Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

When Hashimoto Hongchuan ordered his brigade to advance at high speed and meet the Dongchuan Army head-on, on the other side, Fan Shaozeng also heard gunshots.

At this time, he was less than two kilometers away from the fighting place.

He was worried that his company going to explore the road would be in danger, so he immediately ordered the Second Regiment of the Dongchuan Army's First Division to enter the battlefield to stabilize the battle situation.

At the same time, Fan Shaozeng also asked the artillerymen in the rear to find good shooting positions and provide artillery support to the front line.

Here we need to explain the number of troops in the Dongchuan Army.

The Dongchuan Army has not experienced Lin Yi's restructuring, so the Dongchuan Army still uses the old-fashioned ratio of numbers and firepower.

The smallest combat unit of the Dongchuan Army is the platoon level, followed by companies, battalions, regiments, and divisions.

A platoon has 30 men, a company has 5 platoons, a total of 150 men, and a battalion has only 3 companies, a total of 450 men.

As for the regiment level, there are 3 battalions with a total of 1350 people. Including the regiment level, a normal infantry regiment has 1500 people. (standard configuration)

A division has 10 to 12 regiments, that is, people to people.

The Dongchuan Army only has two divisions, which means that at most it only has people at full strength.

Previously, the Dongchuan Army, as a light infantry division, had only a small number of artillery, and the total number of artillery in the entire division did not exceed 20.

This number is far lower than the firepower configuration of Sakura Country at the same time.

You know, a Sakura Kingdom Class A division has 96 large and medium-sized artillery pieces. If you include small-caliber artillery pieces, the number is between 150 and 210 pieces.

Looking at it this way, the firepower ratio of Sakura Country's army is higher than that of Dongchuan Army.

Fan Shaozeng, who had never seen so many artillery pieces in his whole life of fighting, naturally gathered and used all the artillery pieces assigned to him by Lin Yi.

As a result, Fan Shaozeng had more than 14 artillery pieces at this time, not counting the four VZ-[-] heavy howitzers.

That thing was Fan Shaozeng's trump card, and he was unwilling to use it until a critical moment came.

Having so many guns, though. Fan Shaozeng now encountered another problem, that is, where should he place these artillery pieces?

Although, Yizhou Island has been occupied by Sakura Kingdom for three years, and the road from Yizhou City to Mangka is one of the main roads.

The people of Sakura Country built a cement road between the two cities, and the road condition is very good.

But the problem is that there are many places inside Yizhou Island with high mountains, especially the Yizhou Mountains in the middle of the island, which are large mountains with an average altitude of one thousand meters.

Although they are now located in the coastal area, it is also a hilly area and there is not such a large flat area for him to place more than [-] artillery pieces.

In the end, the helpless Fan Shaozeng could only put in half of the artillery, and dispersed the artillery, and finally deployed 150 75-caliber Schneider Mountain Cannon.

Just here, those 150 artillery pieces are still in one piece in the east and one in the west.

However, by the time Fan Shaozeng had his artillery deployed, the front line was already at war with Hashimoto's brigade.

After the vanguard company defeated the scouts of Hashimoto's brigade, it occupied a small slope and prepared to defend.

Due to the rush of time, the vanguard company did not have time to smash the trenches.

The soldiers could only hide behind big trees or rocks and prepare for defense. The only few better pits were given over to heavy machine guns.

After all, the heavy machine gunner's task is to suppress fire. They have no way to dodge the enemy's bullets. They can only stay in place and pray that the other party will not hit them.

In order to reduce the casualties of the machine gunners, the commander of the vanguard company could only give up two large pits to the heavy machine guns.

However, the location of these two pits is not very good and cannot cover the entire area directly in front.

The vanguard company had just made preparations, but before it had time to take a breath, Hashimoto's brigade arrived.

Looking at the dark Sakura Country soldiers, bayonets raised, they rushed towards me.

The captain of the vanguard company didn't dare to put the opponent too close. After all, the difference in numbers was too big. He didn't know when his reinforcements would arrive?

Therefore, after Hashimoto's brigade reached a distance of two hundred meters, the commander of the vanguard company ordered to fire.

"Da da da~ da da da~"

Maxim's unique voice sounded in the jungle, instantly sweeping down several soldiers from Hashimoto's brigade who were walking at the front.

When other Hashimoto brigade soldiers saw an ambush in the jungle ahead, they immediately jumped off the cement road and hid in the drainage ditches on both sides.

Then the soldiers of Hashimoto's brigade pulled their guns and fired back at the jungle.

"Bagaya Road! Go around from both sides, go around!" A sergeant kicked the soldiers lying on the ground and told them to go around quickly.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he was hit in the head by a bullet and fell to the ground silently and died.

Although the Sakura Army Sergeant was dead, his words reminded the Sakura Country soldiers who were still lying on the ground.

They quickly stood up and went directly into the woods on both sides, preparing to use the cover of the trees to go around to both sides of the hillside.

However, only a portion of the Sakura Country soldiers chose to retreat, and a considerable portion remained where they were.

After experiencing the initial panic, the fighting qualities of these Sakura Country soldiers were revealed.

They took advantage of the cover of stones, trees or cement road steps to raise their guns and fight back in the jungle.

The soldiers of Sakura Kingdom are very accurate with their marksmanship. They can hit a soldier of the Pioneer Company with almost three bullets.

Suddenly, the soldiers of the Pioneer Company also began to suffer casualties. More than a dozen soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.

One or two Dongchuan soldiers who were unlucky still went down the slope after being shot.

"Baga, you cowards, stand up and charge! Charge!" A Sakura Country captain saw that his side was not in a better position to shoot against the opponent.

Moreover, he saw that the Dongchuan Army on the other side, except for having machine guns, had much fewer people than his own side.

The squad leader believes that as long as the heroic Sakura Kingdom warriors rush in front of the opponent, victory will definitely belong to his side.

Hearing the squad leader's scolding, the Sakura Country soldiers were also inspired to be brave. They stood up one by one and charged towards the woods where the Pioneer Company was located.

Although the soldiers of Sakura Country in this era have not been poisoned by certain thoughts like those in later generations.

But their imperial ideas from ancient times to the present have also turned them into a group of tough soldiers.

In their minds, it is glorious to be able to die fighting for His Majesty Tianhuang.

In addition, the officers' natural suppression of the lower-level soldiers allowed these Sakura Country soldiers to endure a casualty rate of more than 80%.

You know, in the West at the same time, exceeding 30% was very likely to cause the collapse of the army.

It can be said that in terms of the obedience and bravery of soldiers, the soldiers of Sakura Kingdom can be said to be at the forefront of the world.

Of course, the Chinese people who have been superimposed with some kind of buff are far more resilient than the cherry blossoms next door.