On the city wall of Lushan County, Yuan Baocen, Jiang Baili, and Zhang Xiaozhun were using binoculars to observe the bandits in the distance.
One had to admit that tens of thousands of bandits were heading straight for Lushan County. From afar, they looked like a black mass, which undoubtedly brought great pressure to people.
Even though the Northern Army was a regular army, these new recruits who had just joined the army for a few months were all extremely nervous. Many of them were already sweating as they held their guns.
"It should be about time. If they were all killed in this battle, the entire Yuxi Mountain region would be wiped out.”Jiang Baili's eyes flashed with excitement.
Even if they were fighting against bandits, if they could win, it would be a huge boost to the morale of the 7th Infantry Division. After the soldiers had seen blood, they would be calmer in future wars and slowly develop into elite soldiers.
"We are already prepared. We are just waiting for these bandits to take the initiative to crash into us. We will definitely make them bleed!”Zhang Xiaozhun was also full of confidence.
"Tell the artillery regiment not to open fire first, lest we scare these bandits away. The 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th regiments had yet to take action. If these bandits were scared away, it would not be so easy to kill them all.”Yuan Baocen reminded.
The 7th Artillery Regiment of the 7th Infantry Division was equipped with 24 105mm howitzers and 48 75mm field cannons. Such powerful firepower was definitely something that the bandits had never seen in their entire lives.
Yuan Baocen was confident that as long as the 7th Artillery Regiment launched a fierce bombardment for ten or twenty minutes, it would be enough to scare the bandits out of their wits and make them collapse.
If the tens of thousands of bandits really wanted to escape, the 7th Infantry Division's second line troops wouldn't be able to do anything to them before a few Infantry Regiments arrived.
Therefore, Yuan Baocen hoped that the Artillery Regiment would remain silent for the time being. They would wait until the bandits were almost exhausted before launching a counterattack.
"Teacher's words make sense, let's do this.”Jiang Baili nodded.
Even though the 7th Engineer Regiment and the 7th Logistics Regiment were not as well-equipped as the infantry regiments, they were still equipped with heavy machine guns and rapid-fire cannons. It was just that their numbers were not as many as the infantry regiments.
With the city walls as support, they could use their rifles to kill the bandits and exhaust their strength as much as possible.
"Commander, the bandits are about to attack. Let's return to the headquarters first.”Zhang Xiaozhun suggested.
Yuan Baocen nodded and did not force himself.
A gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall. Although the bandits were poorly equipped, they still had some rifles. There were even a few old-fashioned flintlocks and pistols.
Bullets did not have eyes. If he was hit by a stray bullet and lost his life, it would be terrible.
Yuan Baocen couldn't guarantee that he would be able to transmigrate again if he died this time.
"Brothers, Lushan County is right in front of us. Big Head Yuan's son was in the city. As long as they killed their way into the city and captured Big Head Yuan's son alive, they would be able to enjoy endless wealth and glory. They would have as much money as they wanted. He could have as many beautiful women as he wanted. Don't miss this opportunity!”
Bai Lang shouted loudly, trying to use this method to arouse the fighting spirit of the bandits.
As expected, when they heard that if they captured Yuan Baocen alive, they would be able to enjoy glory and wealth. They would be able to have beautiful women to play with. The eyes of these bandits all turned red.
Didn't they risk their lives to become bandits for the sake of glory and wealth?
"Go! Brothers. Glory and wealth are right in front of us, just waiting for us to take them!”
"Charge! For the sake of glory and wealth, I'll give it my all!"
"Kill them!"
Countless bandits roared like wild wolves with red eyes and rushed towards Lushan County.
They were in a mess, and there was no formation to speak of. Each of them rushed forward.
It looked so imposing that it was enough to scare many people. But in reality, they were just a bunch of motley crew.
On the city wall, the 1st Battalion of the 7th Engineer Regiment was the first to be attacked. The engineer regiment was relatively small. The entire regiment had less than 2,000 people, and each battalion only had 600 people.
Seeing so many bandits attacking, many soldiers turned pale.
"What are you afraid of? Weren't they just a bunch of bandits? The weapons in your hands are rifles, not fire sticks! Wait until the bandits were 100 meters away before firing. Make sure to use the least amount of ammunition to kill the most bandits!”an officer warned.
In the eyes of these young military officers from the Upper Valley Military Academy, the bandits 'attack was simply courting death! It would be a waste not to accept such battle credits that were delivered to their doorstep!
"Fire!"
Following the order from the commander of the 7th Engineer Regiment, the engineers on the city wall began to fire.
"Da da! Dong dong dong!"
The three MG08 heavy machine guns and three 37mm rapid-fire cannons deployed on the city wall opened fire first. A dense rain of bullets enveloped the bandits, and countless bandits were cut into two or even torn into pieces by the cannonballs.
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