"Damn it, it's shelling! Where did the British get a large number of artillery?" When the rain of steel bullets that predicted death fell from the sky, the Boers were startled by the sudden shelling. They always thought they were just surrounded by a cavalry unit. Although they were large in number, they lacked heavy firepower. A large number of artillery machine guns were the source of support for the Boers, but now, the British shelling broke their imagination! This time the British came prepared!

"Firepower suppression, our position is higher than that of the British, and they do not have heavy artillery!" But soon, under the command of the experienced German artillery commander, the Boers calmed down because they found that this time they were not facing the 120mm heavy artillery of the British Royal Navy, nor the 15-pound army guns, but most of them were small artillery, probably the 3-pound guns and 6-pound guns of the Navy, and perhaps some old 9-pound guns! It seems that the British did not carry heavy artillery this time?!

These hastily artillery artillery have been improved very unsuccessfully, at least with limited elevation angle, so their range is relatively close. If you don’t want to be countered by the other party, you can only stay behind honestly!

Four 75mm rapid-fire cannons aimed at the British artillery positions on the side. With the roar of the artillery, the four cannons fired up to 60 shells in a short time. By calculating the reference objects that were pre-calibrated, the shells were very successful. In less than 3 minutes, the shells evenly landed on the target area. With the rising smoke columns and violent explosions, the entire British artillery company fell into a sea of ​​fire and smoke. However, just as the Boers were celebrating their victory, a group of British troops had already carried several 57mm cannons and moved to the front line quietly with the protection of smoke and terrain!

Several small cars towed these artillery, and they moved carefully to avoid the other party's reconnaissance and shell fragments. After two cars were damaged, the British used human and mechanical forces to push three 57mm rapid-fire cannons to the designated position! These cannons still could not reach the Boer artillery, but they caused great damage to the fortifications on the front line!

On the other side of the battlefield, the British cavalry commanded by French also transported several machine guns and small artillery along the trench to a relatively forward position. When they were ready, the first round of attacks of the British began. Thousands of soldiers held the Mosinnagan rifle in their hands and launched a charge. However, after being baptized by many wars, the British also learned to be smart and pulled out a line of scattered soldiers with a low level.

500 meters, 400 meters, 300 meters! When the British forward approached a position that was only 300 meters away from the position, the machine gun behind the bunker finally roared! The fierce firepower of more than a dozen machine guns cut the British offensive formation. When the British thought that they could rush through the last 300 meters with just one effort, the dense rain of bullets told the opponent how naive it was.

The flying bullets easily swept down the infantry in front, and the jumping fire snake nailed the soldiers behind to the spot. Afterwards, after curbing the British charge, the mortars also began to cross the bunker to harvest the opponent's statement. The shrapnel bombs exploded in the air, and countless steel balls swept down in fan shape, making the people below into dice. In front of the rapid-fire cannons and machine guns, the flesh and blood body was so fragile and unbearable!

"Our first attack was useless. They had too many machine guns and artillery, locking all attack channels tightly. I don't know why, you refuse to use the front-mounted artillery to support the battle." Next to it, General French's messenger questioned the navy's colonel angrily.

"This is the firepower point exposed by all the enemy troops in our pillars. They used 120mm heavy artillery in the last battle. I don't think I need to say more, right? Their position is very good and has a high advantage. I am worried that they still have this kind of artillery. Therefore, we need to understand the opponent's firepower as much as possible, and then concentrate our firepower to defeat the opponent in one wave!" George replied.

George's Marines had the strongest capacity, but unfortunately, after a long battle, there were no sufficient artillery in Cape Town and other places. However, even so, while using a large number of small-caliber artillery to make up the numbers, George still brought three 120mm heavy artillery pieces. The total guns weighed about 4.7 tons, and there were relatively mature gun stands, which were more suitable for towing by cars and tractors.

The first wave of attack was a test. After this feint attack, the British had roughly understood the weapon configuration on the high ground on the two wings and a considerable part of the firepower points on the front line. When the next wave of attacks starts again, it will be the most fierce wave!

"We have pushed machine guns and light artillery into the front, and the heavy artillery has locked the opponent's artillery positions. We have concentrated 2,000 infantrymen! Under the cover of more than 20 artillery and a large number of machine guns, I don't think we have a large reason to fail at all!" George wrote in the combat log.

The British readjusted their deployment. Faced with the Boers who had become turtles in the jar, the British did not dare to be careless because they knew that they were trapped by a Boers unit. God knew when their main cavalry would appear. In this case, every minute and every second pass would be a test for both sides. Therefore, even when the second attack was made, the British still left a considerable portion of the troops as mobile forces to defend against possible raids.

"Start!" With the issuance of the attack order, this time, the British were not holding back! All the guns were fired at the target! From the 3-pound cannons and 6-pound cannons on the front line, to the 15-pound cannons and 9-pound cannons behind the starting position, and then to the 3 120mm heavy cannons at the end! The British firepower was fully opened! The barrage shot from various caliber artillery rolled back and forth on the Boers' positions!

The British Royal Navy's artillery skills are pretty good. After a brief three round of test shots, the fourth round of artillery fire successfully hit a 75mm rapid-fire cannon with a 120mm shell!

The shell weighing more than 20 kilograms fell from the air with the roar of death. A flash of fire, and a dazzling white light enveloped the radius of dozens of meters! A powerful shock wave mixed with shrapnel and artillery fragments swept around, easily blowing the surroundings into white ground.

The 120mm heavy artillery shells fell one after another on a small high ground. The British patiently plowed every inch of land with a cover strike! They used high-explosive grenades to harvest the lives of the Boer gunners. With each shell landing, it was a catastrophe for the Boer people. Many people even hiding behind the bunkers shattered their internal organs due to a shock wave caused by the near-blast explosion. They struggled to cover the damaged internal organs and broken ribs, and made a roar to the people next to them, but they could only aggravate their injuries. After some struggle, they finally stopped breathing.
Chapter completed!