C353 Artillery combat and charge (2/2)
”Put...” Let me go... I'm going to die... This kind of flowering bomb mainly relied on killing with broken parts … ”He won't be able to blow up our bunker …”
”Pah pah pah …” Xiao Letian stood up and spat out the dirt in his mouth as if his life depended on it, and at that moment, he suddenly realised that the entire world was quiet, so quiet that it made people's hair stand.
When Xiao Letian looked towards the south with the binoculars, he saw that the troops of about a regiment of Austrian Army had already pulled out a long line and were starting to move towards the trench in small steps.
”Prepare for battle... ”The enemy's scattered troops are charging forward, everyone get ready to fight …” Even without Xiao Letian's order, orders had already begun to rise and fall from the first trench.
South of the plateau, Ta Bulisibojue and the Baron Peng Ka stood side by side on a slope. Both of them held onto their binoculars and stared at the battlefield in the distance without moving.
”Very good, that's it. Disperse Charge must be strictly disciplined, and have good control of the rhythm …” That's right, that's right, let's start speeding up now, the kids should be warming up now... ”Don't be careless, you have to control the pace well. When they reach fifty meters from the trench, let the second wave of soldiers start moving …”
Old Count seemed to admire the quality of his soldiers. This charge was as strict as the textbook said. However, Peng Ka, the baron beside him, was not that cautious. He put down the telescope and shrugged his shoulders.
”My dear sir, aren't you a little overthinking? After such a large scale bombardment, how many enemies could still survive? Even if they had trenches to hide from, would they still be able to avoid the debris and explosions? ”It has to be said that this time, the military department in the empire has given us all flowering bomb …”
Just as Baron Peng Ka was chattering nonstop, he suddenly realized that the hands of Old Count holding onto his binoculars were trembling, and the expression on his face was getting weirder and weirder.
Peng Ka subconsciously raised his binoculars to look at the battlefield, and exclaimed: ”What? How could this be? ”Why are there so many enemies …”
Yes, in his line of sight, one densely packed head after another actually emerged from the edge of the trench that should have been completely destroyed.
Although they were confused, their faces showed no signs of retreating. Soon, countless rifles were erected at the edge of the trench, and the black muzzles of their guns were aimed at the charging crowd.
Not only that, what was even more infuriating was that these Prussian soldiers still had the mood to repair the war trenches. They saw that the holes that were blown out by the explosions had countless Engineer's spade s flying around, the jet black and soft soil being piled up on top of the trenches and the entire trenches were being repaired at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye.
”How could this be? That was ten rounds of artillery shells just now. More than seven hundred exploding artillery shells had almost caught up to their military strength. How could there still be so many people left alive? Could it be that there aren't two battalions stationed here? ”Are they actually two groups …”
But now was not the time to be indecisive. The Austrian Army's thousand plus soldiers lines had already started to move, from small steps to small steps as they charged forward. All the soldiers gripped their rifles tightly, their faces full of seriousness.
When the group of people charged to a distance 60 meters away from the trench, almost all the commanders drew their sabers and shouted together, ”Shoot!” Charge... Long live the King! ”
Bang Bang Bang... The line that Austrian Army was charging at was suddenly filled with thunder, the thick white smoke instantly covering the entire line. However, they only had one chance to shoot. The guns in front of them couldn't be loaded while they were moving.
”Charge...” Long live the King! ” Over a thousand Austrian Army s charged forward while shouting loudly. Everyone held up their shiny bayonets, they were already mentally prepared for a battle of attrition.
Just as they were striding through the smoke belt, they heard a strange accent coming from the opposite side. ”Fire …” ”Free shooting …”
Clank clank clank! The sound of a gun being pulled was followed by intense gunfire. Prussian's massacre started.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang... At first, one could still hear the rhythm of the single shot, but in the end, it became a continuous sound, like a surging tide.
The bullets were like a storm as they rained down. The group of Hamburg recruit and Eastern Army officers had long forgotten their fear, or perhaps, their minds were completely blank.
The shot had already become a subconscious action. Fire, then pull the bolt to back off the shell, reload it with new ammunition, and then fire again. A full shooting cycle wouldn't even take three seconds.
Austrian Army had suffered greatly this time. The thin bag of soldiers was instantly torn apart, countless of soldiers were shot into a sieve, and the distance of 60 meters turned into a slaughterhouse of the god of death.
”Fire, fire, fire...” ”Don't be stingy with your ammunition. This time we brought double the amount of bullets, let's kill to our heart's content …”