The blasts of the engineers caused a commotion among the defenders. The low roar and the shaking of the earth made the defenders somewhat commotion. Some of them knew that the Kun bandits had powerful artillery fire and had many powerful firearms, but they did not know that this was the time.
What are they doing again?
Song Ming has led troops for many years and is experienced in suppressing and pacifying soldiers. He immediately led his soldiers to inspect along the trenches, focusing on checking whether there were veterans who were noisy and shaking the morale of the army. These people were not good at fighting, and their escape skills were very high -
In order to escape more easily, they would often incite other soldiers to run away together.
He was patrolling along the trench with his armor on. The soldiers had their swords out of their sheaths, and each one was filled with murderous intent, which immediately frightened the wavering soldiers.
Jiang Suo was extremely nervous. He hid in the sandbag fortifications of the Horn Fort and used binoculars to stare at the movements of the Australians not far away. The Australians climbed halfway up the mountain and then stopped about half a mile away from the Bangshan position.
He stopped just outside the shooting range of the Nanyang style, matchlock gun and bow and arrow.
The Australians did not launch an attack. After the dull explosion, these people began to dig on the ground. Jiang Suo knew that the Fubo Army had begun soil work.
Even in the navy, soil work is an important training subject, and Jiang Suo, as a training pacesetter, is naturally familiar with it. Obviously, several shootings by officers and soldiers left a deep impression on the Fubo Army, so they are not preparing now
Attack the fortress directly. Instead, prepare to use earthworks for a close attack.
Jiang Suo was not good at commanding battles, but he knew the tactics of the Fubo Army very well - he did not get the title of training pacesetter for nothing.
"What are you planning to do?" Song Ming came to him and picked up the telescope.
Through the telescope, he could see the Australians digging in the ground. He heard the roar of the Australian cannons and the dust on the hillside, and thought that the attack was about to begin. Unexpectedly, the Australians did not launch a charge, but dug trenches. Could it be that
Want to dig another long trench outside the Bangshan position to surround the Ming army on Bangshan? But it seems unnecessary. Bangshan is actually a desperate place, and it is impossible for the defenders to hold on for a long time. Yi Haoran deployed his troops here
Formation actually means that the Kun thief will definitely attack quickly instead of adopting a long encirclement strategy.
Through the telescope, the trenches dug by the Australians were very crude. There were no fortifications such as parapets, forts, and horn forts that he had seen in the Chengmai Battle. It did not look like they were dug for long-term defense. And the weirdest thing was,
The Australian trenches were not parallel to the trenches dug by the Ming army, but were approaching diagonally towards the trenches of the Ming army.
The trench dug by the Australians got closer and closer to the Ming army's position, and then turned a corner about thirty feet away. The trench that originally pointed diagonally to the northeast now pointed to the southeast.
"This is a zigzag trench." Jiang Suo said, "If you dig it diagonally, come closer. Once the distance is enough, charge forward."
"The thief Kun is indeed insidious and cunning!" Song Ming cursed, with lingering fear in his heart - the shadow of his narrow escape from Chengmai's death was still deep in his heart.
Although Song Ming did not understand modern tactics, his many years of military experience made him clearly understand the role of zigzag trenches. The Australians did not want to block them. The Australians' plan was to shorten the attack distance as much as possible and avoid unnecessary casualties. Kun Thief's
The troops can approach step by step under the cover of the trenches. The large number of firearms and bows and arrows they originally prepared are ineffective against the enemy troops in the trenches.
Jiang Suo proposed to use trenches to deal with the Kun thieves' firearm advantage. This trick really worked, but he didn't expect that the Kun thieves immediately used trenches against trenches. In an instant, their advantage was broken again.
The best way to deal with these Australians who are secretly repairing fortifications is to use a sharp and fast charge to drive the Australians out of the trenches at once. However, Song Ming's hand-to-hand combat ability and fighting will did not bless his men too much.
Big hope.
"I will take a group of archers out and rain arrows on them first!" Song Ming said.
Lead a team of archers while the Australians are attacking and digging trenches, and use projectiles from a high position to rain arrows on the Australians in the trenches. Although they may not be able to kill many enemies, they can at least slow down the enemy's trenching speed.
"No, archers can't go out. Once they go out, they will be useless." Jiang Suo shook his head, "If you want to shoot arrows, you have to be in the trench, and your head must not be exposed."
Although the Nanyang type is very powerful in the opinion of the official army, in the hands of the Australians, it is just a weapon for irregular armies such as the security army. The Fubo army is equipped with Mini rifles, which are more powerful than the Nanyang type in terms of range and power.
Many, and very accurate.
"...Not to mention, the Australians also have a repeating rifle, which I used when I was in the Marine Corps. The range, power, and accuracy of the repeating rifle are comparable to the Mini, but the rate of fire is faster--even faster than a bow and arrow.
Hurry." Jiang Suo said, "Even if these thieves don't have rifles, even Mini guns are not something we can deal with."
If you go out rashly, the archers will not get any advantage. No matter the range, power or accuracy, they are far behind the rifles equipped by the Australians. It is simply the difference between a magic weapon and a fire stick. In the trench
It's easy to say that the Kun Thief's bullets can't turn, and the archer doesn't need to show his head when throwing. If you look in the right direction, you can always hit a few with one covering shot. At the very least, it will damage the Kun Thief's morale - they are all unarmored.
"Each battalion of the Kun Thieves has a team of light infantry. All of them are sharpshooters who are perfect with their shots. They specialize in sniping, ambushing and leading the charge. If you go out with archers, if you can't reach a place where bows and arrows can hurt Australians, you will be kicked out.
Pour a big piece." As he spoke, Jiang Suo picked up a dummy with a helmet and armor that he had asked the soldiers to make in advance, and slowly stood it up on the fortress.
Before the dummy could even reveal half of its body, a series of crisp gunfire sounds unique to the Minigun were heard outside, and the helmet was lifted off the dummy's head.
Jiang Suo took back the dummy. In addition to half of his head being knocked off, his arms and left shoulder were shot through by bullets. Song Ming couldn't help but secretly gasped - he heard about seven or eight gunshots, and there were actually three gunshots at this distance.
One projectile hit! This accuracy is incredible.
"No matter what the bandits do, we must not leave the trench unless absolutely necessary," Jiang Suo said.
Although this is extremely passive, facing the superior firepower of the Australians, it is enough to sit in the trench and wait for the Australians to appear within their shooting range. When they charge over, they can then pour ammunition and arrows at them.
The only feasible tactic.
"Master, the bandits have brought up the cannon!" An observation post came over to report.
The two men immediately raised their telescopes. Sure enough, at the corner of the zigzag trench that was being dug, the Australians began to dig a short and wide trench. A wicker artillery basket was brought in, and the civilians were filling it with soil. Apparently Kun
The thieves are going to place cannons here.
The two of them were watching intently, but they didn't notice that two hundred meters away, a light infantryman raised his rifle and carefully aimed at the gap between the sandbags - the reflection from time to time showed that important figures from the army and soldiers were moving around. The instructor said,
The flash may be from observing through a telescope, or it may be the armor plates of the high-grade armor worn by the general.
"Bang--" The bullet hit the sandbags on the parapet with a sharp whistling sound, and sand and soil flew everywhere. Song Ming trembled and almost collapsed to the ground. Jiang Suo was more experienced, so he immediately squatted down.
The whole body was hidden in the trench.
"What the hell?!" Song Ming was shocked. He and Jiang Suo were here to observe the enemy's situation. They were completely hidden behind the chest of the sandbag and did not reveal themselves at all. How did the thief know that he was here?
"It's the light infantry." Jiang Suo said. He carefully stuck his head out and looked out between the gaps in the sandbags. "We can't stay in this place anymore. Let's find another place!"
The two moved to another place and once again observed the movements of the Fubo Army. Through the telescope, they saw the Australians transporting artillery to the artillery positions through the trenches.
The size of the artillery that was transported was very small. Jiang Suo knew that it was a 12-pound mountain howitzer commonly used by the navy. It was small in size and light in weight. It was a weapon for fighting in mountainous areas and paddy fields. The Fubo Army spent a lot of time transporting it to the mountains.
It's probably going to use its firepower to open a breakthrough.
From the telescope, we can see that civilians and soldiers are transporting ammunition, and the jackets of three howitzers have been taken off. An officer is observing the front position with an instrument, and seems to be measuring something.
Jiang Suo estimated that the Kun bandits would soon use howitzers to destroy the Luzhai set up on the periphery of the position and open a breakthrough. Because they did not have many artillery, they would probably concentrate their fire at one point and quickly open a breakthrough - just like they did during the exercise.
At this time, the Fubo Army's trench changed direction again and continued to extend tilted towards the Ming Army's trench. Song Ming noticed that the zigzag trenches now changed from one to three and extended forward at the same time - it looked like Kun Thief
It is very likely that the troops will be divided into three groups to attack the defending positions at the same time.
He immediately summoned his officers, divided the combat soldiers and servants into three teams, and assigned capable personnel to lead them.
"As soon as the Kun thief rushed into the trench, each team immediately followed my flag and engaged in battle at the same time. Each team was in charge of their own enemies - they must kill the Kun thief and retreat." Song Ming warned, "Kill the Kun thief back, and every team will fight."
The reward for each person is five taels of silver! The reward for the sentry officer is doubled!"
He glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "Everyone must also understand that this place is a desperate place! If we don't kill the Kun bandits, we will have nowhere to go even if we want to escape! There is not much water. If we are trapped on the mountain by the Kun bandits,
Then the only thing left is to die of thirst - don't even think about slipping to save your life, everyone is just a grasshopper on a thread, no one can even think about running away."
As soon as he finished speaking, a puff of white smoke rose from the Kun bandit's position at the foot of the hillside, and the dull sound of artillery rumbled over.
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