Before nightfall, hazy dusk enveloped the fields and the vision was no longer clear. Hundreds of joint combat units composed of independent Irish soldiers and German naval infantry were quietly waiting for the British army trying to attack their flanks.

"British Chicken" didn't let them wait for a fight. Soon, the outpost soldiers rushed back: "They are here!"

Hearing this news, there was a crisp sound of pulling the bolt behind the ridge of the field.

"Stay calm down and wait until the enemy approaches three or four hundred meters before firing. Remember, unless the enemies are piled together, just shoot short shots and kill one at a time."

The German soldier wearing a brimmed navy cap whispered to the Irish soldier who was operating the Madson light machine gun on the side that he spoke German, and the Irishman next to him stared at the sight of the gun intently, not knowing whether it was understanding or talking to the chicken or duck.

The deputy shooter lying on the other side was holding a curved magazine with a very serious expression.

The experience of the German Marine Forces in the French battlefield shows that in medium and long distance combat, short shots with two or three bullets are the most effective. As long as you aim correctly, the hit rate of each short shot can reach more than 80%. Even if you only kill one enemy at a time, continuous short shots can also achieve an astonishing killing and wounding effect.

"Notice……"

The low command quickly spread, and a murderous aura suddenly rose from the ridge of the field, but the British soldiers opposite were still confused and ignorant. The "British Chicken" in dark blue uniforms lined up in the fields, fearing and sneaking, like a group of wild cats wandering near the village, hungry but afraid of being beaten.

When the second "attention" sounded, a sparse sound of gun bolts sounded behind the ridge of the field. Only then did the German soldiers load the bullets to avoid the adverse effects that might be caused by fire from the gun.

The British soldiers who were in the vanguard walked to a position about 300 meters away from the ridge of the field, and the German officer who was in charge of commanding the battle fired three shots in a row to show that the battle began.

The gunshots suddenly broke out in the fields, with crisp rifles single shots, continuous machine gun strafing, and rhythmic point shots of light machine guns, and various sounds gathered together. In a blink of an eye, dozens of British soldiers on the opposite side were knocked down.

After the German soldier wearing a navy cap shot the first bullet with his Mauser rifle, he did not rush to shoot again, but loudly looked after the Irish shooter beside him: "Short shots hit the front, continuous shots hit the oblique angle, you must aim at the shooting. When the sight is blocked by gunpowder smoke, it is best to pause for a while, so that the bullet operator can pay attention to the number of bullets in the magazine and try to shorten the time for replacing the magazine..."

Before he finished speaking, the German soldier suddenly stretched out his right hand and held the back of the Irish machine gunner's head and pressed it down. As he was facing the ground, the hat on his head was knocked away by a bullet. Realizing what had just happened, the Irish machine gunner was stunned. He stared at the hat with bullet holes in a daze. After a while, he came to his senses and looked at the German soldier with extremely grateful eyes.

The German soldiers seemed to be fine, aiming at the gun while reminding him: "Be careful of concealment on the battlefield at all times, machine gunners are particularly vulnerable to attacks from the enemy."

The Irish machine gunner, who almost lost his life, nodded as if he knew it. He set up the machine gun again, but like the German soldiers, it continued not to fire, because all the dead British people had fallen down, and the sky was getting darker, and their dark blue military uniforms became an ideal protective color. As long as they stayed still and did not fire and fight back, the shooters on the ridge of the field could not catch them. If they were on the European battlefield, a few cannons could solve the problem. Here, the joint combat forces of Ireland and Germany had to spend more effort on tactical thoughts.

"Carry 2nd Company of Banden Camp comes with me!"

"Come 1st Company of McClum Battalion comes with me!"

"Kenmael comes with me!"

This is the officers of the Irish Volunteer Army calling on his soldiers to detour from the flanks. Nominally, the Irish Volunteer Army was composed according to the most commonly used model of the current European army. The highest specification was the corps, followed by divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, and platoons. However, the senior commanders of the Irish Volunteer Army did not have the experience and ability to control the large forces. Moreover, their power was scattered across Ireland and had never gathered more than 10,000 troops in any city or a certain battlefield. They usually carried out combat according to the specifications of regiments, battalions, and companies, and the monotonous number number was not used. Wherever the soldiers came from, this force was called a certain regiment, a certain battalion or a certain company, and then different battalions and companies were distinguished by numbers or commanders. The Irish people felt that this method of organization was very belonging, but they inevitably brought trouble to the new German officers and soldiers.

In the active German team, the standard infantry company had more than 200 soldiers. The company of the Irish Volunteer Army ranged from dozens to one or two hundred people, and the training and equipment vary from place to place. Before the armed uprising, the Irish Volunteer Army claimed to have 20,000 soldiers, and about 15,000 people actually received military training. With the secret assistance of the German government, these Irish militants each had a Mauser g1898 and also obtained a batch of Maxim water-cooled heavy machine guns, with relatively good equipment level.

Liang, after the initiation, although the Irish Volunteers seized thousands of Enfield rifles from British garrisons, police and security forces, their scale expanded too quickly, and at least half of them could only use various weapons to make do with them. However, when the German Marines arrived in Ireland, they brought them 200 7-7 mm Madson machine guns. After all, the density of automatic weapons equipped by the Irish Volunteers was still higher than that of the British and French troops.

After the war broke out, the Kingdom of Denmark adhered to neutrality, but it was not like those American countries that could truly stay out of the matter. Geographically, this small European country located in the northern part of the Jutland Peninsula and nearby islands was like a bird's nest in front of the Germans. It was easy to occupy and even destroy it with the German army and naval power. Therefore, during the war, the Danish royal family and government were under great pressure from Germany, and many political and foreign policies were biased towards Germany, and the Allies had to protest. After the Second Battle of Flanders, the eastern part of the North Sea, the southeastern part and the western part of the Baltic Sea were basically controlled by the German Navy.

Denmark cargo ships coming here were strictly inspected, and all ships carrying contraband were seized. In this case, the Maderson machine guns ordered by Britain, France, Russia and other countries before the war could no longer be delivered, so the German government bought these weapons. Although these Maderson light machine guns were from the Maderson production line, the caliber was different due to different orders. The Russians used 7.62mm rifle bullets, so they ordered 7.62mm Maderson machine guns, the UK ordered 7.7mm, Germany ordered 7.92mm, and Sweden, Norway and Denmark used 6.5mm caliber.

Technically, the Maderson machine guns ordered by Russia, Britain and Nordic countries can be turned into 7.92mm caliber that uses Mauser rifle ammunition through boring and milling, but reprocessing takes a lot of time. Therefore, the Germans transferred the 200 Maderson light machine guns originally supplied to the British team to the Irish Volunteer Army according to local conditions, and equipped the 400 pieces that were originally delivered to the Russian team to the German team fighting on the Eastern Front. The ammunition seized on the battlefield should be able to meet the use of these light machine guns.

Under the dispatch of the German officers' staff, several companies with strong combat effectiveness in the Irish Volunteer Army quickly deviated to the two wings of the battlefield, and two platoons of German naval infantry accompanied them. The sky became darker and darker and their vision became worse. In order to prevent them from "meeting" with the British during the battle, the German naval infantry wearing round hats installed bayonets on their rifles.

Soon, the Irish-German joint combat forces completed the encirclement of this new British army, but the "chicks" continued to lie indifferently, without turning around and running away at all, which reminded people of the bait worms on the fish hook. Sure enough, sparse gunfire suddenly sounded in the direction of the river bank. Judging from the momentum alone, this may be just a small group of British troops and coalition reconnaissance personnel, but the German officer who had suffered losses on the banks of the Somme did not think so. He quickly sent a sentry to the bank and ordered the participating troops to launch an attack.

After a storm-like suppression shooting, the Irish-German joint combat forces launched a charge towards the trapped British army from three directions. The German naval infantry alternately covered and the steady advancement showed their relatively mature tactical qualities. In contrast, the Irish Volunteers were still basically at the primitive level of rushing and attacking. If the enemy set up a defensive position for machine guns in front of them, even if such an attack could be won, it would inevitably cost a heavy price. Fortunately, the "British chicks" in front of them had neither machine gun nor grenades, and their hasty shooting only caused insignificant resistance. Seeing the murderous Irish people rushing toward each other, the surviving British soldiers were simply. They quickly dropped their weapons, raised their hands, and looked at each other with pitiful eyes...

The battle lasted only more than half an hour from the beginning to the end. More than 150 British officers and soldiers became the trophy of the Irish-German joint combat forces. The gunshots in the distance were like spring rain. Although they were not fierce, they did not stop intermittently. Under the supervision of German officials, the officers of the Irish Volunteer Army quickly gathered their troops and took the prisoners back to the back of the ridge where they had previously blocked the field. After more than ten minutes, soldiers sent to explore the enemy brought back a surprising news: Thousands of British troops came along the river!

"This is impossible!" a commander of the Irish Volunteer Army shouted, "If it weren't for the artillery support from those two British ships, the British troops on the defensive front would have been defeated by us during the day, so where would they have troops to put into counterattack."

"It's just right!" said another Irish commander disapprovingly, "Save it to prevent us from attacking them tomorrow and completely solve the problem in a battle tonight."

The German officers who commanded the joint combat forces with these two were more cautious than either of them: "The British are prepared, and we better deal with it carefully."

"What's scary about it? Do they have powerful tricks that we haven't seen before?"

After saying that, the two Irish commanders showed contempt. They led their troops to fight here from the mountains in southern County Carrey, and had almost never suffered from the British. However, the Irish soldiers who had resisted the British landing forces in Cork, and the German Marines who had suffered British attacks in Pigini, France, would not take it lightly.
Chapter completed!