Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1254 Human Wall
More than [-]% of the soldiers of the First Expeditionary Team are veterans who have served for one year. All the sergeants and officers participated in the Hainan-wide security war or water operations in the Pearl River Delta. There was a commotion, but the formation was still maintained. The officers drew out their command sabers one after another, ran to the front row and yelled the password loudly:

"Stay in formation!"

"One-two-one! One-two-one!"

"Don't look around!"

Every officer with the right to hang the command sword was trying to show his fearless courage. At this time, the third cannon sounded from the city, and the 24-pounder shells flew towards the ranks with a sharp whistling sound.Shi Zhiqi only felt chills on his back and sweat on his forehead, but he knew that as long as he flinched a little at this moment, his morale would immediately plummet—after all, the elders have been touted very much in recent years, and the naturalized people regard them as gods .

Never drop the chain at critical times.Shi Zhiqi immediately pulled out his pipe from his bosom, and wanted to take out a match to light it by himself. After touching it several times, he couldn't hold the match, so he had to bite the pipe, and tilted his head: "Light it!"

Seeing that the chief was so calm and composed, the orderly next to him admired him very much, and immediately lit the corn pipe on fire.Shi Zhiqi smoked his pipe, waved his horsewhip pretending to be chic, and walked to the front of the team with his head held high.He faced the soldiers and raised his pipe high. The soldiers and officers immediately turned their attention to him.

At this moment, the third shell landed on the beach not far away, setting off a lot of sand—it was a solid shell, and the soft geological conditions of the beach restricted the beating of the solid shell, which reduced its secondary killing effect many.

Shi Zhiqi slowly put the corncob cigarette holder in his mouth, took a puff calmly, and said loudly: "Whoever enters the center and left office first, I will smoke this pipe for him, whoever catches Zheng Zhilong that GNYD , I will reward him with this pipe!"

A burst of joyful laughter broke out in the ranks of the Marine Corps.At this time, the fourth shell pierced through the line, killing three soldiers, and the sand and blood were splashed away. However, the formation of the Marine Corps was as stable as a rock, and the spears were like a forest. The First Expeditionary Team continued to walk slowly across the beach in a line formation. Advance to the city.

Matos has been observing the landing point of the shells in the telescope. Although the accuracy and range of the two artillery pieces far exceeded his expectations, they pierced the enemy's line with four shots in a row, but now it seems that the enemy There was no sign of a rout, and they continued to approach Suocheng in a strict formation without fear.

"Keep shooting!" The horizontal team in the telescope is approaching at a steady and uncompromising speed, which makes Matos, who has been through battles, feel a lot of pressure—he has rarely been able to calm down under artillery fire since he arrived in China. A calm army.

"The training is awesome, you can catch up with the best German infantry." Matos praised, "Hurry up and reload!"

While he was busy, a messenger of Zheng Jun ran from the city: "The general has an order! I just hit the enemy with a cannon, and now I will reward you with one or two for each shot! After that, you will be rewarded with one or two for every enemy you kill!"

"Thank you, General, for the reward!" Matos shouted loudly to spread the reward, knowing in his heart that General Zheng had spent a lot of money this time.

Hearing that Zheng Zhilong was rewarded again, all the black and white gunners roared wildly with enthusiasm: Some of them are escaped slaves, some are hard-working old European prostitutes, and the money in their pockets is the most important thing.After firing a few shots, they were all sweating. One by one, they took off their shirts and scrubbed the cannons with vinegar desperately, trying to cool down the cannons as soon as possible. Matos heard from that Qiezhidan that the two cannons can last for 1 minute. The speed of one shot lasts quite a long time, and if you use vinegar to cool it down, the speed of continuous shooting can be even faster.Therefore, I deliberately prepared a large amount of vinegar at all costs.

At this time, there was a cannon sound in the air, and the shell pierced through the air, followed by a whistling like the god of death.Three 70mm brigade guns fired in sequence. The first shot hit the beach in front of the city gate, the second shot directly hit the city wall, and shattered the bricks on the city wall, and the third shot flew over the city wall roaring and landed inside the city. The explosion killed several civilians below the city who were transporting defense equipment on the spot.

Three trial 32-year-old brigade guns fired at a distance of 1500 meters. For rifled guns, direct-point shooting at large fixed targets at this distance can be called a hundred shots.At present, all the artillery groups of the brigade are personally trained by Ying Yude's teaching team. Although they lack modern sighting equipment such as scopes, they have achieved very good results with the help of mechanical sights.

With the first round of test firing over, the gunners calibrated the guns based on the point of impact.

Matos on the city wall soon found that the shells were flying towards the gun positions more and more accurately. Suddenly, a shell hit a nearby enemy tower, and a few broken bricks flew in and hit a gunner. With a cry, he fell from the city wall.A piece of shrapnel pierced the vinegar jar next to the cannon, and a large amount of vinegar splashed out, splashing all over the heads and faces of the people around.

"We've all turned into fish now." A young Portuguese man said wittily, "If we follow the Chinese way, we need some sugar..."

Just as the group of people started laughing, another shell flew in and landed among the gunners. The violent explosion immediately blasted several gunners to pieces, shrapnel shot out, and there was a wail on the gun emplacement.

Matos was knocked to the ground by the blast, he got up quickly, and was about to speak when a 70mm grenade fell towards him. He was a professional soldier, and he reacted quickly. Behind the battery closed his eyes.There was only a loud explosion, and waves of air pressed against him, and he could hardly breathe for a moment.Then there was a chorus of yelling and groaning.He opened his eyes again, and found that he was still alive, and couldn't help trembling.

The uniform on his body has been torn by the air waves, turning into strips.The artillery position was surrounded by gunpowder smoke.There were dead and wounded on all sides.Inhuman figures torn apart by explosions and shrapnel.A black gunner fell at his feet, half of his head was cut off by shrapnel, leaving a completely bared mouth, revealing the white teeth inside.Brains and blood splashed all over Matos. He barely supported his body with his saber. There were only five living people who staggered up around him, each of them was black and stained with blood.

The two cannons are still intact, but their mounts have been damaged, one of the cannons is tilted on the emplacement, and the solid shells piled up nearby have been pushed down by the air waves and scattered everywhere.A gunner was crushed under the barrel of the gun, and he was still breathing, and let out a long and short wail for help.

Gasping for breath, Matos let out a scream in terror, and climbed down from the city wall on all fours.

He escaped just in time, and a few minutes later, the first round of 130mm artillery shells from the first team's fire support, which Shi Zhiqi called by radio, fell towards the city wall.The ten 130mm cannons on five battleships fired in turn, instantly obliterating the city walls near the gun positions in explosions and gunpowder smoke. meters away.

Zheng Zhilong led the main force to line up at a distance of one mile from Suocheng, and he could feel the slight vibration of the ground under the artillery fire. It was already difficult for him to force himself to remain calm. Seeing the faces of the generals turn pale, the soldiers continued to commotion.Where is the slightest will to fight just now.

The soldiers of the thieves were still advancing. They walked a whole mile on the beach and were hit by cannons during the period, but they were still in an undisturbed formation. Although the number was small, they were like a stone wall. The irresistible pressure came here.

The soldiers became uneasy, and the morale that had been heated up by the silver just now had dissipated—it was one thing to go all out with a knife and a gun, but another thing to be shot to death from a distance.You can neither work hard nor earn money.

The generals tried their best to suppress them, and soon the first person who was dragged out and beheaded in public appeared, but this did not suppress the growing panic.

The first expedition team approached at a speed of 1 steps per minute to a distance of 400 meters from Zheng's army. Shi Zhiqi ordered the whole army to stand still.Half-kneel in the front row and stand upright in the back row.

"The ruler is 400 meters! Get ready—let it go!"

Two hundred rifles emitted thick white smoke at the same time, and the soldiers of the Zheng family standing in the front row fell down instantly as if they had been swung by a sickle.As if everyone had received the same signal, the soldiers of the Zheng family who had originally lined up collapsed in an instant, and the soldiers scattered and fled.The generals hurriedly led their soldiers to intercept them everywhere, but the soldiers crumbled like an avalanche, and the soldiers and family members were instantly surrounded by the rout soldiers and lost their positions.

Seeing that nothing could be done, the generals persuaded Zheng Zhilong to escape.Zheng Zhilong still didn't give up. The Japanese Guards and the Black Guards hadn't moved yet, and they were still in order. As long as the enemy rushed up, the two sides might fight hand-to-hand. However, Matos, covered in blood, stumbled over and advised him to run away immediately. Otherwise, they may be injured by Australian artillery fire.

"Their cannons can hit farther than we imagined!" Matos said hurriedly with a dirty rag wrapped around his head, "They haven't aimed their cannons here yet, so there's no way you can resist here meaningless!"

Tong Tailang also came to ask him to run away immediately: "My lord, it is impossible to do anything, please leave quickly, so that the green hills will be left without worrying about no firewood, and the final general is willing to be behind this hall..."

Just as he was talking, the bandit Kun stopped and fired a row of guns, and several of Zheng Zhilong's soldiers and servants fell down.When Totaro gave an order, a dozen Japanese soldiers immediately ran over and formed a "human pillar" in front of him.

(End of this chapter)