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Chapter 1442 Verdun Meat Grinder ([-]rd update, please subscribe)

"Machine guns are only used against natives!"

As early as the 1870s, military experts from various European countries made this conclusion.

Even until now, European countries have limited interest in large-scale equipment of machine guns, and they are only used more in colonial wars and fortress defense.During the Franco-Prussian War, the German artillery had a longer range, and the French machine guns were often destroyed by the German artillery.

Compared with the cannon, the shooting trajectory of the machine gun is not obvious, the range is short, and it is easy to be suppressed by the artillery.

In a word, in the face of a "civilized country" that can manipulate artillery and use skirmishers, machine guns that leave the fortress are simply vulnerable.

However, unlike European countries, the imperial military has always attached importance to the use of machine guns.

They believe that the machine gun is a weapon that can defeat the enemy if it is used to its full potential.

As early as the era of the Gatling machine gun, the imperial military had researched the burst firepower through sufficient experiments. Later, in the face of the threat of artillery to machine guns, they also developed indirect fire.

In the machine gun shooting tactics of the Imperial Army, "indirect fire" was placed in a very important position, the so-called "indirect fire".It is to shoot at targets beyond the line of sight. This shooting technique is extremely difficult to master, but the combat effect is excellent.The greatest value of indirect shooting is that it can well conceal the machine gun behind one's own defense line, and kill the enemy with firepower equal to "murder".

In "indirect shooting", the aiming and range calculation method of the gun is similar to that of the artillery, and the shooting is carried out through the scale.But the effects of the two are completely different. When the shells fly, soldiers can get early warning through the whistling sound of the projectiles, and avoid firepower by lying down and hiding.

When the machine gun fired indirect fire two kilometers, or even three or four kilometers away, the soldiers could not hear the gunfire at all, but could only hear the rustling sound like wind blowing wheat waves.What followed was the screams of the bullet hitting the human body and the person being hit, and the indirect shooting could easily form crossfire with almost no dead ends.

Accurate indirect fire is not an easy task, requiring careful calculations, which is a complex method, although Imperial machine gun experts have long developed the full set of equipment, manuals and conversion tables required for indirect fire .With their help, shooters were able to conduct indirect fire at invisible targets, but the preparation for shooting was somewhat lengthy.

After entering the position, the officers of the machine gun company unfolded the large-scale map and started the operation on the map like artillery. It took almost 2 minutes for the heavy machine gunners to complete the preparation for indirect fire.

"Hurry up, in a few seconds, we will send the British guy back to his hometown 3000 meters away!"

The machine gunners shouted excitedly. The 7.5mm heavy-tip bullet used by the ten-year machine gun is different from ordinary bullets. The 13.9-gram warhead and 3.6-gram propellant endow it with an amazing range and powerful power. The ammunition has an effective range of up to 4000 meters.

In fact, the imperial military developed it to allow it to fight artillery, or perform long-distance indirect fire outside the range of artillery.

Now, the machine gunners believed that they would be able to bury the Briton in the dead field of bullets!

"I bet we can kill at least [-] Brits today!"

Fujita, who was holding an ammunition box, said to his comrades around him.

"I bet two yuan, at least [-] can be killed!"

At this moment, two red flares in the sky flew up into the sky with trails of fiery red smoke, which was the signal of shooting—the shooting area where the British army entered.

"shot!"

Following Song Deji's order, the six [-]-year-style heavy machine guns under his command opened fire. The moment the machine gunner pressed the trigger lever, the [-]-year-style machine gun with its guns raised up and pointing straight to the sky let out a jubilant chirp.

……

Wind!

As Sergeant Doug advanced with the troops, the first thing he heard was the wind!
The sound of the wind was like the sound of the wind blowing the wheat waves when he played in the fields in the Irish countryside.

"rustle……"

This sound did not sound threatening, but when the sound of the wind stopped abruptly, the marching soldiers in front suddenly collapsed on the ground. The next moment, the "rustling" sound became more intensive, and the gentle sound of the wind blowing the wheat waves seemed to change. into a storm.

It's just that what this storm rolled up was not wheat waves, but bursts of red.

The red mist... covered the earth in an instant. Amid the rustling sound of the wind blowing the wheat waves, the red mist and rain rose, and the blood mist enveloped everything around.

Without any warning, the bullet hit the helmet on the sergeant major's head, and the bullet that hadn't faded directly shattered his head. When he fell suddenly, the bullets rained down from the sky like raindrops, and the soldier The places where they were shot were either the shoulders or the heads, but anyone who was shot was almost sure to die.

The wind blows the wheat and the waves sparkle!
At this time, the more than [-] British troops will be like wheat in a wheat field, falling continuously in the dense rain of bullets, as if countless harvesters were working, and pieces of wheat fell down.

When the British fell, they didn't hear the gunshots at all, but Song Deji commanded his machine gun company to carry out high-angle indirect fire at a distance of 500 meters. At the same time, hundreds of machine gun companies , under the command of the officers to carry out indirect fire according to the "form".During continuous shooting, the cold water in the cooling cylinder is heated by the barrel until it boils.The moment the belt is empty, the ammunition hand straightens the belt and inserts the lead plate into the machine gun.The machine guns roared again.Amid the deafening gunshots, the 13.9-gram heavy pointed bullet roared into the sky and flew towards the target more than 2000 meters away.

For the British in the open area, everything is silent, this is a silent massacre, and the bullets swept everything on the ground like a storm.

But in just a moment, nearly [-] British troops were covered by the dust and blood mist stirred up by the bullets. The red blood mist was like steam boiling on the ground, covering everyone in it.

In the torrential rain of bullets, no one could hear the gunshots, only the screams and desperate cries of the wounded soldiers, but even so, the officers still stubbornly carried out the order and ordered the troops Charge to the defense line of the Ming army.

In the sound of "rustling" like raindrops, one person after another fell down, and the air was full of the crisp sound of bullets hitting soldiers' bones. Some people's heads were pierced by bullets, and the white brains flew like snowflakes Then, some people were even cut in two by bullets.

red!

But in the blink of an eye, this open area was shrouded in red. The red mist was like morning fog, covering the earth, and the blood mist had a strange beauty under the sunlight.

When some British people jumped into the crater and lay there to avoid the rain of bullets, the bullets kept falling from above their heads, hitting their heads and their backs.

There was silence between heaven and earth, but Britain, who was in this massacre, could clearly hear the surrounding sounds-the sound of the body being hit and the sound of bones breaking!
It was the cries of misery and the screams of despair that for many of them would be the last of their lives.

They died... silently!

(End of this chapter)