My Italy

Major General Pascal's concerns are very accurate.

Colonel Zelos of the 6th Mountain Brigade on the top of the mountain looked at the Abyssinians with an ugly expression. They were holding various weapons and rushing towards the hilltop where the 6th Mountain Brigade was holding firm.

Behind these Abyssinians, some people appeared pushing artillery, which made Colonel Zelos look even more ugly. On this uncovered hilltop, his Sixth Mountain Brigade had no fortifications. Anyone can understand the feeling of being hit by artillery fire a few times.

Fortunately, after repelling the enemy's cavalry attack, machine guns and artillery were finally able to support themselves. Of course, if they want their support, the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Mountain Brigade will need to work hard to block the enemy.

Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, Zelos, the brigade commander, roared, "Open fire and drive these Abyssinians down!"

Following his order, the officers and soldiers of the 6th Mountain Brigade relied on the terrain to cover themselves, raised their guns, and put each Abyssinian soldier into the crosshairs.

"Bah, bah, bah~"

The 6th Mountain Brigade is indeed an elite unit from the northern mountain operations. The accuracy of its rifles is commendable. The attacking Abyssinians were blocked and unable to lift their heads due to the firepower on the mountain.

Here, an Abyssinian soldier who was trying to climb a mountain reached out and grabbed a stone, but nothing happened.

A young Abyssinian soldier was lying on the ground, his butt raised above his head. He raised the rifle in his hand, pointed it tremblingly in the direction of the mountain, and pulled the trigger with his eyes closed.

Of course, these scenes are just a corner of the battlefield. Most of the Abyssinian soldiers are more at a loss when facing such a hail of bullets. They lack training and don't know how to deal with this situation.

Some people may ask, where are their officers?

Speaking of which, there is not much difference between them. Many of these officers were just soldiers before. They expanded the army crazily, allowing these soldiers who only knew orders to get promotion opportunities and become basic officers who led the soldiers. However, faced with such an unsatisfactory situation, these basic officers turned their attention to their superiors.

"Look at what I'm doing, attack and charge forward."

Not long after they were transformed from low-level officers to mid-level officers, their superiors angrily issued their orders.

However, his order was very wrong. The 6th Mountain Brigade showed enough respect to this wave of Abyssinian soldiers who suddenly appeared and dared to continue the attack, so more firepower was given to them to let them know that they would charge despite the enemy's bullets, unless there was a bullet. Be fearless, otherwise it is best not to use this method.

Faced with the failure of the attack, Emperor Johannes IV, who was watching the battle from behind, was anxious in his heart. The news that the previous cavalry raid failed made him want to vomit blood. The elite cavalry force has always been the most powerful force in the hands of him and other princes and nobles.

This time he suffered a heavy blow from the enemy, how could he not be angry. More importantly, the cavalry did not achieve the purpose of destroying the enemy's artillery, and also caused the loss of 6,000 troops.

Who knows how difficult it will be for the Italian army, which is full of firepower.

But now for Johannes IV, he is already riding a tiger. Suffering such a big loss, if he cannot win a victory, his position as emperor will be shaken. Even if the Italians don't fight, other princes and nobles will not let him go.

Therefore, with no way out, he could only hope to take down these Italians by using superior forces ten times that of the enemy. As long as he can capture this Italian force, he will still be the wise and mighty emperor and will still be respected by the princes and nobles.

"Order the artillery to open fire and hit those Italians hard."

After seeing that the artillery was ready, Johannes IV looked at the fierce battle ahead and issued his first order after arriving on the battlefield.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!"

These artillery pieces sent by the British and French efforts finally achieved their wish and launched a fierce bombardment on the defending 6th Mountain Brigade.

Although the artillery skills of these urgently trained artillery were poor, the accuracy of the artillery shells was not high, and as many of them fell on their own heads as those of the enemy. But this did suppress the firepower of the 6th Brigade and allowed the attacking soldiers to prepare to attack again. Of course, this required ignoring the greetings from friendly forces that might fall on them.

"Attack! Quick, everyone get up and attack!"

The officer leading the team shouted and ordered the soldiers to rise up and attack.

The continuous kicks and beatings from the officers finally made these soldiers get up. They took various guns sent by Britain and France and attacked the hilltop.

"Quickly, put down the enemy's offensive!"

The Italian officers defending on the hilltop saw that the enemy was ready to move again, and quickly ordered the soldiers to increase the output of firepower to suppress the enemy's momentum.

For them to enter hand-to-hand combat would represent failure. Look at the number of enemies at the foot of the mountain, and look at your own number. If you really want to engage in hand-to-hand combat, the result will be self-evident.

Therefore, for their own honor and for their own lives, Italian officers and soldiers must stop the enemy from thinking.

However, although the Italian army desperately tried to hold off the enemy, the enemy's shelling did interfere with their shooting. After all, it is indeed difficult for these officers and soldiers to withstand the danger of shells exploding around them and still shoot steadily at the incoming enemies calmly.

Fortunately, the support firepower from Major General Pascal, who had just finished the duel with the cavalry, finally caught up.

"Da da da da da~"

The Maxim machine gun is indeed a powerful defensive weapon. Although there were not many machine guns brought up this time, its ferocious firepower immediately suppressed the momentum of the attacking Abyssinian soldiers.

Facing the enemy's machine guns, of course the Abyssinian artillerymen at the foot of the mountain would not let them go, and immediately concentrated their firepower on these machine guns that emerged.

Well, artillery is indeed the nemesis of machine guns. Facing enemy artillery fire, the machine guns that were so menacing just now suddenly withered. Although the Abyssinian artillery is not good enough, artillery has a farther range than machine guns. How should we fight this kind of battle where we cannot fight back.

But just as they were running away, the artillery from the Italian side, which had been transported up the mountain with great difficulty, arrived. Although these are only some light artillery, they occupy the terrain advantage and are still more threatening to the enemy.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!"

The shelling from the top of the mountain made the unscrupulous opponents restrain themselves.

The high-level shelling from Europe taught beginners like the Abyssinians a good lesson.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!"

A shell fell into the Abyssinian artillery position, and the violent explosion set off a chain reaction that destroyed several cannons. This result scared the Abyssinian artillery and quickly moved their positions.

They are no more expensive than Italy. These artillery pieces cost money to import.

As machine guns and artillery moved up the mountain, the Abyssinians launched several subsequent attacks, only to be repulsed.

Johannes IV looked at the top of the mountain that was still firmly in the hands of the Italians, and he knew that his desire to capture the top of the mountain in one fell swoop was shattered. But then, he needs to swamp his opponent with a sea of ​​people.

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