The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 132 Unaccustomed Hand-to-Hand Combat

Teng Yuzhao reached out to take the G98 with a bayonet attached from a guard squad soldier and shouted to Wu Peifu.

"Zi Yu, you stay here. When the heavy machine gun sentry arrives, have them go up to the earthen city wall at the west gate and attack eastward along the north wall. Take the east gate and the northeast corner of the wall before the coalition forces. Not only should they suppress the coalition forces in the east bureau with firepower and cover the assault brigade to eliminate the enemy, but they should also use intensive firepower to block the coalition forces' subsequent attacking forces as much as possible."

"Once the first regiment launches an attack, they must use intensive firepower to cooperate with the first regiment to eliminate the British troops in the northeast corner."

"Tell them not to be stingy with the ammunition for the heavy machine guns. Just kill as many enemies as possible, and there will be enough ammunition for them."

In order to save ammunition, after reading the list of all weapons and ammunition in stock in Xigu reported to him by Li Yulin yesterday, Teng Yuzao had already issued orders to the troops through Wei Jinghai. Unless encountering a large number of enemy charges, all Maxim machine guns were not allowed to fire rapidly, and were only allowed to aim at the target and fire intermittently to save precious Maxim heavy machine gun ammunition.

Heavy machine guns often use intermittent bursts of fire of varying lengths. This was not an invention of Teng Yuzhao. Even the Japanese army did the same decades later. The main purpose was to save ammunition and kill more enemies with limited ammunition.

Teng Yuzao did not think that he would have more financial resources than a country. Even if the country lacked resources and financial resources, it was by no means comparable to him who could only rely on captured goods.
"Also, the three heavy machine guns of the assault brigade should not go up to the city. You will be in charge. Find a commanding point in the east office and set up a position on the roof with a wide view. Your mission is to block the southern city wall with firepower. If possible, suppress the coalition forces that rush in. Everyone else, follow me."

"Yes."

This time, Wu Peifu did not stop Teng Yuzhao. Not only had more than 1,300 people from the assault brigade rushed into the East Bureau, but the guard squad was also following Teng Yuzhao. If he did not allow Teng Yuzhao to rush in now, he probably would not be able to stop him.

After instructing Wu Peifu, Teng Yuzhao did not stay any longer and rushed into the west gate of Dongjuzi with a dozen guards.

Dongjuzi covers a very large area of ​​more than 2,000 acres, with more than 2,000 factories, houses and warehouses of various sizes. There are not only factories and workshops for manufacturing guns, weapons and ammunition, but also a small steel plant with more than a dozen thick chimneys that are only a few dozen meters high.

Although the bodies of Russian soldiers who had just been killed could be seen lying on the road from time to time, judging from the gunshots and shouts, the battlefield in the East Bureau should still be mainly concentrated on the east and south sides of the Machinery Bureau.

It should be the assault brigade that suddenly rushed into Dongjuzi, catching the coalition forces that had already begun to disperse and pursue and eliminate the defenders inside by surprise. As a result, the troops could not be concentrated for a while, and Liu Shijiu led the assault brigade to pursue and advance there quickly.

Teng Yuzhao rushed into the East Bureau in a hurry, not because he wanted to kill as many coalition forces as possible with his own hands, but because he was very worried about Liu Shijiu.

Although Liu Shijiu became a leader early on in Shandong and formed his own Boxer Rebellion, fighting a modern war and fighting with cold weapons are two completely different concepts.

In particular, among the coalition forces that the assault battalion had to face here were also fearless Tsarist Russian soldiers.

Teng Yuzhao was not only worried that Liu Shijiu would attack blindly and rush forward, causing heavy losses to the assault brigade, but he was also worried that Liu Shijiu would not be able to seize a favorable opportunity.

Teng Yuzao led his guard squad and rushed to the southern area of ​​Dongjuzi where the gunfire and shouts were the most intense. In an open space similar to a small square, six or seven hundred assault brigades and four or five hundred Russian soldiers were engaged in a brutal hand-to-hand combat. The soldiers of both sides fought fiercely, making the huge square full of the most brutal killings.

Although there are seldom gunshots here, the brutality is much more cruel than shooting each other in a line. Soldiers from both sides mixed together are now engaging in the most brutal fighting method in the world at that time, hand-to-hand combat.

In the square, the gasps and screams of soldiers from both sides, the violent collision of bayonets or swords with bayonets on guns and other iron parts of rifles, and the "puff puff" sounds of bayonets and swords piercing or chopping into human muscle tissue resounded throughout the square.

All these sounds, just listening to them, would make ordinary people feel creepy and terrified.

The soldiers on both sides no longer had the time or energy to shout and waste their energy. Both sides just gritted their teeth and stabbed and slashed at each other with their rifles and swords. At this moment, they only had one most primitive human instinct in their minds, which was to keep killing their opponents and make themselves the one who survived.

At this point, ordinary people have completely lost the possibility of shooting their opponents with the guns in their hands.

Because there were large and dense groups of soldiers from both sides mixed together, the soldiers from both sides in the fight were constantly moving their feet and changing their positions quickly almost every moment in order to find the opponent's flaws and kill the opponent.

Almost every second and every moment, someone will fall in a pool of blood with screams. When you aim your gun at a target, if you hesitate for a moment, you may lose the target because of their fast moving footsteps, and even the target that appears in your sight the next moment may be your comrade.

It is even possible that your target is suddenly killed and the person behind him turns out to be one of your own.

Although the number of people in the assault battalion gathered here is larger than that of Russian soldiers, the Russian soldiers are generally tall and strong, with long legs and arms. Some brutal Russian soldiers can even fight against two assault battalion members at the same time, and even have the upper hand, killing the opponent and forcing them to retreat step by step. Therefore, the hand-to-hand combat here is not a one-sided scene.

The vast majority of the assault team were members of the Boxers from the Qian Group who had just joined the vanguard army today. These people had never thought about any group coordination tactics.

In normal fights, they are used to fighting alone, relying on their own martial arts.

Although except Liu Shijiu, all the squad leaders, platoon leaders and sentries of the assault brigade were veterans of the vanguard army, they had no time to teach the soldiers the hand-to-hand combat tactics. They took these people to the battlefield in a hurry without any prior training time.

As a result, these veterans could only worry and do nothing as they watched their comrades around them die or be seriously injured in the brutal hand-to-hand combat.

The most important thing is that these former members of the Qianzi Group are not used to using rifle bayonets for hand-to-hand combat.
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