"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The 75mm field artillery of the 2nd Division of Liaoxi was a replica of the French M1897 field artillery. It retained its high firing rate and reduced its weight as much as possible. It could also be split into multiple parts for easy transportation.
The firing speed of the advanced recoil cannon was naturally much faster than the old recoil cannon that Zhang Yuting's troops were equipped with.
The Type 3 Field Cannon had a firing rate of about five shots per minute. As for the M1897 field cannon, it could maintain a firing rate of about 15 rounds per minute, and its maximum firing rate could reach 30 rounds per minute.
Due to the lack of training, the artillery of the 2nd Division of Liaoxi could only maintain a firing rate of about 10 rounds per minute. Even so, the firing rate was still much faster than Zhang Yuting's artillery.
Therefore, when the 2nd Division opened fire, it quickly caused great damage to Zhang Yuting's artillery. It even completely suppressed Zhang Yuting's artillery.
"Boom! Boom!"
Cannons fell from the sky one after another and smashed into Zhang Yuting's artillery position.
The shells exploded and shrapnel flew everywhere, reaping the lives of Zhang Yuting's artillery.
Cannons were blown into scrap metal, and artillery was torn to pieces.
A large number of artillery soldiers were frightened by this hellish scene and fled in all directions.
"Bastard!" Seeing this scene, Zhang Yuting could not help but curse.
The generals under Zhang Yuting's command also had ugly expressions. They found it hard to believe that Feng Linge's troops were equipped with such fierce artillery. This undoubtedly cast a shadow over their attack this time.
"General Bai Chuan, the situation doesn't look good!”Zhang Yuting looked at a short general beside him.
This short general was Major General Shirakawa Yoshinori, the commander of the Japanese Army's railway garrison.
This time, the Japanese Army had issued an order to the railway garrison to cooperate with Zhang Yuting to defeat Feng Linge in the shortest time possible and win this battle.
After receiving the order, Major General Shirakawa Masanori immediately led six railway garrison teams to participate in the battle.
"General Zhang, Feng Linge has the support of the Americans, so it's not surprising that they can equip a large number of advanced cannons. He had to admit that Feng Linge's troops were equipped with powerful cannons. However, the most important thing in this war was still people.”Major General Shirakawa Masanori had an unfathomable look on his face.
In fact, Major General Shirakawa Masanori was also shocked by the performance of the 2nd Division's artillery regiment. One had to know that this kind of firepower was no weaker than the Japanese.
The Japanese army had eliminated the Type 31 Field Cannon and replaced it with the more advanced Type 38 Field Cannon. However, the Type 38 field artillery was a replica of the 75mm field artillery of the country. In fact, the field artillery of the country was not as powerful as they claimed. The so-called maximum firing rate could reach 20 rounds per minute, but that was only the theoretical firing rate. In actual combat, being able to maintain a firing rate of ten shots per minute was already the best.
Zhang Yuting nodded. He knew that the battle had just begun. If he begged the Japanese to help him now, it would be too embarrassing.
At this moment, the battle had already begun. It was impossible to stop. They could only brace themselves and walk until the end.
"Order our brothers to attack and take down Liaozhong. Everyone will be rewarded with ten pieces of the ocean!”Zhang Yuting immediately gave the order.
"Yes, Marshal!"
As the saying goes, there must be brave men under great rewards. Ten dollars was equivalent to two months of military pay. This made the troops, whose morale had been hit, become full of fighting spirit.
"Attack! Charge!"
Under the leadership of a large number of low-level officers, Zhang Yuting's three infantry brigades immediately launched an attack.
Once there were tens of thousands of people, the scale would be huge.
The soldiers in gray uniforms rushed towards the 2nd Division of Liaoxi like a gray tide.
Zhang Yuting's troops were indeed very brave in battle. However, they were not too particular about their formation. They were all in a mess and attacked like a swarm of bees. Zhang Yuting and the others were all smiling when they saw the momentum of the attack. However, Major General Shirakawa Masanori had a look of disdain on his face.
Even the Japanese Army's Pig Charge would be better than this, right? Not to mention that after the war with Russia, the Japanese had already started to replace the Pig Charge with a new offensive formation.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
One by one, the artillery shells fell into the formation of Zhang Yuting's troops. The artillery shells exploded, and many soldiers were blasted into the air or torn into pieces.
After Zhang Yuting's troops launched their attack, the artillery regiment of the 2nd Division of Liaoxi immediately made these infantrymen the main targets.
Under the frenzied firing of the artillery, the shells fell like raindrops, blasting open a blank area in the dense attack formation.
A large number of soldiers of the Zhang family were blown into pieces. They were either directly blown to death or heavily injured, falling to the ground and howling miserably.
"Bastard!" Zhang Yuting felt like his heart was bleeding when he saw how many elite soldiers he had lost.
For the warlords of this era, the soldiers under them were undoubtedly the guarantee of their strength, status, and wealth. If the losses were too great, it would be very disadvantageous to Zhang Yuting.
Fortunately, although the artillery fire of the 2nd Division was fierce, the damage to the Zhang troops wasn't that great. It was just a scary sight.
When the infantry of the Zhang Division reached the front line of the 2nd Division, the real attack came.
The mines that had been planted in advance were stepped on and exploded. Many of the Zhang soldiers were in an uproar.
At the same time, the mortars and heavy machine guns on the defensive line also began to attack.
The rain of artillery shells and heavy machine gun bullets caused the Zhang family to suffer heavy losses.
Under the dense rain of bullets, a large number of Zhang soldiers screamed and fell to the ground.
Under the powerful firepower, they simply couldn't get close to the 2nd Division's defense line, let alone break through the 2nd Division's defense line.
"Da da! Bang bang bang!"
The soldiers on the defensive line of the 2nd Division in Liaoxi used their heavy and light machine guns and rifles to slaughter the Zhang troops. In front of the defense line, Zhang's troops left behind a large number of corpses.
The huge losses had directly shattered the fighting spirit of the Zhang Division troops.
Soon, these troops collapsed and ran away. The first attack ended in such a hasty manner.
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