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Although this tactic of the National Defense Force has been used once in the battle of Yingtianfu, some accidents occasionally occur.

Just like now, Wang Chuan discovered that the enemy's artillery did not stop setting up positions, but continued to follow the line of infantry.

"Are these foreigners thinking of equipping their artillery with bayonets and launching a charge?"

With a sneer, Wang Chuan ordered: "The heavy mortars began to fire in sequence. Be careful, try to avoid the line and stop the opponent's artillery."

As his order was issued, more than a dozen mortars began shelling.

When the shooting points have been marked, the hit rate of the mortar is still very high.

After the warhead reduced the charge, the explosion was similar to the explosive shells used by Napoleon cannons. Suddenly, explosions began to occur around the more than 100-meter gap between the British artillery and the line infantry.

"Pause the advance and wait for the infantry to occupy a favorable position!"

Discovering that the range of the Wehrmacht's artillery was farther than his own, the artillery officer decisively ordered a temporary halt to the advance.

Be prepared to wait until the line of infantry is pressed up before moving the artillery position forward.

Although this may result in the death of some soldiers, judging from the landing point and quantity of the opponent's shells.

The opponent should have used a shooting method with a large elevation angle. Although this shooting method can increase the range, it has no accuracy at all.

Therefore, this is just a normal tactical adjustment for artillery officers. They only need to wait for a period of time before their artillery positions can be deployed to provide the most favorable support to the infantry.

It was discovered that the opponent's artillery had stopped advancing, and more than a dozen mortars were still firing, delaying time little by little.

This period of time does not need to be too long, as long as the opponent's infantry can enter the range of the rotating machine gun.

After all, it takes time for the British artillerymen to set up artillery positions.

The artillery is not a tank. It can be fired immediately when it stops. It takes a while just to adjust the gun mount, put down the hoe, and load the ammunition.

This period of time is enough for the National Defense Forces to start implementing the planned plan.

Finally, the British soldiers entered within a 150-meter firing range, and bursts of whistles sounded from the Wehrmacht position.

Then he jumped into the trench with the British troops stunned and quickly moved to the predetermined position.

This tactic caused a commotion among the British soldiers who were about to enter the 100-meter range and start firing volleys.

But before they could react, their own artillery behind them started firing, and solid bullets fell around the trench one after another.

With the support of artillery, the soldiers quickly quelled the commotion and continued to advance under the leadership of the officers.

"Those Easterners are really good at defense." Aubrey was also surprised when he saw the Wehrmacht soldiers lifted up the camouflage cloth on the trenches and jumped in.

But now our soldiers are about to enter the shooting range, and even the little tricks used by those Easterners are of no avail.

"We need to learn this tactic. This tactic of digging holes is more effective than parapets. You see, our artillery shells are blocked by the sand in front of the long trench."

After speaking to his senior officers, Aubrey asked the messenger to notify the artillery unit to move forward.

As long as the artillery moves forward a little further, they can use explosive bombs to attack those Oriental monkeys hiding in the ditch.

It was a pity that as soon as the messengers mounted their horses, they heard intensive shooting from the Easterners' position.

The rhythmic "click-click" sound combined with the sound of rifle shooting made the battlefield lively.

Of course, this is not a good experience for leading the British army.

Death happens all the time, and the speed of replenishing the back row is simply not as fast as the speed of falling comrades. Gu

After all the artillery of the Wehrmacht joined in, these British soldiers discovered that death was so close to them.

At this time, the confidence on General Aubrey's face had been replaced by horror. Listening to the intensive explosions and gunshots on the other side of the battlefield, he knew that he had been fooled.

The previous failures of the Orientals were just to put themselves into huge traps.

"Let the soldiers start charging. They can't advance so slowly. They are simply waiting to die!"

Aubrey made a decisive decision. If he gave the order for the soldiers to retreat now, it might lead to a great rout.

But something horrifying happened to him. The messenger who was responsible for delivering the order was shot in the head right in front of his eyes.

Not only this messenger, but also the officers in the reserve troops on the hillside were sniped and killed.

There is no need to look for the mountain troop snipers lying in hidden positions, they just need to aim at the guys on horses and pull the trigger.

As for the well-dressed senior officers, they were ignored by these people.

Not only the middle-level officers riding on the horses, but also the lower-level officers standing in front of the team did not escape death.

Just when the snipers started to call names, the ground not far from the side of the hillside was suddenly lifted up.

When Aubrey noticed something strange, it was too late to issue any orders, because more than 500 Wehrmacht soldiers had already poked their guns out from inside.

Although the officers suffered heavy losses, the remaining officers of the reserve force still made the most correct choice, which was to turn the soldiers and fight back against the Wehrmacht soldiers on the side of the hillside.

The cavalry who were on alert also began to speed up and rushed towards the snipers' position.

After wiping the sweat and blood from his face, Aubrey led the officers to retreat away from the fighting position on the hillside.

Those Easterners were so cunning that they dug trenches on the ground to put the soldiers in, and then covered that section of the trench with wooden boards.

With a layer of soil on top, this small position is difficult to see from the hillside more than a hundred meters away.

But the distance was so close, and the enemy was shooting from a high position. The National Defense Forces responsible for attracting firepower suffered heavy casualties.

Cao Qing, commander of the first platoon of the Second Company of the National Defense Force, pulled away his comrade who had fallen on the rotating machine gun and took his place.

He pointed the muzzle of his gun at the enemy soldiers who were about to charge forward and started firing. After the 300 rounds of ammunition were fired, he successfully stopped the opponent's charging momentum.

"Heizi, Heizi, come here and load the bullets for me..." After Cao Qing shouted, he picked up his rifle and started shooting at the enemy soldiers who were about to fire a salvo.

In fact, neither side had much accuracy in shooting at this distance. The British soldiers relied on volleys of rifles to make up for this shortcoming, while the National Defense Forces pulled the trigger towards the crowded position.

However, due to the huge numerical disadvantage and poor location, the losses of the Wehrmacht were still very high.

After shooting several times in succession, he heard the sound of the ammunition box being opened.

"Damn it, you're so slow to load a bullet. I've blinded the first bomber of your second company in vain!"

After cursing, Cao Qing saw clearly that the person loading the bullet for him was not Heizi.

"Cao Qing, Heizi Te's wife went to bed first because she didn't live up to expectations. Now I will supply you with ammunition!"

The commander of the second company pulled out a ammunition chain from the blood-red ammunition box with one hand, gritted his teeth and fed it into the ammunition feeding port of the rotating machine gun.

Cao Qing saw that the index finger of the company commander's hand had been broken, leaving only a half-cut finger that could clearly see the bone stubble.

The other arm was hanging down by his side. You could tell from the red-stained sleeve that that arm was useless.

"What are you doing standing still? Shoot me!"