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver. If you kill an officer, you will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver."  Kill the biggest officer in this military station and I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver!" Ma Qi announced loudly.  He also knew that if this attack could not be effective, then this operation would be considered a complete failure.  Reinforcements from the Western Sichuan Army will arrive soon. At that time, he will have to retreat in advance, otherwise, he is likely to be trapped.  That's why he offered such a high silver reward.

    Under a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. Under such a high reward from Ma Qi, both the horse bandits and the green horse army howled like wolves.  Morale, which was originally low, became high again.

    "Attack!" Ma Qi ordered loudly.

    "Kill!" The horse bandits and the Qingma Army let out loud roars and rushed towards the military station quickly.  Leading the pack were more than three hundred war horses.  Although there was no one on the horse, driven by the horse bandits around, the war horse thought of the gap in the wall of the military station and launched a rapid attack.

    "Damn it, they want to use war horses to attack our defenses. Artillery, fire!" Wang Yuze put down the telescope in his hand and ordered loudly.  When the horse bandits began to attack, he returned to the tower.  Although it is a little more dangerous here, it is more convenient for him to control the battle situation and direct the battle.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The five mortars belonging to the third company started firing rapidly.  One after another, the shells exploded among the horse bandits and the Qing Ma Army. Although the distance between the horse bandits and the Qing Ma Army was very wide, almost every shell could still take away one or two lives.  Especially those shells that explode among the horses can cause panic among the horses.  As a result, the surrounding horse bandits and green horse troops had to spend time to appease them.

    Subsequently, the heavy machine gun on the tower also opened fire.  Pieces of hot bullets flew angrily at the horse bandits and Qingma soldiers, knocking them to the ground.  Those who fell from the horse had no chance of survival.  The horses galloping behind them were enough to trample them into pieces.

    Although people continued to be shot and killed, the horse bandits gradually approached the military station.  After crossing the blasted Juma, the horse bandits launched an attack.  The horses at the front, under the control of the soldiers of the Qingma Army, rushed towards the hole that was blown up in the wall.  Although many of those war horses were shot and killed along the way, there were still almost a hundred horses left.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The artillery position built in the military station, with five mortars, constantly adjusted the direction of the bombardment.  When the horse bandits approached the military station, their shooting target had been set at a range of twenty or thirty meters outside the gap.  Cannonballs exploded among the horse bandits.  Because the gap in the wall is only that big, if the horse bandits want to rush in, they must gather together.??.  And this gave the soldiers of the third company a good opportunity to kill the enemy.

    "Come in! You must rush in!" Ma Qi, who was watching the battle from behind, felt excited.  This action was strongly requested by him in front of his father Ma Haiyan, and Ma Haiyan himself did not want to overly stimulate the Western Sichuan Army.  If he failed and lost his troops, you can imagine how he would explain to Ma Haiyan.  You know, Ma Haiyan is not only his son. His younger brother Ma Lin, although four years younger than him, has now entered the army.  If he performs poorly, the successor to the Green Horse Army may have to be replaced.  Therefore, he must prove himself with a victory.

    The war horses made a painful neighing sound. When they crossed the gap in the wall, many war horses were beaten to the ground and fell to the ground in a death struggle.  However, some war horses were lucky enough to escape the tight firepower of the Western Sichuan Army and continued to charge forward.  The simple position of the third row in the front row was less than twenty meters away.  Behind the horses, there were fierce horse bandits and green horse troops waving sabers.  In close combat, they preferred to use sabers rather than rifles.

    "Prepare the grenade, throw it!" Shi Deyou, the leader of the third platoon, ordered loudly.  Suddenly, dozens of grenades flew quickly toward the gap in the wall, knocking down the charging horses and the horse bandits and the Green Horse Army behind them.  This frustrates the attacks of the horse bandits and the Qingma Army.

    "Continue!" Seeing this, Shi Deyou couldn't help but be overjoyed.  The soldiers in the third row once again threw dozens of grenades.  A violent explosion sounded at the gap in the wall, and shrapnel flew everywhere. After the explosion, there was not a single living thing left at all.  After the soldiers in the third row threw several rounds of grenades in succession, they completely curbed the attack of the horse bandits and the Qingma Army.  The artillerymen behind and the heavy machine guns mounted on the towers also fired wildly, killing the horse bandits as much as possible.

    The grenade is indeed a simple and useful weapon.  Whether in attack or defense, it can play a strong role.  Hand grenades have been used in the Western Sichuan Army for nearly 30 years.  When facing the Qing army's encirclement and suppression, this kind of sharp weapon played an extremely important role.  Hand grenades have a long history and were first invented by the Chinese.  Hand grenades containing black powder appeared in Europe in the 15th century, and were mainly used for fortress defense and prisons at that time.  In the mid-17th century, some European countries equipped their elite troops with field grenades, and called soldiers who were specially trained to use such ammunition grenadiers.  By the 19th century, with the development of guns and the reduction of castle offensive and defensive battles, grenades were once ignored.  Originally, grenades were used on a large scale only during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904.  But after the rise of western Sichuan, this sharp weapon has been developed like a mortar.

    "Damn it! Prepare to retreat!" Seeing that he was beaten back again, Ma Qi threw the riding crop in his hand to the ground, very angry.  It was about to succeed, but in the end it fell short.

    At this time, a rumbling sound came from the distant sky, like thunder.

    Ma Qi¡¯s face changed drastically. Having grown up on a horse, he naturally knew that this was the sound made by a running horse.  He immediately realized that reinforcements from the Western Sichuan Army had arrived.

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