Volume 3 The Third Battle Chapter 18 British Army
Just as I had expected, I heard bursts of gunfire coming from the front in the second half of the night, but to my surprise, the gunfire was not as intense as I had imagined.
After fighting with the Americans, we all know that even if the Americans are just a company, they will fire in large groups. Not to mention the planes, tanks, and artillery, the rate of fire of light weapons such as machine guns, submachine guns, carbines, and even the M1 rifle is very high. Otherwise, why did the US military consume more than 3 million tons of ammunition in the Korean War, while our army consumed only 200,000 tons of ammunition in the entire war, which is not even a fraction of theirs.
"Company Commander!" Zhao Yongxin came up limping, perhaps because of the pain. He was rarely seen speaking since he injured his foot.
"I think there's something wrong with the gunshot!" Zhao Yongxin said with some confusion.
I couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. He was indeed a comrade who had fought against the Americans together. He could recognize the name of the gun as soon as he heard the sound of gunfire.
"What's wrong?" Instructor Zhao asked in confusion.
"The Americans' gunfire is not so rare." I answered for them: "Look at the firepower. If it weren't for the more frequent machine gun fire, it would be almost the same as the Type 38 rifles in the hands of our volunteers."
"That's right!" Zhao Yongxin also agreed, "So the people in front this time shouldn't be Americans. Could it be the group called Qilu that we encountered last time?"
"The Turkish Brigade?"
"Yes, yes! Captain, do you think it could be the Turkish Brigade?"
"Unlikely!" I shook my head and said, "The Turkish Brigade was almost completely annihilated by our troops in the second battle. This time, there is no way they can stop our large army!"
"Then the enemy ahead is..."
"Who cares?" I said noncommittally, "Who cares what kind of unit it is? We'll know when we get there."
As I said this, I waved to the troops behind us and said, "Comrades, speed up. If we can't catch up with the troops by daybreak, we will have to rush forward under the enemy's bombs from the planes..."
What I said was really effective. The recruits really increased their speed . Looking at me, they couldn't help but feel both angry and amused.
What enemy is blocking the way? I was thinking as I ran forward. The puppet army was still weak at that time, and we beat them so hard that they were fleeing everywhere. So it was unlikely that they were puppet troops. Luxembourg and the Netherlands only sent one platoon and one battalion to fight, so it was even more impossible. Canada should not have joined the war at that time... Then the only ones left were the British army!
Oh my god, how could I forget about the British army.
Although the number of British troops participating in the war was small, with only three understaffed brigades with less than 10,000 soldiers (the 27th British Brigade was transferred from the Hong Kong garrison and only had two infantry battalions), most of them were veterans who had participated in World War II. "Good at fighting and accurate with a gun!" This was the evaluation of the British troops who participated in the war by the returning volunteer soldiers.
However, their standard rifle is still the Lee-Enfield manual rifle. Although this gun caused great trouble to the German army in the First and Second World Wars due to its rate of fire, it is still far inferior to the M1 semi-automatic rifle in the hands of the US military.
"Who is it?" After running for more than half an hour, we heard the sound of a gun bolt being pulled in front of us, which made us stop in a hurry.
"Liberate New China!" I quickly shouted to the darkness: "We are from the 2nd Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 353rd Regiment, and I am the company commander Cui Wei."
"Serve the people! It's Captain Cui!" Several volunteer soldiers ran out from the darkness ahead. One of them, with a dark-faced soldier, said to me, "Captain Cui, why did you come just now? Battalion Commander Xu has been looking for you everywhere!"
"What kind of soldiers are those in front?" I asked directly without answering.
"British soldiers," the dark-faced man answered. "The prisoners we captured told us that they were from the Royal Owls. The name is so long that I can't remember it."
"The British 29th Royal Ulster Rifles?"
"Yes, that's the man." The black-faced man nodded and said, "They shot very accurately. The soldiers tried to charge several times but failed. The division chief of staff was observing through a telescope from more than 500 meters away and was shot and killed by the enemy."
"What? More than 500 meters?" I looked at the black face in surprise. Not only me, but the other soldiers were a little bit unconvinced. It was not easy to hit a target more than 500 meters away during the day, let alone at night when the light was not good.
But seeing the black face nodding seriously, we had no choice but to believe it.
Damn, they are worthy of being the Rifle Regiment. Their shooting skills are really fucking different. I couldn't help but curse in my heart.
The so-called rifle regiment does not mean that the British soldiers were holding those outdated rifles, but that they were the first troops to be equipped with rifles. The story can be traced back to the time when they fought against the Indians. At that time, each of them wore a full green uniform, a cowboy hat, held a rifle, and rode a tall horse to fight against the Indians on the plains.
Later, this unit has been developed into a modern rifle regiment. Its biggest feature is that it has inherited the advantages of its ancestors' good marksmanship. Its officers and soldiers all wear a special logo on their uniforms: "a ferocious green tiger. It is said that it also participated in the Normandy Landing under Montgomery..."
I couldn't help but look at the M1C sniper rifle in my hand. I knew why Xu Feng was so anxious to find me at this time. The chief of staff of the division mentioned by the black-faced Kong was killed by the enemy's cold gun. The one who could hit the target with one shot from 500 meters at night must be a sniper.
The best way to deal with snipers is to use snipers. In the Korean War, the Volunteer Army had no real snipers, at most they were "sharpshooters" with good marksmanship. I showed good marksmanship in the previous battles, so Xu Feng would naturally think of me when he encountered such a problem.
The gunshots were getting closer and closer, and more and more people were showing up. To my surprise, I also saw teams of soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Korean People's Army. There were also a few cars parked on the side of the road, and there were some black things in the cars, but I didn't know what they were.
Can I deal with him? I thought as I ran. Although I hadn't seen the man yet, I seemed to have sensed the presence of a killer in the darkness opposite me. An invisible killer was holding a rifle, aiming at me through the sight on the scope, with his finger gently on the trigger...
