The Rise of the Empire

Chapter 108: Ground meat

"Let’s start!" When the gunfire sounded again in the direction of Jiuliancheng, Katsaro’s third division on the left flank finally launched an offensive. The Japanese army used the division as an independent combat unit, that is to say, in this division. It will be equipped with a relatively complete organization, including infantry, artillery, engineer and cavalry! So Kataro's attack methods are also more diverse.

The opponent’s artillery is very sharp. In the last attack, Oshima Yoshisho’s artillery was easily erased. Kataro naturally learned a lesson. The artillery is only a support rather than a decisive force. It is the infantry and flanks that really have to fight. Roundabout cavalry!

"The Japanese are coming!" Accompanied by the rumble of cannons, the Japanese soldiers charged like a tide. The bayonet on the rifle was shining coldly in the sun. Along with the crazy roar, a group of Japanese soldiers began to cheer. The army charged, and Mackensen was now bringing his own teaching troops into the Qing army's defense line. The machine guns and artillery in their hands would serve as the fire pillar of the entire flank.

"Fire!" At a distance of 400 meters, the MG91 heavy machine gun from Germany finally launched its first roar on the battlefield after its birth. These steel machinery weighing only tens of kilograms fired at a rate of 600 rounds per minute. Spouting bullet rain toward the front! The flaming bullets formed a red long whip and swept across the battlefield! The firepower net formed by several machine guns instantly blocked most of the Japanese offensive path!

  The sudden barrage caught the Japanese soldiers who had encountered this weapon for the first time by surprise, and groups of soldiers were swept away like wheat. The entire offensive was also stalled, and many Japanese troops began to look for bunkers or lay on the ground to avoid the deadly bullet rain. Once the impact loses its speed and strength, it is equal to a loss!

  Katsutaro saw that the situation was not good. The artillery he had prepared was pushed down to the front, but after several test shots, the Japanese found that the opponent's machine gun bunker was very low, and the artillery was difficult to hit under the cover of the terrain!

   Then the Japanese artillery concentrated on attacking the Qing army in the joint. Under the dense shell and bayonet charge, Liu Shengxiu's army could not hold it anymore!

"It's too dangerous for these guys to be comrades in arms!" After avoiding the gun, the Japanese attack went smoothly. The Japanese army's front was like a huge chisel, cutting the defense's position little by little, if it weren't for the supervising team. if. Mackensen can guarantee that as long as the opponent hits, the entire line of defense will be over. But fortunately, Nie Shicheng's department is still reliable. The tactical level is not expected to be high, but at least it can be nailed to the ground! If more than 4,000 people do not retreat, they can drag it for a while!

   "Firepower! The only thing that can stop the opponent is firepower!" Mackenson gathered some soldiers to push the 75MM rapid-fire gun to the position! Six 75MM rapid-fire guns were pushed to the breach, and grenade bombs were pouring frantically in a place less than 800 meters away from the opponent! Each roar of the artillery represents hundreds of projectiles flying towards the charging opponent, and the artillery, like a great shotgun, quickly harvests the life of the attacker!

   Liu Shengxiu's troops can only be strong, Nie Shicheng's troops can hold their opponents, and the real decisive force is the Russians and Germans! The endurance and obedience of Russian grass-roots officers and soldiers are vividly demonstrated at this moment! Even if the bullet whizzed by, even if the Japanese bayonet was only a few meters away from them! They will still face their opponents without hesitation! The entire counterattack force is centered on rapid-fire guns, aided by a large number of infantry on both wings, and smashes into the steady stream of Japanese troops like engineering hammers!

   "The German army really deserves to be the world's first army! It is really powerful to be able to determine France in the first battle!" Standing on a high place, Keitaro looked at the German counterattack force in the distance and couldn't help but lament.

   The core of the offensive force is 4 rapid-fire cannons. When the Japanese army gathered to disperse the opponents in a rush, tons of ammunition fired by the 4 artillery pieces could fly the blood of the assembled Japanese army in a very short time! Every shot of the artillery will form a cone-shaped death area. In this area, whether you are standing, squatting or lying on your stomach, you will be smashed into pieces by the dense shrapnel!

  The Japanese army, who was forced to disperse, had no chance of winning against the grouped Russian army! The wedge that was hit with blood and life was squeezed out a little bit! The frontal battle seems to be in a stalemate! And at this time, the Japanese cavalry and Cossack cavalry on the side broke out for the first time between Japanese and Russian cavalry!

The ancient cavalry played cavalry and shooting, and the modern cavalry played a group charge. Hundreds of cavalry were close to each other and moved slowly when they were far away from each other. Then they began to accelerate when they were less than 1 km away. In the last few hundred Meters, maximum speed! Reap the opponent's life with swift speed and sharp saber!

  The cavalry on both sides swept across the battlefield like a storm! With the shaking of the ground, the gasping of horses, and the shouts of soldiers, the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer! In the last 300 meters, the Japanese soldiers who had already picked up their sabers to prepare for the final impact suddenly discovered that their opponent had taken out a rifle that they had never seen before! So ~lightnovelpub.net~ the final distance of more than 200 meters became a **** road for the Japanese cavalry!

   Although the accuracy of using a rifle on horseback is extremely poor, but facing the opponent's dense formation and hundreds of automatic rifles, the accuracy is poor, and the rate of fire is compensated! The elite Cossack cavalry using the KA92 semi-automatic lance easily blasted out the magazine of 20 rounds at a distance of more than 200 meters! A steel storm is facing the Japanese cavalry! Within ten seconds, a group of cavalry and horses were knocked down by flying bullets, and then stepped into a pool of fleshy mud by the comrades behind them!

  Although the sabers of the two sides have not touched, the result has been determined. There are not many cavalry soldiers who are engaged in the battle. The Japanese cavalrymen were destroyed by the other side with almost cheating weapons before they came into contact! Almost the rest were two Russian cavalry fighting each other! The result of the battle on this battlefield has been determined! The Japanese cavalry not only failed to complete the task of threatening the opponent's flank, but was repelled by the opponent's cavalry!

   Although Kataro’s intensive attack was repelled, but looking at the loss of personnel on both sides, Japan still has the upper hand! The reason for this is largely due to the Qing army. It is understandable if it is purely casualties, but what happened after the war and counted a large number of people missing? And many of the missing persons came from troops that did not engage in combat... This alone made Mackensen feel that this battle could no longer be fought!

   If Katsura’s offense at least severely damaged the Qing army and the Russian army, then the offensive of Oshima Yoshimasa and Tachimi Shangwen would be completely lost! Under Jiulian City, the casualties paid by the Japanese army were several times greater than the total casualties in the Korean War before!

   The second one is more~~~, ask for collection, ask for reward~~~.