Xie Baosheng's dinner was very rich, a plate of white flour steamed buns, a large bowl of chicken soup, a plate of beef, and a pot of hot wine, which was also the best meal after this military conscription, so Xie Baosheng didn't feel that he ate two more steamed buns. I also thought in my heart that it would be much more comfortable to have a good meal.

After dinner, Xie Baosheng also began to seriously consider the next step of the war, Taishan Tun Village is only 15 or 6 kilometers away from Linying County, it can be said that it is a matter of raising his feet, but Xie Baosheng is thinking about whether to send troops to attack Linying County immediately, or to rest in Taishan Tun Village for a few days.

After all, the march in the past few days has been too hard, and the army really needs to rest and recover, and there is no resistance from bandits along the way, so it is very likely that they will concentrate in Linying County and prepare for a decisive battle with the Qing army, and it is necessary to understand the situation in Linying County first. In addition, Xie Baosheng didn't know how the progress of the Qing army on the other side was, after all, the Qing army in Hubei was the main force in this campaign, and now the Qing army in Henan has not encountered any resistance, and it is also possible that the attention of the bandits was attracted by the Qing army in Hubei, so that the Qing army in Henan was able to drive straight in, if this is the case, it is a good thing for himself.

In this era, the communication still relied on cable telegraphs, although Henan and Hubei could communicate with each other through telegrams, but the troops of the conscription could only rely on the most primitive manpower to transmit the news, so the progress of the Qing army in Hubei should be transmitted to the Qing army in Henan, first of all, the Qing army in Hubei needed to send people to Wuchang, and then Wuchang sent a telegram to Kaifeng, and then Kaifeng sent people to send the news to the front of the army. In this regard, the advantage of the traverser is quite obvious, and it can directly communicate with the troops at the battalion and regimental level through radio stations and walkie-talkies.

After repeated consideration, Xie Baosheng finally decided to rest in Taishan Tun Village for 2 or 3 days, and even if he attacked Linying County, he could use Taishan Tun Village as a temporary garrison until he captured Linying County. After receiving the order, the whole army was also very happy, because now all the soldiers want to rest, and Taishan Tun Village is a big village, there are more than 300 households in the whole village, and now all the houses have been vacated, so most of the Qing soldiers can live in the houses, which is naturally much more comfortable than living in tents, and also saves a lot of effort, so many soldiers go to bed in the houses early after dinner.

Originally, Xie Baosheng also wanted to order the soldiers to build some anti-unloading fortifications overnight, but seeing that the soldiers were very tired, he didn't demand any more, thinking that it would be okay for this night, and there would be no decent anti-unloading fortifications in one night, so let's wait for tomorrow, just ask the troops to arrange the soldiers who keep vigil and patrol the night.

After arranging these things, Xie Baosheng also felt very tired, after all, Xie Baosheng was almost 60 years old, although his energy was not bad, but after all, he could not be compared with when he was in his prime. So he went back to his room to disarm and rest.

Xie Baosheng was asleep, faintly listened to the sound of the explosion of "boom, boom", at the beginning Xie Baosheng was still in a daze and thought that he was dreaming, only to the window of Xie Baosheng's residence was washed open by a huge wave of steam, and the utensils in the house and so on fell a lot, Xie Baosheng finally woke up from the dream, only to find that the explosion in the village was endless, and he also knew in his heart that the big thing was not good, and the enemy bandits actually launched an attack on him tonight. And Xie Baosheng didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly got up and dressed and summoned his guards.

It turned out that after the land reform, although the local government did not liquidate the Chen family, and was quite tolerant, allowing the Chen family to basically retain their property, they still did not dare to let go of the trust of the Chen family, but secretly focused on monitoring. Before the Qing army's conquest began, the government of the base area organized the evacuation of people in some areas, but the Chen family insisted on refusing to retreat, and secretly encouraged many villagers not to evacuate, which immediately aroused the serious suspicion of the base government and the volunteers, and some people even believed that the Chen family and the Qing court had some form of connection or collusion, so it was established that the main members of the Chen family should be arrested immediately, or the Chen family should be forced to relocate.

However, after the investigation of the security department, it is believed that the evidence of collusion between the Chen family and the Qing court is insufficient, and the volunteers think that they can take advantage of this opportunity to create a fighter plane, because Taishan Tun Village is very close to Linying County, so if the Qing army attacks Linying County, it will inevitably be at the foot of Taishan Tun Village, if a small number of households are left in the village, it can make the Qing army feel at ease, and the volunteers can encircle the Qing army in Taishan Tun Village, and strive to completely annihilate the Qing army, of course, if the Qing army is not at the foot of Taishan Tun Village, and then think of other ways。

Of course, once the village of Taishan Tun was chosen as the battlefield to annihilate the Qing army, then the villagers who stayed in the village would definitely be injured by mistake, but Li Wenfei, the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army, believed that there was no need to consider the safety of these villagers at all, because the local government had already mobilized them to evacuate, but they themselves insisted on staying in the village and not leaving, so who is to blame? Moreover, the people who stayed behind still have some good feelings or illusions about the Qing court, since it is the Chen family, maybe the Qing army will surrender to the Qing army as soon as it arrives, so they don't care about their life or death, and there is also the Qing army to take the blame, and when the time comes, everything will be pushed on the Qing army, and at the same time, they can also take the opportunity to warn other people in the base area that the Bijing base area has not been established for a long time, and many people do still have some illusions about the Qing court.

After considering the local government, it also approved the combat plan of the volunteers, so the volunteers also immediately took action, the first regiment, the second regiment, and the firepower reinforcement battalion were all stationed around Linying, and Li Wenfei also set up his headquarters in Linying County.

As soon as the Qing army in Henan entered the scope of the base area, it was closely monitored by the reconnaissance personnel of the volunteers, and the actions of the Qing army could be said to be under the control of the volunteers, and the Qing army also arrived all the way to Taishan Tun Village and stationed them in the village as the volunteers expected.

So after nightfall, the volunteers also immediately went into action, and all the units entered their predetermined positions, although they were operating at night, because the route had already been determined, so they were not hindered much, and even the artillery firing parameters had been set up.

Although Xie Baosheng arranged the soldiers on the night vigil and patrol, because the Qing army was too tired, and Xie Baosheng was lazy tonight, he did not personally check the night patrol camp, and the soldiers on the night vigil were all asleep, and the soldiers on patrol were also perfunctory, and they came back after a turn at the entrance and end of the village.

And at dawn, the Volunteers attacked. First of all, the artillery army launched the first round of strikes against the Qing army, and six 75-mm field guns opened fire together, firing shells at Taishantun Village.

Although there are only 6 guns, this type of artillery is an imitation of the French M1897 75 mm field gun, the rate of fire is extremely fast, theoretically it can reach 40 / minute, and on the battlefield, it can easily reach 20 / minute, so the 6 75 mm field guns fired for about 1 minute, firing more than 100 shells, most of which fell into the village, immediately causing a series of explosions.

This was followed by an artillery fire from 18 100-mm mortars from two directions, covering almost the entire village.

The artillery bombardment lasted only about three minutes, but more than 600 shells were fired, and the shelling covered almost the entire village. Although it has not reached the firepower density of carpet shelling, it is completely enough to fight the Qing army in Henan, and the houses in the village have been damaged more than 6 percent, of which nearly 2 percent of the houses have been seriously damaged, and many fires have been formed, fortunately, it has been rainy for a long time, and the moisture content of the wood of the house is higher, so it burns slowly.

At this time, the vast majority of Qing soldiers were still asleep, awakened by the sound of shell explosions, and hurriedly got up, not even bothering to wear clothes, and ran out of the houses one after another. And the soldiers who escaped were not safe, because all kinds of shells were still falling from the sky, and no part of the streets, drying fields, livestock tents, or the whole village was safe. Many soldiers had just run out of their houses when they were hit by a shell that blew their flesh and blood into pieces.

Because it was a shell that hit a house where the ammunition was stored, it triggered a chain explosion of ammunition, a huge explosion and a fire as high as more than 100 meters, even the positions of the volunteers could hear and see, and the entire house was almost blown to pieces, and the huge shock wave caused a lot of light damage to more than ten houses around the house, and almost all of the nearly 100 Qing soldiers within 100 meters of the house were spared, either blown to pieces, or were shattered and died.

Fortunately, the shelling did not last long, only a few minutes before it stopped, and at this time Xie Baosheng also breathed a sigh of relief, after all, he was a person who had seen a big battle, and he was experienced, in the shelling just now, he led more than a dozen guards, found a section of the earthen wall, squatted on the edge of the earthen wall to dodge, and found a few shields to protect his front. This worked, and although a few shells also landed near them and exploded, they were only splashed with dust, and at most there were a few abrasions, but they were basically unharmed.

After the shelling stopped, Xie Baosheng stood up with the support of the guards, wiped the dust on his body, looked left and right, and made sure that the enemy's shelling had indeed stopped, so Xie Baosheng hurriedly ordered the guards to collect the Long army and prepare for battle. It turned out that Xie Baosheng had been on the battlefield for a long time and had rich experience, and of course he knew that at the end of the shelling, it was often the beginning of the enemy's army's official attack.

Sure enough, at this moment, I heard dense and fierce gunfire at the head and end of the village, and the attack of the enemy bandits began.