Chapter 6 The Attack of the Jurchen Battalion(2/2)
Almost at the same time, the sound of machine guns rang out densely.
It was the machine gun on the Ming army tank. Those machine guns were spitting out tongues of fire unbridled.
Not only did the bullets hit the armor, it was like scratching an itch.
Especially the 12.7 mm heavy machine gun on the roof of the tank. The bullets are powerful. Judging from the trajectory of the tracer bullet, the trajectory is almost straight.
The soldiers nestled in the trenches were unlucky. The machine guns were so intense that they could hardly lift their heads.
Moreover, the Ming army seemed to have a portable missile weapon that kept exploding around the soldiers.
"Damn it, blow it up on time and don't embarrass us men." Tong Guogang stood behind the tank turret and shouted loudly to his men behind him.
Behind him is a very special unit of the Liao Army, the Jurchen Battalion.
All the soldiers and more than half of the officers in this battalion are Jurchens from Liaodong.
This is their first time participating in the war, but what they learned at the Xi'an Remedial Training Center is enough for them to use on the battlefield.
"Aim at them with the muzzle flash, kill these bastards, and let's eat big pig knuckles."
Behind the tank, among the infantry following were several groups of Ming army grenadiers.
The grenade launcher also has a curved trajectory and is used like a small-caliber mortar.
But now, what this thing fires is not a cannonball, but a grenade.
Grenades are launched from grenade tubes. Due to air tightness issues, the launch distance is generally about 200 meters.
But now that the troops have advanced to within 180 meters, there is no need to waste precious portable ammunition.
Even a hand grenade was enough for the soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to drink a pot.
Moreover, grenades are sometimes thrown over the target and explode before they hit the ground.
This caused even greater damage to the Austro-Hungarian soldiers!
The poor Austro-Hungarian Empire equipped its soldiers with cotton hats, but could not afford steel helmets.
Obviously, the ability of cotton hats to resist shrapnel is far inferior to that of steel helmets.
Many Austro-Hungarian soldiers had their heads injured by grenade fragments.
A strange scene appeared on the battlefield. No one in the Ming army's infantry fired, they were all busy handing the grenades they had to the grenade gunners.
Each company of the Ming army was equipped with three grenade launchers, which now became the greatest murderous force.
The gunners squatted on the ground, aiming at the muzzle flash of their rifles and firing.
Coupled with the machine gun fire from the tanks, the Austro-Hungarian soldiers did not dare to show their heads and fire.
Now the only ones that can fight back and cause damage to the Ming army are the mortars a few hundred meters behind the position.
However, the mortar could not hold out for long. Soon, the Ming army mortar following at the rear found the location of the opponent's mortar position.
The mortars equipped by the Third Tank Division are not traditional mortars. These mortars are self-propelled.
The so-called self-propelled mortar is actually an extended tractor.
There is a small platform of five square meters behind the cab, which serves as a mortar launching position.
In order not to affect the firing angle of the artillery fire, half of the roof of the cab was even removed, and the back seat was converted into an ammunition compartment.
Such a big thing pulling an 80mm mortar seems a bit overqualified.
Therefore, this self-propelled mortar became a tow vehicle.
We often see this kind of self-propelled mortar, towing cooking carts, or even pulling cabbage or a cart of rice and flour.
Each battalion is equipped with a mortar company and nine mortars.
The nine mortars fired five or six times in a row, and finally a powerful explosion broke out 400 meters away from the enemy's line.
In the night sky, strong explosions and fires can be seen everywhere.
The ammunition exploded and the mortar position was destroyed.
The last resistance capability of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was over! 1
"Zuckerberg! You hold the explosive bag and blow up the tank."
The tank had advanced to about a hundred meters in front of the position. The company commander yelled urgently, asking Luca to hold the explosive pack to blow up the tank.
"Are you crazy?
As long as I step out of the trench, I will be beaten into pieces by machine guns." Zuckerberg flatly refused the company commander's order.
"If you refuse the order, I will shoot you." The company commander immediately became angry, reached for his pistol, and put it directly against Zuckerberg's head.
But he didn't pull the trigger because a grenade appeared in Zuckerberg's hand.
"If you dare to shoot me, I will pull the ring and we will die together." Zuckerberg said viciously.
His hand was still gesturing to pull the grenade's ring.
"Damn it, I'm going to send you to a military court." The company commander roared angrily, drowning out the sound of gunfire.
"Okay, company commander.
There will be a military court, and we are all prepared to be prisoners."
Zuckerberg huddled in the trench, holding the grenade ring tightly with both hands.
His words completely made the company commander lose his courage. He sat down on the ammunition box and dropped the revolver in his hand to the ground.
Anyway, if you hand it over, there is no need to pick it up.
The "squeaking" "squeaking" sound of the tank's tracks is getting closer and closer.
But no one in the trenches was willing to poke their head out and take a look.
All the guns were thrown on the ground, and even Zuckerberg put down the grenade in his hand.
"Let the Russians charge forward, remember! Don't kill the prisoners indiscriminately, or I will whip them."
Tong Guogang shouted loudly to the speaker behind him.
Attached to Tong Guogang was a battalion of the Russian army. These guys wore khaki military cotton-padded jackets and cotton-padded trousers, without even outerwear.
Not to mention the military coat!
They hid behind the Ming army, and each one of them had runny noses from the cold. Holding guns in their hands, they trudged hard in the snow.
The tongue man shouted loudly to the Russian battalion commander who was following him, and the Russian battalion commander shouted loudly in Russian to his men.
In the end, Tong Guogang only heard a group of Russians shouting hurrah...!
Then he raised the gun in his hand and charged the last hundred or ten meters!
The Ming army's machine guns were still suppressing the Austro-Hungarian army. Although no one was showing up in the trenches, the machine guns never stopped.
It wasn't until Russian soldiers blocked the firing range that it completely stopped.
The tanks were advancing slowly, and Tong Guogang saw the Russian soldiers jumping down from the trenches and hitting the Austro-Hungarian soldiers with their rifle butts.
Haunting screams came one after another.
Tong Guogang was not prepared to care about this. Anyway, these Austro-Hungarians didn't do anything good on Russian soil.
As long as you don't kill him, it won't be a big problem.
After all, these prisoners are the brothers' harvest.
Soon, the Russian soldiers were no longer willing to deal with the prisoners.
Chapter completed!