C2769 short-arm engagement (1/2)

”Quickly pierce into the island and fight the enemy. Be careful of the cannons of the warships …” As Xiang Ying opened fire, he gave the order. More than two hundred soldiers under his command quickly charged into the enemy ranks and started fighting against the chaotic formation of the French army.

This was the only correct tactic. At this moment, the French army on the island had almost all their heavy weapons destroyed after a night of Zhiyuan Warship bombardment.

Many cannons and machine guns were blown into the sea before they could unload the boat!

As for the limited number of cannons and heavy machine guns, although they were able to reach the shore, they were reduced to a pile of parts under the bombardment of the main cannon.

Without the heavy firepower, these French Army could only rely on numbers to fight against the soldiers. However, most of the numbers were also split by the Prussian army.

On the other side, the two thousand Prussian army s charging over from the shore had already halved the number of French troops, adding to the increasing number of artillery on the continent, the number of French troops they were holding back was increasing.

The French Army in Spic Island was actually not worried at all. This was because the French Army had long disrupted their formation system, causing officers to be unable to find their own soldiers. It was very common for soldiers to not find their own officers either.

The only thing he had to be on guard against was the French battleship at sea. Once Huo Fu realized that the officials on top of the Zhiyuan Warship had already broken through, they would definitely change their target to chase after Xiang Ying and the others to carry out the bombing.

If he wanted to survive, he had to fight his way to the center of the enemy and cause chaos between himself and the enemy. Only by doing this would the French battleship avoid shooting at him!

”Kill …” ”Kill …” The two hundred men were divided into two sharp commandos. One of them charged into the French position while the other shot to cover it and continued firing.

Like two claws of a crab, the two troops attacked together and soon reached a small forest a hundred meters away from the shore.

Then they came upon a siege of nearly a battalion of French troops in the woods.

”Prepare the incendiary bomb!” Prepare grenades! The shotgun s will shoot! ”

Xiao Letian's thought of building an army placed great importance on street fighting and close combat. Due to the creation of the Chinese grasslands, the resources in the early stages of the army had to be supplied to the navy and the nation's industrial development. Therefore, the funds allocated to the army were not much.

The limited military expenditure of the Chinese army could not support them in forming a large army, nor could they support the strong cavalry unit.

There was a lack of strong army artillery, a lack of strategic manoeuvres and cavalry, but to ensure the fighting strength of the soldiers, they had to think of subtle tactics and weapons.

The Chinese Military Research Institute had its own unique way of thinking regarding the development of the military preparations for the army!

Attach importance to sniper, hand grenades, incendiary bombs, ammunition weapons, mines … These were all effective weapons that could greatly increase the lethality of a single soldier.

In the cruel street fights in Haishenwai, it was these unique weapons that allowed the Chinese soldiers to add wings to the tiger, defeating the cruel Cossack Legion.

Today, it was the French's turn to have a drink. These large nose had never seen so many single-handed weapons, especially the large number of Molotov's cocktail which made them complain incessantly.

Pah pah pah … The wine bottles hit the ground, the tree trunk, and the soldier's body. Flames immediately burst out, turning the forest into a sea of fire.

The German optical lens industry was very developed, Xiao Letian could not ignore such a huge industry. Ryukyu already had two mirror grinding factories that had learned German technology and specialised in producing weapons-grade optical scope.

Not only the scope s with the sniper rifles, even the various optical aiming devices used on the battleships were now able to be produced by the Ryukyu.

The snipers in the middle of the army carefully hid their bodies in the forest. They basically did not miss a single shot, and knocked out the French basic officer who only knew how to fight on the ground one by one.