C431 Ryukyu Saw Battle (1/2)
A storm was brewing in the Beijing, and Ryukyu's tyrant had long since erupted. It had been four days since the day French Fleet appeared. These four days of battle could no longer be described as tragic. To both sides, this was a contest of wills.
In these four days, both sides had already released their anger, the artillery barrage never stopped, and the number of French Army s gathered also increased to more than a thousand.
The entire French Fleet was split into two, the flagship Glory s and the three heavy cruiser ships were cruising there, carrying out strategic bombardment of the city every day, and looking for opportunities to land anytime.
The remaining four cruisers all headed north to support the Guotou Village's battles. Each time the French Army charged, they received strong artillery support.
In these four days of battle, the commanders of the French officers s led by Molière and Bruce were indeed exceptional.
The French Army was indeed worthy of being the strongest in this era. Facing this group of arrogant soldiers that were charging again and again, they had almost failed five times in the trench under the cover of the cannons.
Four cruisers fired more than two hundred cannons in a crazy barrage of ammunition. Before the army charged, they had to blast a round, and after a slight failure, they had to continue bombing under cover and retreat. In the middle of the night, they even had to fire another round of ammunition to disturb the people.
When the French blew up, the Ryukyu soldiers dug with all their might. Whenever there was a war, these soldiers would automatically become engineers, and there was only one job per day, to dig the trenches.
Of course, Cai Mao and Liang Kun knew the importance of the northern defense line. In the past few days, not only did they replenish over three hundred veterans, they had also sent over a thousand strong and strong people. In the end, the number of people who guarded the northern defense line already exceeded three thousand.
This is already the limit of the Ryukyu Kingdom's manpower that they can squeeze out. When the three thousand of them were in position, Liang Kun said in a pained voice, ”This is the last batch of reinforcements, then the pressure on Ba will be even greater, and the rest of the beaches will also have to be defended. If you can hold on, I'll go to the Prime Minister and ask for your merits. I won't punish you, so let's die together! ”
This was not because of Liang Kun's alarms, but the current reality of the Ryukyu Kingdom. All the men who had received military training had already organized themselves, and the only people left were the elderly, the weak, and the handicapped.
Chu Zhao and Luo Houzi never thought that they would have so many people under their command in their life. 3000 people was just one strengthening group, this made the two Company Commander s feel extremely pressured, needless to say, the organization of basic officer s, it was enough to give them a headache.
If you have more people, you will need to have an organized structure. Do you even have a battalion of Battalion Commanders, Company Commander, Queue length, and Squad Leaders under your command? You can't command without these organization structures.
Under such extreme helplessness, Chu Zhao and Luo Houzi could only choose the most conservative strategy, which was to desperately dig trenches for defense. In these four days, they had actually expanded a single trench all the way to four parallel trenches, and there were even dozens of bunkers inside to hide from the explosions.
These trenches were connected by a complex network of trenches, forming a huge iron net against the French.
Normally, they were all elites of their generation. Whether it was the spear techniques, the coordination between the soldiers, or even the coordination between the infantry and the cannons, they had all reached the peak of their generation.
Many times the brave French Army had already broken through the first trench, and had even partially occupied the second trench. However, this group of Chinese and Ryukyu people were just too capable at digging, and countless death warriors rushed out from the third and fourth trenches, wielding bayonets in their hands to engage in close combat.
This kind of hoodlum fighting style caused French soldiers to feel extremely bitter. Many times, clearly, they were the ones who were going to win this battle, but they were turned around by these Chinese people.
What was worse was that these Chinese were really good at using hand grenades and combustion bottles. They didn't know where Xiao Letian got the design ideas from, but he actually produced more than ten hand grenades and threw them into the battlefield.
Molotov's cocktail s were the minimum standard, high-explosive grenades filled with explosives were nothing rare. Xiao Letian actually designed a lot of chili grenades, smoke grenades, poisonous gas grenades … There were even phosphorescent grenades that exploded after igniting.
French soldiers has never seen such a battlefield before. Just breaking through first trench, followed by two Phosphorescence Hand Bombs, caused the vanguard unit to be blinded after the two balls of white light. If it wasn't for the protection of the follow-up troops, this group of people would have all died here.
What gave the French a headache was not only the strange little things, but also the crazy fighting spirit of this group of Asian.
No one could imagine where the fighting will of these inferior races came from. During the day, they fought or dug, and at night, this group of people actually dared to launch a night raid into the French army. Hundreds of silent soldiers crawled forward and shouted crazily as they approached the Guotou Village.
In the pitch-black night, Gun were basically useless. They would usually fire two or three rounds before quickly turning into a brutal hand-to-hand fight.
In these four days, Guotou Village had become the heart of the French. Although they did not lose their berth, everyone's heart was filled with doubts and fear.