Chapter 1016 Hard to Make Progress

After the coalition forces entered the predetermined attack position, they then launched an attack on the Xiping base at the same time. First, artillery fire from the west and north opened fire in an attempt to blow up some Chinese defenses.

The Chinese army did not use cement when building Xiping. The freight was too high and they could not afford it. They still used rammed earth and masonry.

The local black labor was very cheap, so they easily built several walls and surrounded a city.

This kind of city wall has been basically eliminated in Dahua itself. Under the artillery of the Chinese army, this kind of city wall is vulnerable.

However, for the armies of other countries, they still have good defensive capabilities.

The coalition's artillery shells hit the sloping city walls wrapped in masonry and rammed earth. Although they could cause some impact damage to the city walls, the extent was limited.

If you want to use artillery to blow up the Chinese army's city wall, you will probably have to blow it up continuously for two or three days.

Even if their barrels could withstand it, they didn't have that many shells.

Therefore, it is unrealistic to simply rely on artillery to blow up the entire section of the Chinese army's city wall.

"Concentrate on blowing up one section."

Niang watched for a while and then decisively changed his strategy.

He planned to blow up a gap so that his men could rush in.

In the north, Osade replaced the artillery with howitzer shells, mainly killing and injuring Chinese soldiers, and had no intention of destroying the city wall.

By killing and injuring the Chinese army, the Chinese army's guard strength and morale were weakened, and then they charged up the wall and broke the door.

The methods of the two are slightly different, but the results are similar, very poor.

Although Niang finally created a small gap, whether he could rush in was still a question. O'Said's goal of killing the Chinese army was not achieved, and the Chinese army hid in the air-raid shelter.

Regardless of the effect, when the scheduled attack time arrived, they still issued the order to attack.

Subsequently, the coalition forces began to attack from three directions.

The Spaniards in the east did not need to attack the city wall, but in front of them was a high mountain connected to the city wall. After being transformed by the Chinese army, it was more difficult to attack than the city wall.

To the west, the French artillery bombardment has not stopped, but the infantry has already rushed towards the Chinese army's position, and they are engaging in infantry-artillery coordination in a decent way.

Unfortunately, the power of their artillery is really limited and cannot deter the Chinese army.

When their infantry came into range, the Chinese machine guns opened fire.

One shuttle went down and killed many more enemies than one French artillery piece.

"Keep charging, rush into that gap and win."

shouted the French officer.

They were somewhat optimistic. If the Allied forces who had attacked Ceuta were allowed to attack Xiping, they would not be so optimistic.

This is the first time this Allied force has fought against the Chinese army and they lack experience.

During the charge, they did not make full use of bunkers, nor were they able to provide fire cover and conduct cross charges. In short, it's basically just a random rush.

Such a charge is naturally a living target in the face of the Chinese army's firepower.

Not to mention rushing to the gap in the damaged city wall, they didn't even get within a hundred meters of the Chinese army before they began to retreat in panic, making Niang feel helpless.

"Commander, how can we fight this? The enemy's firepower is too fierce."

a senior officer asked.

The Chinese army's city wall, which was less than 500 meters away, was equipped with at least ten heavy machine guns, with an average of one gun every 50 meters. This kind of firepower density was quite terrifying.

You know, Germany, which paid the most attention to machine guns in World War I, had only one machine gun per 100 meters in trench warfare. This kind of firepower density can make it difficult for the British and French coalition forces to move forward.

If bullet consumption is not taken into consideration, these ten machine guns can fire cross-fire at the same time, which can seal off the entire area directly in front.

If the French army wanted to charge, they could only wait for the small gap where the machine guns could change bullets.

But if we expect to rush in front of the Chinese army like this, it is absolutely impossible.

Faced with this situation, Niang was also stunned.

Lacking experience in modern warfare, he was at a loss about this situation.

War in his worldview shouldn't be like this.

"Find a way to blow up all the enemy's walls."

The Nyang people are very smart, but they have not been accustomed to this kind of war mode for a while. Faced with the current predicament, he suddenly thought of a way.

Dig tunnels under the city wall, and then use large amounts of gunpowder to blow up the wall.

Then, while the city wall was destroyed and the Chinese army was in panic before they could re-establish their defense line, they rushed in at once.

As long as they can rush in for hand-to-hand combat, the Chinese machine guns will be useless.

Of course, this move was not easy for them, because their army did not carry auxiliary tools such as hoes in order to travel lightly.

And the people in Côte d'Ivoire don't have many farm tools in their hands, and they are very primitive.

This makes it impossible for them to requisition them.

In desperation, Niang could only wait and see, waiting for good news from the British and Western armies. If there is a breakthrough on the other two sides, he won't have to attack the enemy anymore.

However, he was destined to be disappointed.

The situation of the British army was very similar to theirs. They also rushed forward, and then because the casualties were too heavy, the soldiers spontaneously retreated.

This wave of attacks had no other effect except testing the density of firepower of the Chinese army.

"Without powerful artillery, there is no way we can defeat this.

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Ausayde was even more desperate than Nyon.

He had a headache thinking about it and couldn't figure out how to solve this problem.

Compared with the progress of the British and French, the Spanish army's progress was slightly better. They almost rushed to the Chinese army's position.

Of course, this does not mean that the Western Army is more powerful, mainly because the Chinese Army's firepower on this side is not that fierce.

The Chinese army still has machine guns, but they can no longer find anyone who knows how to operate them.

This machine gun looks simple, just pull the trigger.

But in fact, in the Chinese army, machine gunners are a technical branch and enjoy much better treatment than ordinary soldiers.

There are many people who want to be machine gunners, but not every soldier can learn it easily.

Training machine gunners is much more difficult and expensive than training infantry, so the Chinese army follows the principle of moderation and does not train too much.

At this time, the problem of not having enough machine gunners was bothering them.

This was due to the fact that the Allied forces did not have powerful snipers and mortars, and did not know how to focus on the Chinese machine gunners. Otherwise, each attack will consume several machine gunners of the Chinese army, and after several attacks, problems will arise in the Chinese army's defense line.

Generally speaking, although the weapons of the Chinese and Allied forces have almost caught up with World War I, their tactical level is still very rough because they have experienced too few modern wars and have not summed up much experience at all.

The beginning of the First World War was almost like this. It was only after several months of fighting that various complex tactics were continuously staged.