The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 257: Killing on the City Wall

Teng Yuzhao looked at the shield carts that were still moving slowly on the city wall with worry, and couldn't help but sweat in his heart.

Teng Yuzhao was not worried that the people on the city wall would discover the strangeness of the shield carts and immediately launch an attack on them.

Although the shield vehicle's protective power is not as good as that of tanks and armored vehicles, it is simply invincible for the US military without rocket launchers and mortars on the narrow city walls where there is nowhere to hide.

The caliber of the M1895 heavy machine gun equipped by the US military is 7.7. The firepower density of this heavy machine gun is quite good, but its power is greatly reduced. For this kind of mobile shelter, I am afraid they can only "sigh".

What Teng Yuzhao was worried about was the reaction of the nearly one thousand American soldiers stranded on the city wall after they discovered the approaching vanguard troops pushing shield carts.

What Teng Yuzhao hoped most was that the American soldiers still on the city would panic after discovering the situation, and then they would either flee the city hastily using the ladders, or slip into the city using the ropes and join up with their main force in order to gain a sense of psychological security.

What Teng Yuzao least wanted to see was that these American troops would risk everything on the city walls in order to prevent the troops entering the city from becoming an isolated force, and would even attack the shield vehicles at all costs.

The assault brigade had too few troops on the city wall. Facing so many American troops, a burst of grenades was not enough to solve the problem. Once a hand-to-hand combat broke out, the troops on the city wall would be finished.

Teng Yuzhao felt extremely regretful at this time. He even secretly blamed Liu Shijiu in his heart. The shield vehicles should not have rushed up at this time, but should have waited until the number of American troops on the city was smaller. It would have been much safer to take action then.

However, Teng Yuzhao also knew that if he waited until the number of American troops on the city was smaller before taking action, it would be contrary to his orders, because in that case, the number of American troops entering the city would probably not be 5,000 or 6,000, but 7,000 or even more.

That would make the attack operations in the city very difficult, and he might even be unable to defeat the enemy, resulting in a stalemate. If the British and Russian armies broke in again, the little force he had in the outer city might not be enough.

However, all of Teng Yuzhao's regrets were too late. In his telescope, he saw that more than a thousand American soldiers on the city wall were waiting to leave the city in an orderly manner, but a serious riot suddenly broke out.

Some soldiers have begun to scramble to grab the ropes and quickly slide down the city along the dozens of ropes. There are even some soldiers who rush to grab the ropes and slide down before the American soldiers on the ropes land.

During the scramble, there was a scene where five or six people were hanging on one of the dozens of ropes at the same time.

There was even a situation where a soldier who had just fallen to the ground had no time to dodge, and someone else would slide down from above very quickly, hit the person in front of him on the head, and he would fall to the ground, and then the soldier who fell behind him would step directly on his body.

Another large group of soldiers, under the order of the officers, began to rush towards the approaching shield vehicles.

Teng Yuzhao guessed that the ladder on the other side should also be in chaos at this time.

Fortunately, the shield vehicles were still far away from the American troops on the city wall. Teng Yuzhao estimated that the distance was at least three or four hundred meters, and the American troops that rushed over would not be able to get close quickly.

At this time, the shield vehicle did not need to move forward or backward, but to stop in time, and then the soldiers following behind would quickly use the shield vehicle as a support to launch a volley of fire at the American soldiers rushing over.

However, even so, Teng Yuzhao's heart was still lifted as he watched the large group of American soldiers rapidly approaching the shield vehicles on the city wall.

Because, in Teng Yuzhao's opinion, it is still a little late to stop the large group of American troops rushing over.

The width of the capital's city wall was only more than 20 meters, and the number of people who could launch volley fire was extremely limited.

Moreover, although the shield car was a shelter for the soldiers of the assault brigade, it also became an obstacle for them to shoot. The space occupied by the shield car was removed, leaving even less space for the soldiers behind to shoot. If the assault brigade had more than a dozen submachine guns at this time, it would not be a problem to stop the large group of American soldiers rushing over.

Or maybe, the officers and soldiers of the assault brigade are all well-trained veterans, instead of like now, where most of them are new recruits who have only been added to the vanguard army for one or two months.

If they are well-trained veterans, the best approach in this situation is that in order to leave more shooting space for more people behind, the people in front should quickly rush to the shield vehicle and shoot at the oncoming American troops in a lying or kneeling position, while the soldiers behind should effectively use the position they have left to launch volley fire at the American troops.

The shield carts on the city wall finally stopped, but Teng Yuzhao's heart had completely sank.

Because, through the battlements of the parapet, Teng Yuzhao did not see any soldiers from the assault brigade shooting at the US troops. Of course, under the strict military discipline, Teng Yuzhao did not find anyone escaping.

It seemed that the soldiers of the assault brigade were extremely calm, just waiting for the U.S. troops to get close to the shield vehicle, and then rush up to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the U.S. troops.

"Da da da", a burst of intensive shooting sounds from the Maxim heavy machine gun suddenly came into Teng Yuzhao's ears. Although the shooting sounds of the Maxim heavy machine gun were very small, they still made Teng Yuzhao's heart tremble.

Then Teng Yuzhao saw a scene that surprised him extremely.

The large group of American soldiers that were rushing towards the shield carts seemed to be suddenly hit by an extremely strong gust of wind. The American soldiers in the front staggered and danced for a moment, then fell backwards or collapsed and disappeared from the battlements of the city wall.

The large group of American soldiers at the back who were exposed immediately began to repeat the actions of their comrades in front of them under the strong wind.

In the field of view of Teng Yuzhao's telescope, a thin layer of purple-red mist seemed to rise on the city wall under the strong sunlight. Under the refraction of sunlight, there was even a strange halo shining in the purple-red mist.

Teng Yuzhao swung his arms fiercely and punched heavily on the battlement of the city wall.

He already understood that Liu Shijiu had somehow managed to make the Maxim heavy machine gun move along with the shield vehicle, and there was more than one Maxim heavy machine gun, but at least three.

Judging from the fact that the U.S. troops rushed forward without fear, it seemed that Liu Shijiu had concealed his Maxim heavy machine gun, which was always ready to fire, very well. The oncoming U.S. troops did not even notice it until they were several hundred meters away, and thus suffered a sudden and fierce attack.

Teng Yuzhao couldn't help but admire in his heart, Liu Shijiu's current strategic vision is not good enough, it can even be said to be very poor, but his use of tactics is admirable. He is like a tiger descending from the mountain when he is brave, and like a thousand-year-old fox when he is cunning. He is extremely cunning and crafty. It is difficult for anyone who fights him face to face to get away with it.

Suddenly they were hit hard head-on, and the American troops who had rushed over were thrown into chaos. The American troops behind them turned around and ran back on the city wall. Everyone wanted to take advantage of their companions to shield them from the rain of bullets, escape to the city wall as soon as possible, and then escape down the city wall.

The sudden intensive sound of heavy machine gun fire from the city wall made the American soldiers who were still stranded on the city wall even more panicked. Among the American soldiers who were scrambling for ropes to slide down the city wall as quickly as possible, some were even squeezed down to the bottom of the city wall, which was more than ten meters high.

It was probably because there were too many American corpses killed or wounded by several Maxim heavy machine guns on the city wall. The shield carts on the city wall no longer moved forward. Many assault brigade soldiers behind the shield carts also appeared from behind the shield carts, pointing their guns at the backs of the American soldiers fleeing along the city wall and constantly pulling the trigger.

The actions of these soldiers made Teng Yuzhao both angry and amused.

The bullets they fired were nothing compared to the Maxim guns with extremely high firing rates. Whether they joined or not would have no impact on the slaughter on the city.
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