The Rise of the Empire

"Damn it, it's shelling! Where did the British get a lot of artillery?" When the rain of steel bullets that heralded death fell from the sky, the Boers were taken aback by the sudden shelling. A cavalry unit surrounded them. Although they were large in number, they lacked heavy firepower. A large number of artillery and machine guns are the source of motivation for the Boers to support them, but now, the British shelling has broken their imagination! This time the British came prepared! \u003c/p\u003e"Fire suppression, our position is higher than the British, and they don't have heavy artillery!" But soon, under the command of an experienced German artillery commander, the Boers calmed down, because they discovered that this time they What they are facing is not the 120mm heavy guns of the Royal Navy, nor the 15-pound army guns. Most of them are small artillery, probably the navy's 3-pound guns and 6-pound guns, and maybe some old 9-pound guns! It seems that the British did not carry heavy artillery this time? ! \u003c/p\u003eThe improvement of these hastily launched artillery is very unsuccessful, at least the elevation angle is limited, so their range is relatively short. If you don't want to be countered by the opponent, you can only hide behind honestly! \u003c/p\u003eFour 75mm rapid-fire guns aimed at the British artillery positions on the side. With the roar of the artillery, the four artillery fired more than 60 shells in a short period of time. The shelling was very successful. In less than 3 minutes, the shells evenly landed on the target area. Accompanied by rising smoke columns and violent explosions, the entire British artillery company was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames and explosions. In the smoke, but when the Boers were celebrating their victory, a group of British troops had already carried several 57mm guns and moved quietly to the front line relying on the protection of smoke and terrain! \u003c/p\u003eSeveral small cars towed these artillery pieces. They moved carefully, avoiding the opponent's detection and shell fragments. After two cars were damaged, the British used manpower and mechanical force to move three 57mm rapid-fire guns Pushed to the designated position! These artillery still couldn't reach the Boers' artillery, but they caused great damage to the front-line fortifications! \u003c/p\u003eOn the other side of the battlefield, the British cavalry commanded by French also transported several machine guns and small artillery along the trench to a relatively forward position. When they were ready together, the first round of the British attack began. Thousands of soldiers clenched their Mosin Nagant rifles and launched a charge. A skirmish line that is not high in level. \u003c/p\u003e500 meters, 400 meters, 300 meters! When the British forward approached to a position only 300 meters away from the position, the machine gun behind the bunker finally let out a roar! The fierce firepower of more than a dozen machine guns cut the offensive formation of the British army. When the British thought they could cross the last 300 meters with just one effort, the dense rain of bullets told the opponent how naive this idea was. \u003c/p\u003eThe flying bullets easily knocked down the infantry in front, and the jumping fire snakes nailed the soldiers behind them in place, and then, after curbing the British charge, the mortars also began to pass over the bunker Harvesting the opponent's statement, those shrapnel shells exploded in the air, and countless steel balls swept down in a fan shape, beating the people below into dice. In front of rapid-fire guns and machine guns, flesh and blood are so fragile and unbearable! \u003c/p\u003e"Our first attack was useless, they had too many machine guns and artillery, and locked all the attack channels. I don't know why, you refused to use the front artillery to support the operation." , General French's messenger angrily questioned the naval colonel. \u003c/p\u003e"This is the exposed firepower point of all the enemy troops on our pillars. They used 120mm heavy artillery in the last battle.

Where did these artillery come from, I don't think I need to say more? Their position is very good and they have a high altitude advantage. I am worried that they still have this kind of artillery hidden. Therefore, we need to understand the opponent's firepower distribution as much as possible, and then concentrate our firepower to defeat the opponent in one wave! "George replied.\u003c/p\u003eGeorge's Marine Corps has the strongest transport capacity, but unfortunately, after a long period of fighting, Cape Town and other places no longer have enough artillery, but even so, While using a large number of small-caliber artillery to make up the numbers, George still brought three 120mm heavy artillery pieces. These artillery pieces weigh about 4.7 tons and have relatively mature gun mounts, which are more suitable for towing by cars and tractors.\u003c/p\u003eNo. A wave of attack is a trial. After this feint attack, the British have roughly understood the weapon configuration on the highlands on the two wings and a considerable part of the firepower points on the front line. When the next wave of attack starts again, it will be the most fierce wave!\u003c /p\u003e"We have pushed the machine guns and light artillery to the front, and the heavy artillery has locked on the opponent's artillery positions. We have concentrated 2,000 infantry! With 20+ artillery pieces and a ton of machine guns under cover, I don't think we have a lot of reason to lose at all! "In the combat log, George wrote this.\u003c/p\u003eThe British re-adjusted their deployment, and the British did not dare to be careless in the face of the Boers who had become trapped, because they knew that what they trapped was only the Boers. A force, God knows when their main cavalry will appear. In this case, every minute and every second is a test for both sides, so even if they attack for the second time, the British A considerable part of the force is still left as a mobile force to defend against possible surprise attacks.\u003c/p\u003e "Let's start! "With the order to attack, this time, the British did not keep their hands! All the artillery was firing at the target! From the 3-pounder and 6-pounder on the front line, to the 15-pounder and 9-pounder behind the starting position, to the The last three 120mm heavy guns! The British firepower is fully fired! The barrage fired by artillery of various calibers rolled back and forth on the Boers' positions!\u003c/p\u003eThe British Royal Navy's artillery skills are still good, after a short period of time After three rounds of test firing, in the fourth round of shelling, a 120mm shell successfully hit a 75mm rapid-fire gun!\u003c/p\u003eMore than 20 kilograms of shells fell from the sky with a roar of death, and the flames flashed , a ball of dazzling white light enveloped a radius of dozens of meters! A powerful shock wave mixed with shrapnel and artillery fragments swept towards the surrounding area, easily blasting the surrounding area into white ground.\u003c/p\u003eThe shells of the 120mm heavy artillery fired one after another Landing on a small high ground, the British patiently plowed every inch of land with covering strikes! Harvested the lives of Boer gunners with high-explosive grenades. With every shell landing, it was a catastrophe for the Boers , and even many people hiding behind the bunker had their internal organs shattered by the shock wave generated by a near miss bomb explosion. They struggled to cover their damaged internal organs and broken ribs, and let out a heck sound to the people next to them , but this can only aggravate their injuries. After a lot of struggle, they finally stopped breathing.\u003c/p\u003eThanks to book friend yinghyh for the 500 rewards, plus the 500 rewards yesterday morning, yesterday\u003c/a\u003e has exceeded a thousand, The author added one more. Thanks to the book friends Yipin Huangshan is harmful to health, little people follower, slowly traveling k, and the sea has a border\u003c/a\u003e~~~! And book friends Tiantian Guowei, Huigezi 0015, hemato, Yi Only very handsome and noisy\u003c/a\u003e~~~! Please subscribe\u003c/a\u003e~~~!\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e