The Rise of the Empire

"They don't have many troops, only 2 battalions of about 1,500 people, but this is an important ammunition distribution center for them. It has 8 75mm artillery pieces, and 2 armored trains. These trains are equipped with at least 12 machine guns. 4 bang bang cannons! The firepower is very fierce!" When Wiljoen saw this information, he was dumbfounded. What the Boers faced was not a piece of fat, but a hard walnut. \u003c/p\u003e"It's okay, leave everything to me." Caliput took a deep breath and said after calming down his slightly excited mood. \u003c/p\u003eThousands of troops suddenly surrounded the city, the wired telegraph to the outside world has been cut off, and the only radio telegraph broke down again. This time God was on the side of the Boers. But cutting off the connection does not mean victory. In front of them is a military fortress with relatively complete fortifications. \u003c/p\u003eShushashasha. The sound of digging came from outside the city of Kelsberg. Thousands of soldiers waved their engineering shovels and began to build an offensive position under the command of the officer. Several traffic trenches extended from a distance under the cover of night, and the Boers made very clever use of the terrain. Let the entire trench be protected by the terrain to the greatest extent, and most of the curved trenches are either in the dead angle of observation or in the dead angle of shooting. \u003c/p\u003eWhen these trenches extended to a distance of less than 300 meters from the British fortifications, the Boers began to dig horizontally, like a spider weaving a web, and began to expand to both sides when the longitudinal frame was basically completed , In just one night, an offensive position took shape. \u003c/p\u003e"Fire and attack! Kill those gophers!" When the British found the Boers approaching, they decisively concentrated their artillery and machine guns on the Boers who were digging. But it is a pity that their estimation of the firepower of the Boers has been seriously biased. \u003c/p\u003eThe light of the searchlight and the muzzle flame of the artillery directly exposed the position of the artillery, and when the Boer howitzers advanced into the artillery nest built in the night, the British artillery will also usher in their doomsday! The sound of a series of artillery shots came from a distance, and the slender muzzle continuously spewed deadly shells. The successive orange fireballs turned the exposed British artillery positions into a sea of ​​flames. \u003c/p\u003eAlthough the British tried their best to turn this town into a fortress, the wooden houses in the town had no resistance to the high-explosive picric acid bombs. The yellow-green flames ignited the British wooden bunkers and whistles buildings, and houses, and when a 75mm shell fell on the ammunition pile 150 meters behind the gun position, accompanied by a series of violent explosions, a huge fireball rose into the air, and the shock wave generated by the explosion spread to the surroundings. Go, turn 2 75mm guns and 2 57mm guns into ashes along with the entire battery! \u003c/p\u003eAnd when a big firecracker was lit, the Boers' machine guns and artillery began to attack the remaining searchlights. After at least 4 oversized light bulbs were blown to pieces, the British died, except for scattered In addition to the bombardment, the Boers outside the city were allowed to continue digging. \u003c/p\u003eThe real fighting began in the early morning of the next day. When the Boers finally dug to the edge of the minefield laid by the British, after digging out two iron watermelons, they dared not continue to dig in the dark at night. down. Subsequently, the Boers began to strengthen the bunkers and parapets, and deployed ammunition and weapons to the front. \u003c/p\u003eAfter last night’s victory, the Boers’ morale was high, and they were ready to take down this important transportation hub in front of them within a day. Everything unfolded according to the predetermined script. The machine gun blocked the opponent's firepower, and the engineering team used explosive equipment to open a path in the minefield, and the front artillery knocked out the opponent's firepower point. \u003c/p\u003e Then groups of infantry jumped out of the trenches,

Rush towards the opponent under the cover of smoke. The whole army is running like a precision machine, and the closest distance to the British first line of defense is only about 300 meters! With the support of superior firepower, the Boers quickly opened several gaps! \u003c/p\u003eThe Boer vanguard with a semi-automatic rifle used continuous firepower to suppress the opponent, and then threw several grenades into the trench. With a muffled sound, a trench with a length of more than ten meters was cleared, and the follow-up troops continued to move forward , while the vanguard continued to lead the engineers to advance to the next line of defense. \u003c/p\u003eEverything is so perfect, until the sound of metal clashing and roaring came from the smoke in the distance... A huge figure slowly approached from a distance, and the armored train consisting of two locomotives and four carriages gradually became clear. The coal car was at the front, followed by the first locomotive, followed by two armed carriages, and then the The second and last locomotive is also an armed carriage. The armored train with a length of more than 20 meters is entrenched on the railway line like a steel behemoth. As soon as he entered the field, it brought tremendous pressure to the Boers! \u003c/p\u003eThe British also put in a lot of effort when deploying this line of defense. A parapet was built on the outside of the entire railway, which directly blocked the opponent's shooting range and vision. It's not easy, the distance between the parapet and the railway is about 50 meters. It is not easy to implement blasting. \u003c/p\u003eA 37mm gun turret on the armored train numbered Elephant No. 1 slowly rotated. After a test shot, 24 shells were fired one after another, and a barrage enveloped the loose Boer stragglers The line, accompanied by the sound of explosions one after another, the entire battle line collapsed in an instant, and the entire attack process was also stopped. \u003c/p\u003eA simple bang cannon is not enough to support the entire defense line. The Boers tried to launch a group charge, but soon, the intensive firepower of as many as 12 machine guns on the armored train made this charge an out-and-out to die! If the sound of tearing tarpaulin is like a lullaby of death, the dense bullets rush towards the charging crowd like waves. \u003c/p\u003eAlthough the Boers used the skirmish line and used the cover of the terrain as much as possible, the fierce machine gun firepower of the British smashed the mounds or obstacles into a pile of pieces! "About 150 bullets can make a big hole in the earth wall one foot behind, which can accommodate one person. A bunker mixed with wood and dust is not to be feared. Up to 300 bullets can knock it down!"\u003c/ p\u003eThe British used cold numbers to record the power of these machine guns. The Elephant carried 150,000 rounds of ammunition and 700 rounds of 37mm shells! And you can open the side door to receive supplies at any time! The whole train is as indestructible as a moving steel fortress! The fierce firepower made this armored train seal the entire attack channel like a moving volcano! \u003c/p\u003eThanks to book friends Lost Battle Song, Slowly Traveling K, Sea Boundary, bighill1982's \u003c/a\u003e~~~, as well as the shadow of book friends crazy, mutual trouble, Gensokyo Fleet Admiral, lonely ぁ heart is in \u003c/a\u003e support from homeless and Harvard Street~~~! The author's third update yesterday actually didn't have as many subscriptions as the usual two updates--! The author burst into tears--! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e