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    "Artillery battalion, counterattack! Ask the artillery brigade to give us support!" Major General Cao Chengen, commander of the 32nd Division, ordered.  The artillery battalion of the 32nd Division has four companies, three artillery companies equipped with 105mm light howitzers and one artillery company equipped with 155mm heavy howitzers.  The Chinese Army attaches great importance to the construction of artillery. All artillery units are large-scale establishments!

    Two minutes later, the artillery battalion of the 32nd Division began to counterattack.  Thirty-six 105mm light howitzers and 12 155mm heavy howitzers, guided by observation balloons in the sky, launched a counterattack against the artillery positions of the British and French coalition forces.  Dense artillery shells landed on the artillery positions of the British and French forces, knocking the British artillerymen off their feet.

    ?Following this, the artillery brigade belonging to the Seventh Group Army also began to attack.  The artillery brigade affiliated to the group army has five artillery battalions, including three 105mm light howitzer battalions, one 155mm heavy howitzer battalion and one 155mm heavy cannon artillery battalion. The entire brigade has 144 105mm howitzers.  , 48 155mm heavy howitzers and 48 155mm heavy cannons.

    After the artillery brigade of the Seventh Group Army opened fire, the artillery position of the 11th Army of the British and French Allied Forces suddenly fell into a sea of ??fire.  Ten artillery positions were hit one after another.  In particular, the blows from the 155mm heavy artillery caused heavy losses to these artillery positions.

    "Boom!" A small mushroom cloud rose, and the ammunition piled on a British artillery position was hit.  The explosion of hundreds of artillery shells destroyed most of the artillery position.  The thick gun barrels were blown into pieces, and the British artillery on the position suffered heavy losses.

    Lieutenant General Hamilton, who was watching the battle from behind, was even more livid when he saw this situation.

    "Damn it, how can those yellow-skinned monkeys have more than 300 heavy artillery? Even if the 200,000 British and French allied forces were added up, I'm afraid they would only have so many heavy artillery!" Lieutenant General Hamilton once served in India. Regarding the situation in China,  There is also some understanding.  In his impression, China is simply a very backward place.  Even in recent years, China has achieved tremendous development.  However, Lieutenant General Hamilton, who has not had any contact with China, is more skeptical about China's strength.  However, after this confrontation, he finally realized how powerful China was, and it was much stronger than he imagined.

    "General, the artillery commander Brigadier General Robert requested the transfer of artillery." Major Matthew, Lieutenant General Hamilton's adjutant, reported.

    "Have we suffered a lot of losses?" Lieutenant General Hamilton frowned.  Originally, he wanted to use artillery to break open the Chinese army's defense line.  Now it seems that it is difficult for the artillery to complete this task.

    "Brigadier General Robert reported that the artillery has lost 40% of its artillery. If the battle continues, I am afraid that all his artillery will be lost in less than an hour!" Major Matthew said.

    "Hell! Tell the streaking brigadier general to move the artillery immediately! Order the 1st Division to launch an attack and try to break through the Chinese defense line!" Lieutenant General Hamilton cursed secretly.  In the Boer War, Lieutenant General Hamilton achieved great success.  However, now facing the Chinese, it seems that he will not win so easily.

    After receiving Lieutenant General Hamilton's order, Major General Antonio, commander of the 1st Division of the 11th Army of the British and French Allied Forces, immediately issued an order to attack.  In this attack, Major General Antonio directly invested two regiments with nearly 4,000 troops.  This is also the largest force that can be deployed on the current position!

    Nearly four thousand British soldiers jumped out of their positions and launched an attack on the positions of the 321st Regiment of the Chinese Army.  They formed a skirmish line, hunched over, and rushed forward quickly.  Behind them there are many artillerymen, pushing mountain cannons or field artillery and Maxim heavy machine guns, intending to provide fire support for these attacking infantry!

    "Quick, get into position and prepare to resist the British attack! Regimental artillery company, aim at the artillery and heavy machine guns behind the enemy, kill them for me!" the commander of the 321st Regiment ordered.  The artillery brigade of the 321st Regiment is equipped with six Type 82 infantry guns and six 120mm heavy mortars!  The range has reached three thousand meters, which is completely enough to attack the artillery and heavy machine guns behind the British army!

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The artillery company of the 321st Regiment and the artillery platoons of the battalions below opened fire.  Dense artillery shells fell into the ranks of the attacking British troops. The power of the shell explosion directly threw the attacking British soldiers into the air.

    "Quick! Set up the cannons and counterattack!" The attacking British army hurriedly set up mountain artillery and field artillery, and fired at the Chinese army's artillery. The battle between the two sides was very fierce!

    The fierce artillery battle did not have much impact on the attacking British soldiers.  Thousands of British soldiers, hunkered down, quickly launched an assault on the Chinese army's position.  Soon, they?He rushed to a position less than 800 meters away from the Chinese army's position.

    "Open fire with heavy machine guns and mortars to let these British guys know how powerful we are!"

    "Click! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The heavy machine guns, light and medium mortars on the position opened fire one after another.  Intense heavy machine gun fire swept over them, and the British soldiers who were in the process of assault fell to the ground row by row as if they were cutting wheat.  The 60mm light howitzers and 80mm medium howitzers on the forward positions also began to fire shells at the British soldiers at the maximum rate of fire.  Artillery shells exploded one after another in the British attacking formation, knocking those British soldiers off their backs.  The flying shrapnel harvested their lives wantonly.

    When the British army advanced to less than 500 meters from the Chinese army's position, all light machine guns and rifles began to fire.  The powerful firepower blocked the direction of the British army's advance.  One by one, the British soldiers were shot and fell to the ground, unable to break into the two hundred meters of the Chinese army's position!

    "Damn it, why are those yellow-skinned monkeys equipped with so many machine guns?" Seeing at least hundreds of machine guns firing at the Chinese army's position, Major General Antonio's face turned pale with such intensive firepower.  A large number of British soldiers fell on the road of attack.  The British soldiers who were lucky enough to escape death did not dare to rush forward any more. They lay on the ground and started shooting at the Chinese army.  However, how can they be the opponent of the Chinese army with only the Lee-Enfield rifles in their hands.  All the British soldiers were tightly suppressed, and someone was shot to death almost every second.

    "Hurry up and set up the heavy machine gun!" A Maxim heavy machine gun was set up and fired wildly at the Chinese army's position.  The Chinese army also discovered this firepower point and fought back one after another.  The dense bullets hit the shield of the heavy machine gun, making a ping-ping-pong-pong sound.

    "Boom!" At this time, a mortar shell fell from the sky and landed on the heavy machine gun.  The shell exploded, directly destroying the heavy machine gun, and several heavy machine gunners were all killed.

    There is no doubt that the first attack launched by the British army suffered heavy losses.  In the face of the intensive firepower of the Chinese army, the first wave of two regiments of British troops launched into the attack were of no use at all.  In less than half an hour, more than half of them were lost and they had to withdraw.

    "General, the Chinese firepower is too strong and it will be difficult for us to break through. If we don't count the casualties, we may have to pay huge casualties!" Major General Antonio stood in front of Lieutenant General Hamilton with a livid face.

    "Order the artillery to fire and destroy the Chinese firepower and defense lines!" There was no other way, Lieutenant General Hamilton had to pin his hopes on the artillery.

    However, as soon as the British artillery opened fire, they immediately encountered a fierce counterattack from the Chinese artillery.  This not only prevented the British artillery from completing its mission, but also increased its losses.

    The strength of the Chinese artillery was too strong, which made Lieutenant General Hamilton very embarrassed. He had no choice but to ask the coalition commander Frederick?  Roberts called for backup.

    That afternoon, the artillery of the 12th Army and the 13th Army was reinforced to Lieutenant General Hamilton.  At this moment, Lieutenant General Hamilton already has more than 500 artillery pieces, including more than 300 artillery pieces with a caliber of 105 mm or more.

    Next, a large-scale artillery battle broke out between the two sides. Although the British army had a numerical advantage, the advantage was not obvious.  The Chinese artillery had more 155mm heavy artillery, and the two sides were evenly matched.  However, this caused the frontline positions to be hit hard by British artillery fire.  Many trenches were blown down, the barbed wire fences were destroyed by fierce artillery fire, and some exposed permanent firepower points were also destroyed!

    In the afternoon attack, the British army once again launched a fierce attack.  However, in the face of the powerful firepower of the Chinese army, the British army still suffered heavy losses, leaving a large number of corpses in front of the Chinese army's position.

    For the next three days, the 11th Army led by Lieutenant General Hamilton launched a fierce attack on the defense line of the 32nd Division of the Chinese Army.  The three infantry regiments under the 32nd Division took turns to fight, resisting the British attack and causing heavy casualties to the British army.  According to statistics, during these three days of fighting, the British 11th Army lost at least more than 20,000 people.  The losses of the 32nd Division of the Chinese Army were not large. The three infantry regiments combined did not have more than 600 people seriously injured or killed!

    The British 11th Army's attack was unfavorable and suffered heavy losses. Frederick?  Marshal Roberts was very dissatisfied.  On January 6, 1903, the 11th Army was withdrawn, allowing the 12th Army composed of the French Army to take over the attack from the 11th Army.  However, although the performance of these French people was good, they still had no choice in the face of the Chinese army's solid defense line and intensive firepower. Apart from leaving corpses on the ground, they did not achieve decent results!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature for novel updates.??Updates faster!)
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