African Nationhood

Seeing that the attack from Huang Jun's platoon was very rhythmic, Kang Duoduo decisively sent another company over to continue the attack and attract enemy firepower.

The side attacks continued to attract more attention from the Austro-Hungarian defense forces on Huangbao. The pressure in the main attack direction was reduced, and even the frequency of artillery shells falling on Huangbao became smaller.

Conduoduo immediately directed his mortar gunners to move the attack position forward. There were only four 4mm caliber mortars in their regiment, and the shells for these guns were in short supply. He was reluctant to use them until critical moments.

Now that we have reached a critical moment, we must use it.

With the establishment of the explosives research and development team, the mortar bomb charges were no longer dominated by the previous picric acid explosives, but instead used melt-cast explosives composed of tnt and dinitrobenzene.

This kind of explosive has stable properties and does not react with metal, which greatly improves the safety of artillery and projectile transportation.

Moreover, the explosive power of the new cast explosive is similar to that of the previous picric acid explosive.

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A 120mm caliber mortar can reach a maximum distance of 6.6 kilometers. Now that the mortar position has advanced 1000 meters to the front, this firing distance is enough to reach the center of Huangbao.

"The 120 gun crew records Zhu Yuan, the scale is 375, shooting to 0-05, 4 rounds of rapid fire, short-time air burst mode."

As the command chief issued the command, all the gunners immediately collectively repeated: "Road 375, shoot to 0-05, 4 rounds rapid fire, short-time air burst mode."

After the recitation was completed, the loader was in place, and the command commander continued to give the order, "Ready, release!"

"Bang bang~~boom~~"

Sparks rose and fell, accompanied by screams and confusion from the enemy.

Airbursts are very vicious, often causing enemies to die inexplicably.

Another unexpected result of this bomb attack was that the searchlight on Huangbao was blown out.

Without the help of searchlights, the defenders of Huangbao were like toothless tigers and could no longer be majestic.

This time there was no need for Kang Duoduo's orders. The mortar crews also knew that the opportunity was rare and immediately launched an assault.

As they advanced, they were very careful to use the craters created by the shells as foxholes to avoid having no place to hide when the searchlights came on again.

More than ten minutes later, the searchlights came on again. At this time, the nearest lurking soldier from Kang Duoduo's unit was less than 4 kilometers away from Huangbao.

If you push this distance a little further, you can use an 80mm mortar to attack.

With forward foxholes in place, the troop advance cannot be terminated, otherwise the sacrifices of our comrades will be in vain.

The 120mm caliber mortar has become free-fire this time, and the previous command can be corrected by the gunner.

Soldiers in the rear would also crawl forward, braving enemy shells, to deliver ammunition.

Time was urgent, and the gunners in the front row foxholes either used the "eye jump method" or the "zero charge" method to launch a direct attack.

"Bang bang~~boom~~"

"Ah~~"

The enemy's screams spread very far in the quiet night sky.

"Attack, quickly!"

After Kang Duoduo gave the order, he clenched the NH-1911 rifle in his hand and rushed out. Ren Qianli, the deputy of the group, also attacked with determination and rushed forward in the light of the searchlight.

"Bang bang~~ta da~"

The new rifle can load ten rounds at a time. This new rifle does not need to pull the bolt, and there is no need to repeatedly aim when attacking. Because it is loaded with more bullets, it can also maintain long-term fire suppression.

In addition, after reducing the size of the bullet, the rear force is not that great, which is helpful to reduce the shooter's long-term shooting, and can also reduce the accumulation of fatigue caused by using the rifle for long-term shooting.

Although the long-range shooting distance has been shortened, the effective shooting distance is not shorter than the previous NH-88 rifle.

Overall, this new rifle is much better than the previous bolt-action rifle.

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The regiment leader took the lead in the charge, and his soldiers naturally did not give up. They charged fiercely and continued to approach the entrance of Huangbao. They soon came to the barbed wire blocking pillar.

This kind of design can indeed block and slow down the advancing speed of the attacking party. The enemy's heavy machine guns at the top of Huangbao opened fire. Fortunately, the South China Army's three-by-three marching system had already penetrated deep into the bone marrow. Otherwise, these waves of heavy machine gun fire would definitely causing heavy casualties.

Seeing that they were able to approach the entrance of Huangbao, the soldiers in charge of blasting bravely approached and went to release the explosive packets. Because of the fierce enemy machine gun fire, four soldiers were sacrificed before finally detonating the explosive package.

The explosive pack successfully blew apart part of the barbed wire fence, and some soldiers were willing to be injured and desperately pulled on the barbed wire to make room for their comrades to pass.

By the time his comrades passed by, the soldier's hands were already dripping with blood, but he still did not forget his fighting instinct and continued to charge with his gun in hand.

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The soldiers charged bravely and finally reached the high platform of Huangbao. The soldier in charge of carrying the grenade loaded the grenade skillfully and pulled the trigger to directly send the fire of death to the enemy on the high platform.

"Bah, bah~~bang bang~"

When the enemy's screams could be clearly heard, the grenades in the hands of the soldiers also began their respective impact leaps.

"Duang~~"

The enemy screamed one after another, and the snipers in the team also began to show off their power. They fired at the searchlights on the high platform.

"Papa~"

As the snipers showed off their power, the high platform of Huangbao suddenly fell into darkness.

The enemies on the high platform also howled and fled in all directions.

At this time, the Nanhua soldiers took out the last powerful weapon, "Be careful, flash bombs!"

After shouting, dozens or hundreds of flash bombs were thrown onto the high platform like locusts, while the Nanhua soldiers below fell to the ground to avoid them.

"Bang~~"

"Ah~~~"

As the miserable screams continued to sound.

With a "pop" sound, the flare with a red flame tail slid towards the high platform.

Taking advantage of these lights, the soldiers waiting below rushed towards the high platform with guns in hand. At this time, most of the enemies on the high platform were blinded by the flash bombs, and there was no way to organize an effective counterattack.

"Bang~dah~~"

Rifle fire, bayonet stabs, some harvesting, and the high platform of Huangbao changed hands directly.

Seeing the mess everywhere on the high platform and the blood of enemies flowing all over the ground, Kang Duoduo breathed a sigh of relief.

"Qianli, organize people to clean the battlefield and repair these searchlights as soon as possible. We will continue to use them in the future."

Ren Qianli nodded, "Yes."

Kang Duoduo called the guard company commander Chen Kang, "Go down below and look for Huang Jun. I don't know whether he is dead or alive."

Chen Kang nodded, "Yes."

Kang Duoduo looked at the silent night sky again and let out a long breath.

"This battle is finally over."

At dawn, Huangbao was almost done.

All the defenders here were wiped out. There were more than 1000 people, almost all of whom were die-hard Croatians.

Kang Duoduo found that most of the food and water sources here had bottomed out. If they didn't attack urgently, they might be able to wait for the enemy to get into chaos.

But these guys are so stubborn, even if they mess up, it will be a long time later.

After the battle at Huangbao ended, Kang Duoduo ordered his soldiers to turn their guns and attack the White Fort thousands of meters away.

A round of shelling directly blinded the White Fort defenders, and the attack of the second and third battalions reached the most critical point. This shelling helped them a lot and directly dispersed the White Fort defenders.

When the red sun shone on the earth, the battle in the southeast corner was completely over.

Kang Duoduo informed the main force, and then their regiment received new orders and headed towards the city. (End of chapter)