Chapter 369: Siege
"They don’t have much strength. There are only 2 battalions of about 1,500 people, but here is an important ammunition distribution center for them, with 8 75mm artillery pieces, and 2 armored trains. These trains are equipped with at least 12 machine guns, and 4 smashing cannons! The firepower is very fierce!" When Will Jon saw this information, he was immediately dumbfounded. The Boer faced not a piece of fat, but a hard walnut.
"It's okay, leave it to me." Calipute took a deep breath, calmed down a little excitement, and said.
Thousands of troops suddenly surrounded the city, the cable to the outside world had been cut off, and the only radio telegraph machine malfunctioned. This time God is on the side of the Boers. However, severing contact does not mean victory. In front of them is a military fortress with relatively complete fortifications.
Rustling. Sounds of excavation came from outside Kelsberg, and thousands of soldiers waved their engineering shovel and began to build offensive positions under the command of the officer. Several traffic trenches stretched out from a distance under the cover of night, and the Boers used the terrain very cleverly. Let the entire trench be protected by the terrain to the greatest extent, most of the curved trenches are either in a blind spot for observation or a blind spot for shooting.
When these trenches extended to a distance of less than 300 meters from the British fortifications, the Boers began to excavate horizontally, like a spider weaving a web. After the vertical frame was basically built, they began to expand to both sides, just one night At the time, an offensive position took shape.
"Fire the cannon! Kill those gophers!" When the British found the Boers approaching, they decisively concentrated their artillery and machine guns on the boring Boers. Unfortunately, their estimates of the Boer’s firepower have been seriously biased.
The light of the searchlight and the flame of the muzzle when the artillery fired directly exposed the position of the artillery, and when the Boer's howitzer pushed into the cannon nest built in the night, the British artillery will also usher in their end! The sound of a series of artillery shots came from a distance, and the slender muzzle continued to spew deadly shells, and the successive orange fireballs turned the exposed British artillery positions into a sea of fire.
Although the British turned the town into a fortress as much as possible, the wooden houses in the town did not have any resistance to the bitter-acid high-explosive bombs. The yellow-green flame ignited the British wooden bunkers, outposts, and houses. , And when a 75mm shell landed on the ammunition pile 150 meters behind the gun position, accompanied by a series of violent explosions, a huge fireball skyrocketed, and the shock wave generated by the explosion spread out to the surroundings. The 75mm cannon and 2 57mm cannons, along with the entire gun group, were turned into ashes!
After lighting a big firecracker, the Boer’s machine guns and artillery began to attack the remaining searchlights. After at least 4 extra-large light bulbs and human lights were blown to pieces, the British died, except for the scattered shelling. , Let the Boers outside the city continue to dig pits.
The real fight started in the early morning of the next day. When the Boers finally dug to the edge of the minefield laid by the British, after dug out two iron watermelons one after another, they didn't dare to continue digging in the dark at night. Subsequently, the Boers began to strengthen the bunker and the breast wall, and deployed ammunition and weapons to the front.
After last night’s victory, Boer was motivated and prepared to take down the important transportation hub in front of him within a day. Everything was carried out according to the booked script. Grenadiers and mortars fired smoke bombs, and machine guns blocked the opponent’s fire. , The engineer team used blasting equipment to open a path in the minefield, and the front artillery knocked out the opponent's firepower point.
Then a team of infantry jumped out from the trench and rushed towards the opponent under the cover of smoke. The entire unit is operating like a sophisticated machine, and the closest distance to the first line of defense in Britain is only about 300 meters! With the support of superior firepower, the Boers quickly opened several gaps!
After holding a semi-automatic rifle and suppressing the opponent with continuous firepower, the Boer vanguard threw several grenade into the trench. With a muffled sound, a trench of more than ten meters was cleared, the follow-up troops continued to advance, and the vanguard continued. Lead engineers to advance to the next line of defense.
Everything was so complete, until the sound of metal collision and roar came from the smoke in the distance... A huge figure came slowly from a distance, and the armored train consisting of two locomotives and four carriages gradually became clear. The first is the coal car, then the first locomotive, and the back are two armed carriages, and then The second locomotive, the last one is also an armed carriage. The armored train with a length of more than 20 meters occupies the railway line like a steel behemoth. As soon as he entered the field, it brought tremendous pressure to the Boers!
The British also made a certain effort when deploying this line of defense. A parapet wall was built on the outside of the entire railway, which directly blocked the opponent’s shooting range and vision. It is not easy to destroy the railway or attack the lower part of the train with mortars. The distance to the railway is about 50 meters. It is not easy to implement blasting.
A 37mm gun turret on the armored train numbered Elephant No. 1 turned slowly. After a test shot, 24 rounds were fired one after another. A barrage enveloped the Boer’s loose skirmish line, accompanied by There were a series of explosions ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The entire front collapsed in an instant, and the entire attack step was a pause.
A smashing cannon alone was not enough to support the entire line of defense. The Boers tried to launch a group charge, but soon, the intensive firepower of as many as 12 machine guns on the armored train made this charge a complete death! If the sound of tearing the tarpaulin is like death's soul joke, the dense bullets are like waves of waves rushing to the charging crowd.
Although the Boers used a skirmish line and used terrain as much as possible, the British fierce machine guns blasted the mounds or obstacles into a pile of debris! "About 150 rounds of bullets can make a big pit that can pass a person through the soil wall one foot behind, and the bunker mixed with wood and lime is not to be afraid of. Up to 300 rounds of bullets can collapse it!"
The British used cold numbers to record the power of these machine guns. The Elephant carried 150,000 rounds of bullets and 700 rounds of 37mm shells! And you can open the side door and receive supplies at any time! The whole train is as indestructible as a moving steel fortress! The fierce firepower made this armored train, like a moving volcano, sealed the entire attack channel to death!
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