After eating steamed buns and a bowl of wild vegetable soup, everyone's bodies gradually stabilized.
However, as the large army moved towards the forward position, looking at the towering city wall and several gun towers, everyone's hearts calmed down again.
How terrifying is the real battlefield?
Not to mention newbies, even veterans will be nervous.
And for recruits like Zhao Ming, it was even worse. Two emotions were intertwined, one was excitement, the other was nervousness and fear.
In addition to Zhao Ming and the others, each of them had a short sword made in Hanyang, which was a short sword brought from Fengjiazhuang. Zhao Ming also carried the ring-headed sword on his back.
It seems that they are the only ones here who are a little bit nondescript, but for them, the knife is more psychological comfort than the gun, because it was brought from Fengjiazhuang.
"Master Zhao, this will happen later... The brothers will rush with you later. We will fight how you say."
The monkey was obviously very nervous and started chattering when he came to Zhao Ming.
"Don't be nervous, just treat it like it's your first time playing with a girl. After this first time, this battlefield will be like a brothel. You can do whatever you want." Zhao Ming smiled and patted Monkey's shoulder in relief.
It's just that he is also extremely nervous at the moment, but unlike others, he is more excited at the moment, with the urge to hold the knife and wish that everyone would take it out and chop it.
Dashan stood silently beside Zhao Ming, seeming to represent his meaning with actions, protecting Zhao Ming's side like an iron tower.
Zhao Ming first chatted with the brothers one by one to comfort them, and then came to the vicinity of Battalion Commander Zhang to listen to their chat.
"Captain Zhang, what are the arrangements for today?" Zhao Ming asked, pointing to the city which was less than 500 meters away.
Battalion Commander Zhang was smoking cigarettes with several company commanders under his command. When he saw Zhao Ming just throwing out a cigarette, he said dullly,
"What other arrangements can be made to let us die!"
"Well, to tell you the truth, we will be trapped if we don't do it today. The first wave will not be the main force, but us miscellaneous troops.
A total of three regiments, nearly 4,000 men, were divided into two groups to attack in turn.
We have to hold on for a total of one hour, which means we have to hold on for at least half an hour during the second wave of defense changes. "
"So we are the first wave?" Zhao Ming frowned.
"Yes." Battalion Commander Zhang nodded, his face even more gloomy, "Damn it, it's useless for me to stuff so much money into you! A bunch of white-eyed wolves."
As he spoke, he cursed and threw the cigarette butt directly on the ground, crushing it hard.
“Moreover, in order to ensure that the main force that follows has sufficient fire cover, when we charge from the front, there will not be too much fire support.
The artillery position is only willing to allocate thirty artillery fire support for our attack. "
Zhao Ming didn't quite understand what this meant, but looking at the earthy expressions on the faces of the company commanders present, he knew that this was definitely a tough battle. If not, their 323rd Battalion, now full of 500 people, might end up with 500 people. Only half of it is left, or even less.
Da da da!
At this moment, a fast horse came quickly from one side of the position. The soldiers on the horse rode quickly while shouting,
"There is an order from the top, rest for half an hour, and attack at sunrise!"
The man kept repeating this sentence while walking quickly.
Following the direction of the soldier's movement, Zhao Ming discovered that their frontline position was already filled with people.
Although there were thousands of people, standing together, those who didn't know better would have thought that there were tens of thousands of people, and it was so densely packed that it was very spectacular.
But everyone was silent, and the atmosphere was strangely quiet.
Crows were cawing in the sky, which seemed to mean that bad luck would come next.
As the soldiers walked by, some logistics personnel soon began to drag a cart over, and the goods on the cart immediately made everyone's eyes brighten.
"Hey! What happened? Where is this wine? You want us to work hard, but you don't even want to give us some wine?!"
Seeing that there were only piles of cigarettes on the cart, Battalion Commander Zhang immediately became angry, and many battalion commanders and company commanders were cursing.
The officers and soldiers in the trailer were completely unaware when they heard this. Instead, the leading officer yelled, "Damn it, why don't you smoke if you like!"
There is a severe drought in Guanzhong right now, and I don’t know how many people can’t even get a bite of food. What kind of wine is there? If you want to drink, you can take the lead and build a cannon tower. I will personally ask for instructions from the top and let you drink to your heart's content! "
These words made some officers' faces turn blue and red with anger.
But it's okay without alcohol. Zhao Ming thinks that as long as each person has a pack of cigarettes, that's fine. Cigarettes can also numb the brain.
It was only when the smoke was smoking that Zhao Ming realized that each person can only share one piece of love, and there is no more.
The battalion commander can get one pack, the company commander can get three more, and the one at the bottom is just one.
Depressed, Zhao Ming took three more cigarettes and carefully put them in using the cigarette box he had received from Lao Chang.
Lao Chang doesn't have much in stock. The only pack he has left has been smoked out before, and now the cigarette box is just big enough to hold cigarettes.
When Zhao Ming carefully put the cigarette case into his arms, he accidentally touched something. He took it out and took a look, then carefully put it on tightly.
This is a piece of Hetian jade pendant, given by Feng Yunyun when he was leaving.
The jade pendant is said to be the only relic given to her by her biological mother before she died, which means peace.
While smoking, everyone suddenly began to talk more, as if they wanted to relieve the stress in their hearts as much as possible in this way.
This time on the battlefield, most of them only had guns and bullets in their hands, and only one grenade per platoon.
Zhao Ming was not surprised at all by this. Marshal Feng's troops had always been very poor, and the Battalion Commander Zhang he was currently attached to seemed not to be a direct member of Marshal Feng's troops.
Don't even think about getting any good weapons rations.
If it's the Northeast Army, tsk tsk...
Zhao Ming thought, his eyes constantly looking at the terrain in the distance.
The positions of these three turrets are very critical, and they can take care of each other. The upper part is where the cannons are mounted, and the lower part is where the machine gun muzzle is. The machine gun muzzle is still sandwiched between walls. If you attack head on, you are looking for death.
And there are several openings on the city wall not far away, just like there are several fixed fortresses on the city wall.
And several machine gun muzzles can cover the blind spots of the turret at the same time, which is simply a fire coverage network with no blind spots.
It's no wonder that in the past six months, three attacks have been carried out, a total of three months of attacks, and six to seven thousand people have been sacrificed, but still to no avail.
"I'll tell the brothers later, let's not rush too hard, just follow me. Let the brothers follow my route and don't fall behind.
You do what I do. "
Zhao Ming gave instructions to the monkey. Hearing the words, the monkey nodded, turned around and began to pass on the news quickly.
On the side, Battalion Commander Zhang and several close company commanders were also discussing in whispers.
Although Zhao Ming was nominally with them, they had to make careful calculations at this moment.
