Chapter 1017 Nothing Goes Well

Allied progress in Côte d'Ivoire was not going well, as were operations in South Africa.

Compared to the stronghold of Xiping, Dahua has many more people in Haishan, South Africa.

This place is no longer just a route supply station, but a colony and the land of Dahua.

The number of Chinese living here has exceeded 100,000.

Among them, the majority are men, accounting for 90%.

Among the men, there are mainly gold diggers, miners, and soldiers, with a small number doing business and farming.

Whether they are gold diggers or miners, those who dare to come to South Africa to seek a living are not too timid after traveling thousands of miles.

In the face of enemy attacks, these men can be quickly organized to fight.

Before the Allied forces got close to Haishan, they were discovered by the Chinese about fifty kilometers away from Haishan, and then the two sides engaged in a small-scale firefight.

Subsequently, the alarmed Chinese army fought a contact battle in the Mnisburg area.

For the Allies, they just wanted to destroy the stronghold of Haishan.

But for the Chinese army, they have to defend the entire South Africa.

In their eyes, the only reason for Dahua to regain its homeland is to allow those barbarians to retake Dahua's territory. This is a shame and must not be allowed.

The Allied forces came to attack Haishan with more than 100,000 troops, but the Chinese army stationed here only had one brigade with more than 5,000 troops.

However, in order to deal with the local indigenous people in the past, Dahua developed reserves among gold prospectors and miners.

At this time, a call was issued and a team of tens of thousands of people was quickly formed.

They dropped the tools in their hands, picked up their own weapons or weapons issued by the Chinese army, and went straight to Mnisburg to join the main force of the Chinese army.

This was the first field battle between the Chinese army and the Allied forces. The Chinese army was small and suitable for defensive operations.

However, the Allies are not fools, and they do not like to take the initiative to attack those dangerous areas.

If possible, they would prefer to bypass the Chinese army and then go directly to Haishan to destroy it.

However, the Chinese army has a way to force them to take the initiative to attack.

The Chinese army occupied an important hilltop on the only route for the Allied forces and built an artillery position on it.

The range of these 75mm field guns reaches 10 kilometers. With the height of the mountain, the coverage of this range can be increased by another two to three kilometers.

In this way, the Allies could either capture the hilltop and destroy the Chinese artillery position, or take a longer detour.

And if they take a detour, the Chinese army will have other surprises waiting for them.

If they don't choose either option and want to ignore this artillery position and pass directly within the range of artillery coverage, then Dahua's artillery will teach them how to behave.

It can be said that if they really do this, the Chinese army can defeat the enemy's army with zero casualties.

The Allies were obviously not that stupid, but they did not take a detour because their time was quite tight.

In order to complete the task as quickly as possible and reduce the pressure on the mainland, they chose to directly attack the Chinese artillery positions.

This was the decision of Vladivsky, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces. As an officer from Tsarist Russia, his fear of China was slightly less than that of Britain, France and Spain.

The ignorant are fearless. Tsarist Russia’s understanding of China is far inferior to that of other Western European countries.

When the Allied forces launched an attack, the Chinese army also launched an artillery bombardment.

However, because the distance is too long, communication is difficult, the enemy is constantly moving, etc., the artillery bombardment effect at this time is not very good.

This kind of long-distance artillery bombing requires reconnaissance troops to observe from the front and have radio communication to cooperate well.

In South Africa, there are no radios yet.

Soon, the Allied forces reached the first line of defense of the Chinese army.

The first line of defense is still five kilometers away from the artillery position. The depth of the entire battlefield reached eight or nine kilometers.

This kind of depth is actually very small. If both sides are opponents with superb tactics, it is possible for a battle of this scale to reach a depth of hundreds of miles.

If it is a mobile battle, it will be even greater.

In mobile warfare, perhaps more than 99% of the time is spent maneuvering and rushing, and very little time is spent in the battle that truly determines the outcome.

But now, neither the Chinese army nor the Allied forces have so many sophisticated strategies, and the tactics of both sides are very rough and direct.

One wants to attack the seamount, and the other wants to defend the border.

Ever since, after the two sides discovered each other, the battle began.

Although the Chinese army is on the defensive side, the terrain advantage is not great because they do not have so much time to build fortifications.

In some places, even the trenches have not been dug yet.

Da da da......

The machine gun sprayed flames, and several Allied soldiers fell down immediately. The remaining people hurriedly hid behind the rocks in the ravine next to them.

"Sniper, take out the opponent's machine gun."

The Dahua weapon that other countries fear most is not bombers, nor aircraft carriers, nor even armored vehicles. What they fear most is machine guns.

The huge number of machine guns is the most troublesome weapon for the armies of other countries.

Two Allied soldiers with good marksmanship began to try to shoot the Chinese machine gunners.

Their marksmanship is good, but they lack a good gun.

To shoot a target with an ordinary rifle requires some luck.

Give them five or six shots, and maybe they can actually do it.

But they didn't have this chance because the Chinese army also had snipers.

When there are snipers on both sides, the sniper has almost only one chance to take action.

If you don't shoot the other person after being exposed, you will be the one who dies.

The hit rate of snipers is so high, otherwise there would be no myth of a sniper blocking a platoon.

Facing the snipers who were killing each other with gunshots, if we were just a platoon, we really wouldn't dare to charge head-on.

The gunshot fired and bullets flew over the machine gunner's head, but the machine gunner was unaware of it and continued to search for areas where the enemy was densely populated and fired.

At this time, the Chinese snipers also discovered that the enemy had a sniper and quickly found them.

Originally, the main targets of the Chinese army's snipers were enemy officers.

However, the value of shooting an enemy sniper is no less valuable than shooting a low-level officer.

Therefore, Dahua's snipers targeted the Allied snipers. The guns they used were sniper rifles specially developed by Dahua. They had very accurate sights and the stability of the guns was also first-class.

In addition, the snipers are all the best marksmen, so when they pulled the trigger, the Allied snipers fell to the ground instantly.

"There are enemies."

"where?"

"I don't know, maybe it's a sniper from the Chinese army."

The Allied team was in a panic. They couldn't find the enemy who fired the gun. This made them don't know where to hide. This was really scary.

Just as they were struggling, a shell fell in the middle of them.

This is the mortar of the Chinese army. Dahua's endless weapons have made the Allies miserable.