Chapter 3: Infantry-Artillery Coordination

  In the end, they were discovered after all. It's unclear which soldier fired first, but the patter of rain on that night could no longer be quiet.

  Zhixi Xie Wenbing was indeed not an ordinary person, although he was ambushed, he remained calm and extraordinary in commanding the battle, using several adjacent hidden forts together.

  Machine guns spat out tongues of flame, halting the advance of three battalions of soldiers.

  Soldiers crawled in the muddy trenches, inching forward step by step, occasionally someone was hit by bullets, and struggled painfully in the blood-colored mud.

  Liu Yuan stood in the command post, quietly watching his comrades on the battlefield, shaking his head. As a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy, he thought that if they had just put up some resistance, they wouldn't have ended up fighting like this. Following rules and conventions would only lead to the death of his brothers.

  Hu Zongnan held his gun, crouched in a corner of the wall, staring at the dark fort spitting fire tongues, and spat, "Damn it, this dark fort is really hard to build, the howitzer can't do anything to it, what's going on?"

  Ning Bo, although a combat staff officer, was a real fighter. In the 3rd Division, there was no such thing as a non-combat personnel. Seeing that the Dark Fort had been under attack for a long time without being taken down, he grabbed an explosive pack from a nearby soldier and rushed up with his waist bent.

  Cao Yuan was also a hot-blooded man. Seeing Ning Bo rushing forward, he was deeply moved. If he sacrificed himself, I would go up next.

  The officer who put down the gun was displeased, "Commander, what's the reason? You are in charge of commanding the battle. This kind of suicidal task is for us soldiers to do. Besides, you strategists can come up with ideas, but can you really fight against the enemy?"

  Cao Yuan then discovered that the speaker was a company commander, "Youngster, what's your name? Soon, I'll let you experience what it means to be brave." Cao Yuan smiled and said to the young company commander.

  "What's so great about being a senior, I'm Wang Yaowu from the third term. If you want to talk about admiration, I also admire Liu Yuan, senior." After finishing speaking, he didn't care about Cao Yun and snatched the second explosive package from the soldiers, "Let the kids see the skills of Lian Zhang."

  Several soldiers pulled together, but they couldn't stop him. Cao Yuan was also stunned, looking at Wang Yaowu who seemed to have rushed up, "Damn, when did the third division produce such a fierce guy."

  Compared to Ning Bo, Wang Yaowu in the third season is even more fierce. In just over a dozen seconds, he arrived at the Dark Castle and said "Let's set off fireworks."

  A loud "boom" shook the air, and the dark fortress that had been blocking our view vanished into thin air, like a burst of fireworks in the sky.

  Ning Bo stared blankly at this small universe bursting guy, "Damn, who is this guy, so fierce."

  Ning Bo was stunned, but Wang Yaowu did not hesitate, stood up and shouted, "Brothers, charge!"

  The soldiers who were crawling just now stood up one by one in the muddy pit, holding their rifles and shouting "Charge!" like a landslide.

  The team started off quite smoothly, but just below the dark fort, several machine guns suddenly popped out again, spewing fire tongues, and it turned out that what was in front of them was a mother-child fort.

  The soldiers who charged at the front fell down like wheat, piece by piece, but the discipline of the three armies was strict, and at this time there was absolutely no one who retreated.

  Hand grenades were thrown at the dark fort, and Ning Bo also pressed his own explosive pack on the dark fort. A loud noise finally solved the bloodthirsty monster in front of him.

  However, advancing was still difficult, as in the darkness, there were still many hidden forts spewing out flames, constantly erasing the lives of the three companies' soldiers.

  Nie Rongzhen couldn't help but curse, "What kind of people are under Tang Shengzhi's command? Such a good fortification, how much time does it take to repair? Just throw it away and let our men die here, shed hot blood. This is not something."

  Liu Yuan waved his hand, they can't let them fight hard on it, the unnecessary sacrifice is not worth it. Our three divisions have many new soldiers and reorganized soldiers, it's good for them to see blood, but letting them fight against such an adverse wind, fearing that something will go wrong after a long time.

  Give me illumination rounds, artillery prepare.

  The artillery battalion commander had long been prepared, with more than 100mm howitzers lined up in the shed, several soldiers operating mortars, and a few rounds of gunfire, illuminating shells were shot into the air, illuminating the entire night sky.

  The dark fort spewing flames was instantly locked down. The artillery had already studied the layout of the fortifications and were extremely familiar with each location.

  "Is being a direct descendant really that impressive? Let them taste the sweetness of growing up with cannons." Liu Yuan smiled.

  The intense cannon fire was like thunder, and many bunkers were instantly overturned, with the bodies of soldiers flying into the sky.

  Xie Wenbing couldn't believe what was happening in front of him, and he said to his staff officer, "Looking at the combat strength of the enemy across from us, it should be Chiang Kai-shek's main force. However, we can't let them look down on us. Tell our brothers that our Beiyang Army has never been afraid of death. If the fort is gone, we'll use people. Tell them that since the battle here is so intense, our reinforcements will arrive soon. As long as we hold onto Anren, even if Chiang Kai-shek comes himself, I'll still take him down."

  As the old Jiang of the desert, Xie Wenbing still had great prestige in the troops and his direct forces were indeed very capable. With this loud shout, the soldiers charged towards the battlefield again with a loud cry.

  Liu Yuan also sensed the situation in front of him at the command center, "He's making such a big sacrifice, he wants to drag it out, is he waiting for reinforcements?"

  Thinking of this, Liu Yuan picked up the phone and had me connect with Deputy Commander Hu.

  Hú Zōngnán looked at his direct subordinates who were suddenly sulking like they had taken medicine, when the communications soldier

  Ran over and said to him, "The teacher is looking for you."

  Hu Zongnan felt depressed, thinking that he had not commanded well and Liu Yuan had come to reprimand him. This was unprecedented, but the direct system was really too powerful. If they continued with a hard attack, the casualties would be too great.

  "Sir, I am Hu Zongnan, please instruct me." Hu Zongnan's voice was somewhat dejected.

  "Shou Shan, get your troops ready immediately, prepare for coordinated infantry and artillery attack. Let them experience what tactics are all about. They think they can rely on a few strongholds and machine gun firepower? Let them feel the real firepower."

  "Commander, we have many new recruits among our soldiers. Can this infantry-artillery coordination work?" Hu Zongnan was a bit uncertain in his heart.

  "Don't worry, I've got the troops under control. Let them go up." Liu Yuan said after finishing speaking, then hung up the phone and prepared for coordinated artillery fire.

  Although the direct descendants are good at fighting, there are only a few who have actually attended military school and received regular military training. When they see the opponent's artillery shells coming over, they immediately hide in the trenches or bunkers and dare not come out no matter what.

  But it was during this brief moment when they did not dare to come out that countless vanguard troops began to infiltrate the battlefield.

  The coordination of infantry and artillery was very dangerous at that time. Soldiers stepped on shell craters, followed the trajectory of shells, advanced rapidly, continuously cleared out enemy positions, and had to be extremely careful with experienced soldiers calculating safe zones.

  However, under this tactic, the three divisions finally achieved great success, and machine guns could no longer exert their firepower under the suppression of artillery, and positions and bunkers were continuously cleared.

  Xie Wenbing was also stunned, having fought for so many years, he had never seen a unit that dared to follow the artillery, and all the dead were on his own side. At this moment, he knew he was defeated.