The Rise of the Empire

The artillery positions of the British are deployed according to the standard. Each position has 4 to 6 artillery pieces. The artillery pieces are deployed at a width of about 100 meters in front, and ammunition vehicles are located more than 80 meters behind. An artillery position is about 8000 square meters. \u003c/p\u003eAlthough the artillery of the two sides gathered at more than 7,000 meters at this time, this distance has little effect on the strike effect of the Boer artillery, because the Boers are pursuing a covering strike, and they are not aiming at a certain point target, but using Shells cover the entire area! After Caliput's calculations and exercise inferences, such a position can be solved with 80 to 100 rounds of 150mm shells. If 12 150mm heavy artillery are used to shoot intensively, it will take no more than 5 minutes to destroy such a position! \u003c/p\u003eIn fact, this is indeed the case. The first British artillery position that was targeted has just completed its deployment. Under the command of the company commander, the soldiers pushed the artillery to the gun position, and some gunners took out the shells from the ammunition cart behind And ****, before it was sent to the gun position in front, a red fireball slid down from the air with a piercing howling sound! After a loud noise, the shock wave from the explosion of the nearly 9kg bomb swept a radius of more than 20 meters with a large amount of debris, and a cannon that was only 3 meters away from the explosion point was instantly blown to pieces. After a shock wave passed by, the entire company lost more than 20 people at once! \u003c/p\u003eThe first salvo of 12 heavy guns achieved good results. They fired almost at the same time, and the shells that landed at the same time were a disaster for the British who were caught off guard. The entire position was covered, and people could not see the situation inside clearly, but from the violent explosion and the vibrations from the ground, the British had no hope for those hapless colleagues. In just a few minutes, the entire artillery company was destroyed with all its artillery, more than 70% of the vehicles and horses were lost, and more than half of the personnel were killed in battle, and almost all the remaining people were injured! \u003c/p\u003eThe British lost a complete artillery battery almost without reacting. And when the British discovered that the opponent seemed to have a long-range artillery, the other artillery positions had also been destroyed, and the remaining two artillery companies immediately gave up their suppression mission and prepared to retreat. At this time, the frontal firepower of the Boers finally showed their power. After the suppression of artillery, a large number of machine guns and mortars became the masters of the battlefield, and the hidden 75mm howitzers also began to fire on the follow-up troops of the British. , completely disrupted the opponent's offensive! \u003c/p\u003eAt this time, General Buller found himself caught in a pre-designed trap. The firepower possessed by the Boers and the fighters used made him feel that he was not fighting an African militia, but an army Well-trained European powerhouses engage in battle! Most of the artillery, which was the pillar of firepower, was destroyed in a very short period of time, and the infantry offensive was completely disrupted, making it even difficult to escape. \u003c/p\u003e At this time, the cavalry on his two wings also issued a contact alarm. With 4 red flares rising into the sky, Buhler found that the Boers had already launched an outflank to his two wings! If it is said that with the advent of machine guns, magazine rifles, and rapid-fire guns, the infantry engagement between the two sides has undergone earth-shaking changes. \u003c/p\u003eThen the battle between the cavalry of the two sides during the First World War did not change much, especially the British cavalry. of. \u003c/p\u003eFacing the outflanking Boer and American cavalry, the British naturally could not use the cavalry as mounted infantry, otherwise they would successfully cross the British's not wide flank defense line by going around. Under the leadership of the officer, the descendants of the Anglo-Saxons got on the horse and then controlled the speed of the horse to approach the opponent at a lower speed,

Following the command to draw their sabers, rows of cavalry drew out their sabers. The slender and slightly curved sabers shone bright white under the sunlight. In the absence of heavy fire suppression, the outcome of cavalry engagements often depends on close combat. \u003c/p\u003eA slightly harsh sound came from the air, and the black spots rapidly expanded in the British field of vision, and then flowers of death bloomed around the formation. Miwai launched an attack. Although the intensified shelling had little effect on the cavalry who moved at a higher speed, it still made the British officer issue other orders to launch a charge. It is so tragic. \u003c/p\u003eThe British cavalry began to speed up gradually, and the sabers stretched forward had a chilling light. On the opposite side, the Boer cavalry opened up a relatively large front, making their depth appear very thin, and the opponent seemed to have given up hand-to-hand combat. When the two sides approached more than 100 meters, the speed of the opponent's cavalry did not increase. \u003c/p\u003eThe gunshots like popping beans caused the British cavalry to suffer huge losses for the first time on the South African battlefield. In the last distance, every Boer cavalry almost used the m1897 semi-automatic rifle in their hands. 20 rounds of super large magazines are empty! Hundreds of semi-automatic rifles fired in bursts in less than a minute, causing a barrage that was almost as powerful as a machine gun position! \u003c/p\u003eAccompanied by the wailing of horses and the sound of people rolling on the ground, the British cavalry almost walked through this round of stormy blows on the blood of their colleagues. Opening the opponent's line of defense, the Boer's not thick cavalry line has very limited effect on the British cavalry group's charge. Just after the British passed the smoke and smoke screen, the British were surprised to find that there was a U-shaped position 1,000 meters away. , and they are exactly on this opening! \u003c/p\u003eThe British overdrawn their horsepower prematurely, and after breaking through the opponent's line that can almost be called a bait, the remaining cavalry, who were exhausted, plunged into this line of defense. The mobility of the Boers is really not good Blowing, the infantry has one man and two horses so that they can easily choose to build a temporary position in a suitable place. In fact, the Boers did not intend to engage in a fundamentalist cavalry battle with the British at all, giving up their firepower advantage and using cold Weapons are short and long. \u003c/p\u003eThe Americans on the other side are more "honest". The price paid was relatively high, but with at least 4 times the force advantage, the Americans successfully crushed the opponent's resistance. The two cavalry began to slowly close together like an open pliers. Everything unfolded according to the script, the infantry attack was frustrated and was firmly attracted to the position, the artillery suffered heavy losses, the cavalry flank was routed, and the rear road could be cut off at a glance.... \u003c/p\u003e And at this moment, when Kruger thought that the overall situation was settled, the sound of artillery from a certain col located outside the encirclement made the Boers' plan fall short! \u003c/p\u003eThanks to book friends Soaring in the Stars of the Universe, Ye Zhong 2015\u003c/a\u003e~~~! The second is more ~~~, please subscribe and support~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e