Ring-shaped highland operations have advantages and disadvantages for the defenders. The advantage is that as the attack line gradually approaches the center of the circle, fewer and fewer troops can be deployed. After all, as the area of the circle decreases, so does the circumference. , this is very easy to understand.
Just like now, the circle formed by more than 300 people holding hands is the length of the last trench, and the first outermost trench requires 700 people holding hands to form a circle.
Such a battlefield situation will cause the attackers to suffer a lot, because the closer you get to the center of the circle, the fewer soldiers you can put into battle, while the defenders' firepower density is constantly increasing.
However, this method of combat also has one of the biggest shortcomings, that is, the defenders will have no way to retreat, and if they fail, the entire army will be annihilated. But the brothers of the special-purpose battalion don't care. They only want the high ground, as long as they complete the mission successfully, and as long as they can see the enemy's painful wails, all their sacrifices are worth it.
The current Austrian army is in such pain. Group after group of warriors who were inspired to fight were beaten to death layer by layer, just like the waves outside the reef beach, beating up one after another. Each time it turned into countless foam and fine waves, but the solid reef position still stood firmly there.
"Charge up, charge up..." The Austrian commander in the crowd was crying. They had been fighting for half their lives and had never encountered such tragic casualties. This was simply a meat grinder.
"Damn it, are you stupid pigs? Use the cover of the corpse to jump down, jump into the trench to avoid the bullets..." The soldiers suddenly realized at this time, they grabbed the corpse of their comrade in front of them that was penetrated by bullets, and used the After a few seconds of cover, they jumped down from the trenches.
This time, the number of people who broke through finally increased. They hid in the first trench one by one, watching the bullets flying overhead, watching the corpses of countless comrades being smashed down, everyone's hearts were filled with confusion. There was a feeling of being in hell.
"God bless me, please God bless me! I still have my parents, I still have my wife and children, I can't die here..." Finally someone broke down emotionally. The soldier with his hands clasped leaned against the trench wall and talked nonsense.
At this time, the squad leader next to him grabbed his arm and yelled, "Shut up! You coward... Pick up your bayonet, we started to charge... Only brave men can survive on the battlefield! Have you seen the traffic trench next to you? ? Let’s rush over and fight hand-to-hand in the enemy’s trenches!”
The praying soldier didn't know which squad leader he was. Anyway, he wasn't his squad leader. But on a chaotic battlefield, soldiers would always subconsciously obey their commander's orders.
Seven or eight lucky soldiers began to gather around the squad leader. Everyone was gasping for breath and extremely secreted of adrenaline. The entrance to the traffic trench in front of them was like the door to hell. No one knew what kind of evil spirits they would encounter if they rushed in. .
"Ah! Long live the Empire..." The squad leader roared hysterically. He jumped up first and ducked into the traffic ditch. The soldiers behind him saw the squad leader rushing in, and each one screamed strangely and followed the squad leader's footsteps.
"Go, go, go... hurry up..." Perhaps out of fear, the monitor yelled randomly to cheer up the brothers. But at this moment, something strange happened. When they rushed to the second trench, several figures suddenly rushed out from both sides. After the cold light passed by, the squad leader's ghostly screams suddenly stopped.
The praying soldier at the end of the assault team probably would never forget such a horrific scene in his life. As he watched, several enemy soldiers holding strange long knives suddenly rushed out from both sides of the trench. No, no, no, that's not human at all, that's the evil ghost in hell.
Their bodies were already soaked with blood. The long knives in their hands were used in rapid slashing moves. Every time the sword flash went straight to the vital point, their heads were chopped off their necks, and blood rushed into the air like arrows. Sprinkle it on them again.
"It's fun, it's really fun! Just... kill them all!"
"Hyoutaro...how many have you killed? In this half day, my sword has killed thirty-six Westerners. How about you?"
"Hahaha, Nohira, you are already old. You will definitely lose. I have killed thirty-eight Westerners so far, and I am the number one..."
"Nani? You actually surpassed me secretly? You are too insidious, I can't let you be so arrogant... Keep fighting! Warriors of the Ba Dao Team, we are the eagle dogs under the Lord, we are the most terrifying foreign legion! "
"Raise your sword and slash at the enemy! They will remember this killing for a hundred years, and our sword will cut off the honor in their hearts! Let them become spiritual eunuchs..."
"Hahaha!" Noheita suddenly laughed wildly. He suddenly felt that the term he came up with was very powerful, turning his enemies into spiritual eunuchs. He actually became such a cultured person, and he was really fooling around with adults. There are benefits.
"Hahaha... It's really fun to fight with the adults. We would never have dreamed of today in Japan! We can go into battle to kill Western devils, and the adults will personally teach us Western learning in the evening. When we return to Japan, we can also learn a lot Brag and brag, we are also wise generals with both civil and military skills!"
The praying Austrian soldier couldn't believe his eyes. The enemy was laughing? The man with blood splattered on his face could still laugh wildly during the killing, with two rows of white teeth exposed in his red bloody face, just like an evil ghost preparing to eat human flesh.
"Ah! Devil..." The timid soldier's vision went black and he fell to the ground. He was completely frightened and fainted. But that's fine, because this coma allowed him to avoid the more brutal killings that followed.
Maybe God really blessed him and made him unconscious at the most dangerous moment, and he finally survived.
However, the other Austrian troops were not so lucky. When the Austrian bayonet team met Xiao Letian's elite hand-to-hand combat team, there was no resistance at all. With a kendo master like Noheita in charge, the bayonet battle was simply It's just pediatrics.
One Austrian soldier after another was hacked to death in the communication trench. The Ba Dao team was about to rush to the first trench, but at this time, Long Ye, who was rolling up a piece of blood with two engineering shovels, rushed over.
"Back off, all back off! Our position is in the second trench. The only purpose of our battle is to put out fires and cover our comrades from shooting. No one can be reluctant to fight..."
The bloody sword-drawing team members withdrew unwillingly one by one. Before leaving, they raised their little fingers contemptuously at the Austrian troops outside, with a contemptuous sneer on their faces.
This killing made all the Austrian troops present feel scared. In Xiao Letian's eyes, the charging enemy troops were obviously unsteady and slowed down, and hesitation appeared in their eyes.
Facts have proved that in the face of crazy killings, no matter how strong the morale is, there will be a moment of exhaustion. What can Europeans do? They are also human beings, born and raised by their parents. As long as they are human beings, they will be afraid of death.
"Brothers, the enemy has become frightened, and their offensive strength is weakening...keep shooting! Keep the firepower density...no, the enemy has grenadiers!"
Suddenly, many soldiers without guns appeared in Xiao Letian's sight. Their bodies were covered with grenades and they were squeezing forward from the oncoming crowd.
Grenadier, this arm does not exist in the military history of Asia, but it has a long history in Europe. Although these special arms originated in the 17th century, they have declined in the 19th century. As a tradition, the armies of various countries still have grenadiers.
In fact, Austria does not pay much attention to grenadiers in its current army construction. There are no professional grenadiers in the Thorn Flower Division at all. The reason is also very simple. It is because too much emphasis is placed on artillery, and the role of grenadiers has been eliminated. Big.
But this time the Chinese taught them a good lesson. Artillery is not omnipotent. In front of the trench position set up by Xiao Letian, the power of the Austrian artillery was greatly reduced. The hand-to-hand combat was not over until the Austrians were forced to rush forward. , they even temporarily restored the formation of grenadiers.
Count Tabris gathered the grenades and gunpowder of the entire division. When the first wave of charges began, the engineers from the rear began to rush into the production packages. The strongest warriors were gathered to form a force of more than three hundred Human Grenadier Corps.
"Damn it! The Thorn Flower Master actually put together a temporary grenadier unit!" Xiao Letian's eyes burst out with fire. He is so eager to have a few Maxims or Gatlings in his hands now. If only he had a few With the heavy machine gun in hand, there will be absolutely no one left alive under the cross fire net.
It's a pity that Maxim hasn't appeared yet. Gatling is also the oldest hand-crank type. Except for some equipment during the American Civil War, there is no such high-end product in Europe.
Just when Xiao Letian's eyes were bursting with anger, the leading troops of the grenadiers had already rushed to the edge of the trench, firing grenades one after another in the rain of bullets, and igniting bundles of bags.
Boom boom boom... The position of the special mixed camp suddenly burst into flames, and even Xiao Letian was struck dizzy by the mud thrown up by the explosion.
"Come out! Countercharge... hang together with the enemy and pick these grenadiers to death!" Xiao Letian was the first to jump out of the trench, holding his treasured Colt revolver in his left hand and carrying it from nowhere in his right hand. A cavalry saber found.
"Brothers, hold on! The enemy's morale has reached the critical point of collapse. As long as we kill them again and push back this group of grenadiers, they will have no backup plan..."
This is the only way. Although it will cause a lot of casualties, it is better than being passively bombed. Behind Xiao Letian, groups of warriors launched a counterattack against the enemy, shouting to kill and shaking the earth.
Count Tablis was dumbfounded, Brigadier Penka was dumbfounded, all Austrian nobles were dumbfounded, and all Austrian soldiers on the battlefield were dumbfounded.
"The enemy is charging back again! Are these still people? Are they really people?"
The soldiers at the rear of the position were still in the mood to think about this problem, but the soldiers who were resisting the Chinese attack head-on had no such leisure. In the horrific killings, human beings' primitive survival instinct suddenly broke out.
"Damn! I don't care about your bullshit military discipline! I don't want to die, I want to live!"
Amidst the shouts of countless Austrian troops, a corner of the charging formation began to collapse, and then like an avalanche, pieces collapsed from the high ground.
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