The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 198 Violent Metal Bullet Rain

As the Maxim heavy machine guns of the vanguard army suddenly roared, the more than 30 Indian soldiers who rushed out of the ruins were suddenly like duckweed tightly wrapped in a violent storm, swaying left and right in the center of the storm.

Not only that, each of these Indian soldiers was like a patient with malaria, and some of them were extremely critically ill. Each of them was shaking all over in the storm.

Or maybe, these Indian soldiers were just like Old Mai, who was rotten and in the process of shaking, some part of their body would suddenly shake to the ground, or even directly turn into broken flesh and blood, and fly away with the whistling dense rain of bullets.

Under the fierce attack of the torrential rain formed by the 11mm hot bullets with huge kinetic energy, blood mist rose from the bodies of the thirty or so Indian soldiers. Under the strong sunlight, a strange halo even appeared in the blood mist.

In this strange blood mist, some Indian soldiers were like branches suddenly broken by strong winds, and were cut in half by the thick bullets of the Maxim heavy machine guns.

More than twenty heavy machine guns deployed in several directions simultaneously swept towards the thirty or so exposed flesh and blood bodies from different directions. The tragic scene can be imagined.

In the violent rain of metal bullets, within just over ten seconds, there was no longer a single intact Indian soldier to be seen. Those Indian soldiers who tried to escape by chance were all beaten to pieces, turning into a pool of rotten meat on the dusty ground.

As these thirty or so Indian soldiers rushed out of the ruins first, more than two hundred Indians rushed out behind them and scrambled to rush out of the ruins.

However, the more than 200 Indian soldiers at the back started late, and their position was a little further away from the edge of the ruins. When they just rushed out of the ruins, they were just in time to enjoy the "ascension in broad daylight" of the more than 30 Indian soldiers. The horrifying scene immediately made these Indian soldiers who were slow to realize it stop in their tracks, and each of them was shocked and stunned.

It was not until the Maxim heavy machine gun, which had no target anymore, fired a fierce rain of bullets at their group that the Indians woke up from their dream. They left behind a pile of bloody corpses and crawled back into the ruins to hide.

At the same time when the fierce Maxim heavy machine guns suddenly sounded, the Allied corpse transport teams that were retreating with the corpses should have been warned before they came. As soon as the gunshots rang out, they all quickly covered their heads with their hands and lay flat on the ground.

The terrifying heavy machine gun fire stunned the fearless Liu Shijiu for a long time, and then he punched the breastwork hard.

"It's so satisfying, so damn satisfying. In just a short while, none of these foreign devils are left in human form."

Although what Teng Yuzhao was worried about did not happen and the coalition forces that were collecting the bodies were not affected, Wu Peifu had already connected to Hu Dianjia's call, so Teng Yuzhao had to walk over and take the phone from Wu Peifu.

"Xuanqing, the heavy machine gun positions you set up are very good, and the machine gunners are doing a great job. Tell them that each of them will be rewarded two dollars."

From Hu Dianjia's sullen response, Teng Yuzao could sense that Hu Dianjia was still unwilling to give up, so he said with a smile, "Those coalition forces that collected the bodies did not try to help the remaining coalition forces escape. They behaved very well this time, and it has nothing to do with them, so let them go."

Teng Yuzao then reminded Hu Dianjia, "Xuanqing, I estimate that after the coalition forces return to collect the bodies, they will immediately start attacking the city. You must be careful and alert."

"Yes."

Only after hearing Hu Dianjia's response from the receiver did Teng Yuzhao put down the receiver with a smile.

"Xingfu, when will I be able to kill these foreign devils?"

Stimulated by the heavy machine gun fire on the Indian soldiers just now, the warlike Liu Shijiu's heart began to become restless again. He even rolled up his sleeves, revealing his muscular, strong and hairy arms.

Teng Yuzao looked at his watch. "I've asked Ningbo to order Liu Changfa to send his newly formed heavy artillery squadron to cooperate with you. They should have built the firing position by now. When you return, prepare for the assault immediately. After a round of heavy artillery bombardment, there will probably be no ruins in the ruins. Even if the frightened remnants of the coalition forces want to fight a street battle with us, they will have nothing to rely on. You can rush into the ruins with a single charge. Move quickly."

The heavy artillery that Teng Yuzhao mentioned is actually the famous "unscrupulous artillery" in later generations.

It was a terrifying weapon created by our soldiers decades later.

Although this unscrupulous cannon is extremely powerful, its principle and manufacturing are extremely simple. This was when Teng Yuzhao discovered those useless empty kerosene barrels in Dongjuzi, and he couldn't help but think of the flying thunder cannon invented by later soldiers in the War of Liberation.

The flying thunder cannon is an explosive pack launcher that uses an empty oil barrel as the gun barrel.

This weapon is very simple. It is an empty kerosene or gasoline barrel, or even a thick iron pipe or steel pipe with some modifications. After filling it with propellant, put the explosive package tied into a disc into it, and then ignite the propellant to throw the 200-kilogram explosive package 300 to meters away. The caliber of this weapon is absolutely amazing. Its caliber is the caliber of the empty barrel. The thicker the barrel, the larger its caliber. The strong explosion shock wave generated by the -kilogram explosive package will tear and blow up not only ordinary houses and horses, but also reinforced concrete bunkers.

Many enemies who were knocked down by the explosion often had no wounds on their bodies, but they were bleeding from all their orifices, which was the result of being shocked to death.

With such a large amount of explosive, the explosion is naturally extremely powerful. You should know that the explosive charge of a 155mm caliber howitzer shell is less than seven kilograms.

After the explosion, there will be no living people or animals within a radius of 20 meters. These people or animals will either be blown away and torn to pieces, or die from their internal organs being shattered.

Therefore, this flying thunder cannon is also called "heartless cannon".

A large amount of explosives was found in Dongjuzi, so Teng Yuzao arranged for Wei Ningbo to organize the recovered Dongjuzi workers to build thirty-six unscrupulous cannons according to the drawings he provided.

In order to make it safer, thick barrel hoops were made on the oil barrels of these unscrupulous cannons using copper materials from the East Bureau.

Due to the enormous power of this unscrupulous cannon, Teng Yuzao never conducted a real firing after making it. He only compared the weight of ten kilograms of explosives, filled it with other things, and conducted a test firing with a real fuse, mainly to adjust the length of the fuse in order to test its range and ensure that it would explode almost as soon as it hit the ground.

Liu Changfa was puzzled as to why Teng Yuzao called this kind of homemade cannon a "heartless cannon". Teng Yuzao also deliberately kept him in suspense and did not explain it to him.

This is Teng Yuzhao's secret weapon, how could he show it to others easily? He repeatedly told Liu Changfa to keep this unscrupulous weapon strictly confidential.

However, Liu Shijiu didn't seem to care much about what Teng Yuzao said about using heavy artillery to cooperate with him, so Teng Yuzao had to remind Liu Shijiu again.

"Brother, there are only a few houses left in the ruins where the remnants of the coalition forces are hiding. There are no intact walls. I estimate that after a few rounds of artillery fire, there will be nothing left there. You must quickly destroy the hundreds of remnants of the coalition forces and then withdraw immediately. Don't clean up the battlefield. The troops must be dispersed to prevent the coalition forces outside the city from retaliating with artillery fire."

After receiving the order to start the attack immediately, Liu Shijiu suddenly perked up. He reached out for the German military water bottle hanging around his waist, unscrewed the lid, and a strong smell of alcohol rushed into his nose. Liu Shijiu raised his head, took a big gulp and said.

"Xingfu, you just watch the fight here. I guarantee that within five minutes, you will chop all those foreign devils in half."

After saying that, Liu Nineteen took a few steps to the wooden stairs leading downstairs, jumped onto the outer frame of the ladder which was at an angle of sixty degrees, and disappeared in a flash.

Although alcohol was prohibited in the army in principle, the generals in the Qing army had long been accustomed to drinking, and Teng Yuzhao could not control it too much. Especially for Liu Shijiu, who always drank a few sips of wine before a battle, he was more relaxed, but only asked him not to drink too much.

The ruins where the remnants of the Allied forces were hiding were bombed by the Allied artillery shells, leaving no house intact. There were ruins everywhere. If we were to fight for each house with the remaining enemies here, it would take a long time.

Teng Yuzao called Wu Peifu over, "Zi Yu, you also take the telescope, we will watch the battle here, and let you see the power of this unscrupulous cannon I invented."

Wu Peifu not only knew about the "earth cannon" invented by Teng Yuzhao, but he had also seen it. As for Teng Yuzhao's description of this "unscrupulous cannon" which looked not much stronger than the old elm cannon, Wu Peifu simply did not believe that it could be so powerful. However, for the sake of his teacher's face, he just smiled and said nothing.

In Wu Peifu's view, deceiving the teacher by saying something that one does not believe in is an act of great rebellion that violates moral ethics.

"Boom boom boom".

Before the assault brigade started fighting, the coalition forces outside the city could not wait to launch fierce artillery attacks on the intact city walls inside and outside. For a time, the deafening sound of artillery explosions resounded inside and outside the South City.

Looking at the flames of the shells exploding on the south wall, Wu Peifu said worriedly, "I wonder how many people Captain Hu left there?"

"Xuan Qing has led troops for many years and even fought against the Japanese in Liaodong. He still has some common sense."

Teng Yuzao wanted to take this opportunity to teach Wu Peifu a lesson, but he suddenly changed his mind when the words came to his lips.
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