The news that the Black Hawk Army had landed in Ashui Port was soon passed down by the commanders of each regiment. The vanguards who landed only had as many as one infantry division, and there were more than 90 large landing ships on the entire sea. All the luck of the Black Hawk Army's upcoming landing forces were completely thrown into the Jiafu River.

The officers and soldiers who had a short rest for two hours began to receive ammunition and food that could support three days under the allocation of commanders at all levels to enter their respective positions. This time the position was not the trenches they were familiar with before, but the houses that wanted to engage in street battles with the Black Hawk Empire Army. They not only had to maintain all the weapons in their hands to avoid damage and jamming in the battle, but more so were to be familiar with the area around them with a radius of at least a few thousand or even ten thousand meters.

Soldiers must know where to avoid the attack of bullets, and where to drill into another house without being discovered by people outside the house. Even if it is a dog hole, as long as you can enter the house first, there will undoubtedly be an additional chance to avoid bullets.

Almost all the squad leaders of the combat squad took advantage of this rare gap that the Black Hawk Army had not yet arrived and took their soldiers to run around the streets and alleys. They must remember this small southern town that they were not familiar with in this free time. They were all the streets and houses that they were about to fight, and where they could quickly hide and avoid shelling.

Everyone knows that the Black Hawk Army will definitely launch indiscriminate artillery bombardment on the city after arriving.

In this era, the house structures in small towns in the south had a very ancient southern style. No matter the big family, the small family had blue brick and white walls and wooden roof beam structures, especially the big family, with carved beams and painted buildings, which were very beautiful. However, under the bombardment of heavy artillery, these houses were like paper and could never be hiding.

The only one who can truly compete with the heavy artillery of the Black Hawk Army may be the headquarters of the two states of the Merchant Group located on Zhongshan Avenue. Although their building is gray and looks a bit alternative, it is definitely strong enough. As long as the reinforced concrete walls that are more than one meter thick are not hit head-on by a 500-pound bomb, they can withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery. Unless the artillery of the Black Hawk Empire Army is accurate enough to hit the building continuously, it will be difficult to destroy the building.

However, although Huangsucheng is small, it is the closest material transfer place next to Haicheng, the newly emerging economic center, and it is important in terms of economic and strategic position. Several large banks have branches here. In this era, wherever there are banks, there must be vaults, and in order to prevent thieves, the bank vault must be repaired strong enough. Compared with the gold bars and current silver coins in the vault, banks have never been stingy in investing in security.

Perhaps it is because the colleagues are enemies. The four major banks in the Kingdom, the Central Bank, the Kingdom Bank, the Bank of Communications and the Kingdom Farmers Bank set their branches in four directions of the city. When the four infantry commanders saw that they happened to be, they used four bank vaults that had been retreated as their command centers. Not to mention that they could defend against bombs! If you come with one or two 150-heavy artillery, you can still resist it, but if you encounter a big guy with a caliber of 200, what else can you say? It’s just that you are not lucky. Let’s go to heaven together!

In comparison, the hiding places arranged for the soldiers are stronger, and most of them are in the underground pipeline network. Faced with the possible Black Hawk artillery fire, the kingdom commanders who lacked enough firepower to counteract almost all use the same method, that is, place observation posts on the ground and hide the main forces first. When the Black Hawk artillery fire stops, the infantry starts to operate, they will come out and fight to the death.

Of course, this simple but effective tactic is useless on the battlefield of Haicheng, because no matter where you hide, it is just a trenches that dig out of water from the south. Hiding in such a trenches to survive under the fire of artillery is not based on the trenches of strength or not, but more on luck. The shells are far away from you, and you don’t blow you to death or you don’t shake you to death. That’s because you are lucky. No matter how bad your luck is, the shells fall directly into the trenches. Whether you are lying or squatting, the violent air waves will all fly you kites.

The 15th Division, because it came a little later, had not been on the front line as a reserve force to get shells, but they watched one infantry division after another step forward with great confidence, and then more than half of the losses were retreated in just two days. Seventy percent of the casualties were caused by the Black Hawk artillery, which caused them to be extremely psychologically shady.

How to avoid cannons and then quickly enter the battlefield has become a key drill project for the heads of various regiments, battalions and companies. Sichuan soldiers who have always had to take a few mouthfuls of smoke to be energetic exercises. Just like they repair for fortifications, no one is sneering or tiring. I don’t know how to quickly evacuate and enter the position as fast as possible, the chance of death will increase greatly. After that, my wife will be sleepy, my baby will be beaten, and my pension will be spent.

A sentence that the battalion commander of Qiu Tong’s army joked seemed heartbreaking, but what he thought made sense. Moreover, the military department had already rewarded the silver coins that reporter Liu said on the radio last night to everyone, touching the 10 white silver coins in his arms. Some wives were thinking about how to get it back for their wife, and those without wives were thinking about how to use the money to marry a whiter woman, so they couldn’t bear to die!

The soldiers in Huangsu City were familiar with the battlefield, and the 48th Regiment outside the city was also deploying the battlefield. They were the main regiment of the 15th Division. Although the military pay was the same, the equipment and food were better than other regiments. They raised soldiers for a thousand days and used troops for a while. Since they were the main regiment, they should go to the first battle to block the Black Hawk Empire Army on the Jiafu River. Regarding this, the entire regiment of the 48th Regiment had no complaints.

What's more, it was not to let their entire regiment fight to the death here, but to delay the advancement of the Black Hawk Imperial Army. If the casualties were too large, the regiment commander Xie Yunsheng had the right to ask the entire regiment to retreat, and even the retreating trenches were prepared for them.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Moreover, the 48th Regiment is stronger this time than it was at its peak. Not only did the swimming artillery positions located in the city promised to give them enough firepower support, but the infantry company that reinforced their independent regiment also brought 6 mortars, four twin-mounted machine guns and 6 heavy machine guns. Except for the 4 twin-mounted machine guns, they personally operated the remaining heavy weapons were all handed over to the regiment.

Although many people don't know, it was the result of their commander exploiting one of them with a shy face. Otherwise, the heavy weapons brought by Chen Sheng's infantry company would be enough to arm an Ordnance Infantry regiment. However, their colonel commander Niu Cha not only relied on making trouble and stayed a lot, but finally picked up two mortars and two double-mounted machine guns from the Army Lieutenant General.

Of course, it is not that anyone who makes a fuss can get equipment from Shangguan. If you want the horse to run and don’t eat grass, even the lieutenant general of the army cannot do this. First of all, you must have the courage to fight the enemy to death.

Ordinary officers and soldiers did not understand the various things, but only knew that their firepower was stronger than before. Good guy, the original heavy firepower configuration of the 48th Regiment has nearly doubled. The 48th Regiment of Heavy Machine Guns has 6 in each infantry battalion, but there are very few mortars, not to mention that they have never seen double-mounted machine guns. That thing swept over with a bullet board, let alone wooden ships, I guess even a hundred tons of gunboats would have to be knocked down.

What they have to do now is not only to carefully build various firepower points, but more importantly, to disguise themselves first. It cannot be said that the Blackhawk Empire's people were blown up by the Blackhawk Empire's plane before they arrived!

The southern water town has abundant water, and there are enough plants on the banks of the river. In addition, most of the trenches are dug in cotton fields. After mobilization by the entire regiment, if you don’t get close to 100 meters, you will definitely not be able to find these hidden trenches.

Of course, this is from the ground. If the Black Hawk Army reconnaissance planes look down from the air, they can still find two clear long trenches spreading in the wilderness. Or, the Black Hawk Army habitually raises their balloons on the other side and observes them with a telescope, they can also find clues across the river bank. But that is not something that the officers and soldiers of the 48th Regiment can stop them. They can only try their best to do their best, but they cannot always expect the Black Hawk Empire people to make mistakes.

Chen Sheng also accepted the latest appointment by Lin Li, the chief of staff of the Independent Regiment, on behalf of the Independent Regiment headquarters in the trenches of the Jiafujiang defense line. Captain Chen Sheng was promoted to major and served as deputy battalion commander of the police investigation battalion, and also served as company commander of the second company. His infantry company will be replenished in three days and officially become the 2nd Infantry Company of the Police Investigation Battalion. The ranks of officers and soldiers of the police were all promoted to the first level on the original basis.

At the same time, Chen Sheng himself and the three platoon leaders who belonged to him were awarded a "Fearless" medal unique to the Independent Regiment, as a reward for their heroic battle in Mashoubao. Because the military rank and medal were not carried, the rank was provided by the Logistics Department of the 43rd Army, and the medals were awarded after the Independent Regiment arrived. Fortunately, the Independent Regiment was originally part of the Qiu Tongjun, and the standards for these ranks were almost the same. Except for the slightly different color of the military uniforms, the difference was not much different from the Independent Regiment.

Chen Sheng's army, who thought he had no chance of getting rid of the military ranks since then, was all happy to wear the military ranks again. Moreover, the second-class mutiny became the first-class corps, and the sergeant was promoted to the chief of the sergeant, and the second-class lieutenant was promoted to the lieutenant, so his morale was naturally greatly boosted.

Starting from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., more than 1,500 people in the 48th Regiment, together with Chen Sheng's second infantry company, made a fuss about his position, camouflaged his position more tightly, and a strong enough anti-aircraft hole was dug near each heavy fire point. Xie Yunsheng knew that the riverside was not a death battle, and only the purpose of delaying the attack time of the Black Hawk Imperial Army and killing the Black Hawk Imperial Army in large quantities was needed. He personally ordered that, unless absolutely necessary, each heavy fire point was not allowed to fight against the Black Hawk Imperial Army.

This clear-minded Army colonel knew that if this battle would kill all his heavy firepower, what would he use to fight street battles with the Black Hawks?

Waiting anxiously and nervously, at around 2 pm, the Black Hawks' vanguard finally arrived.

The Jiafu River in Huangsucheng is not wide, only more than 400 meters. In addition, the main trench position of the 48th Regiment is still 250 meters away from the riverside. The weather is not very good, and there is also a faint mist on the riverside. The distance of more than one mile makes the officers and soldiers unable to see how many people the Black Hawk Army is. They just look at a large convoy on the opposite side because of the high terrain on the shore.

Only the regiment-level commander who is qualified to hold a telescope can barely see what strength the Black Hawk vanguard has with the 4x mirror in his hand, but he can't see clearly. He guessed that the Black Hawk Army was lined up by the car, and after all, he had the strength of two infantry brigades.
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