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v1 Chapter 160: Under the Japanese

Chapter 16

The Southwest Army's flat-fire antiaircraft artillery immediately spurred the Japanese.

When the first two armored vehicles were blown into the sky before returning to God, the sight only saw a red light flash in the distance, and the armored vehicles were dismembered in a burst of explosions. The soldiers inside were all Was sent to see the great **** of sunshine.

"Baga, that person has a flat-fired cannon"

The next three armored cars suddenly appeared in the third regiment of anti-tank weapons. The well-trained Japanese armored car officers were not ordinary soldiers. Basically, each car had a captain in it, and it was recognized that it was better than omm. Anti-tank artillery guns are more powerful large-caliber flat-fired artillery, which is estimated to have a caliber of about mm. One artillery is enough to blow up any combat vehicle in the Japanese army into the sky.

A Japanese lieutenant roared in the armored car on the spot, but the poor Japanese army did not have an on-board radio and let him scream. How can the behind armored car know? Still a pole rushed forward, the destroyed armored vehicle did not give the Japanese army any alert. Even the front of the current team with flat-fired artillery vehicles were even more brutal. They did not retreat, increased horsepower, and hurriedly rushed towards the national position.

"Yo West"

The Japanese Ensign Saito Nobuyuki pushed away the chariot machine gun shooter next to him, squeezed his fat body out of the narrow space, and personally operated the 9-year-old chariot heavy machine gun, facing the country opposite. A heavy machine gun fired at the position.

"Da da da……"

A shuttle bullet splattered the sparks from the heavy machine gun position. Saito is probably hitting the protective plate of the heavy machine gun. It is even more crazy now, catch that point and control the firing rhythm, in the bumpy gap of the chariot. , Has been suppressing that fire point.

This iron armored car originally from Britain was already very backward. On the Northeast battlefield, some of the new southwest assistance Zhang Xueliang's heavy machine guns with armor-piercing bullets deployed on the Jinzhou defense line could easily penetrate the fragile armor. The Japanese who were bitterly distressed looked back and put on a layer of iron sheet, and the original armored car became fatter. Of course, the motive could not be replaced, and the degree naturally slowed down.

Sure enough, the heavy machine gun of the Southwest Army fired on it. Although it hit a lot, it was eventually bombed.

"Yoshi, the chariot will let the backward team see the power of the armored assault." Seeing the Chinese people ’s heavy machine gun fire point was lost by themselves, Saito felt that the blood had a kind of boiling, he Studying in the UK, the team captain who has just returned, has always regretted that he did not catch up with the war in the Northeast. Today, being the vanguard, leading the armored troops to charge is his greatest opportunity to realize his ambitions.

As an excellent chariot student studying in the UK, he always felt that the Empire ’s chariot show was too backward. Compared with the British, especially the Germans, he still had a considerable distance. He wanted to use a vigorous armor attack to prove that the armored assault was Huge role on the battlefield, thus advancing the Emperor's armor show.

Twenty-three chariots assembled two divisions' chariots. This is already the result of repeated application by his superior chariot captain to the Tianjin General Staff.

"Change Armor Piercing"

Wu Peiqiang was squatting near the point of fire of the heavy machine gun. When he saw this posture, relying on Japan's thick armored car, he was annoyed on the spot. The devil was too arrogant. He had been staring at this heavy machine gun. It was useless to have a protective plate. It was destroyed, and the shooter suffered misfortune.

Furious, he ordered a spare heavy machine gun to be brought up, replaced the armor-piercing projectile, and counterattacked. You should know that the vanguard has fewer people and is equipped with a lot of equipment. Even if it is a squad, it can be configured as many as possible. The heavy machine gun was broken, and there was another spare.

After all, iron armored vehicles run much faster than humans. The nearest Japanese bean chariot is almost 100 meters away from the forefront of the trenches.

Without waiting for heavy machine guns to shoot through the thin iron skins of Pea, Wu Peiqiang grabbed the bazooka around him, squatted in the trenches, and pulled out a rocket from a sack bag, shoved it into the bazooka, and estimated the firing rhythm of the Japanese iron armored team. Seizing an opportunity, he sharply raised the bazooka, aimed at one of the happiest Japanese "Doug Chariots" that fired, and pulled the trigger fiercely.

The Japanese Bean Chariot had very good luck. Under seven rounds and eight turns, it actually escaped the first round of anti-aircraft guns, and the heavy machine gun couldn't penetrate it. Riding this gap, using high horsepower, actually let it Charged to a distance of about ninety meters.

This distance, the point of fire or the trench soldier pointed by its muzzle, must lower their heads. However, this distance is also the best combat distance for the new-style rocket launcher in the southwest.

Wu Peiqiang felt a slight shock in his shoulders and a strong recoil. A howling sounded near his ears, and the rocket flew out of the bazooka, pulled out a long tongue of fire, and flew over a distance of nearly ninety meters. Japanese bean chariot. The whole person immediately hid in the trenches, holding his body away, this position was exposed.

Saito was maneuvering the machine gun with heavy machine guns while yelling loudly to make the battlefield driver charge forward. However, just as the whole man was boiling with blood because of crazy shooting, he was screaming and saw a man popping up on the opposite trench.

At a distance of 100 meters, with the naked eye, he actually saw the man through the shooting hole, carrying an iron tube-shaped object on his shoulder, facing him.

Later, before he turned the muzzle and fired, a fire dragon flew out of the iron barrel. Saito Nanao was totally unaware of the weapon, and he had never heard of any weapon in this way when studying in Europe. effect.

However, there was no time for him to wonder, and his intuition told him that it was a very dangerous thing. As soon as he wanted to avoid it, the fire dragon had flew to the chariot.

"boom"

The violent explosion was more destructive than the flat-fired anti-aircraft shelled bean chariot. After a rocket bomb went down, the entire bean chariot was blown up. After the explosion, the aggressively leading bean chariot had disappeared. The fragments of the iron sheet flying everywhere fell even within a range of two or three hundred meters.

"It's too powerful, really good guy."

Hou Shan patted his thigh violently and picked up a spare rocket launcher from the position of a rocket gunner next to him. After a brief operation, he got the rocket launcher and waited for a while. He also did what Wu Peiqiang did when training the rocket launcher. Method, quickly detected the position above the shoulder, aimed at a bean chariot, and suddenly pulled the trigger.

"The Celestial Master, Buddha ancestor, why didn't you fight ????"

Hou Shan was extremely depressed. He wanted to compare it with the old watch Wu Peiqiang. Although this older brother was more timid, but in terms of rocket launchers and sniper rifles, he was definitely the first-hand of the entire three regiments and two battalions. Perhaps it was God's compensation for him.

However, what happened next made him sad.

"The company commander, hit, hit"

"What? Hit?" Hou Shan was still in the trenches, ready to use a very light machine gun, after all, hitting the bean chariot made him feel a bit shameless, or it ’s better not to waste rockets, these are all from A few thousand miles away from the southwest air transport, the preciousness can be seen, with a little can only wait for the second supplement.

"The company commander, you hit a devil's chariot just now." The scout soldier's thin monkey eyes in the company's eyes pointed at the whole process.

The rocket fired by Hou Shan was supposed to hit the front one. As a result, the luck was not good. The bean chariot drove into a gun pit cleverly and cleverly. The Japanese jolted a half-dead, but also let it escape a disaster that would kill.

However, the luck of this bean chariot has become the bad luck of another bean chariot.

In the horror of several bean chariots, the fire dragon that was supposed to hit the previous chariot, after crossing a few meters, actually hit another bean chariot. The unlucky Japanese army iron beans were fried and smashed on the spot.

Twice in a row, relying on individual weapons to destroy Japanese tanks, which undoubtedly greatly boosted morale. The heavy machine guns that had replaced armor-piercing shells also started to fire. The armored bean-chariots were replaced, although they would no longer be easily hit by such armor-piercing shells It was worn, but occasionally there were unlucky ones, being hit by weak armor, or hitting the firing hole by ammunition badly, was also a casualty.

"Three consecutive shots worked well, and boldly used new weapons."

Dai Anlan saw the situation in the rear and clapping his palms happily. The Japanese army attempted to use the armored chariot to break through the line of defense.

Sure enough, the flat-fire anti-aircraft gun snarled again after a slight pause just now.

"boom"

"boom……"

Covered by the firepower of seven hundred or eighty artillery guns at a distance of 300 meters, the chariots are nothing more than a piece of paper. Compared to the performance of the individual rocket launchers, their performance is even more scary.

"Baga, that man's firepower is too fierce"

Seeing that the chariot troops were about to rush to a close range of tens of meters, the captain Furuya, who was organizing the troops to prepare for the charge of the infantry, broke the telescope when he saw it on the spot. The next few Japanese officers were also dumbfounded, and the chariots, which had been extremely optimistic, actually suffered a devastating blow in front of the Chinese people's front.

It's hard to imagine that just a dozen minutes ago, the battle team changed from a powerful charge to a pile of flying iron.

"Yi", Guwu apparently pulled out his command knife, slashed on the dirt **** in front of him, and shouted to the staff on the side: "Baga, what's going on, what kind of weapon is that ??" "

"Hay, Your Excellency, this is not very much like an anti-tank gun. From the view of the anti-tank guns that our Emperor team has a small amount of, the firing and power of these guns have been perfectly combined, which is almost the most Ideal weapon. "A captain next to him expressed his views heartily." From the Northeast battlefield, Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army also used a considerable number of anti-war vehicles aided by Southwest China, but the power of these artillery may be It has reached the level of this strange weapon in front of us, but it is definitely far behind. "

"Hayi, my opinion is the same as that of Cun Shaozuo."

Another captain officer also said the same thing. It seems that the Chinese did use advanced weapons.

"Baga, the emperor will not be blocked by these two advanced weapons. In the battle with the Russians and the Germans, our weapons and equipment were not dominant, but we also defeated them. The navy of the Qing Empire was not weaker than We are too many, but the Imperial Navy destroys them all. "Furuya Akira saw his anger to the extreme. Although the chariot was not under his direct control, the defeat of the emperor team was a real blow to him. He would use infantry. The fearless offensive to defeat the Chinese, "requested artillery fire support from the wing, the direct infantry guns and mortars of the battalion were co-pressed, and the grenadiers followed the troops and were ready to attack."

Wielding the command knife and slashing twice, venting great anger, Furuya knew that he was ready to make a decisive charge without success. You know, the 16th Division and the 14th Division are far worse than the Sixth Division. As the old division of the Japanese army, both the combat effectiveness and equipment are better than those of the two standing divisions. Of course, from the perspective of the ancient house, these are not important. The most important thing is that the Sixth Division will have a decisive charge, and the supreme loyalty to the emperor.

It is not like the sixteenth and fourteenth divisions, which are weak in battle and the will to annihilate the enemy.

"boom"

The Japanese bombardment was equally fierce. On the basis of the previous two bombardments, the focus of the fire was exposed to the three regiments. Although this bombardment was far from destroying a fortification zone several miles wide, But it can also cause great losses.

Casualties were staged everywhere, but the soldiers of the three regiments, whether they were front-line or behind artillery, did not flinch. In terms of long-term military education, there are no dead people on the battlefield, and people who are afraid of death are still early. Go home early and hug the child.

After ten minutes of shelling, the Japanese army finally attacked after observing the effects of the shelling. In their view, the Chinese lost a lot and the time for the attack came.

Poor Japanese, although the will to fight is very strong, in terms of artillery, it is far worse than the European army. This lack of heavy artillery bombardment took ten minutes, but the Southwest Army Third Regiment lost insignificant personnel and The equipment, and even the antiaircraft guns that were being taken care of, were also lost because of the protection of the fortifications built by the concrete.

"Kill to Give"

At the end of the bombardment, before it was completely stopped, the ancient house saw the first wave of the sword and rushed out of the mountain stream, leading the charge to the country's position, relying on the more special terrain, they only need to pass the three hundred A distance of more than a meter can compete with the bayonet of the timid Chinese.

Few people know that Furuya sees it as a real Nogizaki school. He defended the Emperor's authority with a decisive charge against the Japanese who had shaped the fighting spirit of the Japanese army at that time. In the end, the Imperial General who committed suicide following the Emperor held it. An absolute sense of worship. To the powerful Russians, General Nogaki Nobunaga, facing the weaker opponent, the army, Furuya clearly saw no hesitation, no fear of death, and wanted to pay his respects to Nomu Nozomi's army soul with a decisive charge.

"The company commander, the Japanese are coming up."

The battlefield observers immediately saw the Japanese army rushing out of the cover, and roughly estimated the size of the Japanese army, "at least two teams."

"Done, so much."

Hou Shan was shocked. He did not expect that the Japanese army would launch such an attack as soon as it came up. The two teams' attacks, as the first batch of tentative attacks, were already scary. Hugging his body, he ran to the observation bunker, and saw the Japanese offensive formation through a telescope from the observation hole. It is dominated by the skirmish line, followed by heavy machine gun teams and mortar teams, and the grenade team follow up. It is still the old Japanese style. The infantry died before the attack, and heavy firepower followed up to support.

"How many people are good, I'm afraid you have fewer people." Hou Shan ran to the position and said to the commander, "Let the three platoons fight well. This is the first wave of Japanese attack. Don't regret the bullets. When the Japanese fell into the minefield, they hit me hard. "

The Japanese's fast charge almost did not need to dodge. The Japanese armed with a rifle, half-carrying their body, and based on the scattered line, rushed forward collectively as a team. The support fire team behind them chose an escape point and began to set up machine guns. And mortars, grenades, ready to cover the offense.

"Da da da……"

"boom……"

The Japanese army took the lead in firing, but the positions of the three companies were still motionless, and it seemed that the Japanese army was suppressing fire.

"attack"

Under the guidance of Furuya Ming, the Japanese army advanced again, eventually entering a distance of 150 meters, and began to step into the minefield.

"boom"

A violent explosion, and the Japanese army who did not hear the howling of the shells suddenly appeared. The Japanese soldiers of a team were instantly covered by the marbles and shrapnel produced by the explosion of the broadsword mine. One of the teams was also affected. There were more than 20 Japanese troops killed and injured by the loud noise.

"Ba-ga, the grenade group, pay attention to suppress the man."

Landmines are mines that are not even equipped by the emperor team. Guwu was very convinced that it was a landmine and did not know how many explosives the **** people had loaded in it. In one explosion, more than 20 emperors were buried .

However, this casualty only irritated him, making his warfare even more shocked. With the saber wave, the Japanese combat units rushed forward again.

With a soft bang, a squatting Japanese aimed his grenade at the team's position, and shot a grenade with ease. For a brief flight, the grenade blew outside the trenches of the Sanlian company.

"Damn, don't think you have a gun."

With a wave of his hand, Hou Shan had already calibrated the mortar group for a long time, put the shell in, and a slight impact sounded, and the shell flew out with a slight white smoke.

The blast of five Japanese troops was affected by the explosion of mortar shells. Two people were killed on the spot. The other three also lacked arms and had perforated belly. The screams suddenly covered the guns in that battlefield. sound.

After the devils rushed away a hundred meters away, they began to advance forward, holding the three or eight large covers, and began shooting at the three soldiers on the opposite side.

Compared to a defensive position, a group of devils is simply too powerful. Dai Anlan did not hesitate, and with a wave of his hand, the second Lien Xun added the position from the traffic jam.

"Hmm ..."

"Boom ... boom ..."

Infantry artillery and mortars also began intensive shelling of the Japanese army. Unlike the firepower that the Japanese had seen a few days ago, these flat and curved firepowers felt terrifying to the Japanese army in a short distance. And this set is also what the Japanese main division is best at.

"hiss……"

A strange ruffled sound sounded. The new machine gun equipped with the second and third consecutive years, the machine gun named the Ripper, inherited the characteristics of its predecessor, the Zh-4 year machine gun, with fierce firepower and strong penetration. Definitely a fierce king on the battlefield.

Several tear-off machine guns fired at the same time. Under a scary shot, a very short spot fire was swept over, and it was also a bullet, crushing the Japanese army's originally arrogant 9-year heavy machine gun.

The tearing style of roar made the entire battlefield tremble. Although facing huge ammunition consumption, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties in a short period of time. For a time, at least two teams of Japanese troops were torn into two by this ripper, or cut through a large hole and killed directly. Only those who were rubbed by bullets became wounded.

Hou Shan's third company's individual weapon fired first. The semi-automatic rifle will be officially applied to the anti-Japanese battlefield today.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang ..."

A continuous burst of gunfire sounded on the team's position. Furuya suddenly realized that the Japanese combat unit was losing again in the shooting.

The decisive charge has been temporarily blocked, and even this Dazo hides in a gun pit, and the Chinese's bullets become very dense in an instant.

"Baga, is the Chinese army equipped with a gun? But the range of firepower is not so dense. Is it the kind of submachine gun in the West?" For the submachine gun, the Japanese army also has a small amount of equipment, and the Sixth Division also has a team of equipment, but at this time That team remained with the commanders of the frontline security division.

Obviously it is only over a hundred meters. Why was it blocked by the fierce firepower of the Chinese people in the end? The anger that Guya saw clearly couldn't be vented, so he had to pound the ground with a punch, like a crazy dog.

He turned his head to look at a Japanese soldier next to him. This veteran was an excellent shooter. He could swing his rifle to a good level and shoot out bullets in one minute. This is already a good result. In the previous days of fighting, Furuya heard that the Chinese were equipped with British rifles, and their firing and accuracy were slightly better than the Imperial rifles. However, the Teijin relied on its excellent quality and first-class training level. Instead it has an advantage.

However, at this time, Furuya couldn't hold his head anymore.

How quickly the veteran pulled the trigger, shot, and fired seemed to always be much slower than the opposite. Not to mention, the sound of guns firing in this direction is much faster. I can clearly see that there are not many soldiers on the opposite side, but the bullets are coming in fast and densely. The pause is very short. Often there are ten bullets. After a short pause, he immediately began to suppress the 38th and 8th.

Difficult to figure out, Guya clearly saw only boundless ferocity and anger, but couldn't figure out how the team did it. According to reconnaissance, their forward position is only the size of a company or two. With the team's combat effectiveness as he knows, it is impossible to keep it.

The Chinese are not far from the front and right-wing positions. At the same position, at least one battalion or even more troops should be required to defend the attack of a large group.

In the left-wing position, a large group was used for the first attack. This is how firm the above combat determination is in Furuya's opinion, which is why he desperately wanted to win the top prize.

"The situation is a little bad."

In the rear of the Japanese army, the leader of the second wing, Chihiro Ichiro, drew down the telescope solemnly, and the opposing team seemed to suppress the emperor team from every link.

As a joint captain, although Chiba Ichiro is crazy, he is also very clear. From the current point of view, aside from the artillery force directly under the division, the offensive ability of the emperor team has been completely suppressed by the team.

The armored car encountered anti-tank guns, and it was an unknown new weapon. It fired fast, with great power, and high precision. Twenty chariots were broken in less than ten minutes. The battlefield that has been tried and tested a lot is like a piece of paper in front of the Southwest Army of the Chinren.

Hill artillery, infantry artillery, a small number of mortars and a large number of projectiles encountered the suppression of each other's hill artillery and mortars. Regardless of range, accuracy or shell power, the empire's weapons and equipment fell behind.

In terms of light and heavy machine guns, the Imperial Type 92 or even more advanced light and heavy machine guns were fired against the machine gun with the ripped sound on the opposite side. The range was suppressed and the shooters were killed. I do n’t know how much , Not to mention a completely destroyed machine gun.

In terms of single infantry, the team actually has a new type of artillery that can carry fire. This is okay. Even the traditional rifles are fired, and the empire-trained soldiers are falling behind, that is, the soldiers of the Sixth Division who are proud of their shooting accuracy. I have to admit that the Chin person on the opposite side has a higher shooting level than them. What's more, the unknown firearms that are almost universally equipped are even more severely crushed by 38-type rifles.

Damn, the Imperial infantry can only fire one or two shots after the soldier has fired.

"Sir Captain, this may be a large-scale team equipped with shooting weapons, or it may be an assault rifle, or a new type of light machine gun. The shooting of this single-armed weapon has already passed the 38-type rifle equipped by the Imperial team." The deputy captain said earnestly that the deputy captain had done more research on the Southwest Army, not because of how strong the Southwest Army was, but because in Asia, they were the only army that had recently fought with the British and French. By collecting information from various sources, he now shows that some of the elite troops in the Southwest Army of the Chinna are equipped with a very good firing weapon. Before the troops were dispatched to Tianjin, he had applied to the military for further investigation and investigation of the military situation in the southwest of China. spy. It was only because of the start of the Tianjin-Beijing campaign that the Japanese intelligence agencies' attention had all been concentrated within the sphere of influence of Chiang Kai-shek, and the investigations had been postponed.

"My Excellency, Captain Furuya saw that Sato ordered the troops to have a decisive impact."

The ordering soldier ran over, and towards Chiba Jun, he would return to the arms of the **** Amaterasu. "

For this jade broken brigade, the two offensive teams behind are the main force of the attack. The Sixth Division will completely wipe out this regiment with a tide-like attack.

"Kill to Give"

The brigade that Furuya Ming sees is finally crazy. From the officer to the army Cao, every Japanese soldier who sees from the captain Furuya Furuya is angered by the performance of the Chinese.

Why can that person stop the emperor team?

Why the same supporter, the front and right wing positions can be arrogantly beaten by the imperial team?

Why is the Emperor team playing against that guy, the contrast is so great?

Indecision can not let the Chin person win even a little victory. They are only worthy of being destroyed by the empire and becoming a stepping stone to the rise of the empire. They should not suppress the empire in turn, and must not destroy the emperor in turn.

"Kill the man" This is the slogan of the officers inspiring the soldiers. It is simple and straightforward, but absolutely **** and powerful.

At the front of the three regiments, Hou Shan, who was firing, shouted, "Report to the regiment that a Japanese brigade has launched a decisive charge, and we are confident to destroy them."

The two companies of the Southwest Army began to massacre the Japanese soldiers who came forward in an attempt to rely on the power of a large group.

Massacre, absolute massacre.

Tearing machine guns began to change from extremely short to long shots, and heavy machine gun bullets, one shuttle and one shuttle, even occasionally penetrated the dirty bodies of two Japanese soldiers and shred them.

The flat-fired anti-aircraft guns and flattened high-level aircraft also joined in. Their roar and the explosive and miserable roar of the Japanese army who constantly stepped on the broadsword mine blended together. The sound of the Chinese semi-automatic rifle was also very special, but the coherence was not heavy The sound of machine guns, one shot, interval pops and pops, unique style, much higher firing rate than pull-bolt rifles.

Pieces of the Japanese army were swept down and blown down. The Japanese firepower support team was even more unlucky. Often, there was only one time to fire, which would lead to the retaliation of tear machine guns or mortars and infantry guns. In the year-old flat-fire antiaircraft artillery, a few shots went down and exploded into debris. Or they were stared at by a bazooka, and when they went away, they were all dead and wounded in a radius of ten meters.

"Ahhhhhh ..."

Like ordinary soldiers, Hou Shan was also mad. He fired a light machine gun and fired madly without aiming. The crazy Japanese army even gave up the firing and rushed directly.

Hou Shan was shooting wildly, holding a light machine gun with a disc drum, and sweeping down Japanese soldiers crazyly. Those Japanese soldiers who paused for shooting often fired only one or two shots before they could pull the third bolt. It was swept down.

Under the set fire attack of the Southwest Army, his infantry support fire did not work, and was suppressed by various weapons.

The war was so ruthless, especially when facing the invaders, the Southwest Army carried out a more ruthless slaughter.

All over the battlefield are the flying Japanese minced meat, stumps, and the screams and moans of beasts before they die. These beasts were originally made of flesh, and they were also afraid of death, but they were inevitable when they were on the battlefield.

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"Let the artillery cover the frontiers of Chinese people without any difference."

Chiba Ichiro shook his head ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ and ordered shelling to cover the position of the Chinese. In the telescope, Furuya saw that it was almost miraculous and took several emperors to the front of the Chinese. Behind him, a Japanese army of a large group There is very little left.

"But ..." What the Chief of Staff next to wanted to say was interrupted by Chiba Ichiro's roar.

"Baga, obey orders"

"Yes"

Xu Xie, violent shelling covered the forward positions of the Southwest Army, and the positions of the second and third companies' joint defense fell into a sea of ​​fire. It was not expected that the Japanese would launch shelling at this time.

However, the Japanese army of this group was miraculously eliminated by the Southwest Army. Two companies, plus a large number of new weapons belonging to the fire support force, carried out a near-perfect slaughter of a Japanese army with a large number of people. The Southwest Army ’s losses were largely caused by Japanese artillery. , And much loss. In this battle, the collision of old and new weapons became particularly apparent.

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