Chapter 005 Empty Gun

The guard company occupied the Erlongshan battery and did not immediately attack the cavalry brigade under the battery, but guarded each point, placed the wild guns, mountain cannons and captured Japanese cannons carried by Zhang Jun on each point of the battery, and adjusted the orientation of the cannon fixed on the battery, including two 15cm cannons. Zhang Jun pointed the muzzle of these cannons at the opposite Golden Mountain Fort, and pointed some light guns at the cavalry brigade positions.

At the same time, Feng Guozhang directly carried ten mountain cannons and two heavy machine guns, and inserted straight into the golden mountain fort from the south side of the fort and rushed to a hill called Baiwang Mountain 400 meters away from the golden mountain fort.

Feng Guozhang set up two heavy machine guns on Baiwang Mountain and laid ten mountain cannons in the jungle behind Baiwang Mountain. The attacking troops quietly rushed forward to the hillside only 200 meters away from the Golden Mountain Fort and hid through the vegetation and snow.

At 10 a.m., the cannon on Erlongshan Fort spoke.

The position of the Mano cavalry brigade was subjected to the indiscriminate bombardment of 18 cannons on the fort, including the cannons carried by Zhang Jun himself, the captured Japanese mountain cannons, and the original Qing army's large-caliber cannons on the fort. This is the most intensive battle of artillery since the start of the Qing Dynasty.

Under the intensive gunfire, the defenseless cavalry brigade collapsed in an instant.

In less than half an hour, this elite cavalry unit completely disappeared, together with 500 oriental horses.

The battle of Erlongshan Fort woke up the Japanese army on the Golden Mountain Fort.

Several shells landed under the chest wall of the Erlongshan Fort. This is a shell fired by the Japanese 7cm mountain cannon. The range can only reach the chest wall of the Erlongshan Fort. Moreover, the explosive power is limited, and the guards have been prepared for a long time. The soldiers reasonably used the bunker to hide, and the shelling of the Golden Mountain did not cause any casualties.

The Qing Dynasty is equipped with various types of large-caliber artillery on the Golden Mountain turret. However, unfortunately, as a coastal defense turret, most of the fixed artillery on the Golden Mountain turret face the sea. They either cannot turn around at all, or it is extremely difficult and takes a long time to turn around.

When the Japanese army found that the Erlongshan Fort fell into Zhang Jun's hands, they could only use the mountain cannons carried by the army to attack, and the firepower and range of the mountain guns could not reach the Erlong Mountain Fort at all.

The gate of the Golden Mountain Fort opened, and a Japanese army in blue and black uniform rushed out of the gate. There were about 300 people. Obviously, the Japanese army found that the shelling did not work and began to organize troops to launch a ground attack on Erlong Mountain.

Zhou Charter looked at the Japanese army rushing out of the Golden Mountain and turned to Guo Erpao and said, "The second pole, the Erlongshan Fort will be handed over to you."

"Don't worry, Master, this little Japan is not enough to plug the teeth." Guo Er pole said heroily.

Zhou Charter said seriously, "Two shots, remember that the real battle is not now, but tomorrow!" If you can hold the Erlongshan Fort for three days, I will change the name of the Erlongshan Fort to the Erlongshan Fort!"

"The teacher's words are good!"

"When will I keep my word!" Zhou Charter said, "Yao Xi, follow me to Baiwang Mountain!"

"Yes!" Yao Xili said.

Zhou Charter and Yao Xi, with two personal guards, came to Baiwang Mountain opposite the Golden Mountain along the path.

The direct camp ambushed in the jungle on the hillside, and the whole White King Mountain was silent.

The two Maxim heavy machine guns are set at the commanding height of Baiwang Mountain, 30 meters apart. They are disguised by the terrain and vegetation. They are very cleverly disguised. If you don't approach, you can't see that there are two deadly heavy machine guns here.

Feng Guozhang turned out from behind a rock and met Zhou Charter: "Brother, I have seen your movements on Erlong Mountain. This son of a bitch, Mark Qin is too good. The foreign devil is so fucking capable to make such a guy."

On the Erlongshan Fort, Mark Qin's heavy machine gun first showed its sharpness, killing the Japanese cavalry brigade upside down. The heavy machine gunners directly under the hill division's battalion could not stand it for a long time. The muzzle was aimed at the Japanese army that rushed out of the Golden Mountain Fort. As long as there was an order, he had to cut vegetables and melons.

Yao Xi said, "Speaking of which, this is all Meng Mingshi's credit. This imperial army is righteous enough! When the war is over. I want to have a drink with him.

Zhou Charter's heart sank, and the brothers still didn't know that the so-called Meng Mingshi was actually embroidered with Shuo Gemin!

If it weren't for Minxiu, no one would dare to give the heavy machine gun to others.

The heavy machine gun is a sharp weapon of the country. The army of the Qing Dynasty has no more than ten heavy machine guns in total, and three of them have reached the hands of Zhang Jun. Let the Empress Dowager Buddha know. Can she spare her allergic embroidery? In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, Zhang Jun was a rebel, but Minxiu gave the best weapons of the Qing Dynasty to the rebels!

Zhou Charter is worried about Minxiu.

"Remember, these three heavy machine guns were not given to us by General Meng, but stolen by us!" Zhou Charter said.

"Stealed?" Yao Xi shook his head: "I clearly saw that it was sent to us by General Huang." Cherry, disguised as Huang Ying, took someone to send a heavy machine gun to Xiaogu Mountain. Yao Xi didn't know Cherry and thought she was an officer with the Zi army.

"That was also stolen by General Huang for us!" Zhou Charter said, "General Meng knows nothing about this."

Yao Xi still looked confused: "Is that right..."

Feng Guozhang scolded, "You son of a bitch, Yao Xi, General Meng sent us a heavy machine gun. If the court knew, he would lose his head!"

Yao Xi then reacted and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, it was us who stole the Zijun. General Meng didn't know anything about it, and General Huang didn't know anything about it. It was Yao Xi who stole it himself. Damn, they arrested me at the beginning, and I escaped from prison and easily got their three heavy machine guns! If the Empress Dowager wants to settle accounts, come to me, Yao Xi!"

"Remember, you can only say this when you see anyone." Zhou Charter nodded with satisfaction: "Go and call the machine gun squad."

"Yes!"

After a while, the soldiers of the machine gun squad stood in front of Zhou Charter. They are full of energy and fighting spirit. The battle of Erlong Mountain has greatly stimulated their fighting spirit. They are impatient now.

The heavy machine gun is a new weapon, and the birth of any new weapon must be accompanied by a new tactic.

In Xiaogushan, when the Zhangjun soldiers saw the heavy machine gun for the first time, no one knew how to operate this big guy. Some people even thought it was cumbersome and unwilling to march with a heavy machine gun. Zhou Charter picked 20 clever soldiers to form a heavy machine gun squad. Many people were reluctant. In their opinion, this big guy could not charge, and it was really not easy to use.

From Xiaogushan to Lushun, Zhou Charter taught them how to operate all the way. They soon mastered the operation essentials of heavy machine guns and understood the benefits of heavy machine guns. Especially after today's battle in Erlong Mountain, the soldiers of the machine gun squad liked heavy machine guns more.

However, the soldiers are still ignorant of the tactical role of heavy machine guns.

Zhou Charter said, "Let me ask you a question. What is the heavy machine gun used for?"

A soldier replied: "Fight the little Japanese."

Zhou Charter laughed and said, "Nonsense, all guns are fired at little Japan. Is my question so retarded?"

The soldiers laughed.

Zhou Charter said seriously: "Don't laugh first. I know that you all think that when the enemy launches an attack, it is very enjoyable to sweep a large area of heavy machine guns and cut vegetables and melons. I ask you, what role can the heavy machine gun play when we attack the enemy's position?

The soldiers were silent, and no one thought about it. Attacking the enemy's position, the enemy is scattered and hidden in the bunker, and it is impossible to be exposed to the open ground in groups like Erlong Mountain just now.

A soldier said cautiously, "If we launch an attack, heavy machine guns are basically useless, because most of the firepower of heavy machine guns is a waste of bullets."

"It makes sense." Zhou Charter said, "So, you all think that your mission is to destroy the Japanese army that rushed down from the Golden Mountain Fort."

The soldiers nodded one after another.

Zhou Charter said: "You should understand that the enemy is not a fool and will not wait for us to shoot with heavy machine guns. They will adopt reasonable loose tactics to avoid large-scale killing of machine guns. For example, in the battle of Erlong Mountain just now, the Japanese sent flocks to heavy machine guns, which was that they were knocked unconscious by us. However, once the enemy wakes up, our heavy machine guns will not have such a chance.

The soldiers nodded one after another.

"In the battlefield, the most important role of heavy machine guns is not to directly destroy the enemy, but to suppress the enemy. Take the Golden Mountain battle that is about to break out today, when our army launched an attack on the Golden Mountain Fort, the Japanese army must use the cover on the fort to attack our attacking troops. At this time, we need our heavy machine guns to suppress the area where the enemy may appear above the chest wall of the fort, that is, to use dense bullets to force the enemy to raise their heads.

"Isn't that an empty gun?" Someone asked.

Zhou Charter laughed and said, "Yes, it's just an empty gun. However, this is not an ordinary empty gun, and the technical content is quite high. Your bullets must fly close to the front of the enemy's fortifications. They are too high. The enemy can calmly emerge and shoot at our attacking troops. It is even worse. The bullets hit directly behind the chest wall, and may even hurt our brother by mistake. The bullet flew against the ground of the fortifications. As soon as little Japan's head rises, his head will hit your bullets and let you open the ladle. If we don't rise, our charging brothers can rush to the fort. Therefore, brothers, this kind of empty gun is escorting our charging brothers. Whether the empty gun is well or not is directly related to the lives of your brothers!"