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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 692: The Fierce Battle

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    "Fire!" Following the commander's order, 12 155mm heavy howitzers from the 1st Company of the Artillery Battalion of the 15th Division of the Chinese Army began to roar.  The 42-kilogram artillery shell, under the influence of huge kinetic energy, roared towards the artillery position of the British and French allied forces.  The artillery battalion's observation balloon has already risen into the sky to provide accurate guidance for the Chinese army's artillery.  The 155mm heavy howitzer is extremely powerful and can suppress enemy artillery.

    "Boom! Boom!" The cannonball exploded on the sand, with huge power, rolling up pieces of sand and spreading in all directions.  Although the power of the artillery shells on the sand will be reduced a lot, they are still very lethal.  A 155mm heavy howitzer can at least leave a large crater with a diameter of several meters in the sand. There is absolutely no chance of anyone and anything within this range surviving.

    The Chinese army and the British and French forces launched a fierce shelling.  Even though the British and French coalition forces have more than two hundred cannons, they do not have an advantage when it comes to cannons with a caliber of 105 mm or more. In addition, the Chinese artillery also has accurate guidance from observation balloons. In destroying the artillery positions of the British and French coalition forces, almost all  Get it right.  In the fierce artillery battle, the artillery of the British and French forces did not take any advantage at all, but suffered heavy losses in the artillery bombardment.  This greatly affected the originally high momentum of the British and French coalition forces.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, our artillery has been completely suppressed by the Chinese. So far, we have lost one-third of our artillery. If we continue, we will pay greater losses!" said the British and French allied forces.  The artillery commander asked Horatio?  Herbert?  General Kitchener reported.

    "What the hell, how could this happen? Our artillery, which is more than twice the size of the Chinese, is actually suppressed. What is going on?" Horatio?  Herbert?  Admiral Kitchener complained very dissatisfied.  During his military career, whether in Sudan, India, or the Boer War, the British army always had the advantage. The powerful artillery could bring great help to the British Army.  However, it now seems that he can no longer maintain this advantage in the battle with the Chinese army!

    "General, although the number of Chinese artillery is small, the artillery they fired were all large-caliber artillery of 105 mm or more. The small-caliber artillery did not join the battle at all. Therefore, I predict that the number of Chinese artillery is no greater than ours.  Less!" said the artillery commander.  This is his analysis of the actual situation, but at the same time he is also excusing himself.

    "Oh God! The more than 30,000 Chinese troops are equipped with more cannons than the 100,000 British and French allied forces? Are these Chinese people already so wealthy?" Horatio?  Herbert?  General Kitchener couldn't believe it, but he had to admit that he seemed to have encountered a hard nut to crack.  If the artillery cannot kill the enemy to the maximum extent, it seems to be more difficult for him to take Medina.

    The artillery preparations by the British and French forces lasted for a full hour. When their bombardment ended, half of the Medina was in ruins. During this period, many famous mosques were bombed into ruins. This made  The Arabs in the city gnashed their teeth in hatred of the British and French forces.

    At 9 a.m., although the artillery preparations did not achieve the desired purpose, Horatio?  Herbert?  General Kitchener still issued the order to attack.  The soldiers of the 1st Division of the Second Army who were mainly attacking. This division was an elite army transferred from the British mainland. Horatio?  Herbert?  Kitchener sent this division for the first time with the purpose of opening up the situation.

    Tens of thousands of British soldiers, holding rifles and squatting, launched an attack on Medina.  Because of the continuous wars for years, the current tactics are completely different from before. Everyone already knows how to reduce casualties as much as possible in the face of intensive firepower.  We will no longer see the stupid thing of lining up in a neat queue and then marching forward to meet the enemy's bullets.

    The elite troops from the British mainland have very good combat qualities. They bent their waists and quickly attacked Medina. Behind them, more than a dozen 75mm mountain cannons and more than a dozen heavy machine guns were following. They would  Provide the most direct fire support to the attacking army.  The walls of McDonald's are very low and not strong. It only takes a few cannons to collapse them.  During the previous artillery preparations, a section of the city wall more than thirty meters had collapsed.  Without the protection of the city wall, it seemed to be a very simple matter to invade the city of Medina.

    Responsible for defending the western city wall of Medina is the 152nd Regiment of the 15th Army Division. The entire regiment has more than 4,000 people and is already ready for battle.  During the shelling, they all hid in the shell-proof caves that had been built long ago and did not suffer much losses.  After the bombardment was over, they returned to the city wall.  However, the permanent firepower points they had built before suffered a lot of losses during the shelling.

    "Attention, everyone, get closer and then fight! Seriously!"?Mortars and infantry artillery, give priority to destroying the artillery and heavy machine guns of the foreign devils, and each heavy machine gun group, to eliminate these foreign devils to the greatest extent possible!  "The commander of the 152nd Regiment ordered. Two of the three battalions of the regiment were on the city wall. To defend this wall of less than two kilometers long, the troops were relatively sufficient. The other battalion and the troops directly under the regiment were  Used as a reserve team.

    The British army approached all the way, and they did not receive any attacks until they approached one kilometer of the city wall, which made many British soldiers breathe a sigh of relief.  They believe that this seems to mean that the resistance of the Chinese army is not as fierce as they imagined.  Horatio watching from behind?  Herbert?  Admiral Kitchener also had a smile on his face.

    "It seems that the Chinese have been frightened by the army of the great British Empire. Maybe we can take Medina today and spend the night in the city!" Horatio?  Herbert?  Admiral Kitchener said with a smile.  For him, living in a tent was too unbearable. Entering Medina, the conditions were much better in this regard.  Of course, it would be great if a beautiful Arab girl could reward you.  Horatio though?  Herbert?  Kitchener is over fifty, but in some ways he still feels like a young man, full of boundless energy.

    The other generals from Britain and France also agreed.  None of them have ever fought against the Chinese army, although judging from the intelligence obtained, the Chinese army seems to be relatively powerful.  But many people think that it is just spreading rumors.

    "Fight!" After the British army entered 500 meters away from the city wall, the commander of the 152nd Regiment gave the order to fire.

    Suddenly, hundreds of light and heavy machine guns on the city wall began to pour out firepower. The intensive firepower completely formed a metal storm, which easily strangled the British soldiers shrouded in it into pieces.  The infantry artillery and mortars on the city wall also opened fire, but their targets were the mountain artillery and heavy machine guns behind the British army.  The shells fell one after another, knocking the British troops off their feet, and the mountain cannons and heavy machine guns were directly blown into pieces.  The attacking British soldiers seemed to have no reaction. They were suddenly stunned by the intensive firepower. Rows of British soldiers fell to the ground like cutting wheat, and blood flowed from their bodies.  , dyeing the sand on the ground red!

    Horatio?  Herbert?  The smile on Kitchener's face disappeared in an instant.  The Chinese army used powerful firepower to show their presence, which is equivalent to giving Horatio a hard blow?  Herbert?  Admiral Kitchener slapped him.

    With shrapnel flying and bullets flying randomly, the Chinese army used intensive firepower to easily kill these British soldiers.  Under such powerful firepower, the 1st Division of the Second Army of the British and French Allied Forces suffered more than 2,000 casualties in just a few minutes.  The remaining British soldiers were also frightened.  For a moment, all pride and glory were thrown aside by them. The British soldiers who were lucky enough to survive immediately fled backwards. Their escape speed was several times that of when they attacked.

    ¡°The Chinese army used artillery shells and bullets to keep these British soldiers out of range.

    After the British soldiers retreated, the soldiers of the 152nd Regiment immediately withdrew the city wall to rest, leaving only a few observers on the city wall. The rest retreated into the anti-gun holes to avoid retaliation.

    The British army retreated. After counting the results, they almost killed Horatio?  Herbert?  General Kitchener was furious. In just one attack, the British army lost more than 3,000 men, and the casualties of the 1st Division of the Second Army reached more than 20%.  For the Western army, the loss has reached 20%. Even if it has been severely damaged, if it suffers further losses, it will lose its combat effectiveness.

    "Fire! Fire! Blow up all those yellow-skinned monkeys!" Horatio?  Herbert?  General Kitchener, like a furious lion, gave the order for the bombardment.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The cannons of the British and French forces began to roar, and the artillery of the Chinese army was also not to be outdone. The two sides once again launched a fierce artillery battle.  However, the result of the artillery battle was still that the Chinese army's artillery had the advantage.

    Horatio in anger?  Herbert?  General Kitchener issued the order for a full-scale attack.  One hundred thousand British and French troops launched a fierce attack on Medina from all sides.  For a time, the Chinese army defending the city faced tremendous pressure.  Under the fierce attack by the British and French forces, a lot of casualties began to occur.  Of course, the casualties they caused to the British and French coalition forces were much greater than their own casualties!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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