Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 714 Attack

   6 o'clock in the morning

  Vietnam gathered all 27 60mm field guns, and at the same time they roared, pouring the Mizazaza gunfire towards the French camp. In an instant, dozens of orange-red explosions burst out, tearing the tranquility of the morning.

   Fierce bombardment, the ghosts and wolves that blew up the sleeping North Vietnamese servant army, the camp collapsed, the fire was everywhere, and there was chaos everywhere.

  Countless black shadows jumped up in the darkness, crossing the edge of the confrontation between the two armies, and rushing towards the French army camp like a wave of black pressure, it was simply unstoppable.

The shelling stopped abruptly at 10 minutes. At this time, the attacking Vietnamese army was only a few hundred meters away from the dilapidated French camp. Under the orders of commanders at all levels, the momentum of the impact was suppressed and the scattered momentum of the impact was suppressed. The offensive formation of soldiers was overwhelmed.

  In the dim sky, it was like a dark cloud pressing the top.

  At this time, many North Vietnamese servants had already escaped from the bombed messy camp. They were running around like flies without their heads. When they encountered the Vietnamese army that was slowly coming up, they were immediately frightened.

  "The first row...Ready, launch."

  "The second row...Ready, launch."

  Under the command of the commander, two platoons of guns exploded, knocking down the fleeing North Vietnamese servant soldiers to the ground one after another, a large group of blood appeared on their bodies, and they fell to the ground weakly.

  The offensive Vietnamese soldiers marched across the corpses everywhere, firing neat platoons of guns from time to time in the bright sky. Fire and heavy gunpowder filled the battlefield, making this **** dawn even more brutal and bloody.

The Vietnamese army launched a full-line offensive with the second division and the third division, the Black Flag Army as the right wing, and the first division as the left wing, plus more than 6,000 green camp troops, totaling more than 40,000 men. In the battlefield, more than 20,000 North Vietnamese servants were destroyed, and they ran around crying and crying.

  The army of the Vietnamese nation then covered up and killed them. The sound of a blast of gunfire continued for twenty minutes one after another, leaving a corpse along the way three kilometers south, and countless people were captured.

   half an hour later

  The offensive three-way army has gathered near the French Expeditionary Force Beixi Camp, about 1.5 kilometers apart.

  At this moment, the sun appeared at the end of the sky, and the sky was bright, illuminating the emerald green valleys and streams, and the faint smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, indicating that this is an unrest early morning.

At this time, the well-trained French Foreign Legion has lined up a strict army, relying on the clear stream behind it, forming a semi-circular defensive formation. The muzzle of the twelve field artillery black hole faces the Yue State Three Route Army that is pressing up like the tide. Ready to go without fear.

  Faced with this situation, the commanders of the various troops in Vietnam ordered to restrain the troops, reorganize the troops on the spot, check weapons and ammunition, and prepare for a tough battle.

  The 60mm field guns carried by mules and horses in the rear also followed, and began to assemble the artillery quickly, preparing to continue to use artillery fire to open the victory gate for the offensive forces, all the way into Hanoi.

on the hill

Combat Commander Major General Li Shuanzhu, Vietnam Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Fan Tongzhang, Guangxi Admiral General Li Ping, Guangdong General Soldier Duan Qirui and others carefully observed the battlefield with binoculars. The army orders issued from here were quickly conveyed and controlled the army. Encircled the French Army Beixi Camp.

  In the wet and rainy North Vietnam hilly area, the opposing sides still used traditional wooden camps during the war. This kind of defense was easily torn apart like paper during the artillery bombing.

  The reason why the French army uses traditional wooden camps is because the groundwater level in the North Vietnam is high, and the excavation of trenches can easily become a muddy ditch. The taste of soaking in it is uncomfortable.

  Secondly, because of the pride of the French expeditionary army, they are not willing to hide in the trench like a groundhog when dealing with the small Yue country. It is simply an unacceptable insult.

   late 19th century

  The mainstream of the world’s infantry tactics is still line-up volleys. The goal is to pour out enough dense ammunition within a period of time to cause major damage to the enemy and completely destroy the enemy’s fighting will.

   Generally speaking, two volleys of linear infantry can defeat the enemy.

  However, after experiencing the extremely brutal and **** American Civil War and the Australian Civil War, the relevant countries have realized that the heavy casualties caused by the line infantry are unacceptable and have tried to make changes.

  The Australian Army is one of them, taking the lead in trying the skirmish line tactics.

  The so-called skirmish line tactics means that the infantry does not need to be arranged in a neat line when attacking, and the distance between them is opened to carry out a wave attack, which can greatly reduce frontal bullet casualties.

  Currently, the new Vietnamese army is implementing the skirmish line tactics. After this battle, the military observation group will write detailed combat reports on skirmish line tactics, use actual combat data to improve infantry tactics, and support the new infantry combat system.

  In the French camp:

  General Enzo looked at the Vietnamese army approaching from three directions with a green face. Under the bright light in the morning, the Vietnamese army was heavily arrayed with spears like a forest, and surrounded Benxi camp with absolute superiority.

  Roughly estimated, the total strength of the opponent is between 35,000 and 40,000, which is five times that of the French Expeditionary Force Beixi Camp.

Beixi Camp originally consisted of two camps, separated by more than a hundred meters. One was the French Foreign Corps camp, which was the main camp of Beixi Camp. There were more than 6,900 troops stationed there. The other was the North Vietnamese servant barracks. There are more than a thousand people, and there are about 300 people in two companies of the French Foreign Legion.

  After the army of the Yue State came up, the army of the Yue servants exploded in the camp. Countless soldiers threw their weapons and fled into the vast jungle, and they could no longer even see their shadows.

  Two companies of the French Foreign Legion desperately blocked the deserters. The internal fire caused more than ten casualties. Only 1,450 people were left, and all the rest escaped.

  General Enzo can only curse all this; "Damn Chinaman".

  The enemy army is crushing the border. In fact, he can't do anything. It is impossible to enforce battlefield discipline at this time.

  The 1,400,500 North Vietnamese servants are a hot potato in their hands. No one knows when they will collapse in the battle, thus breaking down the defensive camp of the French Foreign Legion.

  So, as an experienced senior commander of the French army, he was going to push these North Vietnamese servants out, test the enemy’s firepower, and consume the opponent’s bullets by the way.

  The real battle can only rely on the French Expeditionary Force. They must stay at Beixi Camp for more than 4 hours before they can get reinforcements from Hanoi.

  Because it is a full 14 kilometers from Hanoi to Beixi Camp, 4 hours is the fastest speed, including the time required to assemble troops.

  In the face of the heavy siege of Vietnam, General Enzo has begun to regret the scattered deployment of the French army, putting himself in an extremely dangerous situation, and giving the enemy great fighters to defeat.

  But now it’s too late to say anything. The most important thing for the French army in Beixi Camp is to survive the next four hours of hard fighting. In this regard, General Enzo is full of confidence.

  In his view, the French Foreign Corps is an invincible world powerhouse, and its combat effectiveness is beyond doubt.

   "Mr. Buffon, let's start." General Enzo calmly gave orders.

   "Yes, Mr. General."

Colonel Buffon showed a smirk at the corner of his mouth. With a wave of his hand, the 14500 North Vietnamese servants in the French army were driven out. Most of them were armed with knives and guns and other cold weapons. Was forced to attack forward.

  Behind them is the black hole of Rulin's rifle and heavy machine gun, and there is only one dead end to retreat.

  (End of this chapter)