America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 584 Coordination of Artillery and Infantry
Danny happily took his two hundred artillerymen and dragged twenty camouflaged guns into the position down the mountain.

Shooting at the shooting range is not as refreshing as actual combat.

"Using 80.00% of your usual training level is enough to clean up those Spanish scum on the top of the opposite mountain!"

Danny shuttled back and forth among the artillerymen.

This made the artillerymen feel a little nervous.

They are all apprentices brought out by Danny himself, and now they seem to be facing a year-end exam.

Danny is a strict teacher.

But as the saying goes, strict teachers produce excellent apprentices,
The advantage of frequent training on weekdays is reflected at this time.

Be nervous, but the movements in the hands of these artillerymen have not slowed down in the slightest.

"I'll give you 5 minutes to check the position. The target is the fort on the opposite mountain!" Danny glanced at his watch, and then at the opposite mountain.

At this time, after suppressing the US artillery positions, the Spaniards were happily bombing the Miles troops who were attacking from the front.

Sandwiched by shelling and machine guns, Miles' Second Brigade was miserable, and all the subordinate units were struggling to support it.

"Report! The No. [-] gun is ready!"

"Report! The No. [-] gun is ready!"

The reports of being in place sounded one after another in the position.

It didn't take Danny's artillerymen 5 minutes to complete the preparations for all the artillery, just waiting for Danny's order.

If Chen Jianqiu is here, he will feel very relieved.

This kind of training is all piled up with a large number of genuine shells, all of which are money!

"Aim at the target and shoot four salvos, let it go!"

Danny ordered.

The twenty 75mm field guns on the position roared almost simultaneously.

The shells roared and flew towards the stone fortress on the top of the mountain.

The Spanish artillery who were having fun were completely unaware of the danger coming.

In the field of view of the observation post, the artillery of the Yankees at the foot of the mountain had already died down under their bombardment.

They were busy leveling the angle of fire, aiming at the attacking troops and blasting happily.

"Come on, blow up these Yankees to pieces!" The Spanish artillery commander looked down from the observation port, waving his arms excitedly.

Suddenly, only a few loud bangs were heard.

Four or five shells hit the stone wall beside him almost simultaneously.

The stone wall was instantly destroyed.

The commander was thrown out with his guns and men, and was buried solidly by the fallen rubble.

Smoke billowed from the top of the mountain.

And in the thick smoke, a gap was blown out of the seemingly solid fortress wall.

The Spanish artillery who were shelled have not yet recovered.

The second salvo came.

This time it fell directly on the artillery position, and another big gap appeared in the wall of the fortress.

The Spanish artillery who were thrown to the ground struggled to get up from the ground.

Several cannons that were close to the gap were blown to pieces, and the buried human body could be vaguely seen in the rubble. As for whether it was complete or not, it is unknown.

Their ears temporarily lost their hearing, only sharp tinnitus.

But then came the third and fourth rounds of shelling by Danny and his artillerymen.

In fact, twenty 75MM field guns are not too many.

But the fort on the top of the mountain is too conspicuous, and the rate of fire of this field gun is quite amazing.

The firepower was concentrated in a small area in a short period of time. Even if they didn't hit all of them, the damage caused was astonishing.

After four salvos, the Spanish cannons in the fort temporarily went silent.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Danny issued another order:

"Advance to a distance of a thousand yards from the enemy!"

The technology of the elastic gun mount greatly reduces the weight of the gun itself and greatly improves the mobility of the artillery.

The climbing frame got on the horse again and was quickly dragged to the target position.

The carriages and artillery loaded with shells followed closely behind, and resumed their combat status as quickly as possible.

"Continuously shoot shrapnel, targets, the opposite fortress and nearby infantry positions, and suppress the opponent's direct firepower!" Danny ordered.

This is the task Chen Jianqiu entrusted to Danny.

Trying to pass through the area blocked by heavy fire on the opposite side without artillery fire suppression is basically killing people.

Chen Jianqiu would not do this kind of loss-making business.

So, when Danny's cannon started to roar again, Xu Ajiu had already arrived at the attacking position with 500 assault troops.

Just now at the bottom of the mountain, Xu Ajiu and Chen Jianqiu had already studied the offensive route of the Second Brigade for a long time.

The route they choose may be the closest and the best, but it is definitely not the most suitable.

It is inherently difficult to attack from the bottom up. If there are no bunkers and obstacles, the casualties will definitely rise in a straight line.

So Xu Ajiu chose a hillside in the side direction.

Compared with the other side of the pineapple field, it is much steeper here, and there are many stones blocking the way forward.

According to Chen Jianqiu's previous training requirements in Roswell, the commando formed a group of three, formed skirmish lines, communicated through simple sign language, and touched up the mountain alternately.

The firepower configuration of these three people basically guarantees a BAR automatic rifle, a shotgun and two semi-automatics. At the same time, one of the three people carries a grenade and is responsible for the bomb throwing task.

The Spaniard was not defenseless on this hillside.

It's just that this is not the main attack direction of the US military before, so there is no heavy fire defense, but the Spanish [-]th Infantry Battalion abroad equipped with Mauser bolt-action rifles.

This group of people was later pulled out of Santiago by Torres and sent here to defend, and they belonged to the reserve force.

It just so happened that Chen Jianqiu's army was also a reserve force.

It sounds appropriate for the reserve force to fight the reserve force.

The Spanish soldiers had just seen someone appear below them and were about to lean out and shoot.

But never thought that the cannon that had stopped for a while rang again.

This time the shelling was more intensive, and the soldiers who hadn't come and hid in the bunker were directly hit by the fragments of the cannonball, and they were beaten to blood.

Danny and his artillery began to pour shells on the defensive position on this slope at a rate of four seconds per gun.

The Spanish soldiers of the [-]th Infantry Battalion had to retreat back into the trenches they had dug.

Because they came late, these trenches and the fortifications such as mounds and sandbags piled on them are relatively simple.

But it is enough to avoid shelling.

When people are in a dangerous situation, they will always find a way to survive, and their intelligence will increase significantly at this time.

For example, these Spanish soldiers dug small holes in the walls of the trenches into which a man could shrink.

As long as you hide in, you will be protected from being hit by shrapnel. At best, you will be fine with a little dust on your head, shaking your head, and patting your clothes.

But they also lost the opportunity to suppress the bottom.

Xu Ajiu took the five hundred warriors and took advantage of this opportunity to approach the top of the mountain.

They were within a hundred yards of the Spanish trenches.

Danny had already observed the accuracy of his infantry's advance with a telescope from below, so he raised his hand and stopped the shelling.

The fire suppression is complete, and the rest is left to the infantry.

Xu Ajiu hid behind a raised mound and found that the shelling stopped, and immediately gestured to the soldiers of the other groups to charge.

At the same time, he took off his suona from the back of his waist.

It was also discovered that the shelling stopped, and the Spaniards on the opposite side.

They were just about to climb up to see what was going on.

Suddenly, a loud suona sound was transmitted from the hillside like a shock wave, and went straight into the sky.

Xu Ajiu has the habit of playing suona on the battlefield.

Yankees have snare drums and trumpets, but they are not as earth-shattering as his suona.

According to his logic, in his hometown, suona is generally used for weddings and funerals, and it is played when people come to this world, and even after death.

And his suona was blown to the dead souls on the opposite side in advance.

The Spanish soldiers who popped out were already stunned by the sight in front of them.

A group of yellow-skinned soldiers appeared in front of them like divine soldiers descending from the sky, so close at hand!

Called by the sound of suona, they are charging towards their position!
They hurriedly prepared to raise their guns to fight back, but they caught a bunch of bullets unexpectedly.

Each man in the trio has a bar to provide cover fire.

After the modification, the capacity of 30 rounds in a magazine is not too much, but if you fire a few bursts, at such a short distance, you will have to peel off your skin even if you are not dead.

What's more, after the distance approached, the soldiers in charge of throwing bombs threw the grenades on them to the trenches ahead.

Some of the grenades exploded outside the trenches, and some fell directly into the trenches.

The Spanish soldiers didn't have time to hide in their small hole to avoid the shells, and then they were blown to the ground by the grenades that rolled to their feet.

One round of sweeping, one round of bombing, and when the bombing is over, it is time for hand-to-hand combat.

Accompanied by the sound of suona, the Chinese soldiers rushed into the Spanish trenches.

They appeared in front of the latter like tigers descending from the mountain.

The two sides quickly fought together, and the sound of killing in the trench was loud!
However, the fight didn't last long.

The shotguns and automatic rifles in the hands of Chinese soldiers have an obvious firepower advantage in trench warfare.

Compared with them, the Mauser bolt-action rifle in the hands of Spanish soldiers is like a fire stick.

The second batch of attacking troops behind them also rushed up.

After that, there were the third and fourth batches of Chinese soldiers.

The attack of the large army is like destroying the dead.

The soldiers of the Spanish Seventh Battalion who "survived" the shelling and grenade explosions could not escape the annihilation of the whole army in the end.

An hour later, the position on the side of the hilltop was completely occupied.

"Quick! Follow me, we have to clear this highland as quickly as possible!" Xu Ajiu gave the order again.

After all, he took the lead in charging, along the dug trench, and rushed towards the position of the 4 heavy machine guns in front!
(End of this chapter)