The 24 130mm cannons of the Sun Nation's 1st division fired wildly at the second line of defense.
After half an hour of bombardment, the 3,000 men of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Regiment rushed towards the 2nd defense line. The 2nd defense line was guarded by 486 men led by the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment, Yong Wang, and 126 men of the Nine Links City Self-Defense Force, who were reorganized from the constables of the Nine Links City government.
Before the war began, the Sun Nation's government had proposed a strategy to pull the Han people to rebel against the Ancestral Dragon Empire in order to reduce the resistance of invading the Ancestral Dragon Nation. However, in actual practice, this was not done at all. The Sun Nation's army could not distinguish them. In fact, they were too lazy to distinguish the people of Ancestral Dragon Nation. Which race were they? If they did not snatch the benefits when they saw them, would they still be the Sun Nation's army?
In the end, the Sun Nation's army burned, killed, and looted indiscriminately, gathering the general resistance of all the ethnic groups in the northeast, including the Han people. The Sun Nation's army felt that this policy was purely unnecessary. The army generals had an excuse not to implement it, so they acted even more unscrupulously!
In addition, after the 1st division entered deep into the Celestial Empire, they started to replenish their rations through war. They became more and more enthusiastic, and the other evils that accompanied them also rose with the tide. If they were to be blamed on every army that invaded the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom and the Sun Nation, the atrocities they committed would be even more serious than in history. Each of them had three Ancestral Dragon Kingdom people's lives. In fact, the 1st division had already become a complete beast. Not only did the generals not feel ashamed, but they also felt proud. On one hand, they believed that this would help maintain the high morale of the troops, and on the other hand, they could also gain huge benefits from it. Strictly speaking, what the officers got was the biggest part, while those soldiers who had done it directly would only get a little bit of soup.
"Brothers, get up. The Sun Nation's army is coming.”
The enemy had 3000 men, while they only had 600 men. They outnumbered them by five times. The enemy was the attacker, so Yong Wang's troops only needed to stay in the tunnel and shoot at them.
"Fight!" With the full-scale attack of the Sun Nation's army, the casualty rate of Yong Wang's troops rose sharply. The combat strength had dropped to 500 people, and more than 100 people were killed or injured. They were either transported back to the city or rested in a foreign country. The battle was close to the climax from the beginning. Even though there was no new story during the day, Yong Wang's troops were also exhausted and exhausted. Now, the Sun Nation's army was attacking longer and longer. The more casualties Wang Yong's troops suffered.
"Men! Request! Lord Defender, support us with your cannons." Yong Wang said.
"Order Monk Li to fire at the Sun Nation's army in front of us. Fire at 10 rapid speed!”Wang Zhizhen said from the city wall.
When the Sun Nation's army was about 100 meters away from the third line of defense, Yong Wang ordered the three heavy machine guns to open fire. In an instant, three death bullets rained down on the 2nd Regiment. At this moment, the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Regiment continued to charge forward. There was no defensive zone on the ground, and they could not escape even if they wanted to. The Maxim Heavy Machine Gun fired 600 bullets per minute, killing nearly 700 people in less than 10 minutes. The 1st Regiment was scared out of their wits and retreated frantically. However, the Maxim machine gun's firepower kept chasing them away. All the riflemen at the position called their names one by one. The Sun Nation's 1st division, 2nd regiment's attack had failed.
The commander of the 1st division was Lieutenant General Hatoyama. When he saw this scene through the binoculars, he suddenly remembered that the Ancestral Dragon Army was equipped with heavy machine guns. During the Korean war, there were a few, but very few. There were actually three heavy machine guns here. Their division also had them, but they only had them for two days because they were monsters that ate bullets. No country would be willing to equip it, as its firing speed was fast and its accuracy was lacking.
"Bajialu, order the artillery unit to find the enemy's cannons and blast them back.”Lieutenant General Jiu Shan was furious. He thought that he could take them down with a single charge, but he didn't expect to lose half of his regiment.
"Change the Third Regiment to attack. We must take down Nine Links City today and open up a path for the army.”
Now, the 4th Battalion was facing the 3rd Battalion. Ma Yong led a patrol unit of 432 people to replace the 1st Battalion. The 1st Battalion was withdrawn and went to rest.
Since this morning, Wang Zhizhen had led his first regiment and the four battalions into four shifts to guard the third line of defense. Firstly, it was for the purpose of training soldiers, and secondly, it was for the officers of the Reorganization Department to be trained.
The 3,000 soldiers of the Sun Nation's Third Regiment rushed towards the camp under the cover of artillery fire. However, they did not know about Ma Yong's secret weapon. Grenades had been distributed to the soldiers. The explosion radius of these grenades was only 2.5 meters, and there were only 25 fragments. The earliest batch of grenades.
"Brothers, hold on! It's too early to fire now. Grenades, get ready! Once the grenades are thrown, the riflemen and heavy machine guns will shoot to the death.”Yong Wang said.
He was a bold and cautious person. He was relatively stubborn and had a good brain. Wang Yong was afraid that these scattered soldiers would be frightened, so he did not dare to let the enemy get too close from the beginning. If he let them charge and rushed in front of him, they might scare them to death. He was more cautious than timid. He was suitable to be a general, but not a marshal.
The soldiers of the 3rd Company walked to the opposite side and stopped firing. At this moment, even the nose hair on the opposite side could be seen. No one fired. It seemed that the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's army had escaped again. The soldiers of the 3rd Company laughed loudly and sped up to the 3rd defense line.
"Grenade, throw! Everyone fire! Ma Yong said.
The soldiers of the Third Regiment were like wheat being harvested. They were all killed in one wave. They had never seen grenades before. They kept exploding in the crowd. The Third Regiment was caught off guard. They did not expect that there would be artillery shells falling so close. Were they not afraid of blowing up their own people? The commander of the Third Regiment was dumbfounded.
"Retreat, retreat! The regimental commander of the Third Alliance could not bear to see his soldiers die one by one, so he gave the order not to retreat. When they retreated, the regiment commander almost cried when he saw that. There were less than 800 people in the entire army who had retreated, which meant that he had really suffered more than 2,000 casualties.
"Baka! Lieutenant General Hatoyama came to the 3rd Regiment and slapped the regiment commander twice.
"Hey! Regiment Commander, we just encountered a new attack from the enemy. When we were approaching the camp, a cannon exploded beside us. Our casualties are too heavy. If we charge any further, we will be courting death. I have to figure out where this cannonball was fired from and what kind of weapon it is.
"New weapon? Ancestral Dragon Country has no new weapons. Their technology is very backward. They have to buy rifles and bullets. You're a coward!”Lieutenant General Jiu of the 3rd division was furious.
"Hey! Your subordinate is telling the truth, please understand!”The commander of the 3rd regiment said.
"Hey! He ordered the 7th Company of the 3rd Brigade to continue attacking. He told them to be careful of the enemy's new weapon, but they had to find out what it was.”Lieutenant General Hatoyama looked at the commander of the Third Regiment. He didn't seem to be lying.
The 7th regiment of the 3rd regiment received the order and immediately organized an attack. The enemy did not have any time to rest. The 3rd line of defense was still under the command of the 4th battalion, Ma Yong.
The 7th Regiment had a total of 3700 people. They were the main force of the 3rd Regiment and were equipped with three heavy machine guns. They had strong firepower and were transported back from the mainland. They had not experienced the war in the Stick Country, so they had retained their strength.
This was going to be troublesome. When Wang Zhizhen saw so many Sun Nation troops charging towards the third defense line, he immediately ordered the artillery team, Monk Li, to bombard the Sun Nation troops with all their might to give the 4th Battalion the greatest support. He was also worried about taking on the enemy's artillery fire, so he sent a patrol battalion to the third defense line. Because the city gate was only a kilometer away from the third defense line, reinforcements were quickly sent in.
The commander of the 7th regiment led 3,000 soldiers and slowly approached the 3rd defense line. He probed the location of the heavy machine and ordered the artillery to fire at the intermediate position. This caused Ma Yong's 4th battalion to suffer heavy losses. Two heavy machine guns were destroyed. Fortunately, there was a patrol battalion that came over as reinforcements and withstood the enemy's attack. However, when Wang Zhizhen saw that there was really a danger of breaking through, he immediately used his secret weapon, grenades, and threw them!
At this moment, the 7th regiment of the 7th Brigade of the Sun Nation army finally knew that this was a hand-thrown cannon. The soldiers of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom called it a grenade.
"Retreat! Retreat! The Seventh Regiment Commander had already figured out the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's weapon. He hurriedly ordered the military vehicles to retreat because every minute, at least ten people died under the guns of the soldiers of the motherland.
After the enemy retreated, Wang Zhizhen quickly ordered Fang Yong to lead the 3rd Battalion to reinforce and replace Wang Yong's 1st Battalion.
"Regiment Commander, I've already figured out the enemy's new weapon. It's a hand-thrown cannon. This hand-cannon is like our cannonball, but its power is much smaller. The explosion range is about two meters. However, the enemy has been using grenades for so long. As long as we get close to them, they keep throwing them at us. We can't break through the enemy's position at all. Sir, we should ask the three generals of the First Army for help! With our current abilities, it is impossible for us to break through the defensive line, let alone take down Nine Links City.”
"Pass down the order to stop the attack! We are waiting for reinforcements. Send a message to the First Army headquarters and request for combat guidance!”
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