The sound of the cannon was an order to fire, and the two battalions of 600 infantrymen located in the first trench immediately pulled the trigger.
As a burst of gunfire rang out, more than two hundred people among the slowly advancing surrender troops fell down.
This is not surprising. Although there are more than 600 people taking aim, it is still the first time for them to set foot on the battlefield. This psychological factor is very important. If the hand shakes, the bullet will not know where it hit.
What's more, in this kind of volley shooting, there will always be several people aiming at one person.
The opponent's artillery fire roared, and more than two hundred people on our side fell. In the formation of tens of thousands of people, it actually looked like small splashes of water.
Under such circumstances, General Zhenguo not only had no intention of retreating, but instead ordered the entire army to charge.
In order to ensure victory in this battle, he even sent out half of his two hundred or so Eight Banners soldiers and returned from the left side, preparing to give the opponent a good look.
He believed that once his Eight Banners soldiers rushed into the enemy's trenches, the enemy army would be defeated instantly!
But just after the Qing army launched an all-out charge, the sound of artillery and gunfire from the opposite side immediately became intensive.
Ten 88 field guns began to fire in succession, spitting out cannonballs according to the prescribed shooting schedule. Every time a shell fell, it could bring out pieces of broken limbs in the dense enemy.
At this time, the infantry deployed on the three trenches also began to fire.
For them, the distance between the trenches was thirty or forty meters, which was nothing at all under the range of the Mauser G98.
As nearly 3,000 infantrymen opened fire, the front row of the advancing troops felt as if they had been hit by a hammer. Bloody splatters exploded on the chests of the soldiers in the front row.
What stunned General Zhenguo the most was that as the grenades were fired one after another, groups of flames smaller than the 88 field artillery appeared on the battlefield, each time like an eraser, erasing a small piece of the formation.
Although the projectile can only knock over a few people at most each time, and the power is far less than that of the 88 field gun, the number of projectiles is far more than that of the 88 field gun, and the shells of the projectile are splashed, causing many injured soldiers. The number is not much less than the 88 field guns.
After a round of shelling and shooting, the casualties of the tens of thousands of surrender troops exceeded 3,000. Although the number of deaths inside was less than 2,000, it greatly shocked the charging surrender troops.
Whoever it was, in the blink of an eye, he saw his comrades beside him fell to the ground, either turned into pieces of corpses, or missing arms and legs, or even worse, there was a small hole in the chest.
Many surrendered troops were stunned by the explosion of shells and stood there in a daze, looking at the surrounding scene with blank eyes, like a silly child weighing more than 100 pounds, with despair, fear and cowardice in their eyes.
At this time, the Eight Banners soldiers who tried to outflank from the side also suffered a heavy blow. The infantrymen on the side easily turned their guns. After a burst of gunfire, the Eight Banners soldiers either fell off their horses and fell to the ground, or their legs were hanging on them. He was put in the stirrups and was dragged back by the horse.
"Fire the bayonet!"
At this time, Sun Xuebin gave the order decisively.
All the infantrymen opened the Mitsubishi bayonet buckle in unison, and with a slight push, the bayonet got stuck on the barrel.
"All charges! Hand-to-hand combat!"
Sun Xuebin has always believed that an army that dares not engage in hand-to-hand combat is not a real army.
If the enemy's courage has been defeated and they dare not engage in hand-to-hand combat, then the infantrymen they have trained will be a bunch of waste.
Following the order, the infantrymen jumped out of the trenches one after another, carrying Mauser G98s and rushed towards the Qing troops.
At this time, there were still some Qing troops trying to resist, but the infantrymen had not yet approached, and they picked up their rifles and started shooting.
Any Qing army that dared to resist was instantly turned into a hornet's nest.
At this time, those Qing soldiers were completely frightened and dared not resist. They dropped their swords and guns one by one and ran away.
The defeat happened so quickly that the general who ruled the country did not even react.
If his personal guards hadn't slashed with their swords and carved a bloody path, the Zhenguo general would have been swept away by the deserters and eventually captured by the Star Navy.
In this pursuit, the Star Navy captured a total of more than 5,000 Qing troops, and its own losses were only a dozen.
After all, those Eight Banners soldiers who were alone were really powerful when they saw that they couldn't escape and fought hard.
At the end of the battle, the prisoners escorted back by Star Marine soldiers from a distance were walking dejectedly.
Even if a Star Marine soldier escorts more than a dozen prisoners, none of the prisoners dare to resist.
At the post-war discussion, a certain staff officer raised a very important issue, that is, it is almost impossible for infantry to capture more prisoners without transportation tools.
You know, even though those Qing troops were extremely frightened, more than two thousand people escaped in the end.
The issue was quickly reported to the Department of Industrial Affairs.
However, the Ministry of Industrial Affairs is also helpless.
Even a simple means of transportation like a bicycle needs rubber if it is used in the military.
If it is a small amount, the Ministry of Industrial Affairs can accept it, but if there are too many rubber bicycles, the Ministry of Industrial Affairs can only stop the manufacturing of trucks and the like.
Of course, the problem is not without solutions.
In addition to designing hydropower stations, Fang Xiaoyue has also been studying the issue of artificial rubber recently.
Based on some information from later generations, he determined the raw material of artificial rubber to be tung oil.
After a series of various experiments, he developed a modified chain extender that can convert the mixture of tung oil and Eucommia ulmoides concentrated extract into an elastomer through modified chain extension.
The physical elasticity of this elastic material is roughly between rubber and plastic.
Although its elasticity is not strong enough, it has some advantages that rubber does not have, such as oil resistance, wear resistance, low temperature resistance, aging resistance, high hardness, etc.
Such characteristics are not suitable for making tires for trucks, but if they are used to make tires for bicycles, they have little impact.
After all, the bicycle has a simple structure and does not need to carry too much weight. Even if the elasticity is lower, if the seat cushion is made thicker, the problem will be simpler.
The most important thing is that this elastic material can be used in the sealing of steam engines!
This makes the technical staff of the Ministry of Industry very excited.
After experiments, the power loss of a steam engine sealed with this material is 90% lower than that of a bronze seal!
Basically, it can be said that after sealing, the steam engine will not leak steam. Not only the power is increased, but the safety of the steam engine is also greatly guaranteed.
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